Staff

Mark Turman has been pastor of Crosspoint Church since March 1997. Originally from the East Texas town of Tyler, Mark and his wife Judi married in 1986 and have two children, Kelsey and Thomas. Mark became a Christian at 17 while a high school junior. After committing his life to Christ, he became an active member of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler. During his freshman year in college, Mark sensed God calling him to vocational ministry in the local church to serve as a pastor. He graduated from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas in 1985 and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas in 1988. Mark has served as pastor in Jonesboro, Marshall and Van, Texas before moving to McKinney.

Mark summarizes his vision for Crosspoint this way: "My vision is to see Crosspoint impact and influence people for Christ in ever increasing ways. Our goal is for people to discover and experience grace and assurance of eternal life in Jesus Christ and to develop their personal relationship with Christ to its fullest through worship, friendship, personal spiritual growth and service."

Dean Dickschat is the Worship Leader at Crosspoint Church and has been since October of 2002. He was born in Navasota, Texas where most of his family still resides. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BBA in Marketing. He became involved in music ministry in 1996 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in McKinney at the complete nagging of his Pastor to help start a contemporary service. Dean thanks Patrick for his persistence to this very day! He has learned from this that God places people in our path to influence us and to help us find HIS will for our lives.

Dean plans on being at Crosspoint until his days as a worship leader are done which will probably coincide with the day that no one wants to hear him sing anymore.

He also has a real job as the owner of EverCom Printing, Ad Specialties, and Supplies, Inc. and tries very hard not to let his job get in the way of his passion - leading people into a deeper relationship with our Savior.

Leah Newman joined Crosspoint Church as the Minister to Preschool and Children in 2007. Leah was born and raised in the Lewisville area, but spent time in Kilgore and College Station after high school. She met her husband, Michael, while attending Kilgore Junior College and the two were married in 1996 while both were attending Texas A&M University. While living in College Station, Leah was first introduced to the idea of working in children's ministry when she was employed in the Central Baptist Church's Mother's Day Out program.

After her husband graduated in 1998, the two lived briefly in Houston before moving together in 2000 to the Plano area where they attended Fellowship Bible Church North. Leah was brought on staff at Fellowship after she felt God's call while directing a VBS in Mexico in the summer of 2000 and over the next seven years had the opportunity to work in a variety of roles including time as the Director of Outreach as well as Assistant Children's Minister. Leah, her husband, and their four children currently reside in Sachse, Texas.

David Monroe was born and raised in Plano, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M (Gig' em) in 1995 with a degree in Marketing and Advertising. After Graduation David began work as a Camp director with Baskin Family Camps. In 1997 David married Terra and together they moved to Dallas where David began working as a teacher and coach at Providence Christian School. He taught Theology and coached basketball for 4 years. In 2001, David moved over to Cistercian Prep School where he worked as the School's Business Manager. During this time he continued to coach teenagers as he also worked as the Varsity Cross-country coach and assistant Varsity Basketball coach. In 2003, David decided that he wanted to continue to work with teenagers, but he felt called to do this within a church ministry. David began work as the Student Minister for Crosspoint Church in July of 2003. David is continuing his education as he works on a Masters Degree with Dallas Baptist University.

David is currently living in McKinney with his wife and daughter. His favorite activity is spending time with his wife and daughter. They enjoy all outdoor activities - camping, climbing, hiking, running and especially road cycling and mountain biking. When he is not ministering to students or spending time with his family, David can be found enjoying a Dallas Mavericks game! Go MAVS!

Judy Sparkman is the director of Crosspoint Clubhouse Mother's Day Out and Preschool. She has 28 years in public education, the last 18 years as a principal in elementary schools. Judy has a Masters Degree in Mid Management and a BS in Education. Her teaching experience includes all grades kindergarten through sixth grade with the exception of third grade. She retired from public education in 2004. Judy has a passion for teaching and a love for children. She is a discipline management specialist and has extensive experience with special needs children. Judy and her husband Paul have two grown children and two grandsons.

Amy Jones is the Administrative Assistant for Crosspoint Church. She was born in Seoul, South Korea. She was adopted and brought to the states when she was 6 months old. After high school, she worked for 21 and a half years for Beneficial Corporation, where she held many positions and lived in many different states, including Illinois, Iowa, Utah, New Mexico, Louisiana and finally her greatest dream, Texas! When Amy found Christ in 1998, her desire was to spend more time with God, as well as her children. He provided the way for both. Unbeknownst to her, God had been preparing her to work in ministry for all those years in Corporate America. In February, 2001, Amy joined the staff at Crosspoint Church and her desires were fulfilled.

Providing support to Pastor Mark and other staff members, as well as general assistance to members of the church family, are just part of her responsibilities. She performs the secretarial duties and keeps record of the financial matters involving Crosspoint.

She resides in McKinney with her three children, ages 17, 15 and 12.