Staff
Rev. Alan Buckner
Miss Dawn
Dawn has been the Administrative Assistant at Gilwood since August 2016. Originally from Long Island NY Dawn has lived in NC since 2004 raising her 4 children. She truly loves working for Gilwood and has enjoyed getting to know its wonderful members.
Cynthia Lawing
Cynthia Lawing, a native of Hong Kong, received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wittenberg University, The Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University. She has performed throughout the United States and various countries in Asia and South America. In additional to her performance schedule, she is in great demand as a clinician and adjudicator. Cynthia began her stewardship as a church musician at age 8, currently serving as the Music Director and organist at Gilwood Presbyterian Church in Concord. Cynthia Lawing is a member of the Applied Music faculty at Davidson College.
Drew Howard
Drew Howard is a native of Concord, NC. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Appalachian State University. He has served as the handbell director at Gilwood since 2017.
Matthew Stratford
Matt studied music performance and audio engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore and the College of Southern Maryland. He has extensively toured the United States and parts of Europe as a singer and guitar player. In addition to leading worship at Gilwood, Matt also still maintains a heavy performance schedule outside of church. His wife Rebecca plays alongside him as a duet on hand percussion, and you can find the two performing all over the region. Matt loves all styles of worship including both contemporary and traditional and has a passion for ministries that help homelessness, children/youth and families.
Janet Honeycutt
Janet Honeycutt lives in Davidson, NC with her husband, Tony, of 38 years. She has three grown children and four grandchildren. Janet has worked with the Gilwood Preschool program for 24 years.