MINISTER OF WORD & SACRAMENT
Samantha Coggins (née Lowery) is a native of Fredericksburg, VA. As a UVA alum, she is excited to be making her home in central Virginia again – this time as a Charlottesville townie, with all the nostalgia of a Wahoo (class of 2010).
Samantha grew up in the PCUSA. After pursuing her first call in life – to become a television critic in New York City – she discerned a call to seminary. In 2020, she earned her M.Div. at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. (She still watches plenty of tv.)
She was ordained in April 2021, in Morgantown, WV. There she began her ministry as a campus pastor to WVU college students. Prior to serving at FPC Waynesboro, Samantha served as Associate Pastor at John McMillan Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.
Congregational care is the crux of Samantha’s ministry. For her, preaching and teaching flow alongside strong pastoral care, whether that care takes place in someone’s home, a hospital room, or in a 5-minute conversation after worship on Sunday.
Samantha is married to Joel, a book designer and production manager for UVA Press. They have one daughter, Cosette (koh-sette), aka Cozy. In her spare time, Samantha enjoys wrangling her toddler and taking long walks anywhere she can.
Roger Daggy, Director of Music/Organist rogerdaggy@gmail.com
Roger Daggy became the Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in July of 2015. He has been a church musician and recital organist for over forty years. The Waynesboro native’s association with FPC began in the early 1970s, when he studied organ, harpsichord and piano and sang in choirs with FPC Director of Music, Dr. R. Edward Zimmerman.
Roger received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University, where he studied organ with Wolfgang Rübsam and Dr. Richard Enright. He also studied choral conducting with Grigg Fountain, a student of Robert Shaw. His notable positions include Organist at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church in Chicago, home of an historic 1888 Johnson and Son organ; Director of Music at Calvary Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, NC, where he played a 1926 Hook and Hastings organ; and Parish Organist for The Parish of St. Matthew in Pacific Palisades, CA, home of the last organ personally designed by Charles Fisk, installed in 1985.
Roger has played services and concerts throughout Europe and the United States. His European venues include Winchester Cathedral in England; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland; St. Wenzel’s, Naumberg, Germany and the Matyas Church in Budapest, Hungary. Roger’s American concerts sites include Walt Disney Concert Hall (with orchestra) and First Congregational Church in Los Angeles, Rockefeller Chapel and St. James Cathedral in Chicago, the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta and Christ UMC in Greensboro, NC. Additionally, Roger has spent over thirty-five years in the organ industry, much of that time devoted to the care and maintenance of historic pipe organs.
Kimberlea Daggy Music Associate
Kimberlea Daggy joined the FPC staff in January of 2017. She has been associated with church music for her entire life, from singing in choirs to playing piano and, occasionally, organ. Kimberlea received her Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and did graduate work at Yale University and Arizona State University, where she sang the title role of Carmen.
Kimberlea is a public radio announcer and producer, currently hosting All Things Considered on WMRA (90.7) and producing and hosting Airplay on WEMC (91.7), both based at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Her public radio career began in 1990 at WILL at the University of Illinois in Urbana and continued at WFDD at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She was recruited by the Classical Public Radio Network in Los Angeles and worked for the network and the University of Southern California’s KUSC, where, in addition to programming and hosting a daily on-air shift, she co-hosted live broadcasts of Los Angeles Opera, when she interviewed such esteemed artists at Placido Domingo and Marilyn Horne.
Kimberlea has given numerous lectures during her thirty year career for a variety of organizations, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, the Ojai Music Festival and the Sierra Summer Festival. She has also taught adult education classes at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.
Kimberlea served on the board of the Orchestra Parents Association at Santa Monica High School, where she hosted concerts, wrote program notes and connected students to professional musicians, including Los Angeles Opera Music Director James Conlon and former Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Zubin Mehta. She was the Los Angeles Coordinator for Friday Afternoons, a world-wide celebration of Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday anniversary in November of 2013. Kimberlea also helped coordinate the Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra 2014 tour to Vienna, Prague and Baden-Baden, Germany.
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Colleen Cash – Administrative Assistant
ccash@firstpresway.com
Colleen joined the FPC team in July of 2017, a native of Buena Vista, she moved to Stuarts Draft in 1990 with her husband Bob and daughter Kelly.
When she is not enjoying time with her grandchildren Nathan and Emma , she loves cross stitching and reading.
Craig Cavanaugh, audio-visual support
Craig was born in upstate New York and moved to this area in 1972. He graduated from Waynesboro High School in 1981 and went into the United States Air Force and served four years as a Ground Radio Communications Operator. While stationed at MacDill AFB in Florida he met his wife Cindy, who also was active duty Air Force. After their time in the service, they returned to Waynesboro where Craig worked for a short time as a disc jockey at WZKT (formally WAYB) until they closed their doors. He owned and operated Mystic Music DJ Service for almost 20 years until retiring from the DJ scene in 2012. Craig works his full time job as Quality Control at PlyGem Siding Group in Stuarts Draft and has been employed there for over 30 years. He and his wife Cindy have two wonderful children Carissa and Corey, and two grandchildren Draegen and James.
Michael Griffith was raised and attended school in Philadelphia, PA. He is married to Bernadette. They have three daughters, Faye , Kelly and Katie . Michael has been coming to Waynesboro to visit family since he was a child and moved here one he became an adult. Michael has worked full time at Blue Ridge Doors for over 10 years and ably finds time to work for our church. Although he has little free time, what he does have he spends with his wife and family.