LeAnne Spruill Ryan

leanne.spruill@yateschurch.org

Role at Yates: Minister of Students and Recreation

Date started on staff: July 2009

What I love about Yates: Have you met my students? They are fantastic and they remind me

that our church has wonderful

leaders rising up to follow after

Jesus.

Family: I married my brilliant husband, Scott Ryan, in May of 2010. My parents, David and Debra Spruill still live in Edenton, NC, where I grew up and my brother Jason and his wife Cynthia live in Raleigh. I am also the favorite aunt of their twin baby girls, Evelyn and Jessica!

Education:

Gardner-Webb University, B.A. in Religious Studies 2004
Duke Divinity School, Master of Divinity 2009

For fun I enjoy:

Hanging out with friends,

Watching movies

Listening to music

Going to the Durham Farmer’s Market

Durham Bulls Baseball Games

Visiting places I have never been

Favorite Bible passages: Jeremiah 31, Psalm 116, John 14-16, Romans 5

Favorite movies:

Elizabethtown

Juno

Under the Tuscan Sun

The Wedding Date

     Chronicles of Narnia

Favorite restaurants:

     Best burgers: Tobacco Road Cafe (Durham) or Buns (Chapel Hill)
     Best chicken: Chick-fil-a or Zaxby’s (can’t we get one in Durham?)
     Best sandwiches: Piper's Deli (Durham) or Panera Bread
     Best breakfast: Madhatters or Nosh
     Best Japanese: Sakura Xpress (in Chapel Hill)
     Best Mexican: Toreros
     Best steak: Firebirds
     Best salads: The Loop or Zaxby’s (again, can’t we get one in Durham?)

Favorite books (after the Bible):

Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner

Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Favorite teams:

N.C. State Wolfpack

Then Duke Blue Devils

And then any opponent of the UNC Tar Heels!

Previous job people should know about: I worked as a loan officer at NC State Employees Credit Union for 2 and a half years before Divinity School. I also worked the early morning shift at Panera Bread for a month out of college. May I suggest the Bacon Turkey Bravo?

Favorite donuts: Doughnuts shmoughnuts… I’ll use all my doughnut money for Dunkin Doughnut’s coffee!