Garry Woodside
Minister of Music & Church Ministries
Garry Woodside has been part of the team at Mount Carmel Baptist Church since 2016, serving in Music and Church Ministries. He’s not big on titles—he just wants to love Jesus and help people truly encounter Him.
Garry started serving in his first church back in 1975, and has been doing ministry ever since—whether leading worship, pastoring, teaching, or serving behind the scenes. He was ordained in 1994 and holds a degree in Pastoral Ministries from Covington Theological Seminary, with a focus on Education and Church Growth.
Over the years, Garry has served churches across Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma—both full-time and bi-vocationally. He's also led and participated in mission efforts from New York to Florida, Arizona to the Philippines. He’s passionate about helping the Church stay focused on the gospel and stay active in the mission.
He and his wife Jan are both from Hixson, TN. They’ve been married for decades, together have six children (one now in Heaven), and are proud grandparents to ten (two also in Heaven). Family is everything to them—and so is pointing the next generation toward Christ.
Before ministry became full-time, Garry also served eight years in the U.S. Air Force, including overseas duty in England. He brings a grounded, real-world perspective that connects well across all ages.
When he's not at church, you might find him in his wood shop, in the mountains, out fishing, or watching a movie with his grandkids.
Life Verse: "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need."
—1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 (NASB)
Garry started serving in his first church back in 1975, and has been doing ministry ever since—whether leading worship, pastoring, teaching, or serving behind the scenes. He was ordained in 1994 and holds a degree in Pastoral Ministries from Covington Theological Seminary, with a focus on Education and Church Growth.
Over the years, Garry has served churches across Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma—both full-time and bi-vocationally. He's also led and participated in mission efforts from New York to Florida, Arizona to the Philippines. He’s passionate about helping the Church stay focused on the gospel and stay active in the mission.
He and his wife Jan are both from Hixson, TN. They’ve been married for decades, together have six children (one now in Heaven), and are proud grandparents to ten (two also in Heaven). Family is everything to them—and so is pointing the next generation toward Christ.
Before ministry became full-time, Garry also served eight years in the U.S. Air Force, including overseas duty in England. He brings a grounded, real-world perspective that connects well across all ages.
When he's not at church, you might find him in his wood shop, in the mountains, out fishing, or watching a movie with his grandkids.
Life Verse: "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need."
—1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 (NASB)