Lance Howerton

Lance Howerton

director of operations for LifeWay Kids

Lance is the Director of Operations for LifeWay Kids and he leads the camps events, and training teams. He casts vision, makes lots of important decisions, answers a ton of emails, leads our department extraordinarily, and always keeps us on our toes. Lance loves to play racquetball in his free time, and likes to blog about leadership topics.


Jeremy Echols

Jeremy Echols

team leader

JE loves camp and the ministry that takes place in summer camp ministry. He studied business at Louisiana College and received an MDIV at SWBTS. He served as a coach and camp director at Crosspoint Christian Sports Camps, then began full-time in the CentriKid office at LifeWay in 2005. JE’s specific work involves investing in leaders, finding new camp locations, and planning training. He met his wife Emily when they served on camp staff together and their daughter #BabyMadison was born in 2011.


Andy Dukes

Andy Dukes

event coordinator

Andy studied Organizational Communication at Murray State. He served on Crosspoint and CentriKid beginning in 2005 and has been in the office since 2008. He is married to Meghan, who is a 2nd grade teacher. Andy handles lots of camp logistics, creates videos, works with camp production, and plans VBS preview events. He is our go-to tech guy, and loves all things Apple. Dukes loves to blog about new productivity tools.


Henry Dutton

Henry Dutton

camp director

Henry graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with a BA in Christian Studies and English, and is pursuing an MDiv with a focus in International Church Planting. He began working for CentriKid in 2008 and joined the office team in 2012. He married Amy, a graphic designer at LifeWay. Henry manages camp inventory, handles logistics, helps plan rec and production, and does prep work for LifeWay Kids events. He loves to blog about games, leadership, and spiritual application.


Laura Register

Laura Register

camp director

Laura graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Counseling and Human Development Services. She began working for CentriKid in the summer of 2010 and joined the office staff in 2012. Laura is a Georgia native who loves writing, baking, creating, and spending time with friends. Laura works primarily with online presence, staff development, spiritual direction, and Bible study. She loves to blog about leadership, discipleship, and camp updates.


Ellie Doom

Ellie Doom

camp director

Ellie graduated from Murray State University with a degree in Public Relations/Youth and Nonprofit Leadership.  She has worked camp since 2010 and joined our office team in August of 2012.  Ellie keeps track of staff paperwork, helps with track time manuals, trains ADs, helps create group leader information, and works on several other projects.  She loves everything about UK basketball and thinks track times are the best part of the day at camp!


Adrienne Smith

Adrienne Smith

office intern

Adrienne is currently working on her degree in Religion at Liberty University with a minor in Church Ministries. She began working for Centrikid in the summer of 2012 and joined the office staff in 2013. Adrienne loves reading, hiking, and spending time with her twin sister. She manages the CentriKid email and helps out on various office projects. Her favorite thing about camp is No Boys Allowed.


Former Staffers

Former Staffers

Meredith Teasley
Mary Carlisle
Jen Hall
Jessica Herrell
Bud Harlan
Laura (Fillingim) Sampson
Eric Sampson
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