{"id":659,"date":"2013-05-06T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/?page_id=659"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:30:47","slug":"leadership-team-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/?page_id=659","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/elders.png&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;350&#8243; height=&#8221;201&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Along with the Pastor, Our Leadership team gets involved in important decisions that are taken at Atlanta Tamil Church. God has been the source of knowledge and wisdom to handle various challenges and decisions the leadership team handles at Atlanta Tamil Church.<br \/>\n[divider_hr]<br \/>\n<strong>Members of Atlanta Tamil Church Leadership Team<\/strong><br \/>\nHere are the members who are part of the Leadership team at Atlanta Tamil Church.<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Antony Arputharaj<br \/>\n<em>Chairman<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/antony_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Antony Arputharaj is originally from southern part of Tamil Nadu.\u00a0 He has been attending and an active member of the Atlanta Tamil Church for the last 10 years. Antony Arputharaj is currently the Chairman of Atlanta Tamil Church Executive board.\u00a0 He is also the President\/CEO of\u00a0his own successful software firm, which he started in the year 1996.\u00a0 He has been in the Information Technology field over 25 years.\u00a0 Antony Arputharaj lives in Lilburn, along with his wife, son and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>[divider_hr]<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. VasanthaKumar Pitchumani<br \/>\n<em>Secretary<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vasanth_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;]Vasanth is originally from Trichy in Southern Tamil Nadu . Vasanth moved to USA in 1998 as a Software Engineer, working for major companies and is currently employed as a software consultant.\u00a0 He has been involved in the church choir in India since the age of eight and now currently is an active member of the Atlanta Tamil Church Choir and also talented to play the drums. \u00a0He has been attending Atlanta Tamil Church since August 2004.\u00a0 He has been serving God as one of the Elders and currently is the Secretary of Atlanta Tamil Church Board. Vasanth lives in Suwanee with his wife and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>[divider_hr]<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Ajoy Devadawson<br \/>\n<em>Asst. Secretary<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ajoy_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Ajoy Devadawson is a member of Atlanta Tamil Church for the past 6 years. He has lived in different parts of USA and he hails from Madurai in India. He is the Joint Secretary of the elders committee. He is the Choir leader and he plays keyboard. He is a software engineer by profession. Ajoy lives along with his wife in Lawrenceville, who is the Coordinator for the church&#8217;s Sunday school. Ajoy says, \u201cWe have been blessed abundantly by being a member of a church that cares and by the preachers who bring God\u2019s powerful messages, which helps us to be fruitful in our day to day life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[divider_hr]<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Alfred Thyagaraju<br \/>\n<em>Treasurer<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alfred_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Alfred was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. After finishing his Masters degree in India, he moved to Atlanta for Job opportunities. He has been employed at a Atlanta based Software firm since 1998 and continued to work for them for various clients. He has been attending Atlanta Tamil Church since late 2003 and has been an active member ever since. Currently, Alfred is serving as the Treasurer of the Atlanta Tamil Church and is also involved in the Church choir playing the drums. Alfred lives in Suwanee along with his wife.<\/p>\n<p>[divider_hr]<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Daniel G Samuelraj<\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/daniel_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Daniel G Samuelraj grew up in small village called Sevalpatti near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. In 1998, Daniel completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and started his career by working as a lecturer in a computer institute in Bangalore. God brought him to Atlanta 10 years ago to work for a software firm and now he works as a Staff Engineer in Atlanta. God helped Daniel to establish himself, in this country and grow spiritually, professionally, and personally. Daniel Samuelraj has been attending the Atlanta Tamil Church since the year 2000 and has been an integral part of the Church since then. Daniel Samuelraj has been serving God as a worship leader in ATC since 2005. Daniel lives in Lawrenceville with his wife, a daughter, and a son.<\/p>\n<p>[divider_hr]<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Stephen Easterson<\/h3>\n<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stephen_photo.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;150&#8243; height=&#8221;125&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Stephen Easterson is from the coastal pearl city of southern Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi. His family worships our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Atlanta Tamil Church for the last four years. Stephen is working full-time as a Software Engineer with a local Atlanta Firm. Stephen loves listening to music and spending time on the internet. Stephen is involved in the care of the church inventory and also takes care of media requirements in the Lord&#8217;s worship. His Eden is flourished by his wife and two little daughters.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous Members of the Leadership Team<\/h3>\n<p>Here are previous members of our team.<br \/>\nJohn Britto, Rajendran Periyaswamy, Sam Vijay Anand(Media), Milton Das (Treasurer),\u00a0 Joseph Moses (Secretary),\u00a0 Titus Constantine (Public Relations),\u00a0 Joseph Robertson, Christopher Wixon and Vijay Franklin (Inventory In-charge)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[image small=&#8221;http:\/\/www.atlantatamilchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/elders.png&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;350&#8243; height=&#8221;201&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; skin=&#8221;on&#8221;] Along with the Pastor, Our Leadership team gets involved in important decisions that are taken at Atlanta Tamil Church. God has been the source of knowledge and wisdom to handle various challenges and decisions the leadership team handles at Atlanta Tamil Church. 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