Meet the Leadership of the Open Arms Christian Child Development Center:

Pastor Michael Flannery Senior Pastor

Pastor Peter DeMik Associate Pastor

Cynthia Tillman Director

Stacey Ruley Assistant Director

A Word From Our Director:

Cynthia Yvonne McBride-Tillman

I am so happy to be the Director of Open Arms Christian Child Development Center and part of the Open Arms and Our Savior Lutheran Church family. I would like to share with you a little bit about my family and myself. I came to the position of Director of Open Arms in November 2006 from Memphis, Tennessee where I had worked as an administrator at a Lutheran Elementary School.

I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Concordia Teacher's College in River Forest, Illinois. I had previously attended a Lutheran high school and a Lutheran junior college in Selma, Alabama. My teaching credentials include over thirty years of experience in preschool through eighth grade. I have also served as an elementary school administrator and principal. I taught at schools in Flint, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Eastpoint, Georgia; Bessemer, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; and Memphis, Tennessee. Now I include Laurel, Maryland to my list.

I am currently a member of Our Savior Lutheran church and I sing in the sanctuary choir. I would love to greet each of you at Our Savior on Sunday mornings. Please be sure to make yourself known to me so that I can welcome you to our church service.

I now live in Elkridge, Maryland with my daughter, Jeniece. She will be graduating from high school in May and she hopes to attend Clark College in Atlanta next year. My son, Jason, lives in Minnesota with my granddaughter, Navaeh. She was born in August of 2007, so I am a proud new grandmother.

I am always striving to ensure that Open Arms provides a nurturing and safe environment for the educational, social, physical and spiritual development of your children. We hope to do this through a loving and Christ-centered child development center. Please let me know if I may be of service to you. I look forward to meeting with you.

Yours in Christ,

Cynthia Tillman

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