October Luncheon
patti harris
Former Executive Director, Child Evangelism Fellowship
October 22, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
We are serving a delicious buffet
Location: The Walden Club, 633 Chestnut St # 2100, Chattanooga, TN 37450 (Inside Republic Centre)
Tickets: $30
Bio:
Patti has spent the past 30 years in the non-profit world. She joined Child Evangelism Fellowship as Executive Director in 2016 and has guided teams that shared the Gospel with over 100,000 children in the Chattanooga area over the past 10 years-She retired last month. She served at The Generosity Trust / Crown Financial Ministries as Generosity Training Director for five years, helping others to steward God’s financial principals and be generous givers. Prior to that, she served six years as the Executive Director for Scenic City Women’s Network. She spent 15 years in the corporate retail world with Proffitt’s / Loveman’s Department Stores and Buster Brown Kidswear.
She served as VP for the Board of Directors at Bethany Christian Services, served as the Community Lay Director for the Chattanooga / Lafayette Emmaus Community and also served on the Board of Directors for Chattanooga Matters. She served on four international mission teams to the Ukraine and Jamaica and several mission teams across the United States.
As an active member of Hixson First Baptist Church, she served as Life Group Superintendent and co-leader of the Discipleship Ministry and children’s ministry Sunday School Director for many years. Patti is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, graduated through CEF’s Children’s Ministry Institute and received her Diploma in Biblical Studies from Samford University. Patti and her husband Don have two children and two grandchildren-Corley (3) and Hannah (1).