Duke Memorial UMC 2017 Lay Leadership

Church Council

Church Council Leadership / Chairperson / Kathy Bradley
Vice Chairperson / Justin Sprague
Past Chairperson / Shelley Turkington
Secretary / Julie Allen
Pastor / Heather Rodrigues
Invite and Welcome Min. / Invite/Welcome Team Chair / Katie Byers-Dent
Worship Team / Worship Committee Chair / Para Drake
Music Committee Chair / Ada Brown
Christian Discipleship / Children’s Ministry Team Chair / chosen by team
Ministries / Youth Ministry Co-Chairs / Mark Miller
Stewardship Chair / Will Shingleton
Serving Ministries / Mission Committee Chair / Karalyn Colopy
Program Staff / Adult Discipleship & Witness / Cullen McKenney
Youth / Gair McCullough
Children / Jennifer Ingold- Asbill
Music / Cyril Murphy
Resources for Ministry / SPRC Chair / Frank Brown
Finance Committee Chair / Sarah O’Keefe
Legacy Committee Chair / Barbara DeBerry
Trustee Chair / Doris Brown
Other Council Members / Lay Mem. Annual Conference / Annette Martin
Youth Representative / Liana Bradley
Weekday School non-voting / Julie Allen
Parents Morning Out non-voting / Harriet Putman
At-Large / Ashley Hairston
At-Large / Tom Adkinson
At-Large / Georgiary Bledsoe
At-Large / Elizabeth Jones

Invite and Welcome Team

Katie Byers-Dent, (Chair) / Marie Spiller
Seth Asbill / Tony Nicholson
Cullen McKenney / Meredith Daymont
Don Wright

Worship Team

Chair / Para Drake
Worship Ministries Coordinator / Louise Rollins
Altar Guild Co-Coordinators / Para Drake
Acolyte Recruiting & Training / Warren Smith, Mary Lee Bailey
Communion Steward Coordinator / Janet Celko
Usher Coordinator / John Lentz

Music Ministry Team

Chair
Ada Brown / Jacquelyn? / Shelley Turkington (Dance)
Murray Simpson (bells) / Tim Turkington / Cynthia Van der Wiele
Tyler Christian / Jennifer Shingleton / Martha Lynn Ballard

Campaign Forward Team

Lee Fogle / Leta Loyd, Finance
Fuller Sasser, Trustees / Heather Rodrigues, Pastor
Bill Self, Chair
Karalyn Colopy, Comm. / Blaine Butterworth, Trustees
Ben Mixon, Memorial Church

Christian Discipleship Ministries

Stewardship Team

Will Shingleton, Chair
Ann Hall
Heather Rodrigues (staff)

Children’s Ministries Team

Jennifer Ingold Asbill (staff) / Julia Browning, Nursery Coordinator
Rita MacMillan, Worship Education / Shelley Rhudy
Mary Cooley / Barbara Gilmer
Laura Tonkin
Sarah Schulz
Meredith Brown
Vilma Forrester / Stephanie McGarrah
Adam Spiller (new)
John Tassa (new)

Youth Ministries Team

Gair McCullough (staff) / Co-Chair,
Valerie Abbott / Mark Miller, Co-Chair
Youth Representative Liana Bradley

Serving Committees

Missions Committee

Cullen McKenney (staff) / Karalyn Colopy, Chair
Roger Loyd – IHN / Don Underwood – JJ Henderson / Alan Whanger
Kate Bowler / Shelley Rhudy / Jerry Smith
Marie Spiller / Sid Allen
Tyler Christian,
Habitat / Jennifer Fitts, Habitat
Hazel Ryon, CAN
Judy Coman, DCIA
Kathy Bradley - BUMP / Katie Gregory

Other Committees

Parents’ Morning Out Advisory Committee NEW

Chairperson / Meredith Daymont
PMO Director (Ex Officio) / Harriet Putman
DMUMC Staff / Jennifer Ingold Asbill
WDS / Julie Allen
DM Finance / Sara Marks, Jane Hardin
Non-Church Member / Erica Jordan
Non-Church Member / Lori Potter
Non-Church Member / Stacy Williams

Weekday School Board Members

Chairperson / Evan Travis
Vice Chairperson / Christina Scheper
Secretary / Tara Casey
Treasurer / Brad Johnson
Immediate Past Chair / Mike Griffin
WDS Director / Julie Allen
Teacher Representative / Shelley Turkington
DMUMC Staff / Jennifer Ingold Asbill
PMO Director / Harriet Putman
Council President / Quinn Yi
Church Member / Doris Brown
Nadine Hoover
Emma Willis

Lay Member(s) to Annual Conference

Annette Martin

Resource Committees

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

No fewer than 5 nor more than 9. One shall be a young adult and one may be a youth. Only one person per household on this team.

Chairperson / Frank Brown
Vice Chair / Louise Rollins
Class of 2017 / Jane Hardin
Frank Brown
Shirley Few
Class of 2018 / Nancy Marks
Laura Tonkin
Tim Turkington
Class of 2019 / Tony Nicholson
Beverly Benton
Louise Rollins

Finance Committee

Chairperson
Vice Chairperson
Past Chair / Sarah O’Keefe
Sara Marks
Treasurer / Jane Hardin
Assistant Treasurer / Carolyn Harris
Financial Administrator (non-voting) / Kelley Kovalesky
Church Council Chair / Kathy Bradley
Pastor / Heather Rodrigues
Trustee Chair / Doris Brown
SPRC Chair / Frank Brown
Lay Member of Annual Conference
Stewardship Co-Chairpersons / Will Shingleton
Legacy Fund Co-Chairs / Barbara DeBerry and Nancy Lockamy
Class of 2017 / Pete Rodrigues
Randy Sears
Aileen Maddox
Class of 2018 / Joe Johnson
Bill Coman
Class of 2019 / Warren Smith
Leta Loyd, Liaison, Campaign Forward Team
Class of 2020 / Sarah O’Keefe
Stuart Harrell

Audit Committee

Leta Loyd, Chair / Carolyn Harris, Assistant Treasurer
Susan McFall / Nancy Lockamy

Legacy Investment Committee

Chairperson / Barbara DeBerry
Trustee Chairperson / Doris Brown
Finance Chairperson / Sarah O’Keefe
Legacy Leader / Bill Self
Class of 2017 / Barbara DeBerry
Nancy Lockamy
Class of 2018 / Tom Bagby
Gary Boyd
Class of 2019 / John Lentz
James Caldwell

Trustees

At least 3 and no more than 9. Recommended that 1/3 be women and 1/3 men and 2/3’s members, all of legal age. Trustees nominates their own chair/vice chair

Chairperson / Doris Brown
Vice Chairperson / Elected by Trustees
Class of 2017 / Steed Rollins
Doris Brown
Tony Sease
Class of 2018 / Blaine Butterworth
Tad Deberry
Randy Few
Class of 2019 / Fuller Sasser
Tammi Brooks
Lisa Kukla
Weekday School non-voting / Julie Allen
Parents Morning Out non-voting / Harriet Putman

Committee on Lay Leadership

No more than 9 people with at least one young adult.

Chairperson / Heather Rodrigues
Class of 2017 / Tony Nicholson
Julie Allen
Elizabeth Cox
Class of 2018 / Beverly Christian
Jennifer Shingleton
Ann Smith
Class of 2019 / Ty Rhudy
Steed Rollins
Ashley Strahley

Columbarium Committee

Chairperson / Ben Mixon
Members / Sid Allen / Richard Grogan
Barbara Self / Dick Means

History Team Committee

Doris Brown / Annette Martin / Bill Coman
Roger Loyd / Warren Smith / Maurice Ritchie
Dana Pope

Memorial Church Fund Committee

Ben Mixon / Council Liaison / Doris Brown
Rhodyney Reade / Heather Rodrigues / Maurice Ritchie
Finance Liaison / Bill Self

Ministries of Caring

Volunteer Coordinator, Front Desk

Liz Bezera!

Uplifters Prayer Ministry

Lee Fogle, Co-Chair / Ann Smith / Jerry Smith
Joanna Fogle, Co-Chair / Mary Whanger / Stan Coffman
Don Underwood / Alan Whanger / Annette Martin
Thomas Critchlow

Stephen Ministry Leaders

Blaine Butterworth
Ann Stallings Smith / Annette Martin

Helping Hands Ministry Coordinators

Mary John Caldwell / Holly Eggleston
Nadine Hoover

Ministry Team

Heather Rodrigues, Pastor (101)
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Julie Allen, DMWS Director

Julia Browning, Nursery Coordinator

Rev. Jennifer Ingold Asbill

Minister of Children and Nurture

Katie Byers Dent, AV/Sound

Kelly Kovalesky, Financial Administrator
(105)

Bill Palmieri-Guy, Office Administrator
(104)

Fred Mason, Jr., Organist

Gair McCullough, Minister of Youth
(108)

Cullen McKenney, Minister of Adult Discipleship & Witness
(106)

Cyril Murphy, Minister of Music
(112)

Harriet Putman, PMO Director
(117)

Joe Stevens, Property & Operations Manager
(114)

Olivia Suarez, Custodian

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