Canterbury Leadership 2016
Church Council Officers
Leader
Co-Leader
Recording Secretary
Spiritual Guide
Christy Baynes
Elizabeth Dunn
Susan Barnett
Dale Cohen
Church Council Ex-Officio Members Laity
Lay Leader
Richard Murray
Leader of Church Council
Christy Baynes
Co-Leader of Church Council
Elizabeth Dunn
Team Leader for Traditional Worship
Sally Yeilding
Team Leader for Contemporary Worship
Cindy Simms
Team Leader for New Traditions Worship
Rebecca Morris
Team Leader for The Way
Mary Frances Colley
Team Leader for Adult & Family Spiritual Formation Elizabeth Riddle
Team Leader for Outreach
Joanna Clayton
Team Leader for Finance
Kevin Kelly
Team Leader for Staff Parish Relations
Buddy Smith
Team Leader for Building & Grounds
Murray Dixon
Team Leader for Trustees/Canterbury Foundation
Doug Coltharp
Team Leader for Lucille Beeson Trust
Kim Rogers
Team Leader for Church & Society
Patty Warren
Team Leader for Children’s Ministry
Meg Lilly
Team Leader for Confirmation
Laura Warren
Team Leader for Youth Ministry
Laura Sink
Team Leader for Young Adults
Sonya Holcomb
Team Leader for Mature Adults
Jane Malloch
Team Leader for Counseling
LaVone Warren
Team Leader for Communications
Tom Pittman
Team Leader for Radical Hospitality Team
Steve Hall
Team Leader for CDC Board
Will Fountain
President United Methodist Women
Clayton Walton
Scouting Coordinator
Lissa Tyson/Mary Little
Church Council Ex-Officio Members – Staff
Executive Director of CDC
Director – Day School
Director of Adult & Family Spiritual Formation
Traditional Worship Coordinator
Director of Contemporary Worship
Director of Senior Adult Ministries
Director of Student Ministries
Director of Building Operations
Director of Communications
Director of Outreach
Director of Children’s Ministry
Minister of Contemporary Worship
Minister of Learning Academy
Minister of Congregational Care
Minister of Radical Hospitality
Executive Minister
Senior Pastor
Amanda Payne
Linda Wingo
Brian Ward
Paul McCracken
Patti Williams
Valerie Boyd
Stephen Ingram
Jim Lott, Jr.
Cris Brown
Rachel Estes
Carrie Ward
Drew Clayton
Oliver Clark
Sam Williamson
Sheryl Thornton
Warren Nash
Dale Cohen
Other Ex-Officio Members
2016 Lay Members of Annual Conference
Former Leaders of Administrative Board and
Church Council
(see page 13)
(see page 4)
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At-Large Members of the Church Council
Class of 2016
Berte, Scott
Bragiel, Matt
Bundy, Caroline
Carlton, Patrick
Coffee, Nora
Coons, Buzz
Coppedge, Louis
Cox, Chan
Crago, Josh
Duffee, Barbara
Fitzpatrick, Judy
Goodwin, Niena
Hall, Steve
Harpe, Kyle
Haynes, Brad
Hereford, Laurie
Kilgore, Allen
Class of 2017
Barber, Dan
Carson, Anna
Chambliss, Baker
Church, Fenn
Cunningham, Randle
Duke, Liz
Dunn, Jack
Gessert, Jan
Gillum, Winston
Glaub, Nancy
Henry, Bob
Herron, Keith
Houseal, Pat
Jordan, Sonya
Knight, Sid
Morris, Ben
Nunelley, Fred
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Class of 2018
Alexander, Kevin
Allen, Eddie
Ashford, Leon
Bland, Kirby
Carrothers, Russ
Carson, Anna
Clark, Jennifer
Comer, Robert
Couch, Jennifer
Crane, Philip
Dodson, Jeannie
Drew, Mark
Echols, Trey
Fulmer, David
Gee, John
Gilmore, Logan
Goode, Janine
Goodrich, Charles
Henry, Paula
Henderson, Hiliary
Hobbs, David
Holman, Jamie
Hughes, Brady
Kingsford, Linda
Malloch, Jane
Mandell, Mary Virginia
Mann, Michael
McDougald, Bill
Norris, Bradley
Patton, Joe
Pearson, Joey
Prosch, Liz
Roberts, Amy
Robicheaux, Grant
Roebuck, Rob
Sauls, Knight
Shaw, Jim
Sink, Andy
Spencer, Brad
Spencer, Mary Roebuck
Thornton, Wes
Torbert, Marc
Vann, Michael
Wendorf, Marc
Whatley, Lawrence
White, Brian
Windle, John
Womack, Lowell
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FORMER LEADERS OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD AND CHURCH COUNCIL
Bellows, Bob
Plosser, Don
Berte, Neal
Prater, Harlan
Booker, Will*
Puckett, Dan
Burns, Harry*
Renneker, Fred
Cole, Sam*
Richardson, Jim
Condrey, Terry*
Roebuck, Bob*
Davis, Hartwell
Rutland, Goodloe
Dodson, Cal
Sanders, Brant
Donnell, Sam
Sisson, Tommy
Donnell, Skip
Stephens, Elton*
Eddleman, Bill
Stewart, Joe
Evins, John*
Stone, Jeff
Fuller, Bill
Strickland, Jim
Hamrick, Bunny*
Sumner, Sam
Hamrick, Leon*
Terry, Charles
Hightower, Price*
Tingle, Buddy
Jenkins, Bob*
Warren, Anne
Lott, Jr., Jim
Warren, LaVone
McKee, Bob
Warren, Mike
McPherson, Glenda
Warren, Ty
Murray, Richard
Whitt, Bill*
Owen, Crawford
Ralph Yeilding
* Deceased
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Leadership Team of the Church Council
Leader
Co-Leader
Spiritual Guide
Lay Leader
Team Leader for Traditional Worship
Team Leader for Contemporary Worship
Team Leader for New Traditions Worship
Team Leader for The Way
Team Leader for Adult & Family Spiritual Formation
Team Leader for Outreach
Team Leader for Finance
Team Leader for Staff Parish Relations
Team Leader for Building & Grounds
Team Leader for Trustees/Canterbury Foundation
Team Leader for Lucille Beeson Trust
Team Leader for Church & Society
Team Leader for Children’s Ministry
Team Leader for Youth Ministry
Team Leader for Young Adults
Team Leader for Mature Adults
Team Leader for Counseling
Team Leader for Communications
Team Leader for CDC Board
Team Leader for Radical Hospitality Team
President of United Methodist Women
Christy Baynes
Elizabeth Dunn
Drew Clayton
Richard Murray
Sally Yeilding
Cindy Simms
Rebecca Morris
Mary Frances Colley
Elizabeth Riddle
Joanna Clayton
Kevin Kelly
Buddy Smith
Murray Dixon
Doug Coltharp
Kim Rogers
Patty Warren
Meg Lilly
Laura Sink
Sonya Holcomb
Jane Malloch
LaVone Warren
Tom Pittman
Will Fountain
Steve Hall
Clayton Walton
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen, Warren Nash, Cris Brown, Rachel Estes, Stephen Ingram,
Sheryl Thornton, Carrie Ward, Amanda Payne, Valerie Boyd
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Worship Ministry Teams
Traditional Worship Team
Leader: Sally Yeilding
Co-Leader: Joe Dixon
Janice Windham
Jim Shaw
Linda Stone
Sally Morano
Jennifer Kopf
Grace Wann
Communion
Ushers
Chancel Choir
Altar Guild
Acolyte Guild
Wedding Coordinator
Ann Vaughan
Carole Bonner
Ty Warren
Melissa Seton
Donna Hite/Sally Whites (Also serves New Traditions)
Murry Vaughan
Diane Richardson
Amy Sanders
Bette Owen
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen, Lester Seigel, Paul McCracken
Contemporary Worship Team
Leader: Cindy Simms
Co-Leader:
Scott Kingsford
Laura Canterbury
Angie Wood
Rachel Pippen
Sarah Taite Kelly
Eric Post
Dailey Nichols
Graham Black
Anna Tucker
Assigned Staff: Drew Clayton, Patti Williams, Sally Morris
New Traditions Worship Team
Leader: Rebecca Morris
Co-Leader: Grace Nesmith
Ushers: David & Ashley Fulmer
Suzanne Payne
Ali Hankins
Woodard Peay
George Jones
Carmen Echols
Assigned Staff: Warren Nash
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Jason Jack
Mary Frances Somerall
The Way Worship Team
Leader: Mary Frances Colley
Co Leader: Harlan Prater
Naomi Cunningham
Callie Blount
Daniel Compton
Jake Blount
Melody Tannehill
Gabe Stippler
Assigned Staff: Drew Clayton
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Learning Ministry Teams
Adult & Family Spiritual Formation Team
Leader: Elizabeth Riddle
Co-Leader:
Britt Coleman
Taylor Preston
Jim Proctor
Laurie Hereford
Lynda Holliman
Luke Bloodworth
Ashley Preston
Tom Owens
Mollie Elliott
Ben Lunsford
Assigned Staff: Brian Ward, Oliver Clark
Children’s Ministry Team
Leader: Meg Lilly
Co-Leader: Allison Litton
2016
Saili Garner
Temple Alexander
Meg Lilly
Zac Riddle
2017
Elizabeth Winger
Richard Rowan
Candace Brom
Allison Litton
2018
Amy Dobbins
Janelle Dixon
Assigned Staff: Carrie Ward, Gina Thomas, Clayton Walton, Amy Knight, Amanda Fuller
Confirmation Team
Leader: Laura Warren
Zac Riddle
Lane Woodke
Lee Alice Estes
Elizabeth Hayes
Melissa Oliver
Assigned Staff: Stephen Ingram, Carrie Ward
Youth Ministry Team (YSIT)
Leader: Laura Sink
Kevin Alexander
Scott Russell
Copeland Wood
Mary Virginia Mandell
Assigned Staff: Stephen Ingram
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Camille Crocker
Ila Worthen
Young Adult Leadership Team (YALT)
Leader: Neal NeSmith
Co-Leader: Cristin Dedmon
Neal NeSmith
Lane Brown
Graham Brown
Molly Cowley
Chris Jewell
David Fulmer
Morgan Gearhart
Assigned Staff: Brian Ward
Mature Adult/Enrichment Ministry Team
Leader: Jane Malloch
Co-Leader: Charla Mobley
Gerrie Hansford
Lee Johnston
Margaret Wendorf
Joan Lauterbauch
Martha Hastings
Betty Gunn
Sue Dixon
Barbara Crane
Nora Coffee
Lynda Holliman
Gerrie Dunham
Bill Hansford
Tom Holliman
Assigned Staff: Valerie Boyd
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SERVICE MINISTRY TEAMS
Outreach Ministry Team
Leader: Joanna Clayton
Co-Leader: Chris Glaub
Laura Norred
Mary Frances Somerall
Rob McLaughlin
Assigned Staff: Rachel Estes
Radical Hospitality
Leader: Steve Hall
2016
Henry Bonner
Doug Williams
Sally Yeilding
2017
Steve Hall
Leigh Isbell
2018
Brandon Plowden
Caroline Bundy
Assigned Staff: Sheryl Thornton, Drew Clayton
Church & Society Team
Leader: Patty Warren
Co-Leader: Tom Hutchins
Suzanne Payne
Kyle Deloach
Jay Townsend
Janine Goode
Georgia Wilson
Caroline Bundy
Brannon Buck
Liz Prosch
Perryn Carroll
Bob Battle
Leslie Barineau
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen
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Lowell Womack
Lucille Beeson Trust Team
Leader: Kim Rogers
Co-Leader: Bill McDougald
2016
Bill McDougald
Anne Berte
Linda Stone
Brant Sanders
2017
Sidney Wood
Harlan Prater
Tracey Bielen
Jane Arendall
Ex-Officio:
Senior Minister
Executive Minister
Director of Outreach
Beeson Senior Services
Outreach Team Leader
2018
Terry Chapman
Sally Morris
Rachael Pippin
Jeff Wright
Dale Cohen
Warren Nash
Rachel Estes
Anne Warren
Joanna Clayton
Mission Outreach Board
Leader: Richard Murray (Lay Leader)
Co-Leader: Christy Baynes (Church Council Leader)
UMW President
Outreach Team Leader
Outreach Team Co-Leader
Beeson Team Leader
Beeson Co-Leader
Finance Team Leader
Finance Team Co-Leader
Clayton Walton
Joanna Clayton
Chris Glaub
Kim Rogers
Bill McDougald
Kevin Kelly
Neal NeSmith
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen, Warren Nash, Jan Coats, Rachel Estes
Counseling Design/Search Team
Leader: LaVone Warren
Buddy Smith
Bret Pippen
John DeBuys
Terrell Spencer
Susannah Wolsfelt
Don Plosser
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen
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Counseling Team
Leader:
2016
Sam Donnell
Jamie Rainer
Charles Terry
2017
John De Buys
Russell Wolsfelt
Fred Renneker
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen
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ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS
Buildings & Grounds Team
Leader: Murray Dixon
Co-Leader: Beth McMillan
2016
Mike Struthers
Murray Dixon
Robert McElroy
2017
Dan Gessert
Jeff Jordan
Beth McMillan
2018
Bo Tranum
Amy Torbert
Mike Thomas
Assigned Staff: Jim Lott, Jr.
Communications Team
Leader: Tom Pittman
2016
Karen Callaway
Tom Pittman
2017
Brent Thompson
Hannon Davidson
2018
Emily Shuford
Kerri Windle
Assigned Staff: Cris Brown, Jennifer Kopf
Finance Team
Leader: Kevin Kelly
Co-Leader: Neal NeSmith
2016
Kevin Kelly
Sandy Killion
David Hobbs
2017
Neal NeSmith
Davis Goodson
Jason Jack
Ex-Officio:
Leader, Church Council
Co-Leader, Church Council
Lay Leader
Trustees Leader
Staff Parish Relations Leader
Senior Minister
Executive Minister
Assigned Staff: Jan Coats
2018
James Ruzic
Bains Fleming
Karen Sanders
Christy Baynes
Elizabeth Dunn
Richard Murray
Doug Coltharp
Buddy Smith
Dale Cohen
Warren Nash
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Lay Leadership Team
Leader: Dale Cohen
2016
Sally Yeilding
Yancey Trucks
Paul Lilly
2017
Sam Sumner
Scott Berte
Christy Lunsford
Ex-Officio:
Lay Leader
Assigned Staff:
Richard Murray
Warren Nash
2018
Will Fountain
Jennifer Clark
Elizabeth Riddle
Child Development Center Board
Leader: Will Fountain
Co-Leader: (To be named in 2016)
2016
Betsy French
Janice Lott
Chris Hamer
2017
Caroline Henderson
Beth McElroy
Glenn Rice
2018
Linda Stone
Hank Marks
Anne Sherrod
Assigned Staff: Amanda Payne, Warren Nash
Lay Members of the Annual Conference
2016
Neal Berte
Zac Riddle
Tom Hutchins
Brant Sanders
Alternates
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Staff Parish Relations Team
Leader: Buddy Smith
Co-Leader: Bret Pippen
2016
2017
Bill Smith
Bret Pippen
Buddy Smith
Ann Adams
Martha Elliott
Brannon Buck
Ex-Officio:
Lay Leader:
Richard Murray
Leader, Church Council: Christy Baynes
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen, Warren Nash
2018
John Clark
Ginny Kent
Jan Gessert
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Trustees
Leader: Doug Coltharp
Co-Leader: Amy Carter
2016
Tommy Sisson
Doug Coltharp
LaVone Warren
2017
Ralph Yeilding
Amy Carter
Jim Delk
Ex-Officio:
Church Council Leader:
Lay Leader:
Christy Baynes
Richard Murray
2018
Harlan Prater
Jim Proctor
Alice Womack
Assigned Staff: Dale Cohen, Warren Nash, Jan Coats
Canterbury United Methodist Church Foundation Board
Leader: Doug Coltharp
Co-Leader: Amy Carter
Trustee Board Members
2016
Tommy Sisson
Doug Coltharp
LaVone Warren
2017
Ralph Yeilding
Amy Carter
Jim Delk
2018
Harlan Prater
Jim Proctor
Alice Womack
2016
Wayne Gillis
Mike Warren
2017
Alan Martin
Don Plosser
2018
Jeff Stone
Neal Berte
Senior Minister:
Dale Cohen
Ex-Officio
Church Council Leader:
Lay Leader:
Christy Baynes
Richard Murray
At-Large Board Members
Assigned Staff: Warren Nash, Jan Coats
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Avondale Samaritan Place Board
Canterbury Representative
Ralph Yeilding
Stuart Summers
One other to be announced
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