Crossville FUMC Newsletter
Volume 4 - New Ministerial Staff
June 2014
Senior Pastor - Drew Shelley
Microbiology
and went on to
the Southern
College of
Optometry in
Memphis,
Tennessee.
She is now an
eye doctor
seeing patients
in Sparta and
Monterey.
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Crossville FUMC
P.O. Box 752
Crossville, TN 38557
(931)484-3537
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Shannon and I are so
excited to share life and
ministry with you in
Crossville! For Shannon,
it is a return home. She
was born and raised in
Crossville—nearly all of
her family lives in
Crossville! For me, it is
moving to a place I have
grown to love and
appreciate since my first
trip there in the summer
of 2000. That first trip
was an attempt to capture
Shannon’s heart! It took
several more trips...but I
finally did it! She had
captured mine from the
moment I first met her.
Shannon graduated from
Cumberland County High
School in 1999. She and
I both attended Tennessee
Technological University
in Cookeville. She
finished with a Bachelor
of Science degree in
Ministries during that
time. We both graduated
in 2008 and were
appointed to the
Cookeville First Church
as Associate Pastor. I
was ordained as an Elder
in Full Connection in
2012.
We enjoy being with
people, traveling, reading,
spending time with
I was born and friends and family, and
raised in
eating good food. We are
Covington,
currently attempting to
Tennessee, a small town
enjoy exercise.
in west Tennessee. I
graduated from
We feel so blessed to be
Covington High School in in ministry with you in
1999 and from TTU with this wonderful church and
a degree in Civil and
community, and we are
Structural Engineering. I looking forward to all that
worked briefly for a
God will do in this new
structural design firm in
chapter of our lives
Nashville before
together.
experiencing a calling
into ministry which has
May God bless you, and
been one of the greatest
may God bless Crossville
blessings of my life!
First!
After that calling into
ministry, Shannon and I
were married (in
Crossville) in June of
2005. We moved to west
Tennessee that summer so
she could continue in
Optometry school, and I
could begin my seminary
education at the Memphis
Theological Seminary.
We served the Munford
United Methodist Church
as Director of Student
Love,
Drew &
Shannon Shelley
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“I am glad to
be used by
God.”
Associate Pastor - Sommer Worley
Hello everyone! My
family and I are excited to
be coming to Crossville at
the end of June. This will
be my first time in an
appointment, so you could
say I am a little green. I
look forward to getting to
know each of you and
being in ministry with
everyone at Crossville
First. I hope that my
family and I will be a part
of your church family for
years to come.
We have two boys.
Gabriel just turned 13, and
Cutler is 6 and will turn 7
at the end of July. Gabriel
loves playing the guitar
and also plays trumpet in
band and plays more video
games than most boys I
know. Cutler is
fun-loving and has a great
sense of humor. It takes
people some time to get to
know him since he won’t
talk to anyone whom he
doesn’t know until he sees
me, his dad, or his brother
I am a recent graduate of
talking to the person first.
Asbury Theological
Once he gets that green
Seminary in Wilmore,
light, watch out! He loves
KY. I look forward to
building tracks for his
being done with all of my trains, playing on his
seminary education by the Kindle, and listening to
end of summer. I will also music. Cutler has a
be commissioned as a
classic form of Autism.
Provisional Elder in the
Tennessee Conference this
June.
In the past, I have worked
for the General Council on
Finance and
Administration for the
United Methodist Church
as a Data Management
Specialist. This means
that I did a lot of work
managing church-wide
appointment information
and church statistics. My
husband, John, works as a
satellite salesman and
installer for corporate,
commercial, and homes
doing Dish and Direct TV.
He is a “Jack of All
Trades.” When something
breaks or stops working,
he is the one that is called
by any family or friend
within a sixty-mile radius.
called me to attend
seminary, then to be a
candidate for ordination in
the United Methodist
Church, and now God is
placing me in Crossville.
Every day, I can see God
working in my life making
the way for me to be His
mouthpiece. I am glad to
be used by God. I have a
heart for God’s people,
making disciples for Jesus
Christ, and showing
everyone around me the
grace and love of God. I
want to reach out to the
community and be with
those in need.
When I have spare time, I
am a big NFL fan; my
favorite team depends on
the game and the season,
but of course, every year I
cheer for the Titans. I
love to read and find
solitude in nature. Having
time alone with just God
and me helps keep me
connected to God and His
will for my life.
Again, I am excited to be
gifted with the ability to
be in ministry with all at
Savannah Rose, our third
Crossville First. My
child, will make her grand family and I love to be
entrance in the beginning involved in church
of August. Yes, it is a
activities. Along with
busy summer, but that is
being your Associate
how my life has been for a Pastor, I am excited for
while. God has been
my family and I to become
preparing me for this, and engaged in the mission
I am quite excited!
and work for the Lord that
is being done and will be
In ministry, I follow God’s done at Crossville First
plan for my life which
United Methodist Church.
means that I do as God
tells me to do. God first
~Sommer Worley
Clothing Closet
The Clothing Closet
continues to receive
generous donations from
the congregation, and we
thank you. This past
month, we were able to
provide prom dresses to
those young women who
would not have been able
notified the Tennessee
Career Center of our
supply of suits, dress
shirts, ties, and business
wear. When I stopped by
Please, let us know if you
would be
willing to
volunteer for
our clothing
ministry. We
are open on
Tuesdays
from
9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m.
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~Fran Gospodarek
to afford the dresses and
experience of prom night.
We continue to serve
25-40 people each
Tuesday, and I recently
their building with the
information and flyers,
the receptionist said,
“Our clients are
frequently mentioning
their lack of proper
dress for job
interviews.” I think we
will be able to assist
them.
“Open hearts. Open
minds. Open doors.”