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Exalt the LORD our God
and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is
holy
Psalm 99:9 |
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Rev.
Raymond Amos, Sr. -
Pastor |
Rev. Ray has served as a
United Methodist Pastor since 1975. He is from
Pearisburg, VA where he met Pat in the seventh
grade. They were high school sweethearts and
married in 1971.
They have four children and
seven grandchildren. Family and the Christian
home are important to Rev. Ray and Pat. "I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth."
3 John 4
Rev. Ray is a veteran of the
Air Force. He was blessed to attend Southwest
Virginia Community College, Bluefield College and
Duke Divinity School.
He came to know Christ at age
seven and has known since childhood that God had
called him into ministry.
He has served the following
appointments:
Garden - Keen Mt. (Buchanan
Co., VA ~ 4 years)
Graham Circuit (Bluefield VA ~
7 years)
Kingsley - Hermon (Kingsport,
TN ~ 19 years)
First United Methodist Church
(Bluefield, VA ~ 6 years)
"I am very happy to be your Pastor - together may
we give our best to lift up the name of Jesus"
~ Rev. Ray
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Debbie Fields - Minister to
Children and Youth
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 Hi, I’m Debbie.
I grew up in Indiana where I lived on a small farm and
received my Associate of Arts Degree at Vincennes
University. I worked as a Preschool teacher/administrator
for 7 years before being called into the ministry as a
U.S.-2 Missionary of the United Methodist Church. As a
US-2, I moved to Knoxville and helped open Partners for
Children Day Care near downtown. I helped with a local
youth group during this time and decided the Lord was
calling me to work with Children and Youth in the church. I
returned to school, receiving my BA in Religion at Tennessee
Wesleyan College. I have spent the last 17 years as a
Minister to Children and Youth at Trinity UMC (Athens, TN),
Faith UMC (Ft. Myers, FL) and now First UMC (Elizabethton).
During my time in Tennessee, I have worked with the Holston
Conference Young Adult Ministry and was on the design team
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Robin Gray -
Administrative Assistant |
Robin has been
with First United Methodist Church since December 2006 as the Administrative Assistant. Robin
is the mother of one daughter, Victoria Faith and is a Carter County
native. The job of
Administrative Assistant involves a vast array of duties,
but the interaction with the congregation is best “perk” of
the job. Robin and Victoria consider it a blessing of her
job as being adopted into a wonderful family. |
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David Hale and Becky Hale - Music |
David Hale - Choir Director
David Hale - Music
Director of the First United Methodist Church comes
with over forty years of experience in Church Music
serving churches in Florida, Texas, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Mr. Hale holds a BM in Music Education
from Carson-Newman College; Jefferson City,
Tennessee, a MCM in Church Music Education from
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ft.
Worth, Texas and a MM in Vocal Performance from
Eastern Kentucky University; Richmond, Kentucky.
He served for six years as Chairman of the Music
Department of the Clear Creek Baptist College;
Pineville Kentucky. In addition, he served on the
faculty of Eastern Kentucky University, the faculty
of East Tennessee State University; Johnson City,
Tennessee and is currently serving on the faculty of
Tusculum College; Greeneville, Tennessee Mr. Hale
has extensive experience in conducting performing
major works with members of the Knoxville Symphony
and the Lexington Symphony orchestras and is a
published composer.
Becky Hale - Organist
Married with one
child, Becky has a Bachelor of Music degree in Music
Education from Carson-Newman College, a Master of
Church Music degree from Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and a
Master of Music degree in vocal performance from
Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.
She also has 30 years experience in church music and
youth ministry in the states of Kentucky, Florida
and Tennessee. Becky has served on the faculty of
Eastern Kentucky University, Clear Creek Baptist
Bible College, and Milligan College and has 19 years
experience in public school music.
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