Thank You! Volunteers, Service Providers, Staff Put in Countless Hours to Host Annual Conference 2021
6/7/2021
Thanks to all who were part of the production of the 2021 North Georgia Annual Conference Session. Their faithful collaboration enabled members and guests of the Conference to participate in the session and for hundreds of family and friends to attend the Ordination Service and Service of Remembrance in person while hundreds more watched via live stream.
The team included:
Associate Conference Secretaries
Joya Abrams
Nate Abrams
Dave Allen Grady
Chris Branscomb
Kathy Brockman
Lee Fullerton
Rachel Fullerton
Jimmy Moor
Josh Roberts
Dalton Rushing
Blair Tolbert
Max Vincent
Clergy Executive Session
Julie Boone, Bernice Kirkland, Michelle Levan, Yvette Massey, Shannon Karafanda, and YoLanda Jones-Colton
Presenters
Nate Abrams, Bill R. Burch, Keith Cox, Charles Darden, Hal Jones, Kathy Lamon, Bill Martin, Michael Murphy-McCarthy, Stacey Rushing, John Simmons, Byron Thomas, Jim Thornton, Steven Usry, and Terry Walton.
Presenter Support
Keith Cox, Amy King, Bruce Cooper, Jim Thornton
Offering Spoken Prayers
Tommy Green, Robert King, Nelson Vargas, Bennett Abrams, Rachel Fullerton, and Grace Pyen
help@ngumc.org Desk
Michael Murphy-McCarthy
Keeancha Hawkins
Bruce Cooper
Chris Branscomb
Registration
Meg Morrison
Michael Murphy-McCarthy
Keeancha Hawkins
Bill Martin
Registration Desk
Meg Morrison
Melinda Jones
Monitors
Joya Abrams
Blair Tolbert
Josh Roberts
Dave Allen Grady
Chris Branscomb
Terry Walton
Jim Thornton
Logistics
Robert Gilleo
Ginger Smith
Ken Weber
Judy Bush
Visuals Team
Cyndi McDonald
Deanne Lynch
Johnetta Johnson
Pam McCurdy
Duwanna Thomas
Photographers
Chris Branscomb
Orlando Evans
Josh Roberts
Carol Scrogs
Video Production and Editing
Robert Pancake
Michael Dauterman
Joseph McBrayer
Communications
Sybil Davidson
Special Thanks
Thank you to the North Georgia Conference Staff, District Staff, and the Extended Cabinet.
Worship
Worship Coordinator
Michael Dauterman
Conference Music Director
Will Buthod
Annual Conference Session Music
Alva Rowland
Ashley Herring
Michael Browning
Chris Gillespie
Jerome Stephens, Jr.
J LaToiya Hester
Will Buthod
Michael Dauterman
Worship Marshalls and Ushers
Dave Allen Grady
Susan Allen Grady
Max Vincent
Joya Abrams
Nate Brown
Cyndi McDonald
Deanne Lynch
Pam McCurdy
Johnnetta Johnson
Elynda Lipsey
Ken Weber
John Mattox
Katie Mattox
Dawn Townsend
Matthew Vincent
Lee Fullerton
Karen Fullerton
Jimmy Moor
Carol Scroggs
Michele Lancaster
Jeff Fuller
Jim Lyons
Amy King
Blair Zant
Dianne Wall
Lynne Nagy
Service of Remembrance
Bishop Sue Haupert Johnson, Richard D. Winn Sr., Laura Rappold, Michael Dauterman, Will Buthod, Elizabeth Byrd, Keya Hillman, Edward Landrum, Ryan Miller, John Pinson, Ellen Shepherd, Bernice Kirkland, Bill Martin, Betsy Butler, Robert Gilleo, Deanne Lynch, Leigh Martin, Cyndi McDonald, Donn Ann Weber
Service of Ordination and Commissioning
Bishop Sue Haupert Johnson, Visiting Bishop Bishop Sharma Lewis, Bernice Kirkland, Laura Rappold, Bill Martin, Bernice Kirkland, Julie Boone, Shannon Karafanda, YoLonda Jones-Colton, Michael Dauterman, Will Buthod, Betsy Butler, Robert Gilleo, Deanne Lynch, Cyndi McDonald, Donn Ann Weber
Worship Service Choir and Musicians
Deborah Stephens, Sylvia Ware, Alexis Lundy, Megan Schuitema, Kerry Ginger, Heather Witt, Liz Knight, Emily Skilling, Ryan Koter, Erik Gustafson, Cory Klose, JD Burnett, Jacob Augsten, August Bair, Andrew Schmidt, Joel Terning, Philip Smith, Brandon Craswell, James Naigus, Joshua Bynum, Matthew Shipes, Trevor Barroero.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to the family of Rev. Dr. Glenn Ethridge and to Oak Grove UMC for allowing us to share Glenn’s final sermon.
Passing the Mantle
Jane Brooks
Andrew Chappel
Anika Jones
Kyle Tau
Liza Lawrenz
Keith Lawder
Elizabeth Pollard
Service of Commissioning for The Office of Deaconess
Debora Constable
L. Susan Stroup
Susan Zimmerman
Lauren Breck
Gloria Parker
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson
Global Missions Fellow Commissioning
Tricia Manns
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson
Roland Fernandes, General Secretary of Global Ministries
Olu Brown
Emma Ferguson
Service Providers
Filming Location

Glisson Camp and Retreat Center
The Classic Center

Katherine Puckett
Catie Stewart
Shannon McCullough
Paul Cramer
Tamara Rosekrans - Levy Catering
Lumi Global

Adam Zuber
Michelle Hovey
Custom Media Solutions

Anthony Young
Rachel Young
Patrick McEwen
Andrew Williams
Jay Desai
Brian Merritt
TJ Sharitz
Kevin Fornes
Richard Clark
Adam Hobson
American Audio Visual Services

John Collins
Alex Collins
Christina Allgood
Clay Miller
David Rose
Doug James
Jason Aycock
Jeremy Elijah
Jimbo Smith
LJ Smith
Robb Boggs
Scott Doss
Scott Elledge
Todd Sullivan
Our Leaders
Conference Secretary
Donn Ann Weber
Presiding Bishop
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson