Human Resource/Talent Bank Directory
Recognizing the Virginia Conference is blessed to have many people with varied ministries, talents, gifts, and graces to share, the Virginia Conference is now offering a "Human Resource Directory."
If you have special talents you would like to share with others, please send your information to communications@vaumc.org and it will be posted.
If you are looking for someone to visit your church or gathering, please use the links to discover the talents, gifts and graces right here in the Virginia Conference.
Music and Worship
ABEL, Family Gospel Group Focused on Making Contemporary Music
Kay Beatty, manager of Chasing Grace, a contemporary Christian music/praise band
Michael Davis, Alternative Worship and 'The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations,' for Small Membership Churches
Rick Dellinger, Music Ministries
Mikey Fuller - Organist/Pianist
Patrick Gainer - Piano Tuning and Repair
Steve Garner, Music Ministry and Speaking/Evangelism
Jeff Hale, Dramatic Presentations
Steve Kropp, Musician
Sharon Lester, Music Ministry, Public Speaking/Certified Lay Speaker, Emmaus Teamer
Susan Michie-Bent, Visual Arts
Elvin Nicely, Music and Worship Arts Consulting
Nancy Whitfield, Contemporary Worship and Music Consulting
Lee Snead, Pianist/Musician
John D. White, Ventriloquism, Music, Clowning and Magic
Capital Campaigns/Fundraising
John Compton, Compton Fundraising Counsel, LLC
Clergy Coaching
The Rev. Larry Buxton, Leadership & Preaching Coaching
Church Communications
Betsey Davis, Multimedia Resources
Church Consultants
Four Seasons Ministry, R. Franklin Gillis Jr. and D. Glen Langston
Marie Coone, Church Consultant
Stewardship
The Rev. David A. Rash, Stewardship Matters
Education
Dr. Kenneth Beals, Ethics, World Religions, History & Doctrine
Dr. Lynne Caldwell, UM History & Polity; Mission; Evangelism; Small Membership Churches
Steve Schaefer, Seminars/Workshops
Sandra Stanley, Christian Education
Health and Healing
Dr. Teresa Smith, Director of New Pathways Ministry
Prison Ministries
Paul Beighley, Prison Ministries
Keith Lauer, Ministry to Youth in Prison
Dr. Patricia Marks, Prison Ministries, Justice Issues
Technology
Betsey Davis, Multimedia Resources
Stan Hargraves, Programming, Mission Statements, Technology, Discipleship
Youth Ministries
Brad Stone, Speaker, Youth Events
Miscellaneous
Kimberly Barker-Brugman, Soul Story Ministries
Billie Davis, Old Adult, Urban Ministry, Christian Ed., Visuals, Marketing
Bob May, Speaker, Former Missionary, Palestine, Central Asia, Tonga
Dawn Peck, Spiritual Life, Contemplative Prayer
Christina York, Sign Language Interpreter