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Senior Pastor - Rev. Doug Stilwell
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Upon his retirement in 1999, Doug entered the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2002 and was commissioned as a probationary elder in June of 2002. He was ordained as an elder and full member of Annual Conference in June of 2005.
Prior to being appointed to Glasgow First UMC he served for ten years at Bethel UMC in Bullitt County and served from 1991 to 2000 as a part time local pastor of the Sample UMC in Breckinridge County. He currently serves on the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and as vice chairperson of the Spiritual Formation Team. Additionally, he serves on the Conference Worship Team and on the board of the United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth and the Columbia District Committee on Ministry as well as the District Leadership Team. He previously served as Co-Chair of the Bishops’ Task Force on Children and Poverty.
Doug is married to Nancy who is a retired public school music teacher and has two children, Angel and Michael. Angel lives in Bowling Green and is married to Jody Long and they have two children, Bryan and Jackson. Michael lives in Warner Robins, Georgia and is married to Amber and they have three children, Lilly, Abby, and Tucker.
Associate Pastor - Rev. John Shepherd
John has been involved in pastoral ministry for over 37 years, first, in the UMC (1973 - 1981) then, nondenominational (1981- 1992). 1992 - 1997 was a time of re-visioning (no pastoral appointment), and in 1997 he responded to God's leading to “return to the place God had planted him in the beginning” - The United Methodist Church. John returned to begin ministry at Glasgow First UMC in July 1997, where he became a praise team leader and youth director. In June of 1998, he was also appointed by the Kentucky Annual Conference as student pastor to the Glasgow Circuit - Boyd's Creek UMC and New Salem UMC. In the fall of '98 John enrolled at Asbury Theological Seminary (at which time he left a career in retail management - he had been bi-vocational for 16 of those years in ministry). He graduated in May 2003, at which time he was approved as a commissioned probationary elder and appointed as associate pastor of Glasgow First UMC while continuing to serve as pastor of the Glasgow Circuit. John has continued in that appointment after full ordination as elder in June 2007. John’s primary duties as associate pastor of Glasgow First are to assist with the overall pastoral care of the congregation with a primary focus on ministering to those who are no longer able to attend church services (homebound, nursing homes, etc.). John also continues to lead the praise and worship team during the 8:30 service and serves as a Kids Hope Mentor. John is married to Rita who works at the Glasgow Daily Times as a news clerk. Their daughter, Julie Palmer lives in South Carolina with her husband, Brad, and children, Brittany and Colby. Julie’s oldest daughter, Shanda, resides with John and Rita and is a student at Glasgow High School. John and Rita also have a son, Matthew, currently attending Western Kentucky University. Youth Ministries Director - (Interim) Wade and Melissa Stone
Children's Ministries Director - Christy Flatt
Christy is a native of Monroe County and is a graduate of Monroe Country High School (93) and received a Bachelors Degree in Corporate Communication from Western Kentucky University (97).
She has been employed with First United Methodist Church since June 2001, as Associate Office Administrator, working alongside Shirley in the church office.
Christy is also the Children's Ministry Director, where she oversees children's ministries, activities such as our annual Easter Egg Hunt, Octoberfest (fall hayride and pumpkin painting), children's Sunday School classes, etc.
Christy is married to Sonny and they have two children, Payne and Graycen Belle. Payne is in fifth grade and Graycen is in second grade, and both attend Highland Elementary School.
Music Directors - Todd and Lisa Woodward
Upon graduation from Glasgow High School Todd and Lisa began working as part- time Music Directors at First United Methodist in 1979. They worked under the tutelage of Mrs. Carol Huizenga during their first two years at Western Ky. University. By 1981 they were employed as full time music directors of FUMC. They completed their degrees from Western; Todd’s major is Education with an area of Concentration in Music (K-12), Lisa’s degree is a double major in Elementary Education (K- 5) and Elementary Music Education. For 10 years Todd and Lisa taught piano lessons while maintaining their music position at the church. In 1981, Grant Landon Woodward was born and both Todd and Lisa began their official career in public education. Todd was first employed in the Metcalfe Schools as music director over 4 schools, Lisa began her teaching career in the elementary classroom in the Glasgow Independent System. Throughout the years Todd has held a music position in all the grades K -12 teaching music at E.B. Terry Elementary, Glasgow Middle, Glasgow High School and Highland Elementary. Lisa has taught both music and in the regular classroom at South Green, Happy Valley and Highland Elementary. Currently Todd is the Chorus Dir. at Glasgow High School and the Elementary Art Teacher at Highland (1- 5) . Lisa is a 2nd grade teacher at Highland with an emphasis in special reading. Lisa continues to teach piano lessons and Todd has added the additional task of teaching two Music Appreciation classes at Western Kentucky University. Grant is now in his 2nd year at Western and serves his church as the sound engineer for all the services at FUMC.
Kids' Hope Director - Marianna Irving
Upon her retirement in 1999, Marianna accepted a position with WKU serving as a Resource Teacher for first year interns. The following year, she was named the Director of KIDS HOPE USA at FUMC, a faith-based mentoring ministry that matches a mentor with an at-risk child at Highland Elementary School with the support of a “behind-the-scenes” prayer partner. Marianna’s primary duties are to develop and implement strategies to recruit, train, supervise, and affirm volunteers, communicate goals and achievements within the congregation, and to ensure that caring relationships are being built …one child, one hour, and one school at a time. An active member of FUMC and the KIDS HOPE USA ministry, Marianna has been a presenter at the KHUSA National Directors Conference in Grand Rapids, MI, presenter of KHUSA to GRECC/Superintendents, to KY Highly Skilled Educators in Frankfort, KY, and presently serves as a KHUSA Ambassador. In 2009, Marianna was a recipient of the Glasgow Daily Times “Her Story” for her work with KIDS HOPE. Recently, Marianna received notification from the Lilly Oncology on Canvas Art Competition Director that a watercolor painting done by her granddaughter, Mikayla, and a narrative by Marianna, “A Cup of Hope” will start touring in January around the US and Puerto Rico to inspire others and to raise awareness of the challenges and triumphs that affect those diagnosed with cancer. Being a survivor of NonHodgkin Lymphoma, Marianna has a passion for this worthy cause. Marianna is married to Jerry, a retired consumer finance manager, and has two children. Kim lives in Glasgow with her husband, Mark Powell and their two children, Mikayla and Alex. Cynthia lives in Mt. Juliet, TN, with her husband, David Wilkerson, and their children, Matthew and John (twins), and Catherine. 2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we Christians have no veil over our faces; we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the spirit works within us, we become more and more like Him.”
Office Staff Shirley Jones, Administrator
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Having accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at the age of 8, Marianna has devoted her life to following God’s plan for her journey here on Earth, that of inspiring and motivating others as well as helping children realize their incredible worth as a child of God.