CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES STAFF
Rev. Lowery Brantley - Director
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Lowery coordinates and directs the office of Connectional Ministries and its staff. He connects our office with the administrative committees of the Annual Conference and with the Bishop and Extended Cabinet. He directly works with the Congregational Vitality and the Leadership Development Missional Priority Teams.

Rev. Denise Walton - Associate Director
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Denise serves as our Conference Missionary Secretary, helping ocal churches know about our Missionaries and how they can be supported through prayer and financial resources. Denise is a gifted teacher and preacher. She helps congregations and districts in leader development and lay speaker training. Denise directly works with the Outreach, Witness and Advocacy Discipleship Teams.

Adam Ricker - Associate Director
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Adam is the director of our camping ministry for children and youth. Each year over 2,000 young people attend one of our conference sponsored camps. Adam creatively designs and coordinates each event with the prayer that these children and youth will hear and respond to the gospel and grow as a disciple of Jesus. Adam directly works with the Nurture Discipleship Team and the Young Adult Missional Priority Team.

Kelly H. Roberson - Director of Communications
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Kelly is the chief communicator in our Annual Conference. As such, she has an essential role to play in our efforts to connect with every segment of the church. Kelly is helping our Annual Conference maximize our use of the Internet and other media to strategically focus our presentation of the gospel and of our shared life as South Georgia United Methodists. Kelly is a member of the Conference's Leadership Forum.
Patrick Witherow - Information Technology Specialist
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Patrick serves the Annual Conference as the Information Technology Specialist. His job includes database design, customization, management, and retrieval of data in various report formats; website design and management, including design of on-line forms and registration and retrieval of data in various report formats; telephone support to end-users; hardware and software maintenance, including the Servers; troubleshooting and problem-solving; and maintaining security protocols and repairing breaches.
Cathy Crawford, Administrative Assistant
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Cathy is the senior member of the Connectional Ministries staff. Cathy is the steward of our conference database out of which many items related to our clergy and lay leaders is generated. Cathy is the secretary who produces the Conference Journal each year.
Diane Giles, Administrative Assistant
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Diane is secretary to Adam Ricker and is the registrar for all our camping events. In this role, Diane comes in multiple contact with our over 2,000 campers and their parents. Diane also offers staff support to the Older Adult Retreat. Diane is the lead switchboard operator who normally greets all persons calling our office.
 
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