STAFF & LEADERS AT MT. HOPE

Pastor:  Rev. J. Lloyd Spencer
Secretary:  Shirley Connor
Music & Handbell Choir Director / Organist:  Al Marotta
Custodian:  Brenda Currie

Consistory - Dallas Belvin ( President), Bennie Gerner (Vice-President),Sharon Moore (Secretary), Dee Greeson (Assistant Secretary), Joe Hughes (Treasurer), Bill Craft (Assistant Treasurer), Bob Hamlett, Barbara Greeson, Cheryl Royal, Steve Shue, Tammy Chapmon ( Assistant Treasurer), Linda Ayers, Cathy Gossett

Trustees - Greg Moser, Harden Phipps, & Wesley Reece

Communication Ministry Team - Jaynee Brown, Barbara Greeson, Lorie Arrington, Dee Greeson, Cheryl Royal, Bill Craft, & Alex Hughes

Evangelism Ministry Team - Brenda Currie, Helen Busick, Bennie Gerner, Becky Stafford, Elaine Layton, & Carmen Cox

Recreation Ministry Team - Linda Shue, Lorie Arrington, Dallas Belvin, Betty Tucker, Virginia Barker, & Cleo Barker

Music & Worship Ministry Team - Pat Branson, Judy Gerner, Lorena Coble, Linda Shue, Cindy Hughes, & Pat Levens

Social Concerns Ministry Team - Brenda Currie, Linda Miller, Clarine Ingold, Tracy Brady, Linda Ayers, & Tammy Chapmon

About Rev. J. Lloyd Spencer.......

He was born and raised in West Virginia.  He has his B.A. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and received his Master of Divinity degree from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, which is located in Delaware, Ohio.  After graduating from Seminary, Rev. Spencer moved to North Carolina.  In 1989 he accepted the call to serve St. James United Church of Christ in Louisville, Kentucky.  In 1995 he returned to North Carolina by accepting the call from Mt. Tabor United Church of Christ in Lexington, North Carolina, where he spent the next twelve years before accepting the call to Mt Hope UCC.  Rev. Spencer's wife, Gussie, is a former Special Education Teacher in the public school system.  The Spencer's have two grown children, Amy and Jon, and two grandchildren, Will and Samantha.  Rev. Spencer is very interested in ministry to children and youth, evangelism, and spiritual growth.  The guiding factor in Rev. Spencer's ministry is to join with the church to share the Good News of the gospel through words AND deeds and to have a really good time doing it.