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With thousands of followers on Twitter and Facebook, Missy provides daily insight and encouragement for the journey of aging. She has appeared twice on Good Morning America with co-anchor Robin Roberts who describes Missy as “the rare soul that understands, truly understands, older adults: their fears, struggles and hopes.” They have three children, one son-in-law and a grandbaby “on the way.”ġ983 – BA, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SCġ988 – M.Div, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VAĢ005 – D.Min, Florida Center for Theological Studies, Miami, FLĪn advocate for older adults, Missy Buchanan is an internationally-recognized author and speaker on issues of aging faithfully, drawing from her personal experience as a caregiver for her own aging parents. Clarke Campbell-Evans, Director of Missional Engagement for the Florida Annual Conference. For the past nine years, however, she has served as the Pastor for Congregational Care at Hyde Park United Methodist in Tampa and loves being there.
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She refers to herself as a “Meth-o-terian” because she has ‘dual-citizenship’ in the PC (USA) and the Florida Conference of the UMC, and has been dancing in both worlds for over 30 years.ĭuring her ministry, she has served as a missionary, directed hurricane relief efforts after Hurricane Andrew, worked with the Young Adult Volunteer Program, and served local churches. Sally Campbell-Evans was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1988. They have two married daughters and five grandchildren in Florida and South Carolina. He and his wife, Martha, live in Longwood, Florida. He is a facilitator for the Florida Conference Institute of Preaching and a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke Divinity School. He served on the General Board of Discipleship and the General Commission on General Conference, and as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences and to World Methodist Conferences in England, Brazil, Kenya and South Africa. Jim is the author of more than 20 books and Bible studies including “A Disciple’s Path” and “Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Time.” His most recent book is “Finding Your Bearings: How Words that Guided Jesus Through Crisis Can Guide Us.” He was a Consulting Editor for “The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible” and a contributor to “The Wesley Study Bible.” Luke’s United Methodist Church in Orlando and served for 22 years as the Senior Pastor of Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa. Harnish (Jim) retired after 43 years of pastoral ministry in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.
