Church Leadership

First United Methodist Church – Nominations Report

For service beginning or continuing on January 1, 2020.
Updated on February 5, 2020

To learn about the various church committees and their role in serving the church, read our FUMC_Committees summary.

Administrative Board Officers
Chair: Cindy Walter
Vice Chair: Brandon Crisp
Secretary: Merry Rightmer
Treasurer: Mark Hamre

Executive Team (ex officio members of Ad. Board)
Cindy Walter (Chair)
Brandon Crisp (Vice Chair)
Pete Meeker (Past Chair)
Whitney Thurman (SPRC)
Matt Purdy (Finance)
To Be Elected (Trustee)
Rev. Taylor Fuerst (Senior Pastor)
Dave Ballbach (Director of Operations)

Coordinating Team (ex officio members of Ad. Board)
Board of Trustees Chair: To Be Elected
Staff-Parish Relations Committee Chair: Whitney Thurman
Finance Chair: Matt Purdy
Youth Ministry Chair: Leslie Ivey
Children’s Ministry Chair: Erin Scarth
Adult Discipleship Chair: Pete Meeker
Communications/Marketing: Beverly Silas
Congregational Care Chair: Robbie Ausley
Connections Chair: Brandon and Kaycee Crisp
Mercy and Justice Chair: Terri Purdy
Worship Chair: To Be Elected
Reconciling Ministry Chairs: Davis Covin
Trustee Chair: To Be Elected
UMW President: Sandy Wilder
Pastors/Program Staff: Rev. Taylor Fuerst, Rev. Cathy Stone, Dave Ballbach, Lara Greene, Devon Bailey, Mary Heckmann

Administrative Board
The Administrative Board is empowered to elect to office any vacancies in this report or that may occur in the course of the year.

Board Officers Chair: Cindy Walter Vice Chair: Brandon Crisp Treasurer: Mark Hamre Secretary: Merry Rightmer Pastors Rev. Taylor Fuerst Rev. Cathy Stone

Committee Chairs Robbie Ausley Whitney Thurman Beverly Silas Davis Covin Mark Hamre Erin Scarth Terri Purdy Leslie Ivey Chair of Trustees TBD Matt Purdy Brandon Crisp

Staff (Ex-Officio, Voice, No Vote) Dave Ballbach Brad King Scott Davis Daviss King Lara Greene Trevor Harper Mary Heckmann Marcia Houston Galen Fischer Gina Harper Mark Steves Devon Bailey

Members at Large

Class of 2020 Elizabeth Lerner Ryan Schuelke Kathy Morales Lauren Perry Caroline Greene Ann Teich Kaycee Crisp Kay Sterling Tom Watkins Cecily Wright

Class of 2021 Craig Blome Judy Breckbill Lynn Bunton Stan Casey Peyton Casey Doug Chambers Michael Render Rebecca Yohe

Class of 2022 Judy Kostura Chris Story Lucius Bunton Katie Kaighin Stephen Billiot Mary John Coats Anna Holland Anthony Holland Brooks Schuelke (District Lay Leader)

Staff-Parish Relations Committee
Chair: Whitney Thurman; Staff: Rev. Taylor Fuerst
Ex-Officio: Pete Meeker, Administrative Board Chair/Representative; Sandy Wilder, Annual Conference Delegate
Staff: Rev. Taylor Fuerst

2020 Truman Fenton Tabatha Stephens Cliff Bevel

2021 Penny Appleby Carl McClendon Whitney Thurman

2022 Kathy Billiot Lisa Pittman Stan Casey

Annual Conference Delegates (2 for FUMC, plus 4 District Delegates)
Alternates: Sandy Wilder, Meme Drumwright, Brad King

2020 Bob Garrett Clay Daigle

2021 Sharon Doss Cindy Walter Lauren Perry

2022 Mike Etie

Finance Team
Chair: Matt Purdy
Staff: Deanna Fairchild(Staff), Dave Ballbach (Staff), Rev. Taylor Fuerst (Staff)
Ex-Officio voting: Pete Meeker, Administrative Board; Mark Hamre, Treasurer; Stewardship Chair; and representatives from SPRC, Trustees & Annual Conference Delegate

2020 Matt Purdy Rob Ivey Cassie Gresham

2021 Jan Ashmos Pam Steves Dick Young

2022 Carrie Conner Tim Deithloff Tony Kenrick

Board of Trustees (at least 3 women required)
Chair: To Be Elected
Staff: Dave Ballbach, Mark Steves

2020 Will Gresham Earl Crane Carol Brady

2021 Bergan Casey Robbie Cripe Barrett Criscoe

2022 Haley Rose Tucker Thurman Jen Gius

First United Methodist Church Endowment Fund, Inc.
Board of Directors

Members at Large Jim Kaighin (2020) Becky Strandwitz (2020) Jamie Aguirre (2021) Cecily Wright (2021) Mark Wilson (2022) Glenn Karisch (2022)

Ex-Officio Administrative Board Chair Finance Chair: Matt Purdy Board of Trustees Chair: To Be Elected Church Treasurer: Mark Hamre Registered Agent: Galen Fischer Senior Pastor: Rev. Taylor Fuerst

Committee on Nominations & Leadership Development
Chair: Rev. Taylor Fuerst

2020 Jan Berger Sharon Doss Kevin Waggoner

2021 Jim Dow Lindsay Liggett Chip Morris

2022 Will Binford Melanie Rush Jane Bowen

Adult Discipleship Team
Chair:  Pete Meeker
Staff: Emily Buchanan

Deborah Wilder Ellis Pittman

Curt Ashmos Lucius Bunton

Curt Shaw Amy Wink

Children Ministries Team
Co-Chairs: Erin Scarth
Staff: Lara Greene, Chloe Conner

Liz Kilday Katie Kaighin Leslie Story

Dustin Goss Tegra Swogger Sarah Whitley

Cassie Gresham Kim Battle

Youth Ministries Team
Chair: Leslie Ivey
Staff: Devon Bailey

Sarah Austin Evan Drazic (HS) Melanie Greene Mark Steves Adele Boerner (MS)

Taylor Austin (HS) Molly Drazic Heather Schuelke Rebecca Yohe Monica Choi

Tim Deschner Caroline Greene (HS) Peyton Ivey (HS) Christie Wilson Elisabeth Carrell

Mercy and Justice Team
Chair: Terri Purdy
Staff: Rev. Cathy Stone
District Mission Board Member: Terri Purdy

Davis Covin Lisa Hilderbrand Daviss King Stacey Prentice Sally Watkins

Shirley Derryberry Josh Houston Judy Kostura Ann Teich Sandy Wilder

Howard Hartman Caroline Jones Keely Nugent Randy Teich

Connections Team
Chair: To Be Elected
Staff: Trevor Harper

Ben Patterson Rick Ortiz

Sharon Doss Davis Covin

Alice Parrish Robbie Cripe

Communications /Marketing
Chair: Beverly Silas
Staff: Mary Heckmann

Anthony Gutierrez Tegra Swogger

Laura Lee Daigle Tony Gius

Bob Leeper Keefe Boerner

Congregational Care Team
Chair: Robbie Ausley
Staff: Rev. Taylor Fuerst, Daviss King

Silver Link Ministry Team Drive a Senior-West Austin Hospital Visitation Team Knit Wits Ministry Comfort and Joy Ministry

Chair-Judy Breckbill Chair-Tom Ausley Co-Chair-Jan Ashmos, Co-Chair-Amy Hurt Chair-Carol Dickerson Co-Chair-Virginia McCarroll, Co-Chair-Debbie Rippetoe

United Methodist Women

Chair: Sandy Wilder