LEADERSHIP
Senior Pastor

Rev. Harden Hopper
Rev. Hopper was born in Atlanta and grew up in Cobb County, graduating from Campbell H.S., North Georgia College, The U.S. Army War College, Newburgh, and Asbury Theological Seminary.
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As a officer in the U.S. Army, Rev. Hopper served 22 years in the Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve, before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He also served concurrently with the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services, as a Region Program Manager for the counties of Northeast Georgia.
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Rev. Hopper retired from both careers in 2005 to enter full-time ministry, serving as pastor for Cartecay UMC (Ellijay), then Bascomb UMC (Woodstock), before being appointed to Mt. Zion UMC in 2017.
He and his wife Karen have two adult daughters.
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Associate Pastor
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Rev. Anne Cumings
Rev. Anne is a native Michigander who followed God’s call to the deep south, stopping in Chicago for a few years on the way. She has a Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she brings her previous experience as a mental health therapist to her ministry and loves bearing witness to God’s healing power in the context of relationship. She is a serial hobbyist, picking up a new hobby as soon as the excitement of the last has worn off. Which, much to the dismay of her husband Charlie, has resulted in an amassing of unused craft supplies. Her constant loves include curling up with a good book and laughing with her husband and two children, Hazel and Ike. She believes strongly in the power of the table and good food to create sacred community and is on a mission to spread the love of Jesus, one potluck at a time.
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Paul Fletcher
Director of Music Ministries

Chad Yochum
Summit Worship Leader

Kristi Olterman
Preschool Director

Susan Kaye
Nursery Director

Jeni McCord
Director of Children's Ministries

Ellen Bulterman
Office Manager

Kimberly Deuster
Communications Director

Carolyn Swain
Organist

Patti Weaver
Special Event Coordinator

Andrea Buhr
Food Service Manager

Britt McNeil
Building Superintendent