LEADERSHIP

Leadership: Team Members

Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. 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, Asbury Theological Seminary, and the New Orleans School of Cooking.

As a officer in the U.S. Army, Rev. Hopper served 22 years in the Active 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.

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.

770-971-1465

harden.hopper@mtzionumc.org

Associate Pastor

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.

770-971-1465

anne.cumings@mtzionumc.org