LEADERSHIP

Leadership: Team Members

Senior Pastor

Rev. Greg Meadows

Born and raised in Covington, GA. Graduated from Newton County High School in 1984. Graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1989 with a B.S. in Industrial Technology Design. Graduated from Emory University/Candler School of Theology in 1994 with a Master of Divinity. Ordained a Deacon in 1994 and an Elder in 1996.

During my time at Georgia Southern, God blessed my life with Lydia, and we were married in August 1989. I began ministry as a staff person in 1989, and Lydia and I have served churches in five counties in North Georgia: Bartow, McDuffie, Cherokee, Henry, and Pickens.

We have three children. Daughter, Rebekah, married to Blake, and their three-year-old daughter, Emberlin. Twin sons: Gregory, married to Sarah, and their fourteen-month- old daughter, Luna Mae. Wesley, married to Jordan, and their five-month-old son, Charlie. We are truly blessed. My interests outside my family include hunting and fishing, hiking with Lydia, and target pistol shooting. I have a creative side that enjoys building things and woodturning. I play guitar and sing and have built a few kit guitars over the last few years. I also enjoy cars and tinkering with my own—a 2013 Dodge Challenger and a 2014 Jeep Wrangler. Lydia and I also enjoy Jeep rides to experience new adventures.

770-971-1465

greg.meadows@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