Pastor Ellen and her dog Maggie came to Davis St. UMC in June 2011. Prior to coming to Davis Street, Pastor Ellen was the senior pastor at Wendell UMC in Wendell NC and the associate pastor at Seaside UMC in Sunset Beach, NC. Prior to entering full time ministry, Pastor Ellen was employed by IBM in research, development, and marketing. Ellen graduated from Va. Tech with a bachelors and masters in Computer Science, and from Asbury Seminary with her Master of Divinity. She often jokes that only God can master divinity.
Pastor Ellen's mother is with Jesus, and her father is living in a senior community in Parkville Maryland. Her brother Bruce is Chief, Administrative Services office for the US Copyright Office. Her niece Bonnie is also a United Methodist Minister in the Baltimore Washington Conference.
Pastor Ellen's passion is for helping people trust Jesus with their lives, and receiving the peace, presence, and power that comes with being a Christian. She also loves to flatwater kayak, spoil her dog, and read books. She still proudly proclaims that she did not stop being a “techno geek” when she got ordained, so you never know what kind of technology will pop up in the office when she is around. |
Pastor
Rev. Ellen McCubbin and Maggie
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Brenda Wilson earned an associate degree at Chowan College, a bachelor’s degree at Elon College, and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Brenda has served on the Caring and Sharing, Allied Churches of Alamance County, and North Carolina State University Friends of the Library boards. She presently serves on the United Methodist North Carolina Conference Children's Ministry Team, and the Burlington District Christian Enrichment Committee.
Brenda is married to Butch Wilson and the mother of two adult children, Ed Wilson and Brian Wilson, who live in Burlington, and grandmother to four lovely grandchildren.
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Director of
Christian Education
Mrs. Brenda Wilson
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Gay and Al Trotter received Bachelor of Music degrees from Greensboro College in voice and organ/piano respectively.
Gay has served as organist for various churches for the past forty-five years. She presently serves as our organist and Director of Music Ministries. She is also the staff assistant for the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke University where she has been employed for twenty-seven years.
Gay is married to Reverend Al Trotter who serves as our volunteer choir director. Al received a Masters of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School in 1985. He is an elder in full connection in the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. Reverend Trotter served churches for nineteen years before going on incapacity leave in 1999.
Gay and Al have two sons, Adam and Robert, who live in Chapel Hill, NC and Matthews, NC respectively. The Trotters enjoy traveling, gardening and reading.
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Mr. and Mrs. Don Barr retired to North Carolina from New York State in 2004. Don was born in upper state New York near the Canadian border in the farming community of Three Mile Bay. Don farmed during his younger years and later worked for the State of New Hamphshire.
Nan, born in Latvia, lived in Germany during World War II, where as a young child, she often had to flee for her life. In 1950, she and her mother were sponsored by a lady in Queens, New York to come to America. Within five months, Nan learned English and became and US citizen. She attended Rhodes Secretarial School where she earned a secretarial degree and worked for Tenafly Bank in New Jersey.
Don and Nan have six children and five grandchildren who live all over the United States. They are a member of Cedar Cliff UMC where Don serves as a Trustee and both help with the church's quarterly breakfasts.
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Rev. Rosanna Panizo joins our staff to work with the Hispanic/Latino populations in both the Burlington and Durham Districts. Rosanna is an elder in full connection in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is from the country of Peru and is a United Methodist missionary through the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry. Her District office is located here at Davis Street and she lives in Durham. |
Burlington District Hispanic-Latino Missionary
Rev. Rosanna Panizo-Valladares
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