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Elinor
Swindle Brown
TOUCH THE FUTURE Director
Elinor began her work as the director for TOUCH THE FUTURE in the fall of 1999. She works part-time in this position as it is now a part of her full-time position as Coordinator of Stewardship for the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits.
Elinor is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is a member of West Tennessee Presbytery. She is the Presbyterial Historian for the presbytery.
Elinor grew up in the former Lewis Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church (now Christ Cumberland Presbyterian Church) in Tampa, Florida. Her parents, Lita and Sidney Swindle, and her brothers Mark and Tom, and their families still reside in Tampa. Elinor is married to Mark Brown, hospital chaplain at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mark is also an ordained minister in West Tennessee Presbytery. They have one daughter, Sydney, reside in Memphis, Tennessee, and attend the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Germantown, Tennessee.
Missy Rose
Assistant
to the TOUCH THE FUTURE
Director
Missy joined the TOUCH THE FUTURE staff in February of 2005. Her work here is part-time. She is also working with the Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Mississippi, Grace Presbytery.
Missy came under the care of West Tennessee Presbytery in March 2005 and is a candidate at this time. She is attending Memphis Theological Seminary and will earn a Master of Divinity degree at the completion of her class work. She received a BA in Psychology from the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee in 1992.
Missy's church home is the Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bartlett, Tennessee. She serves as an elder, worship leader for the contemporary service, and junior high Sunday school teacher.
Missy grew up in Whiteville, Tennessee, where her parents still live. Her sister is living in Germany with her husband.
Davis
Gray
Executive
Director of the General Assembly Council
Davis was named Executive Director of the General Assembly Council in 1994. He has become a staff person working with TOUCH THE FUTURE as the program came out of a steering committee formed by the General Assembly Council.
Davis is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. Prior to his present position, he worked as director of Management Information Services for Norandal Corporation, Genesco Corporation as vice-president of one of its divisions, and Arnold Research Center where he served as an instrumentation engineer and computer system analyst.
Davis has served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church as an elder, clerk of session, treasurer, commissioner to General Assembly, member of the GA's Board of Christian Education, member of GA's Restructure Committee, church school teacher and as a member of a task force to study, recommend and implement a central accounting system for boards and agencies at the denominational center. Davis and his wife Lois now live in Germantown, Tennessee, and attend the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown. They have a daughter and a son and three grandchildren.
Roger
Ricketts
Consultant
for Capital Gifts Campaigns
Roger began his professional career, in ministry, church stewardship, development, advancement and fundraising in 1974. That career has included professional service and consulting to churches, administration in higher education, healthcare foundations and social service agencies.
Roger earned a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary and is ordained in the United Methodist Church. He has consulted with congregations from many denominations including Southern Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian, Presbyterian (PCA), Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), United Methodist and Episcopal churches designing stewardship programs and capital/endowment campaigns. Roger came on staff with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 2004. He has since become a consultant for Cumberland Presbyterian churches as well as those in other denominations.
In addition to his professional commitments, he serves as an alderman and mayor pro-tem for the city council in his community and is also active in Kiwanis International, The Boy Scouts of America and the National Eagle Scout Association.
The
TOUCH THE FUTURE Sub-Committee
of the GAC includes:
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