Rev. Jim Gulley
An ordained United Methodist minister and agricultural development specialist, Jim Gulley has been a missionary, pastor, teacher, trainer, program manager and evaluator within church, government and non-government organizations. Jim currently serves as a consultant on agriculture and rural community development with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) / General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) in Cambodia and Haiti.  As a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference, Jim also serves as the Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (CSGM), sharing responsibilities with others. He is also Chairperson of the United Methodist Missionary Association (UMMA).
David Malloy
 David is the product of a North Carolina Conference parsonage and was taught the value of service to the church. David is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor's degree in communications with a public relations concentration. David is a life long United Methodist and a member of the Franklin-St. John United Methodist Church in Newark, NJ. David comes to The Advance after serving for four years as the director of communications for the Greater New Jersey Conference.
Amanda Gastreich &
Rachel Gossett
 Amanda Gastreich, Center Director ASP Tri-Cities, a native to St. Louis, Missouri has been working in the for the Appalachia Service Project (ASP) since January 2009 and worked for ASP’s summer Youth Program during the summers of 2007 and 2008 as well. Rachel Gossett, Director of Volunteer Recruitment, has been working for ASP for two years; she is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and is a native to Kingsport.  Rachel works to increase ASP’s volunteer support for the Youth and Adult Programs throughout the year.  
Sharon Cotey
 Sharon Cotey is serving as the Clinical Coordinator for Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport opening in the Spring of 2010.  A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree in Nursing, Mrs. Cotey has worked as an R.N. and contributed many volunteer hours to First Baptist Church of Kingsport and the Kingsport City Schools.  She believes Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport offers an exciting opportunity to combine faith and profession as the staff at the clinic offer spiritual support alongside medical care.
Will Frye
 Will is the son of Randy and Vicki Frye. He attended Milligan College where he was a conference champion in the Steeplechase, a two time qualifier for the National Championships in the Marathon, and a two time NAIA Academic All-American. Will graduated from Milligan with honors as a Psychology major last May and was named the Outstanding Psychology Student of the Year at Milligan. He has a desire to work with people in crisis situations and aspires to become a Clinical Psychologist with a focus on children in rural areas. Will began work as the Director of Church and Community Relations at Good Samaritan Ministries in July 2009, where he coordinates volunteer groups, updates and develops company media, shows displays and presentations, and acts as the liaison between Good Samaritan and area churches, schools, and civic organizations.
Rev. Jim Gulley
 Terry joined Munsey United Methodist Church 30 years ago. He and his wife Patty have been married 31 years. A month after joining, they became youth counselors and actively worked with Munsey’s MYF for 22 years.  They currently   teach a young adult Sunday school class that started 16 years ago.  On the conference level Terry currently serves on the Conference Finance Executive Committee and the full board. In his spare time Terry loves to work with Kairos Prison Minsiteries where he helps lead devotions and focus groups every Monday at Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City.  Terry and other men from the area hold 2 spiritual weekend retreats at the prison to share God’s grace to those who are residents inside.  This being very similar to the Emmaeus walk openly and passionately shares Christ with those who are willing to hear the good news of God’s love and deliverance. Terry currently serves as vice chairman of the Northeast Tennessee Kairos Council.
Ginny Weatherstone
 Ginny worked for a number of years as a court Services Officer (Probation Officer) for the Circuit Court system in South Dakota prior to moving to Knoxville in 1981.  She completed a course of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baptist Hospital and worked for five years at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.  She worked with juvenile courts in the counties surrounding Knox in 1995 and 1996 and, in 1997, assumed the duties of Executive Director of The Volunteer Ministry Center.
Vickie Stevenson
Vicki Stephenson is a Missionary at Henderson Settlement where she serves as Mission Advancement Director.  Vicki is responsible for speaking at churches, setting up itineration and craft shows, development of fund raising projects, updating and printing of promotional materials, maintenance of website, creation and distribution of printed materials and communications, assists with tours and writes grants.  Vicki spent about twenty-five years working as a Retirement Plan Service Specialist and Trust Officer. After feeling the call from God to be a missionary on August 8, 2000, Vicki joined the staff at Henderson Settlement in 2001.  Vicki and her husband, Gary, moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana where Vicki was faithfully serving as Missions Chairperson in her home church and Gary was a Certified Lay Speaker.  Vicki and Gary have two children and six grandchildren.
 
Costa Rica
Mission Team
This past June, 10 youth and 5 adults had the opportunity to spend 10 days in mission at a United Methodist church in El Molina, Costa Rica. The journey to Costa Rica was filled with many challenges and many questions.  However, the youth and adults new they had to answer a call beckoning on their hearts .  The group stayed with the minister’s family and the family of the area’s District Superintendent, working on the church and doing a vacation Bible school with local children. During their time there, before and after, many wonderful aspects of God’s Active Work in our world were revealed. 
Paulette
West
Paulette West became Executive Director for United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, Southeastern Jurisdiction (UMVIM SEJ) in July 2009.  Prior to that, she was a Connectional Ministries Consultant with the North Alabama Conference serving as the director of Mission and Advocacy; Conference Secretary of Global Ministries and Conference UMVIM Coordinator.  She is the first lay female director for UMVIM SEJ.
Barrie Flitcroft
 Rev. Barrie Flitcroft has served as General Director of Equip since it's founding. He is a Pastor, conference speaker and former missionary to Vietnam, South Korea and the Philippines. Barrie holds both British and Canadian citizenship, and was educated in Scotland studying for the ministry in Edinburgh. He served a pastorate in the Scottish/English borders, before going to Vietnam as a missionary in 1969. With over forty years of experience as an evangelist, Pastor and missionary, Barrie not only leads Equip as it's Director, but teaches courses on "an evangelical response to the poor," at the Equip training center in North Carolina. Tillie Flitcroft is a native of Northern Ireland and a citizen of Canada. Tillie is a British trained nurse, midwife and public health nurse having studied at Cambridge, Newcastle and Edingurgh. After extensive service with her husband in Vietnam, South Korea and the Philippines, Tillie now serves as an instructor in ATI, and teaches midwifery in the MMI program and runs the kitchen at the institute.
Kaupo Kant
 I had a rare privilege to grow up in a loving Christian family as I became a follower of Christ in Estonia in 1984, when Estonia was still  occupied by Soviet Union. I committed my life to Christ in an “ underground” (illegal) youth camp. I made my personal commitment to follow Jesus Christ being fully aware of consequences like persecution from the society. By the grace of God I have always realized the miraculous spiritual power and truth of the Gospel even in these dark times. I was baptized few years later and I joined the Methodist Church in Tallinn. After my high school years I worked as an assistant in a Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation shelter in the middle part of Finland. After one year in Bible School in southern Finland I went back to Estonia. Few months in year 1993,  later I accepted call from our Superintendent Olav Pärnamets to be a local  pastor in Ruusmäe, in southeast corner of Estonia.
David Muwaya
David is a native of Uganda, one of the five countries that make up the East Africa Annual Conference. He resides in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda and home to the Bishop of EAAC. A teacher by profession, David joined the team of Macmillan Uganda Limited Publishers in 2001 as a writer and Sales Representative. He began working with the East Africa Annual Conference in 2000 as a board member of Humble United Methodist School in Uganda. In 2006, David became the Personal Assistant to the Bishop of EAAC, Bishop Daniel Wandabula. David coordinates many of the special projects of the five countries of the EAAC.
Thomas Dwyer
As director of operations for UMCOR’s Non-Governmental Organization, Thomas Dwyer oversees UMCOR’s overseas offices.  Field offices serve communities recovering from war and natural disaster, through transitional development and relief programs such as reconstruction, peace building, education, health and income generation.
Alberta McKnight
Currently the Program Officer for UMCOR focused on Sudan and Zimbabwe missions,  Alberta is has been providing program support to UMCOR Africa and Caribbean Mission for five years.  Prior to the organizational restructuring to merge the Europe and Asia missions with Africa and Caribbean missions, Alberta was the Senior Program Officer for five Africa and Caribbean missions. In that capacity, Alberta worked with a Program Officer and a Program Assistant to provide program support and donor oversight support to the missions.