Spiritual Leadership

Mailing Address:
320-D Briarwood Drive
Jackson, MS 39206
Phone: 601.354.0515

Rev. Trey Harper, Director

tharper@mississippi-umc.org
769.243.7030 

Trey Harper serves as a liaison between the board of ordained ministry and the cabinet. All clergy and certified lay persons relate to the office of spiritual leadership. Trey assists district committees on ordained ministry in carrying out their functions as it relates to candidacy, mentoring and training. Clergy support and training are responsibilities of this office.




 

Rev. Pamela Cameron, Associate Director

pcameron@mississippi-umc.org
769.243.7032

Pamela serves as associate director of clergy leadership. Her duties include coordinating and overseeing the DCOMs as they navigate the process of candidacy to be a minister, and coordinating those that are applying for commissioning, ordination and associate membership. Pamela assists with district committees on ministry training, residence on ministry and clergy training.

Sarah Halford, Associate Director

shalford@mississippi-umc.org
769.243.7033

Sarah serves as associate director of lay leadership. Her primary responsibilities include resourcing the Board of Laity, in particular with the work of training Lay Servants, Lay Speakers and Certified Lay Ministers.  Sarah also resources the Collaborative Leadership Summit, and training opportunities throughout the district with regards to developing strong spiritual leaders among the laity of the Mississippi Annual Conference. 


 

 Allyson Willis, Campus Ministries Coordinator

awilliscampusministry@gmail.com

Allyson serves as the primary resource and oversight for the work of the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.  In this role she not only resources the individual campus ministries with programs and training, but she also oversees the process for grant applications each year. In addition, Allyson is the architect of the annual Statewide Wesley Retreat for students and directors across the Annual Conference.







 

Angela Griffin, Special Assistant and Assistant Conference Secretary

agriffin@mississippi-umc.org

Angela directly supports the Director of Spiritual Leadership by handling online registrations and coordinating the Spiritual Leadership calendar. In addition, she serves as the Assistant Conference Secretary in the preparation of both the PreConference and Official Conference Journals for the Session of the Annual Conference each year.