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Workshop Presenters

	Gary L. Wimbish has been in ministry and higher education administration for 32 years. God has richly blessed Pastor Wimbish by affording him the opportunities to gain administrative management experience at some of the leading academic institutions in our country. In 2005 Pastor Wimbish experienced the culmination of God’s “holy disturbance” in his life resulting in his return to pastoral ministry with specific emphasis in the area of church administration. He currently serves as the Executive Pastor for Administration at the Emmanuel Brinklow Church in Ashton, MD, in the Allegheny East Conference. He is married to Cecelia T. Lester, MD and they are the parents of three children.
	Nancy Buxton is the Women's Ministries Director for the Mid America Union Conference. She is excited about working with local leaders to minister to the women of our church and community. Nancy believes that the ultimate outcome of women’s ministries is the baptism of new converts, reclamation of former members and development of untapped talent in current members.
	Herman L. Davis, Sr. serves as the Stewardship and Trust Services Director for the Southeastern Conference. Elder Davis, a General Conference certified Trust Services Director, has served in church ministry for 38 years. He is married to the former Dolores Furlow and they are the parents of two adult children.
	Sonja Crayton has worked for the South Central Conference for 11 years where she now serves as the Assistant Treasurer/Auditor. She has been married to Maurice Crayton for eight (8) years and has been blessed with two lovely children. Mrs Crayton is originally from Nassau Bahamas and a graduate of Oakwood College, Huntsville Alabama, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
	J. Alfred Johnson II serves as director of adult ministries (Sabbath School, Personal and Prison Ministries) for the North American Division. He has served over 30 years in SDA ministry in such offices as Mid-America Union Conference Executive Secretary, Central States Conference President, other offices and a local church pastor. Elder Johnson is married to Paula I. (Freeman) Johnson, of Washington, D.C., with whom he shares the privilege of having parented four adult children.
	Je Clermont is has been known as Mr. Je′ since 1998 when he founded Tiny Tunes, a hands-on, high-energy humanities and music program for children ages 2 to 10. Mr. Je′ has traveled extensively presenting workshops and training seminars on children's ministry and has pastored and consulted in churches of varying faiths and ethnicities. He and his wife, Regina, now reside in Maryland.
	Joe Watts has served 18 years in the pastoral ministry and assisted his churches to become actively involved in their community. For the last eleven years he has served as Director of Adventist Community Services in the Texas Conference and Disaster Response Coordinator for the Southwestern Union Conference. In addition, since September 2005, Elder Watts has served as the national director for Adventist Community Service – Disaster Response. He is married to Sherry and they have 3 children.
	Martin Weber is editor of Mid-America Outlook and director of communication for the Mid-America Union. He invested the last decade of his life as a pastor, most recently in suburban Sacramento, California. At the Adventist Media Center he authored scripts for the It Is Written telecast and served at the Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast. Following that he became an associate editor of Ministry magazine and a member of the G.C. Ministerial Association. He and his wife Darlene have two adult children and four cats.
	Willie Oliver is Elaine's husband and Jessica and Julian's dad. For more than 20 years, he has ministered in various roles at different levels of the church. Elder Oliver serves as the Director of Family Ministries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. Elder Oliver and his wife, Elaine, are the directors of “From This Day Forward” marriage conferences, as well as authors of the relationship column for Message Magazine and a national radio program by the same name.
	Clarence Small has given over 30 years of service to Youth Development, He has developed youth programs throughout the metropolitan Kansas City Area. Currently, he is a Head Start/Youth Program Specialist for the US Dept. of Health & Human Services – Administration for Children and Families. Elder Small serves the youth at the Bethel SDA Church in Kansas City, KS. His wife Darlene is a schoolteacher at the V. Lindsay SDA School.
	Faith Crumbly is the founding and present Editor of the Sabbath School Leadership Magazine. She is passionate about the ministry of Sabbath School. Mrs Crumbly lives in Hagerstown, MD with her husband Edward with whom she has 5 grown children.
	Darriel Hoy has a heart for people and a unique pastoral assignment. She pastors community members in need and assists ministers in the Allegheny East and Chesapeake conferences in designing community outreach ministries. As the executive director of Baltimore Adventist Community Services, Pastor Hoy seeks to reach the last, the lost, and the least.
	Charles Drake has been a minister for 32 years pastoring churches ranging in membership from 9 to 2,000. Dr Drake is a graduate of SDA Christian Education and the Union University Graduate School. He presently serves as the Vice President for Administration for the Mid America Union Conference. Dr Drake is married to Crystal and together they have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.