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Staff
 Dr.
William O. (Bud) Reeves
(a.k.a. “Brother Bud”) was born in
Camden, Arkansas. He grew up in Camden and Sheridan,
Arkansas, graduating from Sheridan High School in 1975. He earned his
B. A. degree from Hendrix College with honors in 1979, a Master of Divinity
degree summa cum laude from the Divinity School of Duke University in
Durham, N. C., in 1983, and a Doctor of Ministry
degree from Perkins School of Theology in Dallas in 2008.
Dr. Reeves entered the United
Methodist ministry in 1980 and was ordained elder in 1985. He has
pastored churches in Oppelo, Houston, Watson, Montrose, Lake Village,
and Bryant, Arkansas. Since June of 2006 he has been
the senior minister of First United Methodist Church in Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Dr. Reeves writes a monthly column, The Shepherd’s Staff,
in the Arkansas United Methodist newspaper. His articles and sermons
have appeared in The Interpreter magazine, Rev. magazine, on the
United Methodist News Service website, and on Len Sweet’s Preaching Plus
website. In 2002, at the Little Rock Annual Conference, he was
awarded the Harry Denman Award for Evangelism by the United Methodist
Foundation for Evangelism. He currently serves on the boards of
directors of Connected in Christ and Hendrix College.
Dr. Reeves has been married since 1980 to the former Karen
Watson from Mt. Holly,
Arkansas, and they have two sons,
Jeremy (and his wife Leslie) and John.
Rev. Teresa Holt
is an ordained deacon and has been with FUMC Hot
Springs since fall 2006. She obtained her masters degree from
Garrett-Evangelical Seminary in Chicago. She has had
extensive experience in the area of church renewal and refocusing, and has
served two different conferences as a church consultant. Teresa’s personal
mission is to assist others in discerning their call and mission and become
faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Her husband, Steve is an airline pilot and
they have two children, Aaron and Nicole.
disciple@fumchs.com
Tom McCarver
started his 17th year of service with FUMC Hot Springs in March of 2007. He
was promoted to his current position as Director of Program & Facilities in
the spring of 1997. His duties include the administration and implementation
of the church calendar as well as supervising the custodial staff and the
physical care and maintenance of the church facilities.
Tom was born in
Little Rock, AR
but spent his formative years in the Malvern area and graduated from Magnet Cove High School
in 1972. He holds degrees in aviation maintenance form Southern Arkansas
University Tech and drafting and computer aided design from Southern Technical
College. Tom spent a tour in the U.S. Air Force as a crash/fire/rescueman
in Montana and managed a small non-hub regional airport in
Wyoming.
tmccarver@fumchs.com
Lisa Timbs Humphreys is currently the
Business Administrator for FUMC Hot Springs. A native of
Hot Springs, she graduated from Henderson State University with a Bachelor of Business
Administration. Lisa and her
husband, Bret, have two children, Hailey and Lane.
lhumphreys@fumchs.com
Donna
Mory is currently
the an administrative assistant at FUMC. She
is a native of Hot Springs and has been
married to her husband, John, for 15 years. She and John have one son
Matthew and two Westies,
Chippy and Marcy.
Michelle Wilkins
accepted the position of Administrative Secretary in September of 2006. After
spending 15 years in the retail industry as an Advertising Manager and
Regional Sales Manager, she decided to change directions in her life to devote
more time to her children, family and the Lord! Michelle married her husband
Brad, in 2003. They have three sons, Ryan and Tanner (twins), and Brennan.
fumchs@fumchs.com
Candy Poirier
is Outreach Ministries and Hospitality and has been on staff for 4 years. She
is married to Greg and has 2 children, Hillary at UA and Greg Jr. at
Kenasaw State in Georgia. In the past she has
coordinated the Singles Ministry, Senior Saints and Adult Ministries. Still
overseeing the Senior Saints, she works with Mission Ministries, Hospitality
(Greeters, Curbside Angels, Welcome Center), and new member assimilation.
cpoirier@fumchs.com
Mike Lovelady
is serving as Music Minister at
First United Methodist Church in Hot
Springs.
Mike is a native of Hot Springs and a 1984
graduate of
Hot Springs
High School. He attended
college at Arkansas Tech
University in Russellville
with his emphasis being in Journalism. Mike spent three years as a
professional drummer/ keyboard player and songwriter in Nashville, TN,
playing both studio and live road work. There he began to develop a deeper
love and passion for Worship Leading.
Mike has served as a Worship
Leader/ Music Minister in Arkansas for over 11 years. He has served at
St. James UMC, Cornerstone UMC and Henderson UMC in Little
Rock as well as Oakley Chapel UMC in Rogers. Recently Mike was the co-pastor and
worship leader at The River, A Fellowship Bible Church Community in Conway.
He is married to Kelley (Maddox) Lovelady who teaches Music
Education in the
Malvern
Public School system. They
have 3 children, Brandon , Kristen and Lauren.
mlovelady@fumchs.com
Dr.
Ron Hall is
senior music minister at FUMC of Hot Springs. His duties include overseeing
the entire music ministry of the church, directing the adult Chancel Choir,
Jubilation! and Celebration!
Handbell choirs, developing youth music ministries, and providing
worship leadership in both the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Sunday services.
Before coming to
Hot Springs, Dr. Ron Hall was serving as Director of Music
Ministries for First United Methodist Church of Fort Payne, Alabama and was part of the adjunct music faculty at
Northeast Alabama Community College
in Rainsville, Alabama.. Prior to
these places of service, he was Director of Choral Activities at Southern
Arkansas University and Minister of Music at First United Methodist Church of
Magnolia, Arkansas for two years and spent the previous five years as choral
director at Benton
High School.
Dr. Hall earned a Bachelor of Music in Education degree from
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in piano and choral directing. He
earned his Master of Music in church music ministry and Doctor of Musical Arts
in musicology degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft.
Worth, Texas.
Dr. Ron and his wife Shelly have four children and six
grandchildren.
rhall@fumchs.com
Bill Skaggs
is now the full time youth minister at FUMC.
billskaggsminister@gmail.com
Kalani
Sarver was born in
Hot Springs in 1972. She attended Lake Hamilton
School until relocating to the suburbs
of Chicago, Illinois in 1984. Kalani
graduated with a BS in Elementary Education from
Illinois
State University. She taught Kindergarten for
four years before returning to Hot
Springs in 2000. She taught preschool here at the CDC
for two years before taking the position as Director in 2002.
Kalani has one son,
Braden, who is six years old and has been a part of the CDC since he was an
infant and still attends the after school and Summer programs.
cdc@fumchs.com
Sarah Orr
is the Communications Director at FUMC Hot Springs. She has been at FUMC since
2005. Sarah earned her B.A. degree in Communications from Ouachita Baptist University. She earned her M.S. degree in
Sports Administration from Henderson State University.
Sarah’s husband, Bruce, is the Principal at Lakeside High School
and they have two little girls, Carly & Riley.
Sarah is serving as the Children’s
Ministry Interim.
communication@fumchs.com
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