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Since its founding in 1882, sixty-nine men and women have served the
Methodist Church in Highlands. Information about
Our Current Pastors, Todd Struble and Mike
Harris, is
presented below. The names and the assignment dates of
Our Previous Pastors are listed at the
bottom of this page.
The Highlands United
Methodist Church welcomed Todd Struble and Mike Harris as its Pastors on Sunday, July
1, 2007.
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TODD STRUBLE |
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MIKE HARRIS |
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Todd
Struble
grew
up in State College, Pennsylvania.
He
graduated
from Eastern
Nazarene College,
was accepted to Duke Divinity School and after receiving his Master of Divinity degree, entered Weston
School of
Theology (a Roman Catholic
Jesuit seminary in Cambridge) where he
earned a
Master of Theology degree.
He served
three years at the
Salem-Hopewell Charge in Rutherford
County
then moved to Spruce Pine and served the Methodist church there for seven
years. He served as the pastor of the New Salem church
in Statesville for four years.
HUNC
is his fourth appointment.
Todd’s wife,
Diane grew up in Tallahassee, Wilmington, Wilson, and Spruce Pine. Diane
graduated from Warren Wilson College
and was
employed as an elementary
school teacher (she
will be a
fourth-grade teacher at the Highlands School).
The Strubles
have eight
children.
Four of them are Diane's
from a
previous marriage (Lindsey, Devon, Xan, Ben) and three of them are Todd’s
from a previous marriage (Nicole,
Allie,
Jacob). And their youngest, Sadie, was born in
February
2005 (Super Bowl Sunday!).
“We are
thankful for the ways in which HUMC has welcomed us. May God bless our
journey together in the years to come
and may my service to you and your family be an encouragement to your faith
and
relationship with Jesus Christ, the Lord
and Savior of us all.” |
Mike Harris, our new Associate Minister, was Born at the Landstuhl Regional Medical
Center in Germany while his Father was serving in
the US Army.
Mike brings a breadth of life experience living in many
different places during his formative years.
Mike Graduated from Kansas State University with
a BS in Business Administration and worked in professional sales before
entering the ministry in 2000. He Graduated from United Theological
Seminary, in Dayton, Ohio in 2004.
Mike has served in the role of Pastor for 6 years – three years as a Student Pastor of a Small
Church and three years as Full time Pastor of three Small Churches. This is
his second full time appointment.
Mike has “been married to "my best friend Carroll” for 10 years and they have four
beautiful children: Emma, Nathan, Joshua, and Cooper.
He looks forward to continuing oo serve God and leading children, youth,
and adults into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, while reaching out
to the world around us |
Since its founding in 1882, sixty-seven men and women have served the
Methodist Church in Highlands. Their names are listed from most recent to earliest
service.
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2002-2007 |
Rev. Frank Edward Ingram
Rev. Kimberly Tyree Ingram |
| 1993-2002 |
Carl W. Lindquist |
| 1988-1993 |
Thomas R. Steagald |
| 1986-1988 |
John M. Rufty |
| 1986 |
Lee F. Tuttle |
| 1986 |
Horwood P. Meyers |
| 1980-1986 |
R. Bennett Bullard |
| 1976-1979 |
D. Michael Jordan |
| 1972-1976 |
Conrad C. Washam |
| 1968-1971 |
Julian M. Aldridge, Jr. |
| 1966-1967 |
William B. Penny |
| 1964-1965 |
Vance Davis (Note 1) |
| 1962-1963 |
James M. Thurman (Note 1) |
| 1958-1961 |
John C. Vernon |
| 1957 |
Gene H. Little |
| 1954-1956 |
R. Tom Houts, Jr. |
| 1948-1953 |
Robert E. Early |
| 1947-1948 |
W. T. Medlin, Jr. |
| 1946 |
Robert M. Hardee |
| 1944-1945 |
W. T. Medlin, Jr. |
| 1943-1944 |
Leonard Smith |
| 1943 |
W. R Ormand |
| 1939-1943 |
J. Silvester Higgins |
| 1935-1938 |
W. F. Beadle |
| 1934 |
H. D. Jessup |
| 1932-1933 |
G. A. Hovis |
| 1929-1931 |
L. E. Crowson |
| 1928 |
J. L. Tigue |
| 1927 |
C. E. Williams |
| 1925-1926 |
R. C. Kale |
| 1924 |
J. G. Holloway |
| 1924 |
V. Howell (summer) |
| 1923-1924 |
Huyler |
| 1921-1923 |
C. S. Plyler |
| 1920-1921 |
S. H. Hilliard |
| 1919-1920 |
J. C. Umberger |
| 1918-1919 |
Warner P. Davis |
| 1918 |
Maldon |
| 1916-1918 |
D. V. Howell |
| 1915-1916 |
E. B. Bell |
| 1914-1916 |
W. C. Bowden |
| 1914 |
W. T. Hawkins (assistant supply) |
| 1913-1914 |
A. C. Gibbs |
| 1912-1913 |
F. O. Dryman |
| 1910-1912 |
A. P. Foster |
| 1908-1910 |
R. L. Andrews |
| 1907-1908 |
A. N. Lewis |
| 1906-1907 |
Joseph Fry |
| 1903-1905 |
A. G. Loftin |
| 1900-1903 |
J. J. Edwards |
| 1899 |
J. C. Campbell |
| 1896-1898 |
W. O. Owens |
| 1895-1896 |
T. B. Johnson |
| 1895 |
George Mann |
| 1893-1895 |
J. E. Abernathy |
| 1891-1892 |
C. H. Curtis |
| 1890-1891 |
Henry Renno |
| 1888-1889 |
J. C. Logan |
| 1887-1888 |
A. H. Moore (Note 2) |
| 1887 |
W. S. Spenser |
| !886-1887 |
T. F. Marr |
| 1886 |
J. H. Gillespie |
| 1884-1886 |
J. H. Brendele (Note 2) |
| 1884 |
J. D. Robertson |
| 1883-1884 |
David McCrackin |
| 1883 |
M. C. Smith |
| 1882-1883 |
John H. Moore (Note 2) |
(Note 1) These individuals
served the Churches in Highlands and Cashiers.
(Note 2) These individuals were from the Southern branch of the Methodist Church, which was split, as were
so many other churches, by the issues related to the Civil War.
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