About Us
We are First Methodist Church of Marble Falls
We love God. We love others. We make disciples.
We Love God
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." - Matthew 22:37
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We Love Others
"Love your neighbor as yourself." - Matthew 22:39
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We Make Disciples
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." - Matthew 28:19-20
Committee Chairs 2023
Trustees
Chair to be Determined
Staff-Parish Relations
Finance
Stewardship
Mary Ann Gardner
Russ Kyler
Tim McMurray
Adult Education
Children's Council
Welcoming
Sally Best
Marsha Neel
Janet Webb
Worship
Missions
Congregational Care
Suzanna Kitchens
Melody Pauling
Rich Robertson
Preschool Board
Safety & Security Team
Youth Council
Bill Rives
Russell & Tammie Sander
Vacant
2023 Nominations Committee Report
Administrative Council
Chairperson: Gregg Blake
Lay Leader: Mike Fletcher
All committee chairpersons
Secretary: Marsha Neel
Treasurer: Carolyn Furrh
Associate Lay Leader: Keith Russell
Lay delegates to annual conference: Mike Fletcher, Mary Ann Fletcher, Judy Gibbs, Mary Ann Gardner, Dave McGaugh (alt.)
Administrative Committees
Staff-Parish Relations
2023
Kevin Murphy (Chair)
Dan Brady
Mike McKeown
Ellen Ely – Staff Liaison
2024
Gail Teegarden
Donna Dean
Liz Parks
Max Lantz
2025
Penny Crow
Bill McCartney
Judy Gibbs
Trustees
2023
Mary Ann Fletcher
Yvonne Kyler
Greg Parks
Pat Crawford – Staff Liaison
2024
Jerry Watkins (Chair)
Steve Gardner
Gregg Blake
2025
Lucretia Lehrmann
Hilary Arnaud
Jack Ragsdill
Bobby Crow
Finance
2023
Russ Kyler (chair)
Carolyn Furrh (treasurer)
Kyle Stripling
Pat Crawford – Staff Liaison
2024
Greg Mills
Jeff Bingham
Joe Theis
Luan Watkins
2025
Holly Smith
James Lehrmann
Ministry and Program Committees
Stewardship
Tim McMurray (chair), Bill Rives, Lisa Hambrick, Paul Giraudin, Les Fenter & Gregg Blake, Ken Blake, Holly Smith (Ellen Ely, staff liaison)
Adult Education
Sally Best, Sylvia Weed, Allen Laughlin, David Duvall (Janiece Collier, staff liaison)
Children's Ministry
Hilary Arnaud (chair), Marsha Neel, Betsy Talbert, Luciana McKeown, Toni Weber, Erin Smith, Rebecca Jeffcoat, Stephanie Dobbs, Sylvia Weed, Sally Burget, (Stephanie DeVault, Staff Liaison)
Welcoming
Janet Webb (chair), Robert Webb, John White, Sue White, Glenn Slay, Bev Slay, Barbara Bluhm, Marti Pogue, Michelle Noble, Lisa Giles, Barb Robertson, Kathy Geurink, Carrie Rice, Gina Laughlin, Lavon Webb, Vickie Reilly, Judy Gibbs, Betty Goolsby, Eileen Murphy, Mary Wurster, Kathy Savage, (Cody Logan, Staff Liaison)
Worship
Suzy Kitchens (chair), Kristi Engel, Elizabeth Schnelle, Vickie McMurray, Russ Cochran, Jose Hernandez, Melody Pauling, Ray Pauling, Mary Sullivan, Luciana McKeown (lead usher), Bill Johns, Erin Smith, Elaine Murphy (Greg Gathright, staff liaison)
Missions
Melody Pauling (chair), Mary Ann Gardner, Jeanette Pickard, Bill Pickard, Pat Hatch, Steve Gardner, Sally Bates, Lisa Giles, Penny Mills, Gay Cochran, Mary Sullivan, Marsha Neel, Michelle Noble, Dave McGaugh, Ray Pauling, Barbara Wild, Bill Johns, Doug Golding, Connie Bruns, Suzy Lehr, Jerry Watkins, Luan Watkins (Janiece Collier, staff liaison)
Congregational Care
Rich Robertson (chair), Wendy Bingham, Caroline Ragsdill, Mary Sullivan, Betty Goolsby, Harry Melton, Luan Watkins, Julie Brown, Diane McGonagill, Tommy McGonagill, Bobby Crow, Joan Gardner, Historian: Elizabeth Schnelle, (Cody Logan, staff liaison)
Bluebonnet Methodist Preschool Board
Bill Rives (chair), Keith Russell, Stephanie DeVault, Charles Nutter, Penny Crow, Donna Dean, Laura Cox (Parent Rep), Terri Powell (director)
Safety & Security
Tammie Sander (chair) Allen Mynk, Don Dudley, Bill Johns, Nathan Fuller, Wade Hibler, Mark Webb, Mike Kelly, Barbara Bluhm, Shannon Cross, Austin Fletcher, Bill Pickard, Paul Graeber (Ellen Ely, Staff Liaison)
Youth Ministries
Lisa Hambrick, Mike Fletcher, Aaron Hamblin, Jen Hamblin, Sally Best, Shawn Best (Allen Young, Staff Liaison)
Strategic Long-Term Planning Team
Gregg Blake (chair), Mary Ann Fletcher, Jeanette Pickard, Bob White, Bill Rives, Jerry Watkins, Jeff Koska, Penny Crow (Ellen Ely, Staff Liaison)
Nominations
2022
Bill Pickard
Nancy Campbell
2023
Jeanette Pickard
Barb Sohl
2024
Mike Fletcher
Mary Ann Fletcher
Our Missionaries & Outreach Partners
George & Ginny Olson
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