Gina Miller, District Superintendent
Gina and her husband, Bruce, serve at St. John UMC in Avon and Hatteras Island, where they have been since 2016. They have two children, Carly and Matthew, daughter-in-law Chloe, and granddaughters Fern and Jane.
Gina graduated from Duke Divinity with her Master of Divinity degree in 2016. Before attending Divinity school, she served at Mount Hermon UMC in Elizabeth City for one year as an Interim Supply. While at Duke Div, she served as a student pastor for four years at Banks UMC in Wilton and one year at Bullocks UMC in Creedmoor. As a Rural Ministry Fellow with the Duke Endowment, her love for the rural church is lived out in Northeast North Carolina with great passion. She is excited to be in ministry with the good folks of the Beacon District!
Besides spending time with family and friends, Gina enjoys time on the water and beach, reading, and comedies.
The joy of the Lord is her strength! (Nehemiah 8:10b)
Ashley Kennedy, Beacon/Sound Administrative Assistant to the DS
Update on Ashley is coming.
Jeanne Murray, District Lay Leader
I’m a native of Currituck County, NC, and a member of Sharon UMC in Poplar Branch. As a retired high school English teacher, the mother of three sons, and a grandmother of four, I’ve had a lifelong focus on education and am enjoying
volunteering in our church literacy tutoring program. I also enjoy traveling, reading, and music. Keeping active and involved in the community is important to me, and I’m a potter, I teach water exercise at our local YMCA, and I am a Certified Lay Minister in The United Methodist Church.