Welcome to the website for the Mineral-Mount Pleasant Charge of The United Methodist Church!  We are very glad you stopped by for a visit and to learn more about us.  Our churches have been yoked together in a charge (that is they share one pastor) since 1947.  The churches themselves are only about 6 miles apart, one in the town of Mineral, and the other closer to the town of Louisa.

          I have been the pastor of this Charge since July 2022.  I was pastor of the Madison Charge in Madison, Virginia, from July 2017 to June 2022.  Prior to that I was a hospital clinical pharmacist, practicing in intensive care, emergency departments, and operating rooms.  I served as a consultant on new pharmacist practices and quality improvement as well as designing and implementing new training programs for pharmacists to improve patient outcomes.

          You may be wondering how I got from Pharmacy to Ministry?  Good question…it was an evolution.  I was called by God to be a pharmacist, of that I am certain.  During my time working in the high stress, low touch environment of intensive care, I began to feel disquieted in my soul.  Something was missing – I needed to care for people in a different and more wholistic way.  So, God moved me along a path of rejoining church, getting involved in Stephen Ministry as a minister and leader, and in an intentional period of spiritual growth.  All this took about 12 years before I found myself at age 50 with the strong desire to attend Seminary.  I attended Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, from 2013 to 2017 and graduated with a Masters of Divinity degree with honors.

          The United Methodist Church has gone through a season of change with disaffiliation of about 20% of its churches.  That time has now ended, and both of these churches remain firmly United Methodist under the care and direction of our Resident Bishop.  Our worship style is Traditional, and sermons come directly from the weekly scripture readings of the Revised Common Lectionary (used by many Christian denominations).  There is a Choir at the Mineral UMC and many wonderful ministries for you to engage in at both churches.  We hope that you will come and give us a try one Sunday.  You will be warmly welcomed, and we believe that you will feel like you are at home.

I love serving the rural church and her people.  My wife and I have found a home here at Lake Anna and we look forward to many years of ministry outreach, worship, fellowship and fun.  We enjoy sharing our lives with those whom God has called to be the church of Jesus Christ.  We have two young adult sons, one of whom flies for NetJets and the other who is training to be an electrician.  Our black Labrador, Hope, rounds out our immediate family.  Let me know how I might be of service to you, or how we might pray for people or situations that are important to you.  You can find copies of my sermons here and links to other resources for your spiritual journey.  May God bless you on your way!