The passion and love of the staff for the community both within and outside the walls of RUMC is what sets this group apart. Click on a specific staff member to learn more about them.
Chris Bryant
Chris is originally from southwest Ohio. As a young man he worked many years at Wesler’s Orchard in his hometown of New Paris. He played baseball, basketball, football, and ran track in his teen years. After graduating High School, he attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in…
Sally Ensley
Sally is a “hometown” girl, being born and raised in the Ringgold area. After graduating from Ringgold Hight School and UTC, she worked as a social worker with the state of Georgia before going to seminary in Kentucky. From seminary, Sally served a church in…
Jamie Smith
Jamie is from Rome, Georgia, where she first felt her call to ministry while a youth herself. Jamie is a graduate of Reinhardt University where she combined her varied interests in Religion, History, Sociology, and English into one degree. While at Reinhardt, she served with…
Britta Alton
With a heart for the spiritual formation of children, Britta takes great joy in finding ways to point children and families toward a loving God. Having spent most of her life working with families and children through vocation and volunteering, she loves finding new and creative…
Pam Blaylock
Pam has been married to her best friend Tommy for 40 years. He has been in the area his whole life (he grew up in Rossville) and Pam moved into the area when she was twelve. Pam graduated from Covenant College with a degree in Organizational Management. Pam retired a little over…
Taylor Lankford
Taylor is the Director of Choral Activities and Traditional Worship at Ringgold UMC. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Music Education from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2017 along with licensure to teach K-12…
Drew Sherrill
Drew grew up at Ringgold United Methodist. He graduated from Heritage High School and the University of West Georgia with a B.S. in Mass Communication with a concentration in Film and Video Production. After college he was the broadcast communications teacher at Ringgold Middle…
Kodi Lowry
Kodi grew up in Ringgold, graduating from Ringgold High School and moving on to get her associates degree in early childhood education from Georgia Northwestern Technical College. She has been married to her husband Bradley for 8 years. They have two awesome sons, Barrett and…
Marty McGee
Marty is originally from Chattanooga and has lived in Ringgold since 2002. He recently retired from a 40 year career in sales in the steel business with the last 30 years with Siskin Steel. He is excited and humbled to now spend his time and efforts supporting and resourcing the…