SLUMY Leadership

Mike Voigts, Youth Pastor

Mike Voigts has been a pastor in the United Methodist Church since 1993. He's been married to Sheryl for 19 years. They have two incredible kids. Mike has a M.Div. and D.Min. from Asbury Seminary. He's also a Ph.D. candidate at Brunel University/London School of Theology in England. His hobbies include photography, writing, and cheering for the Chicago Cubs.

Here's a link to his website: www.claravallis.net

You can email him at: mvoigts@stlukeumc.org

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Youth Leadership Team

The Youth Leadership Team is made up of parents, youth, and counselors. The main task of the YLT is to make sure that SLUMY ministries stay on task of being "a Spirit-led movement empowering youth to transform the world into Christ's image."

The YLT meets weekly.

SLUMY Counselors

SLUMY Counselors are volunteers who genuinely care about the spiritual lives of teenagers. Each of them is a little crazy in his or her own unique way, but the bottom line is that they sincerely care about what's going on in the lives of our youth.

SLUMY Counselors lead the SLUMY Life Groups, smaller groups of youth that meet weekly for support, learning, and fellowship.

SLUMY Counselors may be young professionals or college and seminary students, but when they're here, their focus is on our youth. Counselors attend SLUMY retreats, day-trips, Sunday Night MPCT worship, and plan our once-a-month Game Night.

Rusty Price

Russ has been a SLUMY counselor since before "SLUMY" was in all caps. He's laid-back, easy to talk to, and always ready to have a great time.

Matt Williams

Even though he's wearing an Orioles jersey, Matt is a bleeding-heart Reds fan. Matt's a seminary student from Kentucky, where his mom is a UM pastor. Matt loves working with youth. He's good-natured and an all-around great guy.

Natalie Davidson
Natalie has been working with youth for more than a decade in Texas. Like Matt, she's a seminary student. Natalie is a lot of fun, and really knows how to connect with youth.

Greg Williams

Greg is Matt's little brother. He works at the University of Kentucky, where he does geeky computer stuff. I guess you could say Greg is the unofficial SLUMY technical director. He's been working with SLUMY for many years. If you're ever at Aldersgate Camp, be sure to ask the staff for some good Greg stories.

Julie Duff

Julie is a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky. She's been a member of St. Luke most of her life. In the fall of 2008, Julie will be leaving us for London, England, where she will spend a year doing street ministry with youth.

Andrea Bremmer
Andrea is a seminary student from Indiana. She has a solid, gentle presence about her, and makes everyone around her feel confident. When she's not doing her seminary work or mentoring SLUMY youth, Andrea works as a part-time substitute teacher in Jessamine County schools.

Reed McCaleb
Reed is a seminary student from Mississippi. He and his wife Carrie Sue are the proud parents of a baby boy born in May 2008. Reed has a laid-back, approachable style that makes him really easy to talk to.

JB Blanton
JB is, arguably, the most unique of our SLUMY counselors. That's a good thing! JB has a contagious Christian witness and is usually the life of the party. BTW, it's no accident that JB is pictured in the back seat of the car in the picture above.