::Felders Campmeeting Evangelists & Staff::

EVANGELIST

Rev. Cliff Burris,

Cliff Burris is a McComb native, and has been a Methodist pastor for 27 years. He and his wife Leanne met at William Carey College. They were married in 1996, and attended Asbury Theological Seminary together. They have four children; Josh, Jon, Zoe, and Joel. Cliff was baptized at Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church and surrendered there to a call to ministry in the mid-90’s. He began ministry work as a camp counselor at Camp Wesley Pines for two summers, and a youth pastor while in college. Cliff and Leanne have served multiple congregations in Mississippi and Kentucky, and since 2006 have been pastors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. They currently live in Biloxi where Cliff is pastor of Heritage UMC in D’Iberville, MS, and Leanne is pastor of The Bridge UMC in D'Iberville, a church she planted in 2016. Cliff is also a part-time pastor with The Bridge. He also serves on multiple boards in Mississippi Methodism as part of his ministry. Cliff enjoys playing his Taylor guitar while leading worship, running, playing golf & tennis, and reading theology. Cliff will leading us the first half of Campmeeting July 12-16, 2024.

Rev. Daniel Herring,

Rev. Daniel Herring has lived in Mississippi his whole life. He graduated from Mississippi State University before receiving his M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He has served churches throughout the state for almost 20 years. His pastoral appointments have been FUMC Brandon, Petal UMC, and currently the pastor of FUMC Grenada. He has been married to his wife, Emily, for 20 years and they have 5 children: Anna (18), Olivia (16), Sophia (10), Cecelia (7), and Noah (4). In addition to loving ministry, Daniel enjoys playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his family. Daniel will be leading us the second half of Campmeeting July 17-21, 2024.

MUSIC DIRECTOR

TBD,

PIANIST

Vicki Martin Mercier, has been the campmeeting pianist since 2002. She taught music, choral music and
fine arts in grades K4 – 12 in Catholic and public schools for 32 years. She also has served as pianist,
organist and choir director in several Mississippi churches. She lives in Brandon with her husband Tom.

ORGANIST

Steve Russell, Steve teaches piano at Co-Lin Community College and lives in Brookhaven, MS. He also serves Brookhaven FUMC's Organist. He has been with us many years and will bless us again with his gift of music.

CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTERS

Haley Lowery, Haley is thrilled to teach the Preschoolers during Campmeeting! Haley has been in Children's Ministry for almost ten years. She is currently serving as the Director of Children and Spiritual Life at Batesville First United Methodist Church. She has her Masters of Arts in Christian Education from Asbury Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing her Masters of Divinity. Haley has had the opportunity to lead Children's Ministry training, Children's Retreats, and Camp Counselor training in the last several years. Haley has grown up attending Campmeeting every year. She is excited to be able to be a part of the Campmeeting Preschool ministry!

Pam Spiers, Our own Pam is returning to lead our elementary children again! We are so thankful for her leadership, love, and ministry to our children!

Youth Pastor TBD,

FELDER UMC HOST PASTOR

Rev. Daniel Speed