Tuesday, February 11 | 11:30 am | Mike Wilson Fellowship Hall
Speaker: Reverend Martha B. Wagley, Pastor Emerita of Memphis First United Methodist Church (UMC),
Rev. Wagley previously served the UMC as Director of the Board of Ordained Ministry at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in Nashville, where she supported candidates entering the ministry. She also served as Senior Pastor at Germantown UMC (1995–1998) and as District Superintendent in Dyersburg, overseeing ministers in Tennessee and Kentucky (1989–1995). She led St. Matthew UMC, Springdale UMC, Mason UMC, and Braden UMC earlier in her career.
A Memphis native, Rev. Wagley graduated from Treadwell High School, earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis, and completed her Master of Divinity at Memphis Theological Seminary in 1980, graduating summa cum laude. She was a trustee at the seminary for eight years and delivered the commencement address in 1997.