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Danny was born in Winston-Salem. Growing up, he was active in the United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts, and recreational sports. Danny graduated from Cary High School and went on to North Carolina State University. At N.C. State, he was active in the Raleigh Wesley Foundation and graduated from NCSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He worked as an engineer in Glasgow, VA and Charlotte. Danny answered the call to Ordained Ministry while he and his wife, Susan, were members of Matthews United Methodist Church in Matthews, N.C. He served as a Student Pastor while attending the Divinity School at Duke University, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree.

Bible Study, the Sacraments, preaching and missions stir Danny’s passion for ministry, as they provide the means for Jesus to make His presence and grace known in unexpected ways. Danny has served as a volunteer for food pantries, Reading Connections and Habitat for Humanity. He has served on District and Conference committees involved with Camping Ministries, Building & Church Location, as well as, Witness & Evangelism. Danny has recently become interested in reviving the Methodist Class Meeting in Local Churches. He is an Ordained Elder in the Western North Carolina Annual Conference and has served as the pastor of churches in Rockingham, Guilford, and Davidson Counties.

Danny and Susan were married in 1986. They have two children, Caroline (married to Dalton) and Billy. He enjoys reading, the outdoors, old cars and pretty much anything to do with N.C. State Sports.

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Pastor Kennette is a native of Surry County. She grew up at the foot of Pilot Mountain but has been a resident of Mount Airy since returning back to the area in 2003. After graduating from Salem College with a BA, English/Creative Writing minor in 2001, Kennette attended graduate school at Appalachian State University, receiving her MA, in English in 2003. During her time at Salem College, Kennette established a chapter of Habitat for Humanity. After receiving her call to ordained ministry, Kennette completed her seminary work at Wesley Seminary through Pfeiffer University in 2015 and served as a chaplain at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center from 2015-2016, achieving Level I chaplain certification through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education in 2016. In June 2016, Kennette was commissioned at Lake Junaluska as a provisional member to the order of Deacon in the Western North Carolina Conference. In the summer of 2019 Kennette was Ordained to Deacon in Full Connection.  

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 A western Pennsylvanian native and resident until three years ago, Eric has been a Christian since high school when he joined the local Baptist church he attended since childhood in Worthington, Pennsylvania.  While attending the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, working toward a BA in History and English Literature, he began serving in part-time as a professional church organist.   In addition to his academic work, he also played the cello in the University orchestra and chamber ensembles and studied organ performance with Dr. Carol Teti and Dr. Christine Clewell.  After college, he received additional training and served several churches as a choirmaster and hand-bell choir director, in addition to accompanying worship from the organ.  Eric has served Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal Churches in western Pennsylvania and Montana as accompanist or music director.   Later he obtained a master's degree in education, and has taught in public and private schools in Pennsylvania, Montana, and now Millenium Charter Academy in Mount Airy, where he and his family reside.  Before teaching, Eric worked as a pipe organ builder and technician with Luley and Associates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He and his wife, Rebecca, founded the Ivy Leaf Orchestra in Pennsylvania, a 15 piece ensemble that performs music for live screenings of silent films.  Rebecca taught music K-12 for fourteen years, has played for churches as an assistant organist and served as the director of several volunteer music ensembles over the last twenty years. 

In his free time, he enjoys playing with his children, using the piano and organ for live screenings of silent films, canoeing, hiking, collecting antique toy trains, writing and reading.  Eric and Rebecca have two children, James and Miriam and are very happy to be serving God through music so close to home. 

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Kisha comes to us from Hickory, NC. As a member of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in the Bethlehem Community, Kisha has been involved as a Sunday School teacher since around the age of twelve. Teaching Sunday School was just the beginning, her excitement and enthusiasm were found in many other ministries such as coordinator and director of VBS, Children’s Christmas Play director, along with service on many Church Council Committees. In 2014 Kisha moved to Mount Airy after taking the position of Director of Christian Education at Central UMC. Over the years, 2014-2017 that position has shifted around and in November 2018 accepted the position of Director of Children’s Ministry. She is excited to be back here at Central to work with the staff and the members of Central United Methodist Church.

A 2013 graduate of Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, NC, Kisha holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Education and an Associate’s Degree in Interior Design from Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, NC. From the age of seven, Kisha has been involved in Baton twirling as a competitor and a teacher.  Along with this position Kisha also holds a few other jobs, she is one of the upstairs Preschool Teachers (4-year-old class) with Central Methodist Child Care, she has many responsibilities with a Baton organization founded in Charlotte, NC (certified Gold Seal Judge, instructor, website and Facebook manager), and a Plunder Design Stylist (a Jewelry line). In her spare time, she enjoys anything Biltmore and searching through antique malls for exciting finds. 

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Hannah began working at Central Methodist Child Center in August 2010. She was born and raised in Pickens, SC, and homeschooled where she was around children from a young age helping in nurseries, being a mother's helper, and teaching the young children. She graduated from Greenville Technical College with an associate's in Early Childhood Development and a certificate in Child Care Management in 2007. She then relocated to Mount Airy. She worked as a 3-year-old full-time teacher for 9 years at Central Methodist and transitioned to Central Methodist Child Center director in June 2019. She is married to Chastin Dickerson, a paramedic with Surry EMS, they have one daughter, Aria, and one son, Bash, As a family they enjoy going camping, day trips, and spending time with family friends.