Senatobia FUMC Staff & Leadership
The staff and leadership here at SFUMC is comprised of men and women who love, care and pray for every single person in the church. If you have questions for any of our staff, feel free to reach out and email them or call our church office to speak with them.
Tim Prather, Lead Pastor
Tim has been a pastor for over 20 years, serving at Mullins UMC (Memphis), Tupelo First, Avon-Glen Allan, Purvis-Talowah, and New Albany First. He received his bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay in Clarksville, TN, earned a master’s degree from Southern Miss, completed an M.Div. at Memphis Theological Seminary, and was awarded his doctorate from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Tim is married to Cheryl, and they have two children, Jack and Caroline. He is passionate about evangelism, discipleship, Wesleyan theology, and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pat Ludlam, Pastor
Pat has been a United Methodist pastor for over 40 years. Recently retired from full-time ministry, Pat serves in a part-time role within the congregation. He helps to lead in worship, provides pastoral care support, and teaches several small groups. Pat's contribution to the congregation through his wealth of experience and humble spirit is a blessing to our church.
Glenda Rhodes, Church TREASURER
A native of Senatobia, Glenda has served as Office Manager since 1979. Her hobbies are quilting, sewing, gardening and horseback riding.
To email Glenda in the church office click on the following link:
Zack Smith
Student Ministry
Zack Smith is a Graduate of the University of Mississippi. His hobbies include hiking, watching Marvel movies, filmmaking, and listening to audiobooks. He has served FUMC Senatobia for 6 years. His favorite bible passage is Psalms 23 and his favorite book of the bible is The Gospel According to Mark. He is married to his wife Tori, and they have a daughter Sophia.
Emily Walker
Children's ministries
Emily has been serving the children of FUMC Senatobia for over a decade. She has been a member of the Senatobia community for over 23 years. Emily also serves as an educator for Senatobia Elementary School. She has been happily married to Alan Walker for 16 years; they have two precious children - Emma Grace, and Paxton. Emily has a heart for children, and a deep desire to bring the love of Christ to the children of our community as well as those around the world. Emily believes in our children, the future of our faith, and our ability as a body of believers to help all children develop a deep and lasting relationship with their Lord and Savior.
Mary Ann Walker
Director of Music
Mary Ann has been the Chancel Choir and music director since 1999 and a member of the Chancel Choir prior to that since 1970. Also a public accountant, she graduated from Delta State College with a degree in accounting.
With a love for singing, she has been a member of high school and college choirs and the community choir, United Voices of Praise, and the singing group, MsSippi. She was the children’s and youth choir director before becoming the Chancel Choir director.
She is married to Elwin Walker, a retired school administrator. They have three children and five grandchildren. Besides spending time with her family, her hobbies are reading, gardening and listening to music. She and Elwin enjoy taking trips to the mountains in Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama.
She feels blessed to be the choir director and be allowed to choose and lead music that exalts and praises God.
Mary Day, Church secretary
Mary is a graduate of The University of Memphis and has a background in communications and education. She lives in Senatobia with her husband,Troy, and their children Maggie and Harlan. Mary enjoys reading, antique and thrift shopping, spending time with her family, and connecting with people in the community.
Brenda Johnson
Mrs. Brenda is an institution in our nursery. Her faithful service has enhanced the lives of all of our babies here at SFUMC. We are thankful for her contributions and know that you will love her too.
Jen erNSt
Jen has served our church since 2019, beginning with children’s ministry, as well as and currently, in the nursery with Ms. Brenda. She originally from New Jersey, but has lived here for 6 years. From Jen, "I was saved & baptized a year after moving here. I see God everyday in the kids I get to serve and care for at SES (my 7th year) as a special Ed teaching assistant in Mrs. Emily’s class. I love animals & am a frequent pet sitter. I have 2 female cats, who are my babies.'
A Part of the United Methodist Church
Section Title
At SFUMC, we are part of a connectional church. Part of our service to the community and the world goes through our connectional nature and giving. If you'd like to find out more about the Mississippi Annual Conference, the Southeaster Jurisdiction, and the United Methodist Church, please click on the links above.
Type the content for this section here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this section. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section. Once you click into this section, you will see the filler text disappear, and you can begin typing your real content. We’ve simply put in filler text in this area. No need to get caught up in the actual content of this body text, we've typed meaningless sentences.
Section Title
Type the content for this section here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this section. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section. Once you click into this section, you will see the filler text disappear, and you can begin typing your real content. We’ve simply put in filler text in this area. No need to get caught up in the actual content of this body text, we've typed meaningless sentences.
