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Friday morning men’s Fellowship
MISSION REPORT
LEADERSHIPMINISTRIES,INC.
TO DevelOp anD equip men TO be leaDers…
3 Letter from the Founder5 Board of Directors6 Feature - Growing Faith8 Financials - Letter from the Foundation Chairman10 Investors14 Mark Christopher Fund15 Volunteers / Staff
The Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship has inspired similar fellowships
in Atlanta, Big Canoe, Orlando, FL, Miami, FL, Washington, DC.
and Cape Town, South Africa.
In the last three years, over 300 men ( 112 in 2010 alone ) have
encountered the welcoming environment of the FMMF for the
first time.
This ministry currently consists of…
• 8 Staff Members
• 33 Tables of Men at 3 Locations in Atlanta each Friday
• 4 Monthly Table Leader Training Forums
( Mondays at 6:30 AM )
And ministers through…
• Assisting Men in Transition
• Crisis Counseling
• Marriage and Family Counseling
• Leadership Training Workshops and Forums
• Life and Career Planning and much more…
At the heart of Leadership Ministries, Inc. is the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship. Chris White, the Founder and President of the ministry, began the first fellowship with just four men in 1982.
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I am constantly amazed at what happens
when a man takes a genuine interest in
another man and reaches out to him with
the love of Christ.
Jesus established this model for ministry
with his twelve disciples. They lived and
ate together, walking the roads of Israel,
talking about his teaching. He set them an example of how to balance work with times
of spiritual retreat—how to lead through service. All along, he was preparing them for
leadership roles they could hardly envision.
Peter and Paul followed in the Lord’s footsteps, as we see in the book of Acts. They
reached out to other men. Peter reached out to Matthias, Barnabas to Paul, Paul to Titus
and Timothy, and those who feared God throughout the synagogues of Asia Minor. From
one group of men and women to another, Christ’s Gospel spread quickly throughout the
Mediterranean world.
Thirty-four years ago, when my life was falling apart, those who stood in Peter and Paul’s
legacy reached out to me. Highly accomplished business professionals, they understood
what I was going through, even better than I did. As a young IBM executive, I was brash,
offending colleagues, and compounding my errors with poor choices. I wasn’t succeeding
at home as a husband or father either.
By the grace of God, I came to know Jesus Christ personally in the home of Arthur and
Nancy DeMoss. They made the gospel their central focus, reaching out with hospitality
and fellowship in their community.
Almost immediately, I started to think about the impact business and professional men
could have on our society if they were effectively taught and developed – if they were
incorporated into a close-knit fellowship like the first disciples enjoyed.
Recently a friend, new to the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship, lingered after the
meeting and said to me, “I am trying to understand what is going on here—why this is
so powerful?” continued on following page
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FOUNDER
Because of his theological training, I said, “It’s koinonia” (the New Testament term for
fellowship), a word which I knew he would recognize. We keep the gospel at the center
every Friday morning.
He went home and told his wife, “All I can tell you is that I don’t feel alone anymore!”
The strength he has derived from the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship has helped enable
this man—as it has so many others—to become an effective leader in a cutting-edge and
highly challenging endeavor.
James Davison Hunter, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, is the author of To
Change the World. Too much energy is being expended by Christians today, Hunter
believes, “on political strategies that don’t work.” What is really needed is a different
paradigm of Christian engagement, what Hunter calls “faithful presence.”
For the past 29 years here in Atlanta, Leadership Ministries, Inc. has encouraged “faithful
presence” as the “long-term, low-pressure” philosophy we employ. Through the lives of
men, their families, and this community we have verified that the faithful presence of a
close-knit men’s fellowship works, just as it worked at Christianity’s beginning.
Now we feel we are called to transfer what we have learned at Leadership Ministries, Inc.
and the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship to a new generation of leaders and additional
communities. It’s time to extend this “Atlanta secret” and multiply it.
Through this Mission Report we want you to understand who we are and the opportunity
God has given us. We have come this far because of your generous and much appreciated
investments: investments of time, talent, and resources. We need your help, and your
fellowship, to realize this next stage of the ministry…
• TrAnsFer FMMF To A new generation.
• exTend The “Atlanta secret.”• Be “faithfully present” ALWAys.
As you read, think of that cousin in Chicago or that friend in San Francisco who could be
so much more effective if he didn’t feel so alone—or that time in your own life when this
Fellowship was there for you. Let’s continue to be “faithfully present.”
Blessings,
Chris White
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And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 2 timothy 2:2
Steve CesariPresident, Successful Life
Larry CorbittCertified Public Accountant
Bob DayCEO, Day Capital Partners
David DorriesCEO, Omega Hospitality Group
Jeff Muir, Executive Committee MemberManaging Partner, Fulcrum Equity Ventures
Richard Owens Principal, Owens Environmental Design, LLC
David PlylerCEO, Gleneagles Group
Brian RanckDirector of Business Development,BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Ralph RowlandRetired, S.P. Richards Company
JP StewartCPA, Partner, Stewart, Kizzar & Brockelbank, LLC
Jeff TerryCEO, Peachtree Tents & Events
Ken Thrasher, Executive Committee MemberCo-Founder, Bennett | Thrasher & Company
Tom WesleyCEO, The Wesley Company
Chris White, Chairman - Executive CommitteePresident, Leadership Ministries, Inc.
Christopher WhiteSenior Director, Cushman & Wakefield of Georgia, Inc.
Colin WhiteVice President, Merrill Lynch - Private Banking and Investment Group
StaffTom Eberle, Consultant to the Founder
Matt Lacey, Development Director
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I have been part of the “church” my whole life. My parents are still faithful members of the
congregation where I grew up in Nebraska. My parents were always “there for me” growing up
- attending everything: school and sports activities, you name it. My Dad is the best male role
model I have in my life. We talk almost daily, and I regret that we live so far apart. Certainly I
had heard scripture in weekly services as a child and an adult. I could say I was “trained” in the
Bible including a memorable series on Ecclesiastes, which I called the “garage sale” book. (This means that all the stuff
we accumulate in this world is all vanity and that what we treasure today is someone else’s deal in a garage sale
tomorrow.)
But, all this time I had never really felt compelled to read the Bible in a personal and living way
until two years ago when I came to the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship Alpharetta where
Matt Lacey encouraged me to read and study the book of John. For Christmas I bought
myself a gift, a Bible and began to read. It was then that the Holy Spirit truly reached
Everything was about me! I thought I could do anything… when in fact I could do nothing.
I was in big trouble! But God in his goodness pointed me in the direction of a man who
invited me to a men’s retreat. Something that I read on the retreat convicted me deeply about
the failure that I had been to my parents, my wife, my family and my employees. It was not
long after this that God reached out in the form of an invitation to the Friday Morning Men’s
Fellowship. Between my retreat experience and the Friday morning encounters, I felt God was calling me from the bondage
of a self-centered, controlling and consumptive life, to a new life in Christ. This God who became a man, died for my sins,
and rose from the dead wanted me for His purposes.
Then on a business trip to Parkersburg, WV, I went into a church and, by the grace of God, I asked Jesus Christ to come
into my life. For the first time in my life I immersed myself in scripture. I refashioned my living based on God’s Word,
and the men who befriended me on Friday mornings held me accountable. Based on these new relationships, I came to
realize that I must give up control and surrender my life to God. I would have to let God work through me for His good.
I discovered that the guide for doing this was the Bible. I also found that for each hour of the study of God’s word, I needed
two hours of prayer and meditation to endear it into my heart and mind. Since 1983, the men at the Friday Morning Men’s
Fellowship have always been there with prayer for my family and me. The outreach of love and caring that only a brother
can give. The elder who played the father’s role. The man who had walked the path before me. The men who always
pushed me forward. I am grateful that God put me in this place, to serve, and to be challenged and encouraged. My
heartfelt thanks goes out to these men who help me be the man God called me to be.
Dave Dorries
Joel Ballantyne
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out to me to give me a new-found faith and personal relationship with God.
These Friday morning meetings and reading the Word daily have changed
my life in a great way – so much so that I find myself taking a sabbatical
from my business to volunteer for a mission organization serving “special-
needs orphans” in Africa!
Also because of this increased love for Jesus Christ and His love for me, I
have felt compelled to say “yes” to spending time helping orphans in Nicaragua. I initially attended a meeting, thinking that
I could just donate money, things or whatever. But by the end, and without a single hesitation, or looking at my calendar
(or even talking with my wife!), I said “yes” to a missions trip to an orphanage there. And I found that the 50 or so mentally
and physically handicapped children are more of an inspiration to me than I could ever be to them! I now say “yes” to God
because a little boy named Jose Adam, right there in one of the poorest countries of the world experienced God’s love and
happiness through me. Through the study, encouragement and fellowship at the FMMF – I have learned that what is truly
important in life is our relationship with God, how we interact with those we care about, and living and following Him
every day in each area of our lives.
I wished he would have asked me even sooner! You see, I began coming to the Friday
Morning Men’s Fellowship three years ago when Will Brackett invited me to join his table.
Friends of mine from college were also involved, so I did not hesitate to accept his invitation.
My personal relationship with the Lord actually started in 1996 at a summer youth camp
called Covecrest. I was starting 7th grade in the Fall, and my sister, my only sibling, and
I became Christians within a few years of one another. As a person, she inspired me and her love for the Lord made
Christianity very attractive to me. Especially since she paid for me to attend Covecrest out of her personal savings!
The camp speaker talked about a God-shaped void in all of our hearts that we try to fill with various material possessions,
hobbies and destructive idols. He utilized the example of a person who becomes dissatisfied with his new, push
lawnmower when his neighbor purchases a new, riding lawnmower. This simplistic message cut deep. I realized that
I was longing inside for something more out of life… At the end, with tears in my eyes, God compelled me to pray the
prayer the speaker led us in and I began my wonderful and tough journey with God, a true relationship with Him. For
the past few months I have been serving with Mike Davis as a greeter at the Men’s Fellowship in Buckhead. And I really
look forward to being one of the first faces the men see when they come in. Bob Day and Jim Gray have inspired me too
on the importance of the first impression when a new man comes to the FMMF.
I serve by welcoming men on Fridays, but that is not the only reason I attend–I also come to receive! Every week the
messages by various speakers apply to my life regarding real issues I deal with every day in life and work. Will and Chris
White have taught me to facilitate the table study, where we discuss thought-provoking questions about the lesson.
We bring our knowledge, preparation, and life experience to sharpen and encourage each other’s daily Bible study and
integrate the Truth into our lives in practical ways.
I also enjoy fellowship with the older men who have been walking with the Lord for many years—men with knowledge
and experience who inspire me to do all of my work with all of my heart and encourage me in my faith. Although I
should be at my most fatigued, Friday has become my easiest morning to rise! When I leave for work after the fellowship
I feel energized because of the active presence of God from the men and the Word that I take with me from our time
together at the FMMF each week.
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I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. john 15:5
FINANCIALS
We remain steadfast in keeping the mission focus of Leadership Ministries, Inc.:
To Develop and Equip Men to Lead in Their Marriage, Family and Business.
This has remained possible because of the diligence of you as the investors,
board, staff and volunteers listed on the pages of this report. Twenty-three years
ago, the Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship changed my world. I used to see things
through my own lens – “what I could do for God.” Through this ministry,
including making it my highest giving priority, I now understand that God
does not “need me,” but that He has given me a purpose to reflect His glory in
my marriage, family and business. Thankfully, now my own sons participate
with other young men in this fellowship. Through the viewpoint of this next
generation we are all bringing the light of Jesus Christ into their daily lives and
the lives of others.
This report, although not a particularly rosy picture at this time, does encourage
me. The last two years have been difficult financially for Leadership Ministries,
Inc. as contributions are down, while at the same time, we have still been
trying to reach and impact even more men and their lives. However, I am
encouraged that we made it through this trying time with the mission intact, a
strengthened team, and a leaner cost structure. We are going to “do more with
less” in the years to come while continuing to expand locations, focus on training
table leaders, and growing the Foundation and Mark Christopher Fund. The
resources of the Foundation, through the foresight of Jim and Claudia O’Hanlon
and others, have sustained the last few years’ operations with this “rainy day”
resource. As Jim put it in his letter to the Board in 2004, “I know that each
of you believe as I do that the work of Leadership Ministries, Inc. is vital and
strategic.”
Now, in 2011, we are making some necessary moves to reduce the budget by
$100,000 – to be accomplished with great thought and counsel by the Board and
the staff. It is only with God’s hand on this ministry that these things will come
to pass. This is our mission together as we all move forward To Change the World.
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INCOME 2010
EXPENSES 2010
BUDGET 2011
TOTAL ($)
INVESTORS
ATTENDEES
On The Border - Buckhead $ 371,583 171 350Strategic Givers $ 76,275 25 Chequers $ 39,630 11 30On The Border - alpharetta $ 27,575 19 50Other $ 26,896 27 Outside atlanta $ 12,642 20 Foundation Support $ 6,950 Ladies Forum $ 3,675 4 16
TOTAL $ 565,226
Human Resources (9 staff) $ 483,551Rent, utilities and Insurance $ 62,716Group Events $ 27,454Technology, Supplies and Printing $ 25,303Travel and Meetings $ 17,963day of Golf $ 14,920audit / Consulting $ 9,445Mark Christopher Fund Gifts $ 2,664Other $ 1,780
TOTAL $ 645,796
Net 2010 Deficit $ (80,570)
Human Resources (8 staff) $ 406,247Rent, utilities and Insurance $ 45,138Technology, Supplies and Printing $ 27,219Group Events $ 25,900day of Golf $ 15,000Travel and Meetings $ 12,440audit / Consulting $ 9,935Other $ 3,323Mark Christopher Fund Gifts $ 2,500
TOTAL $ 547,702
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INVESTORSDenis and Alla AgafonovChris AhrenkielScott and Betsy Akers, Jr.Farra Alford, Jr.Craig and Melissa AllenSteve AllenScott and Ginny AllmanBetty Jo ArnoldKen and Karen AshleyAnne AverettMajed and Elizabeth AwamlehDarren BakScott BalkcumJoel and Laura BallantyneDoug BarfieldJohn BarrackKen and Lisa Bass, IIIHank and Susan Bassett, IVJoy BattonPalmer and Trudi BaylessAl and Patsy BeallBeau BeardenBob and Carol BeaullieuFerdinand BeckerJim and Ida Bell, Jr.Michel and Sylvia BellandCharlie BenedictJim BennettRick and Julie BennettPhil and Shirley BentonTom and Lisa BeverBob and Sharon BielBrian BlackGary and Joyce BoensJen BolkBill and Elizabeth BorlandBrian BoydWill BrackettRichard BradfordMitchell and Debbie BrannenCarl and Lori BremerLand and Katie BridgersTom and Shirley BrisboisJim and Kate BrissetteDoug BrockelbankJohn BroganRonn and Sara BronzettiDick and Jackie BrookfieldAustin Brown
Mike BrownBlake and Mary Catherine BruceDuVall and Anna Brumby, Sr.Ed and Susan BrygWill and Lauren BuchlyAlan and Cindy BullockDavid and Cathy ButlerJoe and Jan CahoonJohn CaldwellJeff and Shannon CallLeslie and Barbara Callahan, IIIKenneth and Miriam CampMerle CampbellStephen CannonChris and Cynthia CarsonBill CartwrightNed and Betty Case, IIIGeoff and Paule ChalmersSam and Elizabeth ChamblissJohn and Marcia Champagne, Sr.John and Katherine Chapman, Jr.Ron and Dorothy CheeleyChristen ChenDoug and LaTrelle ChrietzbergSteve ChrietzbergCatherine ChrismerNancy ChristopherHal and Mary Louise Clarke, Sr.Reggie and Trisha ClausBruce and Donna CookLarry and Beth CorbittJesse and Amber CouchMike and Betsy CrawfordPhillip and Julia CroneGale CrosleySusan CrowsonCarlester and Yarid CrumplerBradley Currey, Jr.Nancy CuthbertAddison and Caroline DanaMike DaughertyAlex and Daphne DavisMike and Laura DavisMims and Lynn DavisBob and Marie DayWilliam and Kappy deButtsDavid and Canty DeeterMark and April DeMossAlec and Sharon Dicks
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INVESTORSHappy and Lynn DicksDoug and Rosetta DillardJohn and Kathleen DoddJack and Sheila DokterRonald DomanicoDave and Annette DorriesCorey and Crystal DortchRob and Elinor DouglassBob and Nancy DowJohn and Kari DowningBrandon and Lindsey DownsRyan and Jessica DoyleDawn DugganRobert and Hadley DuncanSteve and Katherine DunlevieDrew and Nancy EarlyMark EberleTom and Jan EberleSam and Eileen EdmondsonLee and Sue EdwardsKaty EllisJeff and Carol EstepRobert and Diane EysterFather Neil FacklerJesse and Susan FerliantoRyan and Sarah FetzHarold and Karen FickettDick and Dott FisherBob and Florence FortenberryGary and Theresa FowlerDanny and Sherry FrancesSteve and Elaine Franklin, Sr.Frank FranzeseRon and Patsy FraserDavid and Lisa FrittsJohn and Sam FullerSid and Karen GagelDan and Kellie GardnerPat and Kay GartlandTim and Emily GartlandNeal and Anne GaskinErnie and Diane GeyerCharlie GibsonJack and Mary Lou GilbertBill and Judy GinnEmerson GirardeauMark and Suzette GlazerEddie GoeppClark and Susan Gore
John and Sherri Johnston GormanIzzy and Anna GouldZollie and Claire GrahamJim and Sadye GrayRod and Linda GrayTaylor and Elizabeth GreenTom and Kristie GreerBen GriessmanRick and Ashley GroffCharles GuthrieKen and Ellie GuthrieRoger and Mary Jane HaggertyJim and Brenda HaileyKaren HallMatthew and Adair HallmanBill and Katie HamiltonBill and Sudie Hanger, Sr.Jim HanksRichard and Beth Ann HansonJim and Karen HaughtGeorge and Sally HauptfuhrerTim and Felicia HayesJack and Jane HeadNathan and McCall HedgesArmand and Florence HendeeMike HendleyKevin and Christina HermetzSarah HerndonPat and Janet HeroldTommy and Tami HilesLaurie HinshawBilly and Frankie HobbsRich and Meredith HollandDoug and Lisa HolteJohn and Tee Gee HowardBarry HowellMarie HowleBill and Linda HuffmanScott and Masheed HundleyMike and Dawn HunterChip and Karen IngrahamBruce and Barbara IrvineRyan and Ashley IrvineBailey and Kerry IzardDrew and Diane Jackson, IITrey and Juliettte JarrardCharles JohnsonDrew and Erin JohnsonChuck and JoElyn Johnston
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Norman and Jane MillerWalker and Patty MillerWalter and Beverly MillerTom and Gloria MinickDebbie MitchamAlan and Libby MoiseMatt MooreJeff and Doris MuirScott MuirJeff and Michelle MullinsBob and Gretchen NealRuss and Sally NealThomas Neal, Jr.Dave and Jill NealeStephen NelsonJane NeumeyerJohn and Susanne NicholasJody NolandWilliam and Dorothy NorrisBobby NorwoodSteve and Fran O’DayJim and Claudia O’HanlonLarry and Marion OkesonGeorge and JoAnn OlsenJay and Sandra O’MearaRichard and Kitty OwensCarl and Jean PahlCharlie and Katy PaparelliMike and Laura ParsonsJohn and Nancy PattersonSolon and Marianna PattersonDavid and Corinne PattonSkip and Cathy PlemmonsDavid and Johannah PlylerWalt and Khette PlylerMatt and Penny PohlmannStephen and Melanie PolhillCurt PonderJim and Celeste PorterHam and Anna PowellBob and Jenny PruittBrad and Mary PughPat and Elaine QuilterDoc and Babs Raines, Jr.Bill and Trish RanckBrian and Sherry RanckBill RansomDavid and Rachel RawsonBobby and Beth ReaganBlake and Diane ReganCharlie and Patty RenfroeSteven and Meg Genone Renner, Jr.Tom and Frances RiceSid and Robin RigginsFrank and Bonnie RingleJohn and Fran RoetmanGeorge and Glenna RogersArt RollinsRalph and Carol Rowland
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Billy Van EatonDan and Jennifer Van HornDick and Lee Van LeuvanTom and Jennifer VenkerKim VerskaTravis and Laura VickersJim and Karen VournakisBob and Belle VoylesJim and Suzi Voyles, IIISchroder Voyles Greg and Cheryl WadeAndrew and Penny WaguespackAndrew and Lisa WalkerRaymond and Heidi WalkerJim and Susan WalshMike and Sue WatkinsWatkins Christian FoundationTrey and Kimberly Webb, IIIWayne and Ann WebbBob and Karyn WedgeCharles WellbornTom and Kathy Wesley, IIIJerry and Nancy WestWilliam WhippleChris and Suzanne WhiteChristopher and Jennifer WhiteColin and Norah WhiteLee and Lynn WhiteShelby WhiteWarren and Gail Wick, IITodd WickliffeJoe and Nancy WilenClaude Williams, Jr.Tracy WilliamsDon and Carole WilliamsonRichard and Leslie WillinghamBerke and Linda WilsonDavid and Dru WilsonDeborah WilsonJohn and Judy WolfeKen and Susan WoodsSteve and Fran WoodwardAlex WyattAlan YatesEarl and Pam YoungJay and LeeAnn YoungMason and Shelley ZimmermanJohn and Susan zumBrunnen
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Mark Christopher was a wonderfully optimistic person and a friend to all who knew him. He was a
devoted husband to Nancy and father to Logan and Coleman, a top-notch commercial real estate broker,
and an avid sportsman–hunting, fishing and golf were his favorites.
What an irony that this man with so much optimism and vitality, who never smoked, would contract
lung cancer at the age of 40. Although battling courageously for months against this disease, Mark died
one month shy of his 42nd birthday on May 22, 1998.
During his illness, Mark set up a voice-mail hotline where over 10,000 callers heard the message of hope
in the gospel of our Lord. The closer he got to his departure from this world, the more intense was his
faith. At the end, Mark’s clear message was this: “Don’t think that you will have more time. Make your
life count now.” This is a good message for every one of us to think about.
Mark was a key leader of Leadership Ministries and served on the Board of Directors. He brought a rare
combination to men: he was a real friend, showing a true interest in their well being; and he told them
the truth about eternity and salvation through Jesus Christ.
Mark also had a special interest in men who are in transition. Before he died, he asked that donations
in his memory be sent to Leadership Ministries. The response of his friends was most generous, and the
Board established the “Mark Christopher Fund for Men in Transition.”
Because of the stress that comes with career and marital trauma, a man can become overwhelmed and
discouraged. We have been serving men and their families with career guidance, professional licenses,
and housing. Some have given men jobs! This practical support–along with a listening ear–is done in the
spirit of Mark Christopher’s life and message.
This year, 2011, marked a huge milestone for the fund.
We raised an additional $45,ooo and now have a balance
of $81,ooo. We will continue to grow the fund and
support men by carrying on Mark’s legacy.
FOR MEN IN TRaNSITION
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MaRK CHRISTOPHER FuNd
His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” matthew 25:21
TABLE LEADERSKen Ashley
Will Brackett
Land Bridgers
Will Buchly
Doug Chrietzberg
Larry Corbitt
David Crenshaw
Bob Day
Alec Dicks
Jim Gray
Kevin Hermetz
Drew Johnson
Dave Jones
Matt Kreis
Matt Lacey, Location Leader
Glenn LaGrone
Doug Lyle, Location Leader
Jeff Muir
Steve O’Day
Richard Owens
David Plyler
Stephen Polhill
Brian Ranck
Ralph Rowland
Sandy Sanford
Jeff Shaw
Stan Singleton
Jeff Terry
Jack Thompson, III
Trey Webb
Tom Wesley
Chris White, Location Leader
Christopher White
Colin White
Suzanne White, Ladies Forum
Earl Young
VOLUNTEERS
STAFF
LOCATIONSChequers - Perimeter Mall
Michel BellandCarl BremerJohn ClowerNorman Miller
On The Border - Alpharetta
T.C. ClayNeal GaskinLex LugerGeorge Rogers
On The Border - Buckhead
Phil Benton
Richard Bradford
Jim Braun
David Crenshaw
Mike Davis
Bob Day
Dave Dorries
Sid Gagel
Pat Herold
Ryan Irvine
Dan Keishian
David Kuguru
Charlie Renfroe
Steven Renner
Sonny Williams, Photographer
DAY OF GOLF
Phil Benton
Chris Brown
Doug Chrietzberg
Nancy Cuthbert
Tom Eberle
Sherri Johnston Gorman
Brad Hayes
Pat Herold
Claudia Lyle
Russ and Sally Neal
Richard Owens
Charlie Renfroe
Frank Ringle
Ralph Rowland
Leonardo Ruscitto
Jeff Terry
Dick Van Leuvan
Jim Vournakis
Jim Walsh
Jennifer White
Norah White
Sonny Williams
Earl Young
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Chris White, Founder and CEO
LaTrelle Chrietzberg, Administration
Tom Eberle, Consultant
Katy Ellis, Financial Manager
Karen Hall, Administration
Matt Lacey, Director of Development
Doug Lyle, Consultant
Suzanne White, Consultant
1100 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 105 atlanta, Ga 30342 404-255-2613 www.leadership-ministries.com
JOIN US FORFRIdaY MORNING MEN’S FELLOWSHIP @ 7AM
ChEquERS – PERiMETER MALL236 Perimeter Center Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30346
(Doug Lyle, Leader)
404-290-8829
On ThE BORDER – ALPhARETTA10575 Davis Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30004
(Matt Lacey, Leader)
404-625-2242
On ThE BORDER – BuCKhEAD1 Buckhead Loop, NE, Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30326
(Chris White, Leader)
404-667-3519
Tee Time…Leadership Ministries, Inc. Day OF GOLF 2011
tuesday, October 18Rivermont Country ClubJohns Creek, Georgia
Great Day of Fun and Fellowship More Details soon