Meet Our Church Staff
Our Pastor:
Reverend George Odell is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He has served local churches from rural to city for more than twenty-nine years. He has served on the conference ministry teams to develop strong Christian leaders in the areas of Native American Ministry and the Committee on Religion and Race. He has served on various conference boards and currently serves on the Conference Board on Nominations. He has been a circuit elder and is trained to be a ministry coach. He has served as a mentor to pastors seeking to be ordained or commissioned in the UMC. He has been trained/certified in the ministry of Spiritual Direction (Perkins School of Theology, SMU) and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Degree in that field(Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chicago).
He loves to hike and walk with his family. He loves photography a bug that he caught from his mother and from attending a photography camp at Camp Mechuwana, the UMC camp in the state of Maine. He is passionate about prison ministry and is certified by the United Methodist Endorsing Agency as a prison chaplain, which he does volunteering with Kairos Prison Ministry International as a clergy team member serving at the East Arkansas Regional Unit. He is passionate about preaching the Word of God, and teaching orthodox- Wesleyan views.
Matthew 25: 34-36
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst— a mighty Savior! He will delight over you with joy. He will quiet you with His love. He will dance for joy over you with singing.
Reverend George Odell is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He has served local churches from rural to city for more than twenty-nine years. He has served on the conference ministry teams to develop strong Christian leaders in the areas of Native American Ministry and the Committee on Religion and Race. He has served on various conference boards and currently serves on the Conference Board on Nominations. He has been a circuit elder and is trained to be a ministry coach. He has served as a mentor to pastors seeking to be ordained or commissioned in the UMC. He has been trained/certified in the ministry of Spiritual Direction (Perkins School of Theology, SMU) and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Degree in that field(Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chicago).
He loves to hike and walk with his family. He loves photography a bug that he caught from his mother and from attending a photography camp at Camp Mechuwana, the UMC camp in the state of Maine. He is passionate about prison ministry and is certified by the United Methodist Endorsing Agency as a prison chaplain, which he does volunteering with Kairos Prison Ministry International as a clergy team member serving at the East Arkansas Regional Unit. He is passionate about preaching the Word of God, and teaching orthodox- Wesleyan views.
Matthew 25: 34-36
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst— a mighty Savior! He will delight over you with joy. He will quiet you with His love. He will dance for joy over you with singing.
