WOMEN’S MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
The PCA Women’s Ministry Team brings a scope of godly, diverse servants with unity and love for one another. The vision that drives them as a team is to continue to maintain and grow a biblical strategy for encouraging and equipping women to share their gifts and graces for the mutual good as part of their covenantal privilege and responsibility. Meet this passionate, gifted, team that brings servant hearts to help serve the body of Christ.
Karen Hodge
Coordinator for CDM Women’s Ministry
Karen Hodge serves as the Coordinator for CDM Women’s Ministry, where she seeks to connect women and churches to one another and to sound resources. She is also having the time of her life serving alongside her husband, pastor and best friend Chris, who is a pastor at Village Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs. Chris and Karen have two adult children, Anna Grace Botka and Haddon Hodge. It is from the perspective of a wife, mother, leader and fellow pilgrim that she hopes to offer insights from God’s Word concerning how she and they can most effectively learn to enjoy and extend God’s glory. Karen is the host of the enCourage podcast and has authored Transformed: Life-taker to Life-giver, Life-giving Leadership (along with Susan Hunt); and Breathe: The Life-giving Oxygen of the Lord’s Prayer. Karen can be reached at 678-825-1146 or khodge@pcanet.org.
Kathy Wargo
CDM Event Coordinator & Women’s Ministry Assistant
Kathy brings order to our chaos! Organizing logistics and creating spreadsheets, registering and answering conference attendees’ questions, and putting feet to the vision of Women’s Ministry with Karen Hodge are some of the things Kathy does while working remotely from Delaware for CDM–and all with a humble spirit. If you have attended a CDM conference or event, you have probably been blessed by Kathy’s attention to detail and helpful attitude. Kathy can be reached at 678-825-1132 or kwargo@pcanet.org.
Meaghan May
PCA Elders’ Wives Liaison
Meaghan currently serves under the Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) as the Elders’ Wives Liaison for the Presbyterian Church in America. She is both a Chaplain’s wife and a church planting wife.
Meaghan and her husband Reverend Paul May have been married 22 years and counting, love their five kids 16-6, and are living in Colorado where they are planting their third church. You can often find her listening to podcasts, hiking, piling in the minivan on road trips, and experimenting with new recipes.
Meaghan can be reached at mmay@pcanet.org.
REGIONAL ADVISORS:
The Women’s Ministry Regional Advisors (RA’s) are women just like you who love their churches, serve in their local women’s ministries, and live in your geographic context. They delight to connect women and churches to one another and to strategic and sound resources. These volunteer women work together with our National Team to strengthen churches and Presbytery women’s ministries. We encourage you to reach out to your Regional Advisor and begin building a relationship today.
Allison Van Egmond
Presbyteries: Northern California, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, South Coast, Western Canada
Email: allison.v@newlifepca.com
Current Residence: Escondido, CA
Tatiana Anderson
Presbyteries: Arizona, Heartland, Hills & Plains, Houston Metro, Iowa, North Texas, Platte Valley, Rio Grande, Rocky Mountain, South Texas
Email: tatianaa@gmail.com
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, CO
Janet LaRocque
Presbyteries: Central Indiana, Chicago Metro, Columbus Metro, Great Lakes, Illiana, Missouri, Nashville, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Ohio Valley, Siouxlands, Tennessee Valley, Wisconsin
Email: janetlarocque@npchurch.org
Current Residence: Naperville, IL
Eden Flores
Presbyteries: Covenant, Grace, Mississippi Valley, Southern Louisiana
Email: edenwflora@gmail.com
Current Residence: Oxford, MS
Courtney Denton
Presbyteries: Blue Ridge, Calvary, Catawba Valley, Central Carolina, Eastern Carolina, Fellowship, James River, Lowcountry, New River, Palmetto, Pee Dee, Piedmont Triad, Tidewater, Western Carolina, Westminster
Email: cdenton@wpcgo.com
Current Residence: Rock Hill, SC
Cheryl Mullis
Presbyteries: Ascension, Chesapeake, Eastern Canada, Eastern Pennsylvania, Heritage, Metro New York, New Jersey, New York State, Northern New England, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Metro West, Pittsburgh, Potomac, Southern New England, Susquehanna Valley, West Hudson
Email: cmullis@epannapolis.org
Current Residence: Annapolis, MD
Jamie Voss
Presbyteries: Central Georgia, Evangel, Georgia Foothills, Gulf Coast, Metro Atlanta, NW Georgia, Providence, Savannah River, Southeast Alabama, Warrior
Email: jamiev@perimeter.org
Current Residence: Cumming, GA
Creigh Brown
Presbyteries: Central Florida, Gulfstream, North Florida, South Florida, Southwest Florida, Suncoast Florida
Email: creighb@verizon.net
Current Residence: Lakeland, FL
LIAISONS:
It is more natural for us to think of stage in life, church size, age, and family structure of the women of our denomination when we begin working on a ministry event or presentation because many times we think of ourselves and our experiences. It takes a little more effort/intentionality to think about diversity (race/culture), particular needs (military families, church planters, families with persons with disabilities), or even uniqueness in geographic context or being new to the PCA unless we have a personal connection or experience in our own lives.
The Liaison/Advisor positions were developed to be intentional about engaging and serving women of the PCA; those who represent the unique and growing cultural diversity and those committed to military service as a soldier or a soldier’s spouse in our denomination.
These positions work together with the team “to maintain and grow a biblical strategy for encouraging and equipping women” through the planning and development of training opportunities, materials, and programs for women.
Connie Miller – Advisor for Women’s Ministry International
Connie’s role is to encourage the Women’s Ministry Team to be aware of the international women from Reformed churches around the world and the distinct opportunity God has granted to build bridges together in covenant community. She provides denominational resources for international reformed churches seeking to develop, disciple, connect people to people and people to resources, as well as develop partnerships with key leaders/churches of the reformed faith for open doors to disciple women in their native language to think biblically and live covenantally through a Biblical Philosophy of ministry using the doctrinal pillars of Covenant, Church, Biblical Womanhood, Titus II ministry and help develop revitalize, organize and/or train individual women’s ministries to help build a strong church. Connie serves as a liaison between international pastors/women leaders and the PCA’s Women’s Ministry Coordinator.
Email: CMiller@pcanet.org
Current Residence: Charlotte, NC
Chandra Oliver – Advisor for Chaplains’ Wives
Chandra encourages and equips Chaplains’ wives in conjunction with MNA”s Parakaleo and Chaplain’s Ministry.
Email: chandra.oliver@me.com
Current Residence: Whispering Pines, NC
TRAINERS:
The Women’s Ministries Trainers are women just like you. They serve in their PCA church’s women’s ministries. Their delight is to connect your church’s women’s ministry and presbytery to resources that will help the women you serve think biblically about all of life and then live out those truths in the context of community with the aim of strengthening the church.
Our Women’s Ministry Training Brochure gives information about hosting a women’s ministry training at your presbytery or church.
If you would like to have a trainer come to your church,
please contact Karen Hodge at khodge@pcanet.org.
Teri Anderson and her husband, Mark, are members of Spring Meadows PCA in Las Vegas, NV. They have two adult “kids,” a son-in-law, and enjoy their 7-year-old granddaughter and 2-year-old grandson as often as possible! Teri taught high school English, Computer Technology, and Gifted Education before beginning her motherhood role and a resulting home-based Mary Kay Cosmetics business, becoming a “mompreneur“ before it was trendy! Currently, as an Independent Sales Director, she provides training and mentoring for women of all ages across the USA. In the volunteer world, she served several terms as a Women’s Advisor to the Board of Covenant College, and as an Alpha Omicron Pi VP and International Board member. Locally, Teri has served on the Women’s Ministry Team, and taught Sunday School and Bible Study. She has served as a PCA Women’s Ministry Trainer and retreat speaker since 2001.
Current Residence: Las Vegas, NV
Cathe Cleveland is a former homeschool mom who is now learning what it means to be the parent of two adult married children and live as an empty nester with her husband Paul. Most recently she has experienced the joy of becoming a grandmother. Multiple sclerosis keeps her home most of the time where she works on learning how to build and design the website, books, and online courses for Boundary Stone, their curriculum business. She formerly worked at Reformed Theological Seminary the first year it was in Orlando, and as a computer network administration trainer. She has served the PCA at the presbytery level and at the local level as a volunteer Coordinator of Women’s Ministry. She has served as a Women’s Ministry Trainer since 2001. She and Paul live in Birmingham, AL and are members of Briarwood Presbyterian Church.
Current Residence: Birmingham, AL
Melanie Cogdill serves as a women’s ministry trainer for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and is a member of Christ Covenant Church (Matthew, NC). She is also the managing editor of the online magazine the Christian Research Journal and the host of its weekly podcast, Postmodern Realities (subscribe wherever you get your favorite podcasts). She is a foodie who loves to eat and she posts her eating adventures on social media. She also is a big fan of modern board games and enjoys board gaming with a group of women from her church. Melanie and her husband Dwayne live in North Carolina and have two grown sons.
Current Residence: Charlotte, NC
Paula Miles is wife to Kevin, a ruling elder at Clemson Presbyterian, and mother of Wimberly Johnson (married to Charlie), Janie Gotfredson (married to Duncan), Clary (married to Elli), and Judy Livingston (married to Evan). She is also grandmother to 3 boys and has another grandchild on the way. Paula grew up in Anderson, SC and graduated from Clemson University. She has experienced the joy of being a full-time homemaker and public school teacher. Studying and teaching God’s Word is her passion, as well as coming alongside women to encourage them to understand their unique design and fulfill their individual callings. Paula is on staff at Clemson Presbyterian as women’s ministry coordinator since 2014, is a conference speaker, and serves on the PCA’s Discipleship Ministries (CDM) National Women’s Ministry Team as a trainer. She enjoys regular exercise, a good cup of coffee, watching sporting events, and investing in the lives of her family and friends.
Current Residence: Anderson, SC
Connie Miller celebrated 44 years of marriage to her college sweetheart, Mike, who is the Global Missions Pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina. Serving alongside her husband with his various roles has been a real joy as she has worn several ministry hats as a church planter’s wife, hospitality coordinator, worship leader, Children’s Sunday School and women’s Bible study teacher. They have 3 adult children, two daughters, Mary Sha; Cate, newly married to Jeff; and one son, Mike who is married to Megan. She and Mike love being “Nonnie and Pops” to their adorable grandchildren, Bo, Grisham, and Mary Caitlin. Connie serves as a National Trainer for the PCA Women’s Ministry and Advisor for Women’s Ministry International. She has a passion for discipling women and equipping them to think biblically and live covenantally. She and Mike enjoy traveling, hiking, biking and kayaking.
Current Residence: Charlotte, NC
Chandra Oliver serves on the PCA’s Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) National Women’s Ministry Team as a Trainer and Advisor-At-Large for Chaplain and Military Wives. Chandra lives in North Carolina with her husband Matt, who is a TE in the PCA and is an Army Chaplain. In the past nine years, the Olivers have lived in six different states. With each move they are encouraged and reminded that, although the Army sends them to new locations, “God never gets the address wrong.” Whether leading a Bible study, serving on a volunteer committee, or participating in a military event, Chandra enjoys finding new ways to breathe life into her fellow military spouses.
Current Residence: Whispering Pines, NC
Marcie Tuten is the wife to Chris and mom to three beautiful girls, Marianne (13), Vera (11), Alice (6). When she is not busy driving carpool to and from school and to all the various sports and activities, she enjoys reading, drinking coffee, and taking walks (especially with their Boykin Spaniel, Griffey). She is a member of ChristChurch Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA where her husband serves as an elder and she teaches 5-year-old Sunday school and helps facilitate a women’s Bible study.
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA