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The
Reverend
Joann
H. Turner
began
her
ministry
on June
27, 2006
at St.
Paul
United
Methodist
Church.
She came
from
Webb
Chapel
United
Methodist
Church
in the
Kinston
area of
Lenoir
County
as
pastor
in
charge.
Reverend
Turner
is
married
to
Marvin
Louis
Turner;
a
retired
USAF
officer
and
retired
from
U.S.
Airways.
He
earned
his BS
degree
in
Aeronautical
Management
from
Parks
College
in
Illinois
is 1956.
They
have
lived in
France,
Hawaii
and many
states,
and
enjoy
traveling
overseas
when
possible.
They
have two
children:
Debra L.
Turner
Strother,
graduate
of
Virginia
Commonwealth
University
with a
BFA; and
a MEd
from the
University
of
Connecticut.
David C.
Turner
has an
associate
degree
in
Political
Science/Business
and is
pursuing
his BS.
Their
five
children
are the
“apple
of the
eye” of
Reverend
Joann
and
Marvin.
Reverend
Turner
earned a
diploma
from
Rhema
Bible
School
in 1992
and was
ordained
with
Rhema
Bible
Church
in 1995.
She
earned
her
Clinical
Pastoral
Education
credentials
after 15
months
of
training
as an
intern
and
resident
at
Cabell-Huntington
Hospital
in
Huntington,
West
Virginia
in 1996.
Her BS
in
Church
Ministries
was
earned
from
Mount
Olive
College
in 2000,
(magna
cum
laude),
and she
is an
Adjunct
Professor
of Old
Testament
and New
Testament
since
2005.
She
earned
her MDiv
degree
from
Duke
Divinity
School
in
Durham,
North
Carolina
in 2004.
She has
been a
member
of the
North
Carolina
Conference
UMC
since
June
2004.
Since
Reverend
Turner's
appointment
to St.
Paul
UMC, she
has
taken a
Pastoral
Care in
Community
Course
from
Duke
Endowment
held at
Lenoir
Hospital
in
Kinston,
NC, from
October
2, 2006
to May
31,
2007.
She was
commissioned
as a
Stephen
Minister
on May
13, 2007
at St.
Paul
UMC, and
is a
Supervisor
Group
Facilitator.
Churches
served
have
been
Webb
Chapel
UMC; and
Field
Education
positions
as an
associate
with
Lake
Waccamaw
UMC,
Fremont
UMC, and
Saulston
UMC. She
was
associate
pastor
at Rhema
Christian
Center
in
Lewisburg,
West
Virginia
for two
years.
Reverend
Turner’s
love,
gifts
and
graces
are in
pastoral
ministry,
visitation
and
serving
in any
capacity
of the
church
as given
to her
by God
and the
United
Methodist
Church.
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