David Burka and his family have been members at Mount Juliet since 1986, and David has been an elder since 2003. He has been married to Melissa for 23 years. David grew up in Knoxville, and he and Melissa lived in Dallas, TX  and Overland Park, KS before coming here. He has been an auditor, office manager, and now works as an accounting manager. Melissa is a teacher, and they have two sons, Scott and Todd. Scott is a Senior at UT, and Todd is a Junior at Freed-Hardeman. When asked what his desire was for the church at Mount Juliet, he said, “ I would desire that each member have an unquenchable thirst for the word of God. Reading the Bible every day will give them a confident assurance of their heavenly home.”
	Albert England has been a part of the Mount Juliet family for 31 years, and  has served as an elder for 24 years. He recently retired after working for  40 years with Franklin Brick, while his wife May Ola works as a Teacher’s  Aide at Lakeview Elementary. He was born and raised in Horse Cave, Kentucky,  and attended college at Freed-Hardeman and Lipscomb. He was stationed in San  Antonio, Texas for military service. He and his family lived in Nashville  and worshipped with the Una congregation before coming here. He and May Ola  have three children: Kerry, who is married to Beverly and lives in KY., Janice, who is married to James Beckham and worships here, and  Judy, who is married to John Bentley and lives in Jackson, TN. Albert and  May Ola have nine grandchildren. His goals for our church family  are, “That  we will each grow in our love for God and each other, that each of us will  remain true and faithful to the Word, and that we live our lives worshipping  and serving Him, as well as reaching out  not only to the community, but  also to the world.”
	David Fleming has served as an elder for 12 of his 18 years at Mount Juliet.  He was born in Watseka, IL and raised in Pekin, IN before marrying Melva.  His previous jobs include work as a Mechanic, an Electronics Technician, a  Banker, a Savings & Loan Secretary, a Mortgage Loan Officer, a Real Estate  Salesman, an Insurance Sales Rep., a Customer Sales Rep., and a Field  Services Rep. for hospital equipment. He lived in Illinois, Indiana, Texas,  Nebraska, and Turkey before becoming a part of the church family here. Melva  works as an Administrative Assistant.  They have three daughters: Lisa,  Tina, and Teresa, all of whom live in the Middle Tennessee area. His wish  for the members here is “that we would each grow more godly and less  worldly.”
	DeWayne Griffin and his wife Sue have been  members at Mount Juliet for 28  years, with DeWayne serving as an elder for 12 of those years. “Grif” (as  many of his friends call him) was born in Decatur, AL and raised in Madison,  TN. He met Sue at the Madison church of Christ and they have been married  for 36 years. During DeWayne’s career in the U.S. Army, they lived at Ft.  Sill, Oklahoma and Ft. Bragg,  North Carolina. DeWayne is currently employed  with Cardinal Health in LaVergne, while both he and Sue work as caregivers.  They have one son, Brad, one daughter-in-law, Linn, and one grandchild, Anne  Towles. Concerning God’s family here at Mount Juliet, DeWayne hopes for  “peace, unity, and salvation for every soul.”
	Pat Hackney has been a part of the congregation here for 55 years, and has  been an elder for almost 16 years.  He was born in Davidson County and is a  life-long resident of Mount Juliet. He and Carole have been married for 30  years.  They have two daughters who live in Nashville, April and Angela.  April is  director of revenue support at Gambro Health Care. Angela is a  kindergarten teacher in Nashville. Pat spent 29 years of his teaching career  at Friendship Christian School, leading the school as Headmaster for 13  years. He is now a Math teacher and a football coach at Wilson Central High  School. Carole works as a church secretary. As he thinks about the Mount  Juliet church, he desires “that they all remain faithful and be with me in  Heaven one day where we can glorify God forever.”
	Tony Huddleston has lived and worshipped at Mount Juliet for 17 years, and  has been an elder for almost 6 years. He was born in Dodge City, Kansas, and  has lived in several Middle Tennessee locations, such as Old Hickory,  Livingston, Madison, and Nashville. He and Pat have been married for 33  years, and  have two children, Daniel, who lives in Nashville, and Rebecca,  who lives in Temple, Texas and is married to Brad Rudder.  Daniel is a  technical writer and Rebecca teaches 4th grade. Tony has served in the  military, and has worked 33 years  in computer programming. Pat works as a  secretary in the church office. When asked to give his desires for the  family here, Tony responded with “peace, unity, and love among all those at  Mt. Juliet and salvation through Jesus Christ.”
	James Whiteaker has worshipped at Mount Juliet for 17 years, and has been an  elder since 2003. James was born and raised in Cookeville, TN.  He and  Katy have been married for 28 years. They have lived in McMinnville, TN,  Tullahoma, TN, Ashville, NC, and Union City, TN. James has worked in the  administrative department of the Social Security Office for 29 years. Katy  works as a teacher in the SEEK program for the Wilson County School System.  They have two sons, Ja and Berek. Ja is married to Casey, and they live in  Bartlett, TN while Berek is a student at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, TN.  The primary desire James has for the people of Mt. Juliet is that we will  all “experience the joy of serving God.”
	Tommy Whittle has worshipped with the church here for 26 years, and became  an elder almost six years ago.  He has spent his life living in the  Hermitage area. He and Sandra have been married for 34 years. Tommy works as  an accountant and serves on active duty in the Tennessee National Guard,  while Sandra works as a part-time secretary. They have two children, Jeff  who works in data analysis, and Melissa, who is married to Mark Williamson  and teaches kindergarten at Friendship Christian. When asked what his dreams  for the church here were, he stated, “I would want the Christians at Mt.  Juliet to be knowledgeable enough in the Word to save others as well as  themselves.”

Our Deacons
 

Ministry	Deacon(s)
Benevolence Ministry (Local)	Dennis Nosal
Benevolence Ministry (Orphans)	Jeff Fortner
Children's Activities	Martin Porter
Collection and Counting of Contribution	Eric McGreevy
Communication/Information	Kevin Bass
Communion Ministry	Tony Eakes
Equipment:  Repair and Maintenance	Don Vickers
Fellowship Meals Setup	Tony Eakes
Fellowship of Newcomers	Mark Crisp
Finance	Buddy Pickler
Flood Plain Development	E.W. McCulloch
Database Admin	Joe Brown
Hospital Ministry	Jack Cronk
House to House	Kerry Smith
Jail Ministry	Terry Burton
Library	Shannon Buckner  Marshall Wilhite
Lost Sheep Ministry	Jay Keopf
Maintenance: Exterior/Grounds	Rusty Morrow
Marriage and Family	Kevin Mann
Media Outreach	Greg Myers
Mt. Juliet Health Care	Wayne Williamson
Newcomers Ministry	James Beckham
Office Equipment	Greg Arnold
Outreach Ministry	Tim Smith
Preteen	Lex Conatser
Save/Days	Lawrence Gammon
Seniors Serving Christ	Jack Stanfill
Shut-Ins	John Stallworth
Simulcast	Jerry Sircy
SOS	Michael Huddleston
Spiritual Training - Jr. High/High	Doug Perry
Shut-ins	John Stallworth
Technical Equipment	Kevin Cantrell
Transportation	Jim Gregory Don Vickers
Tuesdays/Thursday School	Alan Smith
20s SOS	James Beckham
Vacation Bible School	David McIndoo
Ushers	P.D. McCulloch
World Bible School	Barry England
Worship Assignments	Aaron Jones
Welcome Wagon	Ricky Banks
Widows	James Keopf
Youth 7-9th	Hoyt Smith