Staff
Pastor - Edward E. Wyers pictured with wife Linda Wyers
A native of Brilliant, Alabama, Pastor Wyers joined Grand Avenue in June 2010. He and his wife Linda have two children and two grandchildren. Pastor Wyers is a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College with graduate work at Candler School of Theology, Perkins School of Theology and Memphis Theological Seminary. Pastor Wyers taught English as a second language in Monticello, worked to establish the ESL program at First Church Monticello and led the first Bilingual Vacation Bible School at First Church, Monticello. Pastor Wyers has served for 10 years as the Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (both North Arkansas and Arkansas Conferences) and enjoys leading Bible Study groups and teaches courses in United Methodist History, Doctrine and Polity. Pastor Wyers encourages churches to have a relationship with a missionary and to observe special Sunday offerings. Paster Wyers takes considerable time and effort in preaching and appreciates visiting members and their families, getting to know them and their joys and sorrows in order to be relevant on Sunday mornings.
Director of Music Ministries - Charles Law
Charles “Chuck” Law joined Grand Avenue as the Director of Music Ministry in September of 2005. Mr. Law is also the Director of Bands and Percussion Studies/Trojan Pep Band/Wind Ensemble at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, the Director of The Arts Center of the Grand Prairie in Stuttgart and performs in “The Pangolins” Arkansas’ only professional steel drum group performing across the state. Mr. Law was the Principal Percussionist with the Arkansas Symphony for over seventeen years since moving to Arkansas to assume that position in 1987 and retired in October of 2004. Before his position with the Arkansas Symphony he was a substitute percussionist with the Kansas City Philharmonic and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and was Principal Percussionist with the Missouri Symphony Society. Mr. Law is a native of Columbia, Missouri, attended Central Methodist College and the University of Missouri, and holds the Performers Certificate and Bachelor of Music Performance Degree, Masters of Liberal Studies in Music and is working towards his Doctorate. In addition to Mr. Law’s musical activities he is very active with education and youth where his involvement with the Arts Center of the Grand Prairie as Executive Director for the last five years plus he has developed new educational programs for the community.
Director of Children's, Tweens, and Youth Ministries - Austin Hayes
Austin Hayes is a native of Stuttgart and a graduate of the local Grand Prairie Evangelical Methodist School. He has an Associate of Arts Degree in Law and Social Science from Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, and has served as a volunteer coach for Minor League baseball (9 & 10 year olds) and for Pee-Wee football (3rd & 4th graders). He is a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association and is an official with the Registered Arkansas Officials Association, Division 3 basketball. His employment experience has included positions with Seeman Insulation, the Stuttgart Country Club, the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center, Stedman’s Ace Hardware, Inc., Stuttgart Farm Supply, City of Stuttgart Parks Department and A&J Cattle Company. His hobbies include sports, fishing and hunting.
Secretary - Karen Domrase
Organist - Wanda Mayfield
Wanda Mayfield, a Stuttgart native, is a life-long member of Grand Avenue United Methodist Church and began playing piano for evening services as a teenager. In 1964 she became full-time organist and has continued in that capacity except when Grand Avenue UMC employed Music Director/Organists. She enjoys many types of music and has been teaching piano since 1985. Wanda is a member of Grand Avenue United Methodist Women and has served on various church committees. She also volunteers her time on the board of directors of the Arts Center of the Grand Prairie, and for the past 13 years, has been chairperson of the annual Christmas Candlelight Musicale sponsored by the Arts Council. Wanda's other interests include membership in Beta Sigma Phi sorority, an international women's cultural and social sorority, in which she is a charter member of three chapters in Stuttgart and has held every office. She also enjoys gardening and daily walks. Wanda and her husband, Pat, are parents of two sons and love spending time with their granddaughter.
Accountant - Heather Raper
Custodian - Karen Dabbs
