About our Pastor:

Rev. Meredith McMillan has been our pastor since July 2007. She was ordained a Deacon in the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1995, and ordained an Elder in 1998. She holds a Bachelor?s degree in Motion Pictures?Screenwriting and English from the University of Miami. And, she graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Emory University in 1993.

Pastor Meredith, as we call her here, is a native Floridian. She was born and raised in Tampa. Her service in the United Methodist Church has taken her around south Florida from Sebring, to Miami, and to Naples. Her most recent pastorate before coming here to Winter Haven was in Lehigh Acres, near Ft. Myers.

She married her husband Marion McMillan eight years ago. Marion is a full-time Funeral Services student preparing to become a Funeral Director. Together they have shared the ministry of the church as well as serving as Foster Parents to 19 children. No longer fostering, Pastor Meredith and Marion are blessed with the precious, and wildly chaotic family that God brought together. They have three adopted children?Joey, age 12; Bryan, age 7; and Faith, age 3.

"I am so thankful that God has led me to be in ministry here at Beymer Memorial United Methodist Church. Those who visit will find here a caring and compassionate staff and congregation. We are seeking to be faithful to God, and loving towards one another as we grow in faith and action. This is a church to call home, and God?s Spirit is at work in our midst. All are welcome, no matter what your age, race, or circumstance. We strive to be a church for all God?s children." ?Pastor Meredith