J. Whit Malone, Pastor.
Whit grew up in Atlanta, GA, the oldest of three children. He graduated from
Georgia State University in 1979 with a degree in social work. Finding a new home in a small Presbyterian congregation
in the inner-city, he worked there for two years as the church’s community minister. Whit then worked for two years on
the adolescent unit of a private psychiatric hospital before entering seminary. In 1984, he received his Master of
Divinity degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Currently, Whit is in this third and final year of
a Doctor of Ministry program in preaching through McCormick Seminary in Chicago, IL. He hopes to graduate in May 2012.
Whit has also served the presbytery and denomination. He is currently a new pastor mentor in the Company of New Pastors
and is a member of the Council of Advisors of Dubuque Theological Seminary. Whit’s passions in life are his wife Kris
and their 3 daughters, pastoral ministry, and a few hobbies. Among his hobbies are a pretty serious devotion
to physical fitness, a love for gardening, an occasional round of golf, and a tendency to tinker with whatever house he
happens to live in.
Heather Wood Davis, Associate Pastor for Youth
Ministries.
Heather grew up in North and South Carolina and was
confirmed and baptized here at First Presbyterian Church!
She was active in both the Jr. and Sr. High youth programs
as a teen. She attended Appalachian State University and
graduated with BA in Philosophy & Religion in 2002. She
served as the Youth Director for Rumple Memorial
Presbyterian Church for several years before attending
Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. She graduated
with a Masters of Divinity in May 2008 and was ordained in
2009. She has been at First Presbyterian since August 2008.
Lynn Webber, Parish Associate.
Lynn just completed a nine year ministry as pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Asheville and, prior to
that, was an Associate Pastor at Grace Covenant Presbyterian
Church, also in Asheville. She’s a graduate of our
denomination’s San Francisco Theological Seminary and
received her undergraduate degree from Hanover College in
Hanover, Indiana. She and her four brothers grew up in
Chicago and later in Lafayette, Indiana. Lynn and her
husband, Tom, who’s also completed seminary training, live
with their family in Black Mountain. Lynn enjoys dancing,
hiking, painting, games, and gardening. Lynn will be working
part-time, assisting with congregational care, worship, and
other pastoral duties that may arise.