We, the Presbytery Staff, are called to serve God, using our gifts and skills to Excite, Encourage, Equip & Resource our partners in ministry, the people of the Presbytery of Florida.
Terry Dyer - Executive Presbyter/Stated Clerk terry@presbyteryofflorida.com
Even though Terry was born in Northern Wisconsin, he was raised in Central Florida, where there were/are a lot of Midwesterners. Terry is a graduate of Florida State University with a B.A. degree in History and Columbia Theological Seminary with an M. Div. Degree.
Terry has three grown children. Macall is a lawyer with the City Attorney’s Office in St. Petersburg. Sarah is a pharmaceutical representative, is married to John Samford and the have one child, Kate, the pride and joy of her “gabba’s” life. Adam is employed with an Advertisting Agency in Denver, Colorado.
Terry served the Blackshear Presbyterian Church, Blackshear, Ga. For 3 years, the First Presbyterian Church, Quincy, FL. for 23 years and has been the Executive Presbyter for just over 2 years.
Jean Silva- Associate Executive Presbyter jean@presbyteryofflorida.com
A life-long Presbyterian, Jean was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and moved to Florida six months later. She grew up in Pensacola, Florida, received a B.A. in Religion from Davidson College in 1983 and returned to Pensacola where she served as Director of Christian Education (DCE) at Christ Episcopal Church until her marriage to husband Joe in 1987.
After living on Navy bases for eight years including Whidbey Island, Washington, Monterey, California, and Panama City, Panama, her family returned to Pensacola where she served as the DCE of Trinity Presbyterian Church for five years. She and her husband Joe and two children, Joey and Katherine, moved to Panama City, Florida, in 2000.
Jean recently served as the presbytery’s Hunger Action Enabler and part-time DCE at Grace Presbyterian Church, Panama City, and currently serves as the Associate for Education for the presbytery. Her favorite parts of being a Christian educator are working with people and the creativity and limitless possibilities of this ministry. In her biased opinion, everything is Christian education!
Darline Ray - Ministries Secretary darline@presbyteryofflorida.com
Darline is originally from Houston, Texas. She and her husband Rex were married June 2, 1973. She moved to Chipley, Florida in November 2005 after they both decided to semi-retire from the corporate world with a combined total of 30 years. Rex was a Structural Engineer and she was an Executive Secretary for Fluor Inc. They attend St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Chipley.
They have two daughters and five grandchildren. Robbin, their oldest daughter lives in Virginia with her two children Caree and Conner. Their youngest daughter Rhonda and her husband Michael Landon, live in Florida with their three children Makayla, Makenzie and Jonathan. Darline and Rex also have a Calico cat named Lucy, a Great Dane named Hoss.
She started with the Presbytery as the Receptionist and Division Secretary on June19, 2006 and will now be serving as the Ministries Secretary for the new structure.
Joy Hummell - Bookkeeper joy@presbyteryofflorida.com
I became a member of the Presbytery staff in October, 1999 as a part time Bookkeeper. After nearly 40 years as an accountant and FEO of various corporations, I retired with my husband, Chuck , in the fall of 1998.
We had been living in California for the previous 23 years, but with most of our nine children on the East coast and four of them in Florida , we decided to move near Panama City . We built a home on Silver Lake Estates which is about 40 miles North of Panama City. After moving to our new home in the summer of 1999 and getting things in place, I realized I missed my work and decided to look for something part time. The job here has been exactly what I had in mind. Being part time I am able to have some free time to go with my husband when he decides it is time to get away for a while and yet I have the opportunity to work at what I enjoy. I hope to continue working as long as my health will let me and the Presbytery can use me.
Jennifer Joiner - Missions Secretary jennifer@presbyteryofflorida.com
Jennifer is originally from Houston, Texas but she moved to Bonifay, Florida in 1993. She graduated from Holmes County High in 1997 and attended the Washington-Holmes Tec. Center in 2001 where she graduated with a certification in Business Administration in 2002.
She and her husband Clay will be married 10 years in August and they have two beautiful girls; Taylor and Kylie.
Before starting at the Presbytery office in January 2007 as Missions Secretary, She worked at the One Stop Career Center for four years as a Receptionist, Case Manager and Resource Clerk.
Pam McVety - Stewardship of Creation Enabler mcvety@nettally.com
Pam McVety is the Presbytery of Florida, Stewardship of Creation Enabler. She has a MastersDegree in zoology and spent her professional career at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Since retirement she has worked on climate change and energy issues for the Presbyterian Church, moderating the denominations rewrite of its energy policy, authoring the General Assembly Commissioners' Resolution calling all Presbyterians to go carbon neutral and lecturing on climate change and energy issues. she is also a founding member of the Big Bend Climate Action Team.