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Meet the Minister: Michelle Rawdin from Antioch UMC
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The Rev. Michelle Rawdin has been pastor of Antioch United Methodist Church for the past three years. Prior to Antioch UMC Rawdin was appointed to the Lovejoy-Mount Carmel Charge in Hampton, serving both churches as pastor.
This series introduces one minister from every church and faith-based organization in the community each month.Decorating the walls of the Rev. Michelle Rawdin’s office are framed posters and maps of holy places throughout the world.But Rawdin tends a flock closer to home as pastor of Antioch United Methodist Church in Gainesville.The Griffin, Georgia, native is in her third year as pastor of Antioch, after seven years in the Lovejoy-Mount Carmel Charge in Hampton, Georgia. Rawdin attended Piedmont College from 1996-2000, during which time she felt called by God to attend seminary. After graduation, she moved to Wilmore, Kentucky, to attend Asbury Theological Seminary, graduating in December 2003 with a Master’s of Divinity.Now with more than a decade of pastoral work under her belt, Rawdin is settling into Gainesville and the missionary work Antioch is best known for in the community.What is your favorite thing about being pastor of your church?“I get to be a part of people’s lives.