Ten Circles
The EMU is made of ten circles, and each circle is led by a chairperson. While every circle provides donations and support to the Sadie G. Mays Health and Rehabilitation Center and to the Our House shelter, each circle also has an individual mission focus. Each circle meets regularly throughout the year. All of the circles have a joint general body monthly meeting held the third Sunday of each month.
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Azzie Lee Neal Circle
- Chair of Azzie Lee Neal Circle: Sister Judy Jones
- Mission Focus: Labor Day Mission Project
Carrie Dean Boston Circle
- Chair of Carrie Dean Boston Circle: Deacon Rose Howell
- Vice Chair: Deacon Catrita Aycock
- Devotional Leader: Deaconess Mattie Butler
- Assistant Devotional Leader: Deaconess Dawn Jackson Robinson
- Outreach Leaders: Deacons Howell and Aycock
- Mission Focus: Supporting families locally and globally, which includes providing baby items to the Grady Memorial Hospital Neo-Natal unit; collecting and delivering tabs for the Ronald McDonald House
Circle of Faith
- Chair of Circle of Faith: Sister Myra Hudson
- Secretary: Sister Minnie Lang
- Treasurer: Sister Cathy Griffin
- Devotional Leader: Deacon Daisy Russell
- Mission Focus: Supporting community projects of the MLKSR (Martin Luther King, Sr.) Collaborative and serving as greeters for the tax preparation services offered by the IRS VITA Program.
- Meeting Times: The circle meets quarterly either by Zoom or in person.
Esther Jean Roberts
- Chair of Esther Jean Roberts Circle: Sister Juanita Gibbons-Delaney
- Mission Focus: Christmas Mission Project
Hines Rogers
- Chair of Hines Rogers Circle:
- Service Foci: Father's Day Project; Juneteenth Project
Janie B. Lowe
- Chair of Janie B. Lowe Circle: Sister LaQuita Holmes
- Service Focus: Thanksgiving Mission Project
Jennie C. Williams
- Chair of Jennie C. Williams: Deacon Linda Dees
- Vice Chair: Sister Anita K. Johnson
- Secretary/Outreach Coordinator: Sister Connie Dees
- Treasurer: Sister Rhonda Barrow
- Mission Focus: Supporting those facing food insecurity by contributing to the Free99 Fridge
and supporting homeless families via service to the Nicholas House
Lizzie P. Thomas
Chair of Lizzie P. Thomas: Deacon Gladys Camp Service Focus: School/University Opening Mission Project Mary Beth Slade
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Rosa Lee Spear
- Chair of Rosa Lee Spear: Sister Mellori Lumpkin-Dawson
- Secretary: Sister Irma Ellington
- Treasurer: Sister Charlotte Bowens
- Service Focus: Supporting the work of students, faculty, and students in local schools and universities
- Meeting Times: Third Saturday every other month at 11 a.m. via phone. Next scheduled meetings for 2023 will be held on May, July, September, and November.
The Office of the President
Each EMU President decides the mission service areas that will be the focus of her or his term. The current President is focused on international missions and disaster relief.
Each EMU President decides the mission service areas that will be the focus of her or his term. The current President is focused on international missions and disaster relief.
The Executive Committee
The governing body of the EMU is its Executive Committee. The election of officers is held every two years in February.
Listed below are the elected EMU officers serving through December 2024
- (The President: Deacon Francine L. Allen-Adams (On Leave)
- President: Deacon Daisy Russell
- First Vice President: Deaconess Catrita Aycock
- The Second Vice President: Deacon Gwendolyn Morgan
- The Recording Secretary: Deaconess Mary Hughes
- The Assistant Recording Secretary: OPENING
- The Financial Secretary: Sister Juanita Gibbons-Delaney
- The Assistant Financial Secretary: Deacon Gwendolyn Morgan
- EMU worship Leaders/Special Program Coordinators: Deacon Linda Dees and Deaconess Carolyn Evans
- The EMU Community Missions Leader: Deacon Rose Howell
- For EMU Social Committee Leader: Sister Queen Murphy
- Advisor and Historian: Deacon Ophelia Underwood, Deacon Gladys Camp, Sister Alyson Morrissette, Deacon Linda Dees, Deacon Deborah Shields (The Advisory and Historian position is always held by previous EMU presidents.)