Rev. John Powers
District Superintendent
Rev. John Powers was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida where his family were long time members of Arlington United Methodist Church.  He is a graduate of Florida State University and... [more]

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Maggie Corrigan
Administrative Assistant
Maggie moved with her husband Grant and 2 of their 5 children to Florida in 1997. Soon after, they all became very involved at St. Paul UMC in Largo. In April of 2002, she started working in the St. Petersburg District Office as the District Administrative Assistant and has been there through the transition to the Gulf Central District. Maggie truly enjoys working in the District office and in her spare time family and gardening take center stage.  

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Steve Potter

District Coordinator of Congregational Transformation

Steve is a member of Faith United Methodist Church of Bradenton and currently chairs the Conference Committee on Congregational Transformation. Steve retired from the Marine Corps as a Lt. Col. In 1993 and from Tropicana/ Pepsico as a manager in 2008. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1968, graduated from Chaminade University in Honolulu in 1974, and earned a MPA from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. Steve is a Natural Church Development coach and a ReFocusing facilitator. He has training through Peacemaker Ministries in conflict coaching and mediation, and reconciling church conflict.

Steve will be working half-time and will recruit, train, and assign coaches to churches that he recruits into transformational ministry programs such as Natural Church Development, ReFocus, and New Realities. He will, at the District Superintendant's request, work with particular churches directly as a coach. He is also available to work with pastors as a transformational coach, for a fee. You may contact Steve for more information about this at mpotter2@tampabay.rr.com or 941-737-4166. He is also available for advice from churches interested in learning more about ministries of congregational transformation.