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“Meet the New District President of United
Methodist Men”
 Martin Conner is a Georgia native,
growing up and attending the First Methodist Church
in Dalton. Martin has many fond memories camping at
Sydney Dew near Rome, hiking the Appalachian Trail
with the Boy Scouts and in making lifelong friends
from the Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF). Upon
graduating Dalton High School, Martin attended the
University of Georgia and in 1979 received a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing. Martin is a 27
year sales and marketing veteran of the healthcare
industry. He has spent the last twelve years in
working with innovative healthcare IT companies
helping them develop and launch their sales and
marketing strategy.
Martin’s personal relationship with Christ was
significantly re-energized during a Promise Keepers
event in early July, 1995. Since then, Martin has
continually participated in men’s small groups and
in April 1996, Martin went on Men’s Walk to Emmaus
#51. Martin has continued his spiritual growth by
serving on several Emmaus Weekends, getting involved
with the Kairos Prison Ministry and by participating
in Sunday school and bible study.
Martin and his wife Julie, attend Roswell United
Methodist Church with their two teenage children,
Claire, 17 and Cole, 14. Martin is also serving this
year as President of the RUMC United Methodist Men
Fellowship and is active in several church events
and committees. Martin’s desire is to seek God’s
Will and to lead others to a personal relationship
with Christ.
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“Meet the New District President of United
Methodist Women”
 Jo
(Elna) Sheetz has always had a heart for service.
Growing up in Houston, she was very active with her
church and girl scout troop in inner city
ministries. She attended Vanderbilt and Univ. of
Tennessee in Nashville. She moved to Atlanta in 1983
with her husband and two small children. They joined
Sandy Springs UMC where she is currently involved
with an outreach ministry, Feed and Seed, to the
poor and homeless. As a stay at home mom she was
involved in the community and also volunteered at
the Women’s Community Kitchen of Atlanta Urban
Ministries and the Atlanta Women and Children Day
Shelter. She earned her Master’s Degree in
non-profit management from Ga. State University in
2000. Her internship was at the Atlanta Women &
Children’s Day Shelter. In 2003, Jo accepted the
position of director of Atlanta Urban Ministries
which serves the homeless women and children in
Midtown Atlanta with feeding programs, transitional
housing, and school-age childcare. During the last
two years, she has been the Education Coordinator
for Community Action Center, establishing Adult
Education classes such as English, Computer,
Parenting, Job Skills, for those in need in the
Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area. Jo currently serves on
the North Georgia United Methodist Housing and
Homeless Council, Tri-J Census Advisory Team and the
AROS District UMW President.. The deaconess motto is
“I serve neither for gratitude nor reward, but from
gratitude and love; my reward is that I may serve.”
- that has now become her motto also.
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