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Reboot Leadership

Emma Flores Dickey

Reboot Program Specialist

Education:
BA, Southern Methodist University; MA, Temerlin Advertising Institute of SMU.

Creative Outlets:
Painting, sketching, and creative computing.

Sometimes Found:
Playing tennis, walking along the Katy Trail, or perusing Dallas “Foodie” blogs.

Enjoys Eating:
Pepperoni pizza, bruschetta, fajita tacos, Torchy’s Tacos queso, and Whataburger.

Reboot Responsibilities:
In charge of logistical support. Prepares and distributes written materials for grant programs. Manages the books and other financial work. Does social and digital media.

Motto:
Greatness is measured by courage and heart.

Bart Patton

Director of the Office of External Programs,
SMU Perkins School of Theology

Prior Work:
Pastor and Youth Minister for 20+ years in three denominations. Extensive ecumenical work with churches, large and small, in rural, urban and suburban environments.

One Area of Expertise:
Strategic Development for Congregational Systems.

Writings:
Writes articles and blogs that connect practical youth ministry with academic scholarship and pop culture. Recently wrote for the Fathom Bible Studies Curriculum, an eighteen-book project (published by Abingdon Press), which offers a deeper dive into key themes and story-lines of the Bible.

Favorite Recent Book:
Configuring Nicodemus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Complex Characterization, by Michael Whitenton.

Reboot Responsibilities:
Day-to-day manager of projects. Crafting, planning and working out details of conferences and meetings. Offering insight into church health.

Priscilla Pope-Levison

Research Professor of Practical Theology,
SMU Perkins School of Theology

Education:
PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; MDiv, Duke Divinity School; BA, DePauw University.

Prior Work:
United Methodist pastor who started a youth group in her first pastoral appointment, Chaplain at North Park University, Evangelism professor at Duke Divinity School, Theology and Women’s Studies professor at Seattle Pacific University.

Writing:
30+ articles and six books, including Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era (New York University Press, 2014), Models of Evangelism (Baker Academic Press, 2020).

Favorite Free-Time Activities:
Traveling, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.

Reboot Responsibilities:
Big picture oversight and insight. Producing resources to support Reboot projects and written work that tells these projects’ stories to a broader public.

Photos above by Jeremy Pope-Levison

Reboot Coaches

Lead Coach: Rev. Sam Halverson, Pastor, Hopewell United Methodist Church, Milledgeville, GA
Stephen Bumgarner, Director of Youth Ministries, First United Methodist Church Waxahachie, TX
Joel Eichler, Director of Student Ministries, First United Methodist Church, Richardson, TX
Beth Johnson, Minister to Youth and Families, University Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Shanterra McBride, Founder and Chief Consultant, Marvelous University, Dallas, TX
Zach Schrick, Director of Youth Ministries, First United Methodist Church, Conway, AR

Reboot Advisory Board

Kelly Carpenter, North Texas Annual Conference UMC
Claire Condrey, Central Texas Annual Conference UMC
Eddie Erwin, Wildwood United Methodist Church, Magnolia, TX
Rev. Pavielle Jenkins, First United Methodist Church Richardson, Richardson, TX
Charlie Ludden, CASA of Oklahoma County
Rev. Dr. Hugo Magallanes, SMU Perkins School of Theology
Michelle Moore, Arkansas Annual Conference UMC
Rev. Shawn Torres, Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Dallas, TX

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