Al Martin

Al Martin (2008-Present)

Al Martin is in many ways "home" now that he is the director of the Wesley Foundation. He is a West Texas boy that met his West Texas wife, Jodie, while he was getting a graduate degree at Texas Tech. He and Jodie were married in Lubbock in 1993 and have bounced all over the place since then, it is nice to be back.

Al has a long list of passions and loves many of them make up a very odd combination. First, he loves anything "Tolkien-like" including books, board games and video games. He and his two sons, Maddux and Mason, are avid World of Warcraft fans. They also enjoy several games in the "Lord of The Rings" genre (LOTR Conquest has their attention for now). He also tries to read through the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy every year, he even has it on CD...yes he is a little strange. This past Christmas he also got the 11 book set of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" and has begun to plow through them.

Second, Al loves sports. Particularly anything that has to do with Texas Tech or Major League Baseball. He has a very large collection of sports trading cards. He was bitten by the baseball card bug as an early child and has tried to infect his sons with the virus...Jodie is not very happy about it. Al also plays many different varieties of "fantasy" sports. His first fantasy football league was in 1987...he hand graded the league with the USA Today on Tuesday morning. He is also very proud to have completed his 15th year in the same fantasy football league with the same group of "owners". He used to play softball up to 5-6 nights of the week but has now trimmed it down to 1 league a year...his body can't keep up anymore.

Third, the Martins love to travel. Al has a goal of seeing a baseball game in each of the MLB cities. He currently has been to 14 of the 30 stadiums with plans to knock a couple off the list each summer. Al used to work with USAir while in seminary and took full advantage of the flight benefits for employees...once flying to New Jersey just to watch Duke play the University of Kentucky in a basketball tournament. Al and Jodie also love to visit warm climates and just lay around. Al's daughter Maddison is the apple of his eye, she really has her daddy wrapped around her finger...and Al is just fine with that.

Associate Director: Annette Fetzer

While growing up, Annette had a goldfish named, Vern. He's dead now but her love of the area in which she and Vern grew up, is not. Annette was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at Holy Spirit Hospital. For nine years Pennsylvania was the beauty in which she and her older brother, James, grew up. Slightly before middle school her family moved from Pennsylvania to Chattanooga, TN where she enjoyed playing soccer and hanging out with friends. Annette loves sports (GO PENN STATE) and has enjoyed hiking and skiing the picturesque mountains and lakes of east Tennessee.

Carson-Newman College, nestled right near Knoxville and Gatlinburg, TN, is her alma mater. At Carson-Newman, Annette majored in Pre-Med and played soccer for one season. After college Annette went on several medical mission trips to Romania.

Her life took a different direction after those trips. The realization that someone could go to hell for all of eternity even though they received great medical care brought Annette to the realization that her passion was in caring for people's souls.

Soon after these trips Annette began seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky where she experienced deep inner healing, wholeness, rich friendship, grace, and a theological foundation upon which she could continue to learn.

Annette has always had a love for reading and distaste for red beets. (She once had to consume homemade red beets while in Romania!) Healthy living is also a priority for her. Snickers and sour patch kids are her favorite treat and if you found her at Starbucks, she would be drinking a _mocha frappuccino with no whip cream. Annette enjoys Mexican and Italian food but does not enjoy shopping. Her simplistic lifestyle does not lend itself to the collection of anything ... except perhaps pictures.

Annette loves preaching and is drawn to pastoral counseling.

Associate Director: Ben Donley

Texas Tech Wesley welcomes our new Associate Director, Ben Donley, to the staff. Ben, who grew up in Lubbock and who survived a useless double major from Tech and an overpriced education from Asbury Seminary, has returned to his hometown from Los Angeles to oversee our Freshmen and Sophomore ministries.

Who is this Ben Donley and can he be trusted?

Over the past 15 years, Ben has been a toilet scrubber, Hollywood extra, China missionary, college minister, street preacher, tennis pro, South Central teacher, D.C. intern, game show loser, Beverly Hills tutor, marriage counselor, mostly ignored writer, functional addict, homeless advocate, idealist fool and radical Jesus follower. Ben is a weird dude but somehow he did manage to convince a woman (who he met at the Wesley) to marry him. Stephanie, his talented and patient 'better half', has lovingly and miraculously survived all of the above for fourteen years.

Ben is big on applied discipleship, practical justice, relational counseling and strategic transformation. He has written several books and articles - the latest from YTC Press entitled: "The Christian Manifesto? Confessions and Criticisms from a Revolutionary in Training." (By the way, if you tell Ben that you are reading his book, his bald spot will light up and his torso will pulsate from the overflow of his inner joy.)

Vital points: Ben is a Radiohead and Smiths fan. He craves Taco Villa at all times. He is a dog whisperer.

Important note: Justin Hancock says that he weeps every time Ben leaves the office for the day. Other staff say that they weep every time Ben comes into the office. Come visit him when you can and experience for yourself what the interns call, 'a breathtaking Joyland-like thrill-ride of a human being'

Associate Director For Music and Worship: Dallas Stevens

An alumni of Texas Tech, Dallas has been on staff here at the Wesley Foundation since 2001. He has been leading worship since his early days in youth group (gasp) in the late 80's and early 90's. Dallas began singing in church and with his Grandma's band when he was 8 years old. Since those early days Dallas has picked up the piano, keyboards, drums, a few brass instruments, kazoo, and guitar. Originally from Denver City, Texas (80 miles southwest of Lubbock), he now resides in the LBK with his beautiful wife Kacey (which he met at this here fine campus ministry) and their awesome kids, Abby and Will. Dallas is also a former Wesleyite and his time here has given him the desire to minister to students like he received while at Tech and the Wesley>

Besides collecting coins, Dallas enjoys playing all kinds of guitars, cooking, playing tennis, playing fantasy sports and watching football. He is an avid softball player and is passionate about chips and salsa and good Mexican food. Dallas loves growing his hair out long and then cutting it all off just for shock value. He loves Texas and can tell you some dumb trivia that you might not know about it. When he isn't reading staff books and getting real spiritual, he loves to watch reruns of Scrubs and Psych while downloading songs from Itunes and eating tacos from the Bueno. Dallas likes fire, tattoos, earrings and lots of stuff that your momma says you shouldn't. Dallas recently released his first solo CD titled Consume, and you might find him playing out with his band dallas Stevens band .

Assistant Director for Church Relations and Administration: Penny Wilson

Penny has been at Wesley since June 2000 and it has been a beautiful blessing in her life. The staff and students have taught her God's unconditional love, grace and acceptance.

She has a husband, Michael who works part time as a Custodian at Wesley and twin teenage daughters, Stephanie and Bethany. Penny enjoys people, pedicures, playing the piano and worshipping Him anytime and anywhere. She also enjoys the mountains, cruises and having quiet peaceful alone time, which is a rare occasion.

Incarnational Ministries: Justin Hancock

Three things you need to know about Justin:

• He love Jesus, my wife, and the Chicago Cubs (seriously, the Cub thing is a problem). Several people have tried to break him of the habit, but he guesses there are much worse things to obsess over.
• His Hobbies include reading (specifically J.R.R. Tolken and C.S. Lewis) and writing.
• He loves to teach and talk to college students.
  

His biggest thrill is when somebody gets it and Scripture is open to them in a new way.

Interns

• Ashley Beck
• Josh Hurst
• Leigh Krahl
• Jamie Nunn
• Jennifer Redman
• Kellen Sweeney

Greg Haseloff

Greg Haseloff (2001 - 2008)

After graduating in December, 1988 Greg was a Wesley intern for the Spring Semester. He then served as Youth Director at FUMC, Vernon for 4.5 years. He started Asbury Seminary in Feb, 1994 and received an MDiv in May, 1997. Following that he joined the Campus Ministries Department at Asbury College for next 3.5 years, while also working on an MA in Counseling at the seminary. From January, 2001 to May, 2008 Greg had the experience of a lifetime directing the Wesley Foundation. During his "second life" at Wesley he met his wife Jennifer while she was visiting the Steve Moore family in Waco! They were married in 2002, brought Ellie Kay into the world in 2004, and Mollie in 2007. Since June, 2008 he has returned to Asbury College as Associate Dean of Campus Ministries and Campus Chaplain. Wesley will always be dear to him - as the community where he met Jesus and saw the kingdom, and the community where he saw so many come to Jesus and grow in Him.

Associate Director: Jenny Williams Davidson

Is currently the youth pastor at FUMC Grapevine, TX. She LOVES her job and is incredibly blessed to be a part of a church that focuses so much on missions. She has a wonderfully supportive husband who makes doing what she love possible. He teaches high school Science at both Colleyville Heritage and Grapevine. They have an energetic son named Ben who will be three shortly after our 2nd son Luke is born in October. Her time as the Associate Director of the Wesley helped mold me into the minister I am today

 

 

Associate Director: Annette Fetzer

While growing up, Annette had a goldfish named, Vern. He's dead now but her love of the area in which she and Vern grew up, is not. Annette was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at Holy Spirit Hospital. For nine years Pennsylvania was the beauty in which she and her older brother, James, grew up. Slightly before middle school her family moved from Pennsylvania to Chattanooga, TN where she enjoyed playing soccer and hanging out with friends. Annette loves sports (GO PENN STATE) and has enjoyed hiking and skiing the picturesque mountains and lakes of east Tennessee.

Carson-Newman College, nestled right near Knoxville and Gatlinburg, TN, is her alma mater. At Carson-Newman, Annette majored in Pre-Med and played soccer for one season. After college Annette went on several medical mission trips to Romania.

Her life took a different direction after those trips. The realization that someone could go to hell for all of eternity even though they received great medical care brought Annette to the realization that her passion was in caring for people's souls.

Soon after these trips Annette began seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky where she experienced deep inner healing, wholeness, rich friendship, grace, and a theological foundation upon which she could continue to learn.

Annette has always had a love for reading and distaste for red beets. (She once had to consume homemade red beets while in Romania!) Healthy living is also a priority for her. Snickers and sour patch kids are her favorite treat and if you found her at Starbucks, she would be drinking a _mocha frappuccino with no whip cream. Annette enjoys Mexican and Italian food but does not enjoy shopping. Her simplistic lifestyle does not lend itself to the collection of anything...except perhaps pictures.

Annette loves preaching and is drawn to pastoral counseling.

Associate Director: Tammy Gann

Interns

• Ange Abena
• Abbie Arellano
• Dustin Covington
• Mallory Lloyd Covington
• Tim Durham
• Sara E. Davis
• Greg Hannabas
• Amanda Hines
• Cliff Holdridge
• Kurt Hurst
• Logan Hurst
• Emilie Jones
• Jason Jordan
• Joy MarcumYost
• Kelly McCuaig
• Candace Nisbett McAlister
• Laura Ratliff
• Tim Sears
• Anna Spiegel
• M'Lynn Taylor
• Sean Walker
• Josh Willard

Andy Hurst

Andy Hurst (1995 - 2000)

Since leaving Wesley in 2000 andy has served as one of the pastors at Trinity UMC in Ruston Louisiana. He completed his D. Min in 2005 from Asbury Theological Seminary and received the J. Henry Bowden, Sr. Preaching Award in the Louisiana Annual Conference in 2006. At Trinity he serves and leads as the teaching pastor of the Refuge Worship service where he gets to serve alongside two other Tech Wesley alumni, Scott and Marcie Wright, who do an incredible, God-inspired job of leading us in worship every Sunday. He also leads in our Discipleship Ministries and Small Groups areas. He gets to coach Caleb in football and baseball, and he gets to have dates with Janey from time time. This year he has spoken and taught at One Way, TTU Foundation Camp, 3 Christian Ashrams across the U.S., and at the one and only Jay Leeson Mission Trip

Assistant Director: Amy Taylor

After leaving the Wesley in 2002, Amy married Gregg Taylor and moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas where he was the director of the University of Arkansas Wesley Foundation. In 2004, they welcomed Campbell into the world and in 2007 they welcomed Mallory. Amy has mostly been a stay at home mom to Campbell and Mallory as well as stepsons, Cody and Cameron, but did serve at the Arkansas Wesley Foundation as Director of Catalytic Communities.

In July of 2008, Amy and her family moved back to her hometown of Houston where Gregg became the pastor of Mercy Street Church. Amy is currently serving in various ministries at Mercy Street and working as a Preschool Teacher to Toddlers, proving God always has new surprise adventures in store!

When she is not chasing after her children or cleaning up after them, you can find Amy going on dates with her sweet husband, hanging out with folks at Mercy Street, shopping, and catching up with her old Wesley friends on Facebook.

Assistant Director: Misty Taylor

After leaving Lubbock, Misty worked as a writer in Ft. Worth for a bit and then spent several more years in ministry in Texas and Louisiana before going to Asbury Theological Seminary for graduate school.

After completing a Master of Arts in Counseling, Misty worked in Kentucky with children and their families for two years before moving back to the Houston area. Now, she works as a therapist with women ages 18-25 at a ranch outside of Houston.

When she is not working, you can find her looking for a new place to travel, outside riding bikes with the nieces and nephews, working on another art project

Assistant Director: Jennifer Hamlin Taylor

When she finished serving God at Wesley Jennifer picked up and moved to West Palm Beach, Florida to do youth ministry. She spent 9 years in south Florida at the United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches and had an incredible time. In addition to youth ministry she had the opportunity to use much of what she learned at Wesley as a student, intern, and interim assoc. director and help my church build a missions program.

In the summer of 2006 she ventured back to west Texas to be near her family. She had no idea what God had in store. Since moving to Snyder She has been working at a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis center and shelter where she is currently the shelter manager and education director. Two years ago she met the man of my dreams and we married in January of 2008.

When she is not working you can find her spending time with family and playing with her dogs... what can she say... there's not much else to doin Snyder.

Assistant Director - Worship and Music: Peter Johns

After leaving the Wesley Foundation, Peter relocated to Houston Texas where he was the Director of Worship and the Arts for Mercy Street, an alternative service started by fellow Wesley Alum Matt Russell at Chapelwood U.M.C. During this time he began writing children's musicals for the church and also leading worship and speaking at the weekly Contemplative Service. After a few years he migrated from Mercy Street to Chapelwood where he was involved leading the Contemporary Service, the Contemplative Service, various prayer retreats and working with the children's choirs.

In 2008 he trained as a Spiritual Director and now devotes his time between leading and teaching about Contemplative Worship and Practices, Spiritual Direction, and Composition for various ensembles. In September of this year his Requiem was performed by the Rice Chorale in memory of 9/11.

When he's not working you can usually find him hunched over an obscure German Board Game or cooking up something tasty in the kitchen.

Associate Director for Development & Church Relations: Rick Enns

After working at the Wesley Foundation for four years (1 year as an intern & 3 as the Associate Director for Development & Church Relations), Rick moved to Kentucky with his wife Catherine to attend seminary at Asbury. While in seminary Rick had many illustrious jobs including bus driver, student worker, and Finance Manager at Centenary UMC in Lexington, KY. After successfully cramming a three year degree into five years, Rick then served as the Associate Pastor for Administration at Custer Road UMC in Plano, TX for 6 ½ years.

Currently, Rick is serving as the Senior Pastor at Asbury UMC in Odessa, TX. He and his wife have two fantastic children, Avery who is in 4th grade and Reid who is in Preschool.

Interns

• Charles Abuyeka
• Jennifer Ahrens
• Holly Barkowsky
• Rusty Betts
• Jessica Black Coppedge
• Jeff Brown
• Bart Bynum
• Jimbo Cox
• Lou Ellerbrook
• Jennifer Hamlin
• Julena Johnson Doudt
• Francis & Kim Kamau
• Kim Kocurek Crain
• Robyn Martyn Scott
• Daniel Mayberry
• Carey Neal
• Erin Oates Grant
• Kari Reagan Rodgers
• Robyn Rives
• Kari Rodgers
• Lindsay Santich
• Ben Smith
• Micki Struve Jackson
• Bryan Timm
• Leanne White

Stan McKinnon

Executive Director: Stan McKinnon (1990 - 1995)

Stan, Laurie, Kati, and Jackson moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in August of 1995 in time for Stan to begin his graduate work in higher education administration. After four years in Ann Arbor, the family moved to Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where Stan became the Campus Pastor at John Brown University where he worked for nine years. In January of 2008, Stan became the Vicar of Grace Episcopal Church in Siloam Springs. Laurie has established a thriving Yoga studio there while Kati is entering her junior year at Amherst College majoring in physics. Jackson is a junior in high school and loves music, golf, and his American Bulldog, Watson.

 

 

Associate Director: Evie Telfer

Evie has been working in College Ministries at Messiah College since she left the Wesley Foundation in 1997. Her first position here was Director of Student Ministries and now Associate College Pastor (with one year as the interim College Pastor in 2004-05). She has found plenty of opportunities to keep growing here between hosting interesting speakers from all over the world to advising the Student Chaplains through restructuring and the launch of a number of new ministry teams (small groups, prayer, worship, women's and men's ministries) to leading mission teams to the Dominican Republic, Kenya and Uganda. She co-taught the College's Racial Healing class for several years and in 2006-07 served as an advisor and Mali Water Project trip mentor for the Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research, a campus organization that facilitates the sustainable application of engineering, business and education initiatives in the developing world. Evie finished a second Masters degree last May in Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University in Maryland and is working toward both licensure as an LPC and certification in equine assisted psychotherapy. Evie adopted a horse in 2006, and finally bought a townhouse last year so she supposes that means she finally feels somewhat settled in Pennsylvania but she still has a special place in my heart for Texas.

 

Associate Director for Development & Church Relations: Rick Enns

After working at the Wesley Foundation for four years (1 year as an intern & 3 as the Associate Director for Development & Church Relations), Rick moved to Kentucky with his wife Catherine to attend seminary at Asbury. While in seminary Rick had many illustrious jobs including bus driver, student worker, and Finance Manager at Centenary UMC in Lexington, KY. After successfully cramming a three year degree into five years, Rick then served as the Associate Pastor for Administration at Custer Road UMC in Plano, TX for 6 ½ years.

Currently, Rick is serving as the Senior Pastor at Asbury UMC in Odessa, TX. He and his wife have two fantastic children, Avery who is in 4th grade and Reid who is in Preschool.

Interns

• Amy Batte Taylor
• Caroline Bookout Godbey
• Carol Brorsen
• Christy Burford
• Beth Case
• Rachel Clem
• Rick Enns
• Shannon Ford
• Sean Gladding
• Greg Hassloff
• Kim Struve Holman
• Michael Hutton
• Peter Johns
• Mike Kahler
• Ashley Lowder Mann
• Lyndol Loyd
• Cheryl Martin Teeter
• Marti Miers Mefford
• Rev. Matt Russell
• Maria Russell Kenney
• Jon Sims
• Todd Sons
• Deon Standlee
• Stacy Stone Vanderwerf
• Anna Strickland
• Rusty Teeter
• Bob Turner
• Jaylynn Warren
• Karen Williams Hopkins

Steve Moore

Executive Director: Steven G. W. Moore (1980 - 1989)

Steve is the Executive Director of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Before coming to this position he served as the Senior Vice President of Asbury Theological Seminary and the President of the Asbury Foundation. Prior to that he served as Vice President of Student Life at Baylor University, Vice President of Campus Life at Seattle Pacific University, and Executive Director of the Texas Tech University Wesley Foundation, where he also served on faculty. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

 

 

Assistant Director: Amy Lerner Wasserbauer

Amy served as the assistant director at the Wesley Foundation from 1985-1992. Sheleft the Wesley Foundation to go back to Asbury Seminary to work for the Mission Society for United Methodists. While there sheled a trip to Northern Ireland the summer of 1993 with the Mission Society, and finished her Master's of Divinity. She then worked at Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas as Director of Young Singles and Outreach from 1994-1996. After that she then moved to Seattle, WA where she started her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She was a hall director for the four years she lived on campus. In 2000 she moved to Flagstaff, AZ where she completed a one-year pre-doctoral internship at Northern Arizona University. In 2001 she began her work as a primary therapist at Remuda Ranch Treatment Center for Eating Disorders, in Wickenburg, AZ. She completed her Ph.D. in June of 2002! She has worked at Remuda Ranch since that time, also in the role of family therapist, and most recently Assistant Clinical Director. Two exciting things happened in 2002, she not only finished her degree, but she met Diedrich Wasserbauer at Scottsdale Bible Church. He is a high school English teacher, and a man who loves God! They married June 12, 2004, and along with their doggy Hannah live in Peoria, AZ

Interns

• Sverre Bjornhaug
• Laura Bogar Highsmith
• Ron Colwell
• Rick Doyle
• Elaine Fannin
• Les Hall
• Marty Hamrick
• Carla Hankin
• Eric Highsmith
• Marcie Jenkins
• Kay Jerrell
• Mary King
• Dale Kennemer
• Marla Leach Maresca
• Linda Lester
• Greg Ligon
• Jeanie McClellan Holston
• Stan McKinnon
• Laurie McKinnon
• Beth Moore Locke
• Angela Morgenson
• Barbara Owen
• Erik Peterson
• Karen Pickering
• Clay Pickering
• Fredrik Skoglund
• D'Lisa Stanley
• Scott Wright

1960's - 70's

1960's - 70's (Cecil Matthews - Gene Sorely - Roger Lloyd)

Directors:
Cecil Matthews

Cecil R. Matthews was appointed Wesley Foundation Director for Texas Tech, a position which he held for 30 years. He and his wife, Faye, wielded an influence on several generations of students which has few, if any, equals. Practically every year one or more students who were active in the Methodist Student Center were called into a church-related vocation. Some of our most effective preachers and missionaries are ex-Tech students who, under the aegis of Cecil and Faye, have gone out to serve and bless multitudes of people." (See the "Early Years" page for more information on this great legacy of leadership)

Gene Sorely
Roger Lloyd

Associate Directors
Pat Ginn

Student Leadership

1960's
Marvann Branch
Arthur Burg
Bill Carradine
Carl Crouch
Ethelyn Cummings
Russell Denison
Linda Geisser
Ann Kathleen Glenn
Lutine Harris
Glenda Johnson
Ella Latta
Jerry Matthews
Sue Mims
Roger Smith
Bob Taylor
Jerald Terrell
Ann West
Jean Wilcox
Sandra Wood

(If you know of others who should be on this list, Please send their approximate years at wesley and their names (maiden and maried) to chuck.russell@cor.org)

1970's
Barbee Anderson
Jenny Anjeley
Jan Cleavinger
Mike Firmin
Carol Garner
Karen Gupton
Toni Harkins
Mark Hudson
Jane Hudson
Sherri Mankowsky
Jerry Maskowsky
Daniel Matthews
Claud Riddles
Pat Spiegelberg
Rick Stewart
Cal Van Hoffman
(If you know of others who should be on this list, Please send their approximate years at wesley and their names (maiden and maried) to chuck.russell@cor.org)

 

Early Years - Cecil Matthews

Early Years (Marshal Whew - B.F. Jackson - Cecil Matthews)

Methodist student work began at Texas Technological College under the direction of the pastor of the First Methodist Church, Dr. E. E. White. Dr. White not only worked with the students of his church, but had been a member of the first state-wide commission appointed to consider the building on an overall program of student work in Texas in 1924, and was serving on this commission at the time Texas Tech opened its doors to students.”

The program for students was promoted through the church for the first several years, with the pastors and their staff carrying the responsibility. The pastors: Dr. E. E. White, 1924-28; Rev. H. L. Munger, 1928-30; Dr. J. O. Haymes, 1930-34.

In 1932 the Rev. Marshal Rhew was appointed as Director of Christian Education at First Methodist Church with special attention to Student Work. This position he held until 1934, when B. F. Jackson, Jr. was employed as Director of Education at First Methodist Church. In early September of 1935 B. F. Jackson with a group of energetic students, among them Earl Glover of Raymondville and Arthur Earl Gamble of Lubbock, rented a duplex apartment, which became the first Methodist Student Center in Lubbock.

At conference time in November 1935 B. F. Jackson accepted a position at First Methodist Church, Fort Worth and Rev. Cecil R. Matthews was appointed Director of the Wesley Foundation and Associate Pastor of First Methodist Church. This combination position continued until 1941 when Cecil R. Matthews was appointed fulltime Director of the Wesley Foundation and Bible Chair.”

The Wesley Foundation building at Texas Tech has had an interesting history. It had its small beginning in 1935 in a rented duplex apartment, with the director and his family living in one side and the Student Center in the other. This arrangement lasted for one year and a larger house was rented and used as the center for six years and then another larger house was rented for eight years.”

In the meantime Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Overton became interested in the student center and its program. After a number of years of planning and working, the present Wesley Foundation building was built and equipped by careful planning, labor and generous gifts of Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Overton. The love, understanding, and generosity of these people will be in the minds and hearts of students for many years to come, and students will continually praise them for their foresight in building an adequate and usable building for students of this and coming generations.”

(Excerpt from "History Of The Northwest Texas Conference" by J.O Haymes - Thanks to Jerry Matthews For this information!)