Study Leaders

Pastor Pam Estes - Adult Study Leader - serves Nashville First UMC and Bingen UMC. A graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, and the School of Theology of Boston University, Pastor Pam was ordained in 1988 and has served in Arkansas and Massachusetts. Before that, she was a teacher/librarian in Missouri, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. Active in mission u and its predecessor School of Mission and numerous district and conference committees, she enjoys music, reading, spending time with friends and family and travel. Although her dog Dolly loves to go to church, greeting all who come, Dolly will not be at mission U. 

Vikki lives in Pine Bluff, where she and husband Steve have been lifelong members at St. Luke UMC. Their family is ever-expanding with four sons, two daughters-in-law (and one TBA), two grandsons, and a step-granddaughter. A retired audiologist, Vikki has a passion for those with difficulty hearing and takes seriously the mandate, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17).” Over the past two years, Vikki and Steve have been involved in working with men, and now women, who want to change from their lives of addiction and walk with Jesus. It is a ministry of lots of ups and downs, but God is greater than all of it.

Rev. Willett is entering his seventh year as a local pastor at White Memorial UMC in Little Rock. He is also licensed and ordained in the National Baptist and Evangelical Covenant faith traditions and pastored an Evangelical Covenant Church for 11 years. He is a product of the Little Rock Public School system and a graduate of Arkansas Tech University, earning an BA in Education. Rev. Willett completed theological education at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, earning an MA in Christian Ministries. He and his wife have two children and six grandchildren.