Reverend Katherine V. Cornell is pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church.
She joined Asbury UMC in July 2019 from Prospect UMC in Archdale, NC and Pleasant Hill UMC in Thomasville, NC where she served for two years. Prior to that Pastor Katherine served Henson Chapel in Vilas, NC and Mabel UMC in Zionville, NC for 7 years; Christ UMC in Gastonia, NC as an associate pastor for 3 years; and Centenary UMC in Winston-Salem, NC as an associate minister to children and their families for 4 years.
Pastor Katherine received her Master of Divinity from Duke University Divinity School, Durham, NC and holds a Bachelor of Arts (psychology major, theatre minor) from Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC.
She loves to lead worship and is knowledgeable in leading different worship experiences. She enjoys preaching God’s good news as well as teaching about spiritual disciplines such as centering prayer, journaling, lectio divina, welcome prayer and walking the labyrinth.
A good listener, Pastor Katherine abides well with people in many situations and circumstances. Her desire to collaborate and bring people together facilitates efforts to reach new people and heal a broken world. She leads by example and encouragement and likes to collaborate with the people around her to build relationships. Her hope for Asbury is that we will listen both individually and as a congregation to where the Holy Spirit is guiding so that we may discover our journey together.
Pastor Katherine and her husband, Brian, have been married for 19 years. Pastor Brian also is a United Methodist minister and is serving Northwood UMC in Esko and Norton Park UMC in Duluth. The couple have four boys: Michael (15), twins James (14) and Paul (14), David (12) and a large black dog named Zeus. The family enjoys playing games, cooking, reading and walking Zeus.
Please contact Pastor Katherine at 828-263-2035 or kcornell@wnccumc.net.