Reverend Susan Gary Ashe
Senior Pastor
Reverend Susan was born in Oxford, Georgia
and is the daughter of a United Methodist pastor. She was raised near Emory University
from the age of 8 with her 3 brothers. Susan first received Christ at age 12
and heard the call to ministry at age 20. She graduated from Emory University
with a double major in music and psychology in 1984, and went immediately to
The Candler School of Theology, from whence she graduated with a focus in
pastoral care in December of 1987.
Susan spent a year as a chaplain at Grady Memorial
Hospital in Atlanta. She was Ordained as a Deacon in the
North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1989 and then as an
Elder in 1991.
Susan has served as an Associate Pastor at Stone
Mountain First and Snellville First; as the Senior Associate at Oak Grove in Decatur; and as the
Senior Pastor at Dacula First UMC. She was appointed
to the Powder Springs First
United Methodist
Church in June 2007. While
at Stone Mountain First, Susan met and married Eddie Ashe in 1990. They had
their first daughter, Andie and their second and last
daughter, Chloe.
Susan is also a classically trained singer, and
enjoys singing with the Michael O’Neal singers. She also enjoys spending
time with her family, both immediate and extended.
