Meet the Mission Volunteers Staff
Our staff is made up of people with an ardent desire to support Mission Volunteers.
Clinton Rabb
Assistant General Secretary, Mission Volunteers
The Rev. Clinton Rabb, a member of the Southwest Texas Conference, has been serving as the head of the Mission Volunteers unit since July 2006. Currently, in addition to ongoing programs such as Individual Volunteers and Primetimers and supporting the United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) network, Mission Volunteers’ priorities are:
1. To work with the Jurisdictional UMVIM Coordinators and in collaboration with other program units of Global Ministries in developing volunteer opportunities related to the four focus areas of ministry,
2. To create resources and opportunities for long term Volunteers in Mission partnerships,
3. To train Volunteers in Mission Coordinators outside the U.S.,
4. To facilitate Annual Conferences in adopting an UMVIM Sunday, and
5. To continue to refine the role and practice of UMVIM in collaboration with UMCOR and Annual Conferences in responding to disasters.
Rev. Rabb has been with Global Ministries since 1995. Prior to serving in the Mission Volunteers unit, he served as an executive for special initiatives in the Evangelization and Church Growth unit, working particularly with new mission initiatives in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Rabb crafted the "In Mission Together Church to Church Partnership Program," which links congregations, annual conferences, volunteer efforts, and mission personnel. He has also worked in the US with ministries involving African-American, Mexican-American, and Vietnamese-American communities.
During a span of almost 20 years as a pastor and chaplain in Texas, Rabb was engaged in a range of VIM teams both domestically and internationally. His work with new mission initiatives put him in frequent contact with the Mission Volunteers program. He holds the bachelor of arts degree from Austin (Texas) College, the master of divinity degree from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the master of arts in counseling from Trinity University. He is married to the Rev. Suzanne Field Rabb, a member of the Southwest Texas Conference who has served as the Executive Secretary for Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the Mission Personnel unit. They have eight children and two grandchildren.
E-mail: crabb@gbgm-umc.org
Landon Taylor
Program Coordinator, Individual Volunteers
Landon Taylor began working at GBGM with Mission Volunteers in July of 2008 as the Program Coordinator for the Individual Volunteer Program. A native of middle Tennessee and a member of the Tennessee Annual Conference, Landon graduated in 2003 from East Tennessee State University. As a college student Landon became very active in the ETSU Wesley Foundation and found his passion in serving God by serving others. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising with a minor in Photography, Landon traveled to the Island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas where he served as an Individual Volunteer for three months.
Upon his return to the states he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia where he spent five years working for United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, Southeastern Jurisdiction as the Communications Director. Landon’s experience with missions in the Methodist Church has been life changing and he looks on with great anticipation at what God is doing through GBGM. “I am very excited about the possibilities of this program and feel that we are all called to be in Mission for Christ.”
E-mail: ltaylor@gbgm-umc.org
Nancy Eubanks
Consultant, Individual Volunteers and Primetimers
Nancy Eubanks is a life-long Methodist and member of the Memphis Annual Conference. Her mission experiences include serving as Conference UMVIM Coordinator for eight years, being an Individual Volunteer in Estonia, presently serving as Conference Mission Secretary, being a member of the General Board of Global Ministries Board of Directors, and working with In Mission Together (the church partner to partner program of GBGM) in Poland, Macedonia and Serbia. Nancy is a retired accountant and is excited about this new arena in which to be involved – that of helping called people find placement for short term mission experiences.
E-mail: Indvols@gbgm-umc.org
Barbara Stone
Consultant, Mission Volunteers - UMCOR
Barbara Stone’s responsibilities include the recruitment, training and placement of individual volunteers in UMCOR-related programs and in UMCOR field offices overseas.
Barbara previously served as the director of United Methodist Volunteers in Mission of the South Central Jurisdiction and as UMVIM Coordinator for the Missouri Conference. She worked with conference coordinators to network the UMVIM ministries of the jurisdiction, including collaboration for volunteer management in disaster recovery. Other experiences include leading missions to Methodist-related projects in Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Mozambique and Serbia, as well as participation in the writing of the UMVIM Training Manual for Mission Volunteers, and in the training of young adult volunteers in the Global Justice Volunteers program of Global Ministries.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Missouri and practiced as a physical therapist for 20 years. She is married to the Rev. Dale Stone and they have four adult children ages 20-25.
E-mail: Indvols@gbgm-umc.org
Jane Dunn
Consultant, Health Care Volunteers
Jane Dunn is responsible for managing a blog website launched in early 2008 designed to meet the planning and information needs of United Methodist health volunteers. She also serves as health consultant for the North Central Jurisdiction, and is active in the First United Methodist Church, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Jane has led multiple health-related UMVIM teams to Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Panama, and trains leaders for UMVIM teams. Her non health related volunteer venues include the Louisiana Gulf Coast, Chile and Cambodia. Married and with three adult children, she holds bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing, a certificate in health care management and certification in Nursing Administration, Advanced.
E-mail: richjane@ameritech.net
