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About
Woody Hingle
Norwood
Noel Hingle III
is my given name.
Other than my
mom, people usually
call me Woody.
I love the city
of New Orleans,
but not just because
I was born and
raised there.
I love the food,
the culture, and
the Saints! This
is truly a great
city. And we are
a city in desperate
need of Jesus’
love.
My
home church growing
up was Napoleon
Ave. UMC. I went
to high school
at Ecole Classique
(class of ’81)
where during my
junior year I
made a commitment
to Jesus as Lord
and Savior that
stuck. My college
years were at
the University
of New Orleans
where I received
a B.S. in General
Business Administration
in 1985. My interest
in ministry grew
in college through
my involvement
with InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship.
For seminary I
chose Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary
and finished the
Master of Divinity
degree in 1988.
After seminary
I crossed the
ocean and earned
a Ph.D. in New
Testament at the
University of
Aberdeen in Scotland,
finishing in 1995.
In 1997 I was
ordained an Elder
in Full Connection
in the Louisiana
Conference of
The United Methodist
Church. The charges
I have served
in the past are
Tangipahoa UMC-Pine
Ridge UMC and
Lacombe UMC as
pastor, and St.
Paul’s UMC
in Monroe as the
associate pastor.
In 1999 I was
given the privileged
appointment as
pastor to Lake
Vista UMC.
The
Lord granted me
a huge gift in
my wife Elena,
who is also a
New Orleans native.
The Lord has graciously
given us three
children who are
our jewels: Norwood
IV, Emily, and
Nathan.
I
love being a pastor!
There are basically
two deep passions
I have for ministry.
The first is to
see women and
men mature in
a holistic way–in
heart and mind–
as disciples of
Jesus with the
Bible as their
final authority.
In this way people
will learn to
live and love
like Jesus. Moreover,
they will learn
to defend the
historical reliability
of the Bible to
a skeptical world
and articulate
why the Bible
is extremely relevant
for modern life.
The second goal
is to see Christians
actively involved
in making a difference
in the world,
and thus healing
the world with
Jesus’ love.
In this way we
will shine like
lighthouses for
Christ!
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Susan Halter Doyle
Administration
susan@lakevistaumc.org |
Susan
Halter Doyle
In
high school, I was
advised not to take
a typing class because
the thinking back
then was, if a girl
learned now to type,
she would be “typecast”
as a secretary (sorry!)
and that wasn’t
for me! But here
I am, anyway…
I
was born and raised
in New Orleans,
a member of the
first four-year
graduating class
of Marion Abramson
High School (’71).
I went on to earn
a BA in English
and Economics at
Rice University
(’75), and
an MA in English
at the University
of New Orleans (‘85).
I taught English
composition for
about 35 years at
Delgado Community
College in New Orleans,
and began working
as Lake Vista UMC’s
part-time secretary
and office administrator
in 2002.
Beginning
in about 2000, a
growing number of
overt Christians
apparently randomly
started interacting
with me, and for
months I prayed
to a God who may
or may not have
been real, for all
I knew, and read
His Word, trying
to discern if what
I was hearing was
true. And then I
knew it was—and
is, and I gave my
life to Him.
That’s about
it. Woody tells
me I am a very improbable
Christian—a
well-educated professional
with a great many
liberal colleagues
and with no Christian
upbringing who was
willing to let the
Lord turn her life
inside-out at the
age of 48. I know
I am an improbable
church secretary,
but they let me
keep this lovely
job anyway, and
they even supply
me with HUGE cups
of the most delicious
coffee and chicory
anywhere!
When I am not busy
with church work,
I love hanging out
with family and
friends, especially
other people’s
children (including
my grown stepson).
I like to cook and
read, and I am actually
trying to learn,
at my advanced age,
how to do housework!
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Randy Roberts
Worship
Leader
gerald@lakevistaumc.org
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Randy
Roberts
Randy
was born and raised
in Arabi, Louisiana.
He graduated from
Chalmette Senior
High (class of ’73),
and he earned an
Associate’s
Degree in Computer
Assisted Drafting
degree from River
Parish Technical
College. Randy is
the Worship Leader
at Lake Vista UMC.
He
became a Christian
back in 1977 through
First Assembly of
God in New Orleans.
Randy is a “jack
of all trades”—and
a master of many!
His hobbies are
organic gardening,
singing, cooking,
and small construction/carpentry
work.
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Leonardo
Santos
Originally
from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, Mr. Santos
grew up in a Christian
family. He became
a Christian in
March of 1988,
during a worship
service at Realengo's
Congregational
Church where he
was also baptized
in August of 1992.
Mr. Santos is
a dedicated and
accomplished musician
and teacher. He
holds Bachelor's
degrees in theology
and piano performance
as well as Master
degrees for arts
in music, piano
performance, piano
pedagogy, and
church music.
He has studied
at the Seminario
Teologico Betel
and Universidade
Federal do Estado
in Rio de Janeiro
as well as Campbellsville
University, the
University of
Louisville, and
the Southwestern
Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Currently,
Mr. Santos is
working toward
a Doctor of Musical
Arts in Church
Music at the New
Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary.
He is also a private
piano instructor,
and has been teaching
both private and
class piano since
2001. His hobbies
include reading,
attending concerts,
making friends,
and relaxing on
the beach with
some iced coconut
water!
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What
We Believe:
We
at Lake Vista UMC affirm
The United Methodist Church’s
Doctrinal Standards, which
are found in The Book
of Discipline of The United
Methodist Church, Part
III Doctrinal Standards
and Our Theological Task.
Thus
we believe in the classic
Christian doctrines such
as:
- The
Trinity. That there
is one God who exists
in three persons; Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
-
Jesus is the Messiah,
the Savior of the world
who took the penalty
of our sins through
His death in our place
on the cross.
-
God calls the world--
regardless of race,
sex, or background--
to repent of his or
her sins and accept
Jesus as Lord and Savior
and thus be born again.
-
The Holy Spirit is God
living in believers
and shapes believers
from the inside-out
with new life. This
new life is expressed
first in love and adoration
of God, and secondly
in love of one’s
neighbors as oneself.
-
Jesus has risen bodily
from the dead, and all
believers will rise
bodily one day to be
in His Kingdom forever.
-
Jesus will return as
Judge of the living
and the dead. Jesus
clearly taught that
Heaven and Hell are
real places, and He
desperately desires
all to enter His eternal
Kingdom of Heaven. However,
He respects people’s
free will to accept
Him or reject Him. Thus,
those who enter His
eternal Kingdom say
to Him, “Your
will be done”,
and to those who don’t
enter His eternal Kingdom
He says, “Your
will be done”.
-
The Bible is our final
authority. While such
things as tradition,
reason, and experience
can help with understanding
the Bible, they are
submitted to its authority.
Sensitive
Social Issues:
Lake
Vista UMC affirms The
United Methodist Church’s
positions on these sensitive
social issues:
- Marriage
is created by God between
one man and one woman.
As the Book of Discipline
states, “We affirm
that all persons are
individuals of sacred
worth, created in the
image of God. . . The
United Methodist Church
does not condone the
practice of homosexuality
and considers this practice
incompatible with Christian
teaching” (¶161
II.G).
- Abortion
cannot be affirmed “as
an acceptable means
of birth control, and
we unconditionally reject
it as a means of gender
selection or eugenics”.
Moreover, “We
oppose the use of late-term
abortion known as dilation
and extraction (partial-birth
abortion) and call for
the end of this practice
except when the physical
life of the mother is
in danger and no other
medical procedure is
available. . .”
(Book of Discipline
¶ 161 II.K).
- Racism
is a contradiction of
the gospel, which is
open to all people.
Thus, “we recognize
racism as sin and affirm
the ultimate and temporal
worth of all persons.
We rejoice in the gifts
that particular ethnic
histories and cultures
bring to our total life”
(Book of Discipline
¶ 161 III.A).
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