Baccalaureate Speaker (Friday, May 15 at 8 p.m. – Townsend Auditorium)

 

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL H. TRAVIS

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon title: "What's The Plan?"

Michael H. Travis is the district superintendent for the Cleveland district of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church,

Travis graduated summa cum laude from Tennessee Wesleyan College in 1975. He then went on to graduate from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in 1978. While a student, Travis served as a student pastor and was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church in 1979. He has served as the pastor of 17 churches.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Travis is a graduate of Carter High School. He worked in the construction industry immediately following his high school graduation and in 1964 he joined the United States Air Force. He received honorable discharge from the USAF with the rank of sergeant in 1968 and continued his work in construction until 1971 when he began attending Hiwassee College. He graduated with honors from Hiwassee in 1973 and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from TWC.

In 2005, Travis was appointed as the district superintendent of the Cleveland district. He is responsible for providing spiritual and administrative leadership to pastors and their churches of varying sizes within the Cleveland area. Prior to his appointment, he served as pastor at the Dublin Church in the Wytheville District. He currently serves as an ex-officio member of the TWC Board of Trustees and as a member of the chaplain approval committee for Sky Ridge Medical Center in Cleveland.

Travis and his wife of 44 years, Teresa, have two children – Kymberly, a 1990 TWC alumna, and Andy – and three grandchildren. They reside in Cleveland.