2025 Workshop Leaders

John Brantley

Rev. John Brantley will be celebrating his 19th ordination anniversary in October. His ministry has been to small churches. He has served congregations from the panhandle to gulf coast, building relationships between congregations and the communities they serve through ecumenical endeavors, and serving as chaplain for First Responders.

John has served in his current context since 2012. St. Andrew in Marble Falls is a congregation of transition. Made up of only first-generation members, the church serves as a way point for people who are newly retired. Over the last decade John has worked to identify the radical hospitality of St. Andrew and leverage it in a way that gives space for Spirit to move in and through a dynamic and evolving Marble Falls.

He has been married to his wife Tiffany for 23 years and they have two boys, one attending UT Mccomb Business School in Austin, and the other will be a junior at Marble Falls High School.

Godwin Dixon

Godwin Dixon is a senior care professional with 37 years of experience and the co-owner and co-founder of Teresa’s House Senior Care.

Teresa’s House – Craig Ranch (McKiney) is an Assisted Living and Memory Care community that opened in 2020 and has been voted Best of McKinney for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and hopes soon to be voted Best for 2025!

Teresa’s House – Argyle, is a state-of-the-art Assisted Living and Memory Care community that opened in April of 2023 and has already won Best of Denton County for 2023 and 2024 and hopes to soon be voted Best for 2025. Teresa’s House also won Living Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award and the 2024 & 2025 Elite Chef Competitions.

Prior to that he was for 17 years the President and CEO of Dallas based Presbyterian Communities and Services, where he led Presbyterian Village North, Grace Presbyterian Village and led the creation of Faith Presbyterian Hospice and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center.

Godwin and his business partner Teresa Whittington, for whom their Teresa’s House Assisted Living and Memory Care community is named, are nationally recognized experts in senior care having been featured on NBC Nightly News, CNN and Newsweek in addition to D Magazine, the Dallas Morning News and our local media.

Godwin is a lifelong Presbyterian, an elder, son of two Presbyterian pastors and father of a Presbyterian pastor, who has been active in youth ministry for much of his life!

Jasiel Hernandez-Garcia

Rev. Jasiel Hernandez-Garcia is originally from the beautiful town of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. Orizaba is known for its known for its historic colonial buildings, coffee production, and comfortable weather all year long. He came to the United States to attend Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, TX. He continued his education at Schreiner University (B.B.A in Marketing) and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M.Div.), receiving the Charles L. King Preaching Award and the David L. Stitt Graduate Fellowship for academic excellence. Upon graduation, Jasiel served for two years (2018-2020) as a Lake Fellow Pastoral Resident at Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN. He began his ministry working in the areas of mission, pastoral care, and young adult ministries. His ministry continued at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA, as Associate Pastor (2020-2022) and Acting Head of Staff (2023). Jasiel has been part of various national cohorts through the Montreat Conference Center and the Ministry Collaborative. He is currently an Associate Editor for the national publication Journal for Preachers. As Senior Pastor/Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church Kerrville, Jasiel provides visionary leadership for the church and broader community, leading the staff and working alongside the church Session to faithfully and courageously guide the congregation in the new post-pandemic world. Jasiel is known as a dynamic preacher, savvy conflict manager, thought-provoking teacher, and easy-going friend and colleague. Jasiel is married to Jessie Trawick Garcia, a gifted educator. She has taught German for the last eight years and has taken students abroad multiple times. They met in Austin after she completed her Masters at the University of Texas in Austin – Hook ‘em!

Judy Matetzschk-Campbell

A Ruling Elder at FPC Elgin, Judy had taught the Adult Bible Study class for over 25 years when Covid brought about the end of the group. Over her many years of active church life, Judy has participated in many Presbyterian Women activities and projects. With her Master of Fine Arts and PhD from UT Austin in Arts Education (Theatre for Young Audiences), Judy was the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Pollyanna Theatre Company for over 22 years before merging her non-profit management skills with her faith, becoming Director of Development for Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Judy is currently enrolled in the Certificate in Ministry program at Austin Seminary.  Someday when she retires, Judy hopes to help small congregations continue their journey.

Dan Milford

Dan Milford (pronouns he/him) is grateful that the Good News of God’s love and grace is for all people. Communicating that reality, particularly to people who have historically been made to feel unwelcome in the church, is important to Dan. He aspires to fully welcome people with mental health concerns, those who are from other cultures or countries, those who identify as LGBTQ+, and anyone else who has felt alienated or disillusioned with the church.

Dan began as the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian in May 2011. Previously, he had served as Associate Pastor at Lake Murray Presbyterian Church in Chapin, SC for five years and then as pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Sand Springs, OK for twelve years. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, TX and Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA (Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry).

Dan is happily married to Nadia Rosales, his wife of 31 years, and the proud father of their three children—Austin, Joshua, and Alexis—who are all in their mid-20’s. They enjoy traveling, camping, hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, and other outdoor activities as a family when they are together.

A favorite part of ministry for Dan is teaching confirmation classes, adult newcomer classes, and talking with anyone who is seeking to grow in faith or who is simply curious about the claims of Christianity. He enjoys science and helping people discover ways in which science and faith can be in productive dialogue. In ministry, he is also drawn to any activity that allows him to join with others in putting Christian faith into action in service or witness.

Mental health ministry became a passion for Dan about eight years ago. The “Beautiful Minds: A Mental Health Ministry” leads the effort at Covenant, and Dan worked for many years on creating a nationwide emphasis on mental health in the Presbyterian Church. He and Covenant are grateful to have the opportunity to learn from peers, families, professionals, and other congregations to grow in the ability to integrate mental health ministry into their congregational life. This work in mental health ministry led Columbia Theological Seminary to present Dan with its Distinguished Service Award in February of 2020, a witness to the yearning within the church for growth in this area of ministry and to the dedication of the “Beautiful Minds Coalition” at Covenant.

Janice Rodriguez

Janice Rodriguez serves as a Bereavement Coordinator, Social Worker, and Chaplain at Peterson Hospice in Kerrville, Texas. She received her master’s in social work with Our Lady of the Lake University and a Master’s in Pastoral Counseling with Liberty University.

With over 5 years of dedicated service, she provides compassionate emotional and spiritual support to patients and families navigating end-of-life care. Janice is committed to honoring each individual’s journey with dignity, empathy, and respect, helping families find comfort and meaning during times of loss.

Joshua Sutherlun

I was born and raised in Cibolo, TX, just south of San Marcos. After high school, I went to Austin College, in Sherman, TX because they said they would let me play soccer.  While there, I met a girl, and I never looked back. We got married, attended Seminary together at Princeton, and spent 8 years together in ministry in Huntington, WV.  We have 4 West Virginian children and we wouldn’t have it any other way (unless we could have found someway to have them born in Texas).

Living in San Marcos has been a blessing as we seek to serve the Lord. I am passionate about anything that involves sports, the Dallas Cowboys, the San Antonio Spurs, Dr. Pepper, and smoked meat.

Amy Sutherlun

I grew up in Texas and New Mexico, the middle child of a 6^th-generation pastor.  I briefly bucked the family ministry tradition by earning a Master’s Degree in Education at Austin College and teaching school in inner-city Dallas for 2 years.  However, I also did mission work in Malawi, Africa and served churches in Texas and Oklahoma before ultimately heading to seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

Ordained pastoral ministry led me first to Huntington, West Virginia and then here to San Marcos, Texas.  For the last 23 years of this adventure, I’ve been accompanied by my husband, Joshua, and we are thrilled (frazzled/daunted/amused) to be the parents of Serena, Asher, Josiah, and Micah.

Our life is filled with laughter and laundry, and I don’t have much time for hobbies, but love reading a suspenseful novel, writing, travelling, and good tortillas.

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