MICHAEL ATKINSON directs our Nazarene Discipleship International ministries (Christian education) at GV Nazarene and teaches our adult Bible study class, which meets Sundays at 9:30 a.m. in the board room. He also heads up our Compassionate Ministries department, overseeing the work of our food pantry, crisis care kits, community outreach efforts, and more. He is a native of Lewisburg and Greenbrier East High School graduate who lived most of his adult life in other locations while in military service--but moved back to his beloved Greenbrier Valley in recent years.