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Rev. Emily Miles

Emily Miles is our Director of Mental Wellness and one of our Associate Ministers on staff. Her primary focus is leading the congregation in ministries of mental, physical, and spiritual wellness. Emily loves walking with others in faith and helping them find peace in their daily lives. Hailing from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Emily graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s in Religious Studies. After discovering her call to ministry, Emily attended Candler School of Theology at Emory University, where she received a Master of Divinity and certificate in Faith and Health. She is an ordained deacon and a certified yoga instructor with more than eight years of teaching experience. When Emily is not working, you can find her reading, crushing another Peloton workout, or hanging out with her husband and fellow pastor, Rev. Josh Miles and their sweet baby girl, Daisy.

Rev. Josh Miles

Josh Miles is an Associate Minister on our staff. Josh works with prayer, pastoral care, worship, and racial justice here at the church. Josh loves listening to people, investing in people, and affirming people’s gifts for ministry and discipleship. Originally from Athens, GA, Josh served in ministry at his home church – Athens First United Methodist Church – for eight years before being appointed to Peachtree Road. In Athens, Josh developed a passion for pouring into the next generation as he directed the church’s youth ministry. Outside of work, you can find Josh spending time with his beautiful wife, Rev. Emily Miles, or following college sports.

MDiv, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, 2020
MA, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, 2013
BA, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2011

Chris Mucha

Chris Mucha is our Director of Youth and Their Families. He oversees all ministries serving 6-12th grade youth. Chris loves young people and connecting them to Jesus. Chris also coaches soccer at North Atlanta High School and is the Judging Chair for the state science fair and science symposium. He also sits on various scholarship committees and boards. Chris has undergraduate degrees from Berry College and Georgia Tech in Mathematics, Physics, and Materials Science Engineering. He met his wife, Ashley, at Georgia Tech and they love supporting their alma mater.

Outside of work, you can find Chris and his family at the local movie theater, at Atlanta United games as a founding-members, or at Riverwood International Charter High School supporting their son, Dayton, in marching band, golf, or soccer.

Before serving at Peachtree Road, Chris served at North Fayette UMC and Fayetteville First UMC.

Cecelia O’Flinn

Rev. Daniel Ogle

Daniel Ogle is an Associate Minister at Peachtree Road and the Campus Minister of Westside Table, PRUMC’s second campus. Daniel loves the chance to meet new people and help people discover and rediscover how much God loves them. He is married to Erin, who works at Emory University, and they are the proud parents of Georgia. Daniel usually has a cup of coffee in hand and is always on the search for Atlanta’s best cup of coffee. He is originally from Sevierville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Emory’s Candler School of Theology.

Jane Ogle

Jane Ogle is assistant to Senior Minister, Bill Britt. In addition to helping Bill with whatever he needs, she schedules baptisms, helps organize funerals and memorial services, is secretary of the Administrative Board, and completes accountability reports required by the North Georgia Conference. She enjoys interacting with our church members and the variety of opportunities her role allows. Jane grew up in a small town in Alabama, graduated from Auburn University, and has lived in Atlanta since. In her off-hours, she enjoys cooking, being outdoors, working in her yard, reading, downtime with her cats, and British television.

Darrell Osborne

Darrell Osborne is our Audio/Visual Manager. He schedules and manages the resources and personnel for a majority of the events, services, and concerts that use/need/have an audio-visual aspect. In addition, he is most often operating and working those events that require hands-on operation. A majority of Darrell’s work revolves around video, therefore he loves striving to create video perfection with the gear on-hand. A native Atlantan, who has seen this city grow, he loves when the home team wins no matter the sport! When not at the church, Darrell might be found working with his production/dj company packing dance floors for high-end events, or just anything outside. Hiking the Routeburn Track in New Zealand is high on his ever-changing bucket list.

Rev. Karen Webster Parks

As a native Atlantan, a child of parents heavily involved in the Civil Rights community, Reverend Karen Webster Parks life has been dedicated to servant leadership. When asked how she wants to be remembered, Reverend Parks responds, “I hope that I will be remembered for my love of God, love of my husband, love of my family, friends and neighbors. I hope that I have been a servant leader who has led others to Christ and assisted believers in discovering and developing their gifts to build the Kingdom of God on earth.”