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Rev. Weaver grew up in Mobile, AL and graduated from Rhodes College, a Presbyterian affiliated college, in Memphis, TN, and Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.  In college he majored in political science.  Between college and seminary, Rev. Weaver served in the denominational offices as an intern with the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.  In the middle of August he completed a two year Lake residency at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.  This program is similar to the Lilly residency at Fourth Presbyterian of Chicago.  While at Second he was involved in the whole range of pastoral ministry, but with a particular emphasis on pastoral care.

When asked about his sense of call, Rev. Weaver describes an evolution rather than a moment of clarity. “As my father tells it, I expressed a sense of call as early as age six, when I ran up to him and our pastor after church one Sunday and said, ‘I’m going to be a preacher when I grow up,’ then ran away.  I don’t remember saying that.  I do remember running away.”  In light of this, his decision to attend seminary was not about embracing a call, at first. Rather, Rev. Weaver was seeking answers about the church’s role in the world.  Through this period of questioning, a sense of call emerged.  “Among other things, I discovered that I could no longer run away.”

Throughout his life, Rev. Weaver has been very involved in the ministry of the denomination.  He has served as a co-moderator of the National Presbyterian Youth Ministries Council.  He has been a member of the planning teams for several youth and young adult conferences, including Montreat and Triennium.  Next summer, he will be the preacher for the 2010 Montreat Middle School Conference.  Currently, Rev. Weaver is member of the General Assembly task force studying the addition of the Belhar Confession of Faith to the Presbyterian Book of Confessions.

Rev. Weaver has also served across denominational lines.  From 2003 to 2005, he was the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) representative on the Ecumenical Young Adult Ministries Team (EYAMT), a ministry of the National Council of Churches.  There he participated in the planning of Come to the Feast (2004), a biennial gathering of young adults across denominational lines.  With early roots in the Baptist tradition, Rev. Weaver has always respected diversity in theological thinking.  This gathering helped him to appreciate the opportunity that such diversity provides.  Recalling the reminder in Ephesians that we are “members of the household of God,” despite our differences, he says that through this experience, “I got a glimpse of that.  It really helped me to understand the depth of the Christian faith.”

Rev. Weaver is married to Rev. Ashley-Anne Masters.  During her ministry, Ashley-Anne has served as a chaplain and associate pastor.  This summer, she is serving as adjunct staff for the Montreat Youth Conferences in North Carolina.  The two will celebrate their one-year anniversary on August 3rd.

In his free time, Rev. Weaver enjoys reading, writing and playing with his dogs, Riley and Graham.  He loves music, and listens to anything from jazz to hip-hop and a little bit of country.  Rev. Weaver also likes to work out and enjoys sports, especially basketball.  His favorite team is Duke, which he suspects will present some problems as he moves to Illinois.  “It’s one of the great theological challenges of our time,” he says. “Thankfully, God’s love can cover a multitude of sins.”

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