Reverend Michelle Hunter grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL and graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Hospitality Management. Michelle has felt called to ministry since childhood and embarked on the journey to ordination during a brief career in management. 

Michelle graduated from Memphis Theological Seminary and is an ordained Deacon in the UMC.  She served in several churches in the Tuscaloosa area, and as UA Wesley Foundation Director, and as a hospice chaplain. She has completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education and is a certified Spiritual Director. Michelle is committed to sharing the love of God, through the friendship of Jesus Christ and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, to all people.

Pastoral and Congregational care are a joy and passion for Michelle, and she is thankful to get to live out this call in relationship with First-Centenary UMC. 

Michelle has one adult son, Drew, who lives in Tuscaloosa, AL.