Reverend Janet Gaston Petty
Associate Pastor of Counseling & Pastoral Care

Rev. Janet Gaston Petty is a native of Detroit, Michigan. Her formative years were spent at the Scott Memorial United Methodist Church where she was baptized and nurtured in the faith. She was educated in the Detroit Public School System and is a member of the 1973 Graduating Class of Cass Technical High School. She matriculated at Adrian College and transferred to Scarritt College in Nashville, Tennessee where she received her B.A. Degree in Behavioral Science in May of 1977. Upon graduation, Rev. Petty enrolled in the Master’s of Divinity program at Gammon Theological Seminary, located in Atlanta, GA.

In June of 1979, Rev. Petty was ordained as Deacon in the Detroit Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, and in May of 1980 she graduated with honors from Gammon Theological Seminary. Rev. Petty returned to Detroit where she served nine years as a Local Church Pastor. In June of 1982, Rev. Petty was ordained as Elder in the Detroit Annual Conference. She transferred to the California Pacific Annual Conference in July of 1989, where she served until returning to Michigan in July of 2002.

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