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Trinity’s Senior Pastor, Rev. Eddie Smotherman, has served the Trinity congregation since 2001.  “Trinity’s mission statement is summarized by three important words – Love, Grow, and Serve,” Rev. Smotherman says.  Rev. Smotherman is a native of Eagleville, and a 1969 graduate of Eagleville High School.  A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he completed the Candler School of Theology Course of Study at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1984, and has been an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church since 1986. 

Chris Lee has served as Trinity’s Director of Youth Ministries since 2007.  Chris is a native of Sevierville and a 2005 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College, where he studied church vocations, youth ministry, and music. He is a singer and songwriter, and served previously as a Worship Leader at Keith Memorial United Methodist Church in Athens. Chris’s wife, Anna, is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Vanderbilt University.  Trinity’s active and growing CORE Youth Ministries program for grades 7-12 worships, serves, and takes part in a variety activities together, and includes youth from schools across Murfreesboro. 

As Director of Christian Education, Melissa Stewart focuses on providing a well-rounded program of educational and fellowship activities for Trinity’s children, families, and older adults.  Melissa is a 2008 Cum Laude graduate of Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, with a B.S. in Christian Education. As a graduate of Hendersonville High School, Melissa received the Church Leaders Scholarship.  During college, she served as Youth Coordinator for First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, and completed an internship in Christian Education at Woodland United Methodist church in Rock Hill, SC.  While at Martin, Melissa served as Vice President of the Student Christian Association, a member of the Leadership Development Team, an active member of the college choir, a volunteer in the College Chapel, the Drama Club, the college's environmental group, "The Green Team," and a very active work/study volunteer in the Center for Church Leadership.

Travis Kornegay comes to Trinity from First UnitedMethodist Church in Greeley, Colorado, and now leads Trinity’s active music program which includes choirs for adults, youth, and children, as well as a praise and worship band.  2009 marks Travis’s15^th year in church music ministry as conductor, pianist, or paid soloist. He is a native of North Carolina and holds degrees from MethodistUniversity in Fayetteville, North Carolina and Kansas State University where he studied vocal performance and vocal pedagogy. He began doctoral studies at University of Northern Colorado.  He is an active tenor recitalist, soloist, and choral conductor.  His past engagements includes Monostatos in Mozart's Magic Flute,  Sportin’ Life from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Sage in Hindemith’s  Hin und Zuruck, Messiah solos with the Manhattan Kansas Chamber Chorale as well as conducting Mozart’s Requiem and Handel's Messiah.