Our Staff

Carl Thomas Gladstone, Deacon

Founder and Director

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Carl was serving as youth director at Birmingham First UMC in 2005 when the middle schoolers needed a service trip for Spring Break. After a call to his home church Metropolitan UMC in the North End of Detroit, Motown Mission was born.

As an ordained Deacon Carl is passionate about the vision young people have for a collaborative and healing world.

Carl lives with his family in Southwest Detroit and encourages everybody to come over and get some tacos.

Madison Johnson

Summer Staff

Madison has been Employee of the Month for six months running! She is a student attending college in Detroit and has served as hospitality and volunteer coordinator since Summer 2023.