United Methodist Reporter closes

Hats off to the Nehemiah Group
for planning and implementing
an inspiring 2013 Annual Conference. This year’s event offered a
smoother structure and flow of
daily sessions, with inspiring worship, numerous “tool box” sessions
— and food trucks.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
HIGHLIGHTS from the June 2-4 sessions
Bishop Mike McKee unveils his four
Imagination Points, Page 2
Conference business: Target date of
2025 set to eliminate poverty in two
NTC ZIP codes; 2016 General Conference delegates to be elected a year
earlier; NTC committees on women
and race reinstated, Page 2
New deacons and elders
commissioned, Page 5
Laity urged to think no boundaries,
Page 4
Pictures, Page 8
Annual Conference speakers
stoke imaginations
Message From The Bishop
Michael McKee
Culture change thrilling
at Annual Conference
While the polity of The United
Methodist Church states that the “annual
conference
is the basic
body of the
church,” I had
never quite
experienced
that reality
being lived out
in the manner
that the laity
and clergy of
the North Texas Annual Conference did this
year.
Worshipping God together, learning
together, renewing friendships, charting
directions for our future, and ordaining five
elders and four deacons, commissioning
12 provisional deacons and elders, and
See CULTURE, Page 2
WELCOME
TO THE
NORTH TEXAS
CONNECTION
Despite the closing of the
United Methodist Reporter, the North Texas Conference will keep publishing
an NTC newspaper, moving to a monthly schedule.
The sudden closing of the
UMR required some time
to regroup, but the aim is
to publish the first week of
the month.
“When you use the word
imagination, it provokes you to
want to look into the future.”
Bishop Robert Hayes Jr. of
Oklahoma, opening worship preacher
who urged United Methodists not
to cling to the past
What traits do video
gamers have that
Christians need?
“Urgent optimism,
a tight social fabric,
blissful productivity
and epic meaning.”
Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean,
expert and author on
youth and the church
Photos by Mat Mathews
United Methodist Reporter closes
Last month’s news that
UMR Communications, publisher of the United Methodist
Reporter, would close on May
31 shocked many. After years of
financial struggles, the board of
UMR Communications unanimously voted May 16 to shutter
the Dallas-based nonprofit
group, ending a publication that
had covered Methodism since
1847.
In addition to publishing
a national United Methodist
newspaper in print and digital
formats, UMR Communications
provided printing and com-
See stories on Bishop
Hayes’ and Dr. Dean’s
speeches, Page 3
munication
services to
churches,
annual
conferences
and other
nonprofits.
The
closing cost Spurgeon Dunnam
was the mercurial
the jobs of
26 employ- force behind The
ees, some of United Methodwhom have ist Reporter in its
worked with heyday. Page 6
the ministry
for more than four decades. It
also affected 45 annual confer-
ence and church publications,
which printed with UMR Communications and integrated the
Reporter’s content with their
own.
At one time, the ministry
published nearly 300 conference
and church editions of the newspaper, Tom Palmer, the board
chairman, said in the Reporter.
Those editions have dwindled as more conferences and
churches have opted to drop
print and distribute information
exclusively online as a less expensive and possibly “greener”
See UMR, Page 6
INSIDE
Who’s going where?
List of NTC clergy appointments, Insert A -D
Alyce McKenzie will pioneer
the preacherin-residence
concept at
Christ UMC
Plano, Page 7
Richard Dunagin will pull
double duty doing research
for the NTC on church
plants, Page 7
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Bishop McKee’s
Four Imagination
Points
IMAGINE if
each of us convened a guided
conversation
with parents
and teenagers so that parents
could tell their story of Jesus to
their teenagers.
IMAGINE if
10,000 United
Methodists in
the North Texas Conference
gave up one meal a week during Lent 2014 and donated that
money to help eradicate hunger
or poverty in their area.
IMAGINE if every church established a relationship with
a public school
and supported
that school with volunteers,
readers, and mentors.
IMAGINE if
each one
of us worshipped this
year at one
of our new church starts — and
let the church planter know
you are coming as a prayer ambassador from your church.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CONFERENCE
Goal: End poverty in
ZIP codes 75215 and
75426 by year 2025
The Center for Missional Outreach imagines the eradication
of extreme asset poverty in two
North Texas ZIP codes, 75215 in
South Dallas and 75426 in East
Texas by the year 2025.
These ZIP codes have the
highest percentage of extreme
asset poverty per capita, meaning a family doesn’t have the
assets to provide for basic needs
over three months when no other
sources of income are available.
From a holistic perspective,
the Holy Spirit works with and
through the body of Christ so a
family can attain self-sufficiency
and a more hopeful quality of
life. That hope allows the Holy
Spirit to nudge the family and the
Church to align in the mission of
Jesus Christ.
The three components of the
initiative are:
To increase awareness and
focus resources and assistance
on the counties and ZIP codes
within the North Texas Conference that have the largest percentage of population affected by
extreme asset poverty.
To leverage community and
church resources, both social
capital and financial capital.
To encourage and empower
churches to be in ministry with
the poor.
Funding for this initiative
will first come from the Center
for Missional Outreach until firm
partnerships are established with
churches and nonprofit groups.
Churches can get involved in
numerous ways:
Send a youth or adult mission team to build relationships
with people and families living in
the areas.
Seek alternative or matching
funds to begin a chain of care to
the areas.
Pray for the residents of the
areas.
Sign up for monthly email
updates through the Center for
Missional Outreach for opportunities to serve, pray, stimulate
creative funding and more.
Please visit www.ntcmission
aloutreach.org.
Committees on women,
race are reinstated
In accordance with the Judicial Council Decision 1225 dated
Oct. 27, 2012, the Commission
on the Status and Role of Women
and the Committee on Religion
and Race were reinstated. Since
the inception of the Strategic
Plan in 2010, the Center for
Leadership Development had assumed the responsibilities for the
work of these two committees.
But the Judicial Council ruled
that the committees must be
maintained, clearly identified and
defined, and the connectional
relationships must be clear and
obvious. Nomination and election
of the members of the boards
and committees of the operation
agencies must be completed.
Delegate elections are
moved up to next year
The 2012 General Conference gave Annual Conferences
the option of holding elections
for delegates a year earlier than
before. The North Texas Conference approved a resolution to
elect delegates for the 2016
General Conference at the NTC’s
2014 meeting. The earlier election gives the delegation more
time to consider petitions it might
submit, communicate with delegations and leaders from other
annual conferences, and to study
relevant material.
The Bishop
Culture change welcome at Annual Conference
Continued from Page 1A
recognizing the orders of one
person symbolized the work we
are called to do as an annual
conference.
Something was different, and
the difference began last year
when the lay and clergy of the
NTC overwhelmingly approved
the recommendations of the
Nehemiah Group to change how
the Annual Conference conducted
its meetings.
The goal was to recover
Methodism’s early practices for
an annual conference: polity,
fraternity and revival. Nothing is
perfect, but many of us thought
this year’s annual conference was
as close as we had experienced to
perfection in an annual conference.
In fact, a couple of people shared
with me after the opening worship
service that they had a glimpse of
heaven.
What made the difference
is this year’s annual conference
was a culture change. Instead of
a business meeting focusing on
legislative matters, it became a
covenant body of Christ seeking
to be the Church and to reach
the mission field of North Texas.
Certainly, the annual conference
planning team did an excellent
job in the charge given to them
at last year’s annual conference:
to reshape the annual conference
experience.
First UMC Richardson
provided radical hospitality. But
you, the laity and clergy of the
North Texas Conference, were
faithful, committed and flexible,
knowing that we all were living
into “a new thing.”
The principle actions taken
by the annual conference impact
the future of our ministry and our
witness.
The first is the challenge to
eliminate “extreme asset poverty”
by focusing on two ZIP code,
75215 in urban South Dallas
and 75426 in a rural East Texas.
Jim Collins, author of Good to
Great, would call that a BHAG
— big, hairy, audacious goal.
That compelling vision challenges
each church’s assumption about
mission.
The second action is the
creation of two task forces to
work on recommendations about
how the NTC funds new faith
communities and theological
education for people called into
ordained ministry in The United
Methodist Church. Within the
bounds of the NTC is one of the
fastest-growing regions of the
United States.
How will we create the new
places for new people? Coupled
with that is the need for clergy to
serve in those faith communities
and in our existing churches. How
can we support their theological
efforts so that they are not crippled
by debt? Work on both of these
principle actions begins in earnest.
Finally, I want to say thank
you to the lay and clergy members
of the North Texas Annual
Conference for your wonderful
spirit. All of you made it possible
for us to begin to imagine what
God can do through the faithful
people and churches of the North
Texas Conference.
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
At opening worship, Hayes prods
Methodists to imagine the future
By BILL FENTUM
Special Contributor
Members of the 2013 North
Texas Annual Conference were
invited to “imagine” vibrant
days ahead for United Methodist
mission and ministry in their region. Then they were challenged
to step out of their comfort
zones and make it happen.
Bishop Robert Hayes Jr.,
who leads the UMC’s Oklahoma
Area, issued that challenge in
his sermon at the conference’s
opening worship service June 2
at First UMC Richardson.
“When you use the word
imagine, it provokes you to
want to look into the future,”
Bishop Hayes told the crowd.
“And therein lies one of the
problems of the modern-day
church: We can’t and don’t
imagine anymore because we’re
so often stuck in the past, not
allowing ourselves to move
beyond what once was.”
He noted that during the
Bishop Robert Hayes Jr.
said this is
no time for
Methodists
to dwell in
the past but
to step out of
their comfort
zones.
First UMC
Richardson
mid-20th century, Methodism
thrived in the United States and
people flocked by the thousands
to Methodist churches across the
country. But the UMC started
a decline in the 1970s, falling
from 11 million members in the
U.S. to 7.7 million today.
“In our own United Methodist Church, it seems that we
have lost the will and the desire
to imagine what our denomina-
tion could become if we allowed
ourselves to get out of the
memories of yesterday,” Bishop
Hayes said.
This is no time for fruitless
nostalgia or surrendering to defeat, he said. “Don’t talk to me
about the church dying. What
are you doing to keep it alive?”
The service was filled with
rousing music, presented by
a mass choir and a combined
During the
service,
members of
Project Transformation and
other outreach
ministries were
commissioned
for a summer
of mission.
Mat Mathews
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choir of youth from First Richardson, Custer Road UMC and
Highland Park UMC. Several
soloists also contributed, and an
ensemble of North Texas church
music directors sang “Seasons
of Love” from the Broadway
musical Rent. The faces of
22 North Texas Conference
clergy and clergy spouses who
died in the last year appeared
on screens during a time of
remembrance, accompanied
by a moving solo from oboist
Amanda Talley.
Near the end of the two
hours, North Texas Bishop
Mike McKee led a commissioning ceremony for young people
participating this summer in
outreach ministries around the
state, including Project Transformation, Bridgeport Camp &
Conference Center, Connect to
the Kingdom (C2K) and Lydia
Patterson Institute in El Paso.
In this part of the service,
participants were treated to muFirst UMC Richardson
sic by a Scottish marching band,
North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums
the North Texas Caledonian
played for the opening worship crowd.
Pipes and Drums.
In his sermon, Bishop
for one afternoon to volunteer in
Hayes gave thanks to North Texas
relief operations. United Methodists
United Methodists who responded to
have called from around the world,
the devastating tornadoes in Oklahohe said, wanting to help.
ma in May with a “gracious outpour“It’s the kind of response that
ing” of prayers and financial support.
makes you proud to be a United
“The people of Oklahoma are
Methodist,” Bishop Hayes said. “And
resilient and determined to pick ourso I ask you to continue your prayers
selves up,” he said.
for us as we rebuild on a foundation
Bishop Hayes said that during
that could not be swept away: Jesus
the Oklahoma Conference session in
the Christ himself!”
May, participants suspended business
Dean offers insight into video gamers, fleas and ‘nones’
Expert gives glimpse
into minds of young
Wil Murphy
She spoke twice in plenaries
and took part in a panel discussion
in one of the Annual
Conference “tool
By SHERON C. PATTERSON
box” sessions. Each
Editor
time, listeners were
With Protestant churches
on the edge of their
across the nation growing grayer,
seats, drawn in by
members of the North Texas
interactive addresses
Annual Conference received expert punctuated with
advice on retaining and inviting
videos.
young people to their churches
One video:
from Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean.
How to train fleas.
Dr. Dean, an ordained UMC
Dr. Dean then
pastor and professor at Princeton
asked the audience
to discuss “Is
Theological Seminary, has
the youth ministry at your
authored numerous books on
understanding and reaching young church like trained fleas?” Across
the sanctuary, hearty discussion
people.
erupted.
Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean inspired
And how are video game
the crowd with videos, discusplayers role models for Christians?
sions and audience participation. Because, Dr. Dean said, “they are
filled with surprise and hope.” She
offered four traits they possess
that Christians need: “urgent
optimism, a tight
social fabric, blissful
productivity [they are
happy together playing
video games] and epic
meaning.”
Many young people
go by a “moralistic
therapeutic deism,” she
said. “They believe that
being a Christian means
being nice, being happy,
and God stays out of the
way — unless needed. We
can’t condemn them for it because
they got it from us.”
As Dr. Dean challenged North
Texas to reach out to young people
with the gospel of Jesus Christ,
she cautioned that “young people
will not save the church. That is
a vampire theology that sucks
life from them to keep the church
alive. Also, appealing to youth
does not mean acting like them. So
put away your skinny jeans.”
North Texans were deeply
touched by Dr. Dean’s frank
discussions regarding “nones.”
Nones are people who check
the “none of the above” box on
religion. Studies show that large
numbers of young people have
drifted away from their childhood
denomination.
During her workshop, one
participant tearfully shared that
his grandchildren were nones and
asked for advice. Dr. Dean said
that she also has a son who is a
none. The two embraced, and she
encouraged him not to give up.
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
Think no boundaries,
no walls, laity are told
By BILL FENTUM
Special Contributor
How much can United
Methodists accomplish for God’s
kingdom if we set no limits —
none at all — on our imagination
for ministry?
Lay members of the 2013
North Texas Annual Conference
explored that question in their
afternoon laity session on the first
day of the conference, June 2.
Conference Lay Leader Linda
Parks opened the pre-legislative
briefing at First UMC in Allen by
asking those gathered to envision
a United Methodist Church with
no boundaries to its mission. She
then introduced Henry Lessner, the
conference’s lay leader-elect, who
emphasized that young people will
be a key part of making that dream
a reality.
Lay members should keep
their eyes open, Lessner said, and
identify youth and young adults
in their churches who might feel
called to ministry as a vocation.
“Your job as the laity sitting here, and my job, is to help
encourage these folks and give
them the opportunity to make the
connection between ‘I’m feeling
something,’ and then ‘Who do I
talk to about it?’ ” said Lessner,
who has served on the conference’s Board of Ordained Ministry.
“If you know a young person
who is going through this, get
them to someone in your congregation, the pastor [or other mentors], who can get them connected
to the system.”
NTC churches will hold their
first Call Sunday on Sept. 29, a
day to focus on all people, of any
age, who are considering careers
in ministry. A second Call Sunday
is scheduled for May 25, and those
who respond will be recognized
and honored at the 2014 Annual
Conference.
“This is something that is big
time on the heart of our bishop,”
said Lessner, “and it is our job as
the laity to help.”
Also during the laity session,
two members of First UMC Allen
were invited to talk about programs they lead as examples of lay
ministry outside the four walls of
the church.
Tom Brian, a retired dentist, launched the nonprofit Send
Hope in the early 1990s to help
impoverished communities on
the Mosquito Coast of Honduras; David Wuensch has coordi-
Do something
different — go
visit one of
the NTC’s new
churches
Here are the new churches that Bishop
Mike McKee urges NTC members to visit:
Connections (mother church: First UMC
Paris)
Planter: Kathy French
919 S. Collegiate Dr., Paris 75460
Email: pastorkathy.french@gmail.com
Cross Way (mother church: Grace Avenue)
Planter: Chris Yost
1600 Navo Rd., Aubrey 76227
Email: pastor@crosswayumc.org
Living Life (mother church: First UMC
Allen)
Planter: Abe Smith
McNeil Elementary School
3650 Hardin Blvd., McKinney 75070
Email: AbeS@livinglifechurch.com
First UMC Richardson
An annual conference attendee snaps a photo with an iPad.
nated the Change the World
outreach weekend for the
last two years at First Allen,
expanding the annual event to
involve several local churches, service organizations and
businesses.
Before they departed,
Lessner urged lay delegates
to “go out and think about
how you can be involved
in these ministries or some
other ministry. The church
isn’t right here, it’s out there
somewhere. . . . Get out and
go do Christ’s work.”
Hello North Texas: Voices of NTC Laity
Laity session an early start to inspiration
We waited with anticipation for annual
conference this year to experience the
changes and remaking
of the way we do the
conference. As for
me, I enjoyed the
entire event and felt
the modifications and
adjustments are for
the better.
But for me, the
inspiration did not
begin with opening
worship Sunday night. It actually began 3
1/2 hours earlier at the beginning of the laity
session at First UMC Allen. Here are a few
of the highlights that inspired me.
As more than 325 lay people gathered,
we began by showing a video created by the
Northwest Lay Leader Tom Busby around
our Annual Conference theme “Imagine.”
It opened with two thought-provoking
questions: Can you imagine the church God
is calling us to be? Can you dream about
being a part of the world God imagines?
Then the video moved us into “Imagine
No Boundaries” challenging statements and
concluded with asking us to imagine God’s
plan for our lives.
Our opening devotion, presented by
Northwest Youth Lay Leader Hope Rouse
with prayer lifted up by North Central Youth
Lay Leader Brooke Foster, continued our
imagining and focused our thoughts for the
afternoon.
The laity session included a memorial
service honoring Annual Conference lay
members who have passed on in the last
year. Melba Harris, East Lay Leader, led this
touching service, which included two youth
assisting by ringing a bell after each name
and offering a prayer at the end.
Henry Lessner, the Conference Lay
Leader-Elect, arranged for two presentations
from ministries started and led by lay people
on the theme of “Laity Ministry Outside the
4 Walls.”
We learned about Send Hope, a ministry
directed by Tom Brian of First UMC Allen,
and Change the World Weekend, headed
by David Wuensch. These ministries are
examples that other local churches can
modify.
Our session ended with the “rebooting”
of the Harry Denman Evangelism Award.
This award recognizes clergy, youth and
lay people for outstanding service in
evangelism.
The adult recipient was Tom Brian.
Kristen Whittaker of Hamilton Park UMC
was the youth winner. Watch for an article
with details about the Harry Denman award
and the adult and youth recipients.
Sara Finney, the outgoing chair for the
Conference Council on Youth Ministries, led
the closing prayer. Throughout our session,
we had five youth members participating
and providing leadership. Our conference
is truly blessed to have youth who lead and
serve by example.
Our goal for next year is to have every
Annual Conference lay member attend
the laity session and use it as a time for
inspiration.
Linda Parks is the North Texas
Conference Lay Leader. Contact her at
ljparks@aol.com or ntclayleader@ntcumc.
org.
Melissa (mother church: First UMC
McKinney)
Planter: Alan Hitt
McKillop Elementary School
3509 Liberty Way, Melissa 75454
Email: aehitt@gmail.com
North Central Korean (mother church:
Korean Central)
Planter: Nakhoon Cho
Meeting at First UMC The Colony
4901 Paige Drive, The Colony 75056
Email: oonook@hanmail.net
St. Andrew Frisco (mother church: St.
Andrew, Plano)
Planter: Edlen Cowley
Meeting at Pink Elementary School,
3650 Overhill Drive, Frisco 75033
Email: ecowley@standrewumc.org
Union Coffee House (mother church:
University Park, Dallas)
Planter: Mike Baughman
5622 Dyer St., Dallas 75206
Email: uniondallas.net
The Village (recently chartered; daughter of
St. Luke’s “Community” UMC Dallas)
Planter: Derek Jacobs
1615 N. Hampton Road, Suite 140,
DeSoto 75115
Email: derek@thevillageumc.org
North Texas Conference
Connection
Communications Team
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Linda Johnson, associate editor
Duane VanGiesen, assistant editor
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ORDINATIONS
and COMMISSIONINGS
Photos by Mat Matthews and First UMC Richardson
Arms outstretched, the Rev. April Bristow lifts the communion elements as the
Rev. Jan Davis holds the Bible.
From left: Elders Rebecca Grogan of Archer City, Annelda Crawford of
Pleasant Mound/Urban Park, Stephen Cotten of Kavanaugh UMC Greenville, Cheryl Jones of Tyler Street UMC and Sharon O’Connor of Custer
Road UMC Plano
From left:
Omar AlRikabi, Mitch
Boone, William
Eason, Clay
Horton and
Zach Landis
at their
commissioning
The Rev. Jack Soper and Metro District Superintendent Clara Reed flank newly ordained Elder Cheryl Jones in a tender moment.
From left: Newly commissioned Carol Montgomery, Adam
Spore and Cassie Wade
Also commissioned: James David Allen, Timothy Edwin Marks,
Marcus Graham Womack and Allen Todd Zugelter
From left: Deacons Georgia Harrison of First UMC Wichita Falls, Patty Froelich of First UMC
McKinney, Elizabeth Moseley of Highland Park UMC and Rebecca Walker of First UMC Dallas
Recognition of orders: Larry Morris James
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In loving
memory of
the UMR
Dunnam was warrior for
UMR in its glory days
By JOHN LOVELACE
Special Contributor
By SHERON C. PATTERSON
Editor
Thirty-four years ago, I was a
newly minted seminarian with a
firm grasp of God’s call on my life
to be a religion communicator. The
problem was that few people knew
what that meant.
That’s why I still thank
God for the United Methodist
Reporter. The UMR knew that real
journalists did not have to write for
secular publications. It understood
that a journalist could write solely
about the church.
The day before the UMR
shut its doors for good May 31, I
dropped by the office to pay my
respects. Yes, it was like a funeral.
The death of a newspaper with an
independent voice hurts.
Declining sales and electronic
media preferences signaled the
paper’s end, but I will always
remember the glorious past when
the UMR was a thriving national
business.
There were about 400 local
church, annual conference and
district editions, for a total
circulation of 457,594 in 1985.
When the UMR spoke, people
listened.
The driving force of the UMR
was the Rev. Spurgeon M. Dunnam
III, who served as the editor and
general manager. He was quirky,
bombastic and highly opinionated.
Sheron C. Patterson, a fledgling writer at the UMR, is now editor
of the North Texas Connection.
cover our church. He also helped
me hone my writing skills.
I worked four years in the
UMR office near Hampton Road.
My assignments were global.
From a national youth
conference in the Bahamas to a
General Conference in Baltimore,
I was on the move. Meeting so
many United Methodists of every
hue made an indelible mark on my
life.
One year, my beat was
the General Board of Global
Ministries; another year it was the
General Board of Discipleship.
These assignments gave me
There are fewer delights in life
tremendous respect for who we are
than having your first job under the as United Methodists.
tutelage of someone on fire for the
People say that times have
UMC 24/7!
changed and that newspapers are
Another fixture of the UMR
no longer as vital to their lives as
was John Lovelace, an active UMC they once were. Perhaps this is
layman. He was the much needed true, but we United Methodists
calm to Rev. Dunnam’s storm.
should, at the least, bow our heads
Lovelace was a longtime jour- and say a prayer, because the death
nalist who knew how to deploy his of the UMR newspaper is like a
team of writers across the globe to funeral.
It’s simplest to describe the
1970s-1980s at the Reporter as the
Keightley/Dunnam era. Interestingly, neither Carl Keightley nor
Spurgeon Dunnam had extensive
journalistic backgrounds.
Keightley lifted the idea for local church front-page editions from
the Fort Worth-based nondenominational All-Church Press. His signal
contribution to The Texas Methodist
was an occasional Page 2 photo/
text feature titled “Going Places
With the Editor.” The most significant “place” he went was Perkins
School of Theology to hire a young
graduate named Spurgeon Murray
Dunnam III. (Keightley ended his
career with the General Board of
Discipleship in Nashville.)
“Energy” doesn’t describe
Spurgeon. “Drive” comes closer –
the drive of youth, superb intelligence, liberal theology and a love
for words, whether in conversation
far into the night or in pro/con
positions on the editorial page. Dr
Pepper and taco chips provided
an outsize portion of his dietary
sustenance, and argumentation – he
printed a debate challenge to fundamentalist Jerry Falwell – enlivened
him. Time magazine mentioned the
ploy, though Falwell ignored it.
Spurgeon loved his double title:
editor/general manager. His 1970s1980s staffs included some of the
keenest reporters and editors in
religious journalism, and the news-
paper’s
content
won
numerous
awards.
One man
whose
principal
job was
to draft
editorials
for Spurgeon’s
purview Spurgeon Dunnam
said he
frequently sat at his typewriter and
cried while trying to write something the editor would print. (The
writer later managed a daily newspaper in Indiana.)
By the mid-1980s, desktop
publishing pulled local church,
district and conference editions
from the UMR. UMR responses like
the new nondenominational weekly
National Christian Reporter and the
biweekly United Methodist Review
helped, but falling income and an
ill-timed fundraising campaign to
build new quarters led significantly
to Spurgeon’s death in 1991 at 49.
Ron Patterson, a vice president
of the United Methodist Publishing
House, succeeded Spurgeon. Under
him, a functional headquarters was
built a block from the cramped,
dispiriting rented warehouse. But
circulation losses, cut payroll and
rising home site expenses forced a
sale of the property and a move back
to rented quarters.
UMR, dating to 1847, closes in a troubled era for newspapers
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alternative.
UMR Communications’ closing comes about a month after
the last of the denomination’s
Cokesbury stores, the retailers of
the United Methodist Publishing
House, shut their doors. To help
customers around the country,
the United Methodist Publishing House now is relying on the
Cokesbury website and community
resource consultants. Like print
publications, bookstores have been
facing increasing financial pressure
from online alternatives.
For many United Methodists,
the loss of the Reporter, valued for
its independent voice, is a personal
one.
“When I heard the news, it was
like the death of a family member or friend,” said Mary Brooke
Casad, former executive secretary
of the Connectional Table, which
coordinates the denomination’s
ministry, mission and resources.
As a graduate of the journalism
program at United Methodist-related Southern Methodist University,
Casad wrote and edited institutional publications for the communications council that then oversaw the
Reporter. She later served on the
board in the 1980-90s, served as a
sales representative and returned
to the board in the early 2000s,
eventually serving as chair.
Her father, the late Bishop
Benjamin Oliphint, helped raise
money for the Reporter’s former
building.
“As a young person and young
writer starting out, it gave me a
place to tell my story and others’
stories,” she said. “It was exciting
for me as a journalism graduate to
see this was something we had …
to help tell the story of The United
Methodist Church.”
The Rev. Connie L. Nelson, director of public affairs and alumni
CEO Alan
Heath
oversaw
the final
days of
the United
Methodist
Reporter
as the last
papers
rolled off
the press.
Sheron C. Patterson
relations at SMU’s Perkins School
of Theology, said she received her
first copy of the newspaper’s previous incarnation — Texas Methodist/United Methodist Reporter
— as a conference youth leader in
high school.
She later worked as a copy
editor at the United Methodist
Reporter in the early 1980s and
eventually edited local editions
of the newspaper.
“Not only did the Reporter
educate, it energized: What I read
week to week opened my eyes
and challenged me to be part of
this great story of United Methodism,” she said. “It was the vehicle
through which many in the denomination began to understand the
larger connection, that we were all
part of a global church engaged in
proclaiming God’s profound love
around the world.”
“It was ironic that I first learned
that UMR Communications would
be closing shop from a writer of
United Methodist Communications [UMCOM] in Nashville,”
said former UMR employee Denise
Johnson Stovall of Dallas. “Reporter and UMCOM writers were
friends and respected each other,
but they were our competitors for
stories within The United Methodist Church.”
Stovall worked for The ReSee UMR, Page 7
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McKenzie to pioneer concept
of preacher-in-residence in Plano
Dunagin to
help with
research on
church plants
The Rev. Richard Dunagin,
newly appointed to Wesley UMC
McKinney, will also be working
with the Center on New Church
Development and Transformation,
helping with research and
demographics.
The assignment is a limited,
part-time basis, and is separate
from and in addition to his
appointment.
The Rev. Jim Ozier, center
director, called Rev. Dunagin
“adept at research, and he served
previously in my job some years
ago, so he knows how the center
works.
“Richard chaired the former
Creating Congregations team and
has a passion for new church starts.
Also, Richard has accumulated a
track record of growth over the
years of his ministry,” Rev. Ozier
said.
Rev. Dunagin will be doing:
Advanced research work on
demographics and the strategic
mission within the Annual
Conference for a year-end report
on the impact of new church starts.
On-site visits to all the
projects in July and August.
Richard Dunagin
Serving as the interim
center director during Rev.
Ozier’s October-to-December
study leave.
Rev. Dunagin’s work will
allow Associate Director Gloria
Fowler to focus on congregational
transformation and getting the
Healthy Church Initiative and the
Smaller Church Initiative up and
running.
Rev. Dunigan, who has been
involved in church planting for
more than 25 years, says he is
“delighted to participate in a more
direct role once again.”
“New church plants tend to
be the single most effective way
United Methodists reach new
people for Christ. I count it a
privilege to work in this arena in a
more formal way — to be where
the action is and to rub shoulders
with my heroes in the ministry —
new church planters,” he said.
Christ UMC Plano has named
the Rev. Dr. Alyce McKenzie
its preacher-in-residence, a new
organizational concept within The
United Methodist Church.
Dr. McKenzie, professor of
homiletics at Southern Methodist
University’s Perkins School of
Theology, will take the pulpit
at Christ UMC over the course
of 10 Sundays throughout her
one-year consulting term. She
will also mentor the church’s
preaching staff while continuing
in her position at Perkins School
of Theology, where she holds the
George W. and Nell Ayers LeVan
Endowed Chair of Preaching and
Worship.
Her first Sunday to preach at
the church will be Aug. 4.
The inspiration for the new
position within The United
Methodist Church comes from
the Rev. Don Underwood, senior
pastor of Christ UMC.
“We live in a time that calls
for bold and creative action if the
church is to continue to shape
the lives of the people we serve,”
Rev. Underwood said. McKenzie,
he said, “is highly regarded as
The Rev. Dr. Alyce McKenzie’s
online column Edgy Exegesis
(patheos.com/AboutPatheos/Alyce-McKenzie.
html) is a reflection in the
weekly lectionary gospel text
and attracts 2,000-2,500
readers a week. Her blog
Knack for Noticing (patheos.
com/blogs/knackfornoticing)
features humorous wisdom for
everyday situations.
a preacher and lecturer who has
the gift of making the gospel
both powerful and relevant in
the contemporary culture. Her
presence will strengthen our pulpit
ministry.”
Bishop Michael McKee of the
North Texas Conference called the
concept of a preacher-in-residence
another example of Christ UMC’s
“bold and innovative approaches
to ministry.”
“Dr. Alyce McKenzie is the
perfect choice for the position,”
he said.
“As a clergy member of the
North Texas Conference, she has
always been highly committed
to local church ministry, and this
is one more way in which she
can offer her many gifts to Christ
UMC and the churches of the
North Texas Conference.”
Through Dr. McKenzie,
Christ UMC’s will also have a
stronger relationship with Perkins
by extension, said Dean William
B. Lawrence.
“The preacher-in-residence
at one of our most vital churches
is yet another example of the
important partnership that exists
between the academy and the
local church,” he said.
UMR closes, leaving
behind a proud tradition
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porter from 1987 to 2002, first as
a staff writer, then the first black
associate editor and later promoted
to the new position of director of
corporate communications. She
fondly recalls traveling across the
U.S. and around the world to South
UPDATE
Since the UMR newspaper
closed May 31, it has
partnered with the Circuit
Rider media, and an
electronic version is in the
works.
America, Central America, Europe,
Great Britain and eight African
countries covering ministries of
“the people called Methodists.”
“When I was first hired, I
didn’t realize that The Reporter
carried so much weight within our
denomination,” she said. “So being
on the writing staff was a tremendous responsibility. And being the
only writer who was a person of
color was a double burden because
I quickly learned I had to be the
‘voice for the voiceless’ as well as
people who looked like me.”
NTC Bishop Mike McKee
called the United Methodist Reporter “a staple not just for our denomination, but for me personally. I always read it, and I made sure
that the churches where I served as
a pastor had local editions of the
paper. The paper gave us a strong
connection and a fresh independent
voice. It will be missed.”
Heather Hahn’s article for
UMNS contributed to this article.
At left: The North Texas Conference Center for Leadership
Development is among the sponsors of a free teen leadership
event. Training for Excellence, a nonprofit group aimed at teaching life skills and job readiness for teens, is putting on the event.
Peggy Sham
NTC member gets
social justice grant
Peggy Sham, a member of the
North Texas Conference, has been
awarded the Methodist Theological
School of Ohio’s C. Everett and
Mary Milburn Tilson Social Justice
Grant.
The grant is given to a graduating senior who has demonstrated,
in practice and profession, a commitment to a prophetic vocation of
compassionate justice.
Sham received a master’s
in counseling ministries at the
school’s commencement May 18.
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
Good times,
good fellowship
Photos by Wil Murphy and First UMC Richardson
Doug Fox, elder at First UMC McKinney, is ready for
a smashing cupcake from Jason McConnell, appointed senior pastor at Prosper UMC.
Food trucks provided a trendy option for feeding masses of Methodists.
Monya Logan
(black dress)
led choir
members from
her church, St.
Luke “Community” UMC, and
other churches
in a combined
choir.
Pastor Levy
LaGuardia,
left, and members of Umphress
Road UMC were
on hand.
The Sign Choir of Lovers Lane UMC inspired as well as communicated.
In a fun exercise dreamed up by the Nehemiah Group, people were
given purple paper and told to write the name of someone in the NTC
who inspires them the most, fold the paper into planes and try to toss
them into moving kiddie pools in the First UMC Richardson sanctuary.
Names were drawn from the pools and prizes awarded.
Girls from Christ’s Foundry performed on guitar.
The church holds guitar classes as an outreach.
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APPOINTMENTS 2013-2014
Full-time Local Pastor
Certified Lay Minister
Provisional Deacon
RE
RL
ROE
PE Provisional Elder
PL Part-time Local Pastor
RD Retired Deacon
EAST DISTRICT
District Superintendent
LOCAL CHURCH APPOINTMENTS
Victor E. Casad 1
PASTOR
Aley .................................................................................................... (Eston Williams-FL)
Annona/Boxelder/Lone Star...........................................................(Donald C. Benton-PL 1/4)
Arbala/Gafford Chapel................................................................TBS by James Goodwin (RE)
Avery/Williams Chapel............................................................................. (Jack Cloyd-PL 1/4)
Becker ...........................................................................................(Robert Williams-PL 1/4)
Birthright..................................................................................... TBS by Paul M. Bailey (RL)
Blanton Chapel...........................................................................................TBS by David Riley
Blossom/Shady Grove............................................................................ (Susan Leddy-PL 1/4)
Bogata .............................................................................................................Elaine Bussey
BONHAM:
First
...........................................................................................................Dyan Dietz (PE)
Wesley/Telephone..........................................................................TBS by Rickey Robbins
Caddo Mills................................................................................................... (Debra Lyons-FL)
Celeste/Kingston/White Rock.................................................................... (Jay Henderson-SL)
Charleston......................................................................................... TBS by Gary Regan (RE)
CLARKSVILLE:
McKenzie Memorial............................................................................ (Jerry Colgrove-FL)
St. Paul.............................................................................................(Ted Robinson-PL 1/4)
College Mound...........................................................................................(Larry D. Davis-FL)
Commerce: First................................................................................................. Valarie Englert
Associate/Director Wesleyan Campus Ministry....................................Marc Corazao
Como/Pine Forest............................................................................ (Beverly D. Olsen-PL 1/2)
Cooper/Shooks Chapel...............................................................................(Steve Cook ¶346.2)
Crandall................................................................................................(James Wilkins-PL 1/2)
Cumby ................................................................................. TBS by F. Duncan Graham (RE)
Cuthand......................................................................................... (John D. Purviance-PL 1/2)
Deport ................................................................................................ (Debra R. May-PL 1/2)
Detroit: Martin Memorial/Woodland...............................................TBS by Carl Sterling (RL)
Ector/Mulberry......................................................................................... (Dee Morton-PL 1/2)
Enloe/Ben Franklin.................................................................................(Stacey Smith-PL 1/4)
GREENVILLE:
Kavanaugh................................................................................................... Stephen Cotten
Salem-Kinser/Floyd/Campbell/Caney..................................................... Billy M. Shaddox
Associate....................................................................................(Pam Zolczer-PL 1/4)
Wesley....................................................................................................... L. Gene Wisdom
Westview................................................................................................ Veronica Greanead
Grove Hill................................................................................................ TBS by Jim McIntire
HONEY GROVE:
McKenzie/Forest Hill..............................................................................Vivian J. Crowson
Kaufman......................................................................................................... Elizabeth Kellner
Associate................................................................................(Kathryn Curbo-PL 1/4)
Kemp ..................................................................................(Elizabeth Glass-Turner-PL 1/4)
Ladonia/Pecan Gap.............................................................................. (Michael Rowe-PL 1/2)
Leonard ...................................................................................................Adam L. Spore (PE)
Lone Oak.............................................................................................. (Susan J. Gross-PL 1/2) Mabank.................................................................................................................. Dana Coker
Miller Grove............................................................. (Howard L. Strickland ¶346.1, 338.2 1/4)
Mt. Vernon: First/Saltillo/Old Saltillo................................................................... John Wallace
North Lamar Parish:
Belk/Chicota/Powderly/Mt. Tabor-Sumner.........................(William Mark Hutchison-FL)
Associate...................................................................................... (Betty Lyke-PL 1/4)
Oak Grove: Wilson Chapel/Rosser: Certified Lay Minister.................................................LM
PARIS:
Calvary............................................................................................................. E. Ben Read
First
................................................................................................ Robert Lee Spencer, Jr.
Associate/Connections Ministry....................................(Katherine E. French-PL 3/4)
Associate.....................................................................................(Ray Starnes-PL 1/4)
Associate.......................................................................(William H. Coleman-PL 1/4)
Mt. Zion.................................................................................................. Eddie Jean Adams
Oak Park......................................................................................................Judith S. Brandt
Pickton ................................................................................. TBS by Henry R. Suche Jr. (RE)
Poetry .............................................................................................................................. TBS
Quinlan: First............................................................................................................ Eric Rothe
Roxton/Paris Jr. College Campus Ministry......................................... (Edrue W. Dodd-PL 1/2)
SULPHUR SPRINGS:
First/Sulphur Bluff/Tira............................................................................... Peter V. Adrian
Associate.......................................................................................... Deborah Riggsby
Wesley......................................................................................... Elwin N. Campbell (AM)
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Retired Local Pastor
Retired Elder of Other Conference
SL
TBS
Student Local Pastor
To be supplied
TERRELL:
First
.................................................................................................... Charles L. Aaron, Jr.
Warren Chapel................................................................................... (Doris Smith-PL 1/4)
Trenton .................................................................................................Kathy McLean-Davis
Virginia Point.............................................................................. (Louella K. Williams-PL 1/4)
Windom/Lannius.................................................................................(Gerald Johnson-PL 1/2)
WINNSBORO:
First
.................................................................................................Michael Langdon (PE)
Tinney Chapel........................................................................................ TBS by Jim Hilton
Wolfe City: First..................................................................................(Edward D. Lee-PL 3/4)
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(Robin Brake-PL 3/4) (¶316.1)..................................... Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth
Michael D. Moore (PE) (¶326.2)........... Chaplain, Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Greenville
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CERTIFIED LAY MINISTER (LM) ASSIGNMENTS
Bonham First.......................................................................................................... Lori Massey
Oak Grove: Wilson Chapel/Rosser......................................................................... Steve Gibbs
METRO DISTRICT
District Superintendent
LOCAL CHURCH APPOINTMENTS
Camille Gaston 1
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CARROLLTON
Cambodian Fellowship...........................................................................TBS by Meng Top
Holy Covenant................................................................................................ Carol Sparks
Deacon in Full Connection............................................................ Deborah Chapman
Wesley Korean...................................................................(Jin Hee Lee ¶346.1, 338.2 3/4)
Cedar Hill................................................................................................................. Jeff Garrett
DALLAS:
Arcadia Park........................................................................................ (Katie Webb-PL 1/4)
Camp Wisdom............................................................................................Janet Bell Odom
Casa Linda.......................................................................................(David Rangel-PL 3/4)
Christ’s Foundry Fellowship.............................................................................. Owen Ross
Associate...................................................................................(Lucia French-PL 1/2)
Cochran Chapel.........................................................................................Joseph B. Stabile
Cockrell Hill............................................................................................TBS by Joe Zinser Community............................................................................................Harold Dangerfield
Elmwood-El Buen Samaritano..................................................... (Sandra Cabrera ¶346.1)
First
............................................................................................................. Andrew Stoker
Associate....................................................................................John Wallace Cole III
Associate.............................................................................(Jeanette Cobbins-PL 1/4)
Deacon in Full Connection........................................................................Linda Roby
Deacon in Full Connection.................................................................Rebecca Walker
Glen Oaks............................................................................................ (Freddie Orr-PL 1/2)
Grace................................................................................................................Judith Reedy
Associate/Oasis African Fellowship................................................. Mary Miriti (PE)
Greenland Hills.................................................................................................Kerry Smith
Hamilton Park.......................................................................................R. Jeremiah Booker
Associate...............................................................................................Lucretia Facen
Associate/Warren.............................................................................. Jackie Wickware
Associate................................................................... (Frances Cudjoe Waters-PL 3/4)
Highland Hills.................................................................................... (Michael Greene-FL)
Highland Park............................................................................................ Paul Rasmussen
Associate.........................................................................TBS by W. Mark Craig (RE)
Associate...............................................................................................John F. Fiedler
Associate........................................................................................... Walt W. Marcum
Associate...................................................................................... Barbara W. Marcum
Associate..................................................................... (Matthew Tuggle (PE) ¶346.1)
Associate....................................................................................................Jeffrey Hall
Associate......................................................................................... Arville E. McLain
Associate/Munger Place Extension.................... (David Andrew Forrest (PE) ¶346.1)
Associate.............................................................................. (Dawn Anderson-PL 1/4)
Deacon in Full Connection.................................................................... Terry P. Jones
Deacon in Full Connection....................................................................... Susan Robb
Deacon in Full Connection.............................................................Elizabeth Moseley
Kessler Park.................................................................................................. David M. Carr
Lake Highlands........................................................................................John M. Thornton
Associate....................................................................................(Pamela E. Clark-FL)
Associate................................................................................................ Monty Moore
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Deacon in Full Connection......................................................................Nicki Lyford
Lakewood........................................................................................................ Gayle Landis
Lovers Lane.........................................................................................Stanley R. Copeland
Associate...............................................................................................Tom Hudspeth
Associate.................................................................................(T. Shante Buckley-FL)
Associate............................................................................................Walt Lunde (PE)
Associate.........................................................(Christopher Kudzai Chikoore ¶346.1) Deacon in Full Connection................................................................... Kay DeBlance
Northaven.................................................................................................... Eric S. Folkerth
Oak Cliff...................................................................................... (Edgar Bazan-Garza-FL)
Associate..............................................................................(Pablo Guardiola-PL 3/4)
Oak Lawn....................................................................................... Anna Hosemann-Butler
Associate...........................................................................(Gregg Alan Smith-PL 1/2)
Associate...............................................................................(JoAnne Pounds-PL 1/4)
Owenwood................................................................................. (Denise B. Jacobs-PL 1/2)
Pleasant Mound-Urban Park...................................................................Annelda Crawford
Preston Hollow......................................................................................Michael L. Nichols
Ridgewood Park..................................................................................................Ann Willet
St. Luke “Community”...................................................................... Henry L. Masters, Sr.
Associate......................................................................................... S. Dianna Masters
Associate............................................................................................Sandra A. Minor
St. Paul.....................................................................................................Elzie D. Odom Jr.
Associate................................................................................(Harold Stinson-PL 1/4)
Schreiber Memorial.............................................................................. Leslie A. Herrscher
Deacon in Full Connection..............................(Bonnie Bridger-Coffman ¶331.7 1/2)
Southwood....................................................................................... (Irene Jackson-PL 1/4)
Spring Valley.......................................................................................................Clara Reed
Associate............................................................................... (Carlos Nascimento-FL)
Tyler Street................................................................................................. Edward F. Lantz
Associate..................................................................................................Cheryl Jones
Umphress Road.......................................................................................Levy E. Laguardia
Associate............................................................................ (Edwin Zarate ¶338.2 1/2)
University Park.......................................................................................... Matthew Gaston
Associate..................................................................................... Rebecca Frank Bruff
Associate............................................................................ (M. Benjamin Rigsby-SL)
Associate/Union..............................................................(Michael Baughman ¶346.1)
Deacon in Full Connection............................................................. Rachel Baughman
Walnut Hill...........................................................................................Alexandra Robinson
Warren.......................................................................................... TBS by Jackie Wickware
Wheatland.......................................................................................(Peter McNabb-PL 1/2)
White Rock.................................................................................................. George C. Fisk
Associate..................................................................................... Mitchell Boone (PE)
DESOTO:
Church of the Disciple ........................................................................................Ouida Lee
First
........................................................................................................... Kevin Strempke
The Village...................................................................................................... Derek Jacobs
Associate................................................................................... (Terri Phillips-PL 1/4)
DUNCANVILLE:
First
............................................................................................................... Frank Alegria
Associate.............................................................................................. Marie Mitchell
Jubilee........................................................................................... (Robert Davis II-PL 1/2)
Trinity....................................................................................................Samuel L. Caldwell
FARMERS BRANCH:
Chapel Hill................................................................................................................Mai Le
Christ.................................................................................................... Kenneth R. Dickson
Associate................................................................... TBS by Robert L. Spencer (RE)
Webb Chapel............................................................................... (Lynda Mayberry-PL 1/2)
Ferris: God’s Kingdom......................................................................... (Sylvesta Shed-PL 1/4)
GARLAND:
Axe Memorial..................................................................................................James Minor
Buckingham................................................................................................... Abril Goforth
First
.............................................................................................. Frederick L. Durham, Jr.
Associate............................................................................................ J. Clay Womack
Deacon in Full Connection.....................................................................Caroline Noll
New World...........................................................................................Wallace A. Williams
San Juan Fellowship.................................................................................Javier Q.Escalera
St. Philip’s.................................................................................................. Jerry G. Putnam
GRAND PRAIRIE:
First
............................................................................................................ F. Gifford Long
Associate.................................................................................Brian Paul Dierolf (PE)
Associate/New Hispanic Ministry...............................................(Leonardo Haro-FL)
The Woods............................................................................................... Jill Jackson-Sears
Associate.....................................................................(Yvette Blair-Lavallais-PL 1/2)
IRVING:
First
........................................................................................................... Russell S. Floyd
Associate................................................................TBS by Sammy A. Hargrove (RE)
Immanuel Korean Fellowship.................................... (Seong Joon Park ¶346.1, 338.2 3/4)
Kirkwood.....................................................................................................Preston Weaver
Associate.............................................................(Albano Tayengo ¶346.1, 338.2 3/4)
Korean Central..............................................................................................Sung Chul Lee
Associate/North Campus........................................(Nakhoon Cho ¶346.1, 338.2 3/4)
Northgate.................................................................................................... Gregory S. Neal
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Oak Haven..........................................................................................(Jane Graner-PL 1/2)
Plymouth Park........................................................................................William E. La Barr
Associate................................................................................................Dana Norton
Lancaster: First................................................................................................ Rick L. Hawkins
MESQUITE:
First
.................................................................................................................David Weber
Associate................................................................................ (Tom E. Palmer-PL 1/4)
St. Marks.................................................................................(Jacqueline Waiters-Lee-FL)
St. Stephen............................................................................................... Nancy DeStefano
Associate.....................................................................TBS by Kathryn Johnson (RD)
RICHARDSON:
Arapaho.......................................................................................................... John B. Soper
Associate.......................................................................................... Julie Macpherson
Faith................................................................................................................Edilson Volfe
First
....................................................................................................... J. Clayton Oliphint
Associate..................................................................................... Debra Hobbs Mason
Associate.................................................................................. April Johnson Bristow
Associate...........................................................................................Richard Rindfuss
Associate....................................................................................... (Don Hood-PL 1/2)
Associate..................................................................(Scot Bontrager (PE) ¶338.2 1/2)
Associate.................................................................. TBS by Jimmie H. Mobley (RE)
Deacon in Full Connection.....................................................................Joy Anderson
First Korean.............................................................................................. Kwang Bae Park
Seagoville...............................................................................................(David Yunker-PL 1/2)
Sunnyvale: New Covenant......................................................................................... Reid Fade
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Shawn Bakker (PD), Commissioned, Deacon Track (¶331.1b).Assoc. Gen. Sec., GBGM, NY
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Laura J. Benson (¶344.1d)............................................Durham’s Partnership of Children, NC
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Katherine Betz, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a, 331.7 1/2).C. C. Young Memorial Home
George D. Bond (¶344.1a(3)).................... Prof., Dept. Religion, Northwestern University, IL
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Veronica Brown, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)..... Genesis Two/Hamilton Park UMC
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William J. Bryan III (¶344.1a(3)). Director of Intern Prog. & Prof. Formation, Perkins, SMU
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Charles R. Carnahan (¶344.1a(2))......................................General Board of Discipleship, TN
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Erika Fadel (¶344.1d)......................................................Coordinator of Career Development,
.......................................................................Univ. of Missouri School of Law, MO
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Gloria Fowler (¶344.1a(1)) .............................. Assoc. Director of New Church Development ................................................................... & Congregational Transformation, NTC
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Larry W. George (¶344.1a(1))........ Asst. to Bishop and Director of Missional Outreach, NTC
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C. David Grant (¶344.1a(3))............................................. Prof., Chair Dept. of Religion, TCU
Joel B. Green (¶344.1a(3))....................................Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, CA
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Lisa Greenwood (¶344.1b)...........................................................Texas Methodist Foundation
Sheri Hollingsworth, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)......................VA Hospital, Dallas
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(Johnny “J.B.” Jackson-FL) (¶316.1)......................... Dallas Indian UMC, OIMC Conference
1
Larry James (PE) (¶344.1d)......................................................................... CitySquare, Dallas
1
Shonda Jones (¶344.1a(3))................................Assoc. Dean of Admissions, Wake Forest, NC
3
Dwight H. Judy (RE)............ Director/Assoc. Prof, Garrett Evang. Theol. Sem., Evanston, IL
10
Janette C. Kotey (¶344.1d).............................................. First Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL
14
Sarah Heaner Lancaster (¶344.1a(3)).................. Prof. Theol., Meth. Theological School, OH
17
William B. Lawrence (¶344.1a(3))........................... Dean, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
12
Thomas R. McKnight (¶344.1d)............................................The Methodist Church in Ireland
27
Timothy E. McLemore (¶344.1a(3))..................Assoc. Director Public Affairs, Perkins, SMU
4
Carol Montgomery (PE) (¶326)............................................Denton/TWU Wesley Foundation
1
Ugonna Onuoha, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)
....................................................Staff Chaplain, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
4
James P. Ozier (¶344.1a(1))......................................... Director of New Church Development
..................................................................... & Congregational Transformation, NTC
7
Beatriz Pacheco (¶344.1b)................................................... Methodist Medical Center, Dallas
6
Sheron C. Patterson (¶344.1a(1)).............................................. Communications Officer, NTC
4
James C. Pierce (¶344.1d)............................................ Westlake HS Naval Junior ROTC, MD
1
JamesPaul Qazilbash (PD), Commissioned, Deacon Track (¶331.1a).......................................
.............................................................................. Chaplain, Baylor Medical Center
2
Stephen Rankin (¶344.1a(3)).................................................... Chaplain and Minister to SMU
4
Kathryn Self Ransdell (¶344.1d)....................................United Church of Canada, Vancouver
3
(Caesar Rentie-FL) (¶316.1)......................................................Methodist Hospital, Mansfield
3
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Joerg Rieger (¶344.1a(3))............................Professor of Systematic Theology, Perkins, SMU
Andrew Roberts (¶344.1a(3))........................................................... Wesley Foundation, SMU
3
Carole Somers-Clark (¶344.1d)..................... V. P. of Pastoral Care, Methodist Health System
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Martha A. Soper (¶344.1a(1))................................Director of Leadership Development, NTC
1
Sarah Squires, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)................................. Executive Director,
............................................................................Wesley Rankin Community Center
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Mark W. Stamm (¶344.1a(3))............................ Professor, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
6
K. Margie Steele (¶344.1d, 338.2 1/2)............................................................Odyssey Hospice
3
Gary Stephens (PD), Commissioned, Deacon Track (¶331.1a)..................................................
..................................................................... CPE/Methodist Medical Center, Dallas
2
John D. Thornburg (¶344.1d)........................................................Texas Methodist Foundation
1
Patricia Piron Thresher (¶344.1b)............................Texas Health Resources/Harris Methodist
2
C. Patrick Whittemore (¶344.1a(3))...Prof., Chaplain, Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN
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Harry S. Wright, Jr. (¶344.1d)........................... Assoc. V. P., Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
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DEACONESS
Omega Lee S. Ramos (¶1314.2)...Umphress Road/Congregational and Community Outreach
Sandra Wilson Wickberg (¶1314.2)............Lake Highlands Librarian & Congregational Care
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NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT
District Superintendent
LOCAL CHURCH APPOINTMENTS
Ronald D. Henderson 1
PASTOR
YR
ALLEN:
Creekwood..........................................................................................Holly Gaskill Bandel
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Associate.................................................................................... (Chad McSwain- FL)
2
First
.................................................................................................................. Todd Harris
8
Associate......................................................................................Brian G. McPherson
11
Associate................................................................................(June A. Franck-PL 3/4)
13
Associate.................................................................................. (Maxie Moore-PL 1/4)
4
Associate/New Church Start N. Allen......................................... James Abram Smith
3
Deacon in Full Connection.........................................................Russell Herbert King
4
Suncreek................................................................................................ Keith Payne Boone
1
Associate.................................................................TBS by Milton P. Guttierrez (RE)
Anna ................................................................................................................. Mark Moore
2
Argyle ............................................................................................... Christopher Schoolcraft
1
Aubrey...........................................................................................................(Joe Gist-PL 1/2)
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Blue Ridge...................................................................................................... Daniel A. Gurley
4
Associate..................................................................................... (Dana Kay Kent-PL 1/4)
2
CARROLLTON:
Aldersgate...............................................................................................Lyle Benson (LM)
3
First
........................................................................................................W. Douglas Miller
1
Associate................................................................................ James David Allen (PE)
1
Associate....................................................................................TBS by Peter Chiv In
Celina ............................................................................................................... John Baldwin
3
Chambersville/Cottage Hill............................................................. (Samantha Parson-PL 1/2)
4
Copeville............................................................................................................................. TBS
Coppell: First............................................................................................... Thomas O. Palmer
1
Associate............................................................................................ Ashleigh Joyner
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Associate...........................................................................William Wayne Eason (PE)
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Corinth: Faith................................................................................................. Rodney Whitfield
1
DENTON:
Asbury.........................................................................................................Robert M. Price
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Blue Mound.................................................................................................................. TBS
Cooper Creek...................................................................................... (Katie Klein-PL 1/2)
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First
............................................................................................................. Donald W. Lee
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Associate............................................................................................... Jessica Wright
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Associate....................................................................................(Deana Ferguson-FL)
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Associate.......................................................................................... (Jon Kendzie-FL)
1
Trinity.......................................................................................................James B. Bowden
1
Fairview: Christ Church of North Texas.............................. (Duk Kun Kim ¶346.1, 338.2 3/4)
2
Farmersville........................................................................................... Thomas W. Waitschies
4
FLOWER MOUND:
Flower Mound................................................................................................. Holly Gotelli
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Associate.....................................................................................(Deniece Mason-FL)
2
Associate.................................................................................. (Bill A. Lewis-PL 1/2)
1
Trietsch Memorial......................................................................................John F. Allen, Jr.
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Associate...................................................................................................Jay Cousino
1
Associate................................................................................TBS by Joe Shafer (RE)
Deacon in Full Connection.............................................................. Karen L. Chraska
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Deacon in Full Connection............................................................. Douglas A. Meyer
4
Deacon in Full Connection................................................................... Elizabeth Lutz
4
Forney .....................................................................................................Christopher L. Allen
2
FRISCO
First
.................................................................................................................Mark Vowell
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Associate........................................................................................(Bill Meek-PL 1/4)
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Associate.....................................................................................(Cathy Partridge-FL)
5
Associate................................................................................................... Keva Green
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Grace Avenue.......................................................................................Billy Echols-Richter
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Associate............................................................................(Laura Echols-Richter-FL)
Associate/New Church Start.........................................................Christopher N. Yost
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Associate................................................................................... Marcus Womack (PE)
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Associate......................................................................... TBS by Joyce Cravens (RE)
Deacon in Full Connection................................................................Joseph Stobaugh
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GARLAND:
Cornerstone..................................................................................................Walter R. Butts
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Associate.............................................................................TBS by Lois Cooper (RE)
Heath ...................................................................................................................Dean Libby
2
Josephine.............................................................................................. (Mark Newsom-PL 1/4)
7
Justin.....................................................................................(Emeral O. (Buster) Noah-FL)
9
Krum: First........................................................................................................ Christy Thomas
8
Associate.............................................................................. (David H. Taylor-PL 1/4)
2
Lake Cities....................................................................................................... Rene′ P. Lawson
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Associate......................................................................(DonnaLea Sutton ¶338.2 1/4)
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LEWISVILLE:
Chinn’s Chapel...............................................................................(D. Paul McGarvey-FL)
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First
.................................................................................................. Andrew Joseph Lewis
2
Living Faith................................................................................................................... TBS
Vista Ridge..............................................................................Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch
LITTLE ELM:
Button Memorial.............................................................................................Mel Caraway
Elm Ridge..................................................................................................................... TBS
Oak Grove........................................................................................... Elizabeth Ann Moen
Lucas: Good Shepherd......................................................................................... Diane Presley
MCKINNEY:
First
....................................................................................................Thomas O. Brumett
Associate.............................................................................................. Douglas J. Fox
Associate...................................................................... (J. Christopher Rickwartz-FL)
Associate........................................................ (Elizabeth Delaney-Greenwell-PL 1/2)
Associate/New Church Start Melissa.................................................... Alan Hitt (PE)
Associate...................................................................................(John Harman ¶346.1)
Associate.................................................................................. (James Woods-PL 1/2)
Associate............................................................TBS by Donald F. Renshaw, Jr. (RE)
Deacon in Full Connection....................................................................Janet Cavalier
Deacon in Full Connection............................................. (Patty Froehlich ¶331.7 3/4)
Stonebridge.................................................................................................... John McLarty
Associate............................................................................................... David Lessner
Deacon in Full Connection..................................................(Dina Steiner ¶331.7 1/2)
Wesley...................................................................................................Richard L. Dunagin
Pilot Point..................................................................................................Penny Mitchell (PE)
PLANO:
Christ................................................................................................Donald W. Underwood
Associate............................................................................................Stacey Piyakhun
Associate............................................................................................Denise Peckham
Associate/New Church Start Princeton............................................ Clay Horton (PE)
Associate.....................................................................TBS by Walter R. Purkey (RE)
Associate.................................................................TBS by A. Barton Smith, Jr. (RE)
Associate.........................................................................TBS by R. Jerry Mahle (RL)
Custer Road........................................................................................................ Kory Knott
Associate............................................................................................... Frank Drenner
Associate.......................................................................................... Sharon O’Connor
Associate................................................................................... (John Richardson-FL)
Associate....................................................................... TBS by Jack M. Gibson (RE)
Deacon in Full Connection............................................................. Timothy Morrison
First
...............................................................................................................Paul A. Gould
Associate................................................................................................Melissa Hatch
Associate.............................................................................................. Alice G. Coder
Associate.............................................................................. (David Gonzalez ¶346.1)
Associate...................................................................TBS by Pat Beghtel Mahle (RE)
St. Andrew.......................................................................................... C. Robert Hasley, Jr.
Associate/St. Andrew Frisco.............................................................Edlen O. Cowley
Associate....................................................................................Stephen A. Robertson
Associate.....................................................................................(Jennifer Arnold-FL)
Associate.................................................................................................. Arthur Jones
Associate............................................................................................ (Pam White-FL)
Deacon in Full Connection............................................................ Janet Collinsworth
Deacon in Full Connection............................................ TBS by Charles Stokes (RD)
Pleasant Grove/Verona...............................................................................(David Judd-PL 1/4)
Ponder ................................................................................................. Rocky Ellison-PL 1/2)
Prosper ............................................................................................... Jason McConnell (PE)
Associate/New Church Start..................................................... (Kevin McClain-FL)
Rockwall: First......................................................................................................... Joe C. Pool
Associate.............................................................................. Elizabeth LaBella-Foster
Deacon in Full Connection....................................................................Alan W. Clark
Deacon in Full Connection.........................................................Christina Hildebrand
Deacon in Full Connection...................................................................... Paul Maletic Rowlett: First........................................................................................................ M. Jan Davis
Associate.................................................................................. (Dretha Burris-PL 3/4)
Associate............................................................................. Christopher John Everson
Associate...................................................................................... (Ross Reynolds-FL)
Associate....................................................................... TBS by Buist B. Wilson (RE)
Royse City: First...................................................................................Timothy E. Marks (PE)
Associate............................................................................ TBS by Dan Bruce (ROE)
SACHSE
First
.............................................................................................................. Wendy Curran
Associate............................................................................... (Katie Shockley-PL 1/4)
Pleasant Valley.................................................................... TBS by Philip D. Mercer (RE)
Sanger ............................................................................................... (Larry Rathbun-PL 1/4)
Stony .................................................................................... (Michael Joel Scheller-PL 1/4)
The Colony: First................................................................................Marsha Engle Middleton
Associate..............................................................TBS by James Michael Miller (RE)
Trophy Club: Fellowship........................................................................Daniel Drew Humbert
Associate................................................................................. (Sonya Shahan-PL 3/4)
Associate............................................................................. TBS by Robert Turk (RL)
Wylie ........................................................................................................ Kathryn Strempke
Associate......................................................................TBS by John Earl Taylor (RE)
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APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES
Omar Hamid Al-Rikabi (PE) (¶326.2)...... Exec. Director, Univ. Arkansas Wesley Foundation
6
Marjorie T. Bishir, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a) ...............................Assoc. Director, ............................................................................................. Missional Outreach NTC
7
Susan Bryan, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)................CPE/Methodist Health Systems
1
Darrell Coats (¶344.1d)..........................................Suzan Carter Ministries, Texas Conference
3
(Claudia Megan Davidson-FL) (¶316.1).................... TCU Wesley Foundation/Palmer House
4
Aleze Michelle Fulbright (¶344.1a(1))......Assoc. Director of Leadership Development, NTC
4
Brian Hardesty-Crouch (¶344.1d)...................................................................... Holy Moments
14
Terrance L. Heislen, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a)...............................Voices Raising
11
(Peter Chiv In-PL 3/4) (¶316.1)..................................................................Heart for Cambodia
2
Wesley Magruder (¶344.1b)...................................................... Missional Wisdom Foundation
2
Alyce M. McKenzie (¶344.1a(3))...................... Professor, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
6
Kristie J. Rosset (¶344.1b).Director of Min. & Learning, Sacred Places Inc., Hot Springs AR
12
Jodi Smith (¶344.1a(1))................... Director of Connectional Resources and Treasurer, NTC
3
Duane VanGiesen (RE)..................................... BOM Officer, Leadership Development, NTC
10
Joe Zinser (¶344.1b)...........................................................................DFW Community Pastor
2
CERTIFIED LAY MINISTER (LM) ASSIGNMENTS
Aldersgate............................................................................................................... Vic Sassone
Lake Cities..............................................................................................................Virgil Aldag
LOCAL CHURCH APPOINTMENTS
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APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES
NORTHWEST DISTRICT
District Superintendent
St. James/Haven Chapel............................................................... (Commie Linson-PL 1/2)
St. James/Certified Lay Minister...........................................................................LM
Sunset/Garvin............................................................................. (Glenn David Waldon-PL 1/2)
Tioga ................................................................................ TBS by Carroll A. Caddell (RE)
Tom Bean....................................................................................(Donald K. Haywood-PL 3/4)
Valley View........................................................................................................Cheryl Murphy
Van Alstyne.......................................................................................... Scott Holcomb-McLain
Whitesboro............................................................................................ Kenneth D. Hildebrand
Whitewright/Marvin...............................................................................................Frank Rahm
WICHITA FALLS:
Beverly Drive..........................................................................TBS by Linda Marcum (RL)
Falls Chapel Fellowship..................................................TBS by Louis A. Pearce, Sr. (RL)
First ....................................................................................................... Paul Q. Goodrich
Associate........................................................................................ Donald R. Pellikan
Deacon in Full Connection...............................................................Georgia Harrison
Floral Heights...............................................................................................David J. Turner
Associate...........................................................................................Nancy Sherman
Mt. Calvary.................................................................................... TBS by Cameron Greer
St. Marks................................................................................ TBS by Merwin Turner (RE)
Trinity.................................................................................................. (Justin A. Miller-FL)
University............................................................................................... Tommy R. Medley
Associate/Mt. Calvary/Midwestern Wesley Foundation.......... (Cameron Greer-FL)
Wesley.................................................................................................. Cheryl Murray (PE)
L. Marvin Guier, III 3
PASTOR
YR
Alvord ..............................................................................................Carolyn Allbritton (PE)
Antelope.............................................................................................TBS by Lonny Hawkins
Archer City....................................................................................................... Rebecca Grogan
Bellevue/Vashti............................................................................................ (Greg Parr-PL 1/4)
Bells .............................................................................................(Steven D. Martinez -FL)
Bowie .....................................................................................................Mona Millard (PE)
Boyd ............................................................................................................. Sara Hardaway
Bridgeport............................................................................................................ David Rucker
Bryson/Perrin............................................................................... TBS by Bob Bowling (ROE)
Burkburnett..................................................................................................... Elizabeth Talbert
Byers .............................................................................(Terri Hale Whitgrove ¶338.2 1/4)
Callisburg................................................................................ (Karen Harris-Martinez-PL 1/2)
Chico: Morris Memorial.................................................................................. (Rick Davis-FL)
Collinsville..............................................................................TBS by V. Eugene Gordon (RE)
DECATUR:
First
.......................................................................................................... Brian Bosworth
Associate................................................................................... Zachary Landis (PE)
Oak Grove.................................................................................... (Shelley McNew-PL 1/2)
DENISON:
Harless Memorial..........................................................................TBS by Bill Brown (RL)
Price
...............................................................................................TBS by Jimmy Greene
Trinity...............................................................................................TBS by Jimmy Greene
Waples Memorial............................................................................................ Roy L. Spore
Associate/Price/Trinity........................................................................ Jimmy Greene
Electra ...................................................................................... TBS by Robert W. Lee (RE)
Era/Rosston..................................................................................... TBS by Larry Kruger (RE)
Forestburg............................................................................................... (Charles R. Jestis-FL)
Friberg-Cooper....................................................................................... (Dan Conatser-PL 1/4)
GAINESVILLE:
First
............................................................................................................Don H. Yeager
Mission/Sivell’s Bend................................................................... (Roslyn Eugster-PL 1/4)
Whaley................................................................................................................Jerry Jones
Henrietta.................................................................................................. Howard P. Hedges, Jr.
Holliday ...........................................................................................(Paul Meyenberg-PL 1/2)
Howe............................................................................................................... David T. Howeth
Iowa Park................................................................................................. Jon Michael Eckstein
Jacksboro................................................................................................. Charles Nelson Pierce
Nocona ...................................................................................................... Scott Melton (PE)
Paradise ............................................................................................. (Patti Mahaffey-PL 1/2)
Petrolia ...........................................................................................(Alvin Easterling-PL 1/4)
Pottsboro: Lakeway..........................................................................................Allen W. Snider
Rhome .......................................................................................TBS by Fredric L. Utz (RE)
Sadler ................................................................................. TBS by Doyle Henderson (RE)
Saint Jo/Montague...............................................................................(Larry Coleman-PL 1/2)
SHERMAN:
First
.................................................................................................................. Chris Dowd
Associate..........................................................................................Cassie Wade (PE)
Associate....................................................................... TBS by Joe Ed Goolsby (RE)
Friendship........................................................................................ (Kathy Brown-PL 1/2)
Grace
..............................................................................................................John Fleming
Key Memorial.............................................................................TBS by Jim Welch (ROE)
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Cathy Ann Bingman (¶344.1d)..........Community Church/Univ. of San Diego, Madrid, Spain
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Jennifer Griffith Cobb (¶338.2 1/2, ¶344.1b)................ Seton Medical Center, Harker Heights
2
(Cameron Greer-FL) (¶316.1)...................... Midwestern State University, Wesley Foundation
1
Virgie Holbrook (¶344.1b)..................................................................... Visions of Sugarplums
5
Lydia Pellikan, Deacon in Full Connection (¶331.1a, ¶331.7 1/2)..............American Hospice,
.............................................................................................................. Wichita Falls
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CERTIFIED LAY MINISTER (LM) ASSIGNMENTS
Sherman: St. James...........................................................................................David Linson
Tioga ............................................................................................................Mead McGee
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
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Leroy “Lee” Elder (ME)................................................................ ¶346.1 to Texas Conference
Julia Halstead (EA)........................................................... ¶346.1 to West Virginia Conference
Traci Loveman (ME) (338.2)..........................................¶346.1 to North Alabama Conference
John T. Mollet Jr. (NC)..................................................... ¶346.1 to Central Texas Conference
Jerico Pagdilao (PE) (ME)............................................................. ¶346.1 to Texas Conference
Stephen Sobczak (FD) (ME)............................................. ¶331.8 to Central Texas Conference
Allen Zugelter (PE) (ME)......................................................... ¶346.1 to Missouri Conference
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MILITARY CHAPLAINS:
Leslie A. Janovec............................................................US Air Force (¶344.1b)................ME18
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TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Scot Bontrager (PE)
NC
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DISCONTINUANCE FROM PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP (¶327.6)
Dennis Cates
NW
Michael Rowe
Paul Kong
ME
EA
CLERGY SABBATICAL LEAVE (¶352)
Martha Myre (1-1-2013)
ME 2
CLERGY VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶354.2a)
Tamara Bullard (FD)
ME
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Paul McKay (FD)NC
Michael A. Green
EA
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Laura Rothe (FD)
EA
John Kay
NC
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Natalie Woods (FD)
NW
FAMILY LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶354.2b)
Paula Chambers (FD)
NC
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Jennifer Scott (FD) NC
Shannon M. Hamrick (FD)
ME 4
Troy Sims (FD) NW
TRANSITIONAL LEAVE (354.2c)
Lisa Marshall Blaylock
NC
INCAPACITY LEAVE (¶357)
Connie Millsap
ME
Terry Ann Moore
ME
Lewis N. Stokes (FL)
EA
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Patricia Grable (FD) ME 2
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L. Charles Stovall
Larry D. Tinsley
ME
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CLERGY RETIREMENT (¶358)
Ann Barton
W. Mark Craig
John Dillard
Keith Head
Van Lazaroff
JoNell Lindh
Robin Lovin
James Michael Miller
John Peel
James Pledger
Norma Salinas
Stanley Seat
Dennis Wilkinson
LOCAL PASTOR RETIREMENT (¶320.5, 358)
Dennis Cates
Linda Marcum
Louis Pearce
WITHDRAWAL/SURRENDER CREDENTIALS (¶361.4)
Derrick Wright (¶361.3) (6-20-12)
John Wilks (PE) (¶361.1) (12-11-12)
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