the west virginia conference of the united methodist …

1 Clergy Session 2021 6/1/2021

THE WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT, 2021 (Parts II-VI are reviewed annually by the Clergy Session. Questions for review begin with Question 17.) PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.) 17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4,

605.7)? 18. Who constitute:

a)The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Teresa G. Markins, Carolyn Mash, Rick DeQuasie Alternates: Roy Knight; Paul Russell

b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)? Timothy Allen, Dina Andrews, Teresa Deane, Royce Lyden, Bruce Reed, Brian Seders c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703)

4 full connection Ellis Conley (FE-R) Felica Wooten-Williams (FE) Clare Sulgit (FE) Rebecca Van Stavern (FE)

3 professing members Eva Faulkner Jeff Matheny Leahgreatta Hairston

full connection, alternates E. Dallas Forren (FE-R) James F. Kelly, III (FE-R)

professing members, alternates Lacy Watson Claudia Thomas Kim Matthews

19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) ( NOTE: Everyone who wants to become a n LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry?

Name District Date Certified Bartley, Christopher GR 2018 Stilgenbauer, Whitney GR 2019 Bever, Sam LK 2016/2018 Carper, Jason MS 2021 Barker, Heather WT 2019, Duke Brandenburg, Gavin WT 2019 Cowan, Marissa WT 2018, Asbury NOTE: The following candidates were both certified & became eligible for licensing during the 2020-2021 conference year:

Fisher, Jack GR 2021 Hamrick, Tonja GR 2021 Howard, Sharon GR 2021 Knotts, Katie GR 2021


Phares, Jenny GR 2021 Hudnall, Chris MS 2021 Bloom, Rick MV 2021 Gero, Corey MV 2021 Hulley, Alan MV 2021 Tritt, Stacy MV 2021 Ware, Caitlin MV 2021 Wilmoth, Sarah MV 2021 Keith, Gregory NO 2021 Richardson, Nikki NO 2021 Bruce, John PH 2021 Davis, Verl J. PH 2021 Walters, William PH 2021 Crites, Treasea WL 2021 Davis, Johnny WL 2021

b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on

Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.) Name Receiving Conference Date Originally Certified Date Accepted by

District in Other Conference

c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?

Name District Date Certified Date Discontinued McCauley, Matthew LK 2016/2018 6/30/2021 Birthisel, Tim LK 2018 1/17/2021 Baker, Amber MV 2016 5/22/2021

(Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, They are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they are appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part-time capacity. )

20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed?

(¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): (3/4v) Name District Year Licensed Approved *Taylor, Lisa Y. LK 1999, 20/0 *Cochran, Earl MS 1989, 20/0 Gallian, Leslie MS 2015, 11/0 Williams, Sharlene MS 2002/2013, 17/1 Ware, Caitlin MV 2021 Wilmoth, Sarah MV 2021 McDougal, Ernie NO 2019 Richardson, Nicole NO 2021 Whitecotton, Doug NO 2020 Poland, Kimberly M. PH 2015, 8/0 Fleming, Brynda WL 2015, Seminary/MTSO May, Matthew WL 2019, College, WVWC Neely, Roger WL 2018, 2/0 Proffit, Kara WL 2019, 0/0 Weisenberger, James WL 2000, 4/0 Clark, Bronson WT 2017, Seminary/Asbury

21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate

what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v)


a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Name First Year License

Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study

Greenbrier *Baer, Jr., Robert 2003 MDiv/UTS *Colombo, Beverly 2013 MA Moll, Brandon R. 2008 Seminary/UTS Scott, Peter 2021 0/0

Little Kanawha *Boley, Brian 2013 MDiv/UTS Carson, R. Elizabeth 2000 20/0

*Efaw, Anna M. 2016 MDiv/Eastern Mennonite Gillespie, Kevin 2000 Peninsula-Delaware/

2019 WV 18/1

*McCauley, David L. 1997 20/0 *Rewerts, Gage 2018 MDiv/Asbury

Midland South Daniels, Jeremy 2014 Seminary/Asbury *Epling, Nathan 2009 MDiv/Eastern Mennonite Fulton, Robert O. 2019 2/2 *Kinder, Danny Lee 1997 20/0 Shuff, Tim 2018 2/1 Stone, Terry 2016 18/4 Terrell, Sr., Carl 2016 9/3

MonValley *Brosky, John M. 2007 20/0 Chambers, Jacqueline 2016 13/3 *Durst, William A 1996/RETIRED 20/0

*Haught, Samuel J. 2000 20/0 Langenstein, Catherine Grace 2020 Seminary/Wesley

Phillips, Tammy D. 2011 15/1 *Rebelo, Lawrence 2020 MDiv/Wesley *Thomason, Audria 2017 MDiv/MTSO *Toothman-Shoup, Tamara 2009 West Ohio/2019 WV MDiv/MTSO Northern

Adams, Teresa 2009 Colorado/2020 WV 16/0 *Calmbacher, Harriet (Penny) 2005 20/0 *Forkey, April 2003 20/0 Harris, Mark Steven 2015 3/0 Kernik, Sheri Lee 2013 19/2 Rogers, E. Heather 2018 4/1

Potomac Highlands *Beeman, L. Eric. 2012 20/0 *Bunting, Jay 2015 20/0

*Chien, Marybeth 2018 BGTS/United *George, Cheryl L. 2007 20/0 *George, Jr., Harold D. 2007 20/0

Matthews, Thomas 2017 5/2 *Parsons, Neil L. 1997 20/0 *Reed, Shirley 2015 20/4 *Reed, Stephon 1991/2014 MDiv/DMin *Rexroad, Barbara K. 2000 20/0 Tenney, Sabrina 2020 0/0 Webb, Dave 2017 5/2 *Wolford, D. Gwen 1996 20/0

Southern *Acord, Ronald 1998 20/0 Crawford, Fredric (Rick) 2018 6/2 *File, Ellen 1999/2013 MDiv/UTS


*Mayberry, James Scott 2007 20/0 *Smearman, Marva 2011 20/0 *White, C. David 2007 MDiv/UTS *White, Melissa 2007 MDiv/UTS

Wesleyan Boley, Andrew 2018 2/0 Brown, Dwayne 2011 15/1 *Daniels, Destry E. 2002 20/0 *Davis, Julie 2019 MDiv/UTS *King, Robert 2005 20/0 *Langenstein, John 2021 MDiv/Wesley *Merryman, David L. 2011 20/0 *Plum, Brian 2005 20/0 *Reed, Gary W. 1993 20/0 *Thompson, Paul L. 2002 MDiv/UTS

*Weaver, Shawn 2018 MDiv/Pittsburgh Theological Western

*Flaitz, Alan F. 2007 20/0 Hensley, Stephen 2007 7/0

Mays, Charles 2016 3/1 *Phillippi, Kara 2013 MA/Asbury *Wilson, C. Phillip 1993 20/0

b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments)

Name First Year License Awarded

Fraction of full time to be served

Years Completed with Course of Study

Greenbrier Bivens, Penny 2011 6/0 Bland, Tiler 2020 0/0 Dorsey, Ella 2002/RETIRED 4/0 Fisher, Cassie 2019 1/0 Fisher, Jackie 2021 0/0 *Fullen, A. Eugene 2001/RETIRED 20/0 Gray, James (Pat) 2014 11/0 Hamrick, Tonja 2021 0/0 Hanna, Emory 2001/RETIRED 6/0 Howard, Sharon 2021 0/0 Jones, Herman 2013/RETIRED 10/0 Knotts, Katie 2021 0/0 *Mouser, Carl Wayne 1988/RETIRED 20/0 Phares, Jenny 2021 0/0 Pope, Jesse C. 1999 10/0 Pysell, Judy 2017 4/0 Simms, Randolph 2008/RETIRED 5/0 *Thomas, Clarence 2011/RETIRED 20/0 *Tiller, R. Denver 1996/RETIRED 20/0 Wentz, James 2017 3/0 Wilson, Teddy 2015/RETIRED 6/0

Little Kanawha Archer, Vera 2007/RETIRED 8/0 Balis, Jason 2020 0/0 Belt, Robert Keith 2009 7/0 *Boley, Saundra 2014 20/0 Broadwater, Michael 2006/RETIRED 8/0 *Camp, C. Verlin 1987/RETIRED 20/0 Cole, Robert Dean 2020 Seminary/MTSO


Daugherty, Brian 2017 Seminary/MTSO *Davis, William 2002/RETIRED 20/0 DeVaughn, Darrin 2010 9/0 Full, Lewis Eugene 2013/RETIRED 2/0 Furbee, Charles 1999/RETIRED 9/0 Hall, Thomas A 2013 8/0 Haught, Ricky L. 2008/RETIRED 8/0 *Hickman, Timothy A. 2000 20/0 Keith, Lloyd E. 2012/RETIRED 5/0 Kessell, Leonard 2015/RETIRED 0/0 King, Michael 2016 4/0 Mace, Shelly 2007 16/0 *Mayfield, Mark 2000 20/0 McQuain, Robin 2012/ 2015 13/1 *Metheney, Richard C. 2000/RETIRED 20/0 *Mitchell, Alan Randall 2019/RETIRED 20/0, ACOS Smith, Jonathan E. 2010 4/0 *Sprague, Jr., James E. 2004 20/0 *Walker, Larry A. 1995/RETIRED 20/0 *Weaver, David 2002 20/0 *Whited, Daniel R. 1993 20/0

Midland South *Berty, Christie 2014 MDiv/Asbury Coleman, Michael V. 2006 3/0 Conrad, Johnny R. 2004 6/0 *Coon, Kenneth R. 1990/RETIRED 20/0 Coon, Paul K. 2011 6/0 Cottrell, Stewart 2017 2/0 *Darlington, Thomas RETIRED 20/0 Daniels, Erin 2014 8/0 Elliott, Freddie 2017 0/0 *Harris, Mark A. 2007 20/0 Hopkins, Paul 2018 2/0 Hudnall, Chris 2021 0/0 Kernen, Ralph 2018 0/0 Kincaid, Darrell Dean 2020 0/0 *Kincaid, William H. 1988/RETIRED 20/0 Kinder, David G. 2000/RETIRED 16/0 McCauley, Roger L. RETIRED McCune, Barry 2019 0/0 Miller, Michael 2019 2/2 Neal, Jeffery Scott 2019 0/0 *Peters, David A. 2002 20/0 Vaught, Peggy 2018 4/1 Webb, George 2011 7/0

MonValley *Bartrug, Duane R. 1996 20/0 *Blake, Danny T. 1996 20/0 Bloom, Rick 2021 0/0 *Brosky, Wanda S. 2004/RETIRED 20/0 *Dalton, Casper 1991/RETIRED Freeman, A. David 2017 3/1 Gero, Corey 2021 0/0 Holbert, Harry A 2011 9/0 Holbert, Martha J. 2015 7/0 Hulley, Alan 2021 17/0 Jones, David A. 2011 7/3 *Price, Alan 2018 MDiv/Fuller Prince, Stephen 2017 13/3


Riley, Delisa 2017 1/0 Saunders, Rosemary M. 2003 8/0 *Steele, Gary W. 1989 20/0 Stiles, Duane L. 2012/RETIRED 9/0 Strahin, Thomas W. 2014 0/0 Tritt, Stacy 2021 0/0 Yanero, David 2016 4/0

Northern Bucher, Rosemary 2019 1/1 Huffman, Kendra 2020 0/0 Keith, Gregory 2021 0/0 *Klages, Raymond A. RETIRED 20/0 McDougal, Sharon 2019 1/1 Nolte, Mary Ann 2011 17/2 Palmer, Michael 2013 4/0 Piekarski, Michael 2018 2/0 Rush, Donal 2015 18/0 Sapp, Charles 2018 2/0 Sperlazza-Anthony, Darlene 2011 2/0 *Theodoro, Barbara 2002 MDiv/UTS

Potomac Highlands Barton, Bradley S. 2015 3/0 Bennett, Rebecca L. 2001/RETIRED 13/0 Bible, Earl RETIRED Bruce, John 2021 0/0 Davis, Lucinda J. 2019 1/1 *Davis, Steven D. 1998/2010 20/0 Davis, V. J. 2021 0/0 Gerstell, III, Joseph E. 1994/RETIRED 15/0 Himes, Aaron 2019 1/0 Jones, Justin 2014 8/0 Keplinger, Kevin 2019 0/0 Lambert, L. Michael 2018 9/0 Lee, Lucinda Kaye 2015 7/0 *McGuinn, A. Alanna 2016/RETIRED MA/Eastern Mennonite McKenzie, Luke 2020 0/0 Merkel, Ann 2017 2/0 Metzner, Susan 2014 2/0 Walters, William “Walt” 2021 0/0 Zang, T. Russell 2018 3/0

Southern Altizer, David 2003 KY/ 2015 WV 19/0 *Crawford, William 1997 20/0 *Damewood, David RETIRED 20/0 Rumberg, David L. 2007 16/1 *Sargent, Randy 2014 20/2 *Shrader, Mark 2015 20/0 *Stewart, Jason 2000 20/0 Stover, Arolette 2000/RETIRED 19/0 Williamson, Ernest 2014/RETIRED 0/0

Wesleyan Balis, G. Edwin 2006/RETIRED 5/0 Crites, Treasea 2021 0/0 Davis, Johnny 2021 0/0 Dietze, Peter 2013/RETIRED 0/0 Griffin, III, Mitchell RETIRED Jarrett, Elizabeth 2020 1/1 Kendall, Kenneth RETIRED King, Andrew 2020 0/0


*McCutcheon, Mark 2010 MDiv/Duke Morrow, Amy 2020 0/0 Moyer, Stella Faye 1996 19/0 Randolph, Benjamin 2019 4/1

Western Ashworth, Dennis 2011/RETIRED 6/0 *Baisden, George "Tom" 2005 20/0 *Beatty, Carl 2008 20/0 Carico, Lawrence E. 1995 18/0 Odom, Janice 2020 0/0 Pinson, Ronald 2019 0/0 *Young, Rex A. 1982 20/0

c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school

of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3,4)? Name First Year

License Awarded

Seminary Home Conference

d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors

in another annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name Serving Conference Enrolled Seminary Tote, Rondle P. Virginia Duke Divinity

e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367,

368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name Serving Conference COS \ Seminary

22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?

Name Date discontinued Barker, Patricia (SO) 3/9/2021 Gamble, Ron (GR) 10/1/2020 Markley, Paul David (MV) 6/30/2021 White, Kathryn (PH) 5/18/2021 Wotring, Stephen (MV) 6/30/2021 Wotring, Timothy (MV) 6/30/2021

23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)?

Name Years Completed in Course of Study

24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations

are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.)

a) Annual Conferences

Name Clergy Status Home Conference Cook, Jay Paul (GR) FE-R Western Pennsylvania Hinkle, Donna (WT) FE Peninsula Delaware Evans, Betsy (SO) PD Northern Illinois Masters, Lynda K. (MV) FE-R East Ohio Sirk, Wade L. (PH) FE-R Virginia Wells, Benjamin (WT) FE North Carolina

b) Other Methodist Denominations Name Clergy Status Denomination Fulton, Daniel (PH) 346.1 Church of the Nazarene Keener, Lynn (NO) 346.1 Church of the Nazarene


Mapes, Scott (NO) 346.1 Church of the Nazarene Marker, Charles (WT) 346.1-R Church of the Nazarene Oakley, Robert (PH) 346.1 Church of the Nazarene Sherman, James (PH) 346.1-R Church of the Nazarene

25. What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to serve appointments or

ecumenical ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.)

Name Clergy Status Denomination Bohman, Jack (WL) 346.2 Christian & Missionary Alliance Dunn, Michael (NO) 346.2 Presbyterian Church (USA) Hudkins, Kelvin R. (WL) 346.2 American Baptist Miller, Ralph (WL) 346.2 Union Mission Scott, Timothy (GR) 346.2 American Baptist

26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership

is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?

Name Member Conference/Denomination

First Year of Affiliation

b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3)

Name Member Conference/Denomination

First Year of Affiliation

Wood, Christopher A. (WL) Baltimore Washington 2017 NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27):

Name

28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4,

324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v)

Name Seminary

b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4)

Name Seminary Hurley, Darrell Todd United Theological, MDiv

29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and

what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326, ¶ 327 v)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326)

Name Clergy Status Date and Seminary Stilgenbauer, Shari Dawn PE 2015, United, MDiv Stilgenbauer, Donald C. PE 2018, United, MDiv Allen, Sarah Emily PE 2019, Asbury, MDiv Blanchard, Rodney Lee PE 2019, United, MDiv Burge, Michael Anthony PE 2019, Asbury, MDiv Lowden, Sarah Elizabeth PE 2019, MTSO Maleke, Raymond PE 2019, San Francisco Theological Seminary, MDiv McCune, Dustin Darrell Glenn PE 2019, Asbury, MDiv


Skinner, Cynthia Lou PE 2019, Eastern Mennonite Collins, Jonathon C. PE 2020, Asbury, MDiv Davis, Bradley Gene PE 2020, MTSO, MDiv

b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v)

Name Original Year of Membership

c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year)

Name Original Year of Membership

d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)

Name Clergy Status Original Year of Membership

Previous Conference or Denomination

Rexroad, Michael Lewis Provisional member 2021 Church of the Nazarene 30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6):

(v) A person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q.30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status.

Name Clergy Status Previous Denomination

31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—

see note preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination

b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination

32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27. Anyone

appearing on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) (v 3/4):

a) Deacons Name

b) Elders

Name Burgess, Sharmune C. Paugh, Matthew Aaron

33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from

a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies?: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27)

a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) Name Seminary

b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary


34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary Burgess, Sharmune C. Moravian Theological Paugh, Matthew Aaron Wesley Theological

b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary

35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Previously Discontinued

36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):

Name Clergy Status Previous Status

37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Retired

38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1,

416.5, 635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v) Name Clergy Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer

39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)

Name Clergy Status Previous Methodist Denomination

Date of Transfer

40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference? (See note

preceding Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of conference membership.)

a) Deacons? Name Member Conference

b) Elders?

Name Member Conference

41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List

alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name Clergy Status New Conference Date of Transfer

42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327)

Name Clergy Status

b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status Weaver, Lauren PD

c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status


d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7) Name Clergy Status

43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Clergy Status Charge Conference Membership

Date Effective

(2) Previously?

Name Year Originally Granted Charge Conference Membership

Year of Most Recent Report

Brown, Paul David 6/12/1977 Carse-McLocklin, Susan

6/5/2008 Athens First, Athens, GA

Gooden, Aaron 7/1/2019 St. John (MS) Gruesser, David E. 2012 Heights 2012 McFarland, George 6/8/1978 Miller, Dale 6/10/2010 Morris Memorial (MS) 2010 Roush, Benjamin 6/13/1976 Stackpole, David 2/19/2014 Johnson Memorial (WT) Van Reenen, J. Jay 7/1/2010 Bluewell (SO) 2012 Weser, John D. 9/27/1980

b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and

appointment.) Name Appointment Year Originally Granted Location

c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(2) Ad Interim Administrative Location (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(3) Previously?

Name Year Originally Placed Charge Conference Membership

Year of Most Recent Report

Bartram, Robert L. 2015 South Parkersburg

44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted

Charge Conference Membership

b) Previously?

Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted

Charge Conference Membership

Lilly, Kerry FE 2008 Grace UMC, St. Augustine, FL


45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v) Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status

46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)

Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Johnston, David L. 6/30/2021 FE

b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)

Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Justice, Adam R. 1/25/2021 FE Smailes, Douglas W. 1/15/2021 FE Weaver, Nathan L. 5/24/2021 FE

c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?

Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status

d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)


e) By trial (¶2713)?


47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates.

Indicate credential.) Name Date Effective Clergy Status

48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Shue, Earnest D. December 23, 1946 March 2, 2021

b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active:


Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

c) What elders have died during the year? Active:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Sheppard, Vicki May 4, 1953 January 4, 2021 Smith, Mark Edward June 30, 1969 January 22, 2021 Zickefoose, Jeffrey V. May 21, 1958 April 27, 2021

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Arthur, H. Earle March 19, 1945 December 5, 2020 Barnes, John A. August 9, 1935 October 15, 2020 Butler, L. Norman March 8, 1928 January 7, 2021


Conrad, Dorcas Linger August 12, 1954 January 21, 2021 Davis, Homer H. June 26, 1923 January 26, 2021 Ellwood, Charles A. March 20, 1932 July 18, 2020 Hickman, Mark D. July 23, 1955 July 5, 2020 Mehaffie, Dennis May 28, 1958 December 11, 2020 Saville, Lloyd Curtis February 25, 1924 July 10, 2020 Schuler, Thomas W. September 28, 1927 July 20, 2020

d) What deacons have died during the year?

Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

e) What local pastors have died during the year?

Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Adkins, Doreen E. December 11, 1934 December 16, 2020 Anderson, Jr., Gus February 11, 1955 May 15, 2021 Conley, Melvin January 24, 1937 December 7, 2020 Jemison, William E. July 13, 1941 June 21, 2020 Pysell, Glendon A. August 6, 1942 January 23, 2021

49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual

Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)?

Name Clergy Status Conference Where Appointed

Appointment

Barkat, Aslam FE-R Virginia St Luke’s UMC, Arlington District

Brown, Charles Richard FE South Carolina Gramling UMC Deane, Thomas E. FE Western North Carolina Concord (Catawba) Frank, Karen T. FE North Georgia Mountain City UMC,

Gainesville District Peters, Lawrence FE Western PA First & Venango UMC,

Erie-Meadville Conference

Ruehl, Christina FD South Georgia Isle of Hope UMC, Minister of Children and Families

Watkins, Earnest FE Western North Carolina Flat Rock/Mt. Carmel Charge

Wood, Gerald E. FE West Ohio Etna UMC 50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of

years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.)

a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Charge Conference

Biondi, Darick J. FE 7/1/2021 MS Bleigh, Timothy FE 7/1/2018 SO Murphy, James O. Jr. FE 4/23/2021 WL


(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status


Johns-Gooding, Jennifer FE 2/1/2013 Concord (SO) (3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v)

Name Clergy Status


St. Clair, William J. FE 7/1/2019 First UMC, Huntington (WT) (4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status


Russo, Johnna L. Wheaton FE 8/1/2015 Canaan (MS)

(5) Transitional (¶353.2c)

Name Clergy Status


b) Involuntary? (1) Involuntary Leave (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective

Charge Conference

(2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355) (v) Name Clergy

Status Date Effective Charge Conference

51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v)

Name Clergy Status


Kenaston, Diane M. FE 7/1/2021 Forrest Burdette UMC (MS) 52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v)

Name Clergy Status


Arthur, Jeffrey W. LP 2012 Milton (WT) Boyce, Jerry L. LP 2012 Carroll, Jody L. FE 2014 (PH) *Farmer, Kevin LP 10/1/2018 (MS) *Flynn, Sr., John H. LP 7/1/2020 (MV) Leipsner, Susan Walker LP 2/1/1998 May, Corbet FE 3/14/21 SO McKee, Lisa D. Lavelle FE 2010 Nicholas Charge (GR) Simmons, Kelly LP 12/31/2018 Stewart, Gina LP 6/1/2018

53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim

between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) Deacons

a) This year? Name Date Effective Flanagan, Janet L. 7/1/2021


b) Previously? Baker, Elizabeth “Butch”; Echols, Susie W; Ellis, C. Suzanne; Farley, Daniel W; Fizer, Claudia A. Krebs; Harman, Janet M.; Lacaria, John F.; Lowther, Mary Virginia; Rogerson, Barbara Bartz Elders

c) This year? Name Date Effective Anderson, Robert M. 7/1/2021 Crites, Luther “Nip” 7/1/2021 Flanagan, Randall F. 7/1/2021 Forkey, Keith 7/1/2021 Fuller, David W. 7/1/2021 Grant, Edward L. 7/1/2021 Harless, Okey B. 7/1/2021 Malick, James R. 7/1/2021 Thompson, T. David 7/1/2021

d) Previously?

Agnew, Sr., Daniel C.; Aitken II, Thomas L.; Albright, Larry K.; Allen, John E.; Allen, Timothy J.; Allen- Villinger, Elizabeth ; Almond, Lois K.; Alvarez, Terry K.; Ambler, Kathryn A.; Ambrose, Kenneth P.;

Angle, Jr., Austin Alvin; Bailey, Barbara M.; Baker, Jr., Glen ; Ball, Meredith E.; Barkat, Aslam; Barnett, Roderick E.; Beale, Gary R.; Beard, Clyde ; Beckette, Thomas E.; Berisford, Martin A.; Biondi, David Mark; Blankenship, James Robert; Bolling, Julia D.; Bourner, Frank E.; Bowyer, O. Richard; Bowyer, Ronald ; Bradfield, Michael T.; Bragg, Edsil H.; Brown, J. Montgomery; Brown, Karen Beth; Bryan, Daniel D.; Burdette Sr., James D.; Burke, Paul L.; Butcher-Winfree, Joy A.; Cain, Kenneth G.; Cale, Nancy K.; Cale, III, Samuel; Calhoun, William; Calvert, G. David; Campbell, John R.; Carpenter, Billy Ray; Carpenter, Bryan D.; Carr III, Marvin H.; Carr, Sharon G.; Carter, Ellen Stuart; Cartwright; Lynn Rae; Chapman, Michael S.; Clarke, D. Keith; Coffman, Jr., Hobart D.; Cole, Robert C.; Coleman, Donald D.; Conley, Ellis E.; Conner, I. Mark; Conrad, Timothy G.; Coston, Herbert ; Cottrill, Richard D.; Cox, David M.; Crawford, Larry V.; Cruikshank, Robert E.; Curtis, Michael A.; Daniels, Charles L.; Deane, Thomas E.; Deel, Bill G.; DeMoss, William J.; DeQuasie, Richard K.; Dorsey, Steven E.; E. David; Duffield, Carol; Dukes, Philip D.; Dumire, Eileen G.; Dunlap Sr., Thomas E.; Evans, Rupert; Holliday, Richard C.; Easley, Paul ; Elkins, Heather Murray; Elmore, Harold T.; Engle, Stephen G.; Erenrich, David E.; Evans, James Michael; Farley, Leo C.; Faulknier, Warren G.; Finegan, Mary Ellen; Firth, Sandra K. Campbell; Ford, Mike L.; Forren, E. Dallas; Friend, Margo E.; Frye, Laben Frank (Tex); Geiger, Joseph ; Gibson, Richard S.; Godwin, Gregory A.; Gooden, Darrel L.; Grimes, Steve L.; Hallett, Helga P.; Hallett, Martin H.; Halloran, Timothy A.; Hardman, Edward; Hayes, Gregory L.; Heilman, Joseph E.; Hensley, Basil ; Hevener, Hal Jesse; Hevener, Leon H.; Hill, H. Thomas; Hill, Robert Lee; Hinzman, James L.; Hogan, Dan; Holmes, William Charles; Howell, Edgar ; Humphreys, Gordon T.; Husk, Arnold G.; Jarrett, Joseph D.; Jarrett, Sue C.; Jarvis, Patricia ; Jenkins, Harry R.; Jerman, Jr., Phillip C.; Johnson, Allen E.; Johnson, Daniel B.; Keely, Thomas C.; Keener, Alice Faye; Kerr, James M.; Kerr, T. Patrick; Kinsey, William R.; Knight, Roy Dean; Kope, William G.; Kasongo, Michael O.; Kelly, III, James F.; Leap, Keith E.; Lepp, John G.; Lightner, Steven ; Linhart, William A.; Lipphardt, John W.; Liston, Douglas E.; Liston, Judith Ann; Lowther, Dewayne R.; Malcolm, Thomas W.; Mason, John A.; Maxon, Donald S.; McCartney, Rose Marie (Jo); McCauley, Ronald M.; McCune, James A.; McCutcheon, Calvin ; McGraw, Kenton H.; McKee, John S.; Meighen, Donald D.; Merrifield, Stanley W.; Merrill, Thomas R.; Michel, Louis Craig; Miller, Charles D.; Miller, Sharon J.; Miller, William D.; Moll, Barry R.; Moore, Samuel ; Morton, Paul T.; Naglic, Sr., Franklin J.; Nelson, Gary E.; Nolan, Kenneth E.; Norton, James Earle; Osgood, Theodore J.; Payne, Doyle Edward; Peery, J. Edward; Peters, David R.; Peters, M. Elizabeth; Peters, Kenneth S.; Peterson, C. Morgan; Petrich, Peggy ; Peyton, Sr., Dallas V.; Pullins, Charles A.; Ragland, Mary Harrison; Reed, Bruce D.; Reed, James H.; Rex, Anne E.; Rhodes, Damon E.; Rhodes, Sr., Steven C.; Richards, Michael G.; Ridenour, Allen C.; Riecks, J. Charles; Roberts, Aulbert L.; Roberts III, Samuel R; Russell, Paul David; Sale, Richard H.; Sauvage, John R.; Schell, Clifford G.; Selvaraj, Moses; Shepard, Gary N.; Shepherd II, James; Shields, Betty J.; Shields, Jerry K.; Shields, Robert C.; Shreve, Joseph M.; Shomo, Frank T.; Shuman, Pamela S.; Skaggs, Mark D.; Smith, Janice V.; Smith, Roger L.; Stackpole, Gary L.; Starling, Barbara S.; Starling, Samuel E.; Staub, Robert K.; Steele, James C.; Stemple, Daniel C.; Stevens, Bennie; Stinespring, Wilbert (Casey) A.; Stoddard, Robert G.; Sturm, James L; Swecker, Stephen L.; Sweet, Leonard I.; Taylor, Michael E.; Taylor, Wayland ; Thompson III, William G.; Thorp, Jr., Lindsey; Thurmond, J. Reba; Tucker, A. Arthur; Tucker, David E.; Tutwiler, Edwin A.; Underwood, Donald R.; Vetter, Judy R.; Villinger, Fredric W.; Vincent, Randall; Wachter, R. Samuel; Waller, Richard B.; Waters, Dale C.; Waybright, Roger L.; West, E. Sharon; White, Stephen James; Whitlatch, Ronald Allen; Wickline,


Billy Reed ; Wilkins, Robert ; Wildman, John E.; Williams, R. Lee; Wilson, Jr., Charles E.; Wilson, Hughllyn O.; Wilson, James L.; Wilson, William H.; Yanero, Etheldean J.; Young, William R.

54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between

conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3)

a) This year? Name Date Effective Rankin, Gary N. 7/1/2021 Sisler, Robert A. 7/1/2021

b) Previously?

Beecher, Barbara A.; Blanchard, William B.; Brady, Borden T.; Bramble, George V.; Brown, Ronald C.; Butcher, Verlin Eugene; Chester, Richard L.; Choi, Teresa Yeon; Cosner, Angela; Crawford, Flo Ann; Daily, James E.; Dobbins, Wilma M.; Duncan, Ricky A.; Duskey, Harold; Eaton, Gene Monroe; Fitzwater, Donald; Francis, Harold B.; Ford, Irene P.; Frum. John W.; Furr, J. Russell; Groves, Sammy R.; Harrison, Ann W.; Harrison, Roger; Helms, Gary E.; Hicks, Charles; Holcomb, Robert; Johnson, Jimmie (J.J.); Jones, Carroll; Justice, Richard C.; Lancaster, David L.; Lewis, T. Gregory, Massey, John Alan; McBee, Betty H.; McCauley, Carroll L.; McVey, Danny; Milliren, Robert L.; Moore, Denzil Murl; Morrison, John M.; Walter C.; Newlon, Don Keith; Payton, Linda; Peggs, Clara J.; Phillips, Gary R;.Robertson, Olen B.; Robinette, Lacy Joe; Runnion, Sandra S.; Sager, Jr., Ralph G.; Sandy, Lois Rae; Saunders, Dennis; Shreve, Deborah L.; Sisler, Shelba; Smith, Michael D.; Smith Stewart, Dorothy L.; Stevens, Charles; Stump, Judith M.; Tenney, Jr., Conrad J.; Thomas, Donald M.; Thornton, Janieve; White, Nancy; Wilson, Carlton J.; Wine, W. Martin

55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)?

Name Date Effective

56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year?

Name Date Effective *Bessey, Theodore I. 10/31/2020 Dietze, Peter J. 7/1/2021 *Durst, William A. 7/1/2021 Hanna, Emory 7/1/2021 Haught, Ricky L. 7/1/2021 *Metheney, Richard C. 7/1/2021 *Ritchie, Pamela 7/1/2021 *Sprout, Edwin L. 7/1/2021 Stiles, Duane L. 7/1/2021 Wilson, Teddy 7/1/2021

b) Previously?

Adkins, Jimmy D.; Adkins, Patricia A.; Anderson, M. Joyce; Archer, Vera C.; Ashworth, Dennis C.; Bailey, William; Baldwin, Paul; Balis, G. Edwin; Beagle, Patty B.; Beeman, Rita; Bennett, Rebecca L.; Bias, Thomas E; Bible, Earl B.; Boggs, Sanford; Bourgeau, Arthur E.; Bradshaw, Joseph R.; Brinker, Loretta J.; Broadwater, Michael J.; Brosky, Wanda S.; Brown, Wayne L ; Bumgarner, John H.; Cain, Suzanne B.; Caplinger, Kenneth D.; Camp, C. Verlin; Casto, John; Chaffin, J. Thomas; Childers, Anna Belle; Coon, Kenneth; Cummings, Forrest H.; Dalton, Casper; Damewood, David; Darlington, Thomas J.; Davis, William; Dent, Philip R.; Dietze, Sharon; Dobbins, Donald R.; Dorsey, Ella A.; Dunaway-Adkins, Ethel; Eakle, Jimmy W.; Everitt, Pamela; Fisher, David Lee; Fleming, Danny; Flint, Jack O.; Flint, Charles; Forren, Brenda M.; Fox, Delbert P.; Fretwell, Charolette Ann; Full, Lewis Gene; Fullen, A. Eugene; Funkhouser, Michael K.; Furbee, Charles; Fuss, Beverly; Gerstell, III, Joseph E.; Glotfelty, Melvin; Gordon, Gary G.; Gourley, Jr., Gary W.; Graddy, Ishmeal L; Gray, James H.; Gregg, Myron; Green, Jerrie; Griffin III, Mitchell; Guido, Ben; Hamrick, Charlene; Heavner, Robert; Hedrick, Larry F.; Hensley, Homer; Hickman, Phillip E.; Hill, R. Earl; Holley, Jr., Hooper, P. Wayne; William S.; Inman, Stephen; James, Darius Vaughn; Jeffrey, Thomas; Jerman, Judith D.; Jones, Carolyn Sue; Jones, Herman D., Jones, Larry R.; Keadle, Kathy; Keith, Lloyd E.; Kendall, Kenneth E.; Keplinger, Connie; Kessell, Leonard Floyd; Kessler, Lois Irons; Killingsworth, Nancy S.; Kincaid, Jr., Gerald M.; Kincaid, William H.; Kinder, David G.; Klages, Raymond A.; Lafferty, Sr. John M.; Lang, James T.; Lanham, Jarrod; Lantz, J. Michael;


Long, Imelda R.; Lloyd, Jr., Oren L.; Loyd, Alvie Ray; Lucas, Norris E.; Luckeydoo, Larry; Lusk, Betty Sue; Malcolm, Stephanie H.; Malona, Jerry; Mann, Robert L.; Marsh, Thomas; Martin, James E.; Mays, Jack; McCauley, Roger L.; McClintic, Robert B.; McCormick, Dixie H.; McGuinn, A. Alanna; McKee, Roger G.; McKinney, Bobby J.; Mechling, Gerald C.; Meeks, William E.; Minnich, Vickie J .; Mitchell, Alan Randall; Mounts, Emery; Murphy, Hugh; Neal, Julia Morrison; Mouser, Carl Wayne; Nelson, Donald; Nelson, Jeanie; Nutter, Carlos W.; Painter, Hawley R.; Patrick, Herman Clyde; Peake, Kyle W.; Perine, Edward Oren; Pettry, Gary W; Rapking, Gary W.; Rawlings, Sherry L.; Rogers, Barbara J.; Rowe, E. Glenn; Runnion, Patty; Ryder, Jerry E.; Sayre, Gerald Brooks; Shreve, Brenda E.; Simmons, Verl; Simms, Randolph H.; Sims, James; Sites, Randall E.; Spatafore, Jr., Floyd; Stinebiser, Lester H.; Stockwell, Kenneth; Stover, Arolette; Subramaniam, V. A.; Sutherland, Herman Robert; Talbert, Robert; Thomas, Clarence A.; Tomer, David; VanCamp, Jean; Von Sadler, Armand; Vallandingham, Jr., Charles E.; Walker, Larry A.; Warner, William W.; Weaver, Mary Louise; Wiant, Roy; Williamson, Ernest; Witham, Lois; Whipkey, Lawson C.; Wriston, Henry C.; Zinn, James H.

PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry

59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Donathan, David Franklin FD Church Musician Fygetakes, Laura DM Christian Education Miskowiec, Betta Ann Lay Spiritual Formation Shanholtzer, Amy Mock FE Christian Education/Youth Worker White, Nancy Henderson FD Christian Education/Youth Worker

60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Sending Conference

61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Receiving Conference

62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry

PART IV CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶(¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district)

Name District Buckland, Ronnie GR Cook, Brenda GR Curry, Clifford GR Dolphin, Ed GR Dyer, Linda GR Garten, Thelma GR Harper, David GR King, Tom GR LaRue, Carmen GR McCoy, Paula GR Tabor, Mike GR


Tracy, Anita GR Worles, Patricia GR Plybon, Marsha LK Bane, Mary MV Haught, Lee MV Hawkins, Joyce MV Murray, David MV Todd, Pamela MV Davis, Cheryl MS Ramsey, Patricia NO Clemons, Edward PH Gruber, Kristi PH Johnson, William E. PH Trueblood, Karen PH Faulkner, Eva SO Rickman, Melody SO Roach, Betty Sue SO Bowen, David WL Bowen, Vicki WL Evans, Gary WL Fouts, Anita WL Frazier, Karen WL Hinkle, Michael WL Luzader, Mina WL McQuain, John WL Minutelli, James WL Morgan, James P. WL Smith, Elsie WL Tenney, Josie WL Colvin, Sam WT Diamond, Charles Allen WT Matthews, Kim WT Thomas, Claudia WT

PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 64-71 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)?

Name Previous Annual Conference Date

65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?

Name Previous Annual Conference Date

66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action

(¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3) Name Date Effective

67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:


b) Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death


68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical,

or personal leave): (v) Name Type of Leave Date Originally Granted

69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):

Name Date Originally Granted

70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)?

Name Date Originally Granted

71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under

¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year?

Name Date Effective

b) Previously? Name Date Effective Burger, Thomas G. 2008

PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) are approved for appointment to less than full-

time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time of service (in one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4): Name Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service Carr, Margaret (FE) Valley Hospice Chaplain (NO) ¾, 1 year Frank, Karen T. (FE) Mountain City UMC, Gainesville

District, North GA Conference (MV)

¾, 2 years

Heckert, Rodney D. (AM) Hodgesville Charge (WL) ½, 9 years Kimble, Dan (FE) Bridgeport UMC, Associate (WL) ¾ , 3 years Ritchie, Karin (FE) Beech Grove (LK) ¼, 3 years Taylor, Marcy (FE) Chaplain, Ohio Health- Riverside

Methodist Hospital (MV) ¼, 4 years

b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-

time service (¶331.7)? Name Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service Ruehl, Christina S. Isle of Hope, Minister of Children

and Families (346.1 South Georgia)

½

73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual

conference, and for what period of time? Name Appointment Start Date End Date Kirby, Robert W. UM Temple, Beckley 7/1/2021

74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are

appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include

and identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.)


76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list)

a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective

Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Acord, Jonathan LP 7/1/2021 WV Wesleyan College, Chaplain WL Allen, Jeffrey S. FE WV Council of Churches Simpson, MS Bennett, Christopher “Chip” FE 7/1/2021 Southern Superintendent Coble, Deborah FE Director, Conference

Communications MS

Ferguson, Scott FE 7/1/2018 Potomac Highlands Superintendent Hill, Joseph B. A. FE 7/1/2021 Midland South and Western

Superintendent

Isaiah, Loretta FE 7/1/2019 Little Kanawha Superintendent James, Shea FE Director, Young Disciples and

Outdoor Ministries St. Marks, MS

Leftwich, Neil FE 7/1/2021 Northern Superintendent Linger, Michael FE Director, House of the Carpenter Glen Dale, NO Nickell, Jane Ellen FE Chaplain, Allegheny College First

Buckhannon, WL

Shanholtzer, Amy FE 7/1/2018 MonValley Superintendent Shortridge, Melissa FE Greenbrier Superintendent Swearengin, Rickey FE 7/1/2020 Wesleyan Superintendent

b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective


Alt, Angel LP (10/2)

2016 Chaplain, Burlington UM Family Services North Campus

Antioch, PH

Baker, Bryan FE 2020 Pediatric Chaplain, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

White Sulphur Shared Ministry, GR

Brumley, Mary E. FE Chaplain, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Johnson Memorial, WT

Carr, Margaret FE Valley Hospice Chaplain Christ UMC, NO

Dague, Debra FE Hospice NO *File, Ellen LP Chaplain, BUMFS Beckley Center Temple

Beckley, SO Isaiah, Ravi FE Director, CAMC Pastoral Care Aldersgate, MS *Kile, Cassandra LP 2020 CPE Residency, Ruby Memorial MV *Rapking, Ethan LP 2021 CPE Residency, Ruby Memorial MV Moon, Jenna FE Chaplain, Army Reserve Christ Church,

MS Potesta, Michael A. FE 2020 Chaplain, US Navy Beckley

Community, SO Sears, Erin LP

MDiv, Emory

2021 CPE Residency, Vanderbilt University Med Center

Taylor, Marcy FE Chaplain, Ohio Health-Riverside Methodist Hospital

Suncrest, MV

Taylor, Michael E. FE-R Chaplain, Northern Correctional Facility, Moundsville

McMechen-Benwood, NO

Weaver, Eric C. FE 2019 FCI Schuykill Prison, Minersville, PA

Wesley Chapel Short Gap, PH

West, Jr., Ernest P. “Jay” FE Chaplain, US Army First Romney, PH


c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective


Godwin, Gregory A. FE-R Resident Chaplain, Summit Bechtel Reserve (High Adventure Base)

Godwin, Jeffrey L. FE Faculty, St. Vincent College Gooding, Kevin L. FE Faculty, WVU Green, Sharletta FE 7/1/2019 Centered Wholeness Coaching Commerce First

UMC, Athens, GA

Riggs, James FE Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church, Gassaway, WV

First UMC, Parkersburg

Sayers, Jennifer PTLP (4/0)

Chaplain, Center for Hope and Healing, Bridgeport

First UMC Clarksburg

Waide, Michael P. FE Faculty, Pierpont Community & Technical College at Fairmont State University

Life UMC, MV

77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective


Andrews, Dina FD Chaplain, Davis Medical Center Cross Roads, MV

Moore, Heather FD 8/1/2021 CPE Residency, Ruby Memorial MV Ployd, Adam D. FD 9/1/2021 Vice Principal, Wesley House

Cambridge Forrest Burdette, MS

Wiblin, Maria FD Campus Pastor, Fairmont State University

Masontown/ Bethlehem, MV

Williams, G. Alan FD 10/1/2020 Social Work Manager, Fresenius Kidney Care, Hawaii

Johnson Memorial, WT

b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The

United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? Name Clergy

Status Date Effective

Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Conference

MacDonald, Bonnie Glass FD 7/1/2013 Director of Leadership Formation & Ministry Staff

Christ Church, MS

Taylor, Jeffrey A. FD President, UM Foundation of WV

Cross Lanes, MS

Webb, Joseph D. FD 10/1/2019 Congregational Vitality, WVUMC

Wayside, LK

78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to

attend school.) Name Clergy Status School

79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list)

Name Status Appointment Fygetakes, Laura DM Beckley Community, SO

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