New Pastoral Appointments

Detroit Conference:

New This Week (5/12/08):
John H. Amick, Rochester: St. Paul's UMC, associate, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Redford: New Beginnings UMC
Jeremy P. Benton, Morrice/Pittsburg/Bancroft Charge, effective 7/1/08; he has been attending school
Rosemary R. DeHut, White Pine/Ironwood Wesley Charge, effective 7/1/08; she has bee serving at White Pine UMC
Carter M. Grimmett, Peoples UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving at Westland: St. James/Inkster: Christ UMCs
Dennis E. Irish, Algonac: Trinity and Marine City UMCs, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Algonac: Trinity UMC
Marcel Lamb, Mio and Curran: Sunnyside UMCs, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving at Mio UMC
Gregory E. Rowe, Wayne: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Bad Axe UMC
Theodore A. Trudgeon, Bergland/Ewen/Wakefield UMCs, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving at Bergland/Ewen UMCs
Susan M. Youmans, Nardin Park UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving as associate at Flint: Davison UMC

Steven J. Buck, Northville: First UMC as senior pastor, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as senior pastor at Flint: Court Street UMC
Julius E. DelPino, Rochester Hills: St. Luke's UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as pastor at Dearborn: First UMC
Donald R. Derby, Hillman and Spratt UMCs, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving at St. Clair Shores: First UMC
Marshall G. Dunlap, Harper Woods: Redeemer, pastor, 3/4 time; Dearborn: First UMC, co-pastor 1/4 time, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as co-pastor, Royal Oak: First UMC
Susan K. DeFoe Dunlap, Dearborn: First UMC, pastor 3/4 time, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Royal Oak: First UMC
G. Patrick England, Grand Blanc UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Hale UMC
Carl Thomas Gladstone, Young Leaders Initiative as Program Director, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as (deacon) associate pastor at Birmingham: First UMC
Patricia A. Green, Milan: Marble Memorial UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Madison Heights UMC
Caroline F. Hart, Coleman: Faith UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving as associate pastor at Warren: First UMC
John H. Hice, Royal Oak: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Northville: First UMC
Mark G. Johnston, Chesaning: Trinity UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Hudson: First UMC
Susan M. Kingsley, Owosso: Trinity UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving as associate pastor at Midland: First UMC
Brenda K. Klacking, Whittemore and Wilbur UMCs, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Glennie and Curran: Sunnyside UMCs
M. Jean Love, Bad Axe: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Holly: Calvary UMC
Rey Carlos Mondragon, Ypsilanti: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been attending Duke Divinity School
David G. Mulder, Homer UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as associate at Fenton UMC
Douglas K. Olsen, Dundee UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Ann Arbor: Calvary UMC
Sherry L. Parker, Brighton: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Chesaning: Trinity UMC
Jeremy T. Peters, Fenton UMC as associate pastor, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Morrice/Pittsburg/Bancroft Charge
Mary Shipley, Tawas UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving as associate at Nardin Park UMC
David Stewart, Hale: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Wayne: First UMC
Reed P. Swanson, Clarkston UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Tawas UMC
Raymond R. Sundell, Perry/Shaftsburg UMCs, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Fennville/Pearl UMCs
Harold E. Weemhoff, Troy: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as associate at Rochester: St. Paul's UMC
Raymond D. Wightman, Hudson: First UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving as pastor of Trenton: First UMC
Donald Wojewski, Rose City: Trinity UMC (3/4)/Glennie UMC (1/4) as local pastor, effective 7/1/08;Robert D. Wright, Flint: Court Street UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Grosse Pointe UMC

West Michigan Conference:

New This Week (5/5/08):
Richard W. Blunt, Lowell UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Reed City UMC
Gregory L. Buchner, United Church of Ovid UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Rosebush UMC
Michael T. Conklin, Courtland-Oakfield UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Lowell UMC
Emmett H. Kadwell Jr., Reed City UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Niles: Wesley UMC
David Nellist, Gull Lake UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Schoolcraft UMC
Matthew R. Schlimm, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary as Assistant Professor of Old Testament, effective 9/1/08; he has been a student at Duke University
Kimberly A. Tallent, Dimondale/Grovenburg UMCs, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Dansville UMC

Zawdie K. Abiade, Director of Educational Administration and Coordination, Division of Ordained Ministry, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, effective 7/1/08
Terri L. Bentley, St. Louis UMC, effective 2/1/08; she has been serving as associate pastor at Stevensville UMC
Stephen MG Charnley, Greenville UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Gull Lake UMC
Andrew L. Croel, Carson City UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Dimondale/Grovenburg UMCs
Martin M. DeBow, Lansing: Asbury UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Robbins UMC
DeAnn J. Dobbs, Reading UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving as pastor at Williamston: Crossroads UMC
Denise J. Downs, Hillside UMC, effective 7/1/08; she is pastor at Somerset Center and associate pastor at Coldwater UMC
Mary Letta-Bement Ivanov, Cedar Springs UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Ravenna UMC
Deborah M. Johnson, Sturgis UMC, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Lansing: Asbury UMC
Nancy G. Powers, Battle Creek: Sonoma/Newton UMCs, effective 7/1/08; she has been serving Reading UMC
Brian F. Rafferty, Williamston: Crossroads UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Cedar Springs UMC
Charles W. Smith, Ravenna UMC, effective 7/1/08; he is currently serving Courtland-Oakfield UMC
Keith R. Treman, Portland UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving at Sturgis UMC
Gary S. Wales, Kingsley UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Trowbridge UMC
Gregory R. Wolfe, Kalkaska UMC, effective 7/1/08; he has been serving Portland UMC