Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal 5 Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, D.Min., D.D. Resident and Presiding Bishop
6 Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal CLERGY ORDAINED AS ELDERS AND DEACONS AT 2013 SESSION Elders: Front row, from left: Cornelius Francis Brantley, Jr., Mary Wood Brown, Susan Slye Giles, James Corbitt Howard III, Timothy MacGregor James Back row, from left: James Herschel Belk, Paul David Brown, Neal Christopher Jones, Nicole Helene de Castrique Jones. Elders: Front row, from left: Gary Cecil Mahathey, Andrew Byron McIntyre, Anthony Lance Moreau, Ronnie Eugene Roseboro, Avery Elizabeth White. Back row, from left: Charles Arthur Lindquist, Jr., Thomas Harry Schnitzlein, Thomas Cayce Stapp, Chester Ray West. Deacons: from left: Rebecca Caroline Bowers Brown and Mary Margaret Miller Núñez.
Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal 7 PROVISIONAL MEMBERS COMMISSIONED AT 2013 SESSION Front row from left: George Craig Allen, Jr., Darren Lee Crotts, Shannon Milea LeMaster-Smith, Jennifer Nicole Hiatt, Kari Lewis Howard, Karen Crowell Gobel. Back row from left: Clark Davis Chilton, James Brevard Brookshire, Ashley Christopher Cyre, Jeremy Scott Morris, Anne Langford Duncan, Joy Boggs Moss, Rhonda Brush Smith. From left: Julia Scarlett Trantham, Lauren Rae Sims-Salata, Stephen Loren Shytle, Innocent Ndagijimana Justice, William Lee Posey, Justin Hunter Lowe. From left: Craig Joseph Sefa and Jeffrey Scott McCumber.
8 Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal LOCAL PASTORS RECOGNIZED AT 2013 SESSION Front row, from left: Jimmy Truell, Ron Dry, Wes Sink, Adam Love, Philip Tate. Back row, from left: Scott Davis, Michael Phipps, Chad Shoaf, David Blankeburg, Hugh Russell. Front row, from left: William Adams, Liz Christian, Doug Harr, Kelly Dotson Back row, from left: Joshua Barnes, Aaron Duncan, Rodney Burton Bishop Goodpaster inquired of the local pastor candidates: Will you devote yourself to the ministry of the local pastor, serve those committed to your care as Christ, hold yourself to the highest ideals of the Christian life, uphold the vision and mission of the United Methodist Church, and fulfill your obligation to pursue the required training and education for United Methodist clergy? And the local pastor candidates heartily replied, We will, with God s help!
Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal 9 CLERGY GRANTED RETIREMENT AT 2013 SESSION AND THEIR SPOUSES Back row, from left: Juan Patrick Gray, David Carey Noyes, Howard Eugene Moore, Jimmy William Galloway, Eugene Everett Dean, Jr., Mae Purvis Graves, Clyde Kenneth Penry, Yvonne Lucille Vredenburg. Front row from left (Spouses): Sharon Noyes, Sandra Moore, Rose Marie Galloway, Sandra D. Dean, James H. Graves, Wanda P. Penry. Back row, from left: LaNell Johnson, Paul Scott Owen, Jr., Martha Phillips Buff Welch, J. Roy Ward, Peter Jon Taylor, Henry Bryant Wilbourne, Roger Rudolph Sailors, Judith Lucille White. Front row from left (Spouses): Linda Owen, R. Curran Welch, Maxine Ward, Suzanne Taylor, Jackie Wilbourne, Pam Sailors. continued
10 Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal CLERGY GRANTED RETIREMENT AT 2013 SESSION AND THEIR SPOUSES Back row, from left: Talmage Steven McLain, Roger Lee Hunter, Anthony Meade Dowdy, Stephen Moore Martin, Lewis Lowe Poag, Robert Eugene Roach, David Michael Jordan, Karen Harris Smith, Front row from left (Spouses): Doris M. Hunter, Gail Dowdy, Shirley B. Martin, Patricia M. Poag, Rebecca H. Roach, Margaret P. Jordan. Back row, from left: Nancy Anna McLaury Krall, George Lynn Hawkins, Tommy Lee Robertson, Robert Earl Herron. Front row (Spouse): Diane Robertson. NOT PICTURED: Marilyn Hull Cirulis Arnold Douglas Corriher Charles Ray Guy Ellen West Sears Harkey Ronnie William Karriker Hee Young Kim Stephen Hadyn Kirby Carol Sweger Ploch William Cullens Robinson Deborah Kitting Sluder Harold Coulter Warlick, Jr. Chester Ray West Well, we are not getting out of the way. We will still be around to lend our hands and our hearts. We are simply being repurposed by God, we are beginning new chapters in our lives. Rev. Bob Roach, during Recognition of Retirees
Western North Carolina Conference 2013 journal 11 2013-2014 WNCC MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM Front row, from left: The Rev. Sally W. Queen, Associate Director of Ministerial Services; the Rev. Lory Beth Huffman, Appalachian District; the Rev. Jaylynn W. Byassee, Director of Mission Pathways; Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster; the Rev. Amy L. Coles, Smoky Mountain District; the Rev. Dr. Nancy B. Rankin, Northern Piedmont District; Jennifer Davis, Director of Discipleship Ministry. Second row, from left: The Rev. Dr. John S. Boggs, Blue Ridge District; the Rev. Sally O. Langford, Assistant to the Bishop; Caroline Wood, Associate Director of Discipleship Ministry; Jennifer Burton, Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services. Third row, from left: Skyler Nimmons, Communications Specialist; the Rev. Dr. William T. Medlin III, Yadkin Valley District; the Rev. Dr. Gary C. Royals, Metro District; the Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Moore, Jr., Uwharrie District; the Rev. Dr. Lyn W. Sorrells, Catawba Valley District. Not pictured: The Rev. Kimberly T. Ingram, Conference Secretary and Director of Ministerial Services; the Rev. N. Fred Jordan, Camping Ministries Coordinator; the Rev. David A. Snipes, President, United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc.; and Robert Upchurch, Conference Lay Leader. 2013-2014 CABINET 2013-2014 CONFERENCE RELATIONS TEAM Front row, from left: The Rev. Lory Beth Huffman, the Rev. Sally Langford, Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, the Rev. Amy L. Coles, the Rev. Dr. Nancy B. Rankin. Second row, from left: The Rev. Dr. John S. Boggs, the Rev. Dr. William T. Medlin III, the Rev. Dr. Gary C. Royals, the Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Moore, Jr., the Rev. Dr. Lyn W. Sorrells. Front row, from left: The Rev. Jaylynn Byassee, Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, Jennifer Davis. Back row, from left: the Rev. Sally Queen, Skyler Nimmons, the Rev. Sally Langford, Jennifer Burton, Caroline Wood. Not pictured: The Rev. Kimberly T. Ingram and the Rev. David A. Snipes.