2009 Appointments

Rick Vance to Michaels and Wesley Chapel UMCs in Berkely Springs, W.Va.
Rick Vance has served United Methodist and Vineyard churches and does prophetic ministry. A former UM Connection contributing writer, he co-authored Organization and Administration for Missions and Promotion for Missions. His background includes executive positions in business and higher education and serving as an Army Counter-Intelligence Special Agent.  He and his wife, Lin, an avid quilter, are musicians. He plays with the Berkeley Swings jazz group. He is currently serving Butler church. 

Michaels UMC is located in Berkeley Springs, WVa.  The church holds a revival during the month of August every year.  It also hosts four and five concerts throughout the year.  It has Easter and Christmas programs for the youth.  In addition to these things, the congregation helps the needy families. In 2008, Michaels had a worshipping congregation of 15, received no one by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100 perccent of its apportionment for 2008. 

Wesley Chapel UMC is located in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. The congregation is involved in serving meals at the local soup kitchen once a month; provides fruit and cookie baskets for the elderly and homebound for Valentine's Day; provides care packages for college students and military members throughout the year; and once a month donations are collected to support the Morgan County Interfaith Emergency Care.  In 2008, Wesley Chapel had a worshipping congregation of 55. 

Ernest Thayil to Johnsville UMC in Sykesville
Rev. Ernest Thayil has been in ministry with the Baltimore-Washington-Conference since 1992. He has served six churches, a couple of them have been two- point charges. He has been a member of the Committee of Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns and Volunteers In Missions. He has also served and been a presenter at the School of Christian Missions. The mission of the Johnsville UMC is to nurture the members of the congregation in developing a personal relationship with God The church is a close knit family, which supports local missions and community members who are in crisis. Its parish hall is used for church functions and by 4-H, senior citizens, and Boy Scouts.

Daniel Andrews to Catoctin UMC in Thurmont
Daniel Andrews graduated from Drew Theological Seminary this May with a Master of Divinity. While at Drew, he served as the student pastor at Wesley UMC in South Plainfield, N.J. One of his favorite parts of serving Wesley was helping to organize youth participation in worship planning and music ministries. He is also active in the Camping Ministries. A resource staff member at Manidokan last summer, he returns this year as camp chaplain. He enjoys playing music with his brother and friends, pickup games of Ultimate Frisbee, and finding innovative ways to bring people to Christ.

Catoctin UMC has an extensive history in the Catoctin Furnace community. The cornerstone was laid in 1877, founded as a Methodist Protestant denomination. Today it continues to provide opportunities for spiritual growth, including our youth group, Sunday School, and the NOWW committee, which plans an exciting year of activities, charitable events, and worship services.  Worship attendance in 2008 was 38, an increase of one over the previous year. There were four confessions of faith in 2008 and they paid 100 percent of their apportionments.  

Richard B. Craig to Trinity-Asbury Cooperative Parish
Richard B. Craig has been appointed to the Trinity-Asbury Cooperative Parish in Berkeley Springs, WV. This will be his second appointment in Morgan County, as he served the Paw Paw UMC (then a 4-point charge) from 1980-1984. Over the years he has served as ELCC district chair, district moving coordinator, a probationary-member mentor, and has taught devotional disciplines at the local pastors' licensing retreat. His hobbies are Scrabble and golf. He and his wife, Peggy, have been married for 35 years.

The newly formed Trinity-Asbury Cooperative Parish unites two distinctive congregations. Each congregation, Francis Asbury with more than 200 years of service, and Trinity, with more than 125 years, bring a history of continuous involvement within the community with ministries serving families, youth, the elderly and abused women. The goal of the merged congregation is to continue this legacy and to support ministries in the community and in the world that bring others to Christ.

Kathleen Cheyney to St. Johns UMC in Baltimore 
The Rev. Kathleen Cheyney is a deacon in full connection in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, and over the past 20 years has served in extension ministry in a number of medical settings. She is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and completed her Doctor of Medicine studies at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.  She is an animal lover and shares that among her passions are helping people connect their faith in God through ministries of justice and mercy.

St. Johns UMC is located in the Charles Village community in Baltimore. The church is a vital congregation which is involved in ministries of mission, outreach and justice in its community.  It describes itself as a socially progressive congregation.  t. Johns averages 47 persons per Sunday in worship, and in 2008 paid 50 percent of its apportionments and received 21 people on profession of faith. 

Andrew Solice from Orangeville in Baltimore to Govans-Boundary in Baltimore
Andrew Solice is currently serving as the pastor of Orangeville UMC in East Baltimore. Previously, he served as the minister to youth at John Wesley UMC in West Baltimore, and on the pastoral staff. In each of these settings, his ministry focused on youth and outreach to urban communities. He is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary and is a certified candidate for ordained ministry on the Baltimore Metropolitan District. He sees his passions and gifts as being in the areas of helping persons more fully engage in ministry both within and outside the church doors.

Govans-Boundary UMC, in North Baltimore, has remained actively involved in mission and outreach to its community. Notable are community programs and outreach to students from several colleges surrounding the church. Govans-Boundary averages about 15 people in Sunday worship. The church did not receive any people on profession of faith in 2008, and looks forward to strengthening its overall ministries over the next several years. 

Cindy Caldwell appointed to Mount Vernon UMC, Whiteford
Cindy Caldwell serves on the staff of Bel Air UMC, where she oversees adult discipleship ministries, including Sunday and mid-week classes, membership, leader development, and small groups. Her mission is "to help people know and follow Jesus." Her gifts include teaching, preaching, writing, and helping people grow, and she believes people grow best in small groups.  In addition to her ministry at Bel Air, she is working toward a Master of Divinity degree at Wesley Theological Seminary. /sge and her husband, Mac, are the parents of Jake, Jennifer, and Allison.    

Mount Vernon UMC  in Whiteford is tucked amidst the rolling hills of northeastern Maryland, where they welcome  the surrounding community to "Know Jesus and Make Jesus Known."  Worship service is Sunday at 10 a.m. and Sunday School begins at 9 a.m.  Throughout the week, six small groups study various books of the Bible.  Mt. Vernon offers ministries that include youth, music, multi-media, evangelism, lay leadership and addiction recovery. Mt. Vernon is an Acts 2 church, paying 100 percent of its 2008 apportionments  and  12 professions of faith in 2008 with a average attendance of 85.

Nicholas Bufano to Ayres Chapel UMC
Nicholas Bufano is a member of Mays Chapel UMC in Timonium. He is beginning his Master of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary. He is married to Joy Bufano, and has three children Joshua, Alison, and Gabriela. Bufano is the former co-director of Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center, in Brantingham NY, and is currently teaching at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County. His passions include teaching, preaching, and working with young people.

Ayres Chapel UMC is a friendly country church where praising the Lord and enjoying the worship service is a usual event. The church has been described as a loving, warm, dedicated and caring body of believers.  In  2008, there was an average worship attendance of 33, two confessions of faith and the church paid $8,767, or 100 percent, of its apportionments.

Cynthia Burkert Ebenezer UMC in Chase to Ebenezer/Piney Grove Cooperative Parish
The Rev. Cynthia Burkert has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 2007. She is currently an Elder in full-connection in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference, and is serving on-loan as the senior pastor of Ebenezer UMC in Chase. She previously served in two pastoral appointments in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference, and led community programs as a member of Severna Park UMC prior to ordination. With her leadership, Ebenezer has been strengthened in the areas of worship, with the addition of a new worship service, and ministry with youth and the community. She has served the conference and Baltimore region as a resource person and trainer in Safe Sanctuaries, and is the new chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan District Committee on Church Location and Building.  Burkert is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and is currently completing studies for the Doctor of Ministry with a specialty in Ministry with Smaller Churches. She shares that among her passions are helping people connect their faith in God through worship, developing small groups, and discipling new believers.

The Ebenezer/Piney Grove Cooperative Parish is a new ministry arrangement this year. Ebenezer, located in Chase has served as a leading church in its east Baltimore County community over the course of its history. In recent years, the church has sought to engage in ministry that will help it attract new believers, and strengthen its presence in a growing community. It looks forward, through the work of the cooperative ministry, to continuing to be strengthened in the areas of worship, Christian education and ministry with young people. Ebenezer paid 100 percent of its apportionments in 2008, and reports having received eight people on profession of faith and averaging 76 people in worship.  Piney Grove UMC is located in Bowley's Quarters in east Baltimore County.  The church, as an anchor in its community, is well-known for its vital worship and community outreach.  In 2008, Piney Grove paid 100 percent of its apportionments, averaged 72 people in worship, received 5 people on profession of faith.  The Ebenezer-Piney Grove Cooperative Parish is being developed as a means of strategically galvanizing resources for more effective ministry in the communities of east Baltimore County.

Jennifer Brown Kokoski from Westminster UMC in Westminster to Salem UMC of Keedysville

Rev. Jennifer Brown Kokoski has served under full-time appointment with the Baltimore-Washington Conference as the associate pastor of Westminster UMC since 2002.  Prior to that, she served part-time as lead pastor of Salem UMC near Winfield, while completing her Masters of Divinity degree at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.  At Westminster, she was instrumental in the establishment of both Crossroads Christian Preschool and The Bait Shop at Shipley's crossing, a Christ-centered community youth center.  She especially enjoys pastoral visitation and has a hunger and a heart for missions, both in the local community and abroad. She is married to Duane, the proud step-mother of 13 year old Charlie, and enjoys traveling, music, and getting in touch with her creative side.

Salem UMC of Keedysville is a church rich with history and tradition, but with an eye on the future. Salem has had more than 235 continuous years of service. Their motto is "a church in the heart of the community with the community at heart", and they live that out with all the activities they offer including a vibrant VBS, ecumenica

l services in the community, Bible studies, mission opportunities and family activities for kids of all ages as well as the community favorite pancake breakfasts. In the past two years they have become a Stephen Ministries congregation and trained five Stephen Ministers. Rich with musical talent in the congregation and community, Salem began hosting coffee houses featuring an open mic hour and a featured artist. Salem has a worshipping congregation of 100, received two confessions of faith last year and paid 100 percent of its apportionment.  It has sent four volunteers on a Mission Trips to Nicaragua in the last four years.

Eloise Newman from Bradbury Heights UMC in Washington to Wards Memorial UMC in Chesapeake
Eloise Newman is a probationary elder who has served Bradbury Heights UMC in Washington D.C. since 2003. She is a retiree from the D.C. government Department of Human Services as a manager with Income Maintenance. She has engaged her congregation in community ministry and has a strong vision for them.

Wards Memorial UMC is a pastor-centered congregation located in Chesapeake Beach. The church participates in outreach ministries such as Safe Nights ,and regularly participates in Lenten services with other congregations. The congregation has been challenged in term of meeting its full apportionment, but is striving to become 100 percent.

Cathy Vitek to the new Ellicott City Cooperative Parish
Cathy Vitek has served on staff at Bethany UMC as the Director of Worship Design since 2006.  She earned a Masters of Worship Studies in June 2008 and will begin the Course of Study program at Wesley Seminary in July. At Bethany, she has served in the worship, music, and children's ministries, and the UMW. Her most heartfelt desire is that everyone -- inside the church buildings and outside the church walls- - know the transforming power of God's love and grace.

The new Ellicott City Cooperative Parish will team Bethany UMC and Emory UMC in Ellicott City. Bethany UMC is a thriving, Spirit-led, service and mission-oriented congregation that in 2008 averaged 554 in worship, had 41 professions of faith, 57 new members and paid 100 percent of its apportionments.  Bethany offers discipleship formation programs with about 175 adults in small groups and more than 200 children and youth in Sunday School, a dynamic and extensive music ministry, and a wide range of caring and connectional ministries. 
Emory UMC is a small congregation in the heart of historic Ellicott City which is involved in a high level of outreach for a

church of its size.  Emory's support includes: Grassroots Shelter, Deaf Pantry, FISH program, local families in need, Nicaraguan missionary, Christmas gifts for prison families and others in need. The church received nine members on profession of faith in the past year and consistently pays 100 percent of its apportionments.  Average attendance is 50.

Bethany's Senior Pastor, the Rev. David Simpson, will oversee the Ellicott City Cooperative Parish. The Rev. Ingrid Y. Wang will serve as associate pastor.

Michael Bynum from Jefferson Doubs Charge in Adamstown to Stone Chapel UMC in New Windsor
The Rev. Michael Bynum has served in his first appointment as an associate pastor to the Jefferson Doubs Charge, specifically as pastor to Doubs-Epworth UMC located in Adamstown. Since his appointment in 2007, the congregation has doubled its worship attendance and stepped out in faith to serve the community.  Bynum brings a passion for worship and a love of music to his ministries.  His passions include preaching, teaching and discipleship.  He also serves on the Frederick District's Committee on Buildings and Locations and on the board of directors for the Department of Social Services in Frederick County.  Hel will enter Wesley Theological Seminary this fall in pursuit of his Masters of Divinity.  He has been married to his wife Anne for five years.

Stone Chapel UMC is located in New Windsor in Carroll County. The church was built around 1783. Robert Strawbridge preached there sometimes. The church has one of two chandelier lights of that time and an antique pipe organ. The structure has been remodeled over the years but the strength and presence of the mission of John Wesley and Robert Strawbridge still go on.

Gladman Kapfumuvuti from Ryland UMC in Washington, D.C. to St. Luke's UMC in Reisterstown
Rev. Gladman Kapfumuvuti has been in the itinerant pastoral ministry for 28 years. Assignments include pastoral and administrative appointments at district and conference levels. Prior to the itinerant pastoral appointments served as a local pastor for two years. Most of the itinerant ministry was done in Zimbabwe. He served Ryland Epworth UMC in Washington, D.C., from 2003 to 2009. He possesses the gifts of preaching, teaching, leadership and counseling.

St. Luke's UMC in Reisterstown is an historic congregation started in 1834 when 43 Negro slaves asked for and received permission to hold Sunday School in the Asbury Chapel, which is now known as Reisterstown UMC.  In 1855, land was given a block away and the congregation moved to its current location.  St. Luke's is a vital congregation with mission ministries including Friday Nite Lites youth ministry, Joshua Generation ministry to me, several choirs, and outreach ministries.  The average worship attendance is 65.  In 2008, St. Luke's paid  50 percent of its apportionments and had no professions of faith.

David C. Shank, a student at Wesley Seminary to Solley UMC in Pasadena
The Rev. David C. Shank is a 2004 graduate of Towson State University who is currently enrolled in Wesley Theological Seminary. He is a 2007 graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, where he received a Master of Arts degree with a concentration in systematic theology and ethics. He is currently proceeding with a Master of Divinity degree at Wesley Seminary. He is passionate about preaching the Gospel message and teaching.

Solley UMC in Pasadena is a small family church with a long and proud history. Last year the congregation celebrated its 135^th anniversary. The name of the church comes from James W. Solley, who became the postmaster of the Solley Post office in the general store in 1898. This congregation has grown rapidly in the last two yea

rs, added three members on profession of faith last year and has a history of paying its full apportionments.

Johnsie W. Cogman to Zion Wesley UMC in Waldorf
The Rev. Johnsie W. Cogman has served on the ministerial staff at Bolling Air Force Base Gospel Service for the past six years, providing pastoral care to more than 300 parishioners. She presently serves as assistant to the pastor at St. Paul's UMC in Oxon Hill. She was ordained by the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in 2005. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Divinity (M. Div. 2007).  Her greatest passions are preaching, teaching and music ministry.

Zion Wesley UMC, located in Waldorf, is most noted in its community for partnering with nearby public schools to provide practical assistance to families that are experiencing economic hardships. The congregation is involved with community ministries, including tutoring, scouts, recovery support, and prison ministry. Zion Wesley has a worshipping congregation of 82, received 10 people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100 percent of its apportionment.

James Sherrod to be student pastor at Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish, Washington, D.C.

Jimmy Sherrod is minister of youth and new worship at Metropolitan Memorial UMC  in Washington, D.C. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Sherrod's first appointment was as a licensed local pastor in the Holston Conference, where he served three years at the French Broad Circuit in Knoxville, leading two of the three churches through a merger to create a new church. He returned to D.C. in 2008, where he is finishing his Master's of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary while working full time at Metropolitan Memorial. During his first year back, Sherrod has focused on enhancing the youth program and starting a new Saturday worship experience that combines elements of contemporary and emerging worship.

The Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish will be a new cooperative parish in upper northwest D.C. made up of Metropolitan Memorial, St. Luke’s, and Wesley UMC’s. This move connects three congregations long-established in their communities and known for ministries of compassion, justice, and advocacy. Metropolitan, with an on-site homeless shelter, worships 350 on Sunday and 65 at a newly-launched Saturday night service. St. Luke’s, a young, diverse community that averages 20 in worship, houses a year-round men’s sh

elter and Shalom Place, a low-cost hospitality and homeless education center for visiting groups. Wesley, celebrating its 180th year with 50 in worship each Sunday, brings an active Latino Ministry, as well as homeless mentoring and food support programs to the parish. All three congregations celebrate inclusive ministries and support the BWARM and reconciling initiatives.

Jim Pugh from Mt. Carmel UMC in Brookeville to the Laytonsville-Sunshine Charge: Mt. Carmel and St. Paul.
Jim Pugh is currently under appointment at Mt. Carmel UMC. Prior to ministry he has served in the United Methodist Church as a choir director, youth leader, missions chairperson, Sunday school teacher and lay speaker. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from Hofstra University in New York and a Master of Theological Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. "I am persuaded that God has called me to ministry to nurture, support, council, guide and train persons in leadership to help the Church fulfill its mission of witness and service in the world," he said.

St Paul UMC is a gracious and friendly community in small town Laytonsville. It seeks to embody Christ as it reaches out to inspire discipleship. The church has a long history of outreach and activism, strong ties to the local community, inspired Christian education, and a blended worship experience. In 2008, St Paul's average worship attendance was 36, a decrease of six from the previous year. It added four people through professions of faith. Apportionment payments were $4,760, 21 percent of the amount apportioned.

Mt. Carmel UMC is located at the intersection of New Hampshire and Georgia avenues, where they become little more than country lanes in beautiful upper Montgomery County. Although a small, family-sized congregation, the church offers many of the services found in larger churches. Worship is held at 10:45 a.m. with Sunda

y Bible Study classes, open to all ages, meeting at 9:30 am. The church welcomes any and all people who seek to fellowship and worship in a friendly, small, historic church home rooted in Christian faith. 

Patricia Berry from Zion Wesley UMC in Waldorf to Mt. Olive UMC in Prince Frederick
The Rev. Patricia Berry has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for five years at Zion Wesley UMC. During her pastorate the church has grown from 15 to 20 in worship to more 80. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Divinity (M. Div. 2001).  Her greatest passions are teaching and curriculum development.  One of Berry's current projects is "Teaching as Jesus Taught", a Bible Study method using a series of primers and workbooks aimed at teaching reading (using the Bible) to adults who experience literacy issues.

Mt Olive UMC located in Prince Frederick is involved in several community ministries including: Bread and Pastry Ministry, Health and Physical Fitness Ministry, and Mental Health Ministry. Mt. Olive has a worshipping congregation of 105, received two people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100 percent of its apportionment. 

Shirlimarie McAroy-Gray from Wards Memorial UMC in Owings to Lanham UMC in Lanham
The Rev. Shirlimarie McAroy-Gray has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for fifteen years. Her appointments have included: Wards Memorial UMC and the Pisgah Charge. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Divinity (M. Div 1994) and United Theological Seminary (D. Min. 1997). She was ordained a deacon in 1994 and received into full membership as an elder in 2003. Her passions include preaching, teaching, Bible study, pastoral care and counseling, creative and innovative worship, and youth ministry.  

Lanham UMC, located in Lanham, is involved in several community ministries including: support of meals and other contributions to the local men's shelter; participation in an interdenominational food pantry; and providing meeting space for the Boy Scouts and the Citizen's Association.  Lanham has a worshipping congregation of 47, received five people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 75 percent of its apportionment. 

Mapipi Isaac Mawokomatanda from Mount Washington UMC in Baltimore to the Mount Washington-Overlea Chapel Charge
The Rev. Mapipi Isaac Mawokomatanda has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1999. He has served since 1999 as the pastor of Mt. Washington in north Baltimore along with several other congregations. During his more than 40 years of ministry, he has also served congregations in the Wyoming and Zimbabwe Conferences. He currently serves the connectional church as a member of the Baltimore Metropolitan District Committee on Ordained Ministry and is a member of the conference Board of Ordained Ministry. He is the registrar for the Course of Study School. Some of his passions and gifts are in the areas of multi-cultural ministry and helping laity be more fully engaged in ministry.

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nt Washington-Overlea Chapel Charge is a new ministry arrangement this year. Mount Washington Church is located in the Mount Washington community of North Baltimore. It has served as an anchor congregation in it community over the course of its history. In recent years, the church has sought to engage in ministry that is relevant to a community that is becoming more culturally and socially diverse. The church cites its ministry with youth and young adults as strengths and looks forward to continuing to be strengthened in these and other areas.  Mount Washington paid 100% of its apportionments in 2008, and reports having received no profession of faith and averaging 56 persons in worship in 2007. Overlea Chapel Church is located in the Overlea community of Northeast Baltimore.  In recent years, the church has engaged in significant strategic planning seeking to build on its strengths and more fully engage its community.  In 2008, the church paid 100% of its apportionments, and in 2007 averaged 60 persons in worship and received no people on profession of faith.

Edwin C. DeLong, retired, to Old Otterbein UMC in Baltimore
The Rev. Edwin C. DeLong has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1966. Having served as the pastor of six congregations, he has also worked on the conference staff as superintendent of the Baltimore-Harford District and as Associate Council Director of Congregational Development. DeLong earned his Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University. Following his retirement, he served as interim pastor in two congregations, Centenary UMC in Bermuda and Ebenezer UMC in Chase.  Some of his passions and gifts for ministry are in the areas of congregational vitalization, planning and helping t

o connect the church to the community. 

Old Otterbein UMC is located in south Baltimore. It is an historic congregation, considered to be the founding congregation of the United Brethren in Christ, and is the church where Philip William Otterbein served as pastor for a number of years. It is the oldest church in continuous use in Baltimore. In recent years, Old Otterbein has renewed its commitment to seeking to attract new worshippers and engage its fast-changing community in more relevant ways.  It identifies some of its strengths as being in the areas of worship, community outreach and strong lay leadership. Old Otterbein paid 100 percent of its apportionments in 2008, and received eight people on profession of faith and averaged 43 people in worship in 2007. 

Bryan K. Fleet from Mt Zion-Warren UMC in Dickerson to West Montgomery Charge: Mount Zion-Warren/St. Mark's UMCs
Rev. Bryan K. Fleet has served in ministry since 2000. He is currently serving as the pastor of Mt. Zion-Warren UMC in Dickerson. Since his appointment in 2002, Mt. Zion-Warren has increased its worship attendance; apportionments were paid at 100 percent; and the Sunday school has flourished; a noon-day Bible Study was added.  He will be ordained as an Elder June 6. Fleet grew up in Brandywine. His spiritual nurturing began at the Gibbons-Resurrection UMC. Fleet received his B.S. Degree from Bowie State University in 1991 and a Master's of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2001. He served fr

om 2000-2002 at Living Springs Christian Fellowship UMC under Rev. Dr. Evan Young. He enjoys preaching, teaching, and leading worship. He is married to Cynthia, and has four children: Anaya Talbert-Fleet, Kylie Fleet, Amanda and Unique Talbert.

Mt. Zion-Warren is a rural congregation that represents the merger of Mt. Zion and Warren UMC churches in 1993. Our mission is to share God's love, word and teachings God's people with the purpose of making disciples for Jesus Christ. Outreach ministries include Men's Homeless Shelter, Relay for Life, Juvenile Diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Homeless Walks.  In 2008 there were four professions of faith, average worship attendance was 54 (four more than 2007), and paid 100% of apportionments in the amount of $10, 994.00.

St. Mark's UMC located on White Grounds Road in Boyds is a wood framed historical church that has served the community since September 1893. St. Mark's was closed on March 16, 2008, and re-opened October 5, 2008, with lay speakers and guest speakers to cover the pulpit. The church hosts a 12-Step Program every Sunday morning, adult Bible study on Tuesday night, adult Sunday School prior to worship each Sunday and ministry to prison inmates. Since reopening, there have been four professions of faith. Average attendance is between 35 and 40.

Richard Duncan from Harwood Park UMC in Elkridge to Elkridge Cooperative Parish: Harwood Park UMC and Melville Chapel UMC
Richard Duncan received his Masters of Divinity degree from Wesley Seminary in 1978. Since that time he has served in

the Maryland Prison System and is currently the Director of Hostage and Crisis Intervention for Anne Arundel County. Duncan also has been teaching Social Sciences at Anne Arundel Community College for 25 years. In 2007, he was appointed to serve Harwood UMC part-time. He retires this year, which will allow him the time to serve as the pastor of both Harwood and Melville Chapel UMC's.

Elkridge Cooperative Parish is being formed by Melville Chapel UMC and Harwood Park UMC. Melville Chapel is in historic Elkridge near the Furnace Branch Inn and it very active in community outreach. Currently an addition is being built, which will serve as a community outreach center. The congregation averages 62 in worship, reported no professions of faith last year, and pays 100 percent of its apportionments.

David Hodson from Hyattstown UMC to Hyattstown-Clarksburg Charge
Rev. David Hodsdon is an Elder, entering his third year serving Hyattstown UMC. Having a passion for the Scriptures, he enjoys preaching and teaching opportunities. Prior to coming to the Baltimore-Washington Conference, his appointed ministry was with multi-point charges in economically challenged, rural settings in Montana and Wyoming. He met his wife Bonnie while attending Oakdale Emory UMC in Olney, and they got to know each other while fly fishing.

Hyattstown UMC is an historic facility with more than 200 years of history. Holding steady with a worship attendance of 35 people, its 9 a.m. service style is a traditional one. Having a strong sense of mission, the congregation finds many ways to reach "the last, the least and the lost." It has a well-attended mid-week women's Bible study, which reaches beyond its immediate membership. The church paid 100 percent, or $10,866, of its 2008 apportionments.

Clarksburg UMC is a small congregation with 40 members. In 2008, the church paid 81 percent of its apportionments. Its local missions include support for the local food bank, the Montgomery County domestic abuse shelter and providing for the needs of individuals in the area. The congregation also envisions a ministry to Nicaragua that will provide mopeds to medical personnel. 

George J. Lambros Sr. from Piney Grove UMC in Chase to Smith's Chapel UMC in Churchville

Rev. George J. Lambros Sr. is a local pastor serving his eighth year at Piney Grove UMC in Bowleys Quarters. He has served in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 2001, and has been a member of the conference building committee and District Board of Ordained Ministry. He has five sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Smith's Chapel UMC in Churchville celebrated its 150^th anniversary in 2008. Its outreach efforts  include care for the struggling and homeless and ministry to and by the youth. Smith's Chapel provides blended worship of contemporary and traditional music, including interpretation for the Deaf. Worship attendance in 2008 was 56, an increase of 2 people over the prior year. There were 11 confessions of faith in 2008 and the church paid 100 percents of its $11,129 in apportionments.

Paull Papp  from Smiths Chapel, Churchville, MD to Jefferson-Doubs Charge
Rev. Paul A. Papp has been under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1980.  For the last 22 years he and his wife, Dora, served the congregation of Smith's Chapel United Methodist Church.  While there, they established a men's shelter and were founding partners in New Hope Community, Inc. a non-profit organization providing affordable housing to homeless women in Harford County.  Pastor Paul enjoys vibrant worship, spending time with his family, playing his guitar, and being involved in Boy Scouts.

Jefferson-Doubs Charge includes the two congregations of Jefferson UMC and Doubs/Epworth UMC. Both churches are located south of Frederick, MD. Each congregation traces its roots back to the earliest Methodist preachers in the Frederick area. Jefferson UMC enjoys a

n active presence in their community, working with the Jefferson Food Bank, participating in community ecumenical events, and hosting vibrant children's ministries. Jefferson UMC worships over 75 people each Sunday, and has dozens of adults participating in studies throughout the year Doubs/Epworth UMC has seen marked growth in the past couple of years, and worships over 20 people weekly. They provide a strong church family, and enjoy celebrating special events like birthdays and new births.

Patricia Watson from Salem UMC, Keedysville, MD to Union Springs UMC, Berkeley Springs
Rev. Patricia Watson has served two years at Salem UMC of Keedysville.  Before that, she served a three point charge in Southern Indiana while attending Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, and earning her Masters of Divinity. She brings gifts in preaching, teaching, leadership, and pastoral counseling. While at Salem, Rev. Watson helped the leadership start a Stephen Ministry program, of which she is very passionate, and led the congregation into some new creative styles of worship.  She and her husband of four years currently serve as foster parents. 

Union Chapel UMC in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. averages between 120-140 people at worship service, and had 18 c

onfessions of faith in 2008.  Their apportionments were paid at 100% in 2008, and our ministries involve over half of our congregation. 

Gay Green-Carden to Asbury UMC in Jessup
Gay Green-Carden, a member of Mt. Zion UMC in Pasadena, has been the Annapolis District lay leader for the last three years and dean of the School of Faith and Life since 1999. God's call to ministry has been increasing in her life. She has sales experience with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and most recently with Apria Healthcare. Her passion is working with youth and young adults. She is married to Samuel Carden and is the proud parent of two sons: Chad and Cameron.

Asbury UMC in Jessup is located on Guilford Road in Jessup very near seven Maryland prisons. It is a wood frame historic church that has served the community for many years. Asbury hosts three Bible studies, a Sunday School for children and is active in community outreach. The church also has a ministry to prisoners in Jessup. On average, 68 people worship at Asbury, there were three professions of faith last year, and Asbury pays 100 percent of its apportionments. 

Laurie Gates Ward from Lodge Forest UMC in Edgemere to Patapsco-Lodge Forest Cooperative Parish

The Rev. Laurie Gates-Ward has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1996. Since 2000, she has served as lead pastor of Lodge Forest UMC in Edgemere, and has also served the St. Paul UMC in Lusby and Indian Head UMC. With her leadership, Lodge Forest has been strengthened in the areas of worship, with the addition of a new emergent service and ministry with youth and young adults.  Gates has also provided leadership on a number of community issues affecting the broader Lodge Forest area. She currently serves the connectional church as chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan District Committee on Ordained Ministry, and is a member of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. She is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M.Div.).  Some of her passions and gifts are in the areas of worship, preaching, and discipling new believers.

The Patapsco-Lodge Forest Cooperative Parish is a new ministry arrangement this year. Patapsco Church is located in Dundalk, MD and has served as an anchor congregation in Dundalk over the course of its history.  In recent years, the church has sought to engage in ministry that is relevant to a community that is in economic and social transition.  It looks forward, through the work of the cooperative ministry, to being strengthened in the areas of worship, Christian Education and ministry with young people.  Patapsco paid 8 percent of its apportionments in 2008, and reports having received two people on profession of faith and averaging 112 people in worship in 2007.  Lodge Forest Church is located in Edgemere in southeast Baltimore County.  The church as an anchor in its community is well-known for its community ministry and programs addressing the needs of children and youth. In 2008, the church paid 30.9% of its apportionments, and in 2007 averaged 64 people in worship and received six people on profession of faith.  The Patapsco-Lodge Forest Cooperative Parish is being developed as a means of strategically galvanizing resources for more effective ministry in the communities of southeast Baltimore County. 

Adrienne Terry from St. Mathews UMC in Baltimore to Christ UMC in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Ad

rienne Terry is an ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church and has served under appointment since 1996. She currently serves on the Bishop's Council and on the Apportionment Task Force, a subcommittee of the Council on Finance and Administration. She has been involved in training church leaders as a member of the Commission on Race and Religion and served on the Committee on Children and Poverty, and Black Methodist for Church Renewal.  She is recognized for her lifelong commitment and passionate advocacy for justice issues concerning children and poverty, women, HIV-AIDS, and homeless people.

Christ Church, located in southwest D.C., is a welcoming congregation, diverse in age and race since its formation in the early 1960's. Christ Church seeks to create a world in which community, peace and righteousness dwell. Towards that end, the congregation has a thriving youth ministry, a focused international mission ministry and a very active United Methodist Men's group. For the last five years the church has paid 100 percent of its apportionments and over the past four months the congregation has received four new disciples by profession of faith. 

Carmen Collette from Petworth/Van Buren Charge Washington, D.C. to Ebenezer Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Carmen R. Collette has faithfully served congregations in the Balt.more-Washington Conference for twenty-six years.  She has been appointed as the first African-American pastor and first female pastor to congregations in the Conference. Her gifts include teaching, administration, preaching and ministries of compassion, ecumenical relationships, and building cooperative relationships to enhance ministry and bring God's justice and healing to a wounded world. She is a former public school teacher and graduate of Morgan State and Wesley Seminary. She also began studies in a joint PhD and EdD program at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University in New York.  She has served on the Board of Ordained Ministry, District Committees of Ordained Ministry, Race and Religion, and Higher Education.  God has blessed her with two adopted children: Carlos and Imani.

Ebenezer UMC is the oldest Black church on Capitol Hill and served as the home of the first public, government sponsored school for Black children in the district. From this beginning the church has trad

itionally served the community by both supplying teachers as well as educating children secularly and religiously. The church has focused its outreach on children via various tutorial and after-school programs throughout the years. Today Ebenezer stays engaged in the education of children and youth by continuing its legacy of teaching and mentoring youth as well as providing facilities to local schools and daycare centers.   The spiritual life of the church is maintained through robust, interactive small group Bible studies during the day and during the evenings, intercessory prayer and lively worship services, which reflect diversity of form. Outreach to the socially and economically marginalized on the Hill is faithfully provided through active participation and leadership through the Capitol Hill Group Ministries, the Church of the Brethren Soup Kitchen and the Capitol Hill UMC Café. Ebenezer is in an active and growing relationship with Capitol Hill UMC as we seek to live out the biblical imperative to love neighbor. Through help from a grant from an agency of the United Methodist church both are doing some of the hard work of racial reconciliation while ministering to the community as the Capitol Hill/Ebenezer Cooperative Parish.

Harold Atkins from Overlea Chapel in Baltimore to Mount Savage UMC in Mount Savage
The Rev. Harold "Hal" Atkins has been in ministry as part of the Baltimore-Washington Conference for the past 16 years.  His gifts and graces include preaching and teaching, leading worship, and equipping the saints for ministry. He has a heart for mission and bringing hope and renewal to struggling congregations. In July 2006 he and his wife, Rev. Ann Atkins, had the joy of going to Russia and becoming parents by adopting their son Daniel.

Mount Savage UMC, located in the hilly and historic town between Cumberland and Frostburg, is made-up of active members of all ages. The area is economically depressed, so they have a strong ecumenical outreach ministry which is coordinated through Mount Savage's three churches, which are United Methodist, Epis

copal, and Roman Catholic.  They run an extensive food pantry and also help individuals and families with paying utility bills and rent. Worship attendance in 2008 averaged 59, remaining steady over the past three years.  There were no new confessions of faith last yet, but the church paid 100 percent of its apportionments.

John M. Blanchard Jr. from Ebenezer UMC in Washington, D.C. to Glenn Dale UMC in Glenn Dale
The Rev. John M. Blanchard Jr. has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for five years.  His appointments have included: senior pastor of Ebenezer UMC and assistant pastor at Linden Linthicum UMC. Prior to that, he served for five years as a local pastor in the New Jersey Conference at Broadway UMC in Camden, N.J. and St. Paul UMC in Willingboro, N.J. He is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M. Div. 2005). He was commissioned in 2005 and ordained an Elder in 2008.  Before enterinfg pastoral ministry, Blanchard held positions in accounting and financial management at several Fortunate 100 companies and served 11 years as chief financial officer for The American Friends Service Committee.  His passions include teaching, preaching, economic justice, and quality of life issues.

Glenn Dale UMC, located in Glenn Dale, is a mission-oriented congregation involved in several community ministries including: Martha's Closet, Samaritan's Purse, Helping Hands, a prison ministry, and the local men's shelter. Glenn Dale has a worshipping congregation of 65, received three people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100 percent of its apportionment. 

Sonia L. King from Asbury UMC in Jessup to associate pastor of the Greater Southeast Cooperative Parish in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Sonia L. King has been under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 2005, serving Asbury UMC in Jessup. She led this congregation to become an Acts 2 church, paying its apportionments, which increased 62% for the last three years. She challenged the congregation to live their faith by becoming a Haven of Hope for those desiring to begin life again. This motivated members to become involved

in prison ministry, community organizing, outreach and visitation ministry. She was also privileged to serve on the very first Kairos Inside Prison Ministry Team for Maryland Correctional Institute for Women and was able to see transformation in their lives in a matter of four days. In addition, she has also co-directed Camp Hope with the Rev. Tim Warner and served as a camp counselor for several years. She is a 2004 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary and was ordained an elder in 2008. Her gifts include compassion, outreach, teaching and ministering to the least, last and the lost. In her leisure she enjoys traveling, swimming and fishing.

Greater Southeast Cooperative Parish is composed of the A.P. Shaw/Congress Heights, Bradbury Heights and Ryland-Epworth United Methodist congregations. The senior pastor, the Rev. Ernest Lyles, will oversee this ministry. The Cooperative Parish serves Wards 7 and 8 in Washington, DC.  These two wards have more children and youth than the other six wards combined, as well as the greatest economic challenges in the city for its residents. The Cooperative Parish is committed to being vibrant, vital and visible congregations that are making disciples for Jesus Christ and engaging the community in Christ's name for the transformation of individuals and the community.

A.P. Shaw/Congress Heights - one church in two location - serves as the anchor congregation. It had 13 professions of faith in 2008 and an average worship attendance of 214.  They paid 100% of their apportionments, which totaled $69,605, and established the Brighter Day Community Center, which has a food bank and clothing closet, a GED program, addiction counseling as well as job training for the community. Its community outreach has served as it primary evangelism tool and the congregation continues to grow as they have over the past three years.

Bradbury Heights celebrated its 179^th anniversary this year and its 67^th year in its present location. Its Friday night youth ministry has touched and transformed lives in Christ's name. There were four confessions of faith in 2008 and an average worship attendance of 35.  Apportionments of $8,288, were paid in full.

Ryland-Epworth represents a merger during the 1970s of the two congregations reflected in its name.  It is strategically located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Branch Ave, SE.  It reported 15 confessions of faith in 2008 and an average worship attendance of 40.  It paid 14 percent, or $3,475, of its apportionments in 2008.  The leaders are eager to be a part of the Cooperative Parish and want to be part of the vision of a vibrant, vital, visible presence in the community in Christ's name and for Christ's sake.   

M. Monroe Wright from Lanham to United Church in Washington, D.C.
The Rev. M. Monroe Wright's forty years of ministry (Deacon in 1969 and Elder in 1981) includes a Post Graduate Fellowship at the University of Wales (Cardiff), 8 years of appointments in the New England Conference, as well as Manchester Charge, Grace/Cumberland, Laytonsville, Myersville, and Lanham.  He was the recipient of Yale's Hooker Fellowship and the United Methodist Church Bishop Dempster Award for further studies.  He founded/served as Executive Director of Connecticut AIDS Residence Program and held chaplaincies at St. Raphael's /New Haven, Hartford, Connecticut Hospice (Director of Pastoral Care), St. Lukes (Sheffield, England), and  Johns Hopkins Bayview.  His is a graduate of Yale Divinity School (MDiv and STM) and University College, Cardiff (Diploma in Pastoral Studies).  He has published in the fields of sociology of medicine and occupations as well as pastoral care.  He has led seminars at numerous national and international conferences on care for those with life threatening illnesses.

The United Church is located at 20th and G Streets, N.W., in Washington, DC. This ecumenical church is a merger (1970s) of the Union United Methodist Church (1850s) and Concordia United Church of Christ (1840s).  The congregation comprises residents from the city and suburban neighborhoods. It witnesses to the community through feeding programs for the homeless, a food pantry, and an emergency shelter. It also has a strong musical heritage providing a venue for choral, organ, and piano recitals. And it has a German language ministry with services twice a month and related cultural events. It continues to be a vibrant and committed UMC congregation.

Marlon B. Tilghman from Solley UMC in Glen Burnie to Milford Mills UMC in Pikesville
The Rev. Marlon B. Tilghman has served in ministry since 2000. He is currently serving as the pastor of Solley UMC in Glen Burnie. Since his appointment in 2006, this thriving congregation's average worship attendance has doubled; apportionments were paid at 100 percent; and the Sunday school has flourished.  He will be ordained as an Elder June 6. Tilghman is a native of Baltimore, graduating from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He is also a graduate of Howard University (‘89 BArch) and Wesley Theological Seminary (‘08 MDiv).  He gave his life to Christ at the age of 12 in a small Holiness church on the eastern shores of Maryland, pastored by his uncle, Exhorter Freddie Bryant, and aunt, Dorothy Bryant.  He accepted his call to ministry on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2003, at his home church of  Northwood-Appold UMC during his trial sermon. While at Northwood he served as a trustee, a lay minister and the president of the usher board for three years. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves for six years where he met his wife Barbette.  They have three sons: Anton, Steven and Kyle.


Milford Mill UMC is a welcoming congregation, diverse in its age and race, with many dedicated workers. The church has numerous choirs including hand bells, children, youth, gospel, adult choirs, and a men's quartet. There is a strong sense of family with members driving a significant distance to the church. There is Sunday School for all ages and a child development center, which serves the community. Worship attendance in 2008 was 111, a decrease of 16 percent from the previous year. There were no confessions of faith in 2008 and the congregation paid $3,050, or 8 percent of the amount apportioned.

Ann Vincent Atkins from Orems UMC in Baltimore to Centre UMC in Cumberland
The Rev. Ann Atkins, is currently serving her ninth year at Orems UMC in Middle River. She has served in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since July 1, 1989.  She was ordained as an Elder in 1994. She  has served on both the Board of Ordained Ministry and two district committees on ordination.  She is currently serving on the Order of Elders Leadership Team. Atkins' passions include life-changing worship and missions.  She and her husband Hal, who is also a pastor, have enjoyed several summers as camp counselors at West River Center and Manidokan.  They are blessed to be the parents of Daniel, whom they adopted from Russia in July 2006.

 

Centre Street UMC, located in downtown Cumberland, has been serving the tri-state area since 1782. It has a strong commitment to worship, which is broadcast over the radio; to local missions such as the Interfaith Food Pantry, the Union Rescue Mission, and to world missions such as Samaritan's Purse and a Covenant Partnership with a missionary couple. It has a strong preschool, founded in 1969, and active United Methodist men, women and youth groups. In 2008 the church had two confessions of faith, with average worship attendance of 135 (a decrease of 8 percent over the previous year), and paid 100 percent of its apportionments of $41,184.

Glen Strickler from Union Chapel UMC in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., to associate pastor of Grace UMC in Gaithersburg
Rev. Glen Strickler has served three years as pastor of Union Chapel UMC in Berkeley Springs, W.Va, which currently averages 115 in worship. In that time, there were 20 professions of faith and the congregation paid 100 percent of its apportionments, which increased 150 percent.  A 2006 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, he is passionate about music ministry and singing. He enjoys working with diverse cultures, languages, and people of all ages. He loves planning meaningful and inspiring worship, preaching, visiting others and helping them identify and follow their calling.

Grace UMC, located in Gaithersburg, serves a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, growing community. The congregation increasingly reflects this diversity. Recently, the church established an ESL ministry that is serving 30 students. The church is committed to maintaining a balance between local, national and international mission. Locally, the congregation strongly supports outreach ministries including the Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen, Gaithersburg HELP, Rebuilding Together, the Gaithersburg Share the Love Program that distributes help to many hundreds of persons between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It also partners with Gaithersburg Elementary School by providing school supplies and Christmas gifts to needy families and provides significant salary support and ministry funds for Nan McCurdy, a United Methodist Missionary in Nicaragua. The youth actively engage in service and mission and recently raised $1,800 for hunger relief through a 30-Hour Planned Famine. The church provides three worship opportunities each Sunday, Christian Education classes and many Bible studies both on Sundays and throughout the week. During 2008, worship attendance averaged 315 and there were 18 confessions of faith. The annual apportionment of $91,300 was paid in full.

Denise Millett from Parkwood UMC in Edgewater to Emmanuel UMC in Huntingtown
The Rev. Denise Millett has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for twelve years at Parkwood UMC.  During this time she has grown the church from a student pastorate to a full-time charge. In addition to her Master of Divinity degree Denise has a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling. Denise serves as a volunteer Anne Arundel County Police Chaplain and a member of the Annapolis District Committee on Ordained Ministry. 

Emmanuel UMC located in Huntingtown, MD is involved in several community ministries including: Scouting, Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels, Alcoholics Anonymous, Nursing Home Auxiliary, Commission on Aging, and the Community Food Pantry.  Emmanuel has a worshipping congregation of 88, received 17 persons by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100% of its apportionment.  

Wayne Chung from Rockland UMC in Ellicott City to Landsdowne UMC
The Rev. Wayne Chung has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 2005.  He currently serves as senior pastor of Rockland UMC in Ellicott City. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary.  Some of his passions and gifts for ministry are in the areas of preaching and teaching and helping people connect the church with the broader community.

Lansdowne UMC is located in the town of Lansdowne in southwest Baltimore County. Known as a community church, it provides leadership with the southwest cluster of United Methodist congregations, as well as working with the Interfaith Partnership, an ecumenical group of churches seeking to serve the broader community.   Lansdowne is involved in a number of mission and outreach programs including an ongoing feeding ministry and support of conference Deaf ministries.  It identifies two of its strengths as youth ministry and lay leadership.  Lansdowne paid 100 percent of its apportionments in 2008, received three people on profession of faith and averaged 72 people in worship in 2007.  

Lynn Glassbrook from Emmanuel UMC in Huntingtown to Orems UMC in Middle River
The Rev. Linda “Lynn” Glassbrook has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1997. Since 2002 she has served as senior pastor of Emmanuel UMC in Huntingtown and served from 1997 to 2002 as pastor of Clarksburg UMC. She earned Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Wesley Theological Seminary. She is currently participating in the Academy for Spiritual Formation. Glassbrook states that her passion is “to sink deep into God’s story through the word of God, to listen to the stories of others, and then to link the two stories in the grace of the Lord.” 

Orems UMC is located in Middle River in east Baltimore County.  As a  community church it serves the needs of people in the church and the broader community. It identifies some of its strengths as worship and community outreach. Orems paid 100 percent of its apportionments in 2008, received 20 people on professions of faith and averaged 135 people in worship in 2007.  

Mary Ka Kanahan, student pastor at Pleasant Grove UMC in Reisterstown, to associate pastor at Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City
The Rev Mary Ka Kanahan has been appointed as a student local pastor at Pleasant Grove UMC in Reisterstown since July 2007. Prior to that, Mary Ka served as the Assistant Pastor for Nurture and Spiritual Formation at Asbury UMC in downtown Washington, D.C. and the Coordinator of Lay Ministries at Bethany UMC.  She brings gifts in preaching; forming Christian leadership and community through small groups, studies and retreats; and supporting others in the discernment of their gifts and call to discipleship.

Glen Mar UMC moved to a new 22-acre campus in 2008 in order to more effectively serve the needs of the surrounding community.   The congregation has a strong commitment to mission and outreach, and sends more than 200 persons on mission trips each year.  Worship Attendance in 2008 averaged 588 at four weekly worship services (compared to 569 for 2007).  42 persons were received on profession of faith.  Glen Mar paid $186,348 in apportionments, or 100%, in 2008.

Yvonne Mercer-Staten from Union UMC in Aberdeen to Simpson-Hamline UMC in Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Yvonne Mercer-Staten has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1993. Her ministry is devoted to establishing a presence where the people of God can experience the power, grace, mercy and love of God moving and operating in their lives and on their behalf. She strives to move people to not only worship God, but to be in fellowship and communion with Christ our Lord. Her ministry is felt far beyond the walls of the local church, reaching into the community wherever God’s people assemble. Her gifts to ministry include preaching, teaching, pastoral care, vibrant worship, community service and making disciples for Jesus Christ. Mercer is married to a God-sent companion for nearly 28 years and is blessed with a 24-year-old son.

Simpson-Hamline UMC is located at 4501 – 16th Street, NW, in Washington, DC. The average attendance for the church is 75. Simpson-Hamline UMC is a multi-generational, historic congregation. The church practices hospitality and spirituality. Simpson-Hamline UMC is a mission church structured to reach the unsaved. It endeavors to provide a haven for humanity, provide Christian nurture, perform outreach ministry and instruct members to be disciples to proclaim the uniqueness of Jesus Christ.

Kate Murphey from associate pastor at Grace UMC in Gaithersburg to associate pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish in Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Kate Murphey is a Buckeye transplant finding her niche in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Jumping into camping and Hispanic/Latino ministries, she is delighted to be serving in such a vibrant area. As associate pastor at Grace UMC in Gaithersburg, she led the serving and young adult ministries. During that time, the church successfully advocated with other community clergy for a day laborer center, discontinued a local 7-11 convenience store’s liquor license, began an ESL program, started a mission partnership with St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans, and created a weekly young adult dinner and Bible study. 

The Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish will be a new cooperative parish in upper northwest D.C. made up of Metropolitan Memorial, St. Luke’s, and Wesley UMC’s. This move connects three congregations long-established in their communities and known for ministries of compassion, justice, and advocacy. Metropolitan, with an on-site homeless shelter, worships 350 on Sunday and 65 at a newly-launched Saturday night service. St. Luke’s, a young, diverse community that averages 20 in worship, houses a year-round men’s shelter and Shalom Place, a low-cost hospitality and homeless education center for visiting groups. Wesley, celebrating its 180th year with 50 in worship each Sunday, brings an active Latino Ministry, as well as homeless mentoring and food support programs to the parish. All three congregations celebrate inclusive ministries and support the BWARM and reconciling initiatives.

The Rev. Charles Parker is the senior pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish. The Rev. Sandy Rector is the associate pastor of congregational ministries at the parish. She and Murphey will be sharing in the ministry at the Wesley UMC location.

Kirkland Reynolds, student, to associate pastor at Marvin Memorial in Silver Spring
The Rev. Kirkland Reynolds currently serves as the director of children, youth and family ministries at Grace UMC in Gaithersburg. He previously served as an interim pastor for the Mountain View-Pleasant Grove Charge and was recently recommended by the Board of Ordained Ministry for commissioning. While in school at Emory University (B.A., 2003) he worked with youth as a United Methodist Volunteer in Mission in Belfast, Northern Ireland and served in several capacities with the Youth Theological Initiative while attending the Candler School of Theology (M.Div., 2006).  Reynolds is married to the Rev. Jenny Cannon, associate pastor of Bethesda UMC.  

Woodside UMC has recently joined with Marvin Memorial UMC to form a cooperative parish serving Silver Spring. Woodside is a richly diverse congregation with a membership that reflects God’s multi-cultural family. Over the past few years, Woodside has experienced Spirit-led growth, with worship attendance growing by 30 percent, welcoming more than 100 new members, developing ministries for youth and young adults, and programs for spiritual development for all ages. In the past year, Woodside has opened a food pantry that serves an average of twenty families a week and the addition of a contemporary gospel choir has doubled the number of people involved in its music program. Marvin Memorial also has a thriving music ministry and several active outreach ministries. Its Prayer Circle will celebrate 50 years of continuous meeting this spring 2009.  Marvin members continue to extend their involvement in community ministries such as the Shepherd’s Table in Silver Spring, sandwich making for Martha’s Table in D.C. and a community-based homeless shelter in Rockville. The church also provides space and encouragement for other community groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, the Boy Scouts,Tourette Syndrome offices and a nursery school. The Rev. Rachel Cornwell serves as the senior pastor of the new cooperative parish. 

Jacob Young from associate pastor at Catonsville UMC to Bixlers Millers Charge in  Manchester
The Rev. Jacob Young served Washington Korean UMC from 1999 to 2001; Christ UMC from 2001 to 2004; and as an associate pastor at Catonsville UMC from 2004 to 2009. He enjoys Bible study and participating in Christian dialogue in small-group settings. As a naturalized Korean American, his faith and understanding of Scripture is firmly based in two cultures. He uses the lectionary to organize the worship service he leads.  

Millers Charge has many gifts that have been displayed in programs like volunteering for NESAP, mission trips, Operation Christmas Tree Box, church dinners, a new building fund drive, Ladies Aide and youth field trips. Worship attendance in 2008 was 84, a decrease of 12 over the previous year. There were four confessions of faith in 2008. Apportionment payments in 2008 were $11,329.08, 100 percent of amount apportioned.

The Bixlers congregation participates in many ministries including: Operation Christmas Box, church dinners; mission trips to Costa Rica and Sunday morning Bible study. Worship attendance in 2008 was 42 people, an increase of the six over the previous year. There were five confessions of faith in 2008. Apportionment payment in 2008 was $3,200, 52 percent of amount apportioned.

 Sarah Andrews Schlieckert from Jefferson-Doubs Charge in Jefferson to associate pastor at Calvary UMC in Frederick
The Rev. Sarah Andrews Schlieckert has served under appointment since June 2005 as the lead pastor on the Jefferson-Doubs Charge. She is a 2005 graduate of Duke Divinity School and serves on various conference committees including COSROW and the annual conference worship design team.  She was ordained in 2008. She has a passion for teaching, preaching, emerging church trends and young adults; and is a fourth-generation clergy in this conference, tracing back into the former EUB church. She and her husband, Chris Schliechert, reside at Manidokan Camp and Retreat Center, where he is director. They enjoy travel, the outdoors, and spending time with their dogs Daphne and Wesley.

Calvary UMC in downtown Frederick has almost 400 people worshiping each Sunday at two traditional services and almost 200 attending Sunday School, which includes nine adult classes. Last year, 180 children from the congregation and community attended VBS. In 2008, 19 new members were received on profession/reaffirmation of faith, including three adult baptisms; 100 percent of apportionments were paid and more than $100,000 was given in mission and benevolences beyond apportionments.  Calvary is extensively involved in ministry to the Frederick community and beyond, sending an adult VIM team to Red Bird Mission and a youth mission team to West Virginia. 

Marian Crane from Old Otterbein UMC in Baltimore to Centenary UMC in Shady Side
Marian "Mernie" Crane has served in Baltimore City for three years where she has grown the Old Otterbein church with young adults and young families. Previously, she worked in the chaplain's office at the U.S. Naval Academy and the African Center for Conflict Resolution in South Africa. Crane is married and has three daughters. She led her church in paying 100 percent of its $17,689 apportionments, and received six people on profession of faith in 2008. Her church averages 44 people in worship.  

Centenary UMC is located near West River Camp in the waterfront community of Shadyside. Centenary rebuilt a beautiful building after the church building burned down in 2000. It has an active Sunday School, youth group, Vacation Bible School, and is building a sister church in Liberia. Centenary has 93 people in worship, received 11 people on profession of faith, and paid 100 percent of its $17,370 apportionments in 2008.

Mamie A. Williams from Fowler UMC in Annapolis to John Wesley UMC in Glen Burnie
Mamie A. Williams has been in ministry in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for 33 years. During that time she has served churches of varying sizes and represented the church in a variety of ways in the General Conference and the Northeastern Jurisdiction. For seven years she served as the district superintendent of the Annapolis District. Williams has currently been serving Fowler UMC part-time while she has been teaching college classes and working for Anne Arundel County. In 2008, Fowler received two members on profession of faith, had 57 people in worship, and paid 17 percent of its apportionments.

John Wesley UMC is an anchor African-American church on Rt. 2 in Glen Burnie with a proud history of serving its community. John Wesley holds several weekly Bible studies and holds two worship services on Sunday mornings. In 2008 the church received 17 people on profession of faith, averaged 150 in worship, and paid 100 percent of its $33,654 apportionments.

Jason L. Robinson from Christ UMC in Washington, D.C. to Brooks UMC in St. Leonard
The Rev. Jason L. Robinson has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for five years at Christ UMC in Washington, D.C. Prior to that he served as a youth pastor at St. James AME Church in St. Louis, Mo. and at New Bethel AME in Columbus, Ga. He is a graduate of Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga. (M. Div 2001). Jason is among a select group of young adult clergy participating in the Young Pastors Network organized by Adam Hamilton and Mike Slaughter.  His passions are preaching and teaching.  

Brooks UMC is a leading African American congregation located in St. Leonard. The congregation has several community ministries including: a food pantry, prison ministry, and grief support ministry.  Brooks has a worshipping congregation of 182, received seven people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 69 percent of its apportionment. 

Diane Dixon-Proctor from John Wesely UMC in Glen Burnie to Lincoln Park UMC in Washington, D.C. 
Rev. Diane Dixon-Proctor is a dedicated servant of God, who has been preaching for 25 years, and has served in the Baltimore-Washington Conference for 19 years. Dixon-Proctor helped lead her first appointment, Franklin UMC in the building of their new church, and move to full time ministry. She has served John Wesley UMC in Glen Burnie for the past 10 years.  It is here, where her vision of the "Empowerment Center" began.  The center has evolved from a Youth Center to a Women's Center, where activities included mentoring, tutoring, computer training and women's "Drop in" service. Under her leadership, John Wesley has grown spiritually, receiving 22 new members. The members reached out beyond the walls to working actively with "justice issues" such as workforce housing, adoption, smart growth and jobs and transportation. She is married to Marvin Proctor and they have four children and two grandchildren, together they live the motto: "Determined To Live For Christ."

Lincoln Park UMC, located adjacent to Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., has an average worship attendance of 175 and is a congregation that is deeply committed to the study of God's Word as its primary resource for calling, equipping, sending and supporting disicple-making leaders for the transformation of the world.  Its commitment to youth is evident in its comedy nights, youth ministry and youth leadership in the congregation. It is a multi-generational congregation that values its history as it attends to where God is calling it to be in ministry today.

Eric King from New Life UMC in Baltimore to New Life/St. Matthews Cooperative Parish in Baltimore
The Rev. Eric King has served under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1998. Since 2005, he has served as pastor of New Life UMC in Baltimore, and served from 1998 to 2003 as pastor of Ames UMC in Bel Air. With his leadership, New Life, a new church initiative, has been strengthened in the areas of worship and community engagement with several professions of faith in each of the years he has served the church. King is a graduate of Howard University School of Divinity (M.Div.).  Some of his passions and gifts are in the areas of worship; preaching; and community organizing, particularly in urban contexts.

The New Life/St. Matthews Cooperative Parish is a new ministry arrangement this year. New Life was established as a new church initiative in 1997 to address the changing demographics and needs of the Bel Air-Edison community in Northeast Baltimore. The church is currently actively engaged in partnerships with several schools and institutions including Morgan State University and the Bel Air-Edison Community Association. New Life paid 100 percent of its apportionments in 2008, received 26 people on profession of faith, and averaged 85 people in worship in 2007. St. Matthews is a historic congregation in east Baltimore serving the African-American community. The church is well known for its community ministry and programs addressing the needs of inner city Baltimore residents. In 2008, the church paid 92 percent of its apportionments, and in 2007 averaged 65 people in worship and received four people on profession of faith. The New Life/St. Matthews Cooperative Parish is being developed as a means of strategically galvanizing resources for more effective urban ministry in the inner city communities of East Baltimore.

Frankie Revell from Wesley Chapel and Michael's Chapel in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. to Cokesbury UMC in Abingdon
Frankie Revell has served as the pastor at Wesley Chapel since 2005 and pastor of Michael's Chapel since July 2008.  Prior to this appointment, he served as the peer minister of United Campus Ministry at Frostburg State University from 2003 to 2008. He enjoys bluegrass and old-time music, playing the banjo, guitar and other Appalachian instruments.  His gifts include preaching, mentoring, comforting, and visionary leadership.  He has been married to Kerry for two years.

Cokesbury Memorial UMC in Abingdon is located on the site of the first Methodist College. Cokesbury is a loving, friendly, and living testimony to the dreams of Asbury and Coke and since 1784 has been proclaiming and spreading the Methodist faith in the Abingdon area of Harford County. The congregation will become a full-time church July 1 so that they can continue to grow in ministry.  The church provides both contemporary and traditional worship, Bible studies, youth programs, music ministry, United Methodist Women, and numerous mission projects. In 2008, there were four confessions of faith and worship services attendance averaged 56, an increase of 2 percent over 2007; in 2009, average attendance is 74. Apportionments were paid at 100 percent of the total $12,659.

Michael McKinney from Union UMC in Upper Marlboro to the Mt. Zion/Fowler Cooperative Parish in Annapolis
The Rev. Michael A. H. McKinney has been in ministry for 23 years. His strengths include preaching, interactive Bible Study, re-development of a class leader system and ecumenical worship. He has worked with community businesses to provide food and supplies to needy families. In 2008 Union UMC paid 66 percent of its $42,473 apportionments, received five members on profession of faith and had 139 in worship services.

The Mt. Zion/Fowler Cooperative Parish is a new creation this year. Fowler was established in 1871 to serve the African-American community on Bestgate Road in Annapolis and Mt. Zion was established in the 19^th century to serve the African-American community in Eastport. Fowler has focused on missions, outreach and youth and Mt. Zion provides dinners to several missions in their community. Fowler paid 13 percent of its apportionments of $14,906 and has 63 in attendance at one service. In 2008, Mt. Zion paid 13 percent of their apportionments of $18,796 and averaged 130 in worship in two services.

L Katherine Moore from Emory UMC in Ellicott City to the Parkwood/Mayo Cooperative Parish near Annapolis
The Rev. Kathy Moore has been in ministry for 30 years and brings gifts in the areas of preaching and worship, pastoral care, administration and integrating new members into the life of the church. As pastor of Emory UMC she led the church in focusing on families, youth and children. She formed a youth group, initiated strategic planning and supervised a staff of three. In 2008 Emory paid 100 percent of its $22,822 apportionments, received nine members on profession of faith and averaged 55 in worship.

The Parkwood/Mayo Cooperative Parish is a new creation this year. Parkwood has a child care center, an extensive thrift shop that serves the community two days a week and two Spanish language congregations that worship on Sunday afternoons. Mayo was rebuilt after a fire in 1975 with an expansive sanctuary, an outstanding stained glass window, and houses an independent childcare center. Also, Mayo has an outdoor chapel used in the summer. Parkwood paid 28 percent of its $17,190 apportionments and averaged 70 in attendance. Mayo paid 100 percent of its $27,574 apportionments in 2008 and averaged 63 in attendance. 

Kendrick D. Weaver from Glenn Dale UMC in Glenn Dale, to Union UMC in Upper Marlboro
The Rev. Kendrick D. Weaver has served under appointment for five years. His appointments have included Glenn Dale UMC and St. Matthews UMC in Bowie, where he served as an associate pastor. He presently serves on the Board of Ordained Ministry; and has served as a consultant to the Northeastern Jurisdictional Multi-Ethnic Center for Ministry and led diversity workshops for the NEJ youth ministry. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School (M. Div 2003) and undertook doctoral studies in Religion and Society at Drew University. He was commissioned in 2005 and ordained an Elder in 2008. Weaver is among a select group of young adult clergy participating in the Young Pastors Network organized by Adam Hamilton and Mike Slaughter. His greatest passions are worship, teaching, and writing. His most recent publication is "Chasing Chariots: 11 Biblical Lessons for Spiritual Growth."

Union UMC, located in the historic district of Upper Marlboro, is a congregation that has several important community ministries including an After School Tutoring Program and Habitat for Humanity. Union has a worshipping congregation of 139, received five people by profession of faith in the last year, and paid 66 percent of its apportionment  

John Nupp from associate at Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City to Ward's Chapel UMC, Randallstown
The Rev. John Nupp currently serves as Pastor for Community Life at Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City. He entered the ordained ministry in 1994, when he was appointed to Cedar Grove and Parke Memorial churches. After completing a M.Div. from Asbury Seminary, he was ordained an Elder in 1997. Nupp served from 2000 to 2002 as pastor to the people of Salem of Cedar Grove and has served as chairperson for the Conference Committee on Persons with disAbilities. He and his wife, Kim, have four children: Emily, 14, Benjamin, 10, Jacob, 7, and Jeremy, 4.

Ward's Chapel UMC, located in Randallstown, is a congregation committed to hospitality and ministry. They embrace diversity and differences of opinion. There are also many opportunities for learning and growing at Ward's Chapel, including small group studies, Sunday School for all ages, and Vacation Bible School. Ward's is committed to a varied and growing mission program including Camp Hope, Baltimore County Christian Work Camp, Heifer International, VIM, and others. In 2008, there were eight professions of faith and an average attendance of 119, an increase from the previous year. The church paid 100 percent of its $34,279 apportionments.

Douglas Fox from Community UMC in Maryland City to Community/Savage Cooperative Parish in Laurel
The Rev. Douglas Fox, originally from North Carolina, has served in ministry as a pastor or campus chaplain for 35 years. After serving Community UMC in Maryland City for two years, he helped the church become a part of the newly formed cooperative parish with nearby Savage UMC. He is a gifted worship leader and has a strong interest in leading the church to connect with the community in which it is located. Community has 56 in worship and paid 100 percent of its $17,641 apportionments in 2008.

Community/Savage Cooperative Parish is made up of two congregations bordering the greater Laurel area. Both congregations have made the strategic decision to move from each having a full-time pastor to being served by one full time pastor to be better stewards of their resources and have more room in their budgets for ministry. They will also be looking for ways to support one another's ministries and to work together collaboratively. Savage UMC averaged 56 in worship, and paid 100 percent of its $24,771 apportionments in 2008.

Callie Martia Matthews from Mt. Zion UMC in Annapolis to Colesville UMC in Silver Spring
The Rev. Callie Matthews' gifts of passionate preaching, compassion and love have led the congregation of Mt. Zion in Annapolis in outreach and mission ministries throughout the community and beyond. The congregation of Mt. Zion has assisted Mississippi and New Orleans families with rebuilding following Hurricane Katrina. They have received new members, housed homeless women and men in the church, partnered with other churches to feed  85 children and their families monthly, faithfully provided lunches to a homeless shelter, started an 8:30 a.m. Sunday service, as well as Wednesday noon prayer service and community Vacation Bible School. Matthews serves on the Board of Ordained Ministry and enjoys reading, walking and traveling with her husband Robert.

Colesville UMC is a multi-cultural congregation with two worship services each Sunday and an average worship attendance of 175.  Its history of full payment of apportionments reflects its strong commitment to mission and ministry. Numerous small groups within the congregation provide avenues for engagement and growth as disciples of Jesus Christ.  

Lloyd B. McCanna from Centre Street UMC in Cumberland to Trinity UMC in Martinsburg, W.Va.
The Rev. Lloyd B. McCanna has served under appointment at Centre Street UMC since 1994. He has been under appointment in the Baltimore-Washington Conference since 1983, having served prior appointments as associate pastor at Asbury UMC in CharlesTown, W.Va. and as pastor of Oakland UMC and Flohrville UMC in Sykesville. Hesees his gifts as preaching, pastoral care, administration, and community involvement.He has sought to be an effective pastor in areas where he has served.  He is also committed to serving in the wider connectional church and is currently serving on the Cumberland-Hagerstown District Committee on Ordained Ministry.  He is originally from Michigan and he enjoys travel, reading, hiking, and history.  

 

Trinity UMC in Martinsburg, W.Va, traces its beginnings to the Civil War era and is proud of its many strong ministries. They include a vibrant mission program with a strong local outreach, a dynamic music ministry, multi-faceted worship and study opportunities, an active Stephen Ministry program and a variety of opportunities for youth involvement in church life. It has a worshiping congregation of 200, paying 100 percent of its apportionment.

Stephen R. Ricketts from associate pastor of Damascus UMC in Damascus to senior pastor, Providence-Fort Washington UMC in Ft. Washington
Stephen Ricketts has served under appointment for eight years at the Damascus Cooperative Parish as the associate pastor of Damascus UMC and as the campus pastor of Clarksburg UMC. He has served on the following organizations within the Baltimore-Washington Conference: the Board of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Life and the Committee on Nominations. He is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M. Div 2001, magna cum laude). He was commissioned in 2001 and ordained an Elder in 2004. Rickett's greatest passions are worship, teaching, and pastoral care. 

Providence-Fort Washington UMC, located in Ft. Washington, is a congregation that has several important community ministries including: participating in the ministries of the 210 Corridor United Methodist churches; and actively supporting the Oxon Hill Food Pantry, the Red Bird Mission, and Christmas in April. Providence-Fort Washington has a worshipping congregation of 92, received five people by professions of faith in the last year, and paid 100 percent of its apportionment.

Rebecca Iannicelli from Centenary UMC in Shady Side to Community UMC in Crofton 
The Rev. Rebecca Iannicelli brings gifts in the areas of worship leadership, aligning the church for mission and equipping the congregation. She led the congregation of Centenary UMC to become an Acts 2 congregation in 2008.  Since 2005, worship attendance has increased by more than 50 percent; 56 new members have been received, of which 39 were by confession or reaffirmation of faith; and 100 percent of apportionments have been paid.  Signs and wonders abound as 16 new lay speakers have been trained and released into ministry, a new weekday worship service was started, and the congregation committed to rebuild a church in Liberia.  Rebecca is also a member of the Bar of Maryland and a veteran of the U.S. Army where she served as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.  She is married to Steven, is the proud mother of three children, and enjoys walking, camping and reading.

Community and Trinity UMC is a two-campus cooperative parish with locations in Woodwardville, and Crofton.  The parish is actively working making disciples for the transformation of the world.  It is in ministry in the church and the community, nationally and internationally.  Worship services are provided at both locations, and include traditional and non-traditional formats.  Outreach missions include a child development center, Vacation Bible Schools, missions in Guatemala and Zimbabwe, the Appalachia Service Project and many others.  Worship attendance in 2008 was averaging 393 people per Sunday, an increase of 34 over the previous year.  There were 14 confessions of faith in 2008, Apportionments paid in 2008 were $89,327, which was 100% of the amount apportioned. 

Kay Albury from Brooks UMC in St. Leonard to Asbury Town Neck UMC in Severna Park
The Rev. Kay Albury has been in ministry for 28 years. She is serving her fourth appointment, and has led Brooks through a successful building project. Teaching and preaching are two of her passion-driven gifts.  Albury combines seeing dreams for God's world with her compassion for those who are hurting and in dire need of salvation. She prayerfully leads the church in creative ways to act through worship and mission to reflect God's demand for justice and love.

Asbury Town Neck UMC, located in Severna Park, is both a family and a regional church, which is broadcast on weekly radio and cable TV.  With strong family ties and members of all ages, the youth are an especially important part of the church. Asbury Town Neck has a significant outreach ministry, a preschool, and several buses used in ministry. Each Sunday, 400 persons are in worship. There were 12 professions of faith last year. 100 percent of its 2008 apportionments of $29,531 were paid.

Mary Kay Totty from Providence UMC in Fort Washington, to Dumbarton UMC in Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Mary Kay Totty has served faithfully and effectively in parish ministry for nearly twenty years. The churches she has served have consistently paid their apportionments in full, received new members, and deepened their ministries of celebration, connection, faith development, service and sharing. Her connectional involvement has included the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, the Methodist Federation for Social Action, Zimbabwe Pastors School, and currently, the Board of Ordained Ministry. She enjoys painting, writing, travel, and reading.

Dumbarton UMC, a progressive community on social/economic justice issues, seeks to interpret and answer God's call in creative ways through worship and social action. The oldest United Methodist congregation in D.C., Dumbarton openly welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. Members travel to Georgetown from throughout the metro area because of the congregation's warmth, its strong sense of supportive community, and its welcome to young adults and to families with small children.  In 2008 Dumbarton had 5 confessions of faith and an average worship attendance of 89.  They paid 100% of their apportionments, which totaled $38,574.