2026 Appointments

After prayer and consultation with the Cabinet, Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling has made the following appointments, effective July 1 (unless otherwise noted):

March 30
  • Melvin Bond, to Retirement, from not appointed
  • Helen Ballew, to Lisbon (50%), from Grace Gaithersburg (50%), remaining in Damascus (50%)
  • Gayle Annis-Forder, to Sykesville Parish-Associate, from Retirement
  • Shawn Vollmerhausen, to Sandy Mount and Mt. Zion Finksburg, from Alberta Gary
  • Ryan Wise, to DC: Lincoln Park UMC, from Scotland: St. Luke's UMC
  • Phil Tocknell, to Mt Zion-Lothian & Wesley Chapel, from Retirement
March 23
  • Jonathan Brown, to Atlanta: Inman Park UMC (on-loan to North Georgia Conference), from DC: Foundry
  • Mark Mooney, to Charles Town: Asbury UMC (interim), from Retired
March 16
  • Brent Wiles, to Oldtown: Oliver's Grove, from Cumberland: Emmanuel
  • Marvin Bailey, to Annapolis: Mayo CG, from Atlanta, Georgia
  • Heath Wilson, to Desert Skies: Tuscon AZ (On-loan to Desert Southwest Conference), from Mt. Zion Lothian & Wesley Chapel
March 9
  • Julie Wilson, to Extension Ministry: Spiritual Entrepreneur and Community Steward in the South District, Desert Southwest Conference, from Community: Laurel (part-time 50%)
March 2
  • Stacey Neal, to Mt. Harmony-Lower Marlboro, from Victorville, California
February 23
  • Laurel McNeal, to Camp Chapel: Perry Hall, MD, from Parkton: Community Parish of Baltimore County CP
  • Dionne Hall, to Mt. Carmel UMC - Frederick, from Grace UMC - Hagerstown
February 16
  • Sherri Wood-Powe, to Faith: Tulsa (on-loan to Oklahoma Conference), from Transitional Leave of Absence (effective December 1, 2025 - part-time 25%)
  • Shelley Hawkins, to Hiss UMC, Baltimore, MD, from Journey UMC, Temple Hills, MD
  • Mark C. Mooney, to Retirement, from Hiss UMC, Baltimore, MD.
  • Charles Anderson-Gray, to Ashton: Ashton, MD, from Extension Ministry
  • Amanda McMurtrey, to Westminster UMC: Westminster, from Mayo UMC: Edgewater
February 9
  • Denise Ryles-McKoy, to Retirement, from Franklin P Nash
  • Alice Ford, to Extension Ministry: Chaplaincy Adrian College and Coaching under GBHEM endorsement, from On-loan, Michigan Conference
  • Bryan Todd, to Messiah-Taneytown Trinity-Emmitsburg, from Lisbon UMC
  • Ashley Hoover, to Gethsemane, Capitol Heights MD, from Jerusalem-Mt Pleasant
FEbruary 2
  • Randy Keith, to St Paul Lusby MD, from Patapsco-Lodge Forest CP
  • Mark Jarema, to Lexington Park, from Greater Brunswick
  • Bonnie Hawk, to Rolling Hills -CAL-PAC Conference (on-loan), from Mt. Carmel
  • Emily Berkowitz, to Asbury: Arnold, MD, from Ashton
January 26
  • T.C. Morrow, to DC: The United Church, from extension ministry
January 19
  • Pat Allen, to Mt. Tabor Crownsville, from Retirement (Effective January 1 - part-time 25%)
  • Cassy Nunez, to Area Hispanic/Latine and Multicultural Ministry Coordinator (full-time), from Salem Baltimore Hispanic (50%) and Area Hispanic/Latine and Multicultural Ministry Coordinator (50%) (Effective January 12)
  • Kate Snyder, to St. James. Marriottsville, from Mt. Harmony-Lower Marlboro
  • Du Young Lee, to Glen Mar-Associate, from Ijamville-Flinthill
  • Terri Rae Chattin, to Asbury Arnold, from Retirement (Effective January 1 - Interim January-June 2026)
January 12
  • Julie Wilson, to Community: Laurel, MD, from Transitional Leave of Absence (effective December 1, 2025 - part-time 25%)
  • Herbert Brisbon, III, to Campus Ministry at Alabama State University/Alabama-West Florida Conference, from Chaplain, Dillard University (effective January 1)
  • Michael Carrington, to Good Hope Union: Silver Spring, MD, from Eastern: Baltimore, MD
  • Anna Schwartz, to Calvary: Annapolis MD, from Lexington Park
  • Tammi Brantley, to Oxon Hill: Oxon Hill MD, from Epworth Gaithersburg (Associate)
  • Chris Guyer, to Sykesville Parish, Senior Pastor, from Sykesville MD Parish (Associate)
  • Stacey Cole Wilson, to First Hyattsville, from BWC Ext Ministry: Executive Minister of Beloved Community
Retirees 

Effective July 1 (unless otherwise noted), the following pastors will retire from active ordained ministry:

Patricia Lynn Abell
Richard Wilson Baker
Melvin Bond
Robert G. Brennan, Jr.
Kevin R. Brooks
Duane Jensen
Angela Kittrell (effective November 3, 2025)
Kyunglim S. Lee
Seung Woo Lee
Wade Martin
Mark C. Mooney
Linda Watkins Motter
Mary Kathryn Nippard Kanahan
Carol Pazdersky
Dawn R. Reidy
Denise Ryles-McKoy
Dawn R. Stewart (effective February 1)
Malcolm Stranathan
Yvonne Wallace-Penn