Just One Thing Beautifully by Amory Peck (GBCS)
Tools for Spiritual Leadership (PowerPoint Presentation)
The District Lay Leader: Accountable and Responsible(PowerPoint Presentation)
Annual Conference Happenings Shared by Annual Conference Lay Leaders at Quadrennial Training
Mission Statement
In leading United Methodists to make disciples of Jesus Christ, we will:
- Enable the mutual ministry of lay and clergy
- Strengthen the voice and presence of laity
- Equip our members for spiritual leadership throughout the world
ASSOCIATION OF ANNUAL CONFERENCE LAY LEADERS
Northeastern Jurisdiction
Southeastern Jurisdiction
North Central Jurisdiction
South Central Jurisdiction
Western Jurisdiction
GBOD Staff Contact
NORTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
Baltimore-Washington
Delores Oden
330 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd.
Severna Park MD 21146
Phone: 410-647-0218
E-mail: deloreso@hotmail.com
Central Pennsylvania
Vance Hart
RD 1, Box 84
Williamsburg PA 16693
814-832-2518
E-mail: Hart2hart@embarqmail.com
Eastern Pennsylvania
Dr. Mary White
312 Rockingham Rd.
Rosemont, PA 19010
Phone: 610-519-9812
Cell: 215-429-1680
E-mail: MWhite9891@aol.com
Greater New Jersey
Ressie L. Fuller
1638 Westover Road
Linden, NJ 07036
Home Phone: 908-486-0414
Cell Phone: 732-275-5283
E-mail: Ressie@gnjumc.org
New England
Oscar Harrell
15 Bent Brook Rd
Sudbury, MD 01776
Office: 978-443-3821
Home: 978-869-3073
E-mail: owhtwo@msn.com
Ethel Franks (Associate Lay Leader)
384 Main St
Hingham, MA 02043
781-749-5297
E-mail: dofunnycraft@aol.com
New York
Renata Smith
331 Tecumseh Ave.
Mt. Vernon, NY 10553
E-mail: Renata10553@yahoo.com
(H) 914-664-2622
(C) 914-391-3998
North Central New York
Bill Hinderliter
255 Drake Rd
Lansing, NY 14882
607-533-7287
E-mail: whinderliter@twcny.rr.com
Marie Dewispelaere
7121 Rt. 14
Sodus Point, NY 14555
315-483-9660
E-mail: edewispelaere@rochester.rr.com
Peninsula-Delaware
Betty Gooch
603 Mulberry St.
Milton, DE 19968
Home: 302-684-3390
Cell: 302-645-7748
E-mail: Bgooch39@aol.com
Demetrio Beach
307 Wilson Rd.
Grasonville, MD 21638
E-mail: Beachd_01@yahoo.com
(H) 410-725-1821
Troy
Ilah Sisson Walser
161 Saratoga Ave
Ballston Spa NY 12020
Phone: 518-885-1275
E-mail: isissonwal@aol.com
West Virginia
Royce Lyden
414 Buffalo Ave
Fairmont WV 26554
Phone: 304-366-5170
E-mail: rlyden5389@aol.com
Steven Nicely (associate)
2008 19th Street
Parkersburg, WV 26101
304-428-1962 H
304-428-1130 W
E-mail: steven_nicely@hotmail.com
Western New York
Scott Johnson, Ph.D.
310 Baynes Street
Buffalo NY 14213
E-mail: JOHNSOSL@BuffaloState.edu
Deborah Clyde
11 Bowen Rd.
Churchville, NY 14428
E-mail: Dclyde1728@excite.com
Dawn Quesesberry
9581 Frontier St.
Angola, NY 14006
E-mail: dawnckf@aol.com
Western Pennsylvania
Harry Barbus
P.O. Box 192
Crabtree, Pa 15624
Home: 724-834-4798
Office: 724-694-2720
Office Fax: 724-694-6043
Cell phone: 814-341-9327
E-mail: hbarbus@comcast.net
Wyoming
Blenda Smith
31 Page Brook Rd
Whitney Point, NY 13862
Home: 607-692-7194
Jarrett Roan (Associate Lay Leader)
23 Montgomery Ave.
West Pittston, PA 18643
570-883-7279
E-mail: jrcats54@yahoo.com
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
Alabama-West Florida
Steve Furr
214 Plantation Trace
Jackson, AL 36545
E-mail: furrs@bellsouth.net
(H) 251-246-5266
(O) 251-246-4446
(C) 251-769-1363
Florida
Sharon Luther
8260 Landshire Way
Fort Myers, FL 33912
E-mail: Sluther8260@comcast.net
(C) 239-777-4567
Holston
Mary Ruth Richards
1313 Magnolia Ave.
Kingsport, TN 37664-2446
E-mail: richardsmr@msha.com
(H) 423-245-4040
(O) 423-857-7150
(C) 423-384-2379
Kentucky
Carol Ackley
10279 Tiburon Drive
Florence, KY 41042
Phone: 859-371-5311
Cell phone: 859-802-9580
E-mail: cackley@fuse.net
Memphis
Sandra Burnett
145 Pershing Way
Paducah, KY 42001
Home: 270-554-9405
E-mail: sandyburn@rocketmail.com
Mississippi
Tim Crisler
2 Pintail Cove
Raymond, MS 39154
E-mail: tcrisler@hotmail.com
North Alabama
Ellen Harris
232 Varnon Drive
Birmingham, Al 35214
Phone: 205-798-2348
E-mail: eharris2348@charter.net
North Carolina
Emily Innes
1012 Cedarhurst Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
Telephone: 919-376-0321
E-mail: emilyinnes@nccumc.org
North Georgia
Jane Finley
416 Black Mountain Rd.
Toccoa, GA 35077-7427
(H) 706-886-4039
(C) 404-403-3969
E-mail: mjfarms100@aol.com
Red Bird Missionary
Charlotte Davis
2300 Primrose Ln.
Beattyville, KY 41311
South Carolina
Dr. Joseph (Joe) Heyward
PO Box 384
Florence SC 29503
Home: 843-669-0048
Cell: 843-687-4959
Fax: 866-760-6864
E-mail: Heywardj8@aol.com
Kathryn Scarborough
278 Pen Branch Rd.
North, SC 29112-9486
E-mail: kscarborough@tds.net
(H) 803-247-5456
(Fax) 803-247-4412
(C) 803-315-9451
South Georgia
Roy Blackwood
10248 GA HWY 24
Statesboro, GA 30461
Office: 912-587-2713
Home: 912-587-2713
E-Mail: reblackwood@bulloch.net
Tennessee
Timothy Moss
1645 Wellington Green
Franklin, TN 37064
E-mail: fishrod639@yahoo.com
(H) 615-591-0580
Holly Neal (Associate Lay Leader)
3019 Seminole Loop
Crossville, TN 38572
(C) 931-265-0824
E-mail: hneal56@yahoo.com
Virginia
Shirley Cauffman
4613 North 41st Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Home: 703-241-1948
Cell: 703-850-5112
E-mail: shirley.cauffman@comcast.net
Western North Carolina
Robert D. Upchurch
322 Gregg Street
Archdale, NC 27263
Phone: 336-431-3821
E-mail: RUandJU@AOL.com
NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Dakotas
Janelle Jones
835 W. Hill St. #205
Spearfish, SD 57783
605-722-5911
E-mail: jljones@rushmore.com
Detroit
Michael Clark
P.O. Box 157, N6828 Elm St.
Engadine, MI 49827
Phone: 906-477-6254 (home)
Mobile: 906-630-8708
E-Mail: michaelclark6972@sbcglobal.net
East Ohio
Allen Laferty
368 Maple Dr.
Crestline, OH 44827
419-683-3897
E-mail: adlaferty@yahoo.com
Illinois Great Rivers
Rhonda Whitaker
1264 Hickory Drive
Neoga IL 62447-1212
Phone: 217-895-3962
E-Mail: whitakers@mchsi.com
Indiana
Kayc Mykrantz (co-lay leader)
2105 E. Broadway
Logansport IN 46947
Phone: 574-753-7078
E-mail: Kayc@crosswindministries.net
Ike Williams (co-lay leader)
1515 Cool Creek Dr.
Carmel, IN 46033-2318
317-843-9259
Cell: 317-313-8099
Fax: 317-843-9259 (Call first)
E-mail: ike.williams@att.net
Iowa
Norma Morrison
2117 Americana Ave.
Muscatine IA 52761
Phone: 563-262-8651
E-Mail: ibelieve@q.com
Minnesota
Jeff Kruse
438 Legion Field Rd.
Marshall, MN 56258-1219
E-mail: jekruse@charter.net
(H) 507-532-5056
Northern Illinois
Arnold Rivera
PO Box 410852
Chicago, IL 60641
E-mail: prariv@yahoo.com
(H) 312-208-5485
(O) 773-794-0082
(Fax) 773-202-8740
West Michigan
Laurie Dahlman
1228 Southern
Kalamazoo MI 49001
Phone: 269-343-1490
E-Mail: ladmsu@sbcglobal.net
Raymond Marshall (Associate Lay Leader)
216 S. Nottown Rd.
Mendon, MI 49072
269-496-7993
West Ohio
Valarie Willis (co-lay leader)
9698 Stonemasters Drive
Loveland Ohio 45140
513-677-5637
E-mail: vwillis@cinci.rr.com
James E. Jasinski (co-lay leader)
9141 Beaconlight Court
Centerville, OH 45458
Cell: 937-620-7190
Dayton, OH Office: 937-222-6090, x 223
Wisconsin
Dorthy Radley
627 Highview Drive
Slinger WI 53087
Home: 262-644-6622
Church: 414-852-5026
E-mail: dradley@wisconsinumc.org
SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Arkansas
Asa Whitaker
160 Ottinger Street
Batesville AR 72501
Phone: 870-793-3007
E-mail: alwhitaker@suddenlink.net
Central Texas
Steve McIver
PO Box 545
Ferris, TX 75125
(O) 214-946-3353
(H) 972-576-0988
Kim Simpson
3905 Lake Powell Dr.
Arlington, TX 76016-4119
(H) 817-478-0869
(O) 817-296-0018
Kansas East
Mr. Oliver D. Green
4200 SW 28th St
Topeka KS 66614-2210
Home: 785-273-5593
Cell: 785-580-5858
E-mail: oliverdeck@aol.com
Kansas West
Jill Foss
10665 E Snokomo Rd.
Hutchinson KS 67502
(office phone) 620-662-5127
E-mail: djfoss@sbcglobal.net
Louisiana
Sarah Kreutziger
135 E. Livingston Place
Metairie LA 70005
Home phone: 504-840-6555
E-mail: skreut@tulane.edu
Missouri
Brian Hammons (Lay Leader)
PO Box 140 712 East Sunset
Stockton MO 65785
(H) 417-276-5345
(O) 417-276-5181
(C)417-276-1762
E-mail: bhammons@black-walnuts.com
Shannon Meister (Associate Conference Lay Leader)
Rt. 3 Box 65
Edina, MO 63537
Shannonm06@hotmail.com
(H) 660-397-3169
(C) 402-669-3848
Nebraska
Tom Watson
3 Sycamore Pl.
Kearney, NE 68847
Phone: 308-234-4736 (H)
308-234-1918 (W)
E-mail: nhjwlaw_twatson@msn.com
Melody Adams (Associate Lay Leader)
PO Box 480
Arapahoe, NE 68922
308-962-7747
E-mail: madams@atcjet.net
New Mexico
Donna TeBrink
4916 Cutting Ave. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114
H: 505-897-3231
C: 505-385-4011
E-mail: dtbrink@live.com
North Texas
Richard Hearne
5130 Vickery Blvd
Dallas TX 75206
214-505-2324
E-mail: rbhearne@sbcglobal.net
Northwest Texas
Murray Murphy
2805 Stonehaven Dr.
Big Spring, TX 79720
H: 432-263-1176
murraymurphy@att.net
Oklahoma
Judy J. Benson
1000 Wall
Frederick, OK 73542
Home: 580-335-3508 Church: 580-335-1064
Fax: 580-335-7543
E-Mail: bensonjj@pldi.net
Frank Denny (Associate Lay Leader)
Box 629
Cushing, OK 74023
918-225-1552
Oklahoma Indian Missionary
Sue Burgess
51 Brownwood Road
Lawton OK 773507-9054
Home: 580-529-2245
Work: 580-353-0350, ext. 436
E-mail: Sue.Burgess@mail.ihs.gov
Rio Grande
Jeremiah Gutierrez
956-330-1723
E-mail: jerm_mysterio@hotmail.com
Southwest Texas
Jay Brim
2525 Wallingwood
Bldg. 14
Austin, TX 78746
Home: 512-327-0997
Office: 512-328-0048
Fax: 512-328-4814
E-mail: jbrim@brimarnett.com
Texas
Leah Taylor
19223 Kessington LN.
Houston, TX 77094-3451
281-578-5739
E-mail: tayleah@comcast.net
WESTERN JURISDICTION
Alaska Missionary
Lonnie D. Brooks
2020 Muldoon Rd., #344
Anchorage AK 99504-3683
Phone: 907-333-4529
FAX: 907-332-1400
Cell: 915-491-7646
Email: lonnieb@acsalaska.net
California-Nevada
Gayle Shearman (Co Lay Leader)
429A Enfrente Rd
Novato CA 94949
(home/cell) 415-519-7717
(work) 415-447-3224
E-mail: gshearman@comcast.net
Burt Yin (Co Lay Leader)
25299 Buckeye Drive
Castro Valley, CA 94552
[Home] 510-582-4368
[cell] 510-612-2060
E-mail: byin@sbcglobal.net
California-Pacific
Ken Ellis
11939 Miranda
North Hollywood, CA 91607
818-761-2436
Cell: 818-371-4385
E-mail: Ken.Ellis@allways-Video.com
Desert Southwest
Jim Nibbelink
63327 E. Desert Crest Dr.
Tuscan, AZ 85739
E-mail: jnibbelink@msn.com
(H) 520-818-6766
Oregon-Idaho
Cesie Delve Scheuermann
1089 High Street SE
Salem, OR 97302
503-375-3826
503-779-5546 (cell)
E-mail: cscheuer@willamette.edu
Pacific Northwest
Amory Peck
868 Sudden Valley
Bellingham, WA 98229
Home: 360-734-5574
Pat Dodson (Associate Lay Leader)
6427 83rd Ave. SE
Snohomish, WA 98290
360-568-6202
Rocky Mountain
Judy Hill
3642 CO. RD. D
Joes CO 80822-9404
Home: 970-358-4389
Fax: 970-358-4390
Cell: 970-630-0320
E-mail: hillej@plains.net
Yellowstone
Peg Plimpton
1929 E. Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
(H) 406-542-1543
E-mail: peggi@montana.com
Cliff Stephens
Box 16
Paradise, MT 59856
E-mail: cjspdise@plainsmt.net
(H) 406-823-3119
GBOD STAFF CONTACT
Sandy Jackson
Director of Lay Leadership Development
General Board of Discipleship
PO Box 340003
Nashville TN 37203-0003
615-340-7179
Fax: 615-340-7015
E-mail: sjackson@gbod.org
In leading United Methodists to make disciples of Jesus Christ, we will:
- Enable the mutual ministry of lay and clergy
- Strengthen the voice and presence of laity
- Equip our members for spiritual leadership throughout the world
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