The AACLL initiates strategies and policies to strengthen the presence and voice of laity in The United Methodist Church.
AACLL Proposed Legislation for General Conference 2008
2007 AACLL Officers
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 or delgina@earthlink.net
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
Dr. Connie Ace (Co-Lay Leader)
PO Box 393
Whitehouse NJ 08888
Home: 908-534-4547
E-mail: cace@gnjumc.org
Jay Brown (Co-Lay Leader)
1145 South Beecham Rd.
Williamstown NJ 08094
Home: 856-728-3191
Office: 856-216-7755
Fax: 856-728-1054
E-mail: usn65@aol.com
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
Robert Hunsinger
63 Pickerel Road
Monroe NY 10950
Home: 845-783-1932
E-mail: rhunsing@frontiernet.net
North Central New York
Chuck Forbes
104 Country Rd 40
Massena, NY 13662
315-705-0251
E-mail: Cforbes5@twcny.rr.com
Bill Hinderliter (Associate Lay Leader)
255 Drake Rd
Lansing, NY 14882
607-533-7287
whinderliter@twcny.rr.com
Kim Snyder (Associate Lay Leader)
9313 Prinizzi Dr
Lindley, NY 14858
607-523-7715
Wsnyder5@stny.rr.com
Peninsula-Delaware
Gene Cray (Peninsula-Delaware)
25321 Ocean Gateway
Mardela Springs MD 21837
Phone: 410-742-7398
Fax: 410-742-4238
E-mail: ahcray25@verizon.net
Betty Gooch (Peninsula-Delaware Associate Lay Leader)
603 Mulberry St.
Milton, DE 19968
Home: 302-684-3390
Cell: 302-645-7748
E-mail: Bgooch39@aol.com
Troy
Ilah Sisson Walser
161 Saratoga Ave
Ballston Spa NY 12020
Phone: 518-885-1275
E-mail: isissonwal@aol.com
West Virginia
Fred Kellerman (West Virginia)
PO Box 12
Frankford WV 24938
Phone: 304-497-0567
E-mail: wellspring@charterinternet.net
Royce Lyden (Associate, West Virginia)
414 Buffalo Ave
Fairmont WV 26554
Phone: 304-366-5170
E-mail: rlyden5389@aol.com
Western New York
Eleanor Collinsworth, Co-Lay Leader
14 Missuion Hill Drive
Brockport NY 14420
eleanor.colinsworth@kodak.com
Scott Johnson, Ph.D., Co-Lay Leader
Vice-President, AACLL, 2006
310 Baynes Street
Buffalo NY 14213
JOHNSOSL@BuffaloState.edu
Western Pennsylvania
Harry Barbus
PO Box 136
Laughlintown, PA 15655
724-238-9187
Office: 724-694-2720
Office Fax: 724-694-6043
Cell phone: 814-341-9327
Hbarbus@comcast.net
Gary Pennington (Associate Lay Leader)
108 Old Saxony Rd
Cheswick, PA 15024
Home: 412-767-5886
Office: 412-580-0629
Wyoming
Blenda Smith
31 Page Brook Rd
Whitney Point, NY 13862
Home: 607-692-7194
E-mail: Bsmith@binghamton.edu
Jim Krager (Associate Lay Leader)
159 Springsteen Rd
Windsor, NY 13865
Home: 607-655-1611
Office: 607-467-2750
Fax: 607-467-4612
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
Alabama-West Florida
Roy S. Dunaway, Jr.
35 Melanie Lane
Eufaula AL 36027-5019
Phone: 334-687-9617
E-mail: rdunaway@eufaula.rr.co
Florida
Bill Walker
PO Box 2912
Winter Park FL 32790-2912
407-644-5555
E-mail: wwalker787@aol.com
Holston
Bob Lockaby (Holston)
7514 Island Manor Drive
Harrison TN 37341
Home: 423-344-7361
Office: 423-756-5171
Fax: 423-266-1605
Kentucky
Melvin (Mel) R. Bowdan Jr.
2236 Clear Creek Road
Nicholsville KY 40356
Phone: 859-227-0144
Fax: 859-88-9755
E-mail: jmbowdanJr@aol.com
Memphis
Sandra Burnett
170 Jessamine Drive
Paducah KY 42001
Home: 270-554-9405
E-mail: sburnett@marykay.com
Mississippi
Aubrey K. Lucas
3200 Jamestown Road
Hattiesburg MS 39402
Home: 601-268-8761
Office: 601-266-4351
Fax: 601-266-6674
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
Lyn Powell (North Georgia)
5260 Whispering Pines Lane
Conyers GA 30012
Phone: 770-785-7031
E-mail: lynpowell@comcast.net
Jane Finley (North Georgia Associate Lay Leader)
4322 Deep Springs Ct
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone: 770-516-8438
E-mail: Mjfarms100@aol.com
Norris Long (North Georgia Associate Lay Leader)
PO Box 67
Thomason, GA 30824
Phone: 706-595-7704
E-mail: mnlong@classicsouth.net
Dianne Spencer (North Georgia Associate Lay Leader)
2687 Kings Park Cir
Decatur, GA 30034
Home: 404-288-9285
Cell: 404-376-5230
E-mail: Ds2687@bellsouth.net
John Ellis (North Georgia Associate Lay Leader)
3469 South Ola Road
Locust Grove Ga 30248
Phone: 770-957-1038
E-mail: joellis3@bellsouth.net
Red Bird Missionary
Joyce Sizemore
PO Box 4
Roark KY 40979
Home: 606-599-0313
Office: 606-598-8228
E-mail: joycesizemore@yahoo.com
South Carolina
Dr. Joseph (Joe) Heyward
PO Box 384
Florence SC 29503
Home: 843-669-0048
Cell: 843-687-4959
Fax: 866-760-6864
Heywardj8@aol.com
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
Joe Williams (Tennessee)
124 Oak Park Drive
Tullahoma TN 37388
Home: 931-455-8133
Fax: 931-454-0630
E-mail: jaw72@bellsouth.net
C. Don Ladd (Associate Lay Leader)
1 Burton Hills Blvd
Ste. 150
Nashville, TN 37215
Home: 615-234-7526
Fax: 615-234-7527
c.d.ladd@ampf.com
Virginia
Shirley Cauffman
4613 North 41st Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Home: 703-241-1948
Cell: 703-850-5112
shirley.cauffman@comcast.net
Western North Carolina
Betty Jo Hardy
1415 Willow Rdoad
Salisbury NC 28147
Office: 704-636-0471
Home: 704-636-6119
E-mail: bttyJHrdy@aol.com
NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Dakotas
Janelle Jones
229 East Elgin
Spearfish SD 57783
Phone: 605-722-5911
E-mail: jljones@rushmore.com
Detroit
Cathy Hazen
2150 Teggerdine
White Lake MI 48386
Phone: 248-698-9326
E-Mail: cathzen@comcast.net
East Ohio
Allen Laferty
368 Maple Dr.
Crestline, OH 44827
419-683-3897
adlaferty@yahoo.com
Illinois Great Rivers
Rhonda Whitaker
1264 Hickory Drive
Neoga IL 62447-1212
Phone: 217-895-3962
E-Mail: whitakers@mchsi.com
Iowa
Norma Morrison
2117 Americana Ave.
Muscatine IA 52761
Phone: 563-262-8651
E-Mail: ibelieve@machlink.com
Minnesota
Mary Jo Dahlberg (Minnesota)
Secretary, AACLL, 2006
38336 Casselberry Drive
North Branch MN 55056
Home: 651-674-2718
E-mail: mjdahlberg@aol.com
Dianne O'Donnell (Associate, Minnesota)
4600 E. 34th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406-2919
Home: 612-721-1877
Cell: 612-251-9033
Northern Illinois
Roger L. Curless
441 Featherock Drive
Aurora IL 60506-5208
Phone: 312-368-2714
E-Mail: rlcurless@comcast.net
North Indiana
Kayc Mykrantz
2105 E. Broadway
Logansport IN 46947
Phone: 574-753-7078
E-mail: kmykrantz@comcast.net
South Indiana
Ike Williams
1515 Cool Creek Dr.
Carmel, IN 46033-2318
317-843-9259
E-mail: iwilliams@iquest.net
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
E-mail: rayandrosanne@verizon.net
269-496-7993
West Ohio
Bruce Boyd
911 Vandemark Rd.
PO Box 4129
Sydney OH 45365-4129
Phone: 937-498-2111
Wisconsin
Dorothy Radles
627 Highview Drive
Slinger WI 53087
Phone: 414-852-5026
SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Arkansas
Asa Whitaker
President, AACLL, 2006
160 Ottinger Street
Batesville AR 72501
Phone: 870-793-3007
E-mail: alwhitaker@cox.net
Central Texas
Ed Komandosky
2207 Gladnell
Taylor, TX 76574
512-365-7396
ekomandsoky@yahoo.com
Kansas East
Dale Fox
1701 Ash
Ottawa KS 66067
Phone: 785-242-6874
Kansas West
Dixie Brewster
1668 W 140th Ave. N.
Milton KS 67106
Phone: 316-478-2828
E-mail: brewsters@havilandtelco.com
Louisiana
George K. "Buzzy" Anding, Jr.
4148 E. Lake Sherwood Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Home: 225-293-8870
Office: 225- 766-0200
Cell: 225-317-0200
Missouri
Larry Fagan
8611 N Utica Ct.
Kansas City, MO 64153
larryeldecon@sbcglobal.net
Alicia Polk (Associate Lay Leader, Missouri)
16101 Oakland Ave
Belton, Mo 64012
816-841-3353
Hollis Hensley (Associate Lay Leader, Missouri)
21324 S. Coleman Rd.
Peculiar MO 64078
816-380-5687
hhensley@idir.net
Carol Oberaitis (Associate, Missouri)
561 Friar Tuck, Box 1117
Lake Sherwood MO 63357
636-398-2055
coberaitis@aol.com
Nebraska
Lavina Schwaninger
28400 SW 14
Martell NE 68404
Phone: 402-787-2265
E-mail: lschwaninger@huskeraccess.com
New Mexico
William H. (Bill) Wood
10268 Saigon Drive
El Paso TX 79925-5531
Home: 915-598-8845
Fax: 915-584-9515
E-mail: BBWD@aol.com
North Texas
Billy Ratcliff
6315 Everglade
Dallas, TX 75227
214-388-9006
bratcliff@swbell.net
Northwest Texas
Randy Hollums
711 West Virginia St
Floydada, TX 74235
806-983-6193
johnhollums@hotmail.com
Oklahoma
Judy J. Benson
Treasurer, AACLL, 2006
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 (Associate Lay Leader)
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
David Villalobus
1667 Robert Wynn Dr
El Paso, TX 79936
Home: 915-591-3366
Office: 915-549-8550
E-mail: davidvelpaso@aol.com
Southwest Texas
Jay Brim
2525 Wallingwood
Bldg. 14
Austin, TX 78746
Home: 512-327-0999
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
leahtaylor@houston.rr.com
WESTERN JURISDICTION
Alaska Missionary
Dave Kobersmith
Birchwood Camp
PO Box 670049
Chuquak, AK 99569
Work: 907-688-2734
Home: 907-688-6825
dave@birchwoodcamp.org
www.birchwoodcamp.org
California-Nevada
Pete W. Taylor, Jr.
7962 Sanford Street
Oakland CA 94605-3713
Home: 510-638-7397
peteronnie@sbcglobal.net
California-Pacific
Ken Ellis (California-Pacific)
11939 Miranda
North Hollywood, CA 91607
818-761-2436
Cell: 818-371-4385
Ken.Ellis@allways-Video.com
Desert Southwest
Twyla Thompson
310 W Butler Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85021-4525
E-Mail: TWY602@juno.com
Oregon-Idaho
Tom Wogaman
2159 NW Beechwood Place
Corvallis OR 97330-1001
Phone: 541-754-8177
E-mail: wogaman@proaxis.com
Pacific Northwest
Amory Peck
Member-at-large, AACLL, 2006
868 Sudden Valley
Bellingham, WA 98229
Home: 360 734-5574
E-Mail: amorypeck@comcast.net
Pat Dodson (Associate Lay Leader)
6427 83rd Ave. SE
Snohomish, WA 98290
360-568-6202
E-Mail: patcdodsm59@juno.com
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
Lin Doyle
PO Box 8
Hyattville WY 82428
Home: 307-469-2253
Fax: 307-469-2245
E-mail: Ldoyle@tctwest.net
Peg Plimpton (Associate Lay Leader)
peggi@montana.com
406-542-1543
GBOD STAFF CONTACT
Sandy Zeigler
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: szeigler@gbod.org
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| From Left: Scott Johnson (vice president), Mary Jo Dahlberg (secretary), Amory Peck (member-at-large), Asa Whitaker (president), Judy Benson (treasurer) |
2007 AACLL Officers
President: Asa Whitaker (Arkansas)
Vice President: Scott Johnson (Western New York)
Secretary: Mary Jo Dahlburg (Minnesota)
Treasurer: Judy Benson (Oklahoma)
Member-at-large: Amory Peck (Pacific Northwest)
Note: The Legislative Committee of the Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders (AACLL) has finished the task of editing and is writing the rationale for the petitions to go to the General Board of Discipleship and on to the General Conference Commission secretary.
The Legislative Committee brings a recommendation of a resolution:
Whereas, The United Methodist Church has steadily lost membership for many years in its country of origin; and Whereas, in the most recent year's totals The United Methodist Church lost 70,000 members, thus exceeding the previous year's losses of 60,000 members; and Whereas, the historic strength of The United Methodist Church lay in well-equipped laity who were passionate in their beliefs; and Whereas, the clergy of The United Methodist Church continues to equip the laity for the task of winning communities for Christ through witness, service and transforming ministry; and Whereas, too many of our laity no longer claim that core responsibility of every Christian to find those who are lost, and to lead them into a church home now; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the laity, accept primary responsibility for the growth and vitality of The United Methodist Church.
CARRIED unanimously.
Recommendation from the Legislative Committee to ADD a new paragraph in the Book of Discipline ¶ 126: The Ministry of the Laity — The laity of The United Methodist Church are, by history and calling, active advocates of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, accepting the responsibility to carry out the Great Commission in everyday living. Every layperson is an evangelist; every layperson is a missionary. The primary agent of the salvation of the lost and the sustained growth of the church is the evangelistic ministry of its laity. (CARRIED unanimously.)
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