The West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

September 20 through 26: North Parma UMC, Melissa Claxton; Sparta UMC, Louis W Grettenberger; Bear Lake / Arcadia UMCs, William F Dye; Ithaca / Beebe UMCs, Steven R Young; South Haven UMC, John W Fisher; Lansing Grace UMC, Jane Ellen Johnson; Conference United Methodist Men, President - Michael Bremer; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH - J Patrick McCoy; retired pastors - Kenneth A O Lindland & David L Litchfield;

September 27 through October 3: Nottawa UMC, no pastor; Twin Lake UMC, R Paul Doherty; Bellaire Community UMC, Carl Q Litchfield; Lincoln Road UMC, Nancy J Bitterling; Stevensville UMC, B Gordon Barry; Lansing Korean UMC, Bo Rin Cho; CCOM Administrative Staff, Camp Registrar - Pamela Stewart; Honorable Location - Clinton McKinven-Copus; retired pastors - John D Lover & D Hubert Lowes;

October 4 through 10: Pleasant Lake / Jackson Zion UMCs, David H Minger; Vergennes UMC, Nathaniel W Johnson; Boyne City / Boyne Falls UMCs, Wayne E McKenney; Lyons-Muir Church, Forest Bertran Nelson; Three Oaks UMC, Sherri L Swanson; Lansing Mt Hope UMC, William E Haggard & Colleen Treman; Conference Staff Ministry Consultant - Iris Naomi Garcia; Honorable Location - Laurie J McKinven-Copus; retired pastors - Paul E Lowley & Howard A Lyman;

October 11 through 17: Pope UMC, Irene L Vittoz; Wayland UMC, Gary D Bondarenko; Brethren Epworth / Grant UMC, Carl E Greene; Mecosta New Hope UMC, Victor D Charnley; Trowbridge UMC, Anthony C Shumaker; Lansing Sycamore Creek UMC, Thomas F Arthur; Chaplain, Albion College - Daniel McQuown; Conference Director of Lay Speaking - Kip Brunson; retired pastors - Doris L Lyon & Gary V Lyons;

October 18 through 24: Reading UMC, DeAnn J Dobbs; White Cloud UMC, Jeffrey J Bowman; Cadillac UMC, Thomas E Ball; Mt Pleasant Chippewa Indian UMC, Owen L White-Pigeon; Vicksburg UMC, Bufford W Coe; Lansing Trinity UMC, William M Beachy; Assistant Professor, Asbury Theological Seminary - Stacy R Minger; Conference Statistician - Patricia Wagner; retired pastors - Charles William Martin & Richard L Matson;

October 25 through 31: Springport / Lee Center UMCs, Diane E Stone; Courtland-Oakfield UMC, Jeffrey C Williams; Charlevoix UMC, J Todd Thompson; Mt Pleasant First UMC, John W Boley; Allegan UMC, Robert P Stover; Lansing Vietnamese UMC, Tho Van Phan; Chaplain, and Director of Church Relations, Adrian College - Christopher P Momany; Conference Communications Director - Mark Doyal; retired pastors - Paul D Mazur & Kenneth D McCaw;

November 1 through 7: Sturgis UMC, Deborah M Johnson & J Robert Keim; Whitehall / Claybanks UMC, Gayle Sue Berntsen; Crystal Valley / Walkerville UMCs, Ronald L Worley; Mt Pleasant Trinity / Countryside / Leaton UMCs, Donald R Wendell; Almena UMC, Donna Jean Keyte; Leslie / Felt Plains UMCs, Donald L Buege; Associate Dean for Black Church Studies and Church Relations, Duke Divinity School - Joy Jittaun Moore; Diaconal Minister - Jane Case; retired pastors - Janilyn McConnell & Allen D McCreedy;

November 8 through 14: Three Rivers First UMC, Maria L Rutland; Wyoming: South Wyoming UMC, Marcia L Elders; Williamsburg / Elk Rapids UMCs, Geraldine M Litchfield; New Life UMC, Anita Hahn; Bangor Simpson UMC, Thomas A Davenport; Mason First UMC, Dwayne E Bagley; Conference Office, MARC Director - Betsy Weems; Spring Arbor Univ., Assoc. Professor of Religion - Robert Moore-Jumonville; retired pastors - Charles D McNary & Sandra B Hoffman McNary;

November 15 through 21: Three Rivers Ninth Street / Schoolcraft Pleasant Valley UMCs, James W Stilwell; Wyoming Wesley Park UMC, William V Clegg Jr; Empire UMC, Brenda E Gordon; Ovid: United Church, Gregory L Buchner; Benton Harbor Peace Temple, no pastor; Millville UMC, Robert J Freysinger; Grand Rapids District Superintendent - Laurie A Haller; Honorable Location - Allen C Myers; retired pastors - John W McNaughton & Russell F McReynolds;

November 22 through 28: Union City UMC, Robert M Hughes; Wyoming Park UMC, William C Johnson; Epsilon / New Hope UMCs, Matthew T Stoll; Pompeii/Perrinton/Middleton/North Star UMCs, Clare Walter Huyck; Berrien Springs UMC, Cynthia M Parsons; Mulliken / Eagle UMCs, Judith Lee Scholten; Commission on Status & Role of Women, Chair - Judy Coffey; Honorable Location - Edward F Otto; retired pastors - Dorothy Douglas Mercer & Thurlan E Meredith;

November 29 through December 5: Albion First UMC, Jeremy PH Williams; Allendale Valley Church (new church start), Matthew J Bistayi; Fife Lake-Boardmans Parish, Howard Seaver; Reed City UMC, Emmett H Kadwell Jr; Bloomingdale UMC, Eugene B Moore; Nashville UMC, Catherine M Christman; Conference Secretary - Laura Witkowski; Ohio Wesleyan University, Chaplain - Jon R Powers; retired pastors - Donald H Merrill & Vernon L Michael;

December 6 through 12: Athens UMC, Sandra J Gastian; Alto / Bowne Center UMCs, Dean I Bailey; Fountain / Freesoil UMCs, Mona J Dye; Rosebush UMC, Jonathan D VanDop; Breedsville UMC, David L Haase; Okemos Community Church, Jeanne M Randels; appointed to Canton Cherry Hill UMC (Detroit Conf) - Merlin H Pratt; appointed to Denton Faith UMC (Detroit Conf) - D Kay Pratt; Conference Director - Benton R Heisler; retired pastors - Daniel E Miles & David L Miles;