North Alabama Conference Journal 2006

825 Pages·2009·11.2 MB·English

Equipping the Saints for Ministry
Growing together in Worship & Discipleship
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Bishop William H. Willimon, President
Sherill Clontz, Conference Secretary
Kathy C. Clements, Journal Editor
William H. Sherill Clontz Kathy C. Ben Williams
Willimon Conference Secretary Clements Journal Design
Presiding Bishop Journal Editor
2004 The Book of Discipline, 724, “...An annual conference, local church, or other body within The United Methodist
Church that is composed of uniting units with differing dates of origin shall use as the date of its founding the date of founding of
the older or oldest of the uniting units ....”
Entrance of Methodism into Alabama through Uniting Conference, The Methodist Church, 1939
Matthew P. Sturdivant, 1808 Merger Conference, The United Methodist Church, 1968
Alabama Conference, Methodist Protestant Church Merger Conference,
Organized 1829 North Alabama Conference and Central Alabama Conference,
Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South Making the North Alabama Conference
Organized 1846 Organized 1972
Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church The One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Annual Session
Organized 1867 of the North Alabama Conference
North Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South Since Organization 1870
Organized 1870 The Thirty-fourth Session of the North Alabama Conference
Central Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church Since Organization Introduction
Organized 1876
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Vision & Mission Goals
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Help Children and Youth to be Disciples
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Establish New Communities of Faith
Core Values*
Biblically rooted, passionate spirituality
Love of all people
Christ-shaped community
Empowering Leadership
Nurturing
Commitment
Stewardship
Integrity
Conference Website
www.northalabamaumc.org
*Revised at the 2006 Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference
Bishop & Mrs. William H. Willimon
Resident Bishop, The Birmingham Area
The United Methodist Church
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Table of Contents
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Officers & Agencies Institute for Clergy Excellence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
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2006 North Alabama Conference Cabinet. . . . . . . . 5 Lay Ministry Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 O
Conference Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Leadership Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 D
District Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 United Methodist Pastoral Care and Counseling. 311 U
Officials of Conference Agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Visioning Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 C
District Lay Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Stewardship T
Conference Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Board of Pension &Health Benefits . . . . . . . . . . 313 I
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Call to Mission & Ministry Board of Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
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Call to Mission & Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Council on Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Directories Committee on Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Boards, Commissions, Committees, Councils & Commission on Archives & History . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PR/Communication Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
District Committees on Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Superannuate Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
District Board of Church Location and Building. . . 47 United Methodist Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Clergy Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Relationship
Diaconal Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Advocacy for Social Justice Team. . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Professional Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Attentional Growth, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Full Time Local Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Birmingham-Southern College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Part Time Local Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Campus Ministries &Wesley Foundations . . . . . 355
Student Local Pastors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Candler School of Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Certified Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Children’s Discipleship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Lay Speakers Serving Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Children’s Home, United Methodist. . . . . . . . . . . 361
Local Deacons and Elders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Church and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Missionaries, Deaconesses & Employed Workers147 Cooperative Parishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Retired Missionaries &Deaconesses . . . . . . . . . 148 Commission on Status and Role of Women . . . . 398
Lay Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Disability Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Special Session Dream Garden, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Minutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Ethnic Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Clergy Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Evangelism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Laity Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Glen Addie Community Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Minutes Higher Education and Campus Ministry . . . . . . . 405
Journal of Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Hispanic Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Business of the Annual Conference. . . . . . . . . . . 206 Homes for the Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Appointments Huntingdon College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Pastoral Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Missionary Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Remunerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 New & Renewing Communities of Faith . . . . . . . 414
Appointments to Extension Ministries . . . . . . . . . 281 P.E.E.R., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Reports Religion and Race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
The Official Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Restorative Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Servants Like Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Leadership
Board of Ordained Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Society of St. Andrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Conference Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Souteastern Jurisdiction Connectional Table. . . . 421
Connectional Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Sumatanga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Committee on Episcopacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 United Methodist Center for Senior Citizens. . . . 424
Commission on Equitable Compensation . . . . . . 301 United Methodist Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
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United Methodist Residential Alternatives. . . . . . 426
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United Methodist Volunteers in Mission. . . . . . . . 427
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United Methodst Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
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United Theological Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
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Memoirs
Memoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Historical Clergy Roll of the Honored Dead. . . . . 474
Historical Sessions of the North Alabama Confer-
ence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Statistics
Conference Statistician’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Conference Year 2006 Statistical Table. . . . . . . . 478
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2007 North Alabama Appointive/Extended Cabinet
Back Row From Left to Right:
Dale Cohen; Gary T. Ward; Paul D. Messer; Charles H. Lee; Thomason (Tom) Bell; Glenn D. Conner
Front Row From Left to Right:
T. Michael Morgan; Dorothy Ann Webster; Steven (Steve) Screws; Harold L. (Hal) Noble
Conference Officers
Resident Bishop and President William H. Willimon, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Conference Secretary Sherill Clontz, 607 Airport Road, Huntsville, AL35802
Conference Statistician Kenny Baskins, 1227 Sixth Avenue SE, Decatur, AL35601
Treasurer Scott Y. Selman, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Lay Leader Ellen Harris, 232 Varnon Drive, Birmingham, AL35214
Pres., United Methodist Men John Hardeman, 310 Colonial Drive, Florence, AL35633
Pres., United Methodist Women Patty Perry Finney, 3220 Rockledge Road, Birmingham, AL35213
Pres., Conference Youth Jameson Hughes, 109 Cedar Crest Dr., Birmingham, AL35216
Conference Chancellor Terry McElheny, PO Box 1387, Birmingham, AL35201-1387
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District Superintendents
Central District Glenn D. Conner, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Cheaha District Dorothy Ann Webster, 1320 Noble Street, Suite 2B, Anniston, AL36201
Mountain Lakes District Steven (Steve) Screws, 104 Gwindale Road, Gadsden, AL35901
Northeast District Thomason (Tom) Bell, PO Box 4286, Huntsville, AL35815
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Northwest District Harold L. (Hal) Noble, 505 N. Seminary Street, Suite 3C, Florence, AL35630
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South Central District T. Michael Morgan, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
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Southeast District Paul D. Messer, Box 537, Alexander City, AL35011
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Southwest District Charles H. Lee, 2711 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL35401
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Officials of Conference Agencies
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Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Interim Chief Operation Officer:
Ken Eshak, 1615 25th Street North, Birmingham, AL35234
College Presidents
Birmingham-Southern College G. David Pollick, President, Birmingham, AL35254
Huntingdon College John Cameron West, President, Montgomery, AL36106
Conference Office of Connectional Ministries
Director, Office of Connectional MinistriesDale R. Cohen, 898 Arkladelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Director, Office of Communication Danette Clifton, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Director, Mission &Advocacy Patrick Friday, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Coordinator, Youth Ministry Myrle Grate, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Coordinator, Children’s Ministry Danette Schader, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Coordinator, Volunteers in Mission Paulette West, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Coordinator, Office of Connectional Ministries
Kathy Clements, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Other Conference Officials
Director, Office of Congregational Development
Dick Freeman, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Executive Director, Superannuate Homes & Office of Ordained Ministry
Donald Neal, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
Executive Director, United Methodist Foundation
Charles B. Carlton, P.O. Box 360930 Birmingham, Alabama 35235
Assistant to the Bishop and Chaplain of United Methodist Center
Denise Morgan Mullaney, 898 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL35204
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President, The Golden Cross Dwight Christolear, 1600 Carraway Boulevard, Birmingham, AL35234
Executive Director, Homes for the Aging
A. Wray Tomlin, 1424 Montclair Road, Birmingham, AL35210
President & CEO (Interim), UM Children’s Home
Joseph Lisenby, PO Box 830, Selma, AL36702-0830
Director, Camp Sumatanga Anne Horton, 3616 Sumatanga Road, Gallant, AL35972
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Conference Lay Leader Ellen Harris, 232 Varnon Drive, Birmingham, AL35214
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Central District Denise Cone, 8513 Cedarbark Circle, Birmingham, AL35206

Cheaha District Nathan Hill, 307 Wind Ridge NE, Jacksonville, AL36265 A
Mountain Lakes District Karen Owen, POBox 134, Gadsden, AL35902 G
Northwest District Carol Toney, POBox 6654, Huntsville, AL35824 E
Northwest District Co-Lay Leader Jarvis Brewer, PO Box 237, Rogersville, AL35652 N
Northwest District Co-Lay Leader Scott Stone, PO Box 126, Hartselle, AL35640 C
South Central District Co Lay Leader Sam Frazier, 136 Grandview Circle, Maylene, AL35515 I
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South Central District Co Lay Leader John McQueen, 815 Riverchase Parkway West, Birmingham, AL35244
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Southeast District Guy Perry, 332 Quail Hollow Drive, Dadeville, AL36853
Southwest District Maurice Stuckey, 2411-800 Energy Center Blvd., Northport, AL35473
Director for Lay Speaking Ministries Sandy O’Kelley, 317 Roundabout Drive, Trussville, AL35173
Conference Staff List
Office of the Resident Bishop William H. Willimon, Bishop
Denise Morgan Mullaney, Assistant to the Bishop
Gary Ward, Assistant to the Bishop for Transitional Matters /
Secretary of the Cabinet
Jilda Harris, Executive Secretary
Office of Administrative Services Scott Y. Selman, Treasurer
Johnny Frazier, Conference Accountant
Gail Jeffreys, Office Manager
Wanda Tray, Benefits Coordinator/Assistant Bookkeeper
Jeanna Cork, Receptionist/Secretary
Pete Banish, Director of Information Technologies
Office of Ordained Ministry/ Donald Neal, Executive Director
Superannuate Homes Cindi Patsios, Administrative Assistant, Board of Ordained Ministry
Claudia Hope, Administrative Assistant, Board of Superannuate Homes
Office of Connectional Ministries Dale R. Cohen, Director
Patrick Friday, Associate Director of Mission &Advocacy
Danette Schader, Coordinator of Children’s Ministries
Myrle Grate, Coordinator of Youth Ministry
Paulette West, Coordinator of North Alabama Conference
Volunteers in Mission
Kathy Clements, Coordinator of Connectional Ministry
Pamela Harris, Support Staff
Aleta Short, Assistant to the Director / Support Staff
Nacole Hillman, Support Staff
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United Methodist Foundation Charles B. Carlton, Executive Director
Jean Sandefur, Administrative Assistant
Jenny Pitts, Controller
Laynee Young, Accountant
Elaine Haskins, Assistant Director of Development
Linda Holland, Director of Communication
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F Thomas Muhomba, Assistant Director of Congregational Development
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Doris McCullers, Data Entry, Resource Librarian and Conference Regis-
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Call to Mission & Ministry
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Vision and Mission Goals
1.1 The Vision of the North Alabama Conference is: Every church challenged and equipped to grow
more disciples of Jesus Christ by taking risks and changing lives.
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2.1 "The church as the community of the new covenant has participated in Christ's ministry of grace across
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God's love and ours. The outreach of such ministries knows no limits. Beyond the diverse forms of &

ministry is this ultimate concern: that all persons will be brought into a saving relationship with God M
through Jesus Christ and be renewed after the image of their creator (Colossians 3:10). This means that I
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all Christians are called to minister wherever Christ would have them serve and witness in deeds and
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words that heal and free." (2004 Book of Discipline, ¶ 126)
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2.2 "This ministry of all Christians in Christ's name and spirit is both a gift and a task. The gift is God's
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unmerited grace; the task is unstinting service. Entrance into the church is acknowledged in baptism
and may include persons of all ages. In this sacrament the church claims God's promise, the seal of the
Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). Baptism is followed by nurture and the consequent awareness by the baptized
of the claim to ministry in Christ placed upon their lives by the church. Such a ministry is ratified in
confirmation, where the pledges of baptism are accepted and renewed for life and mission. Entrance
into and acceptance of ministry begins in a local church, but the impulse to minister always moves one
beyond the congregation toward the whole human community. God's gifts are richly diverse for a vari-
ety of services; yet all have dignity and worth." (2004 Book of Discipline, ¶ 127)
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The Journey of a Connectional People
3.1 "Connectionalism in the United Methodist tradition is multi-leveled, global in scope, and local in
thrust. Our connectionalism is not merely a linking of one charge conference to another. It is rather a
vital web of interactive relationships." (2004 Book of Discipline, ¶ 130)
3.2 "The purpose of the annual conference is to make disciples for Jesus Christ by equipping its local
churches for ministry and by providing a connection for ministry beyond the local church; all to the
glory of God." (2004 Book of Discipline, ¶ 601)
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