PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED AND CERTIFIED

PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED AND CERTIFIED

LAY MINISTRY

(¶635.2u, v, The Book of Discipline)

Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM

60. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?

61. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certified this year.)

62. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?.......................No one
63. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?.....................No one

64. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?...................No one

65. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 271, 635.2v, and 665.10)? (List alphabetically giving full name—first, middle, last—in that order, by district)……………………………No one

PART IV DIACONAL MINISTERS

(Paragraph numbers in questions 67-75 refer to

The 1992 Book of Discipline)

66. Who constitute the Committee on Investigation (¶2703.3)? (v)

Chairperson: Ruth Penton

Vice Chairperson: Seth Granberry

Secretary: TBD

Members: Seth Granberry (04), Ruth Penton (04)

Alternates: Clara Ester (04), Laurel Schmidt (04)
67. Who are reinstated as diaconal ministers (¶313.3c)? (v)………………..……………No one
68. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)?....................................................No one

Name Conference Date
69. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?.......................................................No one

70. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3)…….

..No one
71. What diaconal ministers have died during the year?
a) Effective:………………………………………………………………………….…No one

b) Retired: ……………………………………………………………………………...No one

72. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v)
a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):………………………………………………………………………..………..No one

b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 72a, if their leaves of absence are continuing):……………………………………………………………………...…..No one

73. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):……....No one
a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):

…………………………………………………………………….…………………..No one

b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in

Question 73a, if their leaves of absence are

continuing):………………………...………………………………………………..No one
74. Who have returned to active status:……………………………………………………..No one

a) From disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave of absence

(¶313.1a, c, d)?…………………………………………………………………...…No one

b) From extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)………..…………………………….……..No one

75. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)
a) This year?………………………………………………………………...…………..No one

b) Previously?

Seth Granberry

Ruth Penton

Dottie K. Lovelady Rogers

PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS

76. Who are approved for less than full-time service?

a) What associate members and elders are approved for appointment to less than full-time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time service (in one-quarter increments) is approval granted (for purposes of equitable compensation claim and pension credit) (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506.4b)? (v ¾):

1. 
   Jimmy Boone (OE) (4^th Year) 50%
   
2. 
   Donald Davitz (FE) (3^rd Year) 75%
   
3. 
   David E. Edwards (FE) (2^nd Year) 75%
   
4. 
   Charles Douglas Jolly (FE) (1^st Year) 75%
   
5. 
   Geoffrey Kagoro (FE) (1^st Year) 75%
   
6. 
   Stephen Thomas King (FE) (13^th Year) 50%
   
7. 
   Janet K. Lee (FE) (12^th Year) 75%
   
8. 
   Gean W. Smith (FE) (4^th Year) 75%
   

b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service (¶331.7)?

1. 
   Lisa Ausley (FD) (2^nd Year) 50%
   
2. 
   F. Reed Haigler Hoppe (FD) (2^nd Year) 25%
   
3. 
   Allison H. Posell (FD) (2^nd Year) 50%
   

77. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual conference, and for what period of time?

Jim Fillingham – 06/01/10 – 07/31/10

Karl Stegall – 03/01/11 – 06/30/11

78. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include and identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.) Please see attached

79. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? Please see attached

80. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension ministries for the ensuing year?

a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?

b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (¶344.1b, c)?

FE:

3. 
   To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)
   

FE:

Jason B. Adams

FL:

Joseph T. Mullen

81. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year?

a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?

Rachel Baxter – Davidson High School

Karen N. Evans – University of West Florida, Pensacola

Alecia C. Glaize –Greater Brewton Habitat for Humanity

F. Reed Haigler Hoppe – The Mission Society

Hiram K. Johnson – Cross Way Counseling Center

Cheryl Bray Martin – Thomas Hospital

b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies and schools within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)?

C. Jason Borders – Huntingdon College

W. David Goolsby – Auburn University Wesley Foundation

Kenna Sapp – Asbury Seminary

c) Within a local congregation, charge, or cooperative parish (¶331.1c)?

Full Deacon:

Provisional Deacon:

82. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.)

Associate Members:…………………………………………………………..………… No one

Provisional Members:

Robert A. Calvert, Jr. (PE) – Asbury Seminary

Jennifer Zeigler (PD) – Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, Clinical Pastoral Education

Members in Full Connection:

Katrina Leigh Meekins (FD) – Capella University

Stephen Persons Parkes (FE) – University of Toronto

83. 
    Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]?
    

Sally Granberry, Auburn, Director of Christian Education

Phillip Igney, Cokesbury, Director of Music

84. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.6), corrections or additions to matters reported in the "Business of the Annual Conference" form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.)

2010 BAC Question 19.c:

Add John Richardson (Indiana Conference – 2010)

2010 BAC Question 20:

Baypines District:

Add George A. Davis, Jr. – Year Licensed: 1994.

Mobile District:

Add Valerie England-Morrow – Year Licensed 2001

2010 BAC Question 21b:

Correct Joe Goodman, First Year License Awarded, 2008

Remove Valerie England-Morrow

2010 BAC Question 41:

Add Gerald Casson (FE) (Holston Conference -1/1/10)

2010 BAC Question 43.a).(2)

1. Remove George W. Goggans

2. Remove Frederick Hamilton Young (deceased 1/27/09)

2010 BAC Question 61

Remove Janet Portfillio Westlake (DM) – transferred to Florida Conference 6/1/10

2010 BAC Question 66:

Remove:
Clergy Members: Larry Teasley (2008), Reba Wiley (2008), Robert Spicer (2008)

Lay Members: Beverly Maddox (2008), Ruth Penton (2008), William Hill (2008),

Seth Granberry (2008)
Clergy Alternates: Al Harbour (2008), Paula Roane (2008), Levi Morrow (2008)
Lay Alternates: Anne Varner (2010), Ed Hand (2010), Pat Caylor (2010)

Add:

Chairperson: Ruth Penton

Vice Chairperson: Seth Granberry

Secretary: TBD

Members: Seth Granberry (04), Ruth Penton (04)

Alternates: Clara Ester (04), Laurel Schmidt (04)
2009 BAC Question Corrections Previously Reported to GCFA

1. Remove Brice Early from 21a. (He is correctly listed on 21b.)

2. Roger Glenn McCall AM – deceased 8/7/09

3. Rufus S. Pearson PL – list under Question 20 and delete from Question 21b

4. Note: Rev. Ronald O’Flynn McCants was reinstated by the Board of Ordained Ministry on January 1, 2008.

85. 
    Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)?
    

June 3-6, 2012 Christ UMC Mobile, Alabama

2011 Newly Licensed Pastors

Michael Abrams MOB Pleasant Valley/Westside FL

Chris Ackerman MPC Forest Park PL
Brady Baird DEM South Clarke Charge PL
Marc Baker PEN Clear Springs PL
Brandon Bures Dothan Old Center PL
Chris Hawkins PEN Byrneville PL
Rick Hutchinson MPC New Hope PL
Ryan Johnson MTOP Aldersgate Associate FL
Gillian Lisenby DEM Brewersville/UWA Wesley FL
Johnathan McDaniel PEN Baker PL
David Mullins MTPT Pineapple Charge PL
Carrie Reece BP Summerdale PL
Brenda Stutz Dothan Pleasant Hill/Ozark PL
David Waldrop MTOP Williams Chapel/Society Hill PL

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