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HOLSTON CONFERENCE www.holston.org P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 217 S. Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 • Fax: (865) 690-3162 • Toll free: (866) 690-4080 Episcopal Offi ce Conference Treasurer/Statistician/ Director of Congregational Director of Financial Services: Development & Executive Assistant to the Bishop/ Revitalization Director of Communications: Accounts Payable The Call Accounts Receivable Executive Director Holston Information Technology Controller Conference Foundation: Electronic Multimedia Database Administrator Gift Planning Print Media Pension and Health Benefi ts Stewardship & Director of Connectional Ministries Church Relations Conference Secretary & Missions: Account Information Director Clergy Services Advocacy/Children /Older Adult; BOM Administrative Registrar Young Adult/Youth; Director of the Wesley Audio Visual Library; Leadership Institute Executive Director of Camp & Steward of Clergy Concerns Retreat Ministries HOLSTON CONFERENCE CA RETREAT INISTRIES Telephone: (423) 928-2156 • Camp Registration: (423) 929-9037 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.holstoncamping.com ASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER 151 Sherway Road, Suite 1, Knoxville, TN 37922-2236 Telephones: (865) 692-2390 • Fax: (865) 692-2393 Email: [email protected] HOLSTON CONFERENCE COLLEGES Emory & Henry College • P.O. 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Box 67, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745-0067 Telephone: (828) 452-2881 • www.lakejunaluska.com United Methodist Information Service (InfoServ) P.O. Box 320, Nashville, TN 37202-0320 E-mail: [email protected] • Web and Live Chat: http://infoserv.umc.org • Fax (615)742-5415 JOURNAL of the HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE of THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Successor Conference to: Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1824) Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1845) Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1865) Tennessee Conference of the United Brethren Church (1866) East Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1880) Holston Conference of the Methodist Church (1939) Tennessee Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (1947) Tennessee-Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Church (1964) FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION JUNE 7-11, 2015 Mary Virginia Taylor, Presiding Bishop George R. Stuart Auditorium Lake Junaluska, North Carolina Journal Staff Editor / Conference Secretary .......................................................................... Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Composition & Desktop Publishing ...................................................................... Marci Villanueva Database Editor .............................................................................................. Sandra Ruebush Seay Photographer ............................................................................................................. Annette Spence Assistant Photographers ...................................................................... Millie Meese, Frank Trexler Journal Cost: Conference Distribution: $45.00 per copy (Perfect-bound or Loose-leaf) or $6.00 per copy (CD interactive PDF) i TABLE OF CONTENTS Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor ............................................................................... 1 Welcoming to AC 2015 ...........................................................................................2 Appointment Cabinet 2015-2016 .......................................................................... 3 Extended Cabinet 2015-2016 ............................................................................... 4 2015 Class of Elders in Full Connection ............................................................. 5 2015 Class of Provisional Elders ......................................................................... 5 2015 Class of Deacons in Full Connection .............................................................6 2015 Class of Provisional Deacons ..................................................................... 6 2015 Class of Associate Members ...........................................................................7 2015 Class of Licensed Local Pastors .................................................................. 7 2015 Class of Retirees and Spouses ...................................................................... 8 I. Conference Offi cials A. Conference Offi cers ........................................................................................9 B. Conference Offi cals ..........................................................................................9 C. Secretary to the Bishop ............................................................................... 10 D. Appointment Cabinet .................................................................................. 10 E. Clergy Support Team .................................................................................. 12 F. Connectional Ministry Team ...................................................................... 13 • Directors of Conference Camps .............................................................. 14 • Directors of Wesley Foundations ............................................................ 14 • Campus Ministers .................................................................................... 15 G. Communications Team ............................................................................... 15 H. Financial Services Team ............................................................................. 15 I. Conference Archivist .................................................................................. 16 J. Conference-Related Institutions .................................................................. 16 K. Holston Delegation to 2016 General & Jurisdictional Conferences .......... 17 L. United Methodist Bishops with Special Relationships to the Holston Conference .......................................................................... 17 II. Clergy Directory ............................................................................................... 18 III. Appointments A. Certifi cate of Ordination ...................................................................................73 B. Ministerial Appointments ........................................................................... 74 View from the Stage ...............................................................................................74 • Appointment Codes .............................................................................. 108 • Terminology for Appointment Codes .....................................................109 IV. Conference Organization “A Pocket Prayer Shawl” ...................................................................................110 Many Pocket Prayer Shawls ................................................................................110 A. Cabinet, Teams, Boards, Councils, Committees, Ministry Areas ..................................................................... 111 B. Conference-Related Institutions and Agencies, Boards of Trustees, Directors, and Representatives ................................. 124 C. District Committee on Ordained Ministry ................................................ 130 D. District Board on Church Location and Building ........................................131 V. Surviving Spouses Directory 2015 ................................................................. 132 ii VI. Lay Members to the 2015 Annual Conference ............................................ 137 VII. Business of the Annual Conference Foggy Sunrise ......................................................................................................155 Outside Stuart Auditorium ...................................................................................155 A. Schedule and Agenda ................................................................................ 156 B. Daily Proceedings ..................................................................................... 161 C. Laity Session ...............................................................................................169 D. Clergy Session .............................................................................................171 E. Standing Rules .............................................................................................172 Structure and Organization ....................................................................... 172 Procedures ................................................................................................. 176 F. “Business of the Annual Conference” Report ............................................184