51 clergy, 43 laity vying to represent IGRC at General Conference 2020
4/18/2019
By Paul Black
SPRINGFIELD -- Annual Conference Secretary Alice J. Shirley has announced that 51 clergy members and 43 laity have expressed interest in serving as delegates to General Conference.
In 2019, the Illinois Great Rivers Conference will elect five clergy and five lay delegates for General Conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minn. May 5-15, 2010. Five additional clergy and five additional lay delegates will be elected to serve with the General Conference delegates as delegates to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in Fort Wayne, Ind., July 15-18, 2020. The first two elected Jurisdictional delegates will serve as General Conference alternates.
Following the election of both General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates, three jurisdictional alternates will be elected. Elections will occur on Thursday, June 6, during the respective clergy and lay sessions of Annual Conference. Those sessions will run concurrently from 1 to 4 p.m.
Clergy that have announced their candidacies are as follows:
- Andy Adams, Troy UMC
- Pat Allin, Moweaqua-Sanner Chapel UMC's
- Keith Anderson, Executive Director, Preachers' Aid Society and Benefit Fund
- Becky Butterfield, Port Byron First UMC and Ann's Helping Hands
- Ethan Carnes, Glasford UMC
- Nicole Cox, Springfield First UMC associate pastor
- Mike Crawford, IGRC Coordinator of Congregational Development
- Gay King Crede, Cunningham Children's Home pastor
- Sidney Davis, Toulon UMC
- Jennie Edwards Bertrand, Bloomington Hope UMC and ISU Wesley Foundation executive director
- Gary Fairchild, Casey UMC
- Beth Fender, IGRC Coordinator of Discipleship and New Streams-Decatur First UMC
- Curtis Flake, Greenville First UMC
- Larry Frank, Tremont UMC
- Adrian Garcia, Peoria First UMC associate, IGRC Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry
- Cecelia Granadosin, Peoria Forrest Hill UMC
- Janice Griffith, Executive Assistant to the Bishop
- John Hackmann, Marion First UMC
- Ted Hartley, Mt. Zion-Bethany UMC
- Camilla Hempstead, Washington Evangelical UMC
- Stan Irvin, Cache River District Superintendent
- Sara Isbell, Bloomington Wesley UMC
- Rebecca Klemm, Wyoming-New Hope UMC
- Jessica Lauer Baldyga, Effingham Centenary UMC associate
- Angie Lee, Iroquois River District Superintendent
- Lance Leeds, Marion Aldersgate UMC
- Donald E. Long, Jr., O'Fallon First UMC
- Pablo Marty, Decatur Sharon UMC
- Sarah Beth Mayfield Wanck, Washington Crossroads UMC associate
- Robb McCoy, Rock Island Two Rivers UMC
- Donald Meeks, Pinckneyville First UMC
- Walter Miller, Westfield UMC
- Michael Paulson, Lincoln First UMC
- Adam Penn, Marshall Armstrong UMC
- Stephen Pichaske, Dunlap Prospect UMC
- Dennis Price, retired
- Shalom Renner, Metropolis First UMC
- Chris Ritter, Geneseo First-Cambridge multisite
- Randy Robinson, Danville St. James UMC
- Vince Rohn, Galesburg First UMC
- Bruce Rushing, Canton Wesley UMC
- Robert Sabo, Jr., Watseka First UMC
- Joy Schlessselman, Manteno UMC
- Eric Swanson, LeRoy First UMC
- Robert Swickard, Belleville St. Matthew UMC
- Sylvester Weatherall, Sangamon River District Superintendent
- Jarrett Wells, Beardstown UMC
- Michael Whitaker, The Connection United Methodist Faith Community
- Bill Wiggs, Sunfield-Greenwood UMCs
- Beverly Wilkes-Null, Highland Hope UMC
- Jason Woolever, Washington Crossroads UMC
Laity that announced their candidacies include:
- Bonnie Abel, O'Fallon First UMC
- Clark Barnes, Geneseo Grace UMC
- Hunter Barnett, Pinckneyville First UMC
- David Bell, Glen Carbon New Bethel UMC
- Paul Black, IGRC Director of Communication Ministries, Springfield Jerome UMC
- E. Allan Boehm, Champaign First UMC
- Julie Boesen Higgins, Bloomington Hope UMC
- John Cooper, Hillsboro UMC
- Steven Davis, Elmwood UMC
- Anna Fender, Jacksonville Grace UMC
- Thomas Finley, Edwardsville St. John's UMC
- Rachel Frederick, Sumner UMC
- Ren'ee Gage, Canton Wesley UMC
- Brittney Gilleland, Edwardsville Immanuel UMC
- Pamela Hammond-McDavid, Springfield Grace UMC
- Julia Henderson-Kalb, Edwardsville St. John's UMC
- Anish Hermon, Bloomington Hope UMC
- Megan Hoenig, Galesburg First UMC
- Melinda Huisegna, Peoria First UMC
- Christina Krost, Neoga Grace UMC
- Christine Lippert, Belleville Journey UMC
- Ron Logsdon, Chatham UMC
- Camille McCaskill, East St. Louis Trinity UMC
- Valerie Moehle, Pekin First UMC
- Sydney Jane Pappas, Springfield First UMC
- Peter Paulson, Decatur Grace UMC
- Jessica Penn, Marshall Armstrong UMC
- Skyler Przygoda, Charleston Wesley UMC
- Dana Saal, Springfield Laurel UMC
- Steven Schonert, Olney First UMC
- Frankie Ann Schripsema, Bradley Wesley UMC
- Evan Sherar, Kankakee Asbury UMC
- Erik Slingerland, Bloomington Wesley UMC-ISU Wesley Foundation
- Katherine Smith, Effingham Centenary UMC
- Mark Souders, Metropolis First UMC
- Geneva Stuart, Port Byron UMC
- Andrea Stuby, Alton Main Street UMC
- Dean Sutton, East Moline Christ UMC
- Ann Wagle, Danville St. James UMC
- Larry Weber, Fairview Heights Christ UMC
- Kimberly Woods, Industry UMC
- Rodney Woodworth, Champaign Faith UMC
- Carolyn Yockey, Normal First UMC
Personal statements offered by the candidates will be published in a Voter's Guide in the June issue of
The Current. Full responses to the biographical form completed by each candidate will be published on the Sched app platform by May 15. The app can be downloaded to a smartphone, tablet or computer at:
http://ac2019.sched.com.
