2012 Appointments & Retirements

Appointment Changes Acknowledged by the Bishop as of May 10, 2012
(Upon approval at the Clergy Session of Annual Conference)

Retirements effective at Annual Conference

• Donna Alberts
• Robert C. Armstrong
• Doyle Berckefeldt
• Rex Darling
• Ronald W. Durham
• William (Bill) A. Eason
• Keith Goza
• Gail Davis Hocott
• Samuel A. Long
• Charlie E. (C.E.) McAdoo
• Vaughn Marsden
• Spencer G. Plumley
• Terry L. Sager
• Charles T. Settle
• Michael Sutton
• David E. Swift
• Beverly Watkins
• Janice Williams
• Ron C. Williams
• Garren E. Hagemeier
• Gary Lunsford
• Nancy Cameron
• John Wedaman
• Barbara Gilbert
• Loye Vern Mason

Retirements effective before 2012 Annual Conference

• Judyth Ross (effective Jan. 1, 2012)
• William J. (Bill) Thompson (effective Jan. 1, 2012)
• Jerry G. Westmoreland (effective March 1, 2012)

Confirmed Appointment Changes at Annual Conference

• Kurt Boggan - Director of Center for Clergy & Laity Excellence in Leadership
• Andrew Thompson - Wesley Scholar
• Dennis Spence - Monticello First
• Susan Ledbetter - Southeast District
• Bud Reeves - Northeast District
• Mackey Yokem - Northwest District
• Dede Roberts - Central District
• Mike Morey - Southwest District
• Charles Murry - Fort Smith First (Intentional Interim)
• Michael Mattox - Hot Springs First
• David Orr - Searcy First
• Bryan Fink - Highlands, Bella Vista
  
• Michael Roberts - Conway First
• Chris Cooper - Little Rock First
  
• Chris Hemund - Cornerstone, Jonesboro
• George Odell - Clinton
• Robin Moore - Blytheville First
  
• Tom Frase - Henderson, LR (Intentional Interim)
• Mary Susan Hilliard - Asbury, LR
• Don Hall - St. Paul, Searcy
• Ed Wyers - Marked Tree/Joiner
• David Ruehr - Bentonville, Associate
• Alex Workman - Sylvan Hills
• Clefton Vaughan - Grand Avenue, Stuttgart
• Troy Conrad - Farmington
  
• Justin Ledbetter - White Hall
  
• Carl Palmer - Central Fayetteville, Associate
• Michael Topham - Cavanaugh/Hackett
  
• Carl Ownbey - Gurdon/Hollywood
• Zack Roberts - Hot Springs First, Associate
• Dee Harper - Des Arc
  
• Jason Sutfin - Griffin Memorial
  
• Larry Hughes - Concord, Lonoke
  
• J.J. Galloway - Mountainside, Hot Springs Village
• Greg Burks - Sugar Hill, Texarkana
• Lynn McClure - Forman/Wade's Chapel
• Mark River - Stamps
• Glenn Hicks - Mineral Springs/Wakefield
• Regina Gideon - Mount Tabor, Cabot
• Sara Gotschall - Rondo/Pleasant Hills
• Andrew Kjourlaug - Christ of the Hills, Hot Springs Village, Associate
• Richard Rogers - Mount Carmel, Rison
• Everett Isom - West Helena/Elaine
• Rex Darling - Pleasant Grove, Jonesboro
• Nan Nelson - Wiggins, Fayetteville
• Tony Griffin - Searcy First, Associate
• Dixon Platt - Elm Springs
• David Hoffman - Winfield, Little Rock
• David Moore - Shiloh/Shiloh, Paragould/Jonesboro
• Jim Rowland - Brinkley / Brasfield
• David Baker - Wesley, Conway
• Terry Lynn Bunnell - Perryville
• Heather Clawitter - Norphlet/Centennial
• John Sandine - Portland/Dermont/Wilmot
• Joe Head - McGehee/Arkansas City
• Greg Comer - Hamburg
• Reginald Russell - Grace, Conway, Associate
• Katie Pearce - Bismarck
• Gary Lunsford - Lincoln / Cincinnati
• Andy Newbill - Piggott / Wright's Chapel

Out-of-state appointments

• Jamey Bentley - Good Shepherd UMC, Associate - Kansas City, MO

Staff Changes

• Sheila Vancura, Executive Assistant to the Bishop - retirement effective May 15, 2012
• Rose Kuonen - Executive Assistant to the Bishop - effective May 16, 2012