2025 Appointment List

After prayer and consultation with the Cabinet, Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling has made the following appointments:

March 24
  • Megan Blizzard, to New Hope and Stone Chapel UMCs in New Windsor, from New Hope UMC in New Windsor
  • Rev. Bonnie Hawk, to Mount Carmel UMC  in Frederick, from Araby UMC in Frederick

  • Rev. Beth Ann Hutton, to Calvary UMC in Frederick, from Calvary UMC in Finksburg

March 17
  • Rev. Myungha Baek, to Damascus UMC in Damascus, from St. Paul UMC in Lusby
  • Rev. Shaw Brewer, to Minister of Discipleship and Justice at Bethesda UMC
  • Rev. Martin Brooks, to Glen Burnie UMC in Glen Burnie, from Magothy UMC in Pasadena
  • Pastor Shelley Hawkins, to Journey UMC in Temple Hills and Camp Springs, from Mt. Winans UMC in Baltimore
  • Rev. Katy Mossburg, to Williamsport UMC in Williamsport, from Bunker HIll UMC in Bunker Hill, WV
  • Rev. Doug Robinson-Johnson, to Community UMC in Crofton
March 10
  • Rev. Ronald Bell, Jr., to Asbury UMC in Washington, D.C., from Discipleship Ministries’ Upper Room
  • Rev. Mernie Crane, to Extension Ministry as Chaplain, General NSDAR
  • Rev. Tiffany Patterson, to Extension Ministry at Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, VA, as staff chaplain for palliative care, from hospital chaplain at Amedisys Hospice in Fredericksburg, VA (effective Jan. 24, 2025)
February 3
  • Pastor Debbie Mooney, to Harmony UMC in Falling Waters, W.Va.
January 27
  • Du Young Lee, to Ijamsville-Flinthill Charge in Ijamsville and Adamstown (part-time)
January 20
  • Rev. Steve Cochran, to Galesville UMC in Galesville (part-time, effective Jan. 1)
  • Pastor Kimberly Jenkins, to Glenn Dale UMC in Glenn Dale, from North County Cooperative Parish (Ferndale and Messiah UMCs)
  • Rev. Cassandra Lawrence, to Associate Chaplain, Center for Religion, Spirituality and Social Justice at Grinnell College in Iowa, from Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign in Washington, D.C. (effective Jan. 6)

  • Rev. Michael Parker, to Asbury UMC in Annapolis, from Journey UMC in Temple Hills

  • Rev. Frederick Douglas Powe, Jr. to President of Philips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK, from Extension Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. (effective Feb. 1)
  • Rev. John R. Yost, to Calvary UMC in Martinsburg, W.Va.
December 9
  • Rev. James Cogman, to Trinty UMC in Germantown and West Montgomery UMC in Barnesville, from West Montgomery UMC in Barnesville  (Effective Jan. 1) 
  • Rev. Kate Mackereth Fulton, to Chevy Chase UMC in Chevy Chase, from Trinity UMC in Germantown (Effective Jan. 1)
  • Rev. Dawn Hand, to Director of Equity and Justice for the Western North Carolina Conference, from Superintendent of the Central Maryland District (Effective Jan. 1)
  • Rev. Bill Maisch, to Grace UMC in Gaithersburg (As interim, effective Jan. 1)
October 19
  • Rev. Jim Miller, to Superintendent of the Central Maryland District, from Grace UMC in Gaithersburg (effective Jan. 1, 2025
Retirees 

Effective July 1, the following pastors will retire from active ordained ministry:

Carletta Allen
Erik Alsgaard
Phil Ayers
Miguel Angel Balderas
Jerry Cline
Greg Coates
Wanda Duckett
Michael Fauconnet
Gladman Kapfumvuti
Ann Laprade
Stephen Larsen
Ken McDonald
Jeanne Parr
Elizabeth Richards
Phil Roberson
Gwen Rodriguez
William Glen Thomas