Appointment Changes
As congregations prepare for new leadership and pastors prepare to move to new mission fields, the following document may be a useful resource during the time of change.
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Here are the 2010 appointments 2010 Appointments
Below you will find the current appointment changes. The appointment changes that take effect July 1 will be published here nine days after they have been announced in their respective churches.
The Effective Date of Appointments that will be published at Annual Conference is now July 1. This is a change from previous years. Clergy serving local churches will have their pension, insurance, and salary paid by their current local church for the month of June.
| Name of Pastor | Current Appointment |
New Appointment |
Effective Date |
Date Announced |
| Gene Hudgins | No Appointment | Plains (FL) | July 1, 2010 | April 25 |
| Pam Lehman | Seminary Student | Munday (PE) | July 1, 2010 | April 18 |
| Kristen Merkell (SY) | Leuders | No Assignment | April 19, 2010 | |
| Ryan Strebeck | Seminary Student | Abilene, Elmwood West | July 1, 2010 | April 18 |
| Dustin McEwen | Seminary Student | Shallowater | June 1, 2010 | April 18 |
| John Wade (FL) | Vernon, Faith/Paducah | Kermit/Wink, New Mexico | July 1, 1010 | April 18 |
| Cam Givan (FL) | Plains | Lorenzo | July 1, 2010 | April 18 |
| Brooks St. Clair Morton (FE) | Shallowater | Idalou | June 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Neely Clay Landrum (FE) | Spearman | Fort Stockton, New Mexico | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Toni Kay Bailey (FL) | Abilene, Southwest Drive | Spearman | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Glenn Thyrion | Booker | Fort Sumner, New Mexico | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Terry Clark Lowe (FE) | Clarendon | Booker | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Noah Lloyd "Lloyd" Stice (FE) | Quanah/Chillicothe | Clarendon | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Robert Stone (FE) | Monahans/Wickett, New Mexico | Quanah/Chillicothe | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| Jonette "Jo" Gay (FE) | Heart to Heart Hospice, New Mexico | Slaton | July 1, 2010 | April 11 |
| James Ivey Edwards (AM) | Colorado City | Artesia, FUMC | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Jerry Moore | Plainview, FUMC | Colorado City | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Jeff Taylor | Pampa, FUMC | Plainview, FUMC | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Blossom Matthews | Summerside UMC (346.1 West Ohio) | Pampa, FUMC | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Nicholas Matthews | Appointed to Attend School Hebrew Union College |
Pampa, FUMC, Associate | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Robert Pelfrey | Abilene, Elmwood West | Midland, FUMC, Associate | July 1, 2010 | March 28 |
| Travis Bennett | Plainview, First, Associate | Las Crues, Morningstar | July 1, 2010 | March 21 |
| Steve Brooks | Midland, First | Abilene, Aldersgate | July 1, 2010 | March 14 |
| Andy Hurst | Ruston LA, Trinity | Lubbock, St. Luke's | July 1, 2010 | March 14 |
| Will Cotton | Lubbock, St. Luke's | Transfer to Central Texas Conference Arlington, St. Barnabas |
June 1, 2010 | March 14 |
| W. Craig Curry | Farmington, NM | Transfer to Northwest Texas Conference Lubbock, First |
June 1, 2010 | March 7 |
| Kelly Joe Inman | Lorenzo | Midland, St. Luke's, Associate | July 1, 2010 | March 7 |
| Susan Brown | East Ohio Conference | Conference Director of Discipleship (346.1 East Ohio) |
July 1, 2010 | March 7 |
| Wilson Clark Williams (RE) | Retired | Anton | March 14, 2010 | February 26, 2010 |
| Derrell W. Patterson (FE) | Abilene, Aldersgate |
Big Spring District Superintendent |
July 1, 2010 | March 4, 2010 |
