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MTSO students and alums ordained and commissioned
Methodist Theological School in Ohio recognizes and congratulates its alumni and students who are being ordained and commissioned this year, along with those taking other significant leadership steps.
The list below begins with conferences of the United Methodist Church.
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Baltimore Washington
R. Lorraine Brown is being commissioned as elder, serving St. Luke UMC in Sykesville, Maryland, and Simpson UMC in Mt. Airy, Maryland.
Detroit
Sarah Alexander has been commissioned as deacon. She serves as director of Motown Mission in Detroit.
East Ohio
The following are being commissioned as elders:
- Elizabeth Clark.
- Paul Turner, serving as pastor of Cardington First UMC.
Great Plains
Michael Brown is being commissioned as elder, serving as pastor of Quinter and Grinnell UMCs.
Emily Spearman Cannon is being ordained as elder, serving as pastor of Auburn First UMC in Auburn, Nebraska.
Greater New Jersey
Christina Yost Lelache is being ordained as elder, serving as associate pastor at Haddonfield UMC.
Indiana
Melissa (Zimmerman) Englehart is being ordained as elder, serving as of July 1 at Hanover UMC.
Jennifer Huff is being ordained as deacon.
Iowa
Wil Ranney is being ordained as deacon.
New York
Susan Ranous is being commissioned as deacon, serving Ira UMC in Syracuse, New York.
South Carolina
Meghan Cook has been ordained as elder, serving at Epworth Children’s Home, Epworth Memorial UMC, Columbia.
Tennessee
The following are being commissioned as elders:
- Bo Myers, serving as pastor of St. Luke UMC in Columbia, Tennessee.
- Mary Kate Myers, serving as pastor of Bethesda-Wesley Chapel UMC in Thompson Station and College Grove, Tennessee.
West Ohio
The following are being commissioned as deacons:
- Margaret McErlean-Hoy.
- Kate Smith, serving Peace UMC, Pickerington.
The following are being commissioned as elders:
- Jennifer Casey, serving as associate pastor at Church of the Master United Methodist, Westerville.
- Pete Elliott, serving as associate pastor at Broad Street UMC, Columbus.
- Wendy Hansen-Smith, serving as associate pastor at North Broadway UMC, Columbus.
- Alexandra Petrey, serving at First UMC in Brookville.
- Kim Wisecup, serving as pastor at Madison Mills UMC, Washington Courthouse.
The following are being ordained as elders:
- Nicole Henderson-Johns.
- Claudine Leary, serving as director of annual giving at MTSO.
Karen Cook has been appointed assistant to the district superintendent of Capitol Area North.
Kathy Brown has been appointed director of the Office of Ministry.
West Virginia
Jeffrey Taylor is being ordained as deacon, serving as president of the United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia Inc. in Charleston.
Methodist Theological School in Ohio prepares leaders of many faith traditions for lives of lasting significance in service to the church and the world. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree, the school offers master’s degrees in counseling ministries, theological studies and practical theology, along with a Doctor of Ministry degree. For more information, visit www.mtso.edu.