Ministerial Updates for November 2024

Ministerial changes reported in the Data Hub—the UCC’s information system for ministers and churches—for new positions/calls entered into the system in November 2024.

STANDING CODES
CC: Congregational Christian
CM: Commissioned Minister
DS: Dual Standing
LM: Licensed Minister
LMS: Lay Ministerial Standing
MID: Member in Discernment
MS: Ordained Ministerial Partner Standing
OM: Ordained Minister
POC: Privilege of Call
U: Unknown/No UCC Standing
POSITION CODES
P: Pastor
SP: Senior Pastor
DT: Designated-Term Pastor
CP: Co-pastor
AP: Associate or Assistant Pastor
IN: Interim Pastor
SU: Supply Pastor
Y: Youth Ministry
OL: Other local church position
MM: Minister of Music
CE: Director of Christian Education

OM, Michael Atkins-Whitley, SP, Danville Congregational Church, Danville, CA
U, Marc Blakesley, IN, Peace United Church of Christ, Saint Cloud, MN
OM, Gregory Briggs, P, Edgewood United Church, UCC, East Lansing, MI
LM, James Brown, SP, First United Church of Christ, Sheffield, IL
OM, Judith Cooke, P, First Congregational Church, UCC, Portland, CT
U, Jimmy Crowell, SP, Washington Church UCC, Toledo, OH
OM, Rosemary Dawson, DT, First Congregational UCC, Southampton, MA
OM, Karen Dorshimer-Chaplin, AP, First Congregational UCC, Shrewsbury, MA
OM, Mia Douglas, OL, Spring Glen Church UCC, Hamden, CT
OM, Edward Duffy, DT, Prospect Congregational Church, UCC, Prospect, CT
OM, Wayne Earl, IN, Plymouth Congregational Church of Belmont UCC, Belmont, MA
OM, Scott Elliott, SP, First Congregational UCC, Stockton, CA
OM, Jocelyn Emerson, SP, First Plymouth Congregational UCC, Englewood, CO
OM, Madelyn Foster, P, Amicable Congregational UCC, Tiverton, RI
OM, Kevin Fruchtl, P, Salem/Belleman’s UCC, Mohrsville, PA
OM, Karen Gale, IN, First Congregational Church of Braintree, Braintree, MA
U, Nathan Gonzalez, P, United Congregational UCC, Holyoke, MA
LMS, Pearl Griffin, SP, Crossroads Community UCC, Melbourne, FL
OM, Barbara Gulick, OL, First Congregational UCC, Billings, MT
LM, Rhonda Haynes, DT, Salem United Church of Christ, Westphalia, IN
U, Kayla Hurst, P, United Church of Christ, Medfield, MA
OM, Eric Jackson, P, The Eliot Church of Newton, Newton, MA
LM, Noah McCarn, P, Zion United Church of Christ, Bellevue, OH
LM, Victoria McGaw, IN, Federated UCC, Chagrin Falls, OH
U, Ned Newlin, SU, Lytton Zion United Church of Christ, Delta, OH
U, Kathleen O’Keefe Reed, DT, Houghs Neck Congregational, Quincy, MA
U, John Paputza, SU, Congregational UCC, Castalia, OH
U, Nathan Pederson, P, Tri-Parish Community Church, New Braintree, MA
OM, Samuel Pullen, DT, Woodland Hills Community Church UCC, Woodland Hills, CA
OM, Carl Robinson, IN, David’s UCC, Kettering, OH
LM, Rodtric Robinson, SP, First Cong Christian Church UCC, Montgomery, AL
OM, John Specht, IN, Mount Zion-Saint Paul UCC, New Richmond, OH
OM, David Voll, SP, Saint Paul UCC, New Bremen, OH
U, Larry Vriezelaar, SP, First Congregational Church, Toledo, OH
LM, LaShante Walker, SP, Howard Congregational UCC, Nashville, TN
U, Ann Wasson, IN, St John UCC, Defiance, OH