Photo by Jerry Wolgemuth - “I need you. You need me.” Along with Bishop Middleton, members of the Annual Conference take a posture of solidarity and unity during worship in the midst of legislative issues to lead the Annual Conference during the coming years.
By Rev. Skip Spangler, Daily LINK Editor and Jerry Wolgemuth, Director of Communications
“We have to work hard and we have to work fast, and we have to make every minute count,” said Bishop Jane Allen Middleton to 1,100 United Methodists at the beginning of the annual meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Annual Conference at Messiah College. In opening remarks to the Conference, Bishop Middleton focused on making disciples in a rapidly changing world. [read more]
“It’s been an Awesome Journey!” With these words Zedna Haverstock thanked the Annual Conference for its recognition of her service as Treasurer/Comptroller over the past thirty-five years. After time spent as a volunteer in the Finance Office, she assumed the role of assistant treasurer in 1973, and in 1978 she became conference treasurer. Haverstock has shared her skills under four bishops, providing a steady hand that earned her descriptions such as “institution” and “icon.” [read more]
Gary Smith named CPC Comptroller/Treasurer
Photo by Jerry Wolgemuth
“For 25 years Gary Smith has amassed diverse experience in financial and operational administration through three major corporations in the Central Pennsylvania region, progressing to the level of comptroller of a Fortune 500 international company,” said Rev. Mike Minnix, Chair of Conference Council on Finance and Administration, as he recommended Mr. Gary A. Smith for election as Conference Comptroller/Treasurer. Smith had previously been employed as the controller of Lancaster-based Sight and Sound Ministries, and has served as treasurer of Chambers Hill UMC, Harrisburg District. “I strive to be a servant leader,” Smith said in his remarks before affirmation by the Conference. “Honesty and integrity are absolutely necessary ingredients and they take time to be proven. My pledge to you today is to give my absolute best to God, the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and to each one of you here today to accomplish the goals set before us.” Further information about Mr. Smith will follow in The LINK.
