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February 27, 2004
Bishop White appoints Imes, Beard,
True to superintendency
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Area Bishop Woodie W. White announces the
appointments of the Revs. Frank Beard, Lamar Imes and
Thomas True to the office of District Superintendent.
Beard, pastor of Walnut Creek United Methodist Church in Warsaw,
has been appointed to lead the Kokomo District, effective June 16. Bishop
White said Beard "is highly respected across the North Indiana Conference
and was selected to lead the 2004 General Conference delegation of the
North Indiana Conference."
A Service of Welcome and Celebration for Beard will be held Oct. 3 at 7
p.m. at a location to be announced. A reception to welcome Beard and his
wife, Melissa, will follow the service. This will be the first appearance
of the new Indiana Area Bishop at a Kokomo District event.
Imes, director of professional human resources serving the North
Indiana Annual Conference in Marion, has been appointed to lead the Fort
Wayne District, effective June 16. He also has served as Superintendent of
the Michiana District with office in Elkhart.
A Service of Welcome and Celebration for Imes as the new Fort Wayne
District Superintendent will be held Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. at a location to be
announced. A reception to welcome Imes and his wife, Joan, will follow the
service. This will be the first appearance of the new Indiana Area Bishop
at a Fort Wayne District event.
True, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Shelbyville,
has been appointed to lead the Terre Haute District, effective July 1.
True is a former member of the South Indiana Annual Conference staff.
A Service of Welcome and Celebration for True will be held Sept.19, at
a time and location to be announced. A reception for True and his wife,
Jan, will follow the worship service. This will be the first appearance of
the new Indiana Area Bishop at a Terre Haute District event.
A district superintendent in The United Methodist Church is an ordained
minister who oversees approximately 60 congregations. A superintendent
supervises, for usually a six-year term, the work of pastors and
participates with the bishop and other district superintendents of the
bishop's cabinet in making appointments. The Indiana North and South
Conferences each has nine districts.
Two of the current district superintendents, the Revs. Larry Ray
of Fort Wayne and David Schramm of Kokomo, will retire in June.
The Rev. Paula Young Mayberry, current superintendent of the Terre
Haute District, will be appointed to another charge to be announced at a
later time.
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