Appointments for the 930 congregations of the United Methodist Church’s North Georgia Conference were made recently at the regional body’s annual meeting in Athens, Ga. The new appointments for the conference’s Northwest District, essentially Northwest Georgia, include:
‘ Boynton: Robert Randall Walworth, who comes from Collins UMC in Atlanta.
‘ Center Valley: Rachael Jordan, who comes from Midway UMC in Douglasville, Ga., where she was associate minister.
‘ First, Calhoun (senior minister): Edward Alexander Herring, who comes from Prospect UMC in Lawrenceville, Ga.
‘ First, Calhoun (associate minister): Edward Harvey Archer Jr., who comes from City on a Hill UMC in Woodstock, Ga.
‘ First, Chatsworth: Tamlyn Porter Collins, who comes from Peachtree City UMC in Peachtree City, Ga., where she was associate minister.
‘ First, Dalton (associate minister): Randolph Wayne Kanipe, who comes from First UMC in Watkinsville, Ga.
‘ First, Ellijay: Thomas Lynn Shores, who comes from Bright Star UMC in Douglasville, Ga.
‘ Fairmount: Barbara M. Davidson
‘ Jasper: Randall Gregory Meadows, who comes from Wesley Way UMC in McDonough, Ga.
‘ Mount Carmel: Not announced.
‘ Mount Pleasant: Not announced.
‘ Nellie Peters: Jennifer Lynn Bates, who comes from Mount Carmel UMC in Adairsville, Ga.
‘ Newnan Springs- Graysville: Ashley William McEuen, who comes to the two churches from an appointment with The Mission Society in Peru.
‘ Smith Chapel: Pauline Williamson
‘ Sugar Valley: Not announced.
‘ Wesley Chapel, Fairmount: Not announced.
‘ White: Jonathan Lynn Ponders, who comes from Mount Bethel UMC in Marietta, Ga., where he was an assistant minister.