Signal Crest United Methodist ChurchThe Rev. Dale Wyrick, a Bastian, Va., native and a pastor of United Methodist churches for nearly 40 years, has been appointed pastor at Signal Crest United Methodist Church on Signal Mountain.
He is one of eight new pastors whose new appointments in the denomination’s Chattanooga District became official today at the Holston Annual Conference in Lake Junaluska, N.C.
Wyrick replaces the Rev. Mark Gooden at the 1,065-member church. Gooden was appointed pastor of Munsey Memorial UMC in Johnson City, Tenn.
Prior to being appointed to Signal Crest, he had served as pastor of 484-member Spring City UMC and 26-member Reeds Chapel UMC, also in Spring City.
Other new appointments in the Chattanooga District include Jim Diehl at First UMC in Whitwell, Tenn., and at Havron’s Chapel in Jasper, Tenn.; Will Lauderback at McFarland UMC in Rossville, Ga.; Charles Ensminger at Harrison UMC; Christina DowlingSoka at Wauhatchie UMC; Joe DowlingSoka at St. Elmo UMC; Bruce Galyon at Red Bank UMC; and Annette Flynn at Wildwood UMC.