Theresa Carter will be commissioned as a provisional Elder. She will begin a new appointment as pastor of Henrietta UMC on July 1. She is in her second year as pastor of Alliance Aldersgate UMC after previously serving South Amherst First UMC then Willard Grace UMC.
Tammy Palermo will be commissioned as a provisional Deacon. She is in her 16th year serving on staff at Mentor UMC and will begin her appointment to the church on July 1.
She earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Otterbein University and will graduate with a Master of Arts in Practical Theology/Parish and Community Ministry from Methodist Theological School in Ohio in May.
Lindsay Funtik will be commissioned as a provisional Elder. She is in her first year as pastor of Chapel Hill UMC in Mansfield and Three Crosses UMC in Butler after previously serving Polk UMC.
Shane Russo will be commissioned as a provisional Elder. He is in his second year as pastor of Niles First UMC and will begin a new appointment at the church July 1 to start a digital church plant there. He previously serving McDonald Woodland Park and Girard UMCs then Sebring and Braceville UMCs.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education from Western Governor’s University, and a Master of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary.
James Lance will be commissioned as a provisional Elder. He is in his first year as pastor of Wooster Church of the Cross after previously serving Martel, Sixteen and Edison Canaan UMCs then Smithville UMC.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Philosophy from the College of Wooster, a Master of Theological Studies from Boston University School of Theology, and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
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