Officers and Committees 2025

Church Council

Voting Members of the Church Council

  • Council Chair: Charlie Moore
  • Vice Chair: Ken Matveia
  • Recording Secretary: Susan Bailey
  • Lay Leader: Dale Peele
  • Lay Member to Annual Conference: Trey Howdy
  • Lay Member to Annual Conference: Janie Hauser
  • Church Treasurer: J.C. Bernhardt
  • Senior Pastor: Ken Hall Jr.
  • Associate Pastor: Stephen Bazan

Administrative Committee Chairs

  • Nominations and Leadership Development Chair: Senior Pastor
  • Staff Parish Relations Chair: Chris Smith
  • Finance Chair: Chris Bollow
  • Trustees Chair: Rick Howdy
  • Permanent Endowment Committee Chair: Buck Buckman

Council Program Chairs


  • Family Ministries Committee: Pj Stembridge
  • Methodist Men: Paige Davis
  • Methodist Women: Kay Smith and Jane Weaver*

Missions and Nurture

  • Shepherding: Lead Shepherds George and Bonnie Isovitsch*
  • Hospitality Chair: Dale Peele
  • Missions Co-Chairs: George and Bonnie Isovitsch*
  • Church Historian: Patty Jackson

* In the case of committees who have multiple chairpersons, only one will be allowed to vote at the Church Council.


Book of Doctrines and Discipline Administrative Committees


Nominations and Leadership Development Committee

  • Chair: Ken Hall, Senior Pastor
  • Stephen Bazan, Associate Pastor
  • Vice Chair: TBD
  • Lay Leader: Dale Peele
  • Church Membership Secretary: Patty Jackson

2025

  • Mary Toler
  • Seth Tally

2026

  • Bonnie Isovitsch
  • Katlyn Peele

2027

  • Judy Peede
  • Paul Dockins

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

  • Chair: Chris Smith
  • Lay Leader: Dale Peele
  • Pastors: Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan

2025

  • Chris Smith
  • Larry Lang
  • Buffy Lich

2026

  • Kasey Stone
  • Mike Moore
  • Lynette Amick

2027

  • Kim Copeland
  • Mark Reams

Trustees

  • Chair: Rick Howdy
  • Vice Chair: Richard Jones
  • Secretary: TBD
  • Pastors: Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan
  • Parsonage Manager: Marsha Bowes
  • Facilities Manager (with vote) Charlie Moore

2025

  • Richard Jones
  • Diana Tew
  • Kemp Huss

2026

  • Rick Howdy
  • Cadmus Capehart
  • Will Jefferson

2027

  • Cathy Oestreich
  • Selden Taylor
  • Grant Culbertson

Finance Committee

  • Chair: Chris Bollow
  • Vice-Chair: TBD
  • Church Council Chair: Charlie Moore
  • Church Treasurer: J.C. Bernhardt
  • Financial Secretary: Al Nichols, Steve Toler
  • Endowment Committee: Buck Buckman
  • Stewardship Chair: Reid Brodie
  • Capital Reserve Fund Sub-Committee: Rick Howdy
  • Lay Member Annual Conference: Janie Hauser, Trey Howdy
  • SPRC Chair: Chris Smith
  • Trustees Representative: Rick Howdy
  • Lay Leader: Dale Peele
  • Pastors: Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan
  • Preschool Board Treasurer: Linda Smith
  • Childcare Board Treasurer: Chris Bollow

At Large

2025
  • Shelly Tubaugh
  • Brenda Anderson
2026
  • Chris Bollow
  • Jerry Cessna
2027
  • Brian McCormick
  • Jim O’Brian

Permanent Endowment Committee

  • Chair: Buck Buckman
  • Pastor: Ken Hall

2025

  • Tom Willey
  • Wendy Ingalls

2026

  • John Hauser
  • Mark Reams

2027

Ed Stone


Ruble Fund and Howard Fund Scholarship Committee

(A Subcommittee of Permanent Endowment Committee)

    • Chair: Ken Hall, Lead Pastor
    • Trustee Rep for PLV Scholarship
    • Tish Moore
    • Beth Page
    • J. C. Bernhardt
    • Paula Willey
    • Laura Davis

For P. L. Vore Scholarship only: Missions Committee Representative


Church Council Programs


Family Ministry Committee

  • Chair: Pj Stembridge
  • Children: Chris Bollow, Amber Moore, TBD
  • Youth: P.J. Stembridge, Dale Musselwhite, Sarabeth Franz
  • Adult: Elaine Sheridan, Gay Reames, Janie Hauser
  • Ex Officio: Senior Pastor, Lay Leader, Director of Family Ministries, Leader of Children/Youth

Pre-School Board of Directors

  • Chair: Judy Peede 
  • Pre-School Director: Amanda Bazan
  • Pastors: Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan
  • Director of Family Ministries: Sarah Beth Wood
  • Secretary: Lauren James
  • SPRC Representative: Judy Peede
  • Linda Smith
  • Laura Davis
  • Ireland Bateman
  • Nancy Jessup
  • Lauren James
  • Angela Haltigan

Child Care Board of Directors

  • Chair: Kathy Lake
  • Child Care Director: Jessica Powell
  • Secretary: Kimberly Cutler
  • Treasurer: Chris Bollow
  • Pastors:  Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan
  • Director of Family Ministries: Sarah Beth Wood
  • Kimberly Cutler
  • Kathy Lake
  • Lee Matveia
  • Dale Peele
  • Kim Edwards
  • Jean Ash
  • Chris Bollow
  • Kim Copeland

Adult Ministries

  • Methodist Men: Paige Davis
  • Methodist Women: Kay Smith and Jane Weaver

Mission and Nurture Programs


Lay Shepherding

Lead Shepherds: George and Bonnie Isovitsch

Shepherds are designated by the Lay Shepherding Program.


Hospitality Committee

  • Chair: Dale Peele
  • Tim and Kim Copeland
  • Alma Friedman
  • John and Janie Hauser
  • Ron and Debbie Branch
  • Jim and Penny O’Brian

Missions

Co- Chair: Bonnie and George Isovitsch

Members of the Missions Committee are based on those who attends meetings.


History Committee

  • Chair:  Patty Jackson, Church Historian
  • Tammy Howerton
  • Ken Matveia
  • Bettye Nichols

Worship Advisory Team

  • Pastors: Ken Hall, Stephen Bazan,
  • Head Ushers – Ken Matveia, Rick Amick
  • Altar Guild – Shirley Stone, Mary Toler
  • Music – Bill Peele, Susan Crawford, Leigh Stanley, Stephen Vaughn
  • AV – Seth Edwards, Erin Franz, Charlie Moore
  • Office Coordination: Linda Howard (Flowers, Scheduling, Bulletin)

Media and Communications Team

  • Lead: Rachel Cessna (Webmaster)
  • Erin Franz
  • Seth Edwards
  • Jerry Cessna (Technology Advisor)

Ancillary Ministries

  • Webmaster: Rachel Cessna
  • Facilities Manager: Charlie Moore
  • Bereavement Meals: Lead by Brenda Anderson, Tish Moore
  • Nursing Home & Homebound Visitation: Lead By Tim and Neva Cashion
  • Librarian: Delane Fuquay
  • Wedding Directing Team: Kaye Buckman
  • Security Team: Ken Matviea