Committee Descriptions

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Advocacy Resource Team

The Advocacy Resource Team is a diverse group of people whose focus is to problem solve, educate, promote, and resource members of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference on how best to reach out, speak out and support those who often are or feel forgotten...

Co-Chairs: Denise Snyder, Francine Davis

Commission on Archives and History

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Creston Long

C.A.R.E. Team

The CARE Team is the Sexual Ethics team for the Peninsula-Delaware Conference.  It is a group of clergy and laity in our Conference who have been entrusted with the roles of: 

Care

Advocacy

 Response

 Empowerment

for persons and congregations involved in cases of alleged sexual misconduct...

Chair: Rev. Alice Ervin

Committee on Clergy & Lay Leadership

Description coming soon.

Communications Commission

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Gary Priddy

Peter D. Weaver Congo Partnership

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Co-Chair: Susie Keefer

Congregational Development Corporation

MISSION: Resourcing local churches to understand community opportunities to launch and revitalize ministries

VISION: Empowering local churches to thrive...

Chair: Tonya Pritchett

Creation Care/Creation Justice

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Beth Heller

Cross Racial/Cross Cultural Committee

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev Alice Ervin

Disability Ministries

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Rebecca Collison

Disaster Relief

Description and contact information coming soon. 

Commission on Equitable Compensation

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair:  Rev. Yvonne Paxton

Evangelism & Outreach Team

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Co-Chair:  Rev. Tracy Mooney

Co-Chair: Travis Smith

Conference Council on Finance and Administration

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

President: Rev. Lawrence Pelham

Health Ministries

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Co-Chair: Mary Casson

Co-Chair: Ann Newswanger

Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministries

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Mary Haggard

Conference Investment Team

Purpose:   We review and monitor the investment results of the Advisors hired to manage funds on behalf of the Annual Conference or entities of the Annual Conference...

Chair: Kevin Goodwin

Conference Board of Lay Ministries

The Board of Lay Ministry is the elected lay leadership of the Annual Conference. It therefore represents and is accountable to the Annual Conference...

Conference Lay Leader: Carlene Phoenix

Associate Conference Lay Leader: Yvonne Jackson

Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM)

The mission of the Peninsula Delaware Committee on Native American Ministries is to serve God, the Creator, while being a resource, advocate and educational body for Native American Ministries within the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church... 
Chair: Raggatha Calentine

Older Adult Ministries

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Bob Hall

Board of Pensions

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Rev. Joshua Berry

James T. Seymour Commission on Religion & Race

The J.T. Seymour Conference Commission on Religion and Race sponsors and works with the General Commission and Religion and Race to conduct the Nurturing Wholeness and Community Seminars, Levels One and Two, which are offered several times a year...

Spiritual Formation

Mission: As a Spiritual Formation Team, we commit ourselves to the Loving aspect of the mission of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference by empowering churches to create a discipleship process for spiritual growth... 

Chair: Rev. Bonnie Shively

Strengthening the Black Church Task Force

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Ardina Hamilton

Board of Trustees

Description coming soon. For more information, contact:

Chair: Charles Emery

Volunteers in Mission

Description coming soon.

Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM)

What is CCYM?

We are a group of high schoolers and adults from the Pen-Del Conference who are passionate about serving God. We meet a couple times per year to plan events like youth rally for the conference....

Co-Coordinator: Rev. Karen Handy

Co-Coordinator: Carl Samans