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    Appointment Changes

    Appointments are entered in the order they are announced. 

    View the complete list of 2024-2025 appointments as of July 1, 2024.

    GCFA Status Abbreviations
     AF Affiliate Member AL Administrative Location AM Associate Member BH Bishop
    DC Deaconess DM Diaconal Minister  DR Retired Diaconal Minister  FD Deacon in Full Connection
     FE Elder in Full Connection  FL Full-time Local Pastor  FLR Full-time Local Pastor Retired  HL Honorable Location
     HLR Honorable Location Retired  HM Home Missioner LM Certified Lay Minister OA Associate Member of other Annual Conference
    OD Deacon member of other Annual Conference  OFD Full Connection Deacon of other Annual Conference  OPD Provisional Deacon of other Annual Conference  OPE Provisional Elder of other Annual Conference
     OFE Full Connection Elder of other Annual Conference  OE Elder member of other annual conference OF Full Member of other denomination OL Local Pastor on Loan
    OM Other Methodist Denominations OMR Retired Other Methodist Denominations OP Provisional member of other Annual Conference OR Retired member of other Annual Conference
    ORE Retired Elder of other Annual Conference ORD Retired Deacon of other Annual Conference PD Provisional Deacon PE Provisional Elder
    PL Part-time Local Pastor  PLR Part-time Local Pastor Retired  RA Retired Associate Member RD Retired Deacon in Full Connection
    RDC Retired Deaconess  RE Retired Full Elder RHM Retired Home Missioner  RL Retired Local Pastor
    RP Retired Provisional Member (prior to 1/1/2013)  SP Student Local Pastor  SY Other Supply    
    Great Plains Internal Status Codes
     CC Certified Candidate  DI Discontinued NL Local Pastor approved for license, not appointed  OAR Retired Associate Member of another annual conference
    TO Transfer membership to other annual conference WI Withdrawal from ministerial office        

    Kyung Bum Kyun

    From: Wellsville (PL, 1/2 time)
    To: Wellsville - Eudora (FL)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 12-15-2025
    Date of Move: 12-01-2025

    Jessica Richard

    From: Lenexa St. Pauls (OD, 1/2 time)
    To: No Appointment
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 12-03-2025
    Date of Move: 10-31-2025

    Jessica Lovell

    From: Appointed in Missouri Conference (PE, 1/2 time)
    To: Transitional Leave (PE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 11-07-2025
    Date of Move: 09-22-2025

    Jessica Lovell

    From: Transitional Leave (PE)
    To: Edgerton - Clearfield (PE, 1/2 time)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 11-07-2025
    Date of Move: 11-01-2025

    Matthew Ozment

    From: Shawnee Monticello (PE)
    To: Medical Leave (PE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 11-05-2025
    Date of Move: 10-10-2025

    Todd Maberry

    From: Ext. Ministry - Duke Divinity School (FE)
    To: Transitional Leave (FE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 11-05-2025
    Date of Move: 07-01-2025

    Jinhee Han

    From: Leawood, Associate (PD, 1/2 time)
    To: Leawood, Associate (1/2 time) - Bentwood Elementary School (1/2 time) (PD)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 10-17-2025
    Date of Move: 08-11-2025

    Deborah Hull

    From: Fairway Old Mission (OD, 1/2 time)
    To: No Appointment
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 09-18-2025
    Date of Move: 07-01-2025

    Anne Gatobu

    From: Leawood: Resurrection, A United Methodist Church (FE)
    To: Ext. Ministry - Flourishing Springs (FE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 09-16-2025
    Date of Move: 10-01-2025

    Anne Gatobu

    From: Ext. Ministry - Flourishing Springs (FE)
    To: Ext. Ministry - Flourishing Springs & GPUMC CRCC Coordinator (FE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 09-16-2025
    Date of Move: 10-15-2025

    Lauren Baker Thomas

    From: Ext. Ministry, Healthcare Chaplain CPE Educator (FE)
    To: Transitional Leave (FE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 09-05-2025
    Date of Move: 08-16-2025

    Lauren Baker Thomas

    From: Transitional Leave (FE)
    To: Ex. Min., Asst. Director of Spiritual Care & Education, Atrium Health Cabarrus (FE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 09-05-2025
    Date of Move: 09-02-2025

    Alice Koech

    From: Eudora - Edgerton (DA, 3/4 time)
    To: No assignment
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 08-12-2025
    Date of Move: 09-01-2025

    Jessica Lovell

    From: Transitional Leave (PE)
    To: Appointed in Missouri Conference (PE, 1/2 time)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 08-08-2025
    Date of Move: 07-01-2025

    Nicholas Kaufmann Mamisashvili

    From: Leawood: Resurrection, A United Methodist Church, Associate (FD)
    To: Transitional Leave (FD)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 08-07-2025
    Date of Move: 06-07-2025

    Deborah Dellinger

    From: The Caring Congregation (PE, 1/2 time)
    To: Leawood: Resurrection, A United Methodist Church (1/2 time) & The Caring Congregation (1/2 time) (PE)
    From District: Northeast Kansas
    To District: Northeast Kansas
    Date Announced: 05-27-2025
    Date of Move: 08-18-2025