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I. OFFICERS, STAFF AND DELEGATES

Bishop: Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383, FAX 713-529-7736, bishop.huie@txcumc.org (Nancy Hinshaw, nhinshaw@txcumc.org)

Assistant to the Bishop: Rev. B.T. Williamson, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521- 9383, FAX 713-520-6807, bt.williamson@txcumc.org (Jan Ervin, jervin@txcumc.org)

Central North: Dr. Morris Matthis, 6363 Research Forest, The Woodlands 77381, 281-895-7700, FAX 281-895-7705, mmatthis@txcumc.org (Shanda Levingston, cndaa@txcumc.org)

Central South: Rev. Andy Noel, 1410 Lee St, Level 2, Houston 77009, 713-222-0117, FAX 713-222-2397, anoel@txcumc.org (Donna Alexander, csdistrict@txcumc.org)

East: Rev. Chuck Huffman, 120 E Lufkin Avenue, Suite B, Lufkin 75901, 936-699-2213, FAX 936-699-4810, chuffman@txcumc.org (Vetta Quackenbush 9_u_m_c@suddenlinkmail.com)

North: Rev. Bill Taylor, Longview Office, 1511 Judson Rd, Suite A, Longview 75601, 903-758-7003, FAX 903-758-6115, btaylor@txcumc.org (Anna Rohde, aroh@sbcglobal.net)

Texarkana Office, 4008 Moores Ln, Texarkana 75503, 903-794-6231, FAX 903-793-3291 (Lonna Nunn, lnunn@vidnet.net)

Northwest: Rev. Marlin Fenn, 300 W Erwin, Tyler 75702, 903-593-1861, FAX 903-593-0074, mfenn@txcumc.org (Pat Travers, ptravers@nwdumc.org)

South: Rev. Kip Gilts, P.O. Box 1456, Pasadena 77501, 281-998-8993, FAX 281-998-1236, kgilts@txcumc.org (Cindy Hassey, chassey@txcumc.org)

Southeast: Rev. Alicia Coltzer, P.O. Box 4004, Beaumont 77704, 409-833-9510, FAX 409-833-9511, acoltzer@txcumc.org (Timolin Colbert, tcolbert@txcumc.org)

Southwest: Rev. Jay Jackson, 3900 Lexington Blvd., Missouri City 77459, 281-499-3700 or toll free 1-866-498-3700, FAX 281-499-3785, jjackson@txcumc.org (Claire Kincannon, ckincannon@txcumc.org)

West: Rev. Wanda Bess, 4205 State Hwy 6 S, College Station 77845, 979-690- 5627, FAX 979-690-7914, wbess@txcumc.org (Debbie Keim, dkeim@west-district.org)

Conference Secretary: Rev. Russell Hall, PO Box 1689, Tomball 77377-1689, 281-351-1249 russellhall@tomballumc.org

Associate Secretaries: Statistician: Mrs. Peggy Miller, 5215 Main Street, Houston, 77002, 713-521-9383, pzmiller@methodists.net Conference Staff: 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383 Benefits Administrator: Ms. Barbara Kilby Dir. Clergy Excellence: Rev. Gail Ford Smith Assoc. Dir. Clergy Excellence: Rev. Elizabeth Duffin Dir. Communications: Ms. Paula Arnold Dir. Congregational Excellence: Dr. Jesse Brannen Dir. Connectional Resources/Fiscal Officer-Treasurer: Dr. Elijah Stansell Dir. Golden Cross: Mrs. Shirley Broome Dir. Missional Excellence: Rev. Diane McGehee Heartspring Methodist Foundation: Rev. C. J. Taylor, President & CEO, 5215 Main Street, Houston 77002,

713-521-9383, cjtaylor@heartspringmethodist.org Historian: Rev. Bill Lanigan, 182 Creekwood Dr. Huntington 75949-4453, 936-876-5641,

texasconferencehistorian@gmail.com Co-Chancellors: Mary Daffin, 11750 Gallant Ridge Ln, Houston 77082-6833, 713-596-8733,

mad@bdfgroup.com & Frank Jones, 3402 Locke Ln, Houston 77027-4139, 713-626-3340, fjones@fulbright.com

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Directory Advance Specials, Director-Conference Sec of Global Ministries: Lindsay Kirkpatrick, 5354 Space Center

Blvd., Pasadena 77505-3933, 281-484-4814, pastorlindsay@asbury-umc.com Archivist: Bill Hardt, 10375 New Wehdem Rd. Brenham 77833-8202, 979-830-5210, wchardt@gmail.com Candler School of Theology: Dr. Jan Love, Dean, 1531 Dickey Dr, Atlanta GA 30322, 404-727-6326,

jan.love@emory.edu Clarewood House: 7400 Clarewood, Houston 77036, 713-774-5821 Cokesbury Houston: Alex Davis, 281-512-4408, aldavis@cokesbury.com or call 1-800-672-1789 Conference Lay Leader: Stephanie Griffin, 20050 CR 4104, Lindale 75771-7362, 903-882-5484,

lesstepgriffin@wildblue.net Conference Secretary: Rev. Russell Hall, PO Box 1689, Tomball 77377-1689, 281-351-1249

russellhall@tomballumc.org Conference Statistician: Peggy Z. Miller, 5215 Main Street, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383

pzmiller@methodists.net Cross Connection: April Canik, Editor, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383, FAX 713-521-4616,

acanik@txcumc.org General Bd of Pension & Health Benefits: 1901 Chestnut Ave, Glenview, Illinois 60025, 847-869-4550.

Houston Office: Gail Ford Smith, Director, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383, Fax 713-523-9173, gfsmith@txcumc.org

Golden Cross: Shirley Broome, Administrative Assistant, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383, sbroome@txcumc.org

Gulfside Assembly: Mollie M. Stewart, Business Manager, P. O. Box 27, Waveland, MS 39576, 228-467-4909, gulfsideum@att.net

Heartspring Methodist Foundation: C. J. Taylor, President & CEO, 5215 Main Street, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383, FAX 713-533-3781, cjtaylor@heartspringmethodist.org

Huston-Tillotson College: Dr. Larry Earvin, President & CEO, 900 Chicon, Austin, TX 78702, 512-505-3000, llearvin@htu.edu

INFO-SERVE: (United Methodist Information Services) http://www.umc.org/resources/infoserv Insurance, Group Health: Barbara Kilby, Benefits Administrator, 5215 Main, Houston 77002, 713-521-9383,

1-800-606-0350, FAX 713-521-7516, bkilby@txcumc.org Krist Samaritan Counseling: 17555 El Camino Real, Houston 77058, 281-480-7554 Lakeview Conference Center: Matt Idom, Superintendent, 400 Private Rd 6036, Palestine 75801,

903-538-2711, FAX 903-538-2797, matt@lakeviewmcc.org Larkin Street Community Center: 5410 Larkin Street, Houston 77007, 713-869-9143 Lydia Patterson Institute: Socorro de Anda, President, P. O. Box 11, El Paso 79940, 915-533-8286,

sdea@aol.com McMurry University: Dr. Sandra S. Harper, President, 1 McMurry University #98, Abilene, Tx 79697-0001 Methodist Home for Children, Waco: Mr. Tim Brown, President, 1111 Herring Ave., Waco 76708,

254-753-0181, FAX 254-755-7609 tbrown@mchwaco.org , Houston Office: 5005 Mitchelldale #119, Houston TX 77092, 713-682-8911

Methodist Hospital System: Dr. Marc L. Boom, President/CEO, 6565 Fannin, Houston 77030, 713-790-3311 Clear Lake-St. John’s: 18300 St. John Dr Nassau Bay 77058 281-333-5503 Katy-West Houston: 18500 Katy Frwy, Houston 77094, 832-522-5522 San Jacinto/Baytown-East Houston: 4401 Garth Rd, Baytown 77521, 281-420-8600 Sugar Land-Southwest Houston: 16655 SW Freeway, Sugar Land 77479, 281-274-7000 Willowbrook-Northwest Houston: 18220 SH 249, Houston 77070, 281-737-1000 The Woodlands-North Houston: Opening Soon 713-790-3333 Methodist Retirement Communities: Ron Jennette, President/CEO, 2202 Timberloch Place, Ste 200,

The Woodlands 77380, 281-363-2600, FAX 292-6360 Bayview Apartments: 1111 Bayshore Rd, LaPorte 77571, 281-471-2820 Cornerstone: 4100 Moores Ln, Texarkana 75503, 866-884-5178 Creekside: 1433 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville 77340, 866-559-2406

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Crestview: 2505 E Villa Maria Rd, Bryan 77802, 866-884-9044 Oakview Apartments: 900 Parkway, LaPorte 77571, 281-471-6055 Pinecrest: 1302 Tom Temple Dr, Lufkin 75904, 866-696-9932 “The Crossings”: 2700 Marina Bay Dr #1 League City 77573 866-835-2877 Mission Depot: Scott Moore, Director, Kathie Mann, Admin. Asst. 3765 N. Loop 336E, Conroe, Tx 77301

Phone number not available at time of printing Mount Sequoyah Conference & Retreat Center: Lamar Pettus, Interim Executive Director,

150 NW Skyline Dr., Fayetteville, AR 72701, 479-443-4531, lamar.pettus@mountsequoyah.org Perkins School of Theology: William B. Lawrence, Dean, P O Box 750133, Dallas, TX 75275-0133,

214-768-2293 wblawren@smu.edu Providence Place: 6487 Whitby Road, San Antonio 78240, 1-800-842-5433 South Central Jurisdiction: P.O. Box 61069, Oklahoma City, OK 73146-1069, 405-202-9846,

Fax: 405-208-5612, scjdirector@scjumc.org Southern Methodist University: R. Gerald Turner, President, PO Box 750100, Dallas 75275-0100,

214-768-2000 Southwestern University: Dr. Edward B. Burger, President, 1001 East University Ave., Georgetown 78626,

512-863-6511 Texas United Methodist College Association: Bishop Dan Solomon, President, 1 McMurry University #206,

Abilene, TX 79697-0001, 325-793-3805 Texas Methodist Foundation: Tom Locke, President, 11709 Boulder Lane, Ste 100, Austin 78726-1800,

1-800-933-5502, fax 325-331-0670, tlocke@tmf-fdn.org Texas Wesleyan University: Frederick G. Slabach, President, 1201 Wesleyan, Ft. Worth 76105-1536,

817-531-4444 UMARMY: David Sabom, Executive Director, 9601 W. Fairmont Pkwy., LaPorte 77571, 281-479-0103,

david@umarmytx.org United Methodist Men, President: Ricky Tate, 6359 Holland Rd, Kountze, 77625, 409-246-3708,

rtateumm@yahoo.com United Methodist Women, President: Lee Thornton, 11029 FM 1764, Santa Fe 77510-8151, 409-925-1216,

leeannth43@gmail.com Wesley Community Center: Diane Garbis, Executive Director, 1410 Lee Street, Houston 77009, 713-223-8131,

dgarbis@wesleyhousehouston.org Barbara Jordan/Infant Toddler Center: 1417 Noble, Houston 77009, 713-223-8131 Reva Veal Henderson Food Co-op: 1235 Lorraine St., Houston 77009, 713-821-8900 Wesley Day School: 1410 Lee St., Houston 77009, 713-223-8131 Wiley College: Dr. Haywood Strickland, President, 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall 75670, 903-927-3300

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DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE Delegates to General Conference from the Texas and East Texas Annual Conference, up to the United Conference, are to be found in the Journal of 1941. In the Texas Conference Journal of 1970 will be found the list of members of the Texas Conference delegates (pages 296-299) and the Gulf Coast Conference (pages 93-95) up to the time of the Uniting Conference June, 1970. In the Texas Conference Journal of 1980 will be found the list of members of the Texas Annual Conference delegates (pages 330-331) to General and Jurisdictional Conference for years 1972-1980. The 1984 Journal (page 296) lists the delegates for 1984-88. The 1988 Journal (pages 10-11) lists the delegates for 1988-92. Subsequent lists of delegates may be found in the journals during the quadrennium in which they serve.

GENERAL CONFERENCE – 2016

Clergy Chap Temple Kenneth Levingston Morris Matthis Laceye Warner Ben Trammell Steve Wende Matt Idom Janice Gilbert Edward C. Jones

Lay Reggie Clemons Don House Gil Hanke Eddie Erwin Andy Hernandez Tom Wussow Marquice Hobbs Sue Sullivan Melba Wilson

JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE - 2016

Clergy Keith Whitaker Jessica LaGrone Kip Gilts Jim Bass Silverio Sanchez Marilyn White Jonathan Bynum Guy Williams Tom Pace

Lay Oscar Garza Stacie Hawkins Sterling Allen Carolyn Huntsman Donel King Clarence Estes, Jr. Bryan Tullos Bill Brown Richard Hyde

ALTERNATES - 2016

Clergy Rob Renfroe Justin Coleman Vincent Harris Jeff Olive

Lay Leah Taylor Donna West Enid Henderson Ken Tielke