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In Loving Memot-y
Mary Willoughby Albery
June 25, ·1924- November ·12, 2014
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The Rev .
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B.
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e l ected t o Deacon 's Or ders and rece i ved as a
Probati on ary member of the Detr oit Annua l Conf erence of the Un ited l·let hodis t
Chu r ch on Tuesday evening, June 3, as the 139th
beqan i n
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cons~cutive
annual sessi on
Auditorium on the campus of Adrian Co llege in Adrian, Mi ch-
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On Friday evening, June
s he was or da i ned a Deacon in the Un i ted Methodist
Church by Bi shoo Edsel A. Ammons, Res i dent Bi sflon of the
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United Methodi st Church.
Rev . Wil l oughbv vJas graduated from Kernersvi ll e Hioh School in :lorth Carolina.
She r eceived a B. /\. de')ree from Duke Un iversity in Dur1af11, tl. C. , and is
s tud~nt
present l y en r oll ed as a
D. C.
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mi ni stry she served as Executive Di rector of Church
Women Un i ted i n Michigan and Area Di rPctor of Western Wayne Countv of Y.W.C.A.
Rev. V/illouqhbv is the mother of four
ch il dren~
!3arbi
~-1ott,
Lans i nCJ·. Jeanne ,
Bethlehem, PA ; 1•1ary Ann, San Diego, CA and Robert Earl III , of :Jetroi t.
Bishop Ammons has anpo i nted Rev. I·Ji ll oughby to attend r!esl ev Theo logical Seminary for the coming year.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; PLEASE:
BY:
DOUG OLSEN
JUNE 7, 1985
The Reverend Mrs. Mary Barber Willoughby was elected to Elder's Orders,
and received as a Full Member of the Detroit Annual Conference of the United
Methodist Church, on Tuesday, June 4, as the 144th consecutive Annual Sess i on
of the Conference began in Dawson Auditorium on the campus of Adrian Col lege,
Adrian, Michigan.
On Friday, June 7, she was ordained an Elder in the United Methodist
Church by Bishop Judith Craig, Resident Bishop of the Michigan Area of the
United Methodist Church.
The Reverend Willoughby graduated from Kernersville High School; she
received a B. A. degree from Duke University at Durham, North Carolina, and a
Mas ter of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C .
Reverend Willoughby has 4 children: Barbi Willoughby Mott, Lugano ,
Switzerland; M. Jeanne Wi lloughby, Sa nd Diego, California; Mary Ann Willoughby,
San Francisco, California ; Robert Earl Willoughby, Detroit.
The Reverend Mrs. Willoughby has been reassigned to Detroit: Woodmere
and River Rouge: Epworth United Methodist Churches . as Minister by Bishop Craig
for the coming year.
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The Rev. Ma ry B.
W ill oug~was
el ected to Deacon 's Orders and received as a
Probation ary member of the Detroit Annual Conference of the Un i ted Methodist
Church on Tuesday evening, June 3, as the 139th consecutive annual session
began in Dawson Audi torium on the campus of Adri an Coll ege i n Adrian, Michi gan.
On Friday evening. June 6, she was ordained a Deacon in the Hn ited Methodist
Church by Bishop Edsel A. Ammons , Resident Bishop of the Michigan Area of the
United Methodist Church.
Rev. Willoughby was gradua t ed from Kernersvil l e Hi gh School in North Carol i na.
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Rev. Will oughby is _the mother of four children; Barbi Matt,
L ans in g~
Jeanne,
Bethl ehem, PA; Mary Ann , San Diego, CA and Robert Earl III , of Detroit.
Bishop Ammons has pppointed Rev. Willoughby to attend Wesley Theological Seminary for the coming year.
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THE GATHE RING
V irgini a V intzel
Prelude
Duet -
Elizabeth M acaul ay
" The Rose"
V irginia V intzel
PROCESSIONAL -
" Trumpet V oluntary"
Bisho p jud ith Craig
GREETING
Dr. Ri chard Devor
DECLARATION OF INTENTION
Minist er: The m arri age o f M ary and Paul unites two fa mil ies
and c reates a new o ne. They ask for your bless ing.
Families: We re jo ice in you r unio n and pray God's blessi ng
upo n you .
SH A RING O N BEH ALF OF THE FAMILIE S
Susan Albery Taulbee, Barbara Willou ghby Mott
Minister: Will all of you, by God's grace do everythin g in
your pow er to upho ld and c are f o r Mary and Paul
in their marriage.
Peopl e:
We w ill . In the name of Jesus Christ we love you.
By his grace, we commit o urselves w i t h you to
the bo nds of m arri age and the Christ ian ho me.
Hymn - " Joy ful , joy ful , We Ad o re Thee"
j oyful , joy ful we adore thee. God of Gl ory, Lo rd of Love;
Hearts unfold like flowers befo re thee, opening to the sun above;
M elt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark o f do ubt away;
Giver of imm ortal gl adness, f ill us with the light o f day !
Thou art giving and fo rgiv ing, ever bless ing ever blest,
W ell sp rin g o f the joy o f liv ing, ocean d ept h of happy res t!
Thou our Father, Chri st o ur brother, all who live in love are thine;
Teac h us how to love each other. lift us to the joy divine.
TH E WEDDING PRAY ER
SOLO - " Prayer of St. Franc is of Assis i"
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The Rev. Charl es Thom as
Shana A lbery
Bishop Judith Craig
HOMILY
P'tocfamatLon and t::d?e1.pon1.e
Prayer Hy m n -
Scripture Lessons, " Song of Songs" from Chapters 4 and 2 - Stephen Albery
I Corinthi ans 13
Pet er C. Mott
Canticl e o f Love
Music r esponse
Readers
Leader:
People:
Leader:
Peopl e:
Leader:
Peop le:
Leader:
Peo pl e:
Eliz abeth Macaulay
Barbara Mott, jeanne Willoughby,
Mary A nn W illoughby-Winslow, Susan T aulbee
Let love be genuine and live in harmony;
hate what is evil, hold f as t to what is good.
Ou tdo one another in showing honor;
be humble and never conceited.
Love is stronger than death
and jealousy is cruel as the grave.
Floods cannot drown love
and wealth cannot buy it.
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"Behold I Make All Things New"
0 perfec t Life, be thou t heir fu ll assurance
of tender charity and steadfast faith,
of patient hope and quiet, brave endura nce,
w it h ch ild like trust that fears no pain no r death.
Bishop Judith C r ai g
Interce ssory Prayer
Exchanging of Vows
Blessing and Exchanging of Rings
Dr. Richard C. Devor
~E.c£a'tati.on of cAI(a't'tLa9e
Bishop Judith Craig
Lighting of Unity Candle
Blessing for Mary, Paul and famil y
Do not l ove in word or speec h only;
love also in deed and truth.
Recei ve each other in sincerity,
find mercy and grow old together.
Love re joices in the right;
it bea rs, believes, hopes,
and endures all things,
for love is faithful and endless.
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0 perfect Love, al l human thought t ranscend ing,
low ly we knee l in prayer before t hy throne,
that t heirs may be t he love which knows no ending,
w hom t hou for everm o re dost join in o ne.
Grant t hem the joy w hich brightens ea rt hly sorrow;
grant them the peace which calms all eart hly strife.
and to life' s day t he glorious unknown morrow
that dawns upon etern al love and life.
Put love above all else;
let Christ's peace rul e your hearts.
Always be forgiving,
as Christ has forgi ve n you.
Love is not jea lous or boastful,
arrogant, rude o r stubborn,
irritable, resentful , or possessive.
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Love is patient and kind.
By the new and I ivi ng way Christ opened,
let us draw near in full ass urance of faith,
holding fast the confess ion of our hope,
for He who pro mised is f aithful.
Encourage one another to love and serve.
W hen the Lord builds the house,
the l abor is never in vain.
Happy are those w ho take refu ge in God;
those w ho serve the Lord are redeemed .
" 0 Perfect Love"
Quartet -
" Here I Am Lord"
Dav id, Stephen, and john A lbery, and Kent Taulbee
dfofy Communion
The Eucharistic Prayer
Minister: The Lord be with you.
People: And also w ith you.
Minister: Lift up your hearts.
People : We l ift t hem to t he Lord .
Minister: Let us give thank s to the Lord our God.
People:
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It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Minister: Creator and Sovereign of t he universe,
on th is joyous occasion we delight
to give you thanks.
You made us
us the gift of
one another.
company of
in your image, male and female you created us. You gave
marriage, which embodies your love, that we might ful fi l
Therefore, with your people in al l ages and the w hole
heaven, we join in the song of unending praise.
Minister and People: Holy, Holy, Ho ly Lord, Cod of power and might.
Heaven and ea rt h are full of your glory, hosanna in the
highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord .
Hosanna in the highest.
Minister: Blessed are you, Lord our Cod, because you love the
world so mu ch you gave your only So n Jesus Christ
to be our Savior.
He won for you a new people to be his family and
gave us in his sacrificial love the example for the love
of husband and wife
Kent Taulbee
Following the directions given, you are invited
to partake of the bread and cup.
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Vi rg in ia Vintzel
Patrick Kuhl
Robe rt Lott
Pianist
Wi lm a Cal land
Soloists
Eli zabeth Macaulay
Shana Albery
Quartet
D av id, Step hen and John Albery
Kent Taulbee
A rthur Barber
David , Stephen, John, Todd and Kevin Albery,
Kent Taulbee, Peter Mott, A rm ando Gonzalez
Ring Bearers
Kyle and Eric Albery
Flower Girls
Katie Mott, Ann Taulbee,
Claire Tau lbee, Lauren Albery
Bride's son and Escort
Pau l and Mary Barbara Mott,
Jeanne Willoughby, Mary Ann Winslow,
Susan Taulbee,
Cathy, Nancy, Linda, A m y, Shana and Beth A lbery
Wedding Hostess
Minister: Let us go forth in joy that the love and peace of Christ
may abide in our hom es, and t hat we may glorify
God in all t hat we do.
Rob Willoughby
Communion Stewards
Flower and Tabl e Arra ngements
thE. !BfE.~~ln9
Vi rgini a V intzel
Amy and Beth Albery
Ushers
When supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks
to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: " Drink f rom
thi s, all of you; this cup is the new covenant sealed
by my blood, poured out for you and many, for the
forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in
remembrance of me."
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Acolytes
On the night he offered himself up for us he took
bread, gave thanks to you, broke it, gave it to his
disciples, and sa id : " Take, eat; this is my body which
is given for you. Do this in remembran ce of me."
" The Lord' s Prayer"
Bishop Judith Craig
Dr. Richard Devo r
Rev. Charles Thomas
Reception Mu sic
He suffered and died for the sin of the world .
You raised him from the dead t hat we, too
might have new life.
Solo -
Cel ebratin g Cl ergy
Wedding Secretary
Ma rgaret DeFoe
Irene Norr is
Maria Johnides
Mary A lice Stuckey, Un ited Methodist Wom en and United
Youth Fellowship wi ll se rve the reception .
People : Thanks be to Cod.
Postlude -
" Tocca ta " from Symphony No. 5
Widor
We are profoundly grateful for family and friends who have joined
us in our Marriage Covenant Celebration, and invite you to
join us in a reception in the social room s downstairs .
" Love is compounded of all the best of Cod
and human power, good ness, truth and beauty.
These are ultimate v irtues and they are inv incible."
DR. H ENRY Ht TT CRANE
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MARY WILLOUGHBY ALBERY
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It was exciting and somewhat awesome to feel literally compelled at
mid-life to commit myself to preparation for the ordained ministry
in The United Methodist Church . This was not a quick, impulsive
decision, as my sense of call was a culmination of a series of insights,
decisions and commitments at pivotal times in my life . ..
• Birth, June 25, 1924, as a parsonage child in the Western
North Carolina Conference with a summer home at the Lake
Junaluska Methodist Assembly.
• Leadership opportunities in the Methodist Student Movement at Duke University.
• Participating in an Interfaith, International, Interracial work camp known as the Lisle
Fellowship (near Syracuse, New York) all summer upon graduation from Duke 1945.
• Serving as a Director of Christian Education in Waterbury, Connecticut First Methodist
while my husband, Robert Willoughby, attended Yale Divinity School (1945-48).
• Sharing ministry as a pastor's wife in the West Michigan and Detroit Conferences 23
years; to us were born three daughters, Barbara Joy, Margaret Jeanne, Mary Ann , one son, Robert
Willoughby II, and one granddaughter Katie to Barbi and Peter.
• Staff Program Director of Western Wayne County Y.W.C.A., focusing on neighborhood
development in low income, multi-ethnic neighborhoods with over a decade of service in the south
end of Dearborn , which has the highest concentration of Arabic population in the United States
(1968-1979).
• Executive Secretary of Michigan Church Women United with state office in my Detroit
home a number of years just before embarking upon my seminary education at Wesley Theological
Seminary in Washington, D .C., January 1979.
Throughout my seminary years, 1979-1983, I was privileged to serve the Girdle Tree/
Stockton student charge of four churches driving 150 miles each way betweP.n the Eastern shore
of Maryland and Washington, D .C., crossing the Chesapeake Bay twice weekly. Deacon
ordination, 1980; Elder ordination , 1985.
Appointm~nts in the Detroit Conference include:
• Epworth, River Rouge -Woodmere, Detroit, 1983
• Detroit Conference Associate Council Director for the Marquette District half time, and pastor
of the Munising Church half time, 1986
• Berkley First United Methodist Church, 1989
October 21, 1990, I was married to Dr. Paul Albery, retired pastor of the West Michigan
Conference and longtime close family friend since 1950. Our wedding in the Berkley church was
blessed with family and friends coming from every church either of us has served these past forty
years.
A paraphrase of Paul the Apostle's prayer in Philippians 1 expresses the gratitude I feel
for so many countless persons who have shaped my life and ministry: my beloved late parents,
husband, children, grandchildren, teachers, seminary professors, colleagues in ministry and
friends who have left indelible marks on my life and ministry.
I thank my God in every remembrance, constantly praying with joy for you because of your
sharing with me in the Gospel of God's unfailing Grace. I hold you in my heart. It is my prayer
that our love may overflow more and more as we continue to praise God through the Glory
of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Five Michigan pastors exchange
places with English counterparts
Holm, a housing estate, and heavily involved, in the church's
Shorne, a small village. Because Vacation Bible School.
of
the availability of lay preachWhile here he visited Cass
(MCA)- Five Michigan United
ers, the pastor does not preach Community UMC, Baldwin Ave.
Methodist pastors participated in
in every church every Sunday.
Community Center in Pontiac,
an exchange program with
" I came back more apprecia- and the Pontiac Alternative TranEnglish Methodist pastors this tive of the American UMC,"
sitional Housing:- He had a tun g
summer. The Advocate con- Johns said . "I appreciated the talk with Detroit East District
tacted the pastors on this side of differences and the opportunity to Superintendent Phylemon Titus.
the water to find out how the ex- serve in England and experience
In England people get depenchange was going.
the faith within the church .there. dent on benefits, Howard said ;
The Rev . Thomas Badley of But I came back very glad my while in the U.S. they can slip
Clio Bethany UMC exchanged ancestors had chosen to become through the benefit net. Local
places with the Rev. Robert Cyril American. Every Michigan pastor governments in England are by
Murrish of Newquay, Cornwall. should try it at_least once. People . statute to house all families .
Murrish reported that he pastors couldn't have been more gra" There are signs of God 's
fou r churches in England : Clare- cious. "
grace that become evident as
mont, St. Columb-Minor, GranThe Rev. Gilson Miller of High- time goes on," Howard said. "It
tack and Culbert . He has 230 land UMC exchanged places with gives hope."
pari~hioners total. He spent six the Rev. John David Howard,
The Rev . Mary- Albery of
Sundays at Clio, from July 8 to who pastors in W. Smethwick (an Berkley First UMC has spent the
August 19.
inner city church) and.st. ~o~ns , summer in Liverpool. Her exThe two pastors met when less than a mile apart m Blrmmg- change pastor is the Rev. John
Murrish was showing Cornish ham , 100 miles northwest of Arthur Fisher. Albery arrived in
slides in the UP at Hancock UMC London .
London June 25 and was due
to Cornish parishioners .
back Aug. 9. She phoned a
Murrish was born in Flint and HOWARD WAS IN Highland parishioner in the U.S. who had
spent his first Sunday in the U.S. from June 29 to Aug. 5, then tour- heart bypass surgery.
at Flint Asbury, where he was ing the Rockies for two weeks.
Fisher pastors Crosby church
baptized . He has visited Franken- The Highland church is south~.ast in Liverpool and Moor Lane
muth and lots of Bethany of Flint in Oakland County, an church. While here he has been
parishioners' homes. Clio is near affluent area compared to what taken to Tiger baseball games,
I' m used to," Howard sa~s. .
Flint.
Meadowbrook to hear the Detroit
Most of the services dunng h1s Symphony, Detroit Metropolitan
THE REV. ALAN Hardy of time here were done in Engl~sh
Newton Abbot exchanged places style. Songs of Praise is a serv1ce Church and Belle Isle. He particwith Detroit Conference Council in which parishioners choose a ipated in a midweek service at
Director Ted Doane. In Doane's hymn to sing and tell why they Berea St. Paul's and a partnerD
absence he has been learning like it. Howard and his wife were ship picnic.
how the UMC in America works,
under the training of the Revs.
Stan Sutton and Bill Verhelst of
the Conference staff.
Doane is at Newton Abbot Circuit servmg·as pastor of six churches. Three of the churches are
in Dartmoor National Park.
The Rev.' Carol Johns of
Owosso UMC traded places with
the Rev. Brian James Snellgrove
of Gravesend, Kent. Johns was in
England from May 28,.. to J.uly
She was in an urban settmg 1n
Gravesend. She pa~tored at
Milton Road, in the c1ty, Dene
KATHY GOOLIAN
MCA Staff Reporter
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REV.
MARY
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BARBER
WILLOUGHBY and DR. PAUL F.
ALBERY announce their engagement to
be married Oct. 21 in the Berkley First
UMC, where Mary serves as pastor. Paul,
who resides in Lansing, is a retired pastor in the West Michigan Conference. Following the wedding the couple will live in
the Berkl~y _p~~~~~a~~- a! 3~~5- Kipling St.
Mary Willoughby will be
associate council director:
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that the Bishop and Cabinet agreed with
the personnel committee's choice and are
appointing Rev. Mary Willouehb¥. to the
Conference'" staff and to the Munising
church," said AI Bamsey, conference
council on ministries council director.
"Munising will be well served by her
upbeat nurturing spirit and the churches
of the Marquette District will discover in
Mary a person of vast resources useful to
them."
Rev. Mary Willoughby technically is a
second career person. But the truth is that
she has had many careers, some
volunteer and some paid, prior to becom-
Rev.
Mary
Willoughby
ing an ordained minister. Born in
Greensboro, North Carolina, she has four
grown children, one of whom lives in the
Detroit area. Most recently she has served a two point urban charge, one in Detroit
and the other in River Rouge. Prior to that
she served a four point rural circuit in the
Peninsula Conference in Maryland both
during and following her graduation from
Wesley Seminary.
Earlier in her life Mary worked for the
YWCA. Among other things, she organized the women of southwest Detroit around
activities for mutual upbuilding. During
one stint she was the executive for Church
Women United, a post that called upon a
range of skills. She worked with people of
a variety of denominations seeking to help
them bear witness to Christ in the everyday world .
.
Mary is a lifelong United Methodist who
brings zest, experience, and deep commitment to Christ into her new ministry.
When asked about the appointment
Bishop Craig replied, " We had to replace
Joel Hurley, who had done excellent work
at the local church and on the staff, with
a fi rst class appointment. 1 am pleased
that we are able to appoint Mary
Willoughby. The people will respond to her
spirit and the district will gain much from
the skills she Will bring."
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THBR UVES AND EVENTS
/~It/ cf.:lREV . MAR Y BARB ER WILLOUGHBY
of Wesley Theologi cal Seminary in
Washing ton , D.C . has been awarded
the Georgia Harkness Scholarsh.ip by
the Division . of Ordained Ministry,
Board of Higher Education and Ministry. The award is named for Georgia
Harkness , noted theologian, teacher
Rev. Mary
Barber
Willoughby
and activist. Rev. Willoughby, pastor of
the
Girdletree-Stockton ,
Maryland
Charge of four churches (Peninsula
Conference) since 1980, will graduate
from Wesley in May, · 1983, at which
time she will return to the Detroit
Conference . In late Decemtjer Mary will
participate in a study seminar on Paul's
missionary journeys going to Greece
and Rome under the direction of Dr.
James Clemons, New Testament professor of Wesley. On Christmas Eve she
will baptize her six-mor.th-old first
grandchild, Catherine Anne, in Lugano,
Switzerland where Barbara and Peter
Mott teach in the American School of
L.:_witzerland .
Mary Wi.lloug~by's
Ordination as Elder
A Celebration rl~ . .
By Dorothy J. Armos
,
The ordination of Rev. Mary Barber
Willoughby as elder Yi'as mdeed a h1gh
1 nioment for the members of the Epworth ,
River Rouge, and Woodmere, Detroit,
UMCs. They witnessed this majestic ser.- '
vice of awe. and splendor in Dawson
Auditorium on June 7. Joining a large
number of members from "the churches
she services were Rev ." Willoughby's
brother from Washin'gton, D.C., her
daughter from San Diego and friend, and
her son from Detroit. Dr. Richard Devor,
homoletics professor of the Boston i c,tlool J
of Theology, along with Rev. Pawn L:im'"':"'
merman served as her sponsoring elders.
Members of Epworth and Woodmere
.celebrated a special service <;>f holy communion on June 9, in the IJ{oodmere
church with guest ministers .and friends
from many Michigan churches including
representatives from the Conference '
United· Methodist Women, the Church
Women United, and th~ Y.W.C.A.
Dr. Paul Albery from the We.st Michigan I
Conference, a long-time friend and colleague in ministry, gaye the comm(Jnion
meditation at which Rev. Willoughby served as the celebrant of the Eucharist.
Malcolm Greene of Woodmere, our
charge lay leader, presented the greeters.
Greetings were given by Dr. Robert
Selberg of the conference staff, by Rev.
Ri.ctiard Griffith, who served on the Board .
of Ministry during Rev. Wiloughby's entire
candidacy program, and bY Rev. Paton
Zimmerman of Glacier Way UMC who was
a classmate at Wesley TheologiQal
Seminary in Washington D.C. and also
~erved with Rev. WilloughbY on the administrative board of the central UMC in
Detroit. The Central members presented
the Pentecost stole for ordination t0 Rev.
Willoughby at Annual Conference. Also
extending greetings was Rev. ~ohn Sefcik,· pr(:lsident of the Southwest Detroit
Ecumenical Association of Churches. 0
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Dorothy Armos presenting Rev.
Willoughby her chasuble and stolegift from Epworth and Woodmere
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Detroit Conference Program Staff
d/llff
ship and Evangelism , takes special training and competence to local ch urches to
A conference large e nough to measure assist them with long range stewardship
600 miles fro m end to end a nd variant planning and designing financial camenough to include Paradise, Rose City, paigns. He also leads workshops on visitaGrand Blanc, and Detroit requires a skill- lion , church growth , evangelism and cared, diverse program staff to assist churches ing ministries.
and church organizations. Detroit ConAs Associate Council Director for Parish
Development/ Global Ministries , Bill
ference has it.
These last fo ur years, the Detroit Con- Verhelst has responsibility for both local
ference Council on Ministries program staff churches and mission o utreach . He works
has concentrated on he lping the Con- with congregations to plan fo r and
ference develop and carry out the Strategic strengthen ministry a nd mission in their
Vision adopted by Detroit Conference in communities, especia lly with small
1985. Designed with a 1990 target date membership churches and cooperative
in mind, the Strategic Vision includes ministries in rural and urban settings. He
general objectives and flexible goals , many also staffs the Division of Global Ministries
of which have been accomplished or are to encourage churches to participate in the
in progress. The staff keeps the plan before larger mission of Christ's Church a nd to do
them in all their various tasks as they bring its work of mission within th e Detroit Anspecial skills and experience to particular n ua l Conference .
responsibilities.
Ken Ward staffs the Conference ComNine members make up the progra m mittee of Youth Ministries and Divisions of
staff-a council director and eight associate . Outdoor Education and Youth Ministry.
council directors; two of the associate H e manages our campsites and camp prodirectors are part time.
grams, and recruits and trains camp
Besides supervising and directing the leaders. The Division of Youth Ministry
p rogram staff, Council Director AI provides training and support for adults
Bamsey interprets and represents pro- who work with youth, while the CCYM is
gram needs and accomplishments to the a youth- led Conference agency.
Council on Finance and Administration
Ken can heip your church plan retreats
(CFA), the Cabinet and the Bisho p . Skill- and help you use the environment in and
ed in conflict management and long-range around your building for Christian Educaplanning, he makes time for consulta tion tion. He also trains, supports and develops
with local churches and also leads spiritual youth ministry.
life retreats.
Don Scavella, o ne of o ur two halfRobert Selberg's main task is to see time members , works in church extension.
that the Board of Local Church Ministries He is the person to see if your church
is enabled to carry out its mission . His needs help in organizing for new construespecialized pastoral skills and experience tion, financial packaging, and the applicaBy Jeanette Bartz
Each Detroit Co nference staff me mber
will provide :
-specialized skills to assist you in
program needs.
-preaching or speaking for special
programs.
- a committed concern for your
church and its mission.
Robert Selberg
Joyce Stanton
William Verhe lst
Kenneth Ward
,..J;>J;~T¥il®i bim-lV~}/)o.r-r.esru:msibilit.i.es_iu_tion process-.J:fe..can alSO-help .,.............,.~ ....staffing the Divisions of Adult and Family
Ministries, Leader Development , Leisure
and Resort Ministries, Local Church
Education , and Worship, Music and Other
Arts. Among other things, he a lso leads
discipleship and marriage e nrichment
seminars and consults with local churches
or organizations on long-range planning
and conflict manage ment.
As the only lay me mber of the program
staff, Joyce Stanton offers a unique
perspective to her staff work. With a rich
a nd varied backgro und, especially in the
a rea of Church and Society issues , she
sees to it that the Board of Co nnectio nal
Outreach has all the administrative support
it needs to carry out its broad range of program ming. S he directly staffs the Division
of C hurch a nd Society, H ealth and
We lfare, and Higher Education, and assists
In yearly special events such as "Doing the
Word," the UN/Washington Seminar, and
the School of Christian Mission. S he also
leads workshops on long and short range
planning, leadership skills, and planning
effective meetings, and conducts spirit ual
growth retreats.
As Urban Missioner, Edmund Millet
works in the critical area of our missional
priority, developing and strengthe ning
an architect and contractor.
Don also staffs the Section on C hurch
Extension and Development , the section
that assists District Boards of Mission a nd
district superintendents in new church
startups and church redevelopment. (His
o ther half-time respo nsibility is with
Methodist Union.)
Marx B,; Willoughby is also a half-time
stalf member . As Associate Council Director to the Marquette District, she serves the
district as a trainer, consulta nt a nd coordin ator to take direct services and re ferra l
resources to local churches, ministers , and
agencies of th e Marquette District. Priority is given to he lping local ch urches with
lead ership de velo pme nt, goal-setting,
lo ng-range planning, and strengthening
work area ministries. Mary a lso has wide
experie nce as a speaker, teacher , and
leader for dra ma workshops an d retreats
for local churches, sub-district and districtwide agencies. (Mary also serves the
Mu nising church half-time. )
During the fall of 1988, the goals of the
S trategic Vision will be reviewed and revised . Perhaps you note a goal t hat one of
the Detroit Conference staff has assisted
you with . Perhaps you see one that your
church or work area has wanted to work
on but haven't quite found a way to ac-
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priority , developing and strengthening
ethnic minority local churches (EMLC).
His basic work in the two Detroit Districts
through staffing Detroit Metropolitan Coordinating Committee (DMCC) takes him into ecumenical circles as well. He believes
that , as a representative of United
Methodism , he functions as a missionary
to the city of Detroit and that perspective
has led him to an ecumenical group of urban missioners and community leaders
concerned about the Cass Corridor Community , a depressed area of the city. The
committee works to influence Detroit's new
city strategic plan to help assure that Cass
Corridor residents are not displaced .
We wonder if there is a church
anywhere that is not worried about
stewardship and church growth . Duane
Miller, who staffs the Division of Steward-
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on but haven't quite found a way to accomplish. Don't hesitate to call with questions or requests for assistance.
Since most staff members are out
meeting with local church or conference
committees much of the time , you may not
find them in the office whe n you call .
Leave a message ; they'll be happy to
return your call.
All staff me mbers except Duan e Miller
and M~ry Willoughby may be reached ·at
the present Detroit Conference Center ,
155 W . Congress , Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 961-8340. Mary Willoughby may be
reached at the Marqu ette District Office ,
111 East Ridge Street, Marquette , MI
49855 , (906) 228-4644 . Duan e Miller is
at the Saginaw District Office, 3115
Davenport, Saginaw , MI 48602 (517)
793 -8838 .
Donald S cavella
Mary Willoughby
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