District Lay Leaders
District Lay Leader: Carol Crothers (2019)
Associate District Lay Leader: Joel Irish
District Leadership Team
Help to identify people who have gifts and graces for service beyond the local church, and ultimately provide nominations for leaders and members of the district committees and teams.
District Lay Servant Ministries Committee
Anne Carter, Director
Sue Tesar, LSM & CLM Registrar
Anna Jean Alexander (CLM)
Claire Piddock (CLM)
Robert Olson
Peter Rumery
Pastor Laura Church
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, District Superintendent
Committee on the District Superintendency
Rev. Kathleen Decker Szakas, Chairperson
Rev. Elizabeth Bachelder Smith
Carol Crothers
Beverly Staples
Karen Mitchell
David Robbin
Sheed St. Paul
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, District Superintendent
District Congregational Development team
Rev. Sungmin Jeon
Pastor Bo Landsperg
Pastor Jen Reed
Tony Landsperg
Linda Howe
AJ Alexander
Mary Fifield
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, District Superintendent
District Ministry Team:
Plans and Implements events: evangelical, worship, educational, fellowship so that churches and their leaders are inspired and equipped to seek and serve Christ with excellence.
District Finance/Mission Share Review Committee
Serves as a resource for local churches with regard to education about stewardship and financial matters. Mission Share Relief and Equitable Compensation monitoring
Tim Weinzetl
Jeff Toothaker
Tom Eschner
Rev. Jim Mentzer
Dan Beaulieu
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, District Superintendent
District Board of Church Location and Building
Rev. Ed Bove
Marc Chaput
Larry Perkins
Les Priest
Brian Church
Steve Hill
Carol Johnson
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, District Superintendent
District Committee on Ordained Ministry
Rev. Angela Rotherham (Chair, BOM rep)
Rev. Shannon Lovejoy
Rev. Wes Palmer
Rev. Stephen Bascom
Pastor Lynn Briggs. LLP
Sue Spaulding
Rev. Steve Bascom
Rev. Elizabeth Bachelder Smith (Registrar)
Don Banton
Winona Prince
Ex Officio: Rev. Arlene Tully, DS
Equalization Members
Anna-Jean Alexander
Mary Cooper
Mary Fifield
Muffy Ireland
Tony Landsperg
Jeffrey Munson
Barbara Sagat-Stover
Susan Sullivan
Mariah Palmer
Wayne Alexander
Catherine Taylor
Gail Underwood Parker
Michelle Violette
Rebeka Palmer
Kathryn Saunders
Clair Piddock
Barbara Levigne
UMC Related Ministries within Many Waters:
United Methodist Economic Ministry Board: Rev. Eleanor Collinsworth (President)
Kents Hill School Chaplain: Rev. Shannon Keeney
Empire Grove: Rev. Stan Tanner
Maine Wesleyan Board: Alane O’Connor, Pamela Gleason Bird, Mary Jernigan, Nancy Russell
Camp Mechuwana Site Committee: Amy Story