Committees

Staff Parish Relations Committee

The Staff Parish Relations Committee’s role is to strengthen, nurture, and support the pastors, staff and their families and to promote unity within the church. The committee also recommends to the church council, after consultation with the pastors, the professional and other staff positions needed to carry out the work of the church.

Jason Paulsmeyer
*Jim Baumgartner, chair
Larry Martin
Gail Wekenborg
Bruce Bates
Jan Schneider
Eric Jaegers

Gwen Blotevogel

Jeff Grosvenor

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing, maintaining and supervising all local church property. In addition, the Trustees report annually to the charge conference on the state of the church's property, equipment, investments, and resources.

Tom Cairo
Dick Graham
Betty Sundermeyer
Dave Harris
Holly Harber
Mark Brunner
Bob Kraus
Darryl Englehardt
Carol Galloway

Committee on Lay Leadership

The charge of this committee is to identify, develop, deploy, evaluate and monitor Christian spiritual leadership for the congregation. The committee recommends to the charge conference, at its annual session, the names of people to serve as officers and leaders of designated ministries and required committees of the church.

Chairperson: Pastor, Daniel Hilty      
Lay Leader: Creighton Cox                            
Elise Schreiber (youth)
Jan Englehardt
Dustin Warbritton
Dick Watson
Jeremy Kintzel
Dee Dee Shelton
Denise Grosvenor

Sue Martin
Katie Whitener

Lay Members of Annual Conference

Represent the church at the annual meeting of the Missouri Annual Conference.

Steve Adams
Pauline McElroy
Creighton Cox

Committee on Finance

The Finance Committee is responsible for compiling an annual budget and to be submitted to the church council for review and adoption. The committee monitors income at regular meetings and takes necessary steps to administer funds according to the budget and available income.

Chairperson: Jack Evans
Pastor: Chris Dumas
Church Council Chairperson: Angela Pool

Other members:                                                                                   
Guanita Jinks
Bill Camp                       
Sally Graham  
John Lieser
Ron Medin
David Meyer
Stanford Nyatanga

Bill Niblack
Rose Marie Hopkins 
Keith Sampson
Joe Jaegers
Steve Stegeman 
Melba Price
Pam Wren

 

Church Council

Provides for planning and implementing a program of nurture, outreach, witness and resources in the church. It also provides for the administration of the church's organization. The committee plans, implements and evaluates the mission and ministry of the church.

Chairperson: Angela Pool
Secretary: John Finley
Pastors:
Rev. Daniel Hilty
Rev. Mark Dumas
Rev. Chris Dumas
Treasurer/Church Administrator: Jerry Kelly
Director of Music and Communication: Jana Fox
Director of Youth Ministry: Chris Abel
Financial Secretary: Rochelle Meyer
Lay Leaders:
Steve Adams
Creighton Cox
Finance: Jack Evans
Church Historian: John Finley
Sunday School Superintendent: Beckie Gierer
President, United Methodist Women: Juanita Rampy
Other Members:
Dianne Gillespie
Dustin Warbritton
Drew Parmley
Julie Burcham
Darryl Engelhardt
Lauren Cameron
Pauline McElroy
Don Whitener
Tiffany Corum

Ministry Area Lay Representatives

Radical Hospitality: Mike Straub
Passionate Worship: 
Intentional Faith-Development: Lynn Facemyer
Risk-Taking Mission: Mel Sundermeyer
Extravagant Generosity: Laurel Dunwoody

First United Methodist Foundation

The foundation was created to receive specially designated gifts and disburse, in the form of grants, scholarships and other awards, the proceeds of those gifts in support of the mission and ministry of the church. The sole purpose of the foundation is to support the ministry of First United Methodist Church.

Brenda Myers, Ex-Officio
Leroy Heman, President
Patrick Meyer
Debbie Mathes
Greg Slinkard

James Klahr

Dee Dee Shelton
Jerry Kelly, Church Liason

Stewardship Committee

This committee has the responsibility of developing and implementing plans that will raise sufficient income to meet the budget adopted by the church council and to communicate with the congregation the connection between giving and spirituality.

Jeanie Adams
Mary Lou Gillilan
Carl Jaynes
Brenda Myers
Larry Martin
Sue Martin
*David Meyer, chair
Don Perdue
Amy Wehnes
Bruce Bates