Rev. Denise Roberts Reappointment

Spring is the season when United Methodist clergy find out where they will serve for the coming appointment year. United Methodist clergy are appointed to a church one year at a time from July to July. Pastors do not move every year, but coming into appointment season, we don’t always know who will stay in their current location and who will move.

Pastors Heather and Alexa do not anticipate a move this year. We expect to be re-appointed to serve at FUMCO. However, FUMCO is part of a cooperative of United Methodist Churches in the South Sound area and one of the co-op churches is experiencing a pastoral transition this year.

Rev. Denise Roberts, current pastor at St. Andrews UMC in Lacey will be appointed to Leavenworth UMC beginning July 1. We do not yet know who will be appointed to St. Andrews but we anticipate receiving the news within the next few weeks. We will let you know who will be coming to St. Andrews as soon as we know, but in the meantime we offer prayers of thanksgiving for the good work Rev. Denise has done during her time at St. Andrews and as a part of the South Sound Co-op. We will miss her, but we also celebrate this new appointment and the opportunities it brings for Rev. Denise.

If you see Rev. Denise between now and July, please offer her your thanks and well wishes! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Pastor Heather or Pastor Alexa.