Meet Our Presiding Elders
PRESIDING ELDER MILTON PROCTOR
3708 Ila Street, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (256)566-5604 miltonproctor@yahoo.com Rev.
PRESIDING ELDER WAYNE W MAYS
Houston District Post Office Box 12069Longview, Texas 75607346-253-8203 pastorwwm@att.net Rev.
PRESIDING ELDER ORENTHIA MASON
NORTH TYLER DISTRICT Post Office Box 4306Tyler, Texas 75712903-279-3544 (Cell)
PRESIDING ELDER KENNETH CAIN
Longview- Marshall DistrictPost Office Box 2137 Lindale, Texas 75771903-352-8748 (Cell)revkdcain@yahoo.com Thank
PRESIDING ELDER HENRY Q DICKERSON
Tyler District revhqd@sbcglobal.net Rev. H. Q. Dickerson currently serves Presiding
PRESIDING ELDER DREXEL MITCHELL SR
FORT WORTH DISTRICT PO. Box 150568 Ft. Worth, TX 76108
PRESIDING ELDER DIANA CASTEEL
Greenville- Texarkana Post Office Box 52 Douglasville, TX, Texas
PRESIDING ELDER RUSSELL O FULLER
Rev. Fuller has been serving as an alternate member of the Judicial Council since 2010 General Conference. In 2018, Rev. Fuller was elected a member of the Judicial Council by the General Conference that was held in Birmingham, Alabama.
PRESIDING ELDER LINDA BARNETT
http://nwdistrict8.com/ P.O. Box 16052 Fort Worth, Texas 76162 817-812-9298
A SEASON TO REMEMBER AND ACT
A SEASON TO REMEMBER AND ACT “To everything there is a season ….” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV) By Senior Bishop Lawrence Reddick Dear CME Family: Four years ago, about this time, I wrote President-Elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election as the 45th President of the United States of America, and to pledge to pray for him. I had not voted for him, but believed then and now that it is right for Christians in our country to pray for and lift up our leaders. These have been four difficult years, watching a President who lacked, in my opinion, too little
WHY PRESIDING ELDERS ARE IMPORTANT
This first issue of the Eighth Episcopal District newsletter highlights our nine presiding elders within the State of Texas. I’ll venture to share this opinion: the most important link in the connectional operations of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is the office of presiding elder. Yes, that’s my opinion. I don’t ask you to agree with me. But I do ask you to think about it. Two words are important in that stated opinion – link and connectional. These words indicate that the CME Connection is something that comes together and holds together for purpose, not just for happenstance. And what