ASBURY NEWS

Asbury United Methodist Church www.asburywv.org Summer July

June 28th, 2009

Rev. Dr Eileen Dumire Retires

We here at Asbury will miss her. We wish her all the best with her new mission in life.

July 5th, 2009

A new pastor for Asbury Church

Bishop Ernest F. Lyght, resident bishop of the West Virginia Conference, has appointed Joseph Jarrett as pastor

of Asbury United Methodist Church, effective July 1. Pastor Joe will serve full-time in July and August and part-time

in retirement, beginning September 1.

Discerning God's call to ministry 1965 while a chemical engineering student at West Virginia University, he was licensed

to preach in l966 by a Baptist church. He transferred to WV State and completed a Bachelor of Science in Education

degree, while gaining ministry experience in his home church. After a year in seminary he served a small Baptist church

for two years. He also taught in the public schools.

Then God led him to a new path for expressing faith and ministry, and he joined The United Methodist Church in 1971.

He was appointed by Bishop Wertz to a 4-church circuit in WV and to attend seminary at the Methodist Theological

School in Ohio. He met Sue, the woman he would marry, then a ministry student at Duke Divinity School, when both

were ordained Deacons in 1972. Pastor Joe received the Master of Divinity degree in 1975 and was ordained an Elder

in June 1976.

The following week, on June 20, 1976, he married Sue, already an ordained Elder. Pastors Joe and Sue have two adult

children-a son and a daughter-and one granddaughter. Their son has a Masters degree in English, has taught for three

universities, and is pursuing a Masters degree in Theology. Their daughter has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology

and is a psychologist. Their son-in-law is currently fulltime with the Army National Guard.

Pastor Sue continues her pastoral appointment at Pea Ridge UMC near Barboursville. Pastors Joe and Sue care for his

mother at the Pea Ridge parsonage. They have recently purchased Pastor Joe's childhood home in St. Albans, which they

will be working on for their retirement home. Pastor Joe will have a home office there and at Pea Ridge.

Pastor Joe has been in ministry more than 44 years since professing his call from God in 1965, with more than 38 years

of active ministry in the West Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. He has served several pastoral

appointments and in many different district and conference leadership positions. He looks forward to new adventures in

Christian ministry with Asbury Church as well as more opportunities with family and friends in retirement.

Local phone: 304-727-1465 in St. Albans WV Cell: 304-633-6495