Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.
STAFF CHANGES
Judy Bryant, to Brookwood Baptist, Birmingham, Ala., as minister to children and their families.
Lawrence Childs Jr., to First Baptist Church, Hillsville, Va., as interim pastor.
Marcie Cramsey, concluding her tenure as children’s minister at River Club Church, Fredericksburg, Va.
Stanley Hare, concluding his tenure as pastor of Victoria (Va.) Baptist Church.
Jim Hunter, to Walnut Hills Baptist Church, Williamsburg, Va., as senior pastor, effective June 18. He comes from the pastorate of Peakland Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va.
Warren Johnson, concluding his tenure after 13 years as pastor of Fork Union (Va.) Baptist Church.
Lee B. Spitzer, to American Baptist Churches USA, as general secretary, effective June 1. He was executive minister of American Baptist Churches of New Jersey and has served congregations in New Jersey, Nebraska and Rhode Island.
Barrett P. Way, to Lakewood, a LifeSpire of Virginia continuing care retirement community in Richmond, Va., as executive director. Previously he was executive director of Westminster Village in Terre Haute, Ind.
RETIREMENT
Dave McMahon, retiring after nearly 32 years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Cadillac, Mich.
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ORDINATIONS
Cameron Lee, ordained to ministry on May 7 by Highlands Fellowship, Johnson City, Tenn.
Ron Lithgow, ordained to ministry on May 7 by Fairview Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va.
Suzii Paynter, ordained to ministry on May 7 by Austin Heights Baptist Church, Nacogdoches, Texas. She is executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Garrett Wolf, ordained to ministry on May 13 by Ox Hill Baptist Church, Chantilly, Va., where he serves as minister to children and youth.
KUDOS
STAFF ANNIVERSARIES
Dennis Green, 5 years as executive pastor of Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va.
Randy McConnell, 10 years as minister of music and worship at Chester (Va.) Baptist Church.
Bobbie Miller, 25 years as associate pastor of music and worship at South Main Baptist Church, Pasadena, Texas.
In case you missed them:
Transitions for the week of 05.05.17
Transitions for the week of 04.28.17