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 Rev. Don Dial, our Senior Pastor and his wife Chris, have been serving in ministry together for 40 years.  Don will be retiring this year and they will be relocating to Crystal River, FL.  Rev. Edward Kellum, our Associate Pastor, has been appointed as Senior Pastor at Pine Island United Methodist Church.  Pine Island is located in the Fort Myers/ Cape Coral area.  Nako Kellum, our Director of Children’s Ministry and wife of Edward, will be the Associate Pastor at Cape Coral United Methodist  Church which is 15 miles from Edward’s church.  Sue Haupert-Johnson and Allen Johnson will be the new co-pastors at First United Methodist Church, Ocala.  This clergy couple has been serving as co-pastors at Cape Coral UMC for the last four years.  As co-pastors they will work together as a team and will share equally in the responsibilities.  They have a six year old daughter, Samantha.  Both Sue and Allen grew up in Florida, Sue in Lakeland and Allen in Gainesville.  They are both graduates of the University of Florida, Sue with a BS in finance and a law degree, and Allen, with a BS in agriculture.  Likewise, they both graduated with a Masters of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.  Allen and Sue are excited about coming to FUMC, Ocala and are looking forward to this new opportunity for ministry and the great possibilities that exist!    Their address is:  FUMC Cape Coral, 4118 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral, FL 33904.  Rebecca Benson, will be our new Director of Children’s Ministry.  She has been serving as Director of Children’s ministry at Cape Coral United Methodist for the last three years.  Rebecca is a graduate of FL Southern with a BA in Religion and is currently enrolled at Asbury in Orlando working on a Masters in Christian Ministry.  She is a lovely young woman who is creative and energetic