{"id":553,"date":"2026-04-27T02:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-step-back.com\/cumckeenesburg\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:15:51","slug":"cumc-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/a-step-back.com\/cumckeenesburg\/cumc-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"CUMC Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>By selecting the buttons below, you are invited to learn about our mission in Christ and the journey we share as a church.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/a-step-back.com\/cumckeenesburg\/about-cumc\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">A<\/mark>bout Us<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-fill wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/a-step-back.com\/cumckeenesburg\/our-mission-vision-beliefs\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">O<\/mark>ur Mission<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-fill wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/a-step-back.com\/cumckeenesburg\/our-history\/\">Our History<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Pastoral Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Allan Wintersteen brings with him 30 years of faithful ministry in the United Methodist Church. After retiring from full\u2011time service, we are grateful that he now shares his gifts and experience with our congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CUMC Additional Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admin \/ Music Director &#8211; Matthew Perry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanist \/ Pianist &#8211; Kathy Kramer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church Custodian &#8211; Tammy Andersen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Pastoral Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023-Current &#8211; Allan Wintersteen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019-23 &#8211; Linda Meyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2013-19 &#8211; Janeen Hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2013-13 &#8211; Michael Bergman <br><em>(interim pastor after Dawnmarie Feichtner left)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2008-13 &#8211; Dawnmarie Feichtner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2004-08 &#8211; Keith McDonald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1992-04 &#8211; Francis Xavier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1990-92 &#8211; Charles Thompson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1984-90 &#8211; David Finley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1982-84 &#8211; Lawrence Robinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1978-82 &#8211; Marilyn Lesser<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1975-78 &#8211; Richard Van Skike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1975-75 &#8211; Charles Nowlen <br><em>(interim pastor due to W. Amen leaving pulpit)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1973-75 &#8211; Walter Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1969-73 &#8211; James Whattoff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1967-69 &#8211; Erwin Kiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1964-67 &#8211; E. Russell Tanner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1963-64 &#8211; Wilber M. Benham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1960-63 &#8211; C. Melvin Sudderth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1958-60 &#8211; John Nickens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1957-58 &#8211; Charles Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1954-57 &#8211; George E. Pennell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1951-54 &#8211; Robert James<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1949-51 &#8211; Dwayne Larkin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1947-49 &#8211; Robert Jeffries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1946-48 &#8211; Marshall R. Hinds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1945-46 &#8211; Robert Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1941-45 &#8211; R. Alfred Craylon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1937-41 &#8211; Alexander C. Bryans, Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1936-37 &#8211; Burke R. Lawton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1933-36 &#8211; Floyd W. Casselman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1931-33 &#8211; J. B. Payton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1929-31 &#8211; J. T. Bainbridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1928-29 &#8211; Howard L. Elston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1927-28 &#8211; J. W. Webster <br><em>(reported to the conference in 1928.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1927-28 &#8211; Dean King <br><em>(D. King appointed in 1927,<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1924-27 &#8211; John M. Hines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1923-24 &#8211; B. F. Auld <br>(<em>records show Auld served part of the year<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1922-23 &#8211; James R. Jones <br>(<em>J. R. Jones was appointed in 1923<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1920-23 &#8211; John R. Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1919-20 &#8211; J. Andrew Dean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1918-19 &#8211; John Spargo <br>(<em>Served part of the charge for the patter part of the conference year<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1917-18 &#8211; Leslie Logan <br>(<em>Served in Hudson in 1918, served for 2 years then moved to Yuma<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By selecting the buttons below, you are invited to learn about our mission in Christ and the journey we share as a church. Current Pastoral Leadership Rev. 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