Our Bishop
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Bishop Jane Stewart Allen Middleton
Welcome to the Central Pennsylvania Conference Web site. As you browse through these pages I hope you will sense the excitement we feel at the opportunity to be in ministry in thousands of ways across Central Pennsylvania and, indeed, around the world. We seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
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The Central Pennsylvania Conference is being challenged to take a “Leap of Faith.” We aspire to be led by “Transformational Leaders,” both pastors and laity. We are excited to witness “Persons Alive in Christ” who are growing in the love of God and one another. We are committed to forming “Healthy and Growing Communities of Faith,” churches which are open and welcoming, faithful and engaged in mission, making a difference in their communities.
If you are looking for a church home, we invite you to visit one of the eight hundred churches in our conference. There is a place for you where you can experience God’s love and grace and find meaning for your life.
May you be held in God’s care on the journey!
Bishop Jane Allen Middleton
Jane Stewart Allen Middleton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Dorothy Mae Nelson and Jack Allen. Because of her father’s work in sales and marketing management for an oil company, they moved frequently living in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
She met her husband, Jack, at Oklahoma State University and they were married October 15, 1961. They have two daughters, Mari and Laura and four grandchildren.
Bishop Middleton received a B.S. in Education in 1962 from Oklahoma State and taught at Sumner High School in St. Louis. She spent many years as a stay-at-home mom, active in her church and community in Oklahoma and Connecticut.
A 1978 graduate of Yale Divinity School, she was ordained deacon in 1977 and elder in 1980 by Bishop Ralph Wardin the New York Annual Conference and served churches in Simsbury, Naugatuck, and New Canaan, CT.
She was responsible for Spiritual Life for clergy and laity on Conference staff and was District Superintendent from 1999 until her election to the episcopacy in the Northeastern Jurisdiction in 2004. She trained at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and leads retreats and conferences on the spiritual life. Upon her assignment to the Harrisburg Area, her emphasis has been assisting churches in growth and in empowering clergy for effectiveness.
Resources
Addresses/Sermons
Pastoral Letters
Calendar
Contact Information
303 Mulberry Drive
Suite 100
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 |
Phone: 717 766-7871
Bishop Jane Allen Middleton- bishop@cpcumc.org |
Episcopal Office Staff
Sandy Rollason
Administrative Assistant
srollason@cpcumc.org |
Kris Sample
Episcopal Office Assistant
ksample@cpcumc.org |
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