Committees on Ministry
Each of the eight Associations of the Penn Central Conference has a Committee on Ministry/Church and Ministry Committee that oversees the standing of authorized ministers and local churches.
Although each Committee may be organized differently and have some variations in practice, they all use the UCC Manual on Ministry as the basis of their work. Please be in touch with your local COM chair (hotlink to COM contacts) for questions specific to your journey.
In addition, representatives from the 9 Committees form the Conference Church and Ministry Commission that seeks to create common practices where possible and strengthen each other’s work.
Code of Conduct
COM Contacts
The following persons serve as chairperson of the Association Committees:
- Central Association
- Jane Compton, co-chair pastorjanecompton98@gmail.com
- Carolyn Herman, co-chair carolynrn5049@gmail.com
- Gettysburg Association
- Rev. Dr. Joel Hummel JBHummel@hmwd.org
- Harrisburg Association
- Rev. Brian Damrow brian_damrow@yahoo.com
- Lancaster Association
- Rev. Dan Shahan zuccmarietta@outlook.com
- Anne Rankin and Audrey Shirk, co-chairs of MID committee midlancasterassoc@gmail.com
- Lebanon Association
- Rev. Tony Fields ccuccannvillepastor@gmail.com
- Mercersburg Association
- Rev. Mark Ruzicka mruzicka@ucc-homes.org
- Northern Association
- Bob Graves reg2@psu.edu
- York Association
- Rev. Danielle Neff pastordani@mtzionucc.org