Janes United Methodist Church - Our Minister History
Our Ministers Over the Years

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. The church began a society in the name of William Nickolas in 1879. Organized on April 1, 1881 under the name of Hites Church, the meeting place of the congregation was in the Hites School and it was served by Rev. George Washington Johnson, the minister from Springdale. At the conference session of 1881, it was placed on a circuit with North End Church of Pittsburgh with Rev. Richard Cartwright as minister.


Pastors

Harry Moore Peterson

James Elmer Breakiron

Arnold Ardell Slagle

Dean Earl Byrom

Charles Glenn Jack

Mark Edward Hecht

Sandra Marsh-McClain

Thomas Duane Stewart

Paul John Meuschke

John Walter McLeister

Earl Wilfred Lighthall

James Preston Fogg

Jack Levi Hemsky

Alan James Morrison

Jeffrey Martin Conn

Dawn Lynn Check


Janes members who have been ordained

Duane Morford - 1972

Janet Lord - 2000

Debra Kinney - 1987

Carol Landfried - 2001