District Leadership

                                                             Valley Ridge District Lay Leader                                                         Larry Dickenson, our Valley Ridge District Lay Leader. Elected at the District Conference in November 2022, he began his four-year term on January 1, 2023.

Larry and his wife, Stephanie, are long-time members of Raleigh Court UMC. He is a Certified Lay Servant and President of the Virginia United Methodist Housing Development Corporation. Larry grew up in Roanoke and following graduation from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Architecture, he embarked on a 41-year career in construction management before retiring in 2017.

Connect with Larry Dickenson, Valley Ridge Lay Leader

by mail: 1706 Grandin Road SW, Roanoke, 24018

by phone or text: 540-354-8022

by email: ValleyRidgeLayLeader@gmail.com


The Valley Ridge District leadership operates in the

District SAS (Simplified Accountable Structure) model.  

Valley Ridge District Leadership Board (DLB)

Rev. Doug Forrester, District Superintendent, Larry Dickenson, Lay Leader, *Dr. Nathaniel L. Bishop  *Mary Ann Cass, *Larry Creamer , *Hannah Doty, Rev. Elizabeth Foss, Rev. Bret Gresham, David Grimm, Rev. Anita Mays Lucord, *Rev. Won Un, *Rev. Tina Yates

* function as Trustees

District Board of Church Location and Building (DBCLB)
Rev. Doug Forrester,  Rex Buel, Rev. Dave Boger, William Bushman, Cindy Jarvis, Rev. Andrew Baek, Doug Urbaniak, Becky Grandle
Southern Area
Rev. Douglas Forrester, Ronnie Brooks, Debbie Brown, Rev. B. Failes, Rev. Doug Mitchell, Rev. Joanna Paysour, Patsy Sparks, Don Witt, Cynthia Martin, Dr. N.L. Bishop
District Committee on Ordained Ministry (DCOM)
Clergy:
Bill Bearden (co-chair), Peter Baesick Choi, Tim Craft, B. Failes, Lauren Lobenhofer (co-chair), Doug Forrester, Janet Knott, Jennifer Fletcher, Doug Paysour, Mark Reuter, Doug Sasser, David Vaughan, Jeff Wilson
Laity:
Brenda Brooks, Tom Davis, Anne Grimmer, Leigh Iberg, Charlotte