About Us
The West District of the Texas Conference of the United
Methodist church is located in the heart of Texas. Our district lines
border on the north at Marlin, Texas; on the south at Belleville, Texas;
on the west at Giddings, Texas and east at I-45 including the towns of
Centerfield, Madisonville, and Huntsville, Texas.
We have a total of 87 churches in the District. The combined membership
of the district stands at 16,886 full members and an average worship
attendance of 7672. The West
district churches pay 100% of their conference and district apportioned benevolences.
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District Superintendent
Family
Dr.
W. Earl Bledsoe serves as Superintendent of the District. He was
appointed by Bishop Janice Riggle Huie in June of 2006 after serving as
Superintendent of the Bryan District since 2002. Previous appointments
include the following: Senior
pastor of Spring Woods UMC
[Houston, TX], Senior pastor of
Cypress UMC [Cypress, TX],
Conference Director of Teaching Ministries [Houston, TX], Senior Associate
pastor of Bear Creek UMC
[Houston, TX]; and pastor of
Hanham Methodist Church
[Bristol, England)
Educationally, he earned the Doctor of Ministry degree
from Drew University; a Masters of
Divinity degree from Perkins School
of Theology, SMU; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from
West Texas State A&M University. He
is married to Leslie Jean Bledsoe and they have one daughter at home,
Letitia Gail Bledsoe, age 17.
Administrative Assistant
Priscilla Wright
serves as Administrative Assistant of the District.
Priscilla joined the district staff in 2004 after serving as
Administrative Assistant and Office Manager at A&M United Methodist
church in College Station, Texas. She is married to Lowell Wright.
They have two grown sons Jesse & Kevin.
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Office Assistant
Marylyn Green
serves as Office Assistant of the District.
Marylyn joined the district staff in January
of 2008 after serving as Administrative
Assistant at Riverside United Methodist
Church in Houston, Texas. She is
married to Rev. Kenneth B. Green and they
have two sons, Marcus & Jeremiah.
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