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 Robert McDowell, Senior Pastor
Robert McDowell serves as Senior Pastor of First United Methodist
Church in Lancaster, Ohio, which is part of the Capitol
Area South District of the West Ohio Conference. Before
his appointment at First United Methodist Church in
Lancaster in 2009, Robert served churches in Xenia,
Toledo, Findlay, Quincy, and Lima. Originally from
southeastern Pennsylvania, Robert moved to Ohio in 1985
to attend United Theological Seminary in Dayton and
during that time decided to become a member of the West
Ohio Conference. Robert's life mission is to joyfully
live out the good news of Jesus Christ through word and
deed so that his family, his church and his community
will know and embrace God’s hope and promises for their
daily living. He is married to Penny and they have two
young adult children, Naomi and Than.
 Cheryl Foulk, Visitation Minister
Cheryl is a native of North
Carolina and graduated from Duke University in 1973 with
a B.A. in Sociology. She received her master of
Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1979.
Since that time, she and her husband, Ben, have served a
variety of churches in the West Ohio Conference. (Both
are ordained Elders in the Conference.) Serving in
separate parishes, the Foulks have been appointed to
churches in Cincinnati, the Lima area, Zanesville and in
Baltimore. Her last pastorate was for eleven years at
New Zion UMC in Baltimore. Ben presently serves as
pastor at Lithopolis UMC. The Foulks have two
daughters: Azure (Joe) Koehler, who is a postpartum
nurse at Mt. Carmel East Hospital, and Esther, who is an
Art Education major at Ashland University. Cheryl was a
participant in the Academy of Spiritual Formation
(through the Upper Room) from 1996-1998. The Foulks
enjoy music, movies, reading and travel. |
