United Methodist Endorsing Agency

10/24/2026

One our UMEA military chaplains. UMEA clergy are everywhere!!

10/22/2026

UMEA Director, Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy, visited Laurie Clark. She is UMEA endorsed and serves as the Senior Chaplain at the Ohio State University Medical Center, James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, OH. Not a bad view from one of Laurie's floor. Her teammate in the other picture didn't say much! This visit highlighted the impact United Methodist clergy are having beyond the local church. UMEA clergy are everywhere!!

10/19/2026

UMEA Director, Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy visited UMEA chaplain Lisa Baumgartner at Our Lady of the Lake Regional and Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA. This visit highlighted how UMEA clergy thrive in inter-religious spaces caring for all patients, families and staff, no matter what! UMEA clergy are everywhere!

10/16/2026

UMEA Director, Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy, visited UMEA endorsed Healthcare chaplain Eric Kluth at Miracle City Hospice in the Cleveland, OH area. This visit was a catalyst to deepen the connections of the church to the larger world as our parish. AND...Eric made sure to send a little Cleveland home with Kent!

10/13/2026

At the invitation of Rev. Dr. Robert Lopez, Vice President for Pastoral Care at Methodist Healthcare Systems in San Antonio, Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy held a town hall with many of the their chaplains to discuss the importance and benefits of endorsement.

10/12/2026

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We write about an event in one nation because it holds up a mirror to all of us. Every society, on every continent where our church lives, is tempted to answer violence with spectacle, to bless national power with the name of God, and to make a whole people pay for the crime of one. What is happenin...

10/11/2026

Kevin White is one of our own--UMEA endorsed Army chaplain. What a great story of connection and support! Link in the chat.

10/08/2026

From one of our own! Tamira Valley is a UMEA endorsed healthcare chaplain serving as the Director of Chaplaincy Services at the Arkansas State Hospital.

10/07/2026

One of very own! Blessings to you on your next chapter. Fair winds and following seas...

10/07/2026

UMEA Director, Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy, visited UMEA endorsed Chaplain Clinician Dawn Baird at The United Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio, TX. This visit highlighted the connection the church has with clergy leaders doing amazing things in the Name of Jesus Christ beyond the local church. Fun fact: Dawn and Kent both attended UM related Southwestern College in Winfield, KS! Home of the Jinx. Go Moundbuilders!!!