Carl Young elected president of UMMen Foundation
Carl Young, an Edmond attorney and veteran United Methodist leader, is the new president of the national UMMen Foundation.
Young told UMMen magazine that he enjoyed his eight years as president of Oklahoma Conference United Methodist Men, "and now I am privileged to serve with some deeply spiritual and talented individuals who seek to grow and expand UMMen ministries with increasing resources provided by our Foundation."
In February, Young succeeded Robert Powell as president. He was elected to the post in September. For the past four years, Young served as a vice-president and chancellor of the Foundation.
The Foundation, formed in 1981, enabled United Methodist Men to create an endowment agency to fund Scouting and other men’s ministries. The original donation of $1,000 was from Dale Waymire of Madill, first president of the Foundation.
Since that time, endowment funds have grown to more than $2.5 million.
Born in Ada in 1930, Young has not strayed far from his home state. For a short while he attended First UMC in San Diego, Calif., while serving in the Navy.
A graduate of Oklahoma City University (B.S. and J.D.), the attorney worked for SBC Corp. for more than 33 years. He retired in 1983.
Young is a member of OKC-St. Luke’s UMC, where he has served in a variety of offices. He chaired the Official Board, the Board of Trustees, and the Finance, Evangelism, and Membership committees; he has served as the church’s lay leader.
He served for eight years as lay leader for Oklahoma Conference. Young also served on the Conference Committee on the Episcopacy and as chancellor of the Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation.
He was elected as a 2008 Jurisdictional Conference delegate. He has served several times as both a General and Jurisdictional delegate.
At the jurisdictional church level, Young has been a member of the Mission Council and Board of Directors for Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center. For the past seven years, he has served on the South Central Jurisdictional Committee on the Episcopacy.
On the general church level, Young served on the General Council on Ministries and the Connectional Table.
For more information on the UM Men Foundation, contact Marc Stowe, mstowe@gcumm.org, 615-620-7262; or Robert Powell, rpowell728@comcast.net. The Foundation is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. The John Wesley Fellow program and Life Member program are two ways local units of UMM can honor a person through the Foundation.
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Delegates at the 1908 General Conference officially created the Methodist Brotherhood, the forerunner of today’s UMM. Although men’s ministry can be said to have begun with John and Charles Wesley’s "holy club" on the Oxford University campus when they were students, Methodism officially first recognized organized men’s ministry at the 1908 conference. The 2008 General Conference will observe this milestone through video and oral presentations. The Web site www.gcumm.org gives local UMM units opportunities to participate in the anniversary year-long. Resources can be downloaded from the site, including 100th-anniversary bulletin inserts, Sunday worship liturgy, a 100-year anniversary calendar, and other materials. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Conference UMM president, Rob Walton, 580-852-3877, walton@pldi.net. |
