The board of the United Methodist Stewardship Foundation would like to congratulate Rev. Phyllis Bowers on her retirement. As of July 31, 2019, Rev. Phyllis M. Bowers will be retiring from her position as the Executive Director of The United Methodist Stewardship Foundation, serving the Susquehanna Conference. Thank you for your many years of service!
The board of the United Methodist Stewardship Foundation would also like to welcome Rev. Ed Bailey as the new interim executive director of The United Methodist Stewardship Foundation. Ed Bailey is also the Executive Director of the United Methodist Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. His knowledge and experience will be an asset to UMSF as we continue to explore a future working partnership with the UM Foundation of Western PA. Rev. Bailey is passionate about the local church and promoting best practices in Christian Stewardship. He is an ordained Elder in the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference and is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College and has a Master of Divinity degree from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Thank you, Rev. Bowers, for your many years of service!
Rev. Bowers was appointed as the Executive Director of UMSF in November of 2005. Prior to that, she served for eighteen years as Director of Planned Giving and Stewardship Services for The United Methodist Stewardship Foundation of Central Pennsylvania, the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. She has conducted more than 1,000 seminars over the past twenty-five years on wills, planned giving, Christian money management, stewardship development and related topics. She serves as clergy consultant and personal financial expert. She and her husband, Rev. Richard L. Bowers, have two adult sons, two granddaughters and two grandsons.We are so grateful for Rev. Bowers many years of faithful service. Rev. Bowers has dedicated her generous spirit and her life to serving God’s kingdom here on earth. In 1999, she was consecrated as a Diaconal Minister and certified as a Christian Educator. In 2004, she was ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church. She is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, The National Institute of Planned Giving at the College of William and Mary and is a member of the American Association of Fund Raising Professionals as well as the National Association of United Methodist Foundations. She graduated in 1999 as Deacon/Diaconal Minister from Wesley Theological Seminary.
The Rev. Phyllis Bowers Endowment- Benefiting Ludhiana Christian Medical College & Hospital in Punjab, India
We are sincerely grateful for the many years of tireless work and her heartfelt dedication to ministry. She has inspired many people with her generous spirit and her leadership. Therefore, the board of UMSF has chosen to honor her by establishing the Rev. Phyllis Bowers Endowment. Funds from the endowment will be used to Ludhiana Christian Medical College & Hospital in Punjab, India. The Ludhiana Christian Medical College and Hospital was founded in 1894. It is a teaching hospital and was the first medical school for women in Asia. In 2012, Rev. Bowers represented The Stewardship Foundation’s Board of Directors at the Ludhiana Christian Medical College Board’s Annual Meeting in Punjab, India. During that time, she spent two weeks in India and her heart was deeply touched by the severe poverty and need throughout the country. She called the experience, “Eye opening and simply heartbreaking.” Funds from the Rev. Phyllis Bowers Endowment will be used to help continue Ludhiana’s mission of healing and hope.If you would like to make a donation to the Rev. Phyllis Bowers Endowment* in order to benefit the Ludhiana Christian Medical College & Hospital in Punjab, India, please mail a check to:
United Methodist Stewardship FoundationThank you, Rev. Bowers, for your many years of service! Welcome, Rev. Ed Bailey!
3901 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 110 Camp Hill, PA 17011
*Please write Rev. Phyllis Bowers Endowment on the “For” line.
- The Board of the United Methodist Stewardship Foundation
