Michael Farmer will be commissioned as a provisional Elder. He currently serves as a part-time pastor at Canton Crossroads UMC and in extension ministry as the part-time managing director of Canton for All People. On July 1 he will begin a new appointment as part-time pastor of both Family of Faith UMC and South Arlington UMC.
Farmer earned a Bachelor of Biology from Mount Union College and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
Alexandra Parisher is a provisional Elder who is concluding her second year serving as pastor at Chagrin Falls UMC. On July 1 she will begin a new appointment as associate pastor of North Canton Faith UMC.
Parisher earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Malone University and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School.
Michael Parisher is a provisional Deacon who serves in extension ministry as executive director of The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland.
Parisher earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from North Carolina State University and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School.