Blue River District

Superintendent

Rev. Dr. Nancy Tomlinson
BlueRiverDS@greatplainsumc.org

Administrative Assistant

Denise Barnhill
blueriver@greatplainsumc.org

Contact Info

1333 N. 33rd St
Lincoln, NE 68503

Phone: 785-414-4228

Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm Friday 8am-12pm

The Blue River District consists of 63 local churches and one missionary church served by 52 ministers appointed or assigned in the counties of Cass, Gage, Saunders, Seward, Lancaster, Saline, Jefferson, Otoe and Johnson. Additionally, 13 pastors serve in a variety of extension ministries within the Blue River District as well as in other states.

Blue River District Networks

Blue River District Ministry Action Plan (district strategy)

View all of the Blue River District churches and clergy serving in the district below.

Churches and Clergy

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Churches	Clergy
Adams First UMC	Sketer Makena Riungu Charles Kitua
Alvo UMC	Sandra Webster
Beatrice Centenary UMC	Paixao Baptista
Blue Springs UMC	Rachel Stone
Burr UMC	Karen Lamb
Ceresco UMC	Michael Burgess
Cheney, NE UMC	Larry Tolen
Cortland United	Casey Karges
Crete Grace UMC	Lyn Seiser
Daykin UMC	Victor Peterson
Denton UMC-NE	Matthew Borland
DeWitt UMC	Lori Miller
Dorchester UMC	April Wegehaupt
Douglas UMC-NE	Karen Lamb
Eagle UMC	Sandra Webster
Ellis UMC-NE,	Hollis Patterson
Elmwood St Paul UMC	Michelle Chesnut
Endicott UMC	Victor Peterson
Fairbury UMC	Victor Peterson
Friend UMC	April Wegehaupt
Hallam UMC	Pamela Savery
Hopewell UMC	Sketer Makena Riungu Charles Kitua
Ithaca UMC	Michael Burgess
Lincoln Aldersgate UMC	Joseph Rafique
Lincoln Christ UMC	Richard Randolph
Lincoln First UMC	Caitlin Bentzinger Kirstie Engel
Lincoln Havelock UMC	Kyuwook Lee
Lincoln Horizons Community UMC	Mandy Barkhaus
Lincoln Lakeview UMC	Tiffani Brewer
Lincoln Neighbors UMC	Trever Rook
Lincoln New Hope UMC	Helen Paus
Lincoln New Visions Community UMC	Doyle Burbank-Williams
Lincoln Newman UMC	John Goldrich
Lincoln Saint Paul UMC	Jed Linder Betsy Florence
Lincoln South Gate UMC	Amy Slater
Lincoln St Luke UMC	Ivan Milosi Mumba
Lincoln St Mark's UMC	Heureuse Kaj Jay Stewart Wayne Alloway
Lincoln Trinity UMC	Jeffrey Slater
Malcolm UMC	Nicholas Martozie
Martell UMC	Pamela Savery
Milford UMC	Angela DeFisher
Murdock Ebenezer UMC	Michelle Chesnut
Odell UMC	Hollis Patterson
Palmyra UMC	Larry Tolen
Pickrell UMC	Sketer Makena Riungu Charles Kitua
Pleasant Dale UMC	Matthew Borland
Plymouth Peace UMC	Lori Miller
Prairie Home, NE UMC	Helen Paus
Raymond UMC	Tiffani Brewer
Roca UMC	Pamela Savery
Seward UMC	Mary Kay Totty JoEllen Axthelm
Swanton UMC	Lori Miller
Syracuse, NE: First UMC	Richard Webster
Tecumseh, NE First UMC	Sketer Makena Riungu Charles Kitua
Unadilla UMC	Richard Webster
Valparaiso UMC	Michael Burgess
Wahoo First UMC	Michael Carpenter
Waverly, NE First UMC	Jacob Cloud-Holloway
Wilber UMC	Sketer Makena Riungu Charles Kitua
Wymore: First UMC	Rachel Stone

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