Eighteen people were ordained on June 15 at Annual Conference: 16 as elders, two as deacons. We asked these elders, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Leann Kaye Crandall
First Cleveland UMC
Cleveland District
Something More: In Search of a Deeper Faith,
by Catherine Marshall

Jeremy Roy LaDuke
Fairview UMC
Maryville District
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die,
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Robert Kariuki Nyaga
Afton/Stone Dam UMC
Johnson City District
Leading Beyond the Walls: Developing Congregations with a Heart for the Unchurched, by Adam Hamilton