In a message dated 05/09/2003 9:07:05 AM US Central Standard Time, storknurse7@earthlink.net writes: << Pastoral Charge is a United Methodist Church term meaning the pastor has been appointed to cover that church, but may actually live somewhere else. >> Thanks Sharyn; this makes sense for the church in Rexton Parish, Kent CO, NB, Canada. I know the clerk's name there but I do not have the name of the church and the address. I'm an American Methodist. But I'm not that active in church/more into interacting with God in my own way. The best in your work. DWBEATTIE