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Diana Hoover Pastor	Diana grew up on a farm in north central Iowa between Rowan and Belmond, attended Rowan and graduated from Belmond High School. After high school Diana studied at University of Northern Iowa and received a B.A. degree with a teaching major in Secondary School English and a minor in Spanish. She taught four years in the Sentral of Fenton school district. Diana was married to Lee Hoover in 1967, and they have two adult sons, Thad (married to Ericka) and Trent (married to Jessica) and three granddaughters Whitney, Carlee, and Mariah. It was in 1987 that Diana recognized God’s call to her for ordained ministry and began to answer that call. She began her studies at the University of Iowa Graduate School of Religion but soon transferred credits to Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, where she graduated with a Masters of Divinity in 1994. She served an internship at First UMC, Ottumwa, Iowa. Diana’s first appointment after school was as pastor of the Ainsworth Community Church in Ainsworth, Iowa, where she served from 1994-1998. She was called next to St. Mark’s UMC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she served from 1998-2006 until she was appointed to the present pastorate in Clear Lake. Diana is a graduate of the two-year Academy for Spiritual Formation, a program of Upper Room Ministries in Nashville, the Iowa Annual Conference Bishop’s Preaching Academy, and is currently half-way through a two-year program of the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church called the Academy for New Ministry Development. Diana has served on two District Committees on Ministry, the Cedar Rapids District Hispanic Committee, and as a Legislative Chair at Annual Conference for five different sessions. She served for eight years as one of the co-deans for the Iowa School for Ministry. When in Cedar Rapids, Diana sometimes served as one of the Spiritual Directors for Chysalis and Walk to Emmaus Retreat Weekends. Diana enjoys family, reading, music, and the beauty of Clear Lake.
Rhoda Preston Associate Pastor