District Superintendent

Rev. Steve Woody was appointed by Bishop Scott Jones as the new District Superintendent for the West District of the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church on July 1, 2022. Rev. Woody has faithfully served the following churches in his Pastoral ministry; Fields Chapel/Swanson Hill in Palestine, Pineland UMC, Falvey Memorial UMC in Wells, FUMC Palestine (Associate) Parkwood UMC in Pasadena, Old River Terrace UMC in Channelview, FUMC Pasadena and lastly, FUMC Livingston where he served for 11 years.

Steve graduated in 1994 with a BAAS in Communications from SFA and again in 1997 with a MDIV from Brite Divinity School, TCU. 

Steve has served in many conference leadership positions including The Camping Ministries Committee, Evangelism committee where he served as the chair, and the Core Leadership Team. He received the Eric Anderson award in 1999 and under his leadership Old River Terrace received the Denman award for evangelism in 2004.

Rev. Woody and his wife Pam have been married for 23 years and have seven children and seven grandchildren. They love being with family, enjoying the outdoors, and cooking gourmet meals together. Steve is an avid cyclist, golfer and considers himself to be an expert at the game of backgammon.

His ministry passion is the local church and helping local churches and pastors to engage their communities.

Administrative Assistant

Maureen Shanks is the Administrative Assistant for the West District Office.  She graduated from Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, TX with an Associate of Elective Studies Degree and from McLennan Community College in Waco, TX with an Associate of Applied Science in Accounting with Honors. She married her husband, Terry Shanks, in February 1983, and together they have two children and 5 grandchildren. Maureen and Terry have resided in Bryn-College Station since early 2020 after moving to the area to be closer to their parents and their daughter's family. Maureen joined the West District in April 2022 and brings over 10 years of experience working in the Methodist Church as a Church Business Administrator in Mason, TX.