the Rev. Ralph E. Young, interim pastor at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Lakeland, is appointed to Cleveland United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda effective Sept. 1;

the Rev. D. Jeffrey Bennett, from the Belize/Honduras District of the Methodist Church of the Caribbean and the Americas, is appointed associate pastor at Beach United Methodist Church in Jacksonville Beach effective Oct. 1;

the Rev. John Peavey Jr., associate pastor at Orange Park United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, is appointed to Wakulla United Methodist Church in Crawfordville effective Sept. 1; and

the Rev. James N. Broomall Jr., pastor of Cleveland United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda, is retiring effective Aug. 31.