Minister Howard M. Fickling-Finley

Minister of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6: 5-9

Please join Pender United Methodist Church, Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee in welcoming Howard M. Fickling-Finley as Minister of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries. Howard received his Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Union University and earned a graduate diploma in Theological Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. He received a Certificate in Youth Ministry from Baptist Theological Seminary and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy from Howard University in Washington, DC. 

Since August 2010, Minister Howard has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of the District of Columbia Community College.  Previously he worked as the Coordinator of Children’s Ministry at Grace Episcopal Church in Silver Spring, Maryland.

He served as the Associate Minister for Young Adults and as a Youth Ministry Consultant at Florida Baptist Church. At Metropolitan United Methodist Church, Minister Howard concurrently served as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry while performing as the Director of Evangelism, Outreach, and Community Engagement. His early professional experiences include work as an Instructor, Reading Specialist, Residential Counselor to Persons In Need of Supervision (PINS), and Program Director in various Christian non-profit social justice entities.  In short, Minister Howard is a United States Naval veteran, who has 30 years of progressive experience serving and leading children, youth, and young adults in the ecumenical DC, Maryland, and Virginia communities.

Please extend a warm and hearty welcome to Minister Howard!