Our Pastors

Michael Hickok has been a Pastor in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1992.   He previously led congregations in Schaumburg, Naperville, Hinsdale and Joliet. Mike is passionate about outreach and has led youth mission trips to Colorado (twice), Texas (twice), Minnesota (twice), Tennessee (twice), Indiana, and Kentucky.  He was also able to lead adult groups to Russia on four occasions.
Mike loves being a local church pastor and believes God is calling him to preach, lead worship, teach, and inspire persons to lives of greater discipleship.  Mike feels blessed to be serving at Cary UMC and is working to build relationships with the entire church family here. If you have concerns or questions, feel free to call Mike at the church or simply stop in to say hello.  Please join us for Sunday worship.  

Rev. George E. David is a Retired Elder of the Northern Illinois Conference. He will be serving as a Quarter Time Pastor for this Conference Year, (July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019).  In the last four decades, Pastor George has served many churches in the Northern Illinois Conference. He comes to us with forty four years of pastoral ministry experience. He and his wife Myra have three married children and four grandchildren. His family attends church here at Cary United Methodist.

Pastor George holds a Master of Arts in English Literature, a Master of Arts in Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Communications, a Master of Divinity degree and has a Doctor of Ministry degree with emphasis on preaching and evangelism. He is a graduate of Meerut University, India, Wheaton College Graduate School of Theology and a double graduate of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.