• REV. CAROL LAKOTA EASTIN

    Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. She holds a bachelor’s in music education and psychology from MacMurray

    College; a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio; and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Illinois State University.   


    Carol has Native American heritage which has influenced her spiritual path, theology, and ministry. She grew up in Peoria, IL, where she still has family.   Carol has served in a variety of ministry settings, rural, small-town,  and urban across the Illinois Great Rivers Conference and as a pastoral counselor at BroMenn Counseling Services. As a GBGM missionary, Carol was the founding pastor of Dayspring Native American United Methodist

    Church in East Peoria, IL. Her work with Native American people continues through her involvement in the United Methodist Native American Caucus and the Native American Course of Study (a school for pastoral training). 


    Carol was the District Superintendent of the Kaskaskia River District from 2014 to 2022 and is very

    familiar with the Salem area. Carol is coming back to full-time ministry after two years of retirement in which she has been coaching church leadership, teaching, and has been engaged in research and writing in the area of pastoral/spiritual care. She and her husband, Rev. William Eastin, reside in Mount Vernon, IL. Their son Luke and his family are also in Mount Vernon. 

    Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin

    600 Lake Park Road

    Mount Vernon, IL, 62864

    pastor@gracumcsalem.org

    217-722-4731 cell phone



  • diANE - OFFICE MANAGER

    I grew up in Salem, am married with one step-daughter, a daughter and a son.  I went to college in order to pursue a career in accounting.  I have always wanted a career where I would be able to work with numbers and help others.  I found that and more with SGUMC.  Everyone here is kind, thoughtful, and loving.  I feel very blessed that I have been given this opportunity and for the people that I have come to know and care deeply for.