Urban Ministries of Durham leader, Schmeidler, resigns
Published: Fri, Oct. 10, 2008 03:18PM
Modified Fri, Oct. 10, 2008 03:25PM
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closeDURHAM -- Lloyd Schmeidler has stepped down as executive director of Urban Ministries of Durham.
"All I can say is, I resigned," he said. His last day in the office was Oct. 3.
"He's done a really good job," said Sue Guptill, treasurer of Urban Ministries' board. "He was just kind of ready to move forward in his career."
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Schmeidler came to Durham in 1999 to direct the St. Philip's Soup Kitchen in downtown Durham, and orchestrated the soup kitchen's merger, along with the Community Shelter for Hope and United Methodist Mission Society, into Urban Ministries in 2001.
"He navigated us through that whole merger thing," Guptill said. "And the homeless shelter was kind of in a mess before. ... He did a lot of work with that."
Guptill said Schmeidler's work will be honored later this month as Urban Ministries observes its own 25th anniversary. Urban Ministries was founded in 1983 as an umbrella organization for several charitable organizations.
Schmeidler said he was not sure whether he would have a part in the anniversary events.
He said he hopes to remain in the Durham area and is looking into other job opportunities.
"I'm too young to retire," he said.
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