1 NOMINATIONS REPORT of the 45th Session of the West Michigan Annual Conference The United Methodist Church Calvin College, Grand Rapids May 29 - June 1, 2013 IV. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED PERSONNEL -- Date following name indicates year of election. -- Boldfaced to show CNC nominations. -- Names of laypersons are underlined . -- Parentheses ( ) indicate elected by action of Annual Conference in 2013. -- Two asterisks ** by name indicate chairperson. A. STANDING COMMITTEES COMMITTEE ON AGENDA Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski Chairperson, Rules of Order Committee: Judy Coffey Chairperson, Annual Conference Program Committee: Nichea Ver Veer Guy Chairperson, Committee on Reference: **Anne Soles Representative, Conference Worship Committee: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler COMMITTEE ON JOURNAL Members-at-Large (6) (2 clergy; 2 laywomen; 2 laymen): **Sheila Baker 07 Sus’ann Busley 11 Merna Francis 09 Mandana Nordbrock 09 (Joyce Showerman 13 ) (Max Waagner 13 ) COMMITTEE ON MEMOIRS (Merna Francis 13 ) **Edrye Maurer 10 (Carrie Morton 13 ) ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE The Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey Clergy Assistant to the Bishop: William D. Dobbs District Superintendent selected by the Cabinet: Tamara Williams Host Pastor: Julie Liske Conference Secretary: Gregory L. Buchner Conference Lay Leader or Associate Conference Lay Leader: Anne Soles 12 Conference United Methodist Women President: Jenny Kroeze (1/1/13) Conference United Methodist Men President: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler Rules of Order Chair: Judy Coffey Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski ACRONYMS CCOYM: Conference Council on Youth Ministries CCUIC: Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns CFA: Council on Finance and Administration CNC: Conference Nominating Committee COSROW: Commission on the Status and Role of Women FUMMWA: Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts IWC: Area Indian Workers Conference NCJ: North Central Jurisdiction RELC: Racial Ethnic Local Church Committee UMC: United Methodist Church UMW: United Methodist Women UMM: United Methodist Men
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NOMINATIONS REPORT of the 45th Session of the
West Michigan Annual Conference The United Methodist Church Calvin College, Grand Rapids
May 29 - June 1, 2013
IV. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED PERSONNEL
-- Date following name indicates year of election.
-- Boldfaced to show CNC nominations. -- Names of laypersons are underlined.
-- Parentheses ( ) indicate elected by action of Annual Conference in 2013. -- Two asterisks ** by name indicate chairperson.
A. STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON AGENDA
Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski Chairperson, Rules of Order Committee: Judy Coffey Chairperson, Annual Conference Program Committee: Nichea Ver Veer Guy Chairperson, Committee on Reference: **Anne Soles Representative, Conference Worship Committee: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler
(Merna Francis 13) **Edrye Maurer 10 (Carrie Morton 13)
ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE The Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey Clergy Assistant to the Bishop: William D. Dobbs District Superintendent selected by the Cabinet: Tamara Williams Host Pastor: Julie Liske Conference Secretary: Gregory L. Buchner Conference Lay Leader or Associate Conference Lay Leader: Anne Soles 12 Conference United Methodist Women President: Jenny Kroeze (1/1/13) Conference United Methodist Men President: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler Rules of Order Chair: Judy Coffey Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski
ACRONYMS CCOYM: Conference Council on Youth Ministries CCUIC: Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns CFA: Council on Finance and Administration CNC: Conference Nominating Committee COSROW: Commission on the Status and Role of Women
FUMMWA: Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts IWC: Area Indian Workers Conference NCJ: North Central Jurisdiction RELC: Racial Ethnic Local Church Committee UMC: United Methodist Church UMW: United Methodist Women UMM: United Methodist Men
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Representative of Host Institution: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Worship Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Child Care Representative: Mary Jo DeLany 99 Board of Ordained Ministry representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Members at Large:
(Sharon Burkart 13) **Nichea Ver Veer Guy 11 Sue Stickle 10 (Andrew Stange 13) Mark Thompson 10 David Wiltse 08
COMMITTEE ON REFERENCE Conference Lay Leader or Associate Conference Lay Leader: **Anne Soles Chair, Annual Conference Program Committee: Nichea Ver Veer Guy Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler Conference Secretary: Gregory L. Buchner Chair, Rules of Order Committee: Judy Coffey
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORDER Members at Large (9) (elected annually):
Ex-Officio: Conference Facilitator: Laura Witkowski Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler
District Superintendent (for information only): Neil Davis
B. CONFERENCE MINISTRIES
1. LEADERSHIP TEAM
Clergy/ Position Person Gender /Lay Race District
VOTING: Twelve to fourteen Voting Members, at least one of whom shall be a voting member of the Commission on Religion and Race (¶643.5):
1. Lay Leader Anne Soles Female Lay Caucasian GT 2. DCM **Benton Heisler Male Clergy Caucasian GR 3. DS Kennetha Bigham-Tsai Female Clergy African-American LN 4. CFA Susan Cobb Female Lay Caucasian GR 5. At Large ‘08 Rick Blunt Male Clergy Caucasian GR 6. At Large ‘08 Bo Rin Cho Male Clergy Asian LN 7. At Large ’09 Betsy Marvin Female Lay Caucasian GR 8. At Large ‘09 Iain Charnley Male Lay Caucasian GR 9. At Large ‘10 Andy Croel Male Clergy Caucasian HT 10. At Large ‘10 Len Schoenherr Male Clergy Caucasian AL 11. At Large ‘11 Glen Kinder Male Lay Caucasian LN 12. At Large ‘13 Chris Lane Male Clergy Caucasian GT 13. Bishop Bishop Kiesey Female Clergy Caucasian NA 14. Communications Mark Doyal Male Lay Caucasian LN 15. Treasurer Pros Tumonong Male Lay Asian GR 16. At Large (annual) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. At Large (annual) Patti Harpole Female Clergy Caucasian KZ Representing Religion and Race 18. Any person residing within the bounds of the annual conference with membership on the Connectional Table. Kennetha Bigham-Tsai
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2. AGENCIES AMENABLE TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM: CONFERENCE MINISTRIES
BOARD OF CHRISTIAN CAMPING
[PROVISIONAL, pending approval by the Annual Conference.]
MEMBERS AT LARGE: George Ayoub 11 Wesley Hahn 12 Phil Hammond 12 Bill Polzin 11 Fredrick (Ted) Sidmore 07 John Ward 12 Rebecca Wieringa 12 **Jeremy Williams 04*
*Tenure extended for 2 years. District Superintendent (for information only): Anita Hahn
BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
MEMBERS AT LARGE (15): George Bob 12 Brad Brillhart 08 **Ellen Brubaker 06 Thom Davenport 07 John Fisher 11 Constance Heffelfinger 10 Vern Jones 10 Clarice McKenzie 12 (Darren McKnight 13) Steve Neubauer 06 Zach Oaster 12 (Amee Paparella 13) Bob Roth 12 Karen Wheat 11 (Carol Voigts 13)
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): Mission Coordinator of Social Action, Conference United Methodist Women: Joyce Mitchell 12 Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Chairperson of Homeless Ministries (CNC nomination): Karen Wheat 06
Conference Peace With Justice Coordinator: Ellen Brubaker District Superintendent (for information only): David Hills
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): Two Youth elected by the Conference Council on Youth Ministries: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Coordinator of Youth Ministries: Joy Mills Mission Coord. of Spiritual Growth, Conf. United Methodist Women: Gerry Tibbits 10 GBOD Division on Ministries w/ Young People: Christian Educators’ Fellowship Representative: Norma Scrivnor 96 Forum of Adults in Youth Ministry Representative: Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts (FUMMWA): Sandy Mast 10 Stewardship Ministries Representative: Davis S. Bell 11 Conference Coordinators of Children’s Ministries: Glenys Nellist 09 Conference Coordinator of Family Life Ministries: (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) Conference Coordinator of Older Adult Ministries: (Laurie Dahlman 12) Conference Coordinator of Single Adult Ministries: (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) Conference Coordinator of Young Adult Ministries: Rebecca Wieringa 09
District Superintendent (for information only): David Hills
CONFERENCE COUNCIL ON YOUTH MINISTRIES
[PROVISIONAL, pending approval by the Annual Conference.]
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR: Joy Mills CONFERENCE STAFF: Naomi García District Superintendent (for information only): Tamara Williams
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OLDER ADULT MINISTRIES COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR: Laurie Dahlman 12 DISTRICT COORDINATORS: ALBION: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GRAND TRAVERSE: Betty Riggs 12 HEARTLAND: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ KALAMAZOO: Sarah McCall 12 GRAND RAPIDS: Tim Tuthill 12 LANSING: David Dekker
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE: Wendy Clark Lorraine Lancaster Gordon Schleicher Louise Thomas
Clark Retirement Community: Anna Goddard Representative, NCJ Committee on Older Adult Ministries:
BOARD OF EVANGELISM
DISTRICT SECRETARIES OF EVANGELISM: ALBION: Ed Ross 11 GRAND TRAVERSE: Brenda Gordon 12 HEARTLAND: Jon VanDop 10 KALAMAZOO: David Meister 11 GRAND RAPIDS: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ LANSING: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MEMBERS AT LARGE (7): Nelson Hall 10 Chuck Hill 09 John Moore 06 Robert Hughes 12 (Bridget Huyck 13) David Rhodes 12 ** (Jon VanDop 13)
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): General Church Agency: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE ONLY): Regional Director of the Foundation for Evangelism: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
District Superintendent (for information only): Anita Hahn
BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES
MEMBERS AT LARGE (10): (Patricia Catellier 13) Wendy Clark 06 Julia Deemer 08 Jane Hoekwater 12 Vipin Singh 07 **Lynda Zeller 12 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13)
DISTRICT MISSION SECRETARIES (6)
ALBION: John Williams 06 GRAND TRAVERSE: Dave Hamman 12 HEARTLAND: Kathy Shepard 11 KALAMAZOO: Delberta Troutman 10 GRAND RAPIDS: Robert Eckert 06 LANSING: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (nominated by the Bishop):
Lynn and Kay DeMoss 13 (effective 1-1-13) Conference UMCOR/Hunger Coordinator (CNC nomination): Robert Freysinger 13 Conference Coordinator of Cooperative Ministries: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mission Coordinator of Education & Interpretation, Conference United Methodist Women:
Shirley Chappell Coordinator of Bible Distribution: Bob Mayo 12 United Methodist Women Board of Directors: Nichea Ver Veer Guy 08 Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Anita Hahn Volunteer in Mission Coordinator (CNC nomination): Dave Morton 06 Chairperson of Hispanic Ministry: Stacy Mabus Caballero 11 Refugee and Immigration Ministries Coordinator: Shirley Freeman 12 Health and Welfare Ministries Coordinator: Wendy Clark 06 Urban Network Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Town and Country Representative: Carl Litchfield
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BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAMPUS MINISTRY
MEMBERS AT LARGE (12): Letisha Bowman 10 Mike Conklin 10 James McCartney 12 Zach Oaster 11 **Lynn Pier-Fitzgerald 11 Jane Schuiteman 11 Steven Snyder 11 Christina Yalda 12 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE):
Chairperson or Representative of Wesley Foundation Boards of Directors: Central Michigan University: Curt Jensen Ferris State University: Laura Dix Michigan State University: Bill Donohue Western Michigan University: Blair Cutler
Chairperson or Representative from Albion College: Chairperson or Representative from Adrian College: Chairperson or representative of Wesley Fellowship at Grand Valley State University:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ College student (1) (selected by each local Wesley Foundation Board and church-related college):
Albion College: student Adrian College: student Central Michigan University: student Ferris State University: student Western Michigan University: student Grand Valley State University: student
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
District Superintendent (for information only): Neil Davis
COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN UNITY AND INTERRELIGIOUS CONCERNS CHAIRPERSON (CNC nomination, may be selected from 6 members): **Paul Hane 12 MEMBERS AT LARGE (6) (1 from each district chosen by district conferences):
ALBION: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GRAND TRAVERSE: Neil Haney 12, Jon Pohl 13 HEARTLAND: Darryl Miller 12 KALAMAZOO: Ron Van Lente 12 GRAND RAPIDS: Joy Murphy 12 LANSING: Lyne Stull-Lipps 12
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): Member of Governing Board of National Council of Churches of Christ: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Any persons who have been official United Methodist Delegates to most recent World Council of Churches Assembly: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
District Superintendent (for information only): Neil Davis
COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE RACIAL/ETHNIC PERSONS (8):
African American (4): Michelle Diarrassouba 11 Alice Richie 08 James Richie 09 (Shirley McKinney 13)
Native American (2): Scott Manning 07 (Betty McBride 13) Hispanic American (1): (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13) Asian American (1): Bo Rin Cho 12
MEMBERS AT LARGE (4): Jane Knapp 11 (E. Jeanne Koughn 13) (**Mike Johnson 13) (Vipin Singh 13)
NOTE: Out of all the above members each district shall be represented.
General Commission Member (if any): Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Kennetha Bigham-Tsai
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COMMISSION ON THE STATUS AND ROLE OF WOMEN
MEMBERS AT LARGE (11) (majority of whom shall be women; the chairperson shall be a woman): Lou-Ellen Briggs 08 (Sue Emmons 13) Nancy Ham 12 (Julie Hane 13) (Daniel Hofmann 13) Judy Krchmar 11 **Amy Latimer 09 Kathryn Strouse 11 (Mary Lou Vinson 13) Sue Yoder 08 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
Mission Coordinator of Membership Nurture and Outreach, Conference United Methodist Women (1): Sue Emmons 10 General Commission Member (if not in members-at-large): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Kennetha Bigham-Tsai
COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY CONCERNS Members-at-Large (10):
Mark Babb 10 (Gayle Berntsen 13) Carol Bunn 07 **John Huizing 07 Julie Lester 11 Darryl Miller 09 Gayla Phillips 10 (R. John Thompson 13) (Marjory Timmerman 13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM
Conference Disaster Response Coordinator (appointed by the Bishop): (Jeremy Wicks 12) District Coordinators (6) (selected by district conferences):
ALBION DISTRICT: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GRAND TRAVERSE DISTRICT: Ron Worley 09 HEARTLAND DISTRICT: Claire Hills 12 KALAMAZOO DISTRICT: Kathy Sankey 12 GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT: David Salisbury 07 LANSING DISTRICT: Jeremy Wicks 09
Volunteer In Mission Coordinator: David Morton 06 Board of Global Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Bill Haggard Director of Communications: Mark Doyal
CO-OPTED MEMBERS (maximum of 4; may be asked to fill the following positions such as but not limited to):
Training Coordinator: Jorge Rodriguez Grant Application Coordinator: Immigration Advisor:
EX-OFFICIO: District Superintendent: Bill Haggard Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton Heisler Staff employed by the Conference Leadership Team and assigned to the Committee on Hispanic/Latino Ministry: Sonya Luna
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NEW CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (12) (3 of these shall be from congregations chartered within the last 10 years): **Tom Arthur 10 (Lisa Batten 13) Jean Bina 10 Jay Brooks 12 Kathryn Brooks 12 Erin Fitzgerald 12 Brad Kalajainen 09 Rodney Kalajainen 07 James Lambrix 12 Ken Nash 12 (Matthew Stoll 13) (Paul Thomas 13)
Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation: Gary G. Step District Superintendent (for information only): Bill Haggard
COMMITTEE ON PRISON MINISTRY AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONCERNS MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (9) (including at least 1 from each district):
Victor Asbury 10 Dennis Hoag 12 Marvin Jewell 10 Mary Jane Jewell 09 **Richard Moore 10 Dennis O’Neill 10 Gary Peterson 11 James Stilwell 10 (John Waite 13)
Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Adjunct Staff for Prison and Restorative Justice Ministries: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Bill Haggard
RACIAL ETHNIC LOCAL CHURCH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (11) (nominated by CNC): Barbara Brechting 07 Carolyn Davis 08 Daniel Davis 10 Mary Lou Fassett 08 **Geri Litchfield 05 Mildred Mallard 11 (Robert Manning 13) Rob McPherson 12 (Daniel Nuygen 13) Simmie Proctor 07 (Molly Tate 13)
Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Superintendent (for information only): Neil Davis
MICHIGAN AREA INDIAN WORKERS CONFERENCE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON: Norm Pigeon VICE-CHAIRPERSON: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SECRETARY: Valerie Maidens TREASURER: Valerie Maidens WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVE: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DETROIT CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVE: Carmen Misener YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (2 persons elected by each Native American United Methodist congregation; the pastor may be a delegate or alternate, as determined by the church): WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE DETROIT CONFERENCE Bradley Indian Mission UMC Oscoda UMC Chippewa Indian UMC Saganing Native American Mission UMC Salem Indian Mission UMC Zeba Indian Mission UMC Greensky Hill Indian Mission UMC Kewadin Indian Mission UMC Northport Indian Mission UMC PaWaTing MaGedwin Kikaajik (Native American Elders Program) EX-OFFICIO (voice but not vote; on because of category): Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey Cabinet: Anita Hahn
UMCOR / HUNGER COMMITTEE Chairperson (CNC nomination): **Robert Freysinger 13 Haiti Task Force representative: Dave Morton Conference Disaster Response Coordinator: Jeremy Wicks 12
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MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (8 or less) (named by the committee): Wayne Disegna Nicki Holland Linda Tafolla Melodye Surgeon Rider Nichea Ver Veer Guy Michelle Wisdom-Long
District Superintendent (for information only): David Hills
3. AGENCIES AMENABLE TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM: COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS MINISTRIES
COMMISSION ON COMMUNICATIONS
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (7): **Carole Armstrong 11 Eric Burton-Krieger 10 Joseph DeLany 10 Sheila Huis 12 John Warnock 10 (Ken Vanderlaan 13) (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13)
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES: ALBION: Heidi Rawson 10 GRAND TRAVERSE: Melody Olin 13 HEARTLAND: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ KALAMAZOO: Burke Webb 13 GRAND RAPIDS: John Warnock 07 LANSING: Sheila Huis 13
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE BUT WITHOUT VOTE): Any Conference Staff persons employed in communications or media tasks: Director of Communications: Mark Doyal Conference Webmaster: Jim Searls District Superintendent (for information only): Bill Haggard
COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (7): Lois Baumer 09 David Crawford 08 (Lee Greenwalt 13) Don Hiler 11 Emmett Kadwell 11 Betty Uithoven 10 (**Melanie Young 12)
HISTORIAN: Dan Yakes ARCHIVAL CONSULTANT: Lawrence Hall EX-OFFICO (WITH VOICE AND VOTE):
Archivist: Nicole Garrett
Conference Council on Youth Ministries representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. AGENCIES AMENABLE TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM: DISTRICT & LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRIES
DISTRICT COUNCILS ON MINISTRIES or the equivalent
Each district shall select/elect its own manner of organization as a District Council on Ministries to accomplish program ministries within the several districts. One person from each district shall be designated to work with those from other districts as needed.
COOPERATIVE MINISTRY COMMITTEE (CMC)
[PROVISIONAL, pending approval by the Annual Conference.]
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE: (5 to 9 members) (At least one half the CMC shall be members or pastors of a church which is: part of a cooperative parish; on a multi-point charge; or a part-time appointment.) Cabinet representative: Kennetha Bigham-Tsai
Current Task Force members (as of May, 2013): Representative from Equitable Compensation: Nancy Bitterling Representative from the Board of Ordained Ministry: **Jodie R. Flessner Clergy, Part-time, Multi-point charge: Bryce E. Feighner Laity, Part-time, Multi-point charge: Betty Kusterer At Large: Mark Baker, laity Lynn Grimes, clergy (Lynn died January 20, 2013) Cabinet Representatives: Tamara Williams and David Hills
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C. FINANCE AND PROPERTY MINISTRIES
CONFERENCE COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (15) (majority of 15 to be laity; 5 from congregations of less than 200 members (elect their own chair):
Kathleen Anderson 09 Brad Bartelmay 12 Philip Bickel 11 (Jim Bosserd 13) (Pat Bromberek 13) **Susan Cobb 10 Nolan Hudson 07 David Lundquist 06 Susan MacGregor 08 Georgia Marsh 09 Russell McReynolds 09 Patrick Tiedt 08 Bill Vert 12 Patricia Watson 06 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE BUT WITHOUT VOTE): Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey Clergy Assistant to the Bishop: William D. Dobbs Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler United Methodist Foundation of Michigan Director: David S. Bell District Superintendent: David Hills Conference Council on Youth Ministries Representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ General Council on Finance and Administration Member:
TRUSTEES OF WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (12): (elect their own chair) James Baker 12 Mark Baker 12 Lyle Ball 11 Michael Belt 11 David Bloss 11 Jerry Bukoski 11 (Linda Farmer-Lewis 13) William Gehman 08 Judy Leach 09 (James LeBaron 13) John Scott 11 Cliff Radtke 09
District Superintendent (for information only): Kennetha Bigham-Tsai Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong Conference Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler
BOARD OF PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (12): Wendy Clark 11 David Dekker 08 DeAnn Dobbs 12 Deborah Fennel 10 **Louis Grettenberger 09 Joe Huston 12 Norm Kohns 11 Jennifer Loding 10 Robert Richards 08 (Eric Simmons 13) Walt Urick 12 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
General Board of Pensions: Patricia Gilleran District Superintendent (for information only): David Hills Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong Advisor (Voice but no vote): Sue Graybill
COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE COMPENSATION
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (12) (equal number of laypersons and clergy; at least 3 racial/ethnic representatives; 1 layperson and 1 clergypeson from congregations of fewer than 200 members):
Conference Lay Leader or Associate Conference Lay Leader: Anne Soles 12 Members at Large (7) (4 of 10 shall be clergy; representation of racial/ethnic persons included):
Jennifer Browne 08 (Koom Cho 13) Tom Clement 11 Paula Jane Duffey 06 Jay Hook 10 Mary Jo Nye 11 Jody Pratt 09
Ex-Officio - Members of Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy: Laurie Dahlman Laurie Haller
BOARD OF LAITY
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (2) (1 shall be a clergyperson): Mary Gardner 08 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
Conference United Methodist Women representative: Phyllis Jackson 12 Conference United Methodist Men representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Coordinator of Scouting: Keith Anderson 10 Conference Council on Youth Ministries representative: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries: (Jody Pratt 13)
District Lay Leaders: ALBION: Max Waagner 11 HEARTLAND: Larry Wyman Sr. 07 GRAND RAPIDS: Helen Reid 12 GRAND TRAVERSE: Mike McDonald 12 KALAMAZOO: Wynne Hurlbut 13 LANSING: Deb Fennell 11
Conference Lay Leader (chairperson): **Anne Soles 12 Associate Conference Lay Leader: Max Waagner 12 District Superintendent (for information only): Tamara Williams CONFERENCE AND DISTRICT DIRECTORS OF LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES
EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE) ¶635:1a Chairperson of Board of Elders: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ Chairperson of Board of Deacons: Sandra Douglas 11 Chairperson of John Wesley Assoc.: Michael Riegler 11+ Cabinet Representative: Tamara Williams General Board of Higher Education and Ministry member: ** denotes Chairperson of Board * denotes Chairperson of Conference Relations Committee + denotes Licensed Local Pastor ^ denotes Retired Clergyperson
CABINET BISHOP: **Deborah L. Kiesey CLERGY ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP: William D. Dobbs DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS:
ALBION DISTRICT: Tamara S. Williams GRAND TRAVERSE DISTRICT: Anita K. Hahn HEARTLAND DISTRICT: David F. Hills KALAMAZOO DISTRICT: Cornelius N. Davis GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT: William E. Haggard LANSING DISTRICT: Kennetha J. Bigham-Tsai
FULL CABINET (includes the above plus the following)
Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation: Gary G. Step Director of Communications: Mark Doyal Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong Conference Lay Leader: Anne Soles
COMMITTEE ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Intentionally left blank as the Conference Leadership Team reviews this function and fulfills in alternative ways.
EX-OFFICIO (WITH VOICE AND VOTE): Bishop or Clergy Assistant to the Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey, William D. Dobbs Director of Connectional Ministries: Benton R. Heisler District Superintendent: Neil Davis
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INCAPACITY (¶ 652 in 2008 Book of Discipline)
Representative from Board of Pensions: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Representative from Board of Ministry: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cabinet Representative: David Hills
E. OTHER CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS
TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN AREA ENDOWMENT LOAN FUND and
MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION TRUST FUND
[TENURE: Bylaw terms are limited to 9 years.] Sheila Aleshire 07 Nancy Craig 10 George Fleming 10 **George House 09 David Nelson 05 Marsha Wilcox 08
Church Extension Staff Person: David S. Bell President: Wayne C. Barrett
AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Chairperson of West Michigan Commission on Archives and History: Melanie Young 12 Elected by Commission on Archives and History:
David Crawford 10 Ken Gackler 08 Dan Yakes 08 Merna Francis 08 EX-OFFICIO (VOICE AND VOTE): Archivist: Nicole Garrett
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TRUSTEES OF CLARK RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (7): [TENURE: Bylaw terms are limited to 9 years.] Charles Burpee 08 Mark Erbes 09 David Gombert 11 Marcia Haas 08 Paul Hillman 11 Karen Lott 12 **Ethel Stears 07
Area Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey [ ] Indicate names submitted for election of two by College in coordination with Board of
Higher Education and Campus Ministry.
TRUSTEES OF ADRIAN COLLEGE
[TENURE: Bylaw terms are limited to 9 years.] [Linda Depta 00*] Bonnie S. Garbrecht 08 Russell McReynolds 06
Area Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey [ ] Indicate names submitted for election of two by College in coordination with Board of
Higher Education and Campus Ministry. * Term extended by request of the Trustees of Adrian College.
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY DIRECTORS
[TENURE: Bylaw terms are limited to 10 years.] William Amundsen 08 David Bennett 11 [Steve Lyon 11] [Steve Dosca 00*] Steven Lett 07 Ruth Whaley 10 [ ] Names submitted for election of two by Children's Home. * Term extended by decision of Directors
TRUSTEES OF LAKE LOUISE ASSOCIATION
[TENURE: Bylaw terms are limited to 9 years. Elect their own chair.] Phil Friedrick 10 **Deborah Johnson 05 Emily Beachy 12 Inge Whittemore 09
Members at Large: Eric Babbitt 10 Jan Sabin 03
Emeritus: Donald Merrill
MICHIGAN INTERFAITH COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL PROBLEMS REPRESENTATIVES
William Amundsen Richard Braun Dale E. Brown Dennis Bryde Nolan Hudson Robert Kersten S. Douglas Leffler Russell F. McReynolds William A. Miller John L. Moore
Acting Executive Director: Thomas E. Woods, Esq.
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TRUSTEE OF METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO (MTSO)
Jim Gysel 11
TRUSTEES OF BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
2008 Floyd Parks
UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN
Directors (12) (6 from each Conference, elected by the Foundation):
Class of 2015 Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Joy Barrett (D) Lauren Frey (D) Ransom Leppink (WM) Roger Colby (D) ** Terry Groesser (WM) Joe Perez (D) Karen Thompson (WM) Gary Haller (WM) Ed Ross (WM) Sue Woodard (WM) Jill Warren (D) Joy Stair (D)
Ex-Officio (without vote): President & Executive Director: David S. Bell Senior Executive: Wayne C. Barrett Resident Bishop: Deborah L. Kiesey Detroit Conference Treasurer: David Dobbs West Michigan Conference Treasurer: Prospero Tumonong
COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION OF A CLERGY MEMBER
Richard Erickson 03 James Mitchum 01 Joy Moore 01 Ed Passenger 00 Karen Wheat 10 Len Schoenherr 11
Reserves: Cathi Huvaere 02 Ed Ross 03 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
Reserve Lay Observer: Sharon McDonald 03
COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION OF A DIACONAL MINISTER
Jane Case 96 (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13)
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Gerald Hagans 12 William Johnson 12 Molly Turner 12 Reserves:
Ellen Brubaker 12 Richard Erickson 12
MISSION PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
(Appointed by the Bishop) MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (4):
**Lynn & Kay DeMoss 09 Susan Hansen 01 Deborah Miller 02 Mike Tupper 11
General Board of Global Ministries member: Conference Secretary of Global Ministries: Lynn and Kay DeMoss 13 United Methodist Women President: Jenny Kroeze (1/1/13) Haiti Task Force representative: Dave Morton
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OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE
CHANCELLOR FACILITATOR Andrew Vorbrich 10 (Laura Witkowski 11)
CONFERENCE LAY LEADER CONFERENCE TREASURER Anne Soles 12 (Nominated by CFA) Prospero Tumonong 96
ASSOCIATE LAY LEADER DIRECTOR OF CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES Max Waagner 12 Benton R. Heisler 09
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Mark Doyal 09
CONFERENCE SECRETARY
Secretary: Greg Buchner 13 Assistants to the Secretary (appointed annually):
STATISTICIANS Statistician: Tom Fox 10 Assistant to the Statistician (appointed annually):
(Victor Charnley)
F. DISTRICT COMMITTEES
DISTRICT BOARDS OF CHURCH LOCATION AND BUILDING (Nominated by D.S. - elected annually by Annual Conference)
Albion District -- Mark Crawford 05 Nelson Hall 10 Jeff Hart 10 Rob Hughes 10 **Martin Overheiser 08 Elaine Rice 10 Larry Rizor 89
Heartland District -- **Jim Baker 07 Lyle Ball 03 Tom Bentley 12 Larry Brown 07 David Hills 10 (Melvin Houck 13) Steve Pung 04 Randall Roose 05 Mike Simon 05
Grand Rapids District --
**David Apol 09 Dennis Bekken 12 (LuAnn Hoffman 13) Roger Howard 04 Steve Meredith 09 Larry Nichols 12 Sue Norton 06 Dave Turner 11
Grand Traverse District:
Eugene Baughan 11 Tom Bowman 02 William Maguire 03 **Madeleine Mathieu 81 Lyle Matteson 11 Walter Urick 06
Kalamazoo District --
Wayne Babcock 09 William Breyfogle 07 (Jay Brown 13) **Ron Hansen 05 Bob Jorgensen 03 Gene Lewis 10 Charles McNary 00 Jeff Reese 09 Jo Slager 12
Lansing District -- Norm Austin 06 Mark Baker 06 Dave Jessop 04 Jim LeBaron 06
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DISTRICT COMMITTEES ON DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENCY (* Denotes District Superintendent's Appointment)
Albion District -- District Lay Leader: Max Waagner 11 Members at Large:
Linda Autterson 04 Phillip Cripe 12 James Gysel 01 Chuck Lillis 06 Karen Scheetz 12 Ethan Stout 12 John Touse 01 Max Waagner 11 **Steven Young 11
Heartland District -- District Lay Leader: Larry Wyman Sr 07 Members at Large:
Grand Rapids District -- Ordained Ministry Representative: Mark Erbes District Superintendent: Bill Haggard 12
(Jane Bosserd 13) (Barb Brechting 13) Dan Davis 11 (Kay DeMoss 13) Mark Erbes 07 Randall Hansen 05 (Bill Johnson 13) (John Morse 13) **Tom Pier-Fitzgerald 07 Mark Thompson 09
Grand Traverse District -- Ordained Ministry Representative: John Conklin District Superintendent: Anita Hahn 11
Tom Ball 08 John Conklin 12 Greg Culver 11 Barbara Fay 11 Charlene Heim 09 Debie Horn 12 Ronald Houk 98 Jane Lippert 09 Mike McDonald 09 (Richard Morrison 13) **Dale Ostema 96
Kalamazoo District -- Ordained Ministry Representative: Sherri Swanson 12 District Superintendent: Neil Davis 08
Mary Blashill 08 Ron Hansen 06 James Kraus, Jr 04 Sandy Lash 06 Russell Logston 08 Rob McPherson 10 (Cliff Radtke 13) Sherri Swanson 08 (Cara Weiler 13) Karen Wheat 12
Lansing District -- Ordained Ministry Representative: Jane Ellen Johnson 08, Lyle Heaton 13 District Superintendent: Kennetha Bigham-Tsai 13
Carole Armstrong 05 **Dwayne Bagley 10 Marty DeBow 07 Kathy Dobie 07 Lyle Heaton 10 Joseph Huston 12 Lonnie Lowery 08 Jane Ellen Johnson 07 Eric Simmons 12 Kathleen Smith 11 Colleen Treman 10
REPORT SUBMITTED BY
CONFERENCE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Gary Haller, Chair Melissa Claxton Laurie Dahlman Mary Lou Fassett Virginia Heller Harris Hoekwater Mark Thompson Ellen Zienert
G. WESLEY FOUNDATION BOARDS
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY WESLEY FOUNDATION BOARD
Director: Charles Farnum, 1400 S Washington St, Mt Pleasant 48858, (989) 545-1761 Heartland District Superintendent: David Hills Chair Conference BHEM: Lynn Pier-Fitzgerald Student E-Board President: Kaitlyn Buzalski Student E-Board Treasurer: Sean Griffin Members at Large:
Sherry Anderson Cindy Hales Jan Huffman Curt Jensen (chair) Dianne Young Bill Zehnder
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY WESLEY FOUNDATION BOARD
Director: _Christine Berke, 628 S. Warren, Big Rapids, MI 49307, (231) 796-8315 Board of Directors: 2012 Dan Adsmond (06) Ryan Bennett (07) Pat Little (04) Mike Reigler (06) 2013 Timothy Brotherton (10) Amy Jo Felty (10) Mike Simon (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2014 Christy Baker (05) Laura Dix (05) Parker Liu (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Officers of Board:
President: Laura Dix (05) Vice-President: Dan Adsmond (06) Secretary: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Treasurer: Patricia Little (04)
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KALAMAZOO WESLEY FOUNDATION BOARD
Director: Lisa Batten, 2101 Wilbur, Kalamazoo, MI 49006, (269) 344-4076
Representatives at Large: 2013 Gail Secord Deb Lindstrom Joyce Thompson 2014 Larry Oppliger Jill Murphy Derek Andre 2015 Sheila Baker Tracy Farnsworth Alex Lueth 2016 Tom Lundquist Don Weaver Paul VanWestrienen
Wesley Foundation Students: Five (5) students Blair Cutler, Alyssa Peterson, Emily Miller, Kirsten Frank
Ex-Officio Membership: Wesley Foundation Director: Lisa Batten Kalamazoo District Superintendent: Neil Davis Senior Pastor, Kalamazoo First: John Boley Associate Pastor, Kalamazoo First: Julie Kline United Methodist Women, Kalamazoo First: Barb van Westrienen Bishop Deborah L. Kiesey
Officers: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 President: Sheila Baker Vice-President: Gail Secord Secretary: Jill Murphy Treasurer: Tracy Farnsworth
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WESLEY FOUNDATION
Director: William Chu, 1118 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823, (517) 332-0861 Officers of Wesley Foundation Board of Directors:
Chair: Bill Donohue Development: Lynn Stull-Lipps Development Intern: Karina Drachman Alternative Development: Corick Johnson Finance: Grovenor (Kip) Grimes Personnel: Stephanie Sundhimer, Tom Fox Building: Rick Erickson, Darby Harris
Representative of Lansing District UMW: Rhonda Crackel Ex-Officio:
District Superintendent: Kennetha Bigham-Tsai University UMC Pastor (only 1): Jennie Browne
WESLEY FELLOWSHIP AT GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Director: Gregory W. Lawton, 4539 Luce St., Jenison, MI 49428
Board of Trustees 2014 Kinnith Gibbs (Student President) Zach Oaster (Treasurer) 2015 Bob Downer (Advisor) Suzeanne Benet (Advisor) 2016 Manzel Berlin (Chair) Bob Kleinhans Don Graham
WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Opportunities to SERVE The Nominating Committee of the West Michigan Conference works to identify persons with interest, skills, commitment to serve Jesus Christ and His church through service to the West Michigan Conference and to place these persons in areas of service that match their interests and skills. When you are ready to be considered for nomination to a Conference Board or Committee, please fill out this form so that we are able to invite you to serve in an area that is appropriate to you. Please feel free to duplicate this form and pass it on to persons whom you feel have interest, skills and commitment to serve in this way. You may submit this completed form to the address at the bottom of the second page, or you can find this form on the Conference web page www.westmichiganconference.org and submit it electronically. Thank you. Name Spouse's First Name
(middle initial) Address Home phone ( ) City State Zip Work phone ( ) E-mail address District Local Church City Occupation Professional Title (if you wish it used) Gender, age, ethnic, and church membership information is important to provide inclusiveness in all groups. Gender M___ F___ Birthdate Ethnic Group Church of 200 members or less. Yes ___ No ___ Clergy status. Yes ___ No ___ On what local church, district, and/or Conference level groups have you served recently? What service was most meaningful to you? Check any of the following areas if you have interest in serving in the ministry area. Feel free to check more than one. Indicate those of your greatest interest by placing an asterisk or star by them. Program development and evaluation in ___ Abuse Prevention Team ___ Prison Ministry / Restorative Justice ___ Missions Outreach ___ Evangelism / Congregational Development ___ Faith Maturation / Spiritual Formation ___ Ecumenical Relationships ___ Justice and Advocacy ___ Camping ___ Hunger Finances ___ Stewardship ___ Bookkeeping ___ Fund Raising Programming specially focused on ___ Children ___ Youth ___ Young adult ___ Laity ___ Women ___ Older adult ___ Men ___ Racial ethnic people ___ Single adult ___ Disability Concerns ___ Family life Administrative tasks ___ General oversight of program and finances ___ Communications ___ Evaluation and refinement ___ Personnel ___ Recruitment ___ Volunteer in conference/district offices ___ Historians/Archivists
WMC/UMC Opportunities to SERVE -- page two Are there specific Conference committees on which you would like to serve? Were you referred by someone? Who? Please indicate other interests, skills, or experiences you wish to share with the Nominating Committee. Do you have special conditions which affect service on agencies (i.e. child/adult care, physical handicap, etc.)?
Yes ___ No ___ If yes, please identify conditions. If you have ongoing time restrictions, please identify times you CANNOT meet.
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West Michigan Conference Center PO Box 6247 Grand Rapids MI 49516-6247
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Thank you for your interest and for completing this form. 10/04
