ORDINANDS PHOTOS 2011 619 ORDAINED, CONSECRATED, COMMISSIONED Left to Right: P ATRICIA A. H AAS (Provisional Elder) R EBECCA L EE W IERENGA (Provisional Elder) B ETH A NN R EUM (Provisional Elder) S USAN D ELL O LSEN (Elder) S COTT E RNEST M ANNING (Elder) C ARA B ETH A NN W EILER (Deacon) S ANDRA V IRGINIA D OUGLAS (Deacon) D ALE A LAN G OLDEN (Elder) L ETISHA M. B OWMAN (Provisional Elder) M ELISSA J O C LAXTON (Provisional Elder) — WMC Photo by Mark Doyal
2011 619 ORDAINED, CONSECRATED, COMMISSIONED ORDINANDS PHOTOS XXIV. ORDINAND PHOTOS Ordained Deacons, Elders in Full Connection and Commissioned Provisional Elders Left to Right: PATRICIA A. HAAS (Provisional Elder) REBECCA LEE WIERENGA (Provisional Elder) BETH ANN REUM (Provisional Elder) SUSAN DELL OLSEN (Elder) SCOTT ERNEST MANNING (Elder) CARA BETH ANN WEILER (Deacon) SANDRA VIRGINIA DOUGLAS (Deacon) DALE ALAN GOLDEN (Elder) LETISHA M. BOWMAN (Provisional Elder) MELISSA JO CLAXTON (Provisional Elder) — WMC Photo by Mark Doyal
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2011 619ORDAINED, CONSECRATED, COMMISSIONED
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XXIV. ORDINAND PHOTOS
Ordained Deacons, Elders in Full Connectionand
Commissioned Provisional Elders
Left to Right:PATRICIA A. HAAS (Provisional Elder)
REBECCA LEE WIERENGA (Provisional Elder)BETH ANN REUM (Provisional Elder)
SUSAN DELL OLSEN (Elder)SCOTT ERNEST MANNING (Elder)
CARA BETH ANN WEILER (Deacon)SANDRA VIRGINIA DOUGLAS (Deacon)
DALE ALAN GOLDEN (Elder)LETISHA M. BOWMAN (Provisional Elder)MELISSA JO CLAXTON (Provisional Elder)
— WMC Photo by Mark Doyal
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ABOUT OUR CAMPS:1. Albright, located just outside of Reed City, has a variety of options for accomodations. There are swimming, trails, and many other activity areas.
2. Crystal Springs, located just south of Dowagiac, offers cabin style accomodations. There is swimming available in the pool and a new dining hall to serve the campers.
3. Lake Michigan, located on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Pentwater, takes in sand dunes, woods, water and trails.
4. Lake Louise is located north of Gaylord and is situated on the shore of beautiful Lake Louise. Camping here is in rustic cabins.
5. Lakeview, located midway between Six Lakes and Lakeview, is situated on Townline Lake. Trails and shore front facilities provide many options for activities.
6. Wesley Woods, located north of Battle Creek, pro-vides beautiful lakeside enjoyment. Campers stay in cabins equipped with bunks. Swimming in the pool, games, and waterfront activities provide recreation for all.
It is the policy of the camping programs of the West Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church to include and welcome persons of all races, economic levels and ethnic backgrounds.
Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (616) 459-4503From North or South—Take 131
to I-196 east to Fuller Avenue exit; turn right (south) onto Fuller; go one block past Fulton. The Center is on the corner of Baldwin and Fuller.
From East—Take I-96 to Cascade Road West exit; Cascade merges with Fulton; take Fulton to Fuller; turn left onto Fuller and go one block south, to the corner of Fuller and Baldwin.
From West—Take I-196 east to Fuller Avenue exit; turn right (south) onto Fuller; go one block past Fulton. The Center is on the corner of Baldwim and Fuller.
2 CLARK RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 1551 Franklin Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49506-331 (616) 452-1568 From North or South—Take 131 to I-196 east to Fuller Avenue exit; go south on Fuller to Franklin Street; turn left.
From East—Take I-96 to Cascade Road West exit; take Cascade Rd. west to Robinson Rd.; turn left and take Robinson Rd. to Plymouth; turn left and take Plymouth to Franklin; turn right.
From West—Take I-196 east to Fuller Avenue exit; go south on Fuller to Franklin Street; turn left.
3 UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE, 904 Sheldon SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (616) 452-3226 From North or Soount—Take 131 to Hall Street exit; go east on Hall to Sheldon (a one way street going north).
From East or West—Take I-196 to 131; go south on 131 to Hall Street exit; go east on Hall to Sheldon (a one way street going north).
AAddresses of Elected Lay Persons ....................................................................................... 319Administrative Review Committee ....................................................................................... 23Adrian College (BOHE&CM) ............................................................................................... 14Advance Special Projects .................................................................................................... 224Agencies Amenable to CCOM: Conference Ministries ........................................................ 12Agencies Amenable to CCOM: Communications and Records Ministry............................. 17Agencies Amenable to CCOM: District and Local Church Ministries................................. 18Agenda, Committee on .......................................................................................................... 10Albion College (BOHE&CM) ............................................................................................... 14Albright United Methodist Camp ............................................................................................ 7Annual Conference Agenda ................................................................................................... 10Annual Conference, Location of ........................................................................................... 48Annual Conference Policy Recommendations for 2012 ..................................................... 224Annual Conference Program Committee .............................................................................. 10Appointments of Clergy ........................................................................................................ 94Appointments to Extension Ministries ................................................................................ 124Archives and History, Commission on .................................................................................. 17Assistant Conference Secretaries ............................................................................................. 5Assistant Statisticians .............................................................................................................. 5Auditor’s Report .................................................................................................................. 463
BBase Salary Support Levels for 2012 .................................................................................. 193Bishop’s Executive Secretary .................................................................................................. 4Board of Church and Society, Plan of Organization ............................................................. 12Board of Ordained Ministry .................................................................................................. 20Budget for 2012, Annual Conference .................................................................................. 156Business of the Annual Conference (formerly Disciplinary Questions) ............................... 48
CCabinet ................................................................................................................................... 20Cabinet Report ..................................................................................................................... 129Cabinet Representatives on Conference Organizations ........................................................ 29Camps, Colleges, Wesley Foundations and Other Institutions ............................................... 7Camps, Maps to ................................................................................................................... 622Central Treasury Agencies, Policies and Procedures .......................................................... 230Certification in Specialized Ministry ..................................................................................... 66Chancellor ................................................................................................................................ 5Children and Poverty, Bishop’s Initiative on ........................................................................ 80Christian Camping, Board of ................................................................................................. 12Christian Education Sunday Offering .................................................................................. 228Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns, Commission on .......................................... 165Church and Society, Board of ............................................................................................... 12Church Pastoral Histories .................................................................................................... 326Clark Retirement Community .............................................................................................. 627
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Clark Retirement Community, Trustees of ........................................................................... 22Clergy Assistant to the Bishop ................................................................................................ 4Clergy Delegates to General Conference .............................................................................. 30Clergy Delegates to Jurisdictional Conference ..................................................................... 30Clergy Session Report ........................................................................................................... 70Colleges .................................................................................................................................... 7Commission on Archives and History ................................................................................... 17Commissioned Clergy ............................................................................................................ 88Commissioning Service ......................................................................................................... 88Committee on Leadership Development ............................................................................... 20Committee on Rules of Order ................................................................................................ 11Community House, United Methodist ..................................................................................... 8Communications, Commission on ......................................................................................... 17Compensation, Counting Years of Service to Determine ................................................... 194Conference Center Staff .......................................................................................................... 6Conference Lay Leader ............................................................................................................ 5Conference Ministries ............................................................................................................ 11Conference Ministry Consultants ............................................................................................ 6Conference Nominating Committee ...................................................................................... 20Conference Officers ............................................................................................................... 23Conference Organizations and Related Personnel ................................................................ 10Conference Personnel Committee ......................................................................................... 21Conference Secretary ............................................................................................................... 5Conference Statistician ............................................................................................................ 5Conference Treasurer ............................................................................................................... 5Conference Treasurer’s Report ............................................................................................ 138Conference Trustees, Board of .............................................................................................. 21Conference Trustees, Report to Annual Conference ............................................................. 89Corporate Session .................................................................................................................. 89Council on Finance and Administration ................................................................................ 18Council on Ministries ............................................................................................................ 18Counting Years of Service to Determine Compensation .................................................... 194Covenant of Clergy Sexual Ethics ....................................................................................... 245
DDaily Proceedings – Annual Conference .............................................................................. 70Deaconesses ......................................................................................................................... 315Delegates, General and Jurisdictional Conference ................................................................ 30Diaconal Ministers’ Service Record .................................................................................... 392Director of Connectional Ministries Report ........................................................................ 129Disability Concerns, Conference Committee on ................................................................... 15Disaster Response Coordinator ................................................................................................ 6Disaster Response Team ........................................................................................................ 15Discipleship, Board of ........................................................................................................... 12Disciplinary Questions See Business of the Annual Conference........................................... 48District Boards of Church Location and Building................................................................. 24District Committees ............................................................................................................... 24District Committees on District Superintendency ................................................................. 24District Committees on Ordained Ministry ........................................................................... 25District Council on Ministries ............................................................................................... 18District Lay Leaders .............................................................................................................. 19
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District Superintendents ....................................................................................................... 4, 5 District Superintendents’ Report ......................................................................................... 134DSA Service Record ............................................................................................................ 388
EEmergency Preparedness Committee .................................................................................. 178Episcopacy, Michigan Area Committee on the ..................................................................... 19Episcopal Staff ......................................................................................................................... 4Equalization of Lay/Clergy Membership .............................................................................. 46Equitable Compensation’s Minimum Salary Recommendation for 2012............................. 50Equitable Compensation Support ........................................................................................ 194Evangelism, Board of ............................................................................................................ 13
FFacilitator(s) ............................................................................................................................. 5Ferris State University Wesley Foundation ........................................................................... 26Finance and Administration, Council on ............................................................................... 18
GGeneral and Jurisdictional Conference Personnel ................................................................. 30General Conference Delegates .............................................................................................. 30Global Ministries, Board of ................................................................................................... 13
HHealth Insurance, Conference Policy .................................................................................. 247Higher Education and Campus Ministry, Board of ............................................................... 14Historical Sessions of the Annual Conference .................................................................... 258Historical Society, Michigan Area United Methodist ........................................................... 21Honorable Location, Clergy on ........................................................................................... 384Human Resources Ministries ................................................................................................. 19Hunger/UMCOR Committee on ............................................................................................ 17
IIndian Worker’s Conference .................................................................................................. 16Institutions, Other .................................................................................................................... 7Investigation, Committee on .................................................................................................. 23
JJohn Wesley Association ....................................................................................................... 28Journal Editor ........................................................................................................................... 5Journal, Committee on ........................................................................................................... 10Jurisdictional Conference Delegates ...................................................................................... 30
KKalamazoo Wesley Foundation ............................................................................................. 26
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LLake Louise, Trustees of ....................................................................................................... 22Lake Louise United Methodist Camp .............................................................................. 7, 622Lake Michigan United Methodist Camp ......................................................................... 7, 622 Lakeview United Methodist Camp .................................................................................. 7, 622 Lay Delegates to Jurisdictional Conference .......................................................................... 30Lay Delegates to General Conference ................................................................................... 30Lay Leader, Conference ........................................................................................................... 5Lay Members of Conference ................................................................................................. 32Lay Ministries, Board of ........................................................................................................ 19Lay Persons Addresses Serving on Conference Boards of Agencies ................................. 319Lay Speaking, Conference and District Directors of ............................................................ 19Leadership Development, Committee on .............................................................................. 20Legislative Action Index ...................................................................................................... 142Limits of the Floor ......................................................................................................... 74, 219Local Pastor’s Without Appointments Service Record ....................................................... 394
MMaps to Camps and District Maps ...................................................................................... 622Marking Sacred Time ............................................................................................................ 73Memorial Service ................................................................................................................... 82Memoirs ............................................................................................................................... 252Memoirs, Committee on ........................................................................................................ 10Methodist Children’s Home Society (BOGM) ...................................................................... 22Methodist Theological School in Ohio (METHESCO) ........................................................ 22Michigan Area Resource Center (MARC) .............................................................................. 6Michigan Christian Advocate Trustees ................................................................................. 21Michigan Interfaith Council on Alcohol Problems (MICAP) ............................................... 22Michigan State University Wesley Foundation ..................................................................... 27Mileage Reimbursement Policies, Procedures and Rules ................................................... 193Minimum Salary Recommendation for 2012, Equitable Compensation’s.................... 50, 193Ministers’ Reserve Pension Fund (MRPF) – For Past Service ........................................... 195Ministry Shares Formula ..................................................................................................... 233Missionaries Supported by West Michigan Conference ..................................................... 312Missions and Church Extension Trust Fund of Michigan Area ............................................ 21Monitoring Report ................................................................................................................. 82Moving Expense Code ......................................................................................................... 231
OOfficers of Conference Organizations and Associations....................................................... 27Orders of Elders and Deacons Chairs .................................................................................... 27Ordained Ministry, Board of ................................................................................................. 20
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Ordained Ministry, District Committees on .......................................................................... 25Ordination and Commissioning Certification ........................................................................ 93
PPastoral Record .................................................................................................................... 326Pension and Health Benefits, Board of ................................................................................. 18Personnel Committee ............................................................................................................. 21Petitions................................................................................................................................ 144Plan of Organization ............................................................................................................ 259Policies, Procedures, and Rules ........................................................................................... 224Policy Recommendations for 2012 ...................................................................................... 195Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice Concerns, Committee on ....................................... 16Program Committee ............................................................................................................... 10
RRacial/Ethnic Local Church Committee ................................................................................ 16Reference, Committee on ...................................................................................................... 11Regrets ................................................................................................................................... 74Religion and Race, Commission on ...................................................................................... 15Reports ................................................................................................................................. 129Retired Local Pastors without Appointments Service Record ............................................ 394Roll of the Dead ................................................................................................................... 256Rules of Order ...................................................................................................................... 295Rules of Order, Committee on ............................................................................................... 11Rules of Order, Legislation ................................................................................................... 74
SSalaries of Persons Appointed Beyond the Local Church .................................................. 127Setting of Appointments ........................................................................................................ 90Sexual Ethics, Clergy Covenant of ...................................................................................... 245Six Lanes of the Advance (BOGM) .................................................................................... 224Special Days Offerings ........................................................................................................ 226Standing Committees ............................................................................................................. 10Statistician ................................................................................................................................ 5Status and Role of Women, Commission on ......................................................................... 15Surviving Spouses – Mailing Addresses ............................................................................. 316
TTreasurer .................................................................................................................................. 5Treasurer’s Report ............................................................................................................... 138Trustees of West Michigan Conference ................................................................................ 18Trustees, Report to Annual Conference ................................................................................ 89
UUMCOR/Hunger Committee ................................................................................................. 17United Methodist Camps ......................................................................................................... 7United Methodist Community House ...................................................................................... 8
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United Methodist Men ........................................................................................................... 32United Methodist Women ...................................................................................................... 32
BISHOP JONATHAN D. KEATON 2164 University Park, Suite 250, Okemos 48864Phone: 517.347.4030 Fax: 517.347.4003Email: [email protected]
Rev. William D. DobbsClergy Assistant to the BishopEmail: [email protected]
11 Fuller SE, PO Box 6247, Grand Rapids 49516-6247Phone 616.459.4503; Toll Free: 888.217.1905;Fax: 616.459.0191 WestMichiganConference.org
Rev. Benton HeislerDirector of Connectional MinistryEmail: [email protected]
Rev.William W. ChuConference Secretary1120 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing MI 48823Phone: 517.351.7030Email: [email protected]
ALBION DISTRICT, Rev. Tamara S. WilliamsAdministrative Assistant: Sarah Gillette600 East Michigan Ave., Albion MI 49224Phone: 517.629.8150; Fax: 517.629.8230Email: [email protected]
GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT, Rev. Laurie A. HallerAdministrative Assistant: Elizabeth M. Bode11 Fuller SE, PO Box 6247 Grand Rapids 49516-6247Phone: 616.459.4503; Fax: 616.459.0242Email: [email protected]
GRAND TRAVERSE DISTRICT, Rev. Anita K. HahnAdministrative Assistant: Jill Haney1249 Three Mile Road, Traverse City 49696Phone: 231.947.5281; Fax: 231.947.0181Email: [email protected]
HEARTLAND DISTRICT, Rev. David F. HillsAdministrative Assistant: Melanie Zalewski1400 S. Washington Street, Mt. Pleasant 48858Phone: 989.773.5140; Fax: 989.775.6599Email: [email protected]
KALAMAZOO DISTRICT, Rev. Cornelius (Neil) N. DavisAdministrative Assistant: Mandana Nordbrock810 W. Kilgore, Suite 3, Kalamazoo 49008Phone: 269.372.7525; 800.596.0739;Fax: 269.372.7644 Email: [email protected]
LANSING DISTRICT, Rev. Dr. Robert L. HundleyAdministrative Assistant: Sus’ann Busley2164 University Park Dr., Suite 240, Okemos 48864 Phone: 517.347.4173; Fax: 517.347.4798Email: [email protected]
Dennis Dull, DirectorEmail: [email protected] – 190th Avenue, Reed City 49677Phone & Fax: 231.832.9094 AlbrightCamp.org
