THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference Held in Denver, Colorado From June 15, 2017, through June 18, 2017 Bishop Karen Oliveto Presiding Date When Organized 1969 Number of This Session 49th PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)? Secretary Elizabeth McVicker Mailing Address: First UMC, 203 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-328-8726 Statistician C. Dennis Shaw Mailing Address: Hilltop UMC, 985 E 10600 S, Sandy UT 84094-4402 Telephone: 801-571-5777 Treasurer Noreen Keleshian Mailing Address: 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-4803 Telephone: 303-733-3736 2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? YES 3. Bonding and auditing: What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Name Position Amount Bonded All Conference Employees All Conference Employee Positions $100,000.00 Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? (See report, page _J-45_ of Journal.) 4. What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email Council on Finance and Administration (¶611) Kirsten Barlow 7077 S Simms St Littleton CO 80127-3241 (303) 979-8374 Pastorkirstenbarlow @gmail.com Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635) Cathie Kelsey 2200 S. University #404 Denver, CO 80210 (303) 968-9812 [email protected]Board of Pensions (¶639) Kimal James First UMC, Ogden 1339 W 400 N, Marriott Slaterville, UT 84404 (801) 393-5662 [email protected]Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512) Neena Hagans 323 3 rd St., Ft. Lupton, CO 80621 (303) 857-7945 [email protected]2017 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE JOURNAL 2017 Business of the Annual Conference G - 1
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Minutes of the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference Held in Denver, Colorado
From June 15, 2017, through June 18, 2017 Bishop Karen Oliveto Presiding
Date When Organized 1969 Number of This Session 49th PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)?
Secretary Elizabeth McVicker Mailing Address: First UMC, 203 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-328-8726 Statistician C. Dennis Shaw Mailing Address: Hilltop UMC, 985 E 10600 S, Sandy UT 84094-4402 Telephone: 801-571-5777 Treasurer Noreen Keleshian Mailing Address: 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-4803 Telephone: 303-733-3736
2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? YES 3. Bonding and auditing:
What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Name Position Amount Bonded All Conference Employees All Conference Employee
Positions $100,000.00
Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? (See report, page _J-45_ of Journal.)
4. What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Mailing
Address Phone Number Email
Council on Finance and Administration (¶611)
Kirsten Barlow
7077 S Simms St Littleton CO 80127-3241
(303) 979-8374 Pastorkirstenbarlow @gmail.com
Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)
Cathie Kelsey 2200 S. University #404 Denver, CO 80210
b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): General Agency Conference
Agency Chairperson Mailing Address Phone
Number Email
Church and Society Network
TBD
RMCUMC 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)?
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
e) Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no. (1) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? YES (2) Committees on District Superintendency (¶669)? YES (3) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)? YES
f) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference?
Structure Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email (See report, page B-1 of Journal)
5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the
prescribed formats? (¶606.8)? YES 6. What is the report of the statistician? (See report; page Q-1 of Journal.) 7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report; page J-28 of Journal.) 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report; page J-2 of Journal.) 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? $37,748 10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of
the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? $1,045,672 11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the
support of the pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? $4,762,379
b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? (1) For the World Service Fund? $923,470 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? $311,905
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(3) For the Black College Fund? $124,416 (4) For the Africa University Fund? $27,844 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? $273,477 (6) For the General Administration Fund? $109,654 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $24,393 12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? (See report, page J-44 of Journal) 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660):
Name: Margaret Hotze and Kunle Taiwo Mailing Address: Margaret Hotze, 313 Bluebird Ct., Fort Collins, CO 80526
Kunle Taiwo, 2313 S Jamaica St., Aurora, CO 80014-1715 b) Associate conference lay leaders: none c) District and associate district lay leaders:
Metropolitan District – Barbara Goree and George Goree and Paul Langley Mile High/Pikes Peak District – Susan Wheeler and Ruth Wills Peaks and Plains District – Kenneth Hazlitt and Charles Keim Trinity District – Jerry Clare and Cynthia Snodgrass Utah/Western Colorado District – Mesia Fisilau and Susan Yeager Wyoming District – Michelle Aldrich
14. List local churches which have been:
a) Organized or continued as New Church Starts (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) GCFA Number
Church Name District Mailing Address
Phone Number Date Founded
b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing
Address Phone Number Date Founded
c) Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, c, d, or e)
GCFA Number Church Name Parent Church District Mailing Address
Date Launched
d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.d or e)
GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address
Phone Number Date Chartered
e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547)
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(1) United Methodist with United Methodist District GCFA
Number Name of First Church
GCFA Number
Name of Second Church
GCFA Number
Name of Merged Church
Date Merged
(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination)
District GCFA Number
Name of First Church
GCFA Number
Name of Second Church
GCFA Number
Name of Merged Church
Date Merged
f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.)
(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3) GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed 850688 Community UMC Trinity South Fork, CO 6/11/17
(2)Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)
GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed
(3) Satellite Congregation
GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed
(4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5)
GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed James Memorial UMC Peaks and
Plains Hudson, CO 7/1/17
Mesa UMC Utah Western
Colorado Mesa, CO 7/1/17
g) Relocated and to what address
GCFA Number
Church Name District Mailing Address Physical Location Date Relocated
h) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity")
GCFA Number Former Name New Name Address District
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i) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what
membership (¶¶41, 260)? GCFA Number Name Membership Sending Conference
j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206)
GCFA Number Parish Name Charge Name Church Name District
k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? Changed Districts: First UMC, Golden #851901 is in Mile High/Pikes Peak Grace UMC, Denver #851023 is in Metro
15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) a) Federated church
GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s) Montbello United Metro Mountain View United Metro
b) Union Church
GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s) Columbine United
Church Mile High Pikes Peak PCUSA, UCC
United Church of Idaho Springs
Mile High Pikes Peak PCUSA
c) Merged Church
GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s)
d) Yoked Parish
GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s)
16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.) 17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4, 605.7)?
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18. Who constitute: a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Valerie Jackson 2017 Kimal James 2017 Ramon Robledo 2017 Alternates Ryan Canaday 2017 Loyaa Flansburg 2017 b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)? Don Bird, FE Skip Poole, Laity Jessica Rooks, FE, Chair Todd Spencer, FD Carrie West, AM c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703)
Clergy Members Debra Juarez 2016 Eun Sung Lee 2015 William Morris 2015 Sallie Suby-Long 2015 Clergy Alternates Betty Bradford 2015 Eric Feuerstein 2015 Eric Smith 2015 Professing Members Diana Huerta 2015 Larry Mugler 2015 Sue Yeager 2015 Professing Alternates Becky Buxton 2015 Joe Hayashi 2017 Anne Marken 2017 John Stroh 2017
19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) ( NOTE: Everyone who wants to become a n LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry?
Name District Date Certified Jamielee Demske Metro 02/18/2017 Brandon Erdmann Wyoming 03/16/2010 Angela Heesacker Metro 02/08/2017 Kelsey Linden Hill Mile High/Pikes Peak 06/05/2014 David Johnson Metro 04/13/2016 Terry Krayenhagen Trinity 04/01/2017 Linda Meyer Peaks & Plains 03/21/2017 Thomas P Owens Metro 06/15/2017 Andrea Palacias Metro 02/28/2015 Logan Robertson Metro 04/08/2015 Andrew Stinnet Metro 06/08/2017 Kathie Walker Wyoming 12/03/2014
b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on
Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.)
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Name Receiving Conference Date Originally Certified
Date Accepted by District in Other Conference
Brian Wilmoth Tennessee 06/01/2016 12/01/2016 c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?
Name District Date Certified Date Discontinued Tyler Joyner Metro 06/01/2016 04/05/2017
(Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, they are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they are appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part-time capacity.)
20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed?
(¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): (3/4v) Name District Year Licensed Approved Amy Baker Trinity 2014 Susie Burley Trinity 2016 Emily Easton Trinity 2012 Mike Lipinski Trinity 2007 John McLean Trinity 2007 David Money Mile High/Pikes Peak 2007 Vicki Richards-Street UTWCO 2014 Robert Simpson Peaks & Plains 2013
21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate
what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v)
a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of
Study Cody Anderson 01/20/2016 Completed Licensing School Michelle Bowles 09/01/2016 In Year 1 Rob Bruendl 07/01/2008 In Year 5 Jim Chrisawn* 07/01/2014 M. Div. Lester Huseby* 08/15/2004 Completed COS Terry Krayenhagen 07/01/2017 In Year 1 Martin Lee* 11/01/2014 M. Div. Matt Lurz 07/01/2016 Completed Licensing School Vickie Maxon 07/01/2010 In Year 2 Jaime Nieves 07/01/2011 2/3 M. Div. Tomas Owens* 07/01/2017 M. Div. David Petty 8/01/2016 2/3 M. Div. Timothy Selby 07/01/2010 In Year 5 Sharon Strauss 07/01/2016 In Year 3 Donnie Sturgill 07/01/2017 Completed Licensing School James R. Ward 07/01/2009 In Year 4 Jeffrey Wayland 01/01/2015 2/3 M. Div. Benning Wentworth IV 08/01/2007 In Year 4
b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments)
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Name First Year License Awarded
Fraction of full time to be served
Years Completed with Course of Study
Teresa Adams 07/01/2009 ¾ time In Year 5 Kenneth Berve* 07/01/2009 ½ time Completed COS Qamaruzzaman Bhatti* 04/07/2005 ¼ time M. Div. Brian Blackburn 11/01/2013 ¾ time In Year 2 Charlotte Carr 07/01/2016 ½ time 1/3 M. Div. Mark Cloer 11/01/2012 ¼ time In Year 3
Lucia Correa 07/01/2016 ¼ time Completed Licensing School
Cherie Cobb 07/01/2015 ¾ time 2/3 M. Div. Jamielee Demske* 07/01/2017 ¾ time M. Div. Dawnmarie Fiechtner 07/01/2007 ½ time In Year 4 Kristi Firme* 08/15/2005 ¼ time Completed COS Sione Fungalai 12/01/1998 ¼ time In Year 4 Jodie Harless* 07/01/2012 ¾ time M. Div. Angela Heesacker* 07/01/2017 ¾ time M. Div. Janeen Hill 11/01/2013 ½ time In Year 1 Donald Holt 07/15/2012 ¾ time In Year 4 Jean Paul Howard 11/01/2008 ¼ time In Year 2 Travis Husted 07/01/2017 ¾ time In Year 2 Manuel Jimenez 07/01/2010 ½ time In Year 5 Jeff Kanost 07/01/2015 ½ time Completed Licensing
School Kathleen Leathers 07/01/2010 ¾ time In Year 4
Peter Lee 07/01/2017 ¾ time Completed Licensing School
Atamani Longolongofolau* 07/01/2003 ¼ time Completed COS
Mele Mausi Mafi 05/01/2017 ¼ time Completed Licensing School
Poasi Manu* 05/01/2013 ¼ time Completed COS
Lesley Matschke 07/01/2017 ¾ time Completed Year 1 - Retired
Norman Mark 07/01/2014 ¼ time In Year 4 David McGee 07/01/2004 ¼ time Completed Year 4
Linda Meyer 07/01/2017 ¼ time Completed Licensing School
Craig Paschal* 07/01/2004 ¾ time Completed COS
Guillermo Reyes 07/01/2013 ½ time Completed Licensing School
David Sauer 07/01/2017 ¾ time 1/3 M. Div. Deanne Sharp 07/01/2011 ½ time In Year 3 Harold Eugene Sharp 07/01/2017 ½ time In Year 2 - Retired
Rick Stewart 07/01/2017 ½ time Completed Licensing School
Andrew Stinnett* 07/01/2017 ¾ time M. Div.
Atonio Toluta’u 01/01/2015 ¼ time Completed Licensing School
Kristina Walker 07/01/2016 ¾ time Completed Licensing School
Brad Walston* 07/01/2013 ¾ time M. Div. Gary Wilken* 07/01/2013 ¼ time M. Div.
c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school
of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3,4)?
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Name First Year License Awarded
Seminary Home Conference
d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors in
another annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name Serving Conference Enrolled Seminary
e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367, 368.3)?
(If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name Serving Conference COS \ Seminary
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?
Name Date discontinued Carol Rhan 11/15/2016
23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)?
Name Years Completed in Course of Study
24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations
are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.)
a) Annual Conferences Name Clergy Status Home Conference Nathan Adams OE Florida Mary Schmidt OE Texas Mark Feldmeir OE California-Pacific Michael Gore OE Indiana Franklin Thomas Hazelwood OE Memphis Richard L. McPherson OE Pacific Northwest William Novak OP Yellowstone Tevita David Ofahengaue OE California-Nevada Sharon Robertson OE Central Texas
b) Other Methodist Denominations
Name Clergy Status
Denomination
Yunseon Choi OE Korean Methodist Church Paul Hwal Joo OE Korean Methodist Church
25. What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to serve appointments or
ecumenical ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.)
Name Clergy Status Denomination James Fouther, Jr.* OF United Church of Christ Pricilla Hill SY Presbyterian Church USA Tracy Hughes OF United Church of Christ Frank Lee OF Church of God in Christ Steve Poos-Benson* OF Presbyterian Church USA Robin Riley OF American Baptist William S. Robertson OF Presbyterian Church USA
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Hugo Venegas OF Christian Reform Church 26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership
is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?
Name Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3)
Name Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation Dale Beck Illinois Great Rivers 2012 B. J. George Greater New Jersey 2006 Kerry Greenhill New England 2008 Knut Heim British Methodist 2017 Daniel D. Marutle Methodist Church of South Africa 2002 Sandra Spahr West Michigan 2008 Michael Streevy West Michigan 2013
NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27):
Name
28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4,
324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v)
Name Seminary Jason Baxter Kaitlin McMichael
b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4)
Name Seminary Yevette Christy Leah Coleman Sandra Jimenez Peter Phillips Llewellyn (Lou) Ward, II Tonya Whaley
29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and
what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326)
Name Clergy Status Date and Seminary Lee Anderson-Harris PD 2015 John Patrick Bell PD 2016 Lauren Chance Boyd PE 2016 Sherry Ferriman PE 2016 Carol Forbes PD 2015 Valerie Jackson PE 2015 Larry Michael Jarrell PE 2015 Byongwk Jeon PE 2016
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Emily Kintzel PE 2016 Sharon Langfeldt PE 2016 Bun Koo Lee PE 2015 Sarah Merchant PE 2016 Cynthia Paquette PE 2016 Philip Rogers PD 2015 Janine Rose PE 2016 Joshua Walker PE 2015
b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v)
Name Original Year of Membership
c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v) (Indicate year)
Name Original Year of Membership
d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)
Name Clergy Status Original Year of Membership
Previous Conference or Denomination
30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6):
(v) A person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q.30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status.
Name Clergy Status Previous Denomination
31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see
note preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination
b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination
32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27. Anyone
appearing on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) (v 3/4):
a) Deacons Name Stacy Collins
b) Elders
Name Allison (AJ) Bush Melissa Engel Tiffany Keith Lynn Miller Jackson Jasper Peters
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33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies?: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27)
a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) Name Seminary Stacy Collins Iliff School of Theology
b) Transfer from elder? (¶309) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary
34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary Allison (AJ) Bush Claremont School of Theology Melissa Engel Iliff School of Theology Tiffany Keith Iliff School of Theology Lynne Miller Jackson Candler School of Theology, Emory University Jasper Peters Iliff School of Theology
b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary
35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Previously Discontinued
36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):
Name Clergy Status Previous Status
37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Retired
38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1,
416.5, 635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v) Name Clergy Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer
39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)
Name Clergy Status Previous Methodist Denomination
Date of Transfer
40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference? (See note
preceding Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of conference membership.)
a) Deacons? Name Member Conference
b) Elders?
Name Member Conference
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41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List
alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name Clergy Status New Conference Date of Transfer Amanda McMurtrey FE Baltimore-Washington 07/01/2017 John Miyahara FE California-Pacific 07/01/2017 Amy Seifert FE Great Plains 07/01/2017
42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327)
Name Clergy Status
b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)
Name Clergy Status Amy Durfee West PE
c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)
Name Clergy Status
d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7)
Name Clergy Status
43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)
Name Clergy Status Charge Conference Membership
Date Effective
(2) Previously?
Name Year Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership Year of Most Recent Report
Kenneth Carlson 2005 Grand Valley UMC, Parachute, CO Charles Casper 1989 UMC of Balay, Cynwayd, PA 2013 Gregg Dawson 1994 First UMC, Ft. Collins, CO 2013 Kay Gardner Pyle 2001 St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO 2012 Timothy W. Goettel 07/01/2010 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO 2013 Elizabeth Hall 2006 Christ UMC, Sterling, CO 2010 Margaret Huffman-Valentine
1996 Lamar UMC, Lamar, CO 2007
Ryan O’Shea 07/01/2010 Broomfield UMC, Broomfield, CO 2012 Keith Sera 2002 Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, NY 2012 Marcia Janke Shafer 2009 First UMC, Windsor, CO 2010 Harold Thaxton, Jr. 1989 First UMC, Montrose, CO Duane E. Wilterdink 07/01/2009 St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO
b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and
appointment.) Name Appointment Year Originally Granted Location
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c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)
Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership
(2) Previously?
Name Year Originally Placed Charge Conference Membership
Year of Most Recent Report
44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership
b) Previously?
Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership
Wayne Arrowood HR 1971 First UMC, Hendersonville, NC Samuel Cox HR 2004 Kailua UMC, Kailua, Hawaii Nancy Field HR 2007 Munholland UMC, Metairie, LA J. Robert Flier HR 2004 Goode Centennial UMC,
Commerce City, CO J. Donald Hughes HR 2004 St Paul UMC, Denver, CO Charles Mowry HR 1999 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood,
CO Chung Oh Park HR 2001 University Park UMC, Denver, CO Robert Paul HR 2004 Trinity UMC, Denver, CO Richard I. Peterson HR 2004 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Eric Talla HR 2007 Burlington UMC, Burlington, CO Albert M. Wells HR 2004 Clearwater, FL Dean Woodward HR 2002 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Gary Wilkin HR 1997 Laramie UMC, Laramie, WY
45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
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e) By trial (¶2713)?
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate
credential.) Name Date Effective Clergy Status
48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
c) What elders have died during the year? Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death Evan Vance Brian 11/14/1918 05/07/2016 George Arthur Brown 02/24/1933 06/23/2016 Thomas William Hall 09/20/1921 10/24/2016 David Huffnagle 09/21/1938 04/20/2017 Clair E. Mitchell 04/23/1929 01/06/2017 Jack Pedotto 04/09/1935 07/09/2017 Louis M. Pratt 08/30/1932 09/24/2016 Harold Estevan Sanchez 06/10/1930 12/21/2016 J. Alton Templin 09/27/1927 02/01/2017 Christine Williams Xavier 09/11/1943 11/14/2016 Gene Dennis Yelken 08/14/1930 03/07/2017
d) What deacons have died during the year?
Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
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Name Date of Birth Date of Death Dorothy Creager 03/19/1937 03/24/2017
e) What local pastors have died during the year?
Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual
Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)?
Name Clergy Status Conference Where Appointed
Appointment
Patti Agnew FE Yellowstone 07/01/2017 Johnny Arrington AM Rio Texas 07/01/2015 Sarah Beck FE Yellowstone 07/01/2011 Diane Bell FE East Ohio 07/01/2016 Loren Boyce FE Tennessee 07/01/2017 Deborah Christine FE Yellowstone 07/01/2016 Charles Cram FE Pacific Northwest 07/01/2015 Melissa Engel FE Yellowstone 07/01/2015 Leanne Hadley FE Kentucky 07/01/2017 Pamela Everhart FE Rio Texas 07/01/2017 Terri Lynn Hubbard FE Desert Southwest 07/01/2017 Debra Hull FD Great Plains 07/01/2016 Betty Kniss FD Florida 07/01/2005 William (Mac) McGrew FE Yellowstone 07/01/2017 John Nadasi FE Yellowstone 07/01/2013 Kathleen Teena Racheli FE Wisconsin 07/01/2011 Jane Youtz Riecke FE Louisiana 07/01/2015 Mary Virginia Bettendorf
FE Cal-Nevada 08/24/2016
David York FE Great Plains 07/01/2017 50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of
years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.)
a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Jennifer Arfmann FE 07/01/2016 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO David Barton FE 07/01/2016 Meeker UMC, Meeker, CO Scott Daniels FE 07/01/2013 First UMC, Boulder, CO Jennifer Hare FE 07/01/2015 First UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Amos Kariuki FE 07/01/2016 Crawford UMC, Crawford, CO Carol Lillie FE 07/01/2015 First UMC, Longmont, CO Ann McClellan FD 01/01/2016 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Khan McClellan FE 07/01/2016 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Will Morris FE 07/01/2017 Cortez UMC, Cortez, CO Siaosi Prescott FE 07/01/2016 Home UMC, Rye, CO Rhonda York FD 07/01/2014 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO
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(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
Mary Ann Dimand FE 01/01/2011 Arvada UMC, Arvada, CO (3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
Jessica Boyce FE 07/01/2015 Meeker UMC, Meeker, CO Betty Nguyen FE 07/01/2017 TBD Jennifer Winterfeld FD 07/01/2017 TBD
(4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
(5) Transitional (¶353.2c)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
Lynne Butler FE 07/01/2017 Christ Church, UMC b) Involuntary (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Charge Conference
Gary Dale Blackmon FE 04/01/2002 Deceased as of 8/8/2017 Laurie A. Bruce FE 07/01/2015 Sequoyah UMC, Fayetteville, AR
(without benefits) David Burnett FE 08/01/2002 Faith UMC, Sterling, CO Handi Jo Dolloff-Holt FE 08/01/2012 Christ UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Debra Edwards FE 06/01/2014 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Felicia George FE 07/01/2017 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Brian Riecke FE 07/01/2013 First UMC, Loveland, CO
53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between
conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) Deacons
a) This year? Name Date Effective Jean Bruscia 07/01/2017 Robert Coulson 07/01/2017 Gerald Hurst 07/01/2017
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Deborah Lawrence 07/01/2017 Linda Marshall 07/01/2017 Douglas McKinney 07/01/2017
b) Previously?
Name Date Effective
Elders
c) This year? Name Date Effective Patrick Bruns 03/01/2017 Barbara Johns-Schleicher 07/01/2017 Samuel Leonard 07/01/2017 James Luallen 04/01/2017 Kay Palmer Marsh 07/01/2017 Linda Pelletier 07/01/2017 Maggie Roe 07/01/2017 Glenda Ulmer 07/01/2017
d) Previously?
Name Date Effective
54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between
conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3)
a) This year? Name Date Effective Donald Ford 10/01/2016 DeEtta Goettel 07/01/2017
b) Previously?
Name Date Effective
55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)?
Name Date Effective
56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year?
Name Date Effective Carol Loftin 09/01/2016
b) Previously?
Name Date Effective David Christensen 07/01/2015 M. Louise Cordova 07/01/2010 Darrell D. Dennis 07/01/2009 William R. Gamble 07/01/2013 Gale Graves 07/01/2006 Roger Haney 07/01/2016 Arlan E. Johnsen 07/01/2008 Douglas G. Lathrop 07/01/2009
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Lesley Matschke 07/01/2016 Lora Payne 07/01/2010 Nancy Peacock 07/01/2015 Robert I. Pinney 03/01/1999 Rhonda Plinske 07/01/2015 Harold Eugene Sharp 07/01/2014 Charlene A. Smythe 07/01/2008 Jerilyn Soens 07/01/2016 Joseph Spencer 07/01/2010 Stanton P. Steuri 05/31/1999 Beverly J. Webb 07/01/2010
57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference: a) By appointment category and conference relationship? (NOTES:
(1) Where applicable, the question numbers on this report form corresponding to each category have been placed in parenthesis following the category title. Where these question numbers appear, the number reported in that category should agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions.
(2) For the three categories of Appointments to Extension Ministries, report as follows: ¶344.1a, c): the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist connectional
structures, including district superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency. ¶344.1b): the number of clergy members appointed to extension ministries, under endorsement by
the Division of Chaplains and Related Ministries of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
¶344.1d): the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference.
Note: Report those in extension ministry in one category only. See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories.) Note: Those approved to serve as a local pastor, but not currently under appointment, are not counted as
clergy members of the conference.
Categories
Deacons in Full Connection
Elders in Full Connection
Provisional Deacons
Provisional Elders
Associate Members & Affiliate Members With Vote
Full–time Local Pastors
Part–time Local Pastors
Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74)
10 109 2 19 3 18 44
Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b)
21 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
3 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to xxxxx xxxxx
18 xxxxx xxxxx
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Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a)
xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
5 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
16 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
2
Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79)
1 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49)
2 16 1 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2)
2 10 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Family Leave (50a3, a4)
1 2 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Sabbatical Leave (51)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Medical Leave (52)
7
On Transitional Leave (50a5)
1 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Retired (53, 54, 55)
28 256 4 xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Total Number, Clergy Members
64 441 5 19 8 20 44
Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members
601
Clergy Demographics
Categories
Deacons in Full
Connection
Elders in Full
Connection
Provisional Deacons
Provisional Elders
Associate Members
& Affiliate
Members with Vote
Full–time Local
Pastors
Part–time Local
Pastors M
ale Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Asian 1 12 7 2 1 2
Black 13 3 2 1
Hispanic
3 2 1 1 2 1
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Native American
1 1
Pacific Islander
2 4 1
White 14 49 260
138 2 3 5 8 5 3 13 6 16 16
Multi-Racial
Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members*
15 49 291
150 2 3 7 12 5 3 13 7 26 18
601
PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Ann Kessler Laity Youth Ministry Janita McGregor Laity Children’s Ministry
59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those
certified this year.) Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Nani E. Arning FD Christian Education Jill Ashe FD Youth David Barton FE Camp/Retreat Ministry Steve Burnett RE Christian Education E. Marie Gasau RE Music Steven Harter FD Music Kristi Hornick FD Prison Ministry Gerald Hurst RD Christian Education P. Lynn Hurst FD Music Youngsook Kang FE Life Coach Robert Kaylor FE Youth Cindy Klick Laity Youth Betty Kniss FD Christian Education Linda Marshall RD Christian Education, Music Douglas McKinney RD Christian Education Mike Ratliff FD Christian Education, Youth Kathie Walker Laity/Certified Candidate Christian Education
60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Sending Conference
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61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Receiving Conference
62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry
PART IV CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶(¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district)
Name District Ingrid DeRuiter Metro Monte Voss Metro Carl Zinge Metro Gudiva “Twinkle” Gordon Mile High/Pikes Peak Amy McComb Peaks & Plains Willa Lewis Peaks & Plains Monte Savage Peaks & Plains Norma Farmer Trinity Corry Higbee Trinity Joyce Hudiburgh Trinity Wil Mieklejohn Trinity Mike Spahr Trinity Rose Vest Trinity Anna Adams UTWCO Roberta Botkin UTWCO Deborah Hoffman UTWCO David Pascoe UTWCO Lucille Peterson UTWCO Roger Smith UTWCO Charles Lee Sucher Wyoming Tracy Sutherland Wyoming
PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 64-71 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)?
Name Previous Annual Conference Date
65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?
Name Previous Annual Conference Date
66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action
(¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3) Name Date Effective
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67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
b) Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death Trudy Barlow 07/29/2016
68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical,
or personal leave): (v) Name Type of Leave Date Originally Granted
69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):
Name Date Originally Granted
70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)?
Name Date Originally Granted
71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under
¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year?
Name Date Effective
b) Previously? Name Date Effective
PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) are approved for appointment to less than full-
time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time of service (in one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4):
Name Clergy Status Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service Lauren Chance Boyd PE 07/01/2016 ¾ time Leah Coleman PE 07/01/2017 ½ time Spencer W. Green FE 08/15/2001 ¼ time Linda S. Hoover FE 07/01/2013 ½ time Byoungwk Jeon PE 07/01/2016 ¾ time Sandra Jimenez PE 07/01/2017 ½ time Emily Kintzel PE 07/01/2016 ½ time
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Seon Young Lee FE 07/01/2011 ¾ time Yvonne Lee FE 07/01/2010 ½ time Dan Odell FE 07/01/2015 ½ time Edward R. Rousset FE 07/01/1994 ¾ time Joshua Walker PE 05/01/2014 ½ time
b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-
time service (¶331.7)? Name Clergy Status Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service Lee Anderson-Harris PD 07/01/2015 ¾ time Megan Armstrong FD 07/01/2012 ½ time Stacy Collins FD 07/01/2014 ¾ time Jolain Graf FD 07/01/2014 ¾ time Debra Juarez FD 07/01/2015 ¾ time Mary MacDonald FD 07/01/2012 ¼ time Philip Rogers PD 07/01/2015 ½ time Sarah Steidtmann FD 07/01/2008 ¼ time Charles J. Stephens FD 04/01/2015 ½ time Sallie Suby-Long FD 07/01/2009 ¾ time
73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual
conference, and for what period of time? Name Appointment Start Date End Date Dale Allen Beck First UMC, Boulder 10/26/2016 12/31/2016 Patricia Johnson Hugo/Blue Cliff UMCs 03/01/2017 06/30/2017 Larry Paulson Smoky Hill UMC, Centennial 08/01/2016 06/30/2017 Sharon Robertson Grace UMC, Buena Vista 04/01/2017 06/30/2018 Randy Short Trinity UMC, Loveland 01/01/2017 06/30/2017
74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are
appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include and
identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.)
76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension
ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list) a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Thomas Barlow FE 07/01/2012 Adjunct Faculty, Iliff School of Theology
Heritage UMC, Littleton
Meghan Feldmeyer Benson
FE 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Duke Divinity School Calvary UMC, Colorado Springs
Brian Diggs FE 07/01/2009 United Methodist Committee on Relief
First UMC, Salt Lake City
Margaret Gillikin FE 07/01/2014 District Superintendent, Trinity District
Jim Gulley RE 04/01/2011 General Board of Global Ministries Broomfield UMC
Jeanne Hoeft FE 07/01/2001 Associate Professor, St. Paul School of Theology
Arvada UMC
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Youngsook Charlene Kang
FE 07/01/2012 Director of Mission and Ministry, RMC
Catherine Kelsey FE 01/01/2006 Dean of the Chapel, Iliff School of Theology
University Park UMC, Denver
Paul Kottke FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Metro District
Ann Lantz FE 01/01/2016 Executive Director, Ecumenical Social Ministries
First UMC, Colorado Springs
Jeffrey Howard Mahan FE 07/01/2000 Professor, Iliff School of Theology Christ Church UM, Denver
Joretta L. Marshall FE 07/01/2007 Professor of Pastoral Care, TCU, Brite Divinity School
University Park UMC, Denver
Jeff Rainwater FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Wyoming District
Jay Rundell FE 07/01/2006 President, Methodist Theological School
Park Hill UMC, Denver
Amy Rebecca Stapleton FE 07/01/2011 General Commission on Religion and Race
Lakewood UMC
Walter L. Strickland FE 07/01/2012 District Superintendent, Peaks and Plains District
Tezenlo Thong FE 07/01/2017 District Superintendent, Mile High/Pikes Peak District
Marvin Vose RE 07/01/2016 District Superintendent, Utah/Western Colorado District
b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Elizabeth Gwynne May FE 07/20/2015 Spiritual Counselor, Halcyon Hospice & Palliative Care
Smoky Hill UMC, Centennial
Young Hui McDonald FE 04/02/2006 Chaplain, Adams County Detention Facility
Park Hill UMC, Denver
Maggie Roe RE 03/17/2016 Chaplain, Covenant Care at Home Arvada UMC Susan Warren FE 01/22/2015 Chaplain, PeopleFirst Hospice of
Denver Niwot UMC
Lola West FE 10/18/2004 Chaplain, Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo
Sunrise UMC, Pueblo
c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Thomas Barlow FE 07/01/2012 Barlow Consulting Heritage UMC, Littleton
Virginia Bettendorf FE 08/24/2016 Intentional Interim, United Christian Parish, Lakeport, California
First UMC, Aurora
Michelle Bowles FL 09/01/2016 PowerBack Rehabilitation of Lakewood
Phillips UMC, Lakewood
Susan Crow FE 06/01/2010 Executive Director, Workshops, Inc.
Christ Church UM, Denver
McNair Ezzard FE 07/01/2016 Executive Director, All Souls Counseling Center
Applewood Valley UMC, Golden
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James Grunden FE 07/01/2015 Pastor, Southminster United Church of Canada
Center UMC
Mariah Hayden FE 04/01/2017 Interim Minister, Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Grant Ave. UMC, Denver
Elizabeth Jackson FE 07/01/2015 Executive Director, In the World Highlands UMC, Denver
Gichul James Kim FE 07/01/2016 Professor, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, South Korea
Asbury Korean UMC, Centennial
Elias L. Martinez FE 07/01/2001 Asst. Professor of Bilingual Ed, Texas A&M University
Rebecca McFee FE 07/01/2015 Columbine Health Systems & Colorado State University
Christ UMC, Ft. Collins
Valerie Oden FE 07/01/2017 Riverbed United Church of Canada Arvada UMC Jin Tae Park FE 04/01/2010 Chaplain, Dongseo Education
Facility, South Korea Christ Central UMC, Aurora
Trevor Potter FE 07/01/2009 Pastor, McKillop United Church of Canada
Trinity UMC, Loveland
Brian Rossbert FE 07/01/2016 Communications Director, Mile High Ministries
Trinity UMC, Denver
Blaine Scott FE 07/01/2015 The Sanctuary at Steadfast Steeds First UMC, Grand Junction
Rebekah Simon-Peter FE 01/01/2007 President, Rebekah Simon-Peter Coaching and Consulting
First UMC, Casper
James Ward FL 08/01/2014 Eaton Senior Communities Grant Avenue UMC, Denver
77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?
Lydia Buttner FD 05/01/2015 Chaplain, Branches of Hope, LLC
Trinity UMC, Denver
Anne Davidson-Mundt FD 07/01/2016 Journey with Grace, LLC Hope UMC, Greenwood Village
George Dunn RD 0/01/2015 Chaplain, St. Joseph Hospital
St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch
Elizabeth Phelan FD 07/01/2012 Chaplain, St. Anthony’s Hospital
Trinity UMC, Denver
Carol Forbes PD 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Life Care Center of Longmont
Mountain View UMC, Boulder
Sue Harmon FD 07/01/2013 Chaplain, Poudre Valley Hospital
First UMC, Ft. Collins
Jeff Hirota FD 01/01/2017 Community Foundation of Boulder
Highlands UMC, Denver
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Kristi Hornick FD 07/01/2017 Reentry Initiative First UMC, Loveland
Schawn Kellog FD 07/01/2013 Sky Ridge Medical Center St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch
Dale Lee FD 07/01/2009 Chaplain, Valley Hope University Park UMC, Denver
Dorthy Mann FD 07/01/2011 Psych/Social Support Counselor, Porter Adventist Hospital
St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch
Kaitlin McMichael PD 07/01/2017 Suncrest Hospice First UMC, Ft. Collins
Laura Rossbert FD 04/01/2015 Program Assistant, Delores Project
Trinity UMC, Denver
Sandy Stewart FD 03/01/2003 Outreach Coordinator, OUR Center (Outreach United Resource Center)
Longs Peak UMC, Longmont
b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The
United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? Name Clergy
Status Date Effective Extension Ministry
Assignment Charge Conference
Lynn Hurst FD 07/01/2005 Minister of Music, Broadmoor Community Church
First UMC, Colorado Springs
Joe Iovino FD 11/01/2014 General Commission on Communications/United Methodist Communications
Tri-Lakes UMC, Monument
Debra Juarez FD 07/01/2016 Wesley Foundation, University of Wyoming
First UMC, Laramie
Daniel Klawitter FD 01/01/2015 Iliff School of Theology Grant Avenue UMC, Denver
Mike Ratliff FD 04/01/2007 Associate General Secretary, General Board of Discipleship
St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch
Elizabeth Richardson FD 07/01/2010 Director of Prayer and Upper Room Worship Life, Upper Room Ministries
First UMC, Boulder
78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend
school.) Name Clergy Status School Todd Everhart FE Clinical Pastoral Education Residency, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital
79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) 80. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.5),
corrections or additions to matters reported in the "Business of the Annual Conference" form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.)
K. Teena Racheli – mistakenly listed as Voluntary Leave of Absence from 2011-2016, should have been listed as appointed in another annual conference.
81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? June 7-10, 2018 Ogden, UT
