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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

July 13, 1996

WOMEN OF THE ELCA ELECTS OFFICERS
96-WO-12-LC

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Mary G. Seale was elected vice president, Donna
L. Haack secretary, and Nancy A. Hoffman treasurer of the Women of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America July 12 at the organization's
Third Triennial Convention.  The convention meets here July 11-14
under the theme, "Proclaim God's Peace."
     Seale, Roosevelt, N.Y., is president of the Metro New York
Synodical Women's Organization and serves on the board of directors of
Our Sister's Place.
     On the first ballot Seale was the fifth highest vote-getter with
eight votes.  Merle Frieji, Mayville, N.D., received the most votes on
that ballot with 167.  Others on that ballot were: Faith A. Ashton,
Chapel Hill, N.C.; Georganne Robertson, Olympia, Wash.; and Jan Zook,
Bowbells, N.D.  On the fourth ballot Seale received 300 votes to
Frieji's 164.
     Haack, Pomeroy, Iowa, was elected secretary on the third ballot
with 286 votes.  Dolores R. Posey, Hollister, Calif., had 181 votes.
Haack, nominated from the floor, is secretary of the Northern Illinois
Synod Women's Organization.
     Hoffman, Lancaster, Ohio, was elected Women of the ELCA treasurer
on the second ballot with 270 votes to LaVaun Danielson's 207 votes.
Danielson, who was nominated from the floor, is from Franklin, Minn.
Hoffman is treasurer of Southern Ohio Synod Women's Organization.
     On July 11 the convention elected Sharroll A. Bernahl, Fort
Morgan, Colo., president.  Seventeen of 21 members of the 1996-99
Executive Board will be elected July 13.

     For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service,
(312)
     380-2958; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia
     Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956