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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

November 18, 1998

COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES ON ELCA BOARDS, COMMITTEES
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA) filled a number of vacancies on boards and
committees when it met here Nov. 13-16.  It also named the members of two
committees to serve the ELCA Churchwide Assembly August 16-22, 1999, in
Denver.
     The council is the ELCA's board of directors and serves as the
legislative authority of the church between churchwide assemblies, which
are held every other year.

DIVISION FOR GLOBAL MISSION, BOARD
     Terfassa Yadessa, St. Paul, Minn., was elected to complete the term
(until 1999) left by the resignation of Mark L. Monono, Omaha, Neb.

PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE ELCA, BOARD
     Fred J. Korge, Houston, was elected to complete the term (until
2001) left by the resignation of Dr. Jonathan C. Messerli, Kutztown, Pa.

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNICATION, ADVISORY COMMITTEE
     Mary Butler, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., was elected to complete the term
(until 2001) left by the death of Gloria L. Jensen, Fargo, N.D.

COMMITTEE ON HEARING OFFICERS
     Bradford E. Cook, Manchester, N.H., was elected to complete the term
(until 2001) left by the death of Arnold R. Mickelson, Minneapolis.
     The Rev. J. Philip Wahl, Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., was elected to
complete the term (until 2001) left by the resignation of the Rev. Philip
L. Wahlberg, Austin, Texas

COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, STEERING COMMITTEE
     Agnes McClain, Los Angeles, was elected to complete the term (until
2001) left by the resignation of Margaret A. Messick, Zanesville, Ohio.

COMMISSION FOR MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES, STEERING COMMITTEE
     The Rev. Corazon G. Aguilar, San Leandro, Calif., was named to
complete the term (until 1999) left by the resignation of the Rev.
Margrethe S. Kleiber, San Diego
     Grace G. El-Yateem, Brooklyn, N.Y., was named to complete the term
(until 2001) left by the resignation of Randa Saleh, Northridge, Calif.
     The Rev. Michele L. Robinson, Chicago, was named to complete the
term (until 1999) left by the resignation of the Rev. Gwendolyn Johnson-Bond, Philadelphia.

1999 CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY
MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
     Co-chairs --
Carlos Peņa, Galveston, Texas
Beverly A. Peterson, Billings, Mont.
     Other members --
The Rev. Martha Clementson, Pittsburgh
The Rev. Gary Danielson, Bemidji, Minn.
Patricia Davenport, Philadelphia
H. D. Fry Jr., Hickory, N.C.
D. Mark Klever, Dayton, Iowa
Christopher Mehling, Covington, Ky.
The Rev. Philip L. Natwick, Granada Hills, Calif.
Bishop Glenn Nycklemoe, Rochester, Minn.
Judy Wagner St. Pierre, Newport News, Va.
Mary Jane Schieve, Janesville, Wis.
Bishop Howard Wennes, Phoenix

1999 CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AND COUNCIL
     Co-chairs --
Linda J. Brown, Moorhead, Minn.
The Rev. Franklin D. Fry, Summit, N.J.
     Other members --
Karen Dietz, Danbury, Wis.
Bishop Guy S. Edmiston, Harrisburg, Pa.
Fernando Guzman, El Paso, Texas
Donna Haack, Pomeroy, Iowa
Donald G. Hayes, Hickory, N.C.
Mark Helmke, San Antonio, Texas
Bishop Mark R. Ramseth, Billings, Mont.
Dale V. Sandstrom, Bismarck N.D.
The Rev. Karen L. Soli, Virginia, Minn.
The Rev. Walter F. Taylor Jr., Columbus, Ohio
Lily R. Wu, New York
Rebecca Yuille, Cranberry Township, Pa.

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