wfn.org | Directors elected to new foundation board

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June 11, 1999	News media contact: Thomas S.
McAnally*(615)742-5470*Nashville, Tenn.    10-71B{327}

By United Methodist News Service

A new foundation for the United Methodist Church, created by the General
Council on Finance and Administration last fall, has its first board of
directors.

Search for a new staff executive will begin following an organizational
meeting of the board in July.

Members of the new board are: Pacifico Aniag, Malolos,  Bulacan,
Philippines; Jan Berentsen, Montrose, Calif.; the Rev. Aaron Black, Lincoln,
Neb.; Phyllis Bowers, Harrisburg, Pa.; the Rev. Paul Butler, Temple Terrace,
Fla.; the Rev. Jimmy Caraway, Baton Rouge, La.; the Rev. John Crooch,
Oklahoma City (appointed by the National Association of United Methodist
Foundations); Cashar Evans, Kitty Hawk, N.C.; Neil Harper, Belmont, Mass.;
Sandra Kelley Lackore, Evanston, Ill. (ex-officio); Thomas R. Locke, Austin,
Texas; Bishop Richard Looney, Macon, Ga., (ex-officio); the Rev. Eugene
Matthews, Washington; Sam Paddock, Beloit, Wis.;  Trudie Kibbe Reed, Little
Rock, Ark.; Sam Smith, Charlotte, N.C.; Tetsu Tanimoto, Los Angeles; and the
Rev. Francine Taylor-Thirus, Chicago.

The foundation will solicit gifts and contributions from individuals,
foundations, corporations and others to support the denomination's general
funds and other United Methodist organizations.

For more information, contact David Ullrich, General Council on Finance and
Administration, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201.  Phone (847) 869-3345.

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