Title: ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Committee, Board Members ELCA NEWS SERVICE
August 15, 2007
ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Committee, Board Members 07-CWA-055-LL*
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Voting members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 2007 Churchwide Assembly elected leaders Aug. 10 to serve on the ELCA Church Council, and churchwide committees and boards.
The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, met here Aug. 6-11 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. About 2,000 people participated, including 1,069 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly is "Living in God's Amazing Grace: Thanks be to God!"
The ELCA Nominating Committee prepared a slate of nominees. Most of those elected will serve six-year terms on ELCA boards, committees and the Church Council. The election results are:
ELCA Church Council: The Rev. David W. Peters, Billings, Mont. The Rev. Jose Pablo Obregon, Willmar, Minn. The Rev. Rachel L. Connelly, Wilmington, N.C. The Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan. Deborah L. Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore. Rebecca Jo "Becky" Brakke, Dallas Karin Lynn Graddy, DeKalb, Ill. Mark E. Johnson, Seattle Mark W. Myers, Las Vegas John S. Munday, Isanti, Minn. John R. Emery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Program Committee, ELCA Evangelical Outreach and
Congregational Mission: The Rev. Marda-Ruth F. Roberts, Hemet, Calif. Judith H. "Judy" Smith, Stafford, Va. David A. Dearhamer, Tulsa, Okla. The Rev. William O. "Will" Voss, Scottsbluff, Neb. Deborah Covin Wilson, Decatur, Ga.
Program Committee, ELCA Global Mission: The Rev. Paula M. Stecker, York, Pa. Henry T. Tkachuk, Moorhead, Minn. George T. "G.T." Johnson, Xenia, Ohio The Rev. Dennis M. Maurer, Findlay, Ohio Terry E. Cole, Albuquerque, N.M.
Program Committee, ELCA Vocation and Education: The Rev. Donald C. "Don" Jukam, Poulsbo, Wash. Carolyn J. Butts, Evansville, Wis. Robert N. Corley III, Tuskegee, Ala. The Rev. Megan J. Jones, Atlanta Robert S. Schroeder, Overland Park, Kan.
Program Committee, ELCA Church in Society: The Rev. Erbey Gonzalez, Tomball, Texas Julia H. Accola, Rochester, Minn. Sheila Welch, Stafford Springs, Conn. The Rev. Anna K. Terman-White, Omaha, Neb. Kevin V. Lotz, New York
Program Committee, ELCA Multicultural Ministries: The Rev. Rani R. Abdulmasih, Dearborn, Mich. The Rev. Jackie D. Russell, Oaks, Okla. Angela R. Miller, Chicago Fumei Liang, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Board of Trustees, Augsburg Fortress, Publishing House
of the ELCA: The Rev. Scott J. Suskovic, Charlotte, N.C. The Rev. Beth Marie Halvorsen, The Woodlands, Texas Mary L. Butler, Durango, Colo. Linda J. Brown, Moorhead, Minn. Richard Parker Klau, Naperville, Ill.
Board of Trustees, ELCA Board of Pensions: Kelly LuAnne Birch, Arlington Heights, Ill. Ruby M. Joy, Jamaica, N.Y. Greg Smith, Freeport, Bahamas Michael J. McCoy, Fort Myers, Fla. Roger A. Sayler, New Canaan, Conn.
Board of Trustees, ELCA Mission Investment Fund: Barbara A. Swartling, Bainbridge Island, Wash. Harold C. Mueller, Chesterfield, Mo. Robert A. Sandoval, Albuquerque, N.M.
ELCA Nominating Committee: The Rev. Jonathan L. Eilert, Loveland, Ohio The Rev. Loren D. Mai, Hutchinson, Kan. Gwen E. Arneson, Cottonwood, Minn. Linda N. Lovell, Ellicott City, Md. James M. Hushagen, Edgewood, Wash. Jeremy D. Posadas, New York
ELCA Committee on Discipline: The Rev. Kenneth M. Ruppar, Richmond,Va. The Rev. Lee J. Griess, Omaha, Neb. The Rev. Mary W. Anderson, Columbia, S.C. The Rev. Nancy J. Goede, Oak Lawn, Ill. The Rev. Lawrence J. Clark, Atlanta Faith Ashton, Chapel Hill, N.C. Gayle Gordon Bouzard, Wimberly, Texas Meghan E. Smith, Chicago Yvonne A. Wells, St. John, Virgin Islands Larry D. Moeller, Sacramento, Calif. Mark A. Betley, Utica, N.Y. Alan W. Chen, Forest Hills, N.Y. The Rev. A. Donald Main, Sunbury, Pa. The Rev. Leah K. Schafer, Reston, Va. Rebecca J. Poppe, Fremont, Neb. Gary A. Dahlke, Spokane, Wash.
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Information about the 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly is at http://www.ELCA.org/assembly/ on the Web.
* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.
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