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CONFERENCE CENTER DIRECTORY
Telephone: (515) 283-1996
Office Location: 500 E. Court Ave. Suite C, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2019
Bishop’s FAX: (515) 283-8672
Conference Center FAX: (515) 288-1906
Council on Ministries FAX: 515-283-0836
Website: www.iaumc.org
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Diane Brockmeyer, Bishop’s Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Assistant to the Bishop, Darline D. Balm-Demmel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deb Harper, Executive Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Communications Services and Resources, Kristin Knudson Harris, Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cindy Feldman, Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cathie Jensen, Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Des Moines District Superintendent, David B. Stout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Kathryn & Leroy Moore, Administrative Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Administrative Services, Charles W. Smith, Director/Treasurer/Statistician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cynthia Davis, Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Barbara Higgins, Receptionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Russell Hinshaw, Assistant Treasurer/Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Margaret Biggs, Senior Staff Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Kristina Merfeld, Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Betty Palmer, Benefits Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Roland Minshall, Computer Systems Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Brady Yeoman, Systems Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Jill Stanton, Data Manager/Journal Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Doug Summy, Central Services Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Johneen Carr, Data Entry/Printer/Mail Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Camps Campaign Office, Patty Harner, Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Iowa United Methodist Foundation, David P. Harner, Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Melinda Stevens, Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Jill Krunnfusz, Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Connectional Ministries Council, Twila Glenn, Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Karla Haynes, Executive Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sheryl Deskin, Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Phil Carver, Connectional Minister - Muscatine/Ottumwa Districts
Ric Olson, Connectional Minister - Sioux City/Spencer Districts
Kristin Clark, Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Inez Dawes, Connectional Minister - Council Bluffs/Creston Districts
Jill Sanders, Connectional Minister - Cedar Rapids/Dubuque Districts
Dee Dee Sobotka, Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Anne Bacon, Connectional Minister, Mason City/Waterloo Districts
Martha Hill DiSilvestro, Connectional Minister - Des Moines/Fort Dodge
Eric Guy, Director, Conference Youth & Young Adult Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ron Zumwalt, Camps Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dick Faris, Director, Camp, Conference & Retreat Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Conference Advocate, Lana Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kristin Clark, Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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THE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
2003
Iowa Annual Conference
JOURNAL
and
OFFICIAL RECORD
One Hundred Sixtieth Session
Held at
IOWA STATE CENTER
Ames, Iowa
June 12-15, 2003
Theme of Annual Conference
2003
Journey With Jesus - Transform the World
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Iowa Annual Conference
is to develop leaders who proclaim the gospel
and transform the world. . .so that every
Iowa United Methodist congregation and
faith community can fulfill its mission through
its primary task of making disciples.
BISHOP GREGORY V. PALMER
Resident Bishop, Iowa Area
Darline D. Balm-Demmel
Assistant to the Bishop
Charles W. Smith
Director of Administrative
Services/Treasurer/Statistician
Twila M. Glenn, Director
Conference Connectional
Ministries Council
Kristin Knudson Harris
Director, Communication
Services and Resources
Lana Ross
Conference Advocate
Susan C. Ney
Conference Secretary
Special Service of Repentance and Reconciliation
Bishop Palmer and Bishop Reddick
Worship Leaders: Celestyne DeVance, Denny Coon,
and Adam Webb
St. Paul AME Praise Dancers
Celebrating John Wesley’s
300th Birthday
John Wesley (Tom Albin)
Readings from John Wesley and
Birthday cake were shared in celebration
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CREDITS
Secretary of the Iowa Annual Conference
Susan Ney
506 S. Portland St.
Bancroft, IA 50517-8004
Editor, Conference Journal
Jill D. Stanton
500 E. Court Ave. Suite C
Des Moines 50309-2019
SECTION EDITORS
Susan Ney
506 S. Portland St.
Bancroft, IA 50517-8004
Daily Proceedings
Patty King
206 N. Franklin Ave.
Ames, IA 50014
Reports of Conference
Action, Resolutions
Rudy Trusheim
7424 Hickory Lane
Urbandale 50322
Business of the
Annual Conference
Kae Tritle
1501 Sierra Dr. N.E.
Cedar Rapids 52402
Memoirs, Roll of
the Dead, Historical
Record
OTHER CONTRIBUTING PERSONNEL
Diane Brockmeyer
Des Moines 50309
Appointments
Cindy Feldman
Cathie Jensen
Des Moines 50309
Photos
Deb Harper
Des Moines 50309
Laity Members to
Annual Conference
Ted Hatten
PO Box 518
Indianola 50125
Cover Design
Roland Minshall
Des Moines 50309
Computer Advisor
Leroy Moore
Des Moines 50309
Rules of Order,
Standing Items
Barb Oakland
1722 Churchill Dr.
Dubuque 52001
Organizational
Structure, Laity
Directory
Charles Smith
Des Moines 50309
Statistical
Tables
Jill Stanton
Des Moines 50309
Pastoral Record,
Ministerial Rolls,
Information Reports
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
General Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
II.
Board and Agency Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
III.
Iowans with General/Jurisdictional Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
IV.
Organizational Structure (Boards, Commissions, Committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
V.
Information Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
VI.
Roll of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
VII. Memoirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
VIII. Historical Record of Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
IX.
Daily Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
X.
Index of Standing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
XI.
Reports of Conference Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
XII. Plan of Organization/Rules of Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
XIII. Business of the Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
XIV. Alphabetical Listing of Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
XV. Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
XVI. Rolls of Personnel
A. Clergy Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Clergy in Affiliate Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. Clergy on Honorable Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D. Clergy on Administrative Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E. Surviving Spouses of Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F. Laity Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G. Lay Missioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H. Deaconesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. Missionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
J. Diaconal Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
K. Certified Christian Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
L. Non-Certified Christian Education Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M. Ministers of Health/Parish Nurses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N. Laity Members to Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
352
413
413
414
414
419
435
438
438
439
440
442
445
446
XVII. Pastoral Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
XVIII. Diaconal Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
XIX. Statistical Tables I & II, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
I. GENERAL DIRECTORY
Conference Center, 500 E. Court Ave., Suite C., Des Moines, IA 50309-2019
Phone: 515-283-1991
(Note: For email addresses check the Conference website at iaumc.org
or send an email to: addresslist@iaumc.org)
A. Episcopal Office:
1. Resident Bishop
Gregory V. Palmer
Diane Brockmeyer, Bishop’s Secretary
2. Assistant to the Bishop
Deb Harper, Executive Secretary
3. District Superintendents:
Cedar Rapids District: Barrie M. Tritle
1035 3rd Ave. S.E, Ste. 111, Cedar Rapids 52403-2463
, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 515-283-1991
FAX: 515-283-8672
Phone: 515-283-1991
FAX: 515-283-8672
Phone: 319-365-6273
FAX: 319-365-5310
Council Bluffs District: Richard L. Sebeniecher
101 E. Graham Ave. Suite 2, Council Bluffs 51503-6601
L. Dianne Richardson, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 712-322-1238
FAX: 712-322-4904
Creston District: Melvin W. Ammon
113 Montgomery, PO Box 582, Creston 50801-0582
Amanda Woods, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 641-782-4281
FAX: 641-782-5207
Des Moines District: David B. Stout
500 E. Court Ave., Suite C, Des Moines 50309-2019
Leroy & Kathryn Moore, Administrative Secretaries
Phone: 515-283-1991
FAX: 515-283-1906
Dubuque District: Ronald E. Kramer
2728 Asbury Rd. Ste. 515, Dubuque 52001-2971
Diane Eddy, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 563-556-4286
FAX: 563-556-7816
Fort Dodge District: Gary L. Armstrong
728 1st Ave. N., Fort Dodge 50501-3820
Mary Jo Wagner, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 515-576-2444
FAX: 515-576-1399
Mason City District: Emmanuel A. Tabelisma
5 N. Federal Ave. Suite 105, Mason City 50401-3257
Susan Frescaz, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 641-423-5911
FAX: 641-424-5603
Muscatine District: Judith Miller
216 Sycamore St., Suite 508, Muscatine 52761-3809
Carolyn Lemaster, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 563-264-6836
FAX: 563-264-6838
Ottumwa District: Charles B. Kellogg
227 W. 4th Suite 1-D, Ottumwa 52501-2544
Barbara Kiple, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 641-682-9655
FAX: 641-682-7455
IOWA CONFERENCE - 2003
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Sioux City District: James F. Hanke, Jr.
Olsen Student Center Box 548,
3609 Peters Ave., Sioux City 51106-1756
Beth Bubb, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 712-274-5402
FAX: 712-274-5422
Spencer District: Marcia F. Sangel
1012 W. 11th St., Spencer 51301-3146
Judi Calhoon, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 712-262-6269
FAX: 712-262-9843
Waterloo District: Deborah L. Kiesey
614 Randolph, Waterloo 50702-1591
Janet Condon, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 319-234-0077
FAX: 319-235-4391
Dean of the Cabinet: David B. Stout
Secretary of the Cabinet: Chuck Kellogg
4. Conference Communication Services and Resources
Kristin Knudson Harris, Director
Cindy Feldman, Communications Manager
Cathie Jensen, Administrative Secretary
B. Administrative Services/Conference Treasurer’s Office
Charles W. Smith, Director, Administrative Services/Treasurer/Statistician
Cynthia Davis, Administrative Secretary
Russell Hinshaw, Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Roland Minshall, Computer Systems Manager
Brady Yeoman, Systems Technician
Margaret Biggs, Senior Staff Accountant
Kristina Merfeld, Accounts Payable
Betty Palmer, Benefits Secretary
Jill Stanton, Data Manager/Journal Editor
Doug Summy, Director, Central Services
Johneen Carr, Data Entry/Printer/Mail Clerk
Barbara Higgins, Receptionist
FAX: 515-288-1906
C. Connectional Ministries Council
1. Connectional Ministries Director
Twila Glenn
Karla Haynes, Executive Secretary
FAX: 515-283-0836
2. Connectional Ministers:
Anne Bacon, Connectional Minister - Mason City/Waterloo Districts
411 W. Church St., Marshalltown 50158-2742 Phone: 641-753-6141
Martha Hill DiSilvestro, Connectional Minister - Des Moines/Fort Dodge Districts
2409 Maple St., West Des Moines, IA 50265
Ofc. Phone: 515-267-0083
Eric P. Guy, Director, Conference Youth and Young Adult Ministries
500 E. Court Ave. Suite C., Des Moines 50309-2019
Dee Dee Sobotka, Administrative Secretary
Phil Carver, Connectional Minister - Muscatine/Ottumwa Districts
2274 Holiday Rd., Coralville 52241
Ofc. Phone/FAX: 319-339-9917
Ric Olson, Connectional Minister - Sioux City/Spencer Districts
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
711 8th Ave N., Fort Dodge 50501-2611 Phone: 515-576-4679
Sheryl Deskin, Administrative Secretary
Inez Dawes, Connectional Minister - Council Bluffs/Creston Districts
2443 Quail Ridge Ave., Saint Charles 50240-8523 Phone: 515-462-4550
Jill Sanders, Connectional Minister - Cedar Rapids/Dubuque Districts
4520 Navajo Dr. N.E., Cedar Rapids 52402-3047 Phone: 319-393-8332
Kristin Clark, Administrative Secretary
Richard Faris, Director, Camp, Conference, and Retreat Ministries
Ron Zumwalt, Camps Registrar
D. Iowa United Methodist Foundation
David P. Harner, Director
Melinda Stevens, Administrative Assistant
Jill Krunnfusz, Accountant
FAX: 515-283-0836
E. Camps Campaign Office
Patty Harner, Administrative Assistant
Robert G. Mann, Development Officer
Ken Royar, Development Officer
Russ Wilson, Development Officer
FAX: 515-283-0836
Phone: 515-283-1996 ext. 109
F. Legislative Advocate, Iowa Annual Conference
Lana Ross, Conference Advocate
Kristin A. Clark, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 515-283-1996 ext. 111
FAX: 515-283-0836
G. Pastoral Care and Counseling Center, 1420 Woodland, Des Moines 50309
Mary Fraser, Director
Phone: 515-244-2994
Ann Melton, Secretary
H. Conference Artist:
Ted Lyddon Hatten, PO Box 518, Indianola 50125
Phone: 515-961-6697
I. Officers of Conference Laity Organizations:
Lay Leader: Dennis Bell, 1016 Ridge Rd., Denison 51442
Phone: 712-263-2384
President UMW: Virginia Schoeneman, 1822 Bel Air Dr., Ames 50010 Ph: 515-233-1758
President UMM: Shawn Lange, 708 W. Montgomery, Creston 50801 Ph: 641-782-2469
J. Ministry Centers (Campsites):
Aldersgate: 2910 Aldersgate Dr., Villisca 50864
Phone: (camp) 712-826-8121 FAX: 712-826-8121
Golden Valley: 1845 Yellowpine Ave., Lockridge 52635
Phone: 319-696-2573 FAX: 319-696-2573
Dawn E. Wright, Executive Director
Lake Okoboji U.M. Camp: 21413 154th Street PL, Spirit Lake 51360
Phone: 712-336-2936
FAX: 712-336-1822
Keith A. Shew, Executive Director
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Pictured Rocks United Methodist Camp: 12004 190th St., Monticello 52310
Phone: 319-465-4194 FAX: 319-465-6022
Steve Kalb, Executive Director
Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center: 10896 Nixon St., Indianola 50125-7226
Phone: 515-961-4523 FAX: 515-961-4162
Nan & Art Allen, Co-Directors
K. Colleges:
Cornell College, 600 1st St. W., Mt. Vernon 52314 Phone: 319-895-4000
Leslie H. Garner, President
Catherine Quehl-Engel, Chaplain and Director of Church Relations
Iowa Wesleyan College, 601 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant 52641 Phone: 319-385-8021
William N. Johnston, President Phone: 319-385-6204
Esther Wonderlich, Archivist (See: N. Special Services for Archives listing)
Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Ave., Sioux City 51106
Phone: 712-274-5100
John C. Reynders, President
Lanette Pollock-Plambeck, Campus Minister/Director of Church Relations
Simpson College, 701 N. C St., Indianola 50125 Phone: 515-961-1611
R. Kevin LaGree, President
Chris Waddle, Chaplain and Director of Church Relations
L. Hospitals
Iowa Methodist, Iowa Lutheran, Blank Children’s Hospital (Central Iowa Health
System), 1200 Pleasant, Des Moines 50309 Phone: 515-241-6212
Eric Crowell, President
Lyle Griener, Director Pastoral Care Services
Iowa Methodist Health Foundation, 1440 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines, 50309
Phone: 515-241-6494
Ivan Lyddon, Director, Resource Development/President
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center/St. Luke's Health System, Inc., 2720 Stone Park
Blvd., Sioux City 51104 Phone: 712-279-3500
Peter Thoreen, President/CEO
Steven H. Pohlman, Manager of Chaplaincy/CPE Supervisor
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital, 1026 A Avenue NE, PO Box 3026, Cedar Rapids 52402
Phone: 319-369-7211
Theodore E. Townsend, President
Nick Longworth, Director of Pastoral Care
M. Retirement Homes:
Friendship Haven, Inc., 420 Kenyon Road, Fort Dodge 50501 Phone: 515-573-6000
Craig Johnsen, President/CEO
Ronald R. Kitterman, Chaplain
Methodist Manor, 1206 W. Fourth St., Storm Lake 50588
Sean J. Williams, M.H.A., Administrator
Bill Johnson , Director of Development
Ph: 712-732-1120
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
The Meth-Wick Community, Inc., 1224-13th Street N.W., Cedar Rapids 52405
Phone: 319-365-9171
Robin Mixdorf, President
Rollin Oswald, Co-Chaplain
Jack Kendall, Co-Chaplain
Wesley Retirement Services, Inc., 5505 NW 88th St. Ste. 400, Johnston 50131
Phone: 515-271-6789
Warren Rippey, President/CEO
Halcyon House, 1015 S. Iowa Ave., Washington 52353 Phone: 319-653-7264
Ann C. Williams, Administrator
Heritage House, 1200 Brookridge Circle, Atlantic 50022 Phone: 712-243-1850
Damon Buskohl, Administrator
Wesley Acres, 3520 Grand Ave., Des Moines 50312 Phone: 515-271-6500
Rick Meyer, Administrator
The Village, 1203 North E St., Indianola 50125
Richard Ruehle, Administrator
Park Centre, 500 First St. N., Newton 50208
John Rau, Administrator
Phone: 515-961-7458
Phone: 515-791-5000
Western Home, 420 E. 11th St., Cedar Falls 50613 Phone: 319-277-2141
Jerry Harris, Executive Director/Administrator
N. Special Services:
Archives, Iowa Conference United Methodist Church, Chadwick Library, Iowa Wesleyan
College, Mt. Pleasant 52641
Esther Wonderlich, Archivist
Phone: 319-385-6321 (afternoons)
Bidwell-Riverside, 1203 Hartford, Des Moines 50315 Phone: 515-244-6251
Robert S. Crandall, Executive Director
Children and Family Urban Ministries, PO Box 41125, Des Moines 50311
Phone: 515-282-3242 or 515-288-4056
Carmen Lampe Zeitler, Director
Church World Service/CROP, 3816 - 36th St., Suite 203, Des Moines, 50310
Phone: 515-274-2224
Russell Melby, Regional Director
Des Moines Area Religious Council, 3816 36th St., Des Moines, 50310
Phone: 515-277-6969
Forrest Harms, Executive Director
D.M. Pastoral Counseling Center, 550 39th St. Suite 100, Des Moines 50312-3529
Ellery H. Duke, Executive Director
Phone: 515-274-4006
Goodwill Industries, 4900 N.E. 22nd, Des Moines 50311 Phone: 515-265-5323
Marlyn McKeen, President
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Hawthorn Hill Ministries, 3001 Grand Ave. Suite A, Des Moines 50312-4206
Phone: 515-283-1911
FAX: 515-283-1214
Alfredo Alvarez, Executive Director
Hillcrest Family Services, 2005 Asbury, PO Box 1160, Dubuque 52001
Phone: 1-877-437-6333
Gary L. Gansemer, LISW, Executive Director/CEO
Jan Stoffel, Director of Development Phone: 563-583-7357
Cathy Allen, Church Relations Coordinator
Hope Ministries - Door of Faith Mission, 6701 SW 9th St., Des Moines 50315-6616
Phone: 515-974-0545
Iowa Religious Media Service, 3816 36th St. Ste. 100, Des Moines, 50310
Phone: 515-277-2920
Sharon E. Strohmaier, Director
Shesler Hall, 1308 Nebraska St., Sioux City 51105 Phone: 712-258-8059
Vera L. Ludwig, Director
United Methodist Ministers' Service Credit Union, 1212 Pleasant St. Ste. 106,
Phone: 515-241-4412 or 1-800-262-3818
website: ummscu.org
email: umminfo@ummscu.org
Mariann Peterson, President/CEO
Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Facility, 3100 W. 4th St.,
Box 1438, Sioux City 51104 Phone: 712-258-4511
Merrill G. Muller, Director of Development
O. Wesley Foundations of Iowa:
Drake University, 2718 University, Des Moines 50311
Medea A. Saunders, Director
Phone: 515-274-3133
Iowa State University, 2622 Lincoln Way, Ames 50010 Phone: 515-292-6936
W Scott Grotewold, Director
Cynthia McCalmont, Associate Director
James B. Shirbroun, Campus Minister/Associate Director
University of Iowa, 120 N. Dubuque, Iowa City 52240 Phone: 319-338-1179
Paul Shultz, Director
Marsha Acord, Associate Director
University of Northern Iowa, 2422 College St., Cedar Falls 50613
Phone: 319-266-4071
David Glenn-Burns, Director/Campus Minister
P. Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa, 3816 36th St. Ste. 202, Des Moines 50310
Phone: 515-255-5905
Sarai Schnucker Beck, Executive Director
Q. Heartland Network for Town and Rural Ministries, PO Box 1405, Columbia, MO 65205
Phone: 573-882-7232
FAX: 573-882-1473
Judith Bortner Heffernan, Executive Director
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
R. Cokesbury Book Store, 3528 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines 50310
Phone: 515-278-1631 FAX: 515-276-7929
Toll free: 1-877-231-1594
Dawn Petersen, Manager
S. Urban Mission Councils
Churches United of the Quad City Area, 630 9th St., Rock Island, Illinois 61201
Ronald Quay, Executive Director
Urban Ministry, Inc., 1621 E. 4th St., Waterloo 50703 Ph: 319-234-0356
Vicki Pospisil, Director
Urban Visions Boys & Girls Club, 1318 10th Ave. S.W., Fort Dodge 50501
Phone: 515-955-1377
Peggy Sells, Interim Director
Community Worker Board of the United Methodist Church
Denny Coon, Chairperson
II. BOARD AND AGENCY CONSULTANTS
A. Cabinet:
Conference Agency Assignments: All Cabinet Members are members of the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council (CCMC) and the Leadership Team. (Numbers in
parentheses are number of years in that assignment)
Melvin Ammon
Board of Trustees (1)
Board of Laity - UMM (1)
Commission on Religions and Race (1)
Gary Armstrong
Board of Church and Society (2)
Board of Ordained Ministry (2)
Communications Advisory Team (2)
Joint Task Force
Jim Hanke
Hispanic Ministries Standing Committee (3)
CCMC Program Review (2)
Board of Global Ministries (2)
Chuck Kellogg
Board of Pensions (3)
Joint Committee on Incapacity (3)
Board Higher Education and Campus Min.(2)
Deb Kiesey
Board of Laity - School for Lay Ministry (1)
CCMC Native American Ministry (3)
Leadership Development Committee (2)
Ron Kramer
Board of Global Ministries (2)
Parish Development Standing Committee (2)
School for Ministry Commission (2)
Judy Miller
Board of Laity - UMW (4)
Committee on Clergy Misconduct (3)
Joint Task Force (1)
Pastoral Care and Counseling (2)
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Marcia Sangel
Board of Camp, Conference & Retreat Min.(2)
Commission on Status and Role of Women (2)
Joint Task Force
Dick Sebeniecher
Board of Discipleship (4)
Commission on Christian Unity and
Interreligious Concerns (2)
Commission on Equitable Compensation (4)
David Stout
Administrative Coordinating Council (1)
Annual Conference Session Planning
Committee (1)
Board of Laity (1)
CCMC Executive Committee (1)
Emmanuel Tabelisma
Council on Finance & Administration (4)
Persons with Disabilities (2)
Ethnic Local Church Concerns Comm. (2)
Barrie Tritle
Board of Laity (2)
BOM Executive Committee (1)
BOM Intentional Interim Ministry (1)
CCMC Executive Committee (3)
Human Resources Committee (1)
B. Conference Staff Assignments:
Episcopal Office:
Bishop Gregory Palmer
Annual Conference Session Planning Comm.
Board of Laity - UMM
Council on Finance and Administration
Conf. Connectional Ministries Council
CCMC Executive Committee
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa (EMI)
Leadership Team
Darline Balm-Demmel
Assistant to the Bishop
Administrative Coordinating Council
Ann. Conf. Session Planning Committee
Board of Ordained Ministry
Board of Ordained Ministry, Exec. Comm.
Committee on Clergy Misconduct
CCMC, Executive Committee
CCMC, Program Review
Joint Task Force
Leadership Development Coordinating Comm.
Nominations Coordinating Committee
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
Leadership Team
School for Ministry Commission
Mary Fraser
Committee on Pastoral Care & Counseling
Committee on Clergy Misconduct
Commission on Religion & Race
Commission on Status & Role of Women
Kristin Knudson Harris
Director, Communication
Services and Resources
Board of Discipleship
Board of Global Ministries, Mission Education
Committee
Commission on Archives and History
Communications Advisory Team
Iowa Religious Media Services
Leadership Team
Resolutions Committee
Cindy Feldman
Communications Manager
CCMC Planning and Research Committee
Board of Global Ministries
Board of Higher Education and Campus Min.
Leadership Team
Administrative Services:
Charles Smith
Director, Administrative Services/
Treasurer/Statistician
Board of Trustees
Board of Pensions
Human Resources Committee
Joint Committee on Incapacity
Joint Task Force
Leadership Team
Rules of Order Committee
Russell Hinshaw
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Commission on Equitable Compensation
CCMC Program Review Committee
Leadership Team
Roland Minshall
Computer Systems Manager
Leadership Team
Margaret Biggs
Senior Staff Accountant
Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Min.
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Jill Stanton
Data Manager/Journal Editor
Conference Connectional Ministries Council:
Twila Glenn
Director of CCMC
Committee
Committee - Iowa Nigeria
Board of Ordained Ministry
Commission on Ministry with Persons with
Disabilities
Committee on Pastoral Care & Counseling
Council on Finance & Administration
Conference Connectional Ministries Council
CCMC Program Review
CCMC Nominating Committee
EMI Unity Commission
Human Resources Committee
Leadership Development Coordinating Comm.
Leadership Team
School for Ministry Commission
Karla Haynes
Executive Secretary of CCMC
Anne Bacon, Associate Director
of Connectional Ministries,
Mason City/Waterloo Districts
Board of Global Ministries, Community
and Institutional Ministries Committee
Board of Global Ministries, Community
and Institutional Ministries Committee Shalom Initiatives
Board of Global Ministries Disaster
Preparedness & Response
Interreligious Concerns
CCMC Native American Committee
Leadership Team
Phil Carver, Associate Director
Muscatine/Ottumwa Districts
Board of Laity
Board of Laity, School for Lay Ministry
Board of Laity, Ingathering
Board of Laity UMM
Board of Laity UMW
Commission on the Status and Role of Women
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
Leadership Team
Inez Dawes, Associate Director
Council Bluffs/Creston Districts
Board of Church and Society
Board of Church and Society, Social Witness
Advocacy Committee
Board of Church and Society, Resolutions
Committee
Board of Global Ministries, Hispanic Ministries
Committee
CCMC Ethnic Local Church Concerns Comm.
Leadership Team
Eric Guy, Associate Director of
Connectional Ministries, Director
of Youth and Young Adult Ministries
Age Level Council
Board of Higher Education & Campus Ministry
BHECM, United Methodist Student Movement
CCMC Program Review
Council on Youth Ministry
CYM Youth Annual Conference Standing
Committee
Leadership Team
Dick Faris, Associate Director of
Connectional Ministries, Director of
Camp, Conference and Retreat
Ministry
Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat
Ministry
Leadership Team
Martha Hill Di Silvestro, Associate
Director of Connectional Ministries,
Des Moines/Ft. Dodge Districts
Committee
Committee - Iowa Nigeria
Commission on Religion and Race
CCMC Program Review
Leadership Team
Ric Olson, Associate Director
Sioux City/Spencer Districts
Board of Global Ministries:
Academy for New Ministry
Parish Development Committee
Parish Development Committee - Percept
CCMC Planning and Research Committee
Leadership Team
Jill Sanders, Associate Director
Cedar Rapids/Dubuque Districts
Board of Discipleship, Academy for
Spiritual Formation
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CCMC Program Review
Interreligious Concerns
Leadership Team
Lana Ross, Legislative Advocate
Board of Church and Society, Resolutions
Board of Church and Society, Social Witness
Advocacy Committee
Board of Church and Society,
Leadership Team
III. IOWANS WITH GENERAL/JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
General
General Council on Ministries - J. Robert Burkhart, Twila Glenn
General Board of Church and Society: Pat Moreland
General Board of Discipleship: Celestyne DeVance
General Board of Global Ministries: Bill Lux
General Board of Education and Ministry: Diane Wasson Ebehart
Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns: Yong Lee
Commission on Religion and Race: Phil Carver
National Council of Churches:
Jurisdictional
Committee on Elections: Ric Olson, Marcia Young
Committee on Episcopacy: Bev Spencer, Ed Kail
Committee on Program and Arrangements: J. Robert Burkhart, Gwenna Appel
Committee on Rules of Order: Jerry Oakland
Commission on Religion and Race: Samuel Subramanian
Jurisdictional Mission Council: Adam Webb, Sungjoon Park, Janet Stephenson
Committee on Investigation: Deb Kiesey
Court of Appeals: Rebecca Carver
Members Elected to the 2004 General and Jurisdictional Conferences
EDITOR’S NOTE: For addresses and phone numbers see “Ministerial Rolls” and “Laity
Directory” this Conference Journal.
General Conference
Clergy:
Deborah L. Kiesey
Barrie M. Tritle
Edward A. Kail
Diane Wasson Eberhart
J. Robert Burkhart
Celestyne C. DeVance
Marvin D. Arnpriester
Laity:
Philip H. Carver
Twila M. Glenn
Adam M. Webb
Inez E. Dawes
Lana Ross
Sue B. Mullins
Kae E. Tritle
Janet E. Stephenson
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
Robert S. Crandall
George A. White
Jessica M. Ireland
Beverly J. Spencer
Jurisdictional Conference
Clergy:
Emmanuel A. Tabelisma
Kathleen R. Moore
Dianne B. Christopher
Jill L. Sanders
Jerry E. Oakland
Gary L. Armstrong
Dennis R. Coon
Wesley S.K. Daniel
Karen Nichols Dungan
Rebecca C. Carver
Laity:
Beverly M. Nolte
Yong S. Lee
Ruth Anne Petrak
Dorothy B. Higdon
James A. Smith
Kristin A. Clark
Sarah K. Stevens
Fred C. Lockard
June P. Goldman
Anna K. Bladel
Reserves:
Richard L. Olson
Leonard M. Eberhart
Marsha A. Acord
Jerald G. Swanberg
David J. Clark
Brian K. Milford
Jan R. Burnett
Thomas L. Carver
Dick F. Speight
Reserves:
Pat B. Moreland
Christian A. Nygaard
Eloise M. Cranke
Richard T. Anderson
Samuel D. Kruse
Lindsay Thompson
Carol A. Needham
Marcia S. Young
Patty J. King
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IV. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2003
EDITOR’S NOTE: Addresses and phone numbers for clergy and laity may be found in the
Rolls Section of this Conference Journal.
S Agencies are designated by (Agency). This refers to conference agencies subject to
limitations of tenure and one-position--per-person.
S The year given in parenthesis following a name indicates the year in which that member
began to serve.
S Underlining a name indicates that person is clergy.
S Regular attendance is a factor for re-election.
S Organizations governing their own terms of office or method of reporting same (e.g. certain
trustees and directors groups) will furnish information in this regard upon inquiry.
B. Administration
Administrative Review Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Annual Conference Administrative Coordinating Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Annual Conference Human Resources Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Board of Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Commission on Equitable Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Committee on the Episcopacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Committee on Ministerial Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Committee on Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Committee on Rules of Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Communications Advisory Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Conference Leadership Development Coordinating Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Conference Resolutions Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Council on Finance and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Joint Committee on Incapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Officers of the Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C. Conference Benevolence Programs
Age Level Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Board of Camps, Conference and Retreat Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Board of Church and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Social Witness Advocacy and Education Ministry Standing Committee . . . . . . . . . . 35
Resolutions Standing Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Board of Discipleship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Board of Global Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Standing Committee on Community and Institutional Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Standing Committee on District Disaster Preparedness & Response Coordinators . 38
Standing Committee on Hispanic Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Standing Committee on Mission Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Standing Committee on Parish Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Board of Laity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Board of Ordained Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Commission on Archives and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Commission on Religion and Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Commission on Status and Role of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Connectional Ministries Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Council on Youth Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YAC Standing Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
32
40
40
D. Conference Lay Organizations
Council on Youth Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa United Methodist Student Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
United Methodist Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
United Methodist Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
44
43
43
E. Organizations Related to the Iowa Annual Conference
Associations and Fellowships:
Chaplains’ Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa Christian Educators Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa United Methodist Secretaries Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa Women in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ministers’ Spouses Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
51
51
51
51
51
Coalitions and Caucuses:
The Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
United Methodists Organized for Renewal and Evangelism (UMORE) . . . . . . . . . 50
United Methodist Rural Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Colleges:
Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa Wesleyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Morningside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saint Paul School of Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
47
47
47
47
Hospitals:
Central Iowa Health System/Central Iowa Hospital Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center and St. Luke’s Health Systems, Inc., S.C. . . . 48
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital, Cedar Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other Groups:
Bidwell-Riverside Community Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hillcrest Family Services, Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Home Recycling Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa Church World Service/CROP Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa School for Ministry Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shesler Hall, Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
United Methodist Ministers’ Service Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
49
49
50
49
50
49
49
49
Other Organizations:
Children and Family Urban Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Churches United of the Quad City Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Des Moines Community Worker Board of the United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . .
Hawthorn Hill Ministries Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iowa United Methodist Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
46
46
46
46
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Urban Ministry Strategy Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Retirement Homes:
Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Methodist Manor, Storm Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Methwick Community, Inc., Cedar Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wesley Retirement Services, Inc., Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Western Home, Cedar Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wesley Foundations:
Drake University, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Iowa State University, Ames
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
University of Iowa, Iowa City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
F. Representation in Ecumenical Bodies
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
G. District Organizations
District Church Location and Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
District Committee on Ordained Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A. TERMINOLOGY
(see Rules of Order - Article II.)
B. ADMINISTRATION
(*Indicates elected by the Annual Conference;
indicates clergy)
1. OFFICERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
RESIDENT BISHOP
Gregory V. Palmer 500 E Court Ave, Suite C, Des Moines 50309-2019
ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP
Darline Balm-Demmel, 500 E Court Ave, Suite C, Des Moines 50309-2019
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS
(refer to page 9 this volume)
CONFERENCE COUNCIL DIRECTOR
Twila Glenn, 500 E Court Ave, Suite C, Des Moines 50309-2019
*SECRETARY
Sue Ney, 506 S. Portland St, Bancroft 50517-8004 515-885-0268
*TREASURER/DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/STATISTICIAN
Dr. Charles Smith, 500 E Court Ave, Suite C, Des Moines 50309
*CHANCELLOR AND LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE CONFERENCE
A. Roger Witke, Whitfield & Eddy 317 6th Avenue, Suite 1200
Des Moines 50309-4100 515-288-6041
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*BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT
Rev. Karen Dearchs, PO Box 128, Renwick 50577-0128 515-824-3359
2. CONSULTANT MEMBERS OF AGENCIES
(see page 15 this volume)
3. ANNUAL CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL
Chair: Bishop Palmer
Conference Council on Ministries: Beverly Spencer, Jerry Miller
Conference Council on Finance & Administration: Don Preston
Conference Board of Trustees: Karen Dearchs, Fred Lockard
Conference Board of Pensions: Jerry Oakland, Dale Messenger
Annual Conference Human Resources Committee: Phil Webb, Jane Moen
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee: Rick Jenkins, Linda Bibb
Rules of Order Committee: Jim Louk
Resolutions Committee: Reallf Ottesen
Conf Nominations Coordinating Committee: Margaret Mackey, Lynn Wyatt
Conf Leadership Development Coordinating Committee: Valerie Heller, Doug Cue
Consultants:
Cabinet Dean: David Stout
Assistant to Bishop: Darline Balm-Demmel
Conference Treasurer: Charles Smith
Connectional Ministries Director: Twila Glenn
Director of Communications Services & Resources: Kristin Knudson Harris
4. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY TEAM (Agency)
(appointed by the Bishop)
Chair: Dean Schlitter
Class of 2004
CB Ed Frank (02)
DM Cindy Hickman (02)
DM Neil Colorado (02)
Class of 2005
Dub Dean Schlitter (02)
DM Marv Wilson (02)
Mus Kathy Vance (02)
Class of 2006
DM Kathy Williams (02)
Consultants:
CCMC Staff: Karla Haynes
Episcopal Office Staff: Kristin Knudson Harris, Cindy Feldman
Administrative Services Staff: Roland Minshall
Cabinet Representative: Gary Armstrong
5. COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION (Agency)
President: Don Preston
Vice President:
Secretary: Tom Shinkle
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*Members, Four year term:
Class of 2004
DM Tom Shinkle (00)
Mus EdwardPeterson (97/00)
MC DonPreston (00)
Wat Richard Haw (00)
Class of 2005
CB Delma Harris (01)
Dub Mike Loveless (01)
FD Bill Daylong (01)
MC Corri Flanigan (97/01)
Class of 2006
CR Mike Barron (02)
DM Edward Butler (02)
Class of 2007
Cre Charles Rushing (03)
Spe Ted Stowers (03)
Ott Alleen Hedge (02)
Two Youth: FD Samuel Berbano (02) Mus Jim Morrison (02)
Ex-officio (without vote):
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer
District Superintendent: Emmanuel Tabelisma
Director of Connectional Ministries: Twila Glenn
Additional Consultants:
Assistant Conference Treasurer: Russell Hinshaw
Assistant to the Bishop: Darline Balm-Demmel
Director of Communications: Kristin Knudson Harris
Conference CCMC officers: Beverly Spencer, Jerry Miller
6. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CONFERENCE (Agency)
President: Karen Dearchs
Vice President: Fred Lockard
Secretary: Cheryl Walser Kramer
Financial Secretary: Ron Rath
Registered Agent: Charles Smith (96)
*Members, four-year term:
2004
Dub Cheryl Walser Kramer (96/00)
2005
CR Ron Rath (99/01)
MC Karen Dearchs (01)
2006
CB Ron Larsen (02)
DM Fred Lockard (02)
Cre Matt Clayton (98/02)
Mus Harold Green (02)
2007
FD Harold Brinkman (99/03) SC Sharon Shook (99/03)
Consultants:
District Superintendent: Mel Ammons
Ott Nancy Menke 01
Spe Charles Gilbert (02)
Wat Jared Bauch (02)
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Conference Chancellor and Legal Advisor: A. Roger Witke
Representative CF&A: Bill Daylong
Representative Bd. of Pensions: Lucy Elrick
Representative Commission...Disabilities:
7. BOARD OF PENSIONS (Agency)
Chairperson: Jerry Oakland
Vice Chairperson: Dale Messenger
Secretary: Bob Holdorf
Chairperson, Health Insurance: Wayne Burk
*Members, eight-year term:
1996-2004
FD Dale Messenger (96/00) MC Keith Scott (96)
FD Curtis DeVance (99)
Ott Dianne Park (97)
1998-2006
DM Lucy Elrick (99/00)
MC John Nissly (98)
DM Keith Gunzenhauser (99/02) Ott Judith Parks (98)
Spe Gladys Shultz 97/00
Dub Wayne Burk (97)
SC Marilyn Engle 98
Wat Robert Holdorf (98)
2000-2008
Dub Jerry Oakland (00)
Mus Eugene Miller (00)
SC Gene Ulrich (01)
Spe Beverlee Bell (01)
2002-2010
CR Mark Eckman (03)
CR Elaine Knudtson (02)
CB Robert Dagit (02)
CB Betty Milford (02)
Wat Charles Curl (03)
Cre Jill Eichner Brown (02)
Cre Robert Kaldenberg (02)
Consultants:
District Superintendent: Charles Kellogg
Representative, CF&A: Ed Peterson
Wellness Coordinator: Kae Tritle
8. COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE COMPENSATION (Agency)
Chairperson: LaVerne Hueholt
Vice Chairperson:
Secretary: Mike Butler
*Members, four year term
2005
Mus LaVerne Hueholt (97/01)
SC Dolores Trimble (97/01)
Wat Mike Butler (01)
2006
CR Scot Patrick (02)
FD Lester Moore (02)
MC Mike Carey (02)
2007
DM Dawn Walton (03)
Dub Art Fudge (03)
Ott Edythe Hill (03)
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Youth: Spe Rachel Wallace (00)
Consultants:
Assistant Treasurer: Russell Hinshaw
District Superintendent: Richard Sebeneicher
Representative CF&A: Don Preston
9. ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION PLANNING COMMITTEE (Agency)
Chairperson: Bishop Palmer
Assistant to the Bishop: Darline Balm Demmel
CR Linda Bibb (00)
CB Gloria Turner 00)
Cre Joyce Smith (00)
DM Margaret Borgen (01)
Dub Kathi Mitchell (01)
FD Dave Tjeptes (00)
SC Donald Wood (03)
MC Julie Poore-Christensen (01)
Mus Craig Peters (00)
Spe Tony Pulatie (00)
Ott Rick Hoy (00)
Wat Duane Meyer(00)
Thelma Subramanian(02)
Youth: Sarah Valenta (03)
Ex-officio:
Director of Communication Services & Resources: Kristin Knudson Harris
Representative from the Appointive Cabinet: David Stout
Conference Lay Leader: Dennis Bell
Conference Secretary/Chair, Journal Publication: Sue Ney
Representative from Commission on Religion and Race: Samuel Subramanian
Chairperson of Business and Agenda: Richard Jenkins (02)
Consultant: Journal Editor: Jill Stanton
10. ANNUAL CONFERENCE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE (Agency)
Chairperson: Phil Webb
Vice Chair: Jane Moen
Secretary: Marie Whiteing
*Members, four year term
CR Lee Hoover (02)
CB Greg Anderson (00)
Cre Kay Ritter (03)
DM Judy Winkelpleck (00)
Dub Jim Dale (02)
FD Rosalind Hess (02)
Phil Webb (00)
MC Eldon Rahmiller (03)
Representatives:
Appointive Cabinet: Barrie Tritle
Council on Finance and Administration: Edward Butler
Conference Connectional Ministries Council:
Conference Council on Youth Ministries:
Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities:
Commission on Religion and Race: Kumsan Song
Commission on Status and Role of Women:
Ott Lon Lewis (00)
SC Marie Whiteing (02)
Spe Jane Moen (00)
Consultants:
Charles W. Smith, Director, Administrative Services/Conference Treasurer
Twila Glenn, Director, Connectioal Ministries Council
11. COMMITTEE ON THE EPISCOPACY
Chairperson: Patty LaGree
Vice Chairperson: Alberta Ervin
Secretary: Lorinda Hoover
Members, four-year term
CR Leonard Hadley (02)
CB Louise Merkle (00)
DM Bill Bowman (02)
Dub Steve Campbell (00)
FD Lorinda Hoover (96/00) SC Alberta Ervin (00)
FD Curtis DeVance (00)
Spe Larry Johnson (00)
Mus Jon Hillesland (02)
Wat Shirley Patchin (01)
Ott Charles Kunzman (00)
Youth 18 or under:
Appointed by the Bishop (3): DM Pat Moreland (98/02), DM Patty LaGree (00),
Mus Chris Rembold (00)
Jurisdictional Representatives: Ed Kail (00), Beverly Spencer (00)
12. EPISCOPACY RESIDENCE COMMITTEE
Chair, Committee on the Episcopacy:
President, CFA: Don Preston
President, Trustees (or designee): Karen Dearchs
13. COMMITTEE ON PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING (Agency)
Chairperson: Leroy Berryhill
Secretary: Jim Rozendaal
*Members, 4 year term
2004
Dub Jim Rozendaal (00)
2006
CB M. Wayne Clark (02)
FD Leroy Berryhill (96/00) Wat Millie Frese (00)
Mus Norlan Hinke (98/02) SC Marilyn Brubaker (02)
Youth: Nick Duffy (03)
Consultants:
Director, Office of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Mary Fraser
Twila Glenn, CCMC Director
Cabinet representative: Judith Miller
14. CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Valerie Heller
(Agency)
Vice Chair: Doug Cue
Secretary: Phyllis Moore
CR Doug Cue (02)
Dub
Ott Rich Gaumer (00)
CB Phyllis Moore (00)
FD Hyo-Sam Lee (01)
SC Valerie Heller (02)
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Cre Gary Maas (97/00)
DM Phyllis Anderson (00)
MC Candi Carey (03)
Mus
Spe Rick Dee (03)
Wat Harry Wach (01)
Representatives from:
Commission on Ministries with Persons with Disabilities: Trish Burket
Commission on Religion and Race: Orville Berbano
Commission on Status & Role of Women:
Conference Council on Youth Ministries:
Consultants: Deb Kiesey, D.S., Twila Glenn, CCMC Director,
Darline Balm Demmel, Assistant to the Bishop
15. CONFERENCE NOMINATIONS COORDINATING COMMITTEE (Agency)
Chairperson: Margaret Mackey
Vice Chairperson: Lynn Wyatt
Secretary: Mike Biklen
Executive Secretary: Barbara Oakland
Members four-year term:
CR Thelma Perry (02)
CB Max Hall (02)
Cre Lynn Wyatt (01)
DM Paul Linn (00)
Dub Margaret Mackey (02)
FD
MC Gary Marzolf (00)
Mus Mike Biklen (00)
Ott Dan Ridnour (03)
SC Neil Peck (03)
Spe June Goldman (02)
Wat Lloyd Berry (03)
Representatives from:
Commission on Ministries with Persons with Disabilities: Esta Fraley (03)
Commission on Religion and Race: Prince Swamickan (03)
Commission on Status & Role of Women: Margaret Mackey (02)
Youth (selected by CCYM): Vanessa Radebaugh (00)
Consultant: Darline Balm Demmel
16. CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE (Agency)
Chair: Realff Ottesen
Vice Chair:
Secretary:
Members, four year term:
2005
CB Shirley Heinrich (97/01) Wat Realff Ottesen (01)
2007
DM Earl Shostrom (03)
MC Joan Philgreen (99/03) Ott David Peterson (03)
Youth: Emily Burress (03)
Consultants:
Communications Director: Kristin Knudson Harris
Resolutions Editor: Patty King
Two State Legislators:
17. COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORDER (Agency)
Chairperson: Jim Louk
Vice Chairperson:
Secretary: Leroy Moore
*Members, four-year term:
DM Jim Louk (97/01)
DM Leroy Moore (02)
Dub Jane Cooper (03)
MC Rose Caleron-Kahn (03) Wat Marvin Cleair
Mus Caren Luke (02)
(99/03)
SC David Hawkins (03)
Youth:
Young Adult: Adam Parsons (03)
Ex Officio: Conference Secretary, Sue Ney (98)
Conference Parliamentarian: Bob Ward (02)
Jurisdictional Rules of Order Representative: Jerry Oakland (96/00)
Consultant: Chuck Smith, Director of Administrative Services
18. JOINT COMMITTEE ON INCAPACITY
Two representatives, Board of Ordained Ministry:
(Chairperson and Registrar unless otherwise represented)
Jerald Swanberg, Dale Schoening
Two representatives, Board of Pensions:
(Chairperson and Secretary unless otherwise represented)
Jerry Oakland, Bob Holdorf
One District Superintendent: Charles Kellogg
Consultant: Conference Treasurer, Charles Smith
19. COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION (Ordained Ministry)
(nominated by the Bishop, four-year term)
Lon Lewis (96/00)
Beverlee Bell (00)
Scott Hibben (00)
Charles Curl (98/02)
Emmanuel Dass (00)
Phil Webb (00)
Lay Observers: Sue Mullins (00) JoAnn Orthel (00)
Alternates: Allen Call (96/00)
Neva Purdue (00) Thelma Subramanian (00)
20. COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION (Diaconal Ministry)
(nominated by the Bishop, four-year term)
21. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Rudolf Trusheim (95)
Karen Nichols Dungan (00) Curtis DeVance (01)
Alternates: Mark Young (00) Rose Blank (01)
22. COMMITTEE ON MINISTERIAL ETHICS
Bishop’s Representative - Darline Balm-Demmel
Director of Pastoral Care & Counseling - Mary Fraser
Division of Elders - Cynthia McCalmont
Division of Deacons - Diane Wasson Eberhart
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Appointive Cabinet - Judith Miller
Board of Laity - Beverly Spencer
COSROW - Kathleen Moore
Youth At Large (appointed by Bishop) - Bob Hoover, David Crow
C. BENEVOLENCE PROGRAMS
1. CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES COUNCIL
Chairperson: Beverly Spencer (01)
Vice Chairperson/Financial Secretary: Jerry Miller (01)
Secretary: Kathy Winter (00)
CCMC Executive Committee:
Officers, as listed above
Bishop: Gregory Palmer
District Superintendent: David Stout
General Council on Ministries Representative: J. Robert Burkhart
Consultants:
Chairperson, Council on Finance and Administration: Don Preston
Chair, Program Review: Tony Pulatie
CCMC General Membership
District Council Chairpersons
CR Russ Husted (00)
Dub Judy Paulsen (02)
Ott Jim Smith (02)
CB Carl Phillips (02)
FD Alyson Schroeder (96/00) SC Becky Bryant (02)
Cre Leola Dolecheck (02) MC Susan Northway (00)
Spe
DM Beverly Nolte (00)
Mus Marilyn Lancaster(96/00) WatSusan Kromminga 02
Chairpersons of:
Board of Camp, Conference & Retreat Ministries: Lee Webb
Board of Church and Society: Dorothy Higdon
Board of Discipleship: Len Eberhart
Board of Global Ministries: Mary Morris
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry: Carolyn Moe
Board of Laity: Dennis Bell
Board of Ordained Ministry: Jerald Swanberg
Council on Youth Ministry: Mackenzie Fink
Age-level Council: Don Burket
Commission on Archives and History: Donald Frank
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns: Bob Griffin
Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities: Trish Burket
Commission on Status and Role of Women: Ione Shadduck, Kathleen Clark
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CCMC Nominating Committee: Pat Moreland
CCMC Planning and Research: Marie Whiteing
CCMC Program Review Committee: Tony Pulatie
Ethnic Local Church Concerns Committee: Celestyne DeVance
Native American Committee: Larry McAlpine
All District Superintendents
President, United Methodist Men: Shawn Lange
President, United Methodist Women: Virginia Schoeneman
Conference Secretary: Sue Ney
Conference Secretary of Global Ministries: Judy Brotherton
Additional representative from:
Youth Council: Sarah Valenta
UMW: Thelma Perry
UMM: Christian Nygaard
Two young adults selected by CCMC:
Jessica Ireland (00) Lindsey Thompson (02)
Consultants:
Associate Directors of Connectional Ministries: Anne Bacon, Phil Carver, Inez Dawes,
Richard Faris, Martha Hill DiSilvestro, Ric Olson, Jill Sanders
Coordinator, Conference Council on Youth Ministry: Eric Guy
Chairperson, Council on Finance and Administration: Don Preston
Director of Communication Services & Resources: Kristin Knudsen Harris
Representative to Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa: Nancy Allen
Chair, Conf Leadership Development Coordinating Committee: Valerie Heller
Chair, Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee: Margaret Mackey
Ecumenical Partners:
Jurisdictional Mission Council Representatives: Sungjoon Park, Adam Webb
General Council on Ministries Representative: J. Robert Burkhart
(1) CCMC Program Review Committee
Chairperson: Tony Pulatie
One member from each district
CR Karen Kuntz (00)
Dub
CB Kim Crummer (02)
FD Brian Carter (03)
Cre
MC Susan Northway (00)
DM John Squire (01)
Mus Mark Young (02)
Ott Wilbur Morfitt 96/00
SC Phyllis Allen (99/03)
Spe Carol Swartz 96/00
Wat Diane Mitchell (99/03)
Ex Officio:
Representatives from
Commission on Status & Role of Women: Ione Shadduck, Kathleen Clark
Commission on Ministry With Persons With Disabilities: Trish Burket
Age Level Council: Don Burket
Youth Council: Mackenzie Fink/ Eric Guy
District Superintendent: Jim Hanke
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Consultants: Director of Connectional Ministries, Twila Glenn
Associate Directors of Connectional Ministry: Anne Bacon, Phil Carver, Inez Dawes,
Richard Faris, Martha Hill DiSilvestro, Ric Olson, Jill Sanders
Assistant Treasurer: Russell Hinshaw
(2) CCMC Committee on Planning and Research
Chairperson: Marie Whiteing (92/96/00)
Secretary: Kathy Hodges (00)
Members:
CB Ken Milford (99/03)
DM David Swinton (03)
CB Robert Dodder (01)
DM Jim Davis (00)
FD Kent Kastler (96/00)
Consultants: Associate Director of Connectional Ministry: Ric Olson
Communications Office: Cindy Feldman
(3) CCMC Nominating Committee
Chairperson: DM Pat Moreland (99/03)
Members: DM Marilyn Henrichs (99/03 FD John Jacobson (00)
Consultant: Director of Connectional Ministries: Twila Glenn
(4) Ethnic Local Church Concerns Committee
Chairperson: Celestyne DeVance (99/03)
Members:
DM Leota Davis (99/03)
Wat Debra Burks (00)
CB Marvin Siems (03)
DM Walker Walker (03)
Wat Effie Burt (00)
MC Soloman Odoom (03)
Consultants: Associate Director of Connectional Ministry: Inez Dawes
District Superintendent, Emmanuel Tabelisma
(5) Native American Committee
Chair: Larry McAlpine (99/03)
Members:
CR Bev Johnson (99/03)
CB William McAlpine (99/03)
CR Jessica Sage (00)
Ott Paul Burrow (99)
Consultants: Diane Wells
District Superintendent, Deb Kiesey
Associate Director of Connectional Ministry, Anne Bacon
PROGRAM BOARDS
2(1) BOARD OF CAMP, CONFERENCE AND RETREAT MINISTRIES (Agency)
Chairperson: Lee Webb (District 00/Chair 02)
Vice Chairperson: Crystal Oberheu (District 99/Sec 02)
Secretary:
Members:
CR Linda Stransky (00)
Dub
Ott Peter Peterson (02)
CB
FD Andrew Bardole (02) SC Judy Wanned (00)
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Cre Clark Finehout (03)
DM Jim Barr (02)
MC Jeanne Martin (00)
Spe David Schumann 03
Mus Ted Stimach (99/03) Wat Denise Juel (01)
Youth:
Consultants: Director of Camp, Conference & Retreat Ministries: Richard Faris
District Superintendent: Marcia Sangel
Treasurer’s Designee: Margaret Biggs
2(2) BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY (Agency)
Chairperson: Dorothy Higdon (00)
Vice-Chair/Financial Sec: Dick Clark (99)
Secretary: Eloise Cranke (02)
Members:
CR Don Johnson (00)
Dub Doris Howard (98/02) Ott Carl Benge (03)
CB Marlene Brown (03)
FD Mitzi Schoening (00) SC Kate Milligan (02)
Cre Karen Garrison (02)
MC Dianne Chambers (00) Spe Paul Fredricksen 99/03
DM Ron Fulton (02)
Mus Donna Hughes Hargraves (02) Wat Jerry Kramer (03)
Youth Member:
Chair, Social Witness Advocacy & Education Ministry Standing Committee: Mike Orthel
Chair, Resolutions Standing Committee: Ruth Anne Petrak
Ex officio: Chair, Conf UMW Mission Coord for Social Action: Olivia Pleggenkuhle
Iowa Conference Legislative Advocate: Lana Ross
General Board of Church & Society: Pat Moreland
Consultants: Associate Director of Connectional Ministry, Inez Dawes
District Superintendent: Gary Armstrong
a. Social Witness Advocacy & Education Ministry Standing Committee (Agency)
CR Mike Orthel (98/02), Chair DM Roger Betsworth (01) Dub Olivia Pleggenkuhle 98/02
CR Dr. Steven Williams (00) DM Jim Davis (01)
FD Faith Finnemore (00)
Cre Matthew Oliver (02)
Dub Doris Howard (98/02) Wat Jerry Avise-Rouse 98/02
Ex-officio: Dorothy Higdon
Consultants: Lana Ross, Inez Dawes
b. Resolutions Standing Committee (Agency)
Ruth Anne Petrak (00), Chair Jan Creasman (00)
Eloise Cranke (00)
Beverly Spencer (00)
Consultants: Inez Dawes, Lana Ross
Adin Davis (00)
Jessica Ireland (03)
2(3) BOARD OF DISCIPLESHIP (Agency)
Chairperson: Len Eberhart (03)
Vice Chair/Financial Sec: Corrine Kleppe (96/00)
Secretary:
Members:
CR Marsha Lowe (01)
Dub Karl Goodfellow (03)
CB Randall Baier (96/00)
FD
Cre Lillian Gallo Seagren (02) MC Diane Roper (02)
DM John Scherb (02)
Mus Scott Smith (00)
Ott Joyce Everhart 96/00
SC Al Milligan (01)
Spe
Wat Carolyn Cleair (02)
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At Large Members:
Education Advocate - Kris Christiansen (00)
Evangelism Advocate - Dot Hasler (03)
Stewardship Advocate Worship Advocate - Joan Letcher (00)
Spiritual Formation Advocate - Mark Young (00)
Youth Representative: Nichole Holst (02)
Ex officio: General Board of Discipleship: Celestyne DeVance
Consultants: Associate Director of Connectional Ministry, Jill Sanders
District Superintendent: Dick Sebeneicher
2(4) BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES (Agency)
Chairperson: Mary Morris (00)
Vice Chairperson: Dale VanderSchaaf (96/00)
Financial Sec.: Daniel Webster (00)
Secretary: Doris Knight
Conference Missions Secretary: Judy Brotherton (96)
Conference Disaster Chairperson: Marcia Young (00)
Great Commission Fund Coordinator: Brian Carter (03)
VIM Coordinator: Dan & Jean Houston
Mission Secretary of Itineration: Lois Novak
Standing Committee Chairs:
Parish Development: Scott Meador (00)
Community & Institutional Ministries: Edwin McIntosh (96)
Mission Education: Judy Brotherton (96)
Hispanic Ministries: David Swinton (03)
Members:
CR Carroll Brown (99/03)
CB Dennis Meyer (02)
Cre Bill Umbaugh (02)
DM Dennis Nicholson (00)
Dub Brian Sherman (02)
FD Dwight Grosvenor (00)
MC Lewis Flanigan (00)
Mus Enna Antunez (96/00)
Ott Janice Bolger 96/00
SC Ron Wilmot (03)
Spe
Wat Ann Donat
Youth Member: Jessica Radebaugh (02)
Ex-officio: UMW Mission Coordinator for Education & Interpretation - Tessie Dass
General Board of Global Ministries - Bill Lux
Consultants: District Superintendents: Ron Kramer, Jim Hanke
Director of Connectional Ministries, Twila Glenn
Associate Directors: Ric Olson, Anne Bacon, Inez Dawes, Martha Hill Di Silvestro
Mission Personnel Committee Chair: Kathleen Clark (03)
a. Standing Committee on Parish Development (Agency)
Chair: Scott Meador (96/00)
Vice chair: Harold Werley
Secretary: Darwin Moore
Treasurer: Dan Webster
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CR Doug Williams (01)
Kerrin Kirkpatrick (01)
CB Lowell Schaaf (02)
Cre Robert Kersten (00)
DM Jerrold Swinton (02)
Dub
FD
MC
Mus
Ott
Darwin Moore (98/02)
SC Harold Werley 97/01
Sp Don Nelson (02)
Bob Connor (02)
Wat Ruth Ann Gooden
Doug Reynolds (96/00)
(96/00)
Peg Egbert (98/02)
Merrill Siler (96/00)
Builders Call: Norm Knight (00)
Academy Task Force: Chuck Kelsey
Consultants: DS Ron Kramer, Associate Director of Connectional Ministry, Ric Olson,
BOGM Mary Morris, Dan Webster
b. Standing Committee on Community & Institutional Ministries (Agency)
Chair: Ed McIntosh (97)
CR Jean Kendall (02)
Dub Bob Alford (02) Ott Charlie & Shirley Kunzman (03)
CB Junior&Lenora Wohlenhaus (02)FD Harry Imlay (97/01) SC Merrill Muller (02)
Cre Susan Olive (03)
MC Lewis Flanigan (02
Sp Delyte Ebbers (03)
DM Dennis Coon (98/02)
Mus
Wat Tawanna Vint 97/01
Neighbor Helping Neighbor: ellis andrews (03)
Consultants: Associate Director of Connectional Ministry: Anne Bacon
Carol Tippe, Parish Nursing
c. Standing Committee on Mission Education (Agency)
Chair: Judy Brotherton (96/00)
Recording Secretary/Itinerations Secretary - Lois Novak
CR Lois Novak (97/01)
Dub Sue Hattel (98/02)
Ott Janice Bolger 97/01
CB Karen Roenfeld (01)
FD Lynn Gunderson (02)
SC Tim Walker (03)
Cre Leann Baker (03)
MC
Sp Gwenna Appel (02)
DM Nancy Rhines (98/02)
Mus
Wat Beth Straw (03)
Jan Hall (01)
World Hunger Education - Brian Sherman (98/02)
Iowa Nigeria Partnership - Jim Tussey (00)
VIM Coordinators- Dan & Jean Houston (01)
Refugee Coordinator - Doris Knight (98)
Consultants: Director of Connectional Ministries, Twila Glenn
Associate Director of Connectional Ministries: Martha Di Silvestro
Mission Personnel Committee Chair: Kathleen Clark (03)
d. Standing Committee on Hispanic Ministries (Agency)
Chair: Paul Burrow (03)
Vice chair: David Swinton (03)
CR
Dub Keith Putney (03)
CB Ernest Ruehle (00)
FD David Swinton (02)
Cre Donald Frizzel (01)
MC Dora Campbell (02)
DM Odilio Orozco (00)
Mus Enna Antunez (02)
Ott Paul Burrow (01)
SC Gene Hill (00)
Spe Lowell Fields (00)
Wat Charlie & Lois Cochran
(00)
Consultants: District Superintendent, Jim Hanke; Associate Director, Inez Dawes
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GBOM Missionaries: Jim & Neva Purdue, Ron & Catherine Whitlatch
Past Chair: Jim Turner
e. District Disaster Preparedness & Response Coordinators
Chair: Marcia Young (00)
CR
Dub Richard Sullivan (03)
Ott Janet Jones (98/02)
CB Robert Seivert (01)
FD Helen Eason (98/02)
SC Karl Schiltz (98/02)
Cre Ed /Luella Scholtens (99/03) MC Tom/Edna Groom 98/02) Spe Glenda Kroger (98/02)
DM Lyle Ball (00)
Mus Charles Newcomb (98/02) Wat Gerald Dolf (98/02)
VIM Liaison - Dan & Jean Houston (01)
Consultant: Associate Director of Connectional Ministries, Anne Bacon
f. Mission Personnel Committee (appointed by the Bishop)
Chair: Kathleen Clark (03)
Judy Brotherton
Jodi Rushing
Mary Morris
Donna Hughes-Hargraves
2(5) BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAMPUS MINISTRY (Agency)
Chairperson: Carolyn Moe (96/00)
Vice Chair/Financial Sec: Marce Wagner (96/00)
Secretary:
Members:
CR Katie Troughton (03)
Dub Carol Kress (03)
Ott Bill VanDevender (03)
CB Eric Schubert (01)
FD Dana Williams (02)
SC Jonathan Gaul (01)
Cre Carole Waterman (02)
MC Sandra Gobeli (01)
Spe Jeanne Davis (02)
DM Nancy Smith (03)
Mus Dennis Inman (03)
Wat David Wu (01)
Youth Member: Adam Toom
Young Adult Member:
Ex-officio: General Board of Higher Education & Ministry: Diane Wassen Eberhart (00)
Consultants:Director for Youth/Young Adult Ministries: Eric Guy
District Superintendent: Charles Kellogg
Presidents of the Iowa U.M. Colleges, or designate
Representatives from the four Wesley Foundations
2(6) BOARD OF LAITY (Agency)
Chairperson and Conference Lay Leader: *Dennis Bell (00)
Vice Chair/Financial Sec: Norma Morrison (00)
Secretary: Arnold Kenyon (Sec 03)
Conference Director of Lay Speaking Ministries: Sherrill Marske (02)
District Lay Leaders:
CR Rudy Huffman (00)
Dub Pat Ritter (99/03)
Ott Dick Cook (01)
CB Arnold Kenyon (99/02)
FD Evelyn Farnham (96/00) SC Barbara Joy (01)
Cre Rachel Kelsey (02)
MC Hugh Mackintosh (03) Spe Hess Roorda (99/03)
DM
Mus Harry Knutsen (01)
Wat Ron Borton (02)
Ex officio:
President, Conf. United Methodist Women: Virginia Schoneman
President, Conf. United Methodist Men: Shawn Lange
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Chairperson, Conf. United Methodist Youth: Mackenzie Fink
Chairpersons, Heifer Project International: John & Louise Brockshink
Chairpersons, Ingathering Project: Don & Caroline Kluver, Darrell & Carol Needham
Dean, School for Lay Ministry, Simpson College: Avon Crawford
Dean, School for Lay Ministry, Morningside College: Sue Mullins
Chairperson, School for Lay Ministry: Myrtle Felkner
Liaison to Committee on Ministerial Ethics: Beverly Spencer
Consultants: District Superintendent, David Stout
Associate Director of Connectional Ministry: Phil Carver
3. BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY (Agency)
Chairperson: Jerald Swanberg
Vice Chair: Doresa Collogan
Secretary: Barbara Johnson
Financial Sec.: Bob Barrick
Registrar: Dale Schoening
Conference Relations Committee: Dana Wimmer, Chair; Bill Poland
Chair, Order of Deacons: Dianne Christopher
Chair, Order of Elders: Deborah Stowers
Assistant to the Bishop: Darline Balm Demmel
District Superintendent: Barrie Tritle
*Members, quadrennial term: (nominated by the Bishop)
Cynthia McCalmont (94)
Brian Milford (94)
Jerald Swanberg (94)
Dana Wimmer (94)
Bruce Wittern (94)
Anita Bane (95)
John Augspurger (96)
Robert Barrick (96)
Martha Bennett (96)
Rebecca Carver (96)
David Clark (96)
Doresa Collogan (96)
Bernabe Colorado (96)
Judy Deweber (96)
Dale Schoening (96)
Susan Thomas (96)
Marilyn Winch (96)
Carol Seebach (96)
Fred Bark (97)
Lillian Daniels (97)
Barbara Johnson (97)
Deanna Pullen (97)
Ed Ritter (97)
Bruce Bane (00)
Susan Bowman (00)
Jennifer Daniel (00)
Gordon Elrick (00)
Susen LeBlanc (00)
Michael Morgan (00)
Bill Poland (00)
Frank Seydel (00)
Paul Wilcox (00)
John Adams (00)
Meredith Berryhill (00)
Roger Coulsen (00)
Jeff Ireland (00)
Judy Marnin (00)
Pat Moreland (00)
Gayle Wilcox (00)
Michael Bell (00)
Linda Butler (00)
Dianne Christopher (00)
Bob Crandall (00)
David Crow (00)
Karen Dungen (00)
Jo Hoover (00)
Ed Kail (00)
Deborah Stowers (00)
Clarence DeBoef (02)
Marvin Lindley (02)
Steve Peters (02)
David Stout (02)
Christina Sung (02)
JoAn Skyrme (03)
Debra Burks (03)
Consultants: District Superintendents: Gary Armstrong, Marcia Sangel, Barrie Tritle
Director of Connectional Ministries, Twila Glenn
4. COUNCIL ON YOUTH MINISTRY ( Agency) (2 yr. terms)
Chairperson: DM Mackenzie Fink
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Chair elect: Sarah Valenta
Secretary: Emily Burress
Youth Members:
CR Amanda Mather
Ali Jo Frauenholz
CB Michelle Klindt
Jamie Campbell
Cre Mike Shelley
DM Jacob Bergeson
Danielle Postel
Dub Alexa Gibbs
Emily Piette
FD Megan Nelson
Kirk Russell
MC Elizabeth Adams
Katie Nicklay
Mus Jeremy Lamborn
Mandy Wilson
Ott
Chris Childs
Adam Toom
SC Kate Heydon
Spe Shante Foote
Jessica Cain
Wat Alex Clark
Natalie Ross
Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Org reps: DM Emily Burress (MS); DM Jennifer Burress (HS)
United Methodist Youth Organization Reps: CR Amber Leaves (MS), Nick Duffy (HS)
District Youth Coordinators:
CR
CB Annette Kruse (03)
Cre Jen VanNostrand (01)
Sandy Smith (02)
DM Alice Burress (01)
Dub Andy Baldwin (03)
FD
SC Lanette Plambeck 03
MC Sarah Rohret Odoom (01)
Soloman Odoom (02)
Spe Ben & Karen CarterMus Brenda Goodall (01)
Allen (03)
Ott Bob Morris (01)
Wat Steve Braudt (01)
Consultant: Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Eric Guy
a. YAC Standing Committee
YAC Dean: Megann Schultz
Co-chairs:
Past Co-Chairs: Joe & Sarah Valenta
CCYM Chair: Mackenzie Fink
Past CCYM Chair: Nick Duffy
Chair-elect: Sarah Valenta
UYMO reps: Joe Valenta, Amber Leaves
CR Meeka Turner
CB Cassie Ruehle
Cre Tim Smith
DM Jenny Koughn
Dub Jaci Vontalge
FD Vanessa Radebaugh
MC Megan Furman
Mus Tony Nelson
Ott Shelby Wallace
SC Jon Davies
Spe Derek Davis
Wat Tara Richards
Adults: MC Joan Philgreen (00), Ott Bob Dean (02)
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries: Eric Guy
5. AGE LEVEL COUNCIL (Agency)
Chairperson: Don Burket
Vice Chair/Financial Sec:
Secretary:
Members:
CR Mary Frederickson (00) Dub Shirley Rozendaal (03) Ott Joan Ervin (01)
CB Pam Schwertley (99/03) FD Dale Farnham (01)
SC Ann Trimble-Ray 98/02
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Cre
DM Lauren Prunty (03)
MC Rhoda Preston (00)
Mus Barb Krueger (03)
Spe Doris Lindley (03)
Wat Anne Lippincott 96/00
Youth Representative:
At Large Members:
Children's Advocate Adult Advocate - Connie McKeen
Family Advocate - Gary Astor
Consultant: Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries, Eric Guy
6. COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY (Agency)
Chairperson: Donald Frank (96)
Vice Chair/Financial Sec:
Secretary:
Members:
Dub Steve Story (00)
FD Mary Pope (01)
Ott Bill Anderson (00)
Dub AW Martin (03)
Mus John Witmer (96/00) Spe Jim Morris (03)
Consultant: Director of Communication Services and Resources: Kristin Knudson Harris
Archivist: Esther Wonderlich
7. COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN UNITY AND INTERRELIGIOUS CONCERNS (Agency)
Chairperson: Robert Griffin (District 99/chair 00)
Vice Chair: Ray Doser
Financial Sec: Paul Hansen
Secretary: Amanda Fraurenholz
Members:
CR Amanda Fraurenholz (00) Dub Farr Jebens (99/03) Ott Ray Doser (99/03)
CB Marylea Hall (02)
FD Cherry Marsden (01) SC Carolyn Hollar (01)
Cre Marlene Stone (02)
MC Janet Wearda (00) Spe Paul Hansen (97/01)
DM Beverley Wilson (01)
Mus
Wat Randy Beichley 96/00
Youth Member: FD Autumn Guess (00)
Ex Officio Members:
Ecumenical Partner:
Representative to Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa: Nancy Allen
UMW Representative to Church Women United: Ila Boston
General Commission on Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns: Yong Lee
Consultants: District Superintendent, Dick Sebeneicher
Associate Directors of Connectional Ministry, Jill Sanders, Anne Bacon
8. ADVOCACY COMMISSIONS
8a COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE (Agency)
Chairperson: Samuel Subramanian (96/00)
Vice-Chairperson: Kumsan Song
Secretary: Linda K. Bahr
Monitoring Committee: Curtis DeVance, Kumsan Song
Sensitizing Committee: Barbara Tabor
Empowerment Fund: Curtis DeVance
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Crisis Fund: Lilian Gallo-Seagren
CR Mike Henry (03)
Dub Barbara Tabor (02)
Ott Richard Smith (03)
CB Moody Colorado (01)
FD Curtis DeVance (98/02) SC
Cre Kirk Seagren (03)
MC Linda K. Bahr (99/03) Spe Dennis Hopes (03)
DM Kumsan Song (00)
Mus Prince Swamickan (03)Wat Bob Runte (03)
Youth Member: Jackie Anderson (02)
Young Adult: Sarah Rohret Odoom (02)
African-American Advocate: Walker-Walker (01)
Asian Advocate: Lilian Gallo Seagren (02)
Filipino Advocate: Orville Berbano (99)
Hispanic Advocate: Catherine Witlatch (03)
Korean Advocate: Hyo Sam Lee (02)
Native American Advocate: Larry McAlpine (01)
Ecumenical Partners:
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME):
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ): Soloman Odoom (02)
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME):
General Commission on Religion & Race: Phil Carver (00)
Consultants: District Superintendent,
Associate Director of Connectional Ministry, Martha Hill Di Silvestro
8b COMMISSION ON STATUS AND ROLE OF WOMEN (Agency)
Co-Chairs: Ione Shadduck, Kathleen Clark
Secretary: Laurel Armstrong
Treasurer: Eleanor S. Tilton
CR Rita Ferneau (03)
Dub Larry Loeppke (03)
Ott Kathy Meacham (03)
CB Erik Corley (02)
FD Laurel Armstrong (02)
SC Eleanor Tilton (96/00)
Cre Lisa Locoh (03)
MC Terra Amundson (03)
Spe Jennifer Hesebeck 02
DM Carol Leach (01)
Mus Marla Shafer (03)
Wat Betsy Piette (03)
Youth Member:
At-Large Members:
Ione Shadduck (00), Kathleen Clark (03)
Ex Officio: Lay Woman named by the Conference UMW: Margaret Mackey
Representative from Board of Church & Society: Doris Howard
Consultants: District Superintendent, Marcia Sangel
Associate Director of Connectional Ministry: Phil Carver
8c COMMISSION IN MINISTRY WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Agency)
Chairperson: Trish Burket (01)
Vice-Chair/Financial Sec: Lynn Patrick
Secretary: Esta Fraley
CR Scott McDowell (03)
Dub
Ott Howard Lord (96/00)
CB Bill McAlpine (01)
FD Shelly Balke (03)
SC Russ Burnett (01)
Cre Judson Stover (03)
MC Marshall Monthei (03)
Spe Esta Fraley (00)
DM Sharla Yeutsy (03)
Mus Nancy Panther (03)
Wat Melissa Borton (03)
Ferol Wegner (03)
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Youth Member:
Consultants:
Four Advocates of persons with disabilities: Lynn Patrick (00), Michael Shaffer (03)
Pat Moreland (99/03), Charles Tefft (03)
District Superintendent, Emmanuel Tabelisma
D. CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATIONS
1. UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
President: Virginia Schoeneman
Vice-president: Thelma Perry
Secretary: Mary Campbell
Treasurer: Jean Wynia
Mission Coordinators:
Education & Interpretation: Tessie Dass
Membership Nurture & Outreach: Jean Janes
Social Action: Olivia Pleggenkuhle
Spiritual Growth: Marge Ziskowsky
Secretary of Program Resources: Linda NIcholson
Communications Coordinator: Pat Ritter
Chairperson, Committee on Nominations: Deloris Soppeland
Nominating Committee: Heleen Pellett, Carolyn Selasek, Dianne Chambers, Patricia Findley,
Nola Moser, Rita Vallery
District Presidents:
CR Dorothy Sherman
MC Arlene Oelberg
CB Thelma Wiser
Mus Dorothy Burns
Cre Joyce Wright
Ott Janet Jones
DM Norma Schillerstrom
SC Nancy Chapman Tindall
Dub Ilo Rhines
Spe Rita Thatcher
FD Ginny Gleason
Wat Esther Lageschulte
Consultants: District Superintendent: Judith Miller
Connectional Field Minister: Phil Carver
2. UNITED METHODIST MEN
President: Shawn Lange
1st Vice-President: Christian Nygaard
Secretary: Dan Houston
Treasurer: Dan Houston
Prayer Advocate: James Smith
Youth Coordinator: Joe Scherrer
Hunger Relief Advocate: Art Kistler
Self Help Coordinator:
VIM Coordinator: Dan Houston
District Presidents:
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CR Clarence Skog
CB Joe Scherrer
Cre
DM
Dub John Tyrrell
FD Dan Houston
MC Christian Nygaard
Mus
Ott Bill Anderson
SC
Spe Norman Olson
Wat Al Brennecke
Consultants: District Superintendent, Mel Ammon
Bishop Gregory Palmer; Connectional Field Minister, Phil Carver
3. COUNCIL ON YOUTH MINISTRIES
(see listing of this section C.4. Council on Youth Ministry)
4. IOWA UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT
Chair:
Vice Chair:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Board Members:
Consultant: Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries: Eric Guy
E. ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
a. INSTITUTIONS
a(1)a WESLEY FOUNDATIONS
a(1)a1 Iowa State University, Ames
Chairperson: Barbara Munson
2003: Justin Greenlee, Jane Jacobson, Barbara Munson, Bruce Munson, Jane Prater
2004: Brian Brand, Wesley Buchele, Audrey Davidson, Amanda Heeren, Susan Kula, Paul
Mobley, Valinda Parsons, Ryan Seeberger, Brandy White
2005: Jonathan Brand, Jennifer Campbell, Suzan Cox, Jim Herriott, Nate Hibben, Gary
Maydew, Craig Ogilvie, Carrie Swan, Sarah Ryan
Ex Officio: Wesley Singers Rep: Matt McCue
Treasurer: Ken Krumpel
Sr. Minister/Director: W. Scott Grotewold
Campus Minister: Jim Shirbroun
Minister of Spiritual Growth & Pastoral Care: Cynthia McCalmont
Conference Board of Higher Education representative: Dana Williams
Ft Dodge District Superintendent: Gary Armstrong
a(1)a2 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Chairperson: Pam Ulffers
Board Members:
Class of 2003: Dick Clark, Janet Condon, Debra Burks, David Pounds, Bill Dixon, Mary
McGeough, Jack Darland
Class of 2004: Beth Straw, Roberta Davilla, Phil Hufferd, Doug Main, Melissa Warren, Drake
Martin
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Class of 2005: Linda Miller, Pam Ulffers, Robert Koepcke, Mingshui Cai, Dave Nolte, Matt
Conover
Student Board Members: Angela Blair, Weon Chun, Jeff Frazier, Angela Pease
Ex-officio: Director - David Glenn-Burns
International Ministry: Ruth Yan
Volunteer Coordinator: Kim Wharton
Treasurer: Lee Nicholas
District Superintendent: Deborah Kiesey
Conference Trustee: Ron Rath
Waterloo Dist Higher Ed & Campus Ministry Rep: David Wu
a(1)a3 Drake University, Des Moines
Chairperson: Tom Tronick
Vice Chairperson:Shaly Moyal
Treasurer: Gordon Harrison
Secretary: Allison Lozeau
Board Members:
Students: Nick Chapin, Kayla Crosset, Allison Lozeau, Shaly Moyal, Sara Rietsch, Tanner
Stransky, Amy Stubblefield
Lay Persons: Skip Phillips, Charlie DiSilvestro
University Members: Gordon Harrison, Dr.Sally Hinders, Tom Tronick
Clergy Members: Susan Bowman, Jackie Bradford
Ex Officio: District Superintendent: David Stout,
Conference Board of Trustees representative
Director: Medea Saunders
a(1)a4 University of Iowa, Iowa City
Chairperson: Jane Driscoll
Vice Chairperson: Dennis Kitzman
Secretary: Marsha Lowe
Treasurer: Jean Kendall
2004:
2005: Jane Driscoll, Tom Shepherd, Jim Corwin
2006: Marsha Lowe
Students (one year term): Dennis Kitzman, Tyler Wunnerberg, Brian Dailey, Anna Blaedel,
Autumn Nobel, Mike Schmidt
Ex Officio: George Dane, Jean Kendall, Paul Akin, Harlan Gillespie, Doug Williams, Karen
Nelson, Jim Davis, Barrie Tritle, DS, Harold Green, Conference Trustee
Director - Paul M. Shultz, Associate Director - Marsha Acord
Administrative Secretary - Gail Ireland
a(1)b OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
a(1)b1 Des Moines Community Worker Board of the United Methodist Church
Members: Fred Alvarez, Dennis Coon, William Cotton, Kristin Fallon, Dennis Nicholson,
Carmen Lampe Zeitler, Dist. Supt. David Stout
(1)b2 Urban Ministry Strategy Council
Chairperson: Sam Neill
Vice-Chairperson: Lois Nanke
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Secretary: Glenda Aitchison
Treasurer: Kathy Gill
At-Large Members: Skip Mulock, Donna Brown
Ex Officio: Bishop Gregory Palmer, Deborah Kiesey, D.S., Tawanna Vint, BOGM
Director:
Associate Director:
a(1)b4 Churches United of the Quad City Area
Executive Director: Ronald Quay
Program Manager: Anne E. Wachal awachal@churchesunited.net
Office Administrator: Melanie Jones, mjones@churchesunited.net
a(1)b5 Iowa United Methodist Foundation
President: Paul Akin
Vice President: Tom Pitts
President-elect:
Treasurer: Myron Gookin
Secretary: Mike Orthel
Directors, elected by the Annual Conference:
Paul Akin, Trevor Davis, Robert Dodder, Myron Gookin, Kirk Hayes, Dorothy Higdon,
Robert Holdorf, Bill Holst, Philip Johnson, Roy Karlson, Cynthia Keithley, Richard Kerr,
Fred Lockard, Andy Meardon, Dale Messenger, Merle Miller, Lester Moore, Steve
Odegaard, Mike Orthel, Tom Pitts, Merlin Plagge, Ron Rath, Robert Rydell, Deb Tierney,
Gene Ulrich
Ex Officio with vote:
Bishop of the Iowa Annual Conference: Gregory V. Palmer
Conference Treasurer: Charles W. Smith
Conference Chancellor: A. Roger Wittke
Executive Director: David P. Harner
Administrative Assistant: Melinda Stevens
Accountant: Jill Krunnfusz
a(1)b6 Hawthorn Hill Ministries Board of Directors:
President: Wanda Wendt
Vice Pres.: Jean E. McCarthy
Secretary: Leonora Waller
Treasurer: Ronald Grohe
Executive Director: Alfredo Valadez Alvarez, J.D.
a(1)b7 Children and Family Urban Ministries
Director: Carmen Lampe Zietler
Secretary: Mary Kay Dial
Treasurer: Tony Salem
Board Members: Dennis Coon, Bryan Downey, Kirk Neustrom, John Cannon, Kathy
Winter, Sandy Drescher
a(2)a COLLEGES
a(2)a1 Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
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Conference Trustees, representing the Conference:
Douglas Anderson, James Brown, Laura Derr, Robert Engel, Kurt Karr, Janet Stephenson,
CR District Superintendent Barrie Tritle
a(2)a2 Iowa Wesleyan, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Conference Trustees, representing the Conference
2004: Charles W. Espy, Jr, Lester Moore
2005: Robert Dodder, Kenneth Royar
2006: Judith Miller, Charles Kellogg
a(2)a3 Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa
Conference Trustees, representing the Conference:
Bishop: Gregory V. Palmer
Sioux City District Superintendent: James Hanke
Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church: Jonathan Gaul
Waterloo District Superintendent: Deborah Kiesey
a(2)a4 Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Conference Trustees, representing the Conference (Ex Officio)
Bishop: Gregory V. Palmer
Des Moines District Superintendent: David Stout
Pastor, Indianola First United Methodist Church: David J. Clark
Three Trustees, appointed by the Bishop:
D. Robert Downing, H. Richard Smith, Douglas Shull
a(2)a5 St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, Twila Glenn
Iowa Conference Trustee: Jan Winslow (03-07)
a(2)b HOSPITALS
a(2)b1 St. Luke's Methodist Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Chairman, William P. Prowell
1st Vice Chair, Terri A. Christoffersen
2nd Vice Chair, Randy Easton
Secretary: Jay Willems
President: Theordore E. Townsend
a(2)b2 Central Iowa Health System/Central Iowa Hospital CorporationIowa Methodist Medical Center, Blank Children’s Hospital, Iowa Lutheran
Hospital, Des Moines Iowa
Chair: Peg Armstrong-Gustafson
Vice Chair: Bruce Sherman
Secretary: Bishop Philip Hougen
Treasurer: Kent Henning
Board Members: Bishop Gregory Palmer, Bishop Philip Hougen, Robert Pulver, Eric
Crowell, John Heffernan, MD, Robert Shires, MD, Bruce Sherman, Kent Henning, Carlein
Phillips, Richard McConnell
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(2)b3 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center and St. Luke's Health Systems, Inc.,
Sioux City
Directors/members of UM churches:
Barry Backhaus, Carter Dennis
President & CEO: Peter Thoreen
Health Systems Chairman: Bill Persinger
Medical Center Chairman: Dr. Tom Carroll
a(2)c RETIREMENT HOMES
a(2)c1 Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge
Chairman: William Thatcher
President/CEO: Craig Johnsen
Vice Chair: Bruce Shimkat
Secretary: Tim Anderson
a(2)c2 Methodist Manor, Storm Lake
Chair: Bob Bennett
Vice-Chair: Robert Burnside
Secretary: Robert Bergendoff
Treasurer: Larry Hecht
President/CEO: Dr. Terry Penniman
a(2)c3 The Methwick Community Inc, Cedar Rapids
Chairperson: Barbara Knapp
President/CEO: Robin K. Mixdorf
(2)c4 Western Home, Cedar Falls
Chairperson: Wayne Jacobson
Vice Chairperson: Rev Cathy Young
Secretary: Becky Hardman
Treasurer: Don Richardson
Ex-officio: Jerry L. Harris, President/CEO
(2)c5 Wesley Retirement Services, Inc.
Halcyon House, Washington; Heritage House, Atlantic; Wesley Acres, Des Moines;
The Village, Indianola; Park Centre, Newton:
Chairperson: Don Byers
Vice Chair: Jim Vickery
Secretary/Treasurer: Gloria Reha
President: Warren Rippey
a(2)d OTHER GROUPS
(2)d1 Bidwell-Riverside Community Center
President: Terri A. Johnson
Vice Presidents: Arden Borgen, Linda Funk
Secretary: Roberta Peters
Treasurer: Mark Meyer
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Director: Robert S. Crandall
(2)d2 Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa, Des Moines
President: Marlyn McKeen
Board Chair: Ed Mansfield
Vice-chair: Perry Chapin
Treasurer: Joel Hanson
Secretary: Andy Flynn
(2)d3 Shesler Hall Board of Directors:
President: Cheryl Nordstrom
Vice President: Barb Willis
Secretary: Margaret Armstrong
Treasurer: Cynthia Wood
Executive Director: Vera L. Ludwig
a(2)d4 Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries
President: John Hantla
Chairman of the Board: James Brygger
Vice-Chair: Barry Backhaus
Sec/Treas: Robert Dunker
a(2)d5 Hillcrest Family Services, Board of Trustees
President: Steve Bonnet
Executive Director/CEO: Gary L. Gansemer, LISW
Director of Development: Jan Stoffel
a(2)d6 Iowa Church World Service/CROP Advisory Board
Regional Director: Russell J.A. Melby
a(2)d7 United Methodist Ministers' Service Credit Union
Chair: Gary L Armstrong
Vice Chair: Sandra Allen
Treasurer-CFO/Security Officer: Christine Blair
Secretary: Paula Neuser
Board Members: Gary L Armstrong, Sandra I Allen , Christine Blair, Orville Berbano, Judy
Kay Cecil, David Shogren, Quinn Turner, Kathie Nessa, John Poe
President-CEO: Mariann Peterson
Operation Manager: Paula Neuser
Loan Manager: Donna McGinness
a(2)d8 Iowa School for Ministry Commission
Chairperson: David Swinton
Vice Chairperson: Alecia Williams
Secretary: Carroll Brown
Treasurer: DeLane Wright
Deans: Dianna Hoover, Harlan Gillespie
Registrars: James Russell, Carroll Brown
District Superintendent: Ron Kramer
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Ex-officio:
Medea Saunders, Karen Young, Twila Glenn, Darline Balm-Demmel
Elected Members: Matt Conover, Celestine DeVance, David Swinton, Alecia Williams,
Lanny Tuttle, David Clark, Francine Green, Beverlee Bell, Walden Paige
a(2)d9 Home Recycling Exchange
Executive Director: Lyle Ball, 805 SE 14th Ct, Des Moines 50317 515-282-9296
b. COALITIONS AND CAUCUSES
b(1) United Methodists Organized for Renewal and Evangelism (UMORE)
President: Christopher J. Daniel
Vice President: June Parker Goldman
Secretary: Bruce E. Wittern
Treasurer: Harry S. Knutsen
Executive Director: Richard Dee
Publisher, UMORE Beacon: Robert Gamble
At-Large Members: Walter Bernard, Elliot Butler, Robert Dodge, Roger Henry, Morris
Hurd, Bill Lux, James Smith, Jean Stanley
Advisory Board: Tom Albin, David Arndt, Wesley Daniel, Maxie D. Dunnam, Ira Gallaway,
Karl E. Goodfellow, James V. Heidinger II, Robert L. Kuyper, Les Longden, John Ed
Mathison, Dan Miller, Noreen Miller, Patricia L. Miller, Edmund W. Robb Jr, L. Faye Short,
Mark Tooley
b(2) The Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA)
Executive Director: Kathryn Johnson, New England Conference
Co-presidents: Jim Pemble, Kathleen McQuillen
Secretary: Jim Davis
Treasurer/Membership: Robert Miller
Peace and Justice Advocate: Chet Guinn
Newsletter Editor: Tom Mohan
Chair of Steering Committee: Kalen Fristad
National Vice President: Bob Crandall
Iowa Coordinator: Eloise Cranke
b(3) United Methodist Rural Fellowship
President: William E. Ballard
Secretary: Janice Bolger
Leadership Team: Wally Paige, Karl Goodfellow, Myrtle Felkner, Ed Kail, Bill Cotton, Jim
Morris, Dale Schoening
c. ASSOCIATIONS OR FELLOWSHIPS
c(1) Chaplains' Fellowship
Contact Person: David Nolte
c(2) Iowa Christian Educators Fellowship
President: Marsha Lowe
Vice-President: LuAnne Postel
Secretary: Bert Wilson & Ruth Jackson
Treasurer: Nancy Rhines
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Program: Jill Sanders, Pam Deeds, & Jan Hoover
Care & Cultivation: Judy Eilders Ruth Jackson
Certification: Gayle Wilcox
c(3) Iowa United Methodist Secretaries Organization
President: Melanie Lyon
Vice President:
Secretary: Janice Stewart
Treasurer/Membership: Debbie Blackburn
COMMUNIQUE Editor: Linda Peters
Historian:
SE Area Coordinators: Karen Schmitt, Denise Willhoit
c(4) Ministers' Spouses Organization
2004 Annual Conference Responsibility: Mrs. Cynthia Palmer and District Spouses
c(5) Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts - Iowa Chapter
President: Bloyce Johnson
Vice-President: Fred Lewis
Secretary/Treasurer: Carolyn Smith
c(6) Iowa Women in Ministry
Leadership Team: Beverly Birtcher, Lana Ross, Sarah Rohret Odoom, Francine Green,
Sylvia Kennedy, Susan Detwiler, Alecia Williams
F. REPRESENTATION IN ECUMENICAL BODIES
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa:
United Methodist Representatives, Board of Directors (appointed by the Bishop):
The Bishop: Gregory V. Palmer
Board: Nancy Allen (98)
Unity Commission: Twila Glenn (99)
Justice Commission: Everett Laning (98), Sue Mullins (99)
G. DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS
1. District Church Location and Building (elected by the Annual Conference):
Cedar Rapids: Barrie Tritle, D.S.
2004: Don Caspers, Chuck Scott, Steve Nelson (chair)
2005: Carl Byers, George Engel, Chuck Gardner
2006: Dick Paulus, Jan Lamm, Len Roberts, Donald Stepanek, Jack Young
Trustees Rep: Ron Rath
Disabilities Rep: Scott McDowell
Council Bluffs: Richard Sebeniecher, D.S.
2004: Jim Boech, Sue Warden, Gerald Wiser
2005: Sydney Jackson
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2006: Judy Flanegin (Chair), Mike Morrison, Richard Russell, Tom Jacobs
Trustees Rep: Ron Larson
Disabilities Rep: Bill McAlpine
Creston: Mel Ammon, D.S.
2004: Gary DeGeest (Chair), Doug Morgan
2005: Duane Churchman, Bill Whited
2003:Steve Kroeger, J.C. McCall, Leroy Perkins
Parsonage rep: Don Frank
Trustees Rep: Matt Clayton
Disabilities Rep: Judson Stover
Des Moines: David B. Stout, D.S.
2004: Isabelle Abaar, Steve Beasley, William Tomlinson (chair), Daryl Nelson
2005: Pat Moreland, Robert Whitlock, Lyle VanLangren
2006: Martha Miller, Mary Yearns
Trustees Rep: Fred Lockard
Disabilities Rep: Sharla Yeutsy, Ferol Wegner
Dubuque: Ron Kramer, D.S.
2004: Roger Arthur, Janet Busch, Dan Jacobsen, Co-chair
2005: Richard Sampson, Kristen Cooey, Robert Schaub, Co-chair
2006: Art Fudge, Gretta Kling, Carol Kress
Trustees Rep: Cheryl Walser Kramer
Disabilities Rep: Lynn Patrick
Fort Dodge: Gary Armstrong, D.S.
2004: Elaine Stucky, Paul Lundy
2005: Joyce Rouse
2006: Joel Heinz, John Hembry, Rosalind Hess, Brian Carter (chair)
Trustees Rep: Harold Brinkman
Disabilities Rep: Shelly Balke
Mason City: Emmanuel Tabelisma, D.S.
2004: Carol Steege, Darrell Needham
2005: Muriel Schultz, Michael Druhl, Foster Hartman
2006: Arthur Ades, Francis Holland, David Wagner
Trustees Rep: Karen Dearchs
Disabilities Rep: Marshall Monthei
Muscatine: Judith Miller, D.S.
2004: John Gaulke, Matthew Miller, Correne Henrickson, Rich Herrick
2005: Karlene Knock, Richard Purcell, Bob Bell
2006: June Hardin, Jack Schmoll, chair, Lloyd Claussen, Chuck Havener
Trustees Rep: Harold Green
Disabilities Rep: Nancy Panther
Ottumwa: Charles Kellogg , D.S.
2004: Donald Atwood, Lowell Smith, Paul Smith
2005: Joyce Lunsford, Bill Rex
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2006: Nancy Menke, Gary McDonough, Linda Hoy, Barbara Kiple, George Davis
Trustees Rep: Nancy Menke
Disabilities Rep: Howard Lord
Sioux City: Jim Hanke, D.S.
2004: Paul Evans (chair)
2005: Ron Wilmot
2006: Larry Struck, Larry McAlpine
Trustees Rep: Sharon Shook
Disabilities Rep: Russ Burnett
Spencer: Marcia Sangel, D.S.
2004: Ann Garton, Larry Stammer, Scott Mitchell
2005: Wayne Anderson, Jim Gochenouer, Betty Matthews
2006: Don Banwart, Don Nelson
Trustees Rep: Charles Gilbert
Disablilites Rep: Esta Fraley
Waterloo: Deborah Kiesey, D.S.
2004: Richard Hanna, Nick Teig, Ruth Ann Gooden, Merrill Siler, Tawanna Vint
2005: Mike Anderson, Marilyn Johnson
2006: Don Bogue,
Trustees Rep: Jared Bauch
Disabilities Rep: Melissa Borton
2. District Committee on Ordained Ministry (approved by the Annual Conference)
Cedar Rapids: Barrie Tritle, D.S.
Robert Hoover (Chair), Rebecca Carver,(V-Chr), Tom Carver (Registrar), Frank Seydel (Sec),
Linda Bibb, David Crow, Gary Dobbins, Judy Eilders, Diana Hoover, Jo Hoover, Mary
Johnston, John Keizer, Kerrin Kirkpatrick, Susen LeBlanc, Cathy Luck, Brian Milford, Richard
Pippert, Ed Powers, Rosemary Rohde, David Schuldt, Marty Schuhmacher, Dick Speight,
DeLane Wright, Judy Beckler, Clarence Skog, Kae Tritle (Diaconal)
Council Bluffs: Richard Se beniecher, D.S.
Marvin Arnpriester (Chair), Betty Milford (Sec), Jan Brown, Ed Clevenger, Dee Ann Klapp,
Annette Kruse, Judy Marnin, Walden Paige, David Weesner, Nancy Schultz, Robert Abbott
Creston: Mel Ammon, DS
Duane Churchman (Chair), Gary DeGeest (Registrar), Robert Barrick (Reader), Bob Arnold,
Sherri Doggett,
Clark Fineout, Chad Lierman, Andrew Rubenking, Lillian Gallo-Seagren, Susan Thomas,
Jessica Ireland
Des Moines: David Stout, D.S.
2004: Marilyn Henrichs, Reginald Merrill, Deanna Pullen
2005: Janet McMahill, Dana Wimmer, Jill Flyr
2006: Henry Bevel, James Nelson (Registrar), David Shogren, Neil Barrick
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Dubuque: Ron Kramer, D.S.
Anita Bane, Bruce Bane, Jane Cooper, Arley Ellingson, Dennis Gilbert (chair), Scott Kober,
Darwin Moore, Jerry Oakland, David Pacholke, Carroll Robinson, Don Rhines, Vicki Tilson
Fort Dodge: Gary Armstrong, D.S.
2004 – Martha Bennett, Dwight Grosvenor, Bob Hudson, Patty King (Registrar)
2005 – Barb Mittman, Dale Schoening, Dr. Gary Astor, Curtis DeVance
2006 – Scott Grotewold (Chair), Evelyn Farnham, Ed Kail, Richard Boatman
Mason City: Emmanuel Tabelisma, D.S.
William Poland (Chair), Jan Burnett, Michael Carey, Bob Cumings, Karen Dearchs, Michael
Druhl, Karen Nichols Dungan, Gary Marzolf, Remigio Panlaqui, Jim Stiles, Bruce Wittern,
Dorothy Curran, Jim Benjegerdes, Mavis Schroeder
Muscatine: Judith Miller, D.S.
2004: Matthew Miller, Esther Barton, Dennis Tevis, Joanne Hary
2005: Dale Batcheler, Jeanne Koughn, Melanie Glew, Gerry Sproule
2006: Mark Young, Edward Peterson, John Caldwell, chair, Andree Halden
Ottumwa: Charles Kellogg, D.S.
Jim Beranek, Robert Dean, Myrtle Felkner, Kevin Gingerich, Danny Lemons, Lon Lewis, David
Nobel, Bill Northup, Stephanie Raphael-Nakos, Tom Raphael-Nakos, Michael Metz
Sioux City: James Hanke, D.S.
2004: Allen Call, Jonathan Gaul (Chair), Judy Deweber
2005: Jim Coalter, Neva Thorn Perdue, Charles Layton, Russ Burnett
2006: Steven Pohlman (Reader), Sharon Cates, Alberta Ervin
Spencer: Marcia Sangel, D.S.
2004: Don Bryan, Gary Nims, Lanny Carlson
2005: Barb Ryon, Dudley McDowell
2006: Shirley Textor (Chair & Registrar), Beverlee Bell
2007: Paul Havens, Kay Hooper
Waterloo: Deborah Kiesey, D.S.
David Glenn-Burns (Chair/Registrar), Sue Mutchler, (Sec), Lowell Hoyle, Bruce Ursin, Ron
Borton, Richard Seitman, Rose Blank, Dave Nolte, Vicki Reece
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INFORMATION REPORTS
V. INFORMATION REPORTS
Table of Contents
Information Reports - Required
I. Boards and Agencies
A. Administrative
1. Council on Finance and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Board of Pensions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a. Payments to Conference Claimants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Commission on Equitable Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B. Program
1. Age Level Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Board of Church and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Board of Discipleship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Board of Global Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. Board of Laity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Board of Ordained Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. Commission on Archives and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Commission on Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. Commission on Religion and Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. Commission on Status and Role of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. Conference Council on Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. Conference Council on Youth Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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66
66
66
67
67
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67
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68
68
68
C. Conference Lay Organizations
1. United Methodist Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2. United Methodist Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
D. Other Organizations
1. Children and Family Urban Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Hawthorn Hill Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Iowa United Methodist Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Wesley Foundations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drake University, Des Moines
Iowa State University, Ames
University of Iowa, Iowa City
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
E. Urban Ministries
1. Churches United of the Quad City Area, Rock Island, Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Des Moines Community Worker Board of the U.M. Church . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Urban Visions, Inc., Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Urban Ministry, Inc., Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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72
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74
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Information Reports - Not Required But Requested for Information
II.
Related Organizations
A. Colleges
1. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
2. Iowa Wesleyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
3. Morningside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4. Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5. Rust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
B. Hospitals and Retirement Homes
1. Iowa Methodist, Iowa Lutheran, Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines . . . . 78
2. St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital, Cedar Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
3. St. Luke’s Health System, Inc., Sioux City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4. Friendship Haven, Inc., Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5. Methodist Manor Retirement Community, Storm Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6. The Meth-Wick Community, Inc., Cedar Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7. Wesley Retirement Services, Inc., Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8. Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C. Other Organizations
1. Bidwell Riverisde Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
2. Chaplains’ Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
3. Church World Services/CROP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4. Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5. Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6. Heartland Network for Town and Rural Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7. Hillcrest Family Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8. Iowa Christian Educators Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
9. Iowa School for Ministry Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10. Iowa United Methodist Secretaries Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
11. Iowa Women in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
12. Shesler Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
13. The Methodist Federation for Social Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14. United Methodists Organized for Renewal and Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
15. United Methodist Ministers’ Service Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
16. Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Financial Reports
1. Treasurer’s Fund Report and Financial Statement 2002 (see Editor’s Note p. 86)
2. Board of Pensions, Inc. Financial Statement 2002 (see Editor’s Note p. 86)
INFORMATION REPORTS - REQUIRED
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Information Reports are reports from Boards and Agencies about their
activities of the past year. In some cases a report may not be included here but may be found
in the “Reports of Conference Action” section of this Journal.
I. Boards and Agencies
A. Administrative
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INFORMATION REPORTS
1. Council on Finance and Administration
No report received. See “Reports of Conference Action” section of this Journal.
2. Board of Trustees
The focus of the work of the Conference Board of Trustees is to maintain property
concerns. This focus is divided into several areas.
A Conference Headquarters for various staff and the main offices of the Iowa Annual
Conference is presently located at 500 East Court Avenue in Des Moines. The Trustees have
been working with the Conference Center Task Force to decide on an appropriate setting for
a new Conference Center. On February 8th at the Special Session of Annual Conference, Lots
11 and 12 at Airport Commerce South were approved and have been purchased.
Appropriate housing is provided for the Bishop and each of the twelve District
Superintendents, as well as district office space. The Trustees are preparing a maintenance
schedule of repairs and up keep for each.
The Trustees manage the Conference Center Fund with assets resulting from the sale of
the former headquarters building.
Several miscellaneous duties fall to the trustees but all of these duties focus on property
concerns.
Karen Groe Dearchs,
President
3. Board of Pensions, Inc.
a. Payments to Conference Claimants
MEMBERS
Ackerman, John H.
Ackerson, Merlin J.
Aitken, Louis A.
Albertson, James E.
Andrews, Ellis E.
Armstrong, Gerald T.
Ayers, Byron W.
Babcock, Harlan F.
Balm, Thomas R.
Barber, Romaine H.
Barnett, Robert W.
Barringer, Kenneth D.
Bartruff, Wayne L.
Bartz, Harold V.
Basye, Ernest E.
Bauer, E. Theodore
Bauman Sr., Leroy E.
Beck, Walter F.
Beebout, John L.
Begg, Wendell R.
Bell, Robert M.
Bentzinger, Richard A.
Berbano Jr., Marcos V.
*Berlin, Manzel O.
2,431.08
14,560.80
6,740.52
10,639.04
15,068.88
2,947.20
12,858.48
5,838.96
12,707.52
6,017.04
4,841.28
2,050.32
7,779.24
18,011.52
13,463.52
685.29
16,354.08
7,956.00
14,679.00
1,547.04
12,430.20
14,586.00
3,387.84
14,109.63
Bevel, Henry J.
Biesemeyer, Roy A.
Birchmier, Charles L.
Bird, Gary L.
Bird, Hugh S.
Bonath, Harold D.
Bonham, Dwight P.
Boom, Elmer C.
Bousfield, Paul G.
*Bradshaw, Marjorie M.
Brent, Arthur E.
Brighton, George W.
Brockmeyer, Lloyd E.
Brockmeyer, Myron W.
*Broudhecker, Karen S.
Brown, Carroll D.
Brown, Frederick E.
Brown, Jerry D.
Brunk, J. Elmer
Bryant, Herbert L.
Burham, Everett K.
*Burns, Sandra
Burroughs, Wendell L.
Butler, Robert D.
3,852.48
12,265.56
10,139.16
571.67
3,246.48
4,462.92
8,469.96
17,220.48
12,468.96
13,943.28
15,783.96
13,481.04
18,236.04
11,474.52
13,168.63
15,984.48
5,175.96
13,984.33
6,722.52
5,432.95
11,633.76
17,422.44
2,652.00
14,628.72
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Butts, Harold D.
Calhoun, Leslie
Callen, Donald O.
Campbell, Donald L.
Campbell, Dora D.
Cannaday, Kenneth D.
Cannaday, Travis G.
Carver, Donald L.
Caspers, Donald T.
Cass, Edward J.
Ceynar, Marvin E.
Church, Dale W.
Churchman, L. Duane
Clawson, Kenneth I.
Cocke Jr., A. Robert
Colburn, Donald L.
Cole Jr., J. Preston
Collins, Lee Roy
Connor Sr., Robert L.
Cook, G. Clive
Cornish, John D.
Cotton, William D.
Cowell Jr., Charles E.
Cowherd, Holman
Crosswhite, John D.
Crum, Robert A.
Cunningham, S. Willard
Custer, Chester E.
Dale, James S.
Daniel, Christopher J.
Darlington, John W.
Davidson, James A.
Davis, Bob D.
Davis, Chester L.
Dawes, Delbert H.
Dawes, Gilbert H.
Dawes, Harrison G.
Dee, Richard S.
Dellit, Harold
Den Hartog, George W.
Dennert Jr., Robert A.
Dietterich, Paul M.
Dimmlich, Walter F.
Dodder, Robert T.
Dowd, John A.
Draper, Darrel L.
Duit, Warren W.
*Dunn, Richard R.
Eastland, Allen C.
Ehlert, Wilbert R.
Eis, Richard L.
Eldrenkamp, Howard J.
Eldridge Jr., Russell D.
Eller, D. Dean
15,231.48
914.7611,169.60
5,083.08
1,547.04
3,757.08
18,379.56
10,079.40
6,891.60
15,044.16
5,496.84
12,684.12
13,905.96
3,536.04
4,953.96
3,536.04
3,305.64
10,811.52
125.4011,695.44
5,975.52
12,413.76
2,431.08
1,197.96
623.767,146.84
17,901.00
8,729.52
7,261.14
1,331.8815,691.08
9,438.48
14,078.12
3,849.96
9,361.49
9,696.72
17,680.08
4,553.28
15,673.44
10,939.56
5,193.60
6,740.52
15,010.44
13,702.08
15,580.56
12,261.24
10,212.60
17,424.18
3,378.96
1,141.84
13,029.00
12,463.08
9,816.96
9,724.08
Ellerbeck, Clifton W.
Ellsworth, Dale E.
Elrick, Gordon G.
Erbe, D. Joan
Ericson, Denton W.
Eyres, Leland C.
Farr, Robert G.
*Farren, Pamela J.
Ferguson, Duane U.
Field, Gilbert M.
Fineran, Kenneth A.
Fix, Charles J.
*Flanigan, Pamela J.
Ford, James M.
Foster, Robert D.
Fouke, James W.
Fowler, William R.
Foxworthy Jr., Herbert H.
Frank, Donald D.
Frevert, Maurice M.
Fugate, Leonard H.
Gable, James W.
Gamble, Robert H.
Gardiner, Homer E.
Garrett, C. Dendy
Garrett, Laurence L.
Geisler, Milton L.
Gerdes, Egon W.D.
Gibson, George E.
Gilbert, Charles D.
Gildner, Robert V.
Gjerde, Wayne R.
Gladfelder, Kermit C.
Gould, Herbert R.
Grant, Willis E.
Gray, Dale
Green, Merton B.
Greenwood, Frank L.
Griffin, Don E.
Griffin, Robert A.
Groves, John L.
Guinn, Chester L.
Hahn, Samuel J.
Haider, Clifford R.
Hall, Max
Hall, Scott C.
Hamilton, Keith E.
Hamilton, Marilynn L.
Hamilton, Richard T.
Hancock, Eugene H.
Hanford, Jack T.
Hansen, Ernest P.
Hanson, Norris P.
Hantla Jr., John P.
13,684.44
6,928.20
7,327.80
506.0416,928.04
2,937.24
15,691.08
7,802.04
3,073.086,271.44
11,367.96
5,193.60
14,576.66
10,138.68
5,037.80
11,143.56
879.00
8,721.36
10,101.96
15,249.00
3,204.60
884.04
11,369.28
4,020.00
12,812.24
13,954.08
3,238.80
177.96
9,877.44
9,723.36
15,369.84
12,486.96
5,838.96
13,684.44
13,481.04
2,394.72
18,389.52
9,937.32
11,584.92
10,346.24
2,652.00
13,009.92
12,707.52
10,897.36
10,829.04
10,367.28
3,425.52
221.04
3,942.60
13,373.52
5,563.56
11,584.92
791.0411,984.88
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INFORMATION REPORTS
Harden, Kenneth J.
Harris, Frederic G.
Harryman, Harold E.
Hartley, Lawrence J.
Hasel, Paul F.
*Heath, Mark D.
Henry, Charles S.
Hensen, Donald R.
Herbst, Arnold T.
Hersey, Thomas D.
Higdon, Dave L.
Hill, Arthur L.
Hjelmaas, Roy A.
Hoehns, K. Wayne
Hohl, Richard T.
*Holmes, David R.
Holmes, Scott G.
Hooten, Jack R.
Hoover Jr., Robert W.
Hoover, Joan S.
Hotle, Thomas E.
Howe, Merlen F.
Howland, Ray C.
Hoyle, Lowell E.
Huddleston Jr., Henry W.
Hulse, Marvin L.
Iles, Donald H.
Isaacson, Clifford E.
James, Vincent L.
Jayne Jr., Carlos C.
Jensen, Carl O.
Johnson, J. Donald
*Jones, Diane B.
Jones, Harold E.
Kamm, Wayne K.
Broudhecker, Karen
*Kelderman, Leroy W.
*Kelly, Dean J.
Kennedy, Stanley C.
Kerns, Clair W.
Kildal, William M.
King, James W.
Kinrade, Alvern J.
Kinzler Sr., Ronald
Kinzler, Herbert W.
Kitterman, Ralph D.
Klein, Carl E.
Knight, Norman L.
Koth, C. Eugene
Krambeck, Richard E.
Kretzschmar, Richard E.
LaMotte Jr., Gerald C.
Landis, Clarence H.
5,967.00
9,503.04
10,608.00
2,752.08
10,739.16
11,703.12
11,809.08
648.00
6,123.96
5,635.56
14,083.56
13,640.64
5,455.44
12,597.00
8,395.20
14,284.50
14,291.64
9,723.12
10,400.16
3,613.32
7,703.76
2,044.68
11,834.28
819.96
1,066.08
12,137.52
15,761.76
7,458.60
5,525.04
3,022.44
12,579.58
3,883.80
14,176.30
7,783.08
18,805.32
637.14
17,552.16
17,425.44
12,468.96
11,727.43
5,746.08
14,168.04
5,083.08
6,280.92
8,822.88
16,842.48
8,700.83
6,659.40
5,629.02
2,692.32
1,012.0814,501.04
12,027.00
Laning, Everett L.
Larson, Ernest W.
Latta, Lloyd A.
Lautt, Clarence N.
Lautt, Zona L.
LaVelle, Larry D.
Lay, Forrest M.
Leatherman, J. Artley
Lee, Joe M.
Lemmermann, Robert W.
Lesher, John Q.
Leverenz, Robert E.
Lieder, Lyle W.
Ling, John Chai-Seng
Logan, Rex V.
Lord, Howard J.
Lott Jr., Raymond C.
Mac Peek, Donald W.
Mallott, Charlotte A.
Mallott, Sheridan M.
Manning, Duane R.
Maple, Donald F.
Marks, James R.
Martin, Ray I.
Martin, Robert P.
Marty, Howard H.
Mason, Charles E.
Mather, Paul B.
Matthews, Gene E.
McBlain, Robert A.
McConnell, Wauneita
McFate, Warren J.
McGee, Gerald D.
McKinley, Paul F.
*McKinney, Rodger N.
Mehaffey, Charles R.
Mequi Jr., Bonifacio B.
*Merrill, Karen H.
Meyer, Edward C.
Miller, Daniel P.
Miller, Eugene L.
Miller, Harold S.
Miller, Jacob H.
Miller, Melvin B.
Miller, Paul L.
Miller, R. Martin
Miller, William T.
Minear, Paul S.
Mitchell, Darrell V.
Moore, John K.
Moore, Leroy W.
Moore, Lester L.
Moore, Raymond D.
1,444.08
12,403.20
17,238.00
1,969.08
823.56
5,110.14
12,839.76
7,758.72
926.08
4,802.88
792.48
15,092.28
15,120.96
2,345.52221.04
5,600.16
13,481.04
1,105.08
2,668.92
4,423.32
16,290.00
5,083.08
4,810.80
5,304.00
8,490.96
8,822.52
16,243.56
7,595.76
430.44
13,260.00
8,840.04
17,017.08
4,714.08
17,772.96
15,373.54
5,838.96
7,401.48
20,589.90
4,420.08
2,183.0411,116.78
5,746.08
14,504.04
12,805.44
3,304.92
11,510.88
14,365.08
2,983.56
8,470.68
15,562.92
13,923.00
14,144.04
12,910.92
60
Morris, Milo E.
Morrison, Clarence M.
Morrow, Charles A.
Newbrough, Floyd T.
Nichols, Frank A.
Nicholson, Dennis D.
Nicholson, James B.
Nolte, Eldon G.
Olson, Bernard G.
Oswald, Rollin G.
O’Tool, Duane H.
Packard Jr., B. Gordon
Paige, Max E.
Paige, Warren S.
Pals, Daryl W.
Parmer, Wallace A.
Parris, Robert M.
Parrott, Glenn R.
Paterson, George W.
Paulus, Richard M.
Pearson, Richard L.
Peckham, Galen E.
Pemble, James R.
Peterson, Kenneth D.
Petrak, Ronald D.
Peverill, L. Vernon
Pfaltzgraff, Paul O.
Pfaltzgraff, Richard C.
Phelps, Walter B.
Philgreen, E. Edward
Phillips, Edward P.
Phillips, Robert P.
Pickles, Thomas F.
Pierce, Fred P.
Pimlott, Lloyd G.
Potter, Orrin T.
Poulsen, James V.
Powell, David J.
*Pulatie, Nina L.
Quandt, Harvey G.
Quinlan, Richard C.
Rau, Alfred E.
Rees, Oscar W.
Reth, Melvin W.
Ricks, Joseph G.
Riebhoff, John L.
Rieckhoff, William G.
Riegel, Henry W.
Riggs, Carl B.
Rinkel Jr., Charles T.
Ritter, R. Roland
Roberts, Donald F.
Robinson Jr., John A.
Robinson, James T.
15,249.00
13,923.00
7,069.0913,947.24
11,076.96
10,986.60
8,164.32
3,845.88
17,994.00
15,120.96
8,624.52
9,014.16
12,468.96
14,679.00
14,488.56
12,027.00
14,457.96
13,573.92
7,956.00
8,368.80
12,027.00
13,145.16
6,162.00
1,204.56
15,067.08
2,475.72
15,231.48
14,411.52
9,106.44
12,468.96
7,874.64
14,789.52
4,659.24
6,409.08
8,049.00
9,637.86
9,951.00
3,318.84
17,423.10
12,416.60
6,401.16
14,089.74
1,799.46
12,486.60
9,910.80
7,325.64
12,468.96
10,240.92
3,094.08
11,572.32
12,818.04
16,434.05
6,943.92
12,395.88
Robinson, Robert P.
Root Jr., Stephen R.
Root, Leonard L.
Rosenberger, John W.
Royar, Kenneth D.
Rozendaal, James E.
Rozendaal, Shirley A.
Ruleman, Robert N.
Ruppert, Robert H.
Russell, James P.
Russell, Raymond
*Samuels, Ellen L.
Schar, David E.
Schlosser, John R.
Schoenmaker, Adrian
Schuldt, David L.
Schwarm, R. Franklin
*Schwarz, Leland C.
Scott Sr., Richard L.
Scott, Keith L.
Sears, Thomas A.
Seibert, James E.
Shaffer, Herbert C.
Sheils Jr., George A.
Sherman, Harold L.
Shickell, Eldon K.
Shoemaker, Wayne E.
Shoffer, Lavina M.
Shreve, Francis W.
Shreve, Robert W.
Sieck, Walter L.
Siemens, Peter
*Sims, Christian R.
Singleton, Jack S.
Skyrme, Joan
Smith, Herbert J.
Smith, Robert L.
Sonner, Larry W.
Sorensen, Vernon M.
Sparks, A. Harold
Sparks, Clyde G.
Squire, John R.
Stauffer, Ray E.
Steele Jr., Otto S.
Stenberg, Harlan A.
Stiefel, Carl F.
Streyffeler, David E.
Streyffeler, Laurice D.
Strickler, Donald E.
Striffler, Russell C.
*Suetterlin, Kenneth D.
Sullivan, Edward L.
Surface, L. Dean
Swinton, Jerrold W.
14,365.08
8,710.53
9,250.80
9,448.44
9,075.06
168.68168.689,171.60
13,812.60
10,432.44
17,569.56
4,233.96
1,552.2010,782.84
3,633.12
16,668.36
1,739.79
7,749.54
4,936.68
16,980.48
12,304.44
7,669.41
14,807.04
15,289.20
12,495.84
10,720.17
14,679.00
2,511.3610,829.04
3,118.32
16,005.00
2,745.00
17,208.77
1,674.36
7.08
5,010.12
3,124.08
5,561.40
8,077.20
15,562.92
8,265.60
7,230.24
2,400.4816,575.00
14,742.96
9,171.60
12,690.00
16,984.68
2,789.50
11,713.08
17,425.44
6,460.80
552.60
20,467.08
61
INFORMATION REPORTS
Tagg, Lawrence
Teasdale, Calvin T.
Tharpe, R. Douglas
Thompson, Donald L.
Tisdale, John R.
Tomlinson, William B.
Towell, Rolland C.
Trembly Jr., William C.
Trusheim, Rudolf
Trusheim, Wilbert R.
Tuttle, Lanny L.
*Ulin, Jerry L.
Underhill Jr., Lee
Unser, Ronald M.
Usher, Worthie K.
Vallery, J. Larry
Varce, Harold A.
Vickery Sr., Gordon K.
Viney, Richard G.
Voas, Duane R.
Wagner, Harold E.
Wagoner, John D.
Wallace, Charles Q.
Wallace, Leon V.
Walters, Dean G.
Washington, Alex T.
Wasta, Wayne E.
Waterman, David P.
Watkins, Dick L.
Webb, J. Ellis
Webb, Warren S.
Wells, Nova L.
Weston, Mark E.
Whitenack, Weldon A.
Wilcox, Wilbur F.
Wilder, Bud C.
Wilken, Alferd E.
Willey, Larry G.
Williams, Dale J.
Williams, Robert D.
Williamson, Paul D.
Wilson, Russell L.
Winter, Robert B.
Woeste, Stanley F.
Wolcott, Jerry B.
Woodin, Thomas W.
Yetter, George I.
Young, David W.
Young, J. Eugene
Young, Robert W.
Ziettlow, Carryl R.
1,181.04
6,832.56
371.889,910.92
3,226.56
13,690.36
1,878.60
10,701.00
11,695.44
14,611.80
6,123.78
17,329.28
3,646.56
5,290.80
13,481.04
7,662.84
14,033.52
8,204.96
9,253.56
13,883.52
12,597.00
182.10
12,468.96
9,806.76
2,509.50
14,033.52
11,322.60
10,175.64
1,043.54
15,249.00
9,055.56
415.92
12,370.08
11,584.92
16,005.00
1,609.44
18,343.08
5,483.01
17,017.08
9,724.08
8,689.32
6,914.40
7,735.08
10,333.32
12,358.44
9,055.56
12,533.04
16,081.68
17,274.12
534.96
8,840.04
$3,846,439.05
SPOUSES
Aitken, Shirley J.
Allsup, Mary M.
Andre, Doris
Arthur, Naomi S.
Artman, Louise D.
Ash, Ruby D.
Ballard, Letha
Bass, Frances A.
Batho, Ada
Beck, Belva M.
Berreth, Lora
Bintz, Lorraine
Bishop, Rachel L.
Blakely, Erma E.
Blankers, Viola
Blomquist, Muriel
Bloodworth, Gladys
Bressler, Cloris
Brockman, Ruth I.
Bryant, Thelma
Bucklew, Althea L.
Burdette, Betty
Burns, Evelyn R.
Campney, Jo Anne
Cannaday, Sara H.
Carbaugh, Esther
Carlson, Virginia R.
Chitwood, Darlene
Clark, E. Kathryn
Clements, Alice G.
Clements, Wilma H.
Collier, Kathryn J.
Considine, Carol C.
Cooper, Gilberta A.
Coughenour, Virginia D.
Crabtree, Juanita
Crews, Phyllis
Cripps, Olga
Cutler, Arlene
Dailey, Margaret A.
*Dancel, Lucena G.
Davies, Karen
Deaver, Joycelyn M.
Dendler, Alta
Dimmitt, Dean J.
Dold, Elizabeth
Dunham, Mildred L.
Eddy, Savilla
Ellis, Betty M.
English, Nancy
Eveland, Mary Ellen
Fitch, Janice D.
4,486.32
226.56
6,045.48
8,817.96
12,024.72
9,435.84
8,294.52
7,897.44
3,635.52
1,088.52
5,259.84
11,483.28
7,074.36
4,875.12
5,646.60
4,570.95
6,546.60
6,806.88
6,068.76
5,029.29
8,895.36
4,986.82
1,701.72
7,896.21
6,665.01
10,365.00
10,840.56
4,641.00
2,629.92
12,530.76
6,532.92
8,817.96
7,847.76
7,745.88
7,348.32
2,784.60
8,352.48
6,146.16
10,703.76
270.84355.88
8,933.98
13,458.96
8,079.84
10,751.76
5,414.52
3,712.80
6,265.44
4,046.16
895.56
8,234.52
1,392.36
62
*Fleming, Lucile Russell
Forbes, Varena D.
Frankhauser, Anita M.
Freeburg, Rosanne C.
Frohardt, Myra M.
Fry, Sylvia M. Rankin
Gant, Nina
Garlock, Amy Lou
Gaul, Shirley W.
Gilmore, Connie S.
Goldman, June Parker
Green, Marcille A.
Greenwood, Priscilla
Gruber, Lois R.
Hall, Lois M.
*Hang, Flora I.
Hann, Eunice M.K.
Harbour, Jane
Harris, Ruby F.
Hauser, Charlotte
Havighurst, Novelle B.
Hawhee, Ruth E.
Henline, Alice
Hill, Lois
Hindman, Beulah
Hinshaw, Crescence
Hoover, Rowena C.
Huscher, Nellie M.
Jones, Flonda
Kerns, Lily M.
King, Esther G.
King, Grace I.
Kinney, Marvina H.
Kleihauer, Dorothea B.
Knight, Elsie L.
Krass, Janyce A.
Lamb, H. Merle
Larsen, Rosalie M.
Latta, Fern C.
Latta, Marjorie R.
Lippincott, Margery F.
Litty, Melva L.
Long, Glenda S.
Long, Lorene
Lott, Betty L.
MacCanon, Verla
*Manimoi, Aurora B.
Martin, Ruby
Mathwig, Hope F.
Maus, Jane M.
*McKenzie, Ella M.
*McLaughlin, Hazel
McLaughlin, Janet T.
McMullen, Margaret L.
8,319.81
7,889.76
12,699.84
5,530.44
11,679.96
2,707.30
9,514.08
11,525.16
11,988.36
2,197.92
10,365.00
10,365.00
4,331.64
8,608.08
11,483.28
5,623.20
12,066.60
7,374.60
257.84
9,858.96
13,536.36
9,127.32
168.00
8,431.20
11,372.28
8,849.04
5,638.08
709.05
11,061.12
746.32
10,168.32
8,986.81
11,988.24
928.20
1,884.05
9,746.16
11,251.20
2,475.24
9,549.48
10,702.32
8,277.48
4,099.56
1,928.88
9,204.72
6,068.76
12,685.44
5,897.81
8,528.04
1,547.04
7,889.76
4,807.67
4,916.04
928.20
8,690.52
Metcalf, Eloise W.
Miller, Hilda I.
Morales, Lottie J.
Mueller, Loraine D.
Musser, Leora
*Nash, Berniece
Nelson, Dorothy H.
Nelson, Grace
*Newlon, Linda G.
Norem, Harriett J.
Nothdurft, Bernyce
Olive, Susan M.
Olson, Blanche
Olson, Helen
Ossman, Shirley
Ott, Margaret V.
Overhulser, Helene
Packholke, Jean F.
Paul, Helen E.
Pencook, Gertrude E.
Pennington, Minerva
Petersen, Louise M.
Peterson, Nedra F.
Pettersen, M. Irene
Pierce, Anna B.
Pinnell, Barbara E.
Pittman, Mary L.
Pooley, Anna L.
Potter, Irene E.
Preul, Ferne M.
Quandt, Mary Ellen
Rees, Ida Mae
Richardson, Leila M.
Robinson, Jeane
Rose, Nora E.
*Rosenberry, Margie D.
Rowley, Alice G.
Rowse, Vera May
Rugger, Arlene R.
Sasnett, Martene T.
Schaller, Elizabeth E.
Schneck, Marie I.
Schultz, Nancy E.
Schumacher, Lorene G.
Shickell, Jeanette
Shultz, Helen G.
Smith, Juanita
Somerville, Lefa M.
Speer, Dorothy H.
Spence, Marjorie
*Spiker, Dorothy
Staats, Elizabeth
Stewart-Morris, Violet
Stewart, Mary Ann
13,072.20
6,300.84
149.16
1,245.42
7,538.40
8,587.44
5,295.24
8,002.56
4,280.40
895.08
12,179.40
1,392.36
4,134.96
956.94
1,697.88
6,497.40
12,411.48
5,836.68
2,860.47
13,613.64
12,608.16
7,657.68
10,210.20
8,895.36
8,431.20
8,895.36
5,105.16
837.96
10,555.08
11,679.96
1,856.40
4,367.80
7,967.16
10,331.75
10,674.36
6,900.15
10,787.16
12,453.36
4,844.04
464.33
8,585.88
5,042.05
523.20
9,438.60
10,245.72
9,394.80
2,862.00
9,858.96
8,355.24
3,825.60
8,012.28
9,441.60
3,825.60
8,664.96
63
INFORMATION REPORTS
Strickler, Nancy J.
390.54
*Sullivan, Margaret B.
5,280.76
*Tan, Harriet G.
8,028.12
Tappmeyer, Janice
11,215.80
Terry, Susan J.
4,254.36
Thompson, Dorothy M.
3,635.52
Thurow, Alice
2,897.40
Tidball, Jeanette A.
6,223.44
Tinker, Lorena J.
9,127.32
Tschetter, Leoda
6,729.48
Usher, Joan
6,234.48
Vanderhoef, June L.
4,289.76
Wagoner, Rosina
1,402.17
Walker, Florence P.
7,074.36
Walters, Louise
5,422.05
Watkins, Linda L.
8,220.85
*Weitzel, Marcia D.
266.35
Wells, Janet
11,061.12
Wilkins, Vera M.
10,709.76
Williams, Martha V.
8,613.60
*Zarr, Marlene J.
5,101.68
Zelley, Mary H.
3,867.60
Zischke, Elnora W.
1,237.68
Total
$1,233,024.51
CHILDREN
*Allsup, Jonathan D.
*Manimoi, Sia Maria
*Manimoi, Timothy-Titus
*Woeste, Mary Kathleen
Total
LOCAL PASTORS
Brown, Helen L.
Elder, Vern D.
Hesseltine, Lester R.
Total
2,112.07
4,318.73
4,318.73
4,033.20
$ 14,782.73
$
1,989.00
3,315.00
1,854.00
7,158.00
SURVIVING LP SPOUSES
Brown, Helen L.
1,856.40
*Bugh, Lavonia G.
6,374.04
Fitch, Geraldine G.
3,175.60
Hart, Mary E.
3,284.16
Henry, Betty M.
2,165.88
Musson, Margaret L.
506.04Rubey, Mildred J.
8,200.80
Wilson, Jennie A.
1,779.12
Total
$26,329.96
4. Commission on Equitable Compensation
No report received. See “Reports of Conference Action” section this Journal.
5. Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling
The Committee received Dr. Mary Fraser’s report of activities from November 1, 2001 to
November 1, 2002. Dr. Fraser engaged 175 clients in 1168 hours of counseling, held four
workshops, seven retreats, twelve “Pastors as Counselors” programs, twenty-four church staff
days and provided leadership at many other events.
A high point in the year was the first meeting of the Larry Sonner Lecture Series. Seventy
pastors attended the conference and met with Dr. Howard Clinebell, one of the leading
professors of Pastoral Counseling.
We expect and plan to continue a very active counseling ministry as well as providing
leadership to the Conference in developing group events to enhance the spiritual life of all
members of the Conference. The Committee hopes to receive from the planning task force,
recommendations for a five-year plan. The Committee will begin consideration of these
recommendations.
We ended the year 2002 with our expenses slightly below our budget but possibly slightly
above our income. We are requesting $140,640 in apportionments for 2003 with other
income of $1,000 making a total requested budget of $141,640 and expected expenses of
$134,000. We estimate our income to be $136,000 allowing for $2,000 of excess revenues
over expenses.
Lee Berryhill
Chairperson
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B. Program
1. Age Level Council
In 2002-2003, we’ve worked at developing an Older Adults Committee as part of the Age
Level Council. We will be sending two members to a workshop in 2003 on Older Adult
Ministries. We learned from Lana Ross about advocacy and were challenged to do more
advocate work as a council and as individuals. We are seeing members become more active
in their respective districts and interest and are challenging districts to develop Single and
Older Adult ministries.
Our plans for 2003 and 2004 include working to strengthen Older Adult Ministries and
Single Ministries. We hope to create Single and Older Adult Ministries links on the Conference
Website. In the future, we plan to focus on the various age categories one year at a time. Our
goal is to become better advocates for all age levels.
Don W. Burket
Chairperson
2. Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries
3. Board of Church and Society
As a board we are to develop and promote programs that provide education and action
on issues confronting the Church, consistent with the Social Principles and policies adopted
by the General Conference and the Iowa Annual Conference (see General Conference Book
of Discipline, 2000, paragraph 627, p. 364).
The Board sees as its primary mission to call local churches, individuals, and the Annual
Conference to witness to Jesus Christ in active Social Justice ministries.
Advocacy and education are top priorities as we try to help all members know and
understand the church’s Social Principles, as well as both the General and Annual
Conference resolutions. For this purpose we have a full-time Justice Advocate appointed by
and responsible to the Bishop. The Advocate represents the Bishop and the Iowa Annual
Conference at the State House, helping elected officials understand the church’s official
position on issues. A Standing Committee both advises and is in consultation with the
Advocate. The conference-wide Advocacy Network serves as the most effective tool to inform
members of issues important to the church so that they may make their own contacts to their
elected officials.
In addition to working at the Legislature, the Advocate encourages, enables, and educates
United Methodists in the Social Principles, resolutions and other issues of justice. This
education takes place at the local church (65 in 2002) School of Missions, Youth Annual
Conference, and district events to name a few.
A second priority of the Board is Restoratives Justice Ministries. This task force works to
introduce and implement restorative justice programs throughout Iowa and train persons to
become restorative justice facilitators. This is an initiative of the General Church and , in Iowa,
is implemented by this Board.
The Restorative Justice Committee has concentrated their efforts on helping the church
understand what Restorative Justice means. Members of the committee provided leadership
for the School of Christian Missions study on Restorative Justice. They are investigating the
possibility of a Prison Congregation in one of Iowa’s prisons and the possibility that this could
be considered a new church start with a pastor appointed to that prison congregation.
The Task Force for Homelessness and Affordable Housing is the third priority of the
Board. This group distributes information to local churches about homelessness and near
homelessness as well as providing financial support to assist churches with projects that allow
for direct relationships with homeless persons.
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Working ecumenically with the Iowa Peace Network, the Board continues its ongoing
program designed to share expertise and resources that strengthen peace education, training
and action by United Methodists.
In March of 2003, the Board had 8 members who attended the Washington D.C.
leadership training and issues briefing sponsored by the General Board of Church and
Society.
Other programs include work with coalitions and advocacy groups sharing our church’s
official positions on issues including Project Equality, Iowa Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice, and the Iowa Environmental Council.
Dorothy Higdon
Chairperson
4. Board of Discipleship
5. Board of Global Ministries
During 2002, the Board of Global Ministries has begun to focus on the new vision for the
Iowa United Methodist Annual Conference. The Hispanic Standing Committee is continuing
to challenge, train, and guide new ministries with the growing Hispanic population in Iowa.
They have held training sessions for experienced and new workers with Hispanics, both
Hispanic and non-Hispanics. They are off to a good start but there is still a long way to go as
the Hispanic population in Iowa increases.
The Parish Development Committee continues to help churches do a “new thing”. They
equip churches to begin new ministries and revitalize existing ministries. There is a new
church being born at Easter Lake in Des Moines. The Builder’s Call helps new churches and
older churches with building needs. The Iowa Academy for Ministry Development has
graduated its second class who are trained to begin new ministries and revitalize existing
ministries.
The Community and Institutional Ministries’ funds are used for Shalom Zone and emerging
ministries, connectional agencies and health ministries including parish nurse programs. They
continue to receive many more requests for grants than there is funds available.
The Mission Education Standing Committee’s role is to encourage the congregations of
the Iowa Annual Conference in supporting the mission work of the United Methodist Church.
They are particularly working now to increase mission personnel support. They encourage
churches to be in covenant relationship with those General Board of Global Ministries mission
personnel who are related to the Iowa Conference. The Rainbow Covenant program
encourages local churches to give to missions at home as well as around the world. Giving
money and mission kits to the UMCOR Depot in Baldwin, Louisiana is always encouraged.
Volunteers in Mission and Iowa-Nigeria Partnership are opportunities for Iowans to be actively
involved in mission.
The new Mission Personnel Committee is active in the recruitment and support of
missionary personnel both from and in Iowa.
The foundation of the Board of Global Ministries work is apportionments. If every church
paid its apportionments in full, the United Methodist Church would be able to be more fully
God’s church at work in Iowa.
Mary Morris
Chairperson
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6. Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry relates to the young adults and
leadership at Iowa’s four United Methodist Colleges, Cornell, Iowa Wesleyan, Morningside,
and Simpson and our four Wesley Foundations at Drake University, the University of Northern
Iowa, the University of Iowa, and Iowa State University. We are also initiating a plan to reach
students at other schools of higher education, recognizing these students’ needs and their
potential to develop a rich Christian growth and commitment.
In his April 2002, Vision Statement, Bishop Palmer lifted up four essential tasks at the
heart of being true to our tradition as United Methodists. The BHECM believes that the current
United Methodist ministries at our institutions of higher education meet the challenges of this
Iowa Conference vision and we are well-situated to carry this vision into the future.
Educating and nurturing young persons: Campus ministry seeks to pass on the faith to
young adults. We engage students in a relevant witness, evangelizing every day. We work
to be the presence of local United Methodist congregations as we serve the needs of their
students attending our universities and church-related colleges.
Starting new communities of faith: Every new school year - even each new semester finds new students exploring their faith life and beginning a journey to commitment to Christ.
In that way, a new community of faith is started each year. After departing from the campus,
these new disciples move into other new or established congregations, enhancing their
programs and faith lives in this and other Annual Conferences. We are on the front lines of
touching and inviting those who are spiritual and seeking community.
Serving the poor and disenfranchised both in charity and justice: Bishop Palmer reminded
us “That we are called to be a people who relate to our neighbors and especially the poor.”
At all eight of our higher education ministries, service is held to be an essential part of the
faith journey. Campus ministries connect service with faith, helping students to live out what
it means to be a disciple.
Calling forth quality, spiritual leadership: Responding to the “persistent cry” Bishop Palmer
hears for “lay and clergy leaders of skill, competence, vision and integrity,” campus ministry
has developed leaders for the church and citizens for God’s world. Students involved in our
programs move into the church as clergy and lay leaders. Developing quality, spiritual leaders
for the church and the world is what the Wesley Foundations and the college ministries do
best.
Carolyn Moe
Chairperson
7. Board of Laity
The Board of Laity’s emphasis on bringing effective lay membership to the local church
continues to be a primary focus. The expansion of the highly successful School of Lay
Ministry is one avenue to develop this leadership. In the Fall of 2003, a second school will
begin on the Morningside campus and a third school at Cornell is scheduled to open in 2004,
joining the original site at Simpson.
The board continues to distribute scholarships for Lay Ministry Training. This is another
way to develop lay leadership along with the ongoing work of the Lay Speaking Ministries in
our conference.
Heifer International, Thanksgiving Ingathering, and United Methodist Men are supported
in their diverse ministries by the board.
Connie Gilmore
Secretary
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8. Board of Ordained Ministry
9. Commission on Archives and History
The Commission continues to put primary emphasis and funds on the maintenance and
operation of the Conference Archives located in Chadwick Library at Iowa Wesleyan College,
Mount Pleasant, Iowa. A part of this is the copying and preserving of old records for
safekeeping and doing oral histories as funds are available. We have begun to make plans
for the updating of our Annual Conference history starting in 2006 to compliment the one
completed in 1986. During this year we have been able to obtain an up-to-date computer
system to facilitate the work of our archivist.
Our Archivist, Esther Wonderlich, continues to respond to many requests about churches
and genealogical requests.
Donald Frank
Chairperson
10. Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
11. Commission on Religion and Race
The essential work of the Commission on Religion and Race is to achieve racial
inclusiveness through monitoring, advocating, linking, sensitizing conference boards,
agencies and local congregations as well as empowering ethnic minority groups. There has
been an increasing awareness of inclusiveness at the district and local church levels. Most
of the districts have included racism workshops as part of their district leadership training
events. The Commission is currently focusing on “Acts of Repentance for Racism” studyworkshops being conducted throughout the Conference.
The Commission sponsored a training event on “Acts of Repentance for Racism” on March
16, 2002 at Bethel United Methodist Church, Manly, Iowa for the Mason City District. There
were fifty-six participants including several youth. The workshop leader was Rev. Anne
Marshall from the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns. The
Commission also sponsored an Ethnic Clergy and Spouse Conference on October 4-5, 2002
at the Best Inn, West Des Moines, Iowa. The theme of the conference was “Journey with
Jesus: Making Disciples.” Rev. Henry Bevel, a former district superintendent, was the keynote
speaker at the conference and Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Tabelisma, Mason City District
Superintendent, did a presentation on “Clergy Code of Ethics and Making Your Transitions.”
Immigration matters were also discussed during the conference.
The Commission sponsored ten delegates to attend the North Central Jurisdiction
Commission on Religion and Race annual learning experience held at Wisconsin Dells,
Wisconsin October 17-19, 2002.
The Commission administers the Ethnic Minority Self-Determination Fund. One-third of the
funds are given to individuals and families who face crisis situations and it is a one time grant.
Two-thirds of the fund is given to organizations and local churches which provide ministries
to ethnic minorities. The recipients of the Ethnic Minority Self-Determination Fund in the year
2002 were: Estherville United Methodist Church, Hawthorn Hill Ministries, Hope Ministries,
Catholic Charities, Jubilee United Methodist Church, Broadway United Methodist Church, Alta
Action Team, St. Paul’s AME Church, Diversity Service Center of Iowa, Fellowship United
Methodist Church, Hispanic Ministries fo the Columbus Area, and Bidwell Riverside Center.
From time to time, we invite persons from organizations/local churches receiving the grants
to give reports about their ministries.
The focus of the Commission during 2003-2004 is to sponsor a cultural diversity workshop
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in each district to promote greater appreciation for cultural diversity in local churches. The
model workshop of its kind will be held on April 12, 2003, at Wesley United Methodist Church,
Mason City, Iowa. We have invited Rev. Kathleen Thomas-Sano from the General
Commission on Religion and Race to be the workshop leader. We are planning to use the
study guide, The Gift of Diversity by Eric Law in all our future workshops.
J.S. Subramanian
Chairperson
12. Commission on Status and Role of Women
In 2002, the Commission on Status and Role of Women continued its service as advocate,
catalyst, and monitor on behalf of women. Formal monitoring of and concurrent feedback to
the Iowa Annual Conference was undertaken during the 2002 Annual Conference. Reports
were submitted to the Conference and General Commission on Status and Role of Women.
Packets on domestic violence, copies of the “Healing Path” and summaries of the national
Retention Study were made available at a display table at the Annual Conference. A survey
format for the study of retention in Iowa has been submitted for approval. The Guide, a
handbook for non-clergy spouses, has been researched, assembled, and submitted to the
Conference for publication and distribution. A media and communication function has been
designated for the Commission. Networking with our representatives of UMW, Church and
Society, and Commission on Religion and Race is continuing.
Ione G. Shadduck,
Chairperson
13. Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Our current ministry is to introduce new materials for use in local churches at Annual
Conference, to offer seed money grants to local churches working to improve accessibility
issues, and to offer workshops at the Iowa Annual Conference on working with hearing
impaired in our churches. We are also developing a “more user friendly” accessibility audit
system.
Trish Burket,
Chairperson
14. Conference Council on Ministries
15. Conference Council on Youth Ministry
C. Conference Lay Organizations
1. United Methodist Women
The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose
purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ;
to develop a creative, supportive fellowship and expand concepts of mission through
participation in the global ministry of the church.
“The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose
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Purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus
Christ...”
In 2002, as well as throughout the history of our United Methodist Women, one of the
ways we carried out this section of our Purpose was through our School of Christian Mission
and our Mission Education Event. These events are held in July and October and are
currently held in Marshalltown at the Continuing Education Center. This site has proved to be
very acceptable to our attendees. They enjoy the comfort of air conditioned motels,
continental breakfasts, no hill climbing, good parking and less walking.
Our theme for 2002 was “God’s Mission: Faith In Action.” Our studies were Mexico,
Restorative Justice and the Book of James. These were powerful studies and our mission
studies on these topics are being held throughout all 12 districts so that all our people have
a chance to learn to know more about how we can be better Christians. More than 500
women and men attended the two events. Our attendees included eight teenagers, fourteen
instructors, and ten youngsters attending camp at Pictured Rocks. The 2003 UMW theme is
“Crossing Boundaries: A Journey of Hope.” We will continue our study of Mexico, as well as
a study “Creating Interfaith Community.” Our Bible study will be on the Book of Exodus, with
Bishop Palmer as leader. Our camp for the youth will be held at Camp Wesley Woods in
Indianola.
Along with our study of missions we learn to know more of God through our reading
program and our local unit program studies. In 2002, we began planning a video to be made
by a teen UMW group in Nevada, Iowa. This is now in the works and will be completed in late
spring. We realize the importance of gaining youthful membership for future leadership. We
currently have 714 local units in Iowa, and 32,711 members.
“And to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ: to develop a creative,
supportive fellowship and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global
ministry of the church.”
The rest of our Purpose is carried out by participating in programs on social action,
fellowship, and service. We participate in Lobby Day and become informed on legislative
issues. We keep before us the Charter for Racial Justice which was adopted by the 1980
General Conference of the United Methodist Church. We support the global ministries of our
church, as well as local missions, Bidwell Riverside, Shesler Hall, and of course, Ingathering
celebrations in the fall. In 2002, our women sent five large canisters of old computers,
typewriters and books to United Methodist college students in the Philippines. We are a
group of women founded in the concept that mission to others is a necessary part of our lives.
Jesus said that whatever you do to the least of these, you do also to me. We believe this. We
are a supportive fellowship, active in our local churches, and we have a good time working
and playing together. We continue to have a Family Camp experience at Lake Okoboji in
August where children, parents and grandparents share a time of study and play together. All
local units are visited at least once a year by a member of the district leadership team so we
can keep the connection going and information shared. We encourage new membership from
all ages to join our United Methodist Women and would like to see a United Methodist
Women’s unit in every church in the Iowa Conference. We welcome everyone - women,
teenagers and men to join us at our School of Christian Mission in July, and the Mission
Education Event in October.
Virginia Schoeneman,
President
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2. United Methodist Men
Iowa continues to have one of the strongest conferences of United Methodist Men. We
continue to serve our Lord in a variety of ways.
This year we held our conference wide retreat at Wesley Woods. There was time for open
discussion around men’s groups on Friday evening. The theme for Saturday was “Making
Disciple Makers.” The retreat was a blessing and the only disappointing comments I heard
were that more men weren’t there. There are two more retreats scheduled for this summer.
Our Jurisdictional Retreat is July 25-27 in Naperville, Illinois. Our Four Conference Rally is
September 26-28 in Mankato, Minnesota.
We continue to support and promote mission organizations to give our men a better
opportunity to show love to their neighbors. These include Self Help, Scouting, Society of St.
Andrew, Upper Room Prayer Ministry, and others. We currently have three of the four
coordinating positions filled.
We continue to struggle with leveraging the connectional system of the Church to reach
our potential to minister to its men. There are men inclined to start groups that don’t know
where to turn for help and there are many men’s groups that we do not know about. There
are 140 chartered men’s groups in our conference of 866 churches and charges. Half of the
districts have presidents to serve their district.
My challenge as conference president is to better equip and encourage the district
presidents/mission coordinators to do what God is calling them to do. Each of us has been
impacted by a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and it is our hearts desire to lead others
to His saving grace and love.
Shawn Lange,
President
D. Other Organizations
1. Children and Family Urban Ministries
No report received.
2. Hawthorn Hill
Hawthorn Hill continued to serve homeless women and children, immigrants and refugees,
and women in Iowa prisons. In addition, Global Gifts worked toward eliminating poverty in
Third World countries by providing an outlet for handcrafts.
This past year New Directions Shelter provided 5,500 bed nights/person days for
homeless women and children, which included 320 children (newborn to teenager) and
served 160 homeless families. The shelter is provided free of cost.
English As A Second Language continued to provide free classes and served
approximately 200 refugees and immigrants. The Sudanese Women’s Employment Project
continued to assist Sudanese Women in job skills training and job placement.
Friends of Iowa Women Prisoners continued to advocate on behalf of women in Iowa
prisons. In addition, Friends have continued to provide scholarships for women inmates to pay
for school tuition and books for college-level courses through the Iowa Telecommunications
System.
Global Gifts expanded its mission in 2002 to include the populations Hawthorn Hill serves
as sources of local and regional handcrafts, products and artwork.
New Directions Shelter
ESL/SWEP
Hawthorn Hill
Friends
$204,905.00
$157,612.00
$ 52,820.00
$ 3,500.00
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Global Gifts
$ 45,000.00
$463,837.00
Alfredo V. Alvarez,
Executive Director
3. Iowa United Methodist Foundation
Much of the work of the Foundation is a continuation of what it has been doing for several
years. Our objective is to manage the monies entrusted to us in ways that will provide income
and corpus growth from year to year in companies that meet the Social Principles of The
United Methodist Church. The past three years have been extremely difficult but our
investment policies are still producing at a better rate than the Standard and Poor Average
(S&P 500). We are certainly not pleased with our efforts but are continually attempting,
through our Investment Committee, to improve.
Each year our Scholarship Committee awards more than $100,000 in scholarships to
Iowa United Methodist students. In March over 900 individual applications were examined to
award eighty-two scholarships. This is one of the important services the Foundation gives to
the Annual Conference. None of the money given by individuals and the Annual Conference
for the program is used to underwrite the cost of gathering the applications, duplicating them
and having the membership of the Scholarship Committee come together to decide on the
awards. This underwriting of the program is done by the Foundation.
One of the most important projects the Foundation does for the Annual Conference is to
do the work involved in putting together the two annual Builder’s Calls. Usually between
$45,000 and $55,000 is brought in to assist a designated congregation. The cost of the
involvement in time and effort far exceeds the money provided to do this program but the
Foundation has always felt it was an excellent program and wishes to be of assistance to the
Annual Conference.
Currently the Foundation staff is helping to form Endowment Committees (123 in the past
four years), Investment presentations (119 in four years), Stewardship and Fund raising
Consultations (43 in four years), Wills and Estate Seminars (36 in four years), District Training
sessions (11 recently) and have worked with Annual Conference agencies and made 78
major donor calls in the recent past.
The Church Loan Program continues to grow as local churches become aware of the
many advantages it provides for them. The personal contact that was provided by the local
church consultant, who visited every parish in the Iowa Conference twice in the
past three years, has been deleted as of January 1, but as we look to the future it is hoped
it once again can provide a much needed service.
In the past four years the Foundation has raised $3.4 million charitable dollars.
Additionally, the Foundation raised one million dollars in individual and church investments
for the Church Loan Program. Almost none of these funds are for the use of the Foundation.
Practically all money raised will go to churches, the Annual Conference and agencies of the
Annual Conference. We are aware that there are other monies designated to come to the
Foundation for various charities but do not include them in our total until they actually arrive.
David P. Harner,
Director
4. Wesley Foundations
The Wesley Foundations at Drake University, Iowa State University, University of Iowa
and University of Northern Iowa seek to faithfully serve students and be missionaries for the
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United Methodist churches of the Iowa Annual Conference.
Gift One: We provide a faith home for students at the university. We are an extension
of your local church on campus - your missionaries of care to your students.
The call came from a parent who had somehow found the Reachout Crisis Line number.
She was desperate. Her daughter’s roommate had been threatening to commit suicide for the
past two weeks - ever since the girl’s parents had told her they were getting a divorce. “We
waited until you were off to school before we did this, because we didn’t want you to go
through all the turmoil at home.” But the girl did go through turmoil, blaming herself for the
break-up because she left home, and was unable to prevent her parents from divorcing. The
mother who called explained that her daughter couldn’t leave the room because she was
afraid the distraught girl would use her absence to kill herself. “I wish I was there so I could
do something, but I’m 300 miles away, and at my wit’s end. Please help me.
Reachout is sponsored by the Wesley Foundation, and offers students an opportunity to
be helpful to their colleagues by offering support during many critical times. On this occasion
the hall director, dean of students and a school counselor were reached and the young
woman was able to calmly work through the frightening difficulty. When your mom isn’t close
by, sometimes Wesley Foundations can be a quick substitute. (Story from the Wesley
Foundation at Drake University)
Gift Two: Our Wesley Foundations nurture church leaders who will faithfully serve the
church, as both clergy and laity, for years to come.
In a typical month at our Wesley Foundations, students have a wide range of
opportunities to discern and develop their leadership skills. They might, like Holly, Stephanie
or Nathaniel, lead a Bible study, book group or covenant discipleship group. Perhaps they’ll
participate in visioning with the Wesley Foundation Board like Jonathan, Amanda and Brian.
They could, like Ryan, Alyssa and Ruth, teach a Sunday School class, serve as liturgist in
worship or plan a mission work trip.
Wesley students might initiate and coordinate a spiritual disciplines group for grad
students as Jenny, Kara, Aaron and Sarah are doing. Or, like Melody and Matt, they might
lead a worship band or direct a choir. These are real names and a few of the leadership
development activities from just one of our Wesley Foundations. Multiply this list by four and
it becomes clear the leaders nurtured and developed in our campus ministries are already
having a huge impact in our church. This impact will only increase as they put their growing
gifts to use in churches throughout our conference. They will become Sunday School
teachers, choir directors, committee chairs, pastors, missionaries and more.
It is a joy to be in partnership with the churches of Iowa nurturing the leadership of our
denomination. (Story from the Wesley Foundation at Iowa State University)
Gift Three: Wesley Foundations are an example of an active evangelism laboratory. At
the beginning of the winter semester, some students seeking to publicize our ministry and
further our outreach decided to “table” in the student union. “Tabling” describes when a group
sits at a table with promotional material, engaging those who walk by on their way to class.
To attract some attention and make a provocative theological statement, our students made
a sign which read: “You are not going to hell, -God.” The sign produced some good
conversation and some smiles, but one student went past the table, stopped, turned around,
and looked at it for a while. Then after a few moments, walked up to the person at our table
and quietly said, “You are the first Christian group to tell me that. Thank you.” Sometimes
evangelism gives a gracious witness when before there was none. (Story from the Wesley
Foundation at the University of Iowa)
Gift Four: Wesley Foundations provide a witness to rational Christian faith, not only in
the midst of this culture generally, but specifically as an alternative to narrow definitions of
Christianity so often readily available on many colleges and universities. These narrow
definitions narrow definitions are often dismissed by many of today’s students.
An upper level student who has been involved with a variety of religious groups while
here reflects on becoming a part of a Wesley Foundation group called “Deep Questions.”
After participating in the group for several weeks, she shared how stimulating it was to find
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a place where she wasn’t always feeling like the “odd one out,” when she would ask
questions and struggle with some of the narrow limits some of the groups seemed to
advocate. She shares how she is growing by working to connect these aspects of her faith.
“I brought this idea of two main different interpretations up at Sunday School this
morning, and it wrecked a little bit of havoc! My teacher couldn’t quite imagine how there was
any other way than the literal way that had any validity. It stretches me, that’s for sure! If you
could attempt to answer some of these questions, I’d really appreciate it! Thanks a lot!”
This student is not unusual at our Wesley Foundations. Many, like her, respond to book
studies, Bible studies and community service with reflection, and ask for more. (Story from
the Wesley Foundation at University of Northern Iowa)
Financial Statement from the Wesley Foundation at Drake University
Income
Annual Conference
Other Income (gifts)
Parsonage Fund
Misc. Income
Interest
Total
$ 57,054.00
5,077.29
2,500.00
3,880.00
93.70
$ 68,604.99
Expenses
Staff Support
Office Expense
Administration
Property
Program
Total
$ 56,913.04
2,666.97
88.99
4,413.75
1,612.04
$ 65,694.79
Financial Statement from the Wesley Foundation at Iowa State
Income
Annual Conference
$116,377.00
Annuity Interest
467.17
Saving Account Interest
220.01
Gifts and Contributions
4,320.00
Collegiate UMC Support 45,997.64
Total
$167,381.82
Expenses
Staff
Programming
Office Expense
Building & Grounds
$121,795.51
9,550.67
12,176.89
23,858.75
Total
$167,381.82
Financial Statement from the Wesley Foundation at the University of Iowa
Income
Annual Conference
$130,273.00
Building Income
76,291.96
Contributions
1,523.00
Interest & other income
4,027.69
Total
$212,115.65
Expenses
Programming
Staff
Building
Administration
Total
$ 18,533.58
180,123.17
41,840.94
5,044.51
$246,542.20
Financial Statement from the Wesley Foundation at the University of Northern Iowa
Income
Annual Conference
$ 91,937.00
Student Income
332.00
Maintenance Reimb.
1,952.00
Volunteer Coord. Fund
3,046.00
Misc. Income
10,323.00
Grants
5,000.00
Total
$112,590.00
Expenses
Staff Support
Office Expense
Administration
Property
Program
Total
$ 86,598.00
3,693.00
2,098.00
15,506.00
6,854.00
$114,749.00
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E. Urban Ministries
1. Churches United of the Quad City Area, Rock Island, Illinois
Churches United staff coordinates the work of 20 strategically-located Food Pantries,
which in 2002, distributed over $300,000 of food to some 62,000 people from over 17,000
families. We currently are developing 2 pantries, one on each side of the river that will be
open on Saturday mornings. We also are the coordinators for the Quad City CROP Walk
which each year raises over $50,000 to fight hunger. We are the largest walk in Iowa and
downstate Illinois!
Hot meals are served to homeless and other hungry people daily in one of our three Meal
Sites. Our first Meal Site opened in 1982, with our most recent opening in July 2002, which
serves meals each Sunday evening. A gap that has now been met. We estimate that over
50,000 meals were provided at the three meal sites during 2002. Churches United staff
recruits, orientates and coordinates the serving congregations; and manages relationships
among serving churches, site host staff, and consumers; and pays for all utensils.
Churches United staff recruits, trains, supervises and coordinates some 50 volunteer
chaplains, lay and clergy, at the Rock Island (Illinois) and Scott (Iowa) County Jails.
Volunteers minister through active listening, Christian caring, Bible study and worship
leadership. We provide liaison between jail administrators and congregations and volunteers,
as well as Bibles and other printed materials.
In 1995, we helped to establish “The Family Connection, Inc.”, a partnership of the church
community staffed entirely by volunteers primarily from ten different churches from the
Northwest Davenport Ministerial Association, along with judicial and law enforcement and
various human service agencies. This group helped to develop a site at which non-amicable
divorced parents could bring their children to exchange them for court-ordered visitation. In
2002, we hired a part-time coordinator to develop our “Safe Passage” program in Illinois
which is very comparable to the Iowa Center.
Churches United coordinates many other ecumenical and interfaith services including:
Yom Ha Shoa, Pacem In Terris and the Salute to America prayer service as a result of the
tragedies of September 11, 2001.
2. Des Moines Community Worker Board of the U.M. Church
No report received.
3. Urban Visions, Inc., Fort Dodge
No report received.
4. Urban Ministry, Inc., Waterloo
2002 Program Areas Summary
Crisis Ministry: Total families served in 2002 is 1,103.
Chaplaincy (Waterloo Police Department): Every month Rev. Dolf responds to
numerous calls from officers to assist in death notification, family crisis situations, job-related
stress, and resolves calls regarding homeless persons that the local shelters are not able to
house.
Shalom: Intentional outreach within the neighborhood has met the goal of increased
participation. There are new faces and new projects, including an initiative by neighbors to
work together to address the issue of the high cost of prescription drugs for seniors.
Transitional Housing Program: Significant repairs to both the exterior and interior have
made extensive improvements to the condition of the property. Every 5 years rental property
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must pass inspection by the City of Waterloo, and in 2002, our property passed inspection
with flying colors. A total of five participants were assisted in 2002, including one single teen
mom who had a wonderful year making a home for herself and her young daughter. Her
cancer recurred and she was no longer able to live independently, so our Housing Program
gave her this precious time together with her daughter. Applications are currently being
reviewed for the one vacant unit, with final selection pending.
Faith In Action: In 2002, a total of 7 work teams assisted 22 families; 103 volunteers
worked a total of 1,340 hours for an estimated $13,000 worth of labor donated.
School Supply Depot: By being the only source to re-supply the needs of low-income
children during the school year, we assisted 323 students in 2002.
Networking: Urban Ministry is currently actively involved in 12 community organizations
and/or coalitions.
Teaching and Preaching: In addition to the United Methodist Church and Presbyterian
Church (USA), engagements have included Lutheran Churches, the Reformed Church of
America, the Church of Christ and various local and international labor unions.
Fund Raising: Because of reductions in funding from the United Methodist Church and
the Presbytery of North Central Iowa, Urban Ministry is exploring other funding options. Our
goal is to restore staff and programming, and offer programming as needed to meet the
evolving needs of the most vulnerable of God’s children in the metropolitan area.
Looking Ahead: An identified unmet need in our community is to assist families making
a transition from welfare when they have received benefits for the 60 month total allowed by
the Welfare Reform provisions. Since January 2002 (when the 60 month limit began to be
effective, an average of 15 families every month experience the cancellation of welfare
benefits without any other income. Funding will be sought for the Urban Ministry Shalom
Opportunity Center, a proposal for effective ways to assist this target population.
Gerald Dolf,
Executive Director
II. Related Organizations
A. Colleges
1. Cornell
Cornell is grateful for our ongoing partnership with the United Methodist Church, and we
are pleased to report the following highlights:
‚ Overall enrollment continues to rise.
‚ Completed both NCA and UMC University Senate re-accreditation visits.
‚ Special lectures and church relations events included:
• Opening convocation by Ada Deer, former Head of Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Alumnus and biblical scholar, Victor Furnish, who gave a clergy workshop on
biblical ethics, and lecture on women in early church leadership. Included
contemporary narratives by women clergy.
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The 4th Annual Small-Thomas Dreams of Peace Lecture co-sponsored with St.
Paul’s UMC (Cedar Rapids) which examines issues of justice and peace from a
prospective of faith. This year’s speaker was Northern Ireland peace process
negotiator and former cabinet minister, Sean Farren, who spoke on “Working for
Peace in a World of Terror.”
• Earhart Lecture featured Mary Ann Glendon who, among other things, spoke on
Eleanor Roosevelt’s faith and its impact on helping craft the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
‚ Construction completed on the McWethy Hall for the fine arts, and the Marie Fletcher
Carter Pedestrian Mall. Partial completion of the new Kimmel Theatre.
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‚ Weekly chapel, spirituality retreats, faith groups, pastoral care, service learning, and
multi-cultural programs flourished. Three-quarters of the student body sought
volunteer work in the community.
Catherine Quehl-Engel,
Chaplain
2. Iowa Wesleyan
No report received.
3. Morningside
As we uphold the Wesleyan commitment to faith, service and academics, Morningside
College offers an educational experience that cultivates a passion for life-long learning and
a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility. Whether in the classroom or as part
of extra-curricular events, students are encouraged to explore their faith in a way that
incorporates the overall educational experience as we continue in our commitment to the
formation of the whole student, including their spiritual development. This formation is often
achieved through the civic and faith-based service-learning initiatives that have been engaged
by each of our academic departments and many student organizations.
This year, Morningside College witnessed our largest in-coming class in 18 years; the
addition of on-campus apartments; and, acceptance into the Great Plains Athletic Conference,
as we now offer football, baseball/softball, basketball, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track
and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
Additionally, we continue to celebrate our United Methodist affiliation in part through the
ecumenical and inter-faith relationships that reflect our heritage. We are pleased that
Morningside College has been selected to host the Iowa School of Lay Ministry, the Lay
Missioner Academy, and as the 2004 Youth Annual Conference. In and through campus
ministries, we continue to offer mission trips, lecture series, diversity and awareness
programming, chapel services, Bible studies, touring ministries, peace initiatives and justice
ministries.
Lanette L. Plambeck,
Campus Minister and
Director of Church Relations
4. Simpson College
Simpson College is a liberal arts college related to the United Methodist Church
committed to:
• an innovative teaching and learning process enabling students of all ages to develop
critical intellectual skills;
• nurturing those values which foster personal worth and individuality within a creative,
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diverse and just community.
graduating students who will continue as the college’s alumni to grow as free,
responsible, fulfilled individuals in the world of family, work, service and scholarship;
• those standards of the Judaeo-Christian tradition and the United Methodist Church
which guide members of the Simpson College community on issues of personal
integrity, moral responsibility, social justice and citizenship.
The “Simpson Experience” emerges from a learning environment that values personal
contact among teachers and students and encourages students to explore the concept of
vocation or calling in their lives. Last year Simpson was chosen to receive a planning grant
from the Lilly Endowment to explore how better to encourage students to think of their lives
vocationally. This year Simpson was awarded the full grant of almost two million dollars.
Twenty percent of programming funds for this campus-wide initiative on vocational exploration
will go toward programs that specifically emphasize opportunities in ordained ministry.
The religious life program is one of the most vital aspects of the Simpson community.
Leadership is composed of the Chaplain, Assistant Chaplain, Chapel Assistant, seven Student
Chaplains, and over 60 student leaders. Campus worship, service groups, and small
prayer/study groups involve over 200 additional students weekly.
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Chris Waddle,
Chaplain/Director of Church
Relations
5. Rust College
Rust College, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, was established in 1866 by the Freedmen’s
Aid Society of the Methodist Church on a former slave auction site. During the 2002-2003
academic year this historically black liberal arts, fully accredited College celebrated 137 years
of service to our church and more than 1,000 young people from 22 states and several
foreign countries.
Other highlights for the 2002-03 year include:
• The largest freshman class in the last 10 years of 377.
• Completion of over $1 million dollars in historic preservation renovation work on two
historic buildings (McCoy Administration and Oakview Mansion, the former slave
auction office) under a Department of Interior grant.
• Hosted more than 800 students from 200 colleges and universities around the country
in attendance at the January 2003 9th African American Student Leadership
Conference.
• The College received the 2002 Governor’s Arts Award for continuing a Mississippi
arts tradition through the A’Cappella Choir.
• The College’s Social Work Program received full speciality accreditation from the
Council on Social Work Education, the first academic area of the College to receive
speciality accreditation.
• The College was selected by the Fox Entertainment Network to be one of six viewing
sites in February to air three of its 2003 Black history series movies.
• The College ended with a balanced budget with the receipt of an unqualified Audit
Report for the 2001-02 fiscal year, the 34th consecutive year for balanced operations.
• The College experienced a renewed interest and support of our Religious Life
Program during the first full academic year in the new James Elam Chapel facility.
The future of Rust College continues to hold promise because of the United Methodist
Church’s commitment to education and support through apportionments, the Black College
Fund, individual giving and local church donations. This support is critical as it assists the
College in expanding its endowed scholarship program and places Rust in a better position
for attracting additional students in its Honors Programs, and United Methodist clerical
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students.
The College expresses thanks for the dedication and leadership of Trustees serving from
the Iowa Conference (Reverend David Swinton, Mr. Thomas Brown, Dr. James V. Poulsen,
and Bishop Gregory V. Palmer). The College family values the unceasing moral, spiritual and
financial support of the United Methodist Church and expresses gratitude on behalf of our
young people who continue to benefit from your investment in their future during this “new era
in quest of excellence.”
David L. Beckley,
President
B. Hospitals and Retirement Homes
1. Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital began at the 1900 annual meeting of the Methodist Church
conference, founded on faith, furthered by prayers and good works. Iowa Methodist was to
be a house of healing and mercy based on the ethics of Christ, and permeated by the spirit
of the Great Physician. These strong foundations continue to this day.
Today, Iowa Methodist is the vital high-level care hub for Central Iowa Health System.
Our energy to fulfill our mission - improving the health of the people and the communities we
serve - is in high gear. We’re facing challenges head-on, confident in our ability to ‘reshape
the future’ of healthcare. We’re pursuing new technologies to offer wonderful new avenues
of healing. We’re reinvesting in our facilities, not only to create powerful healing environments
but because they are critical to our providing remarkable patient care. We’re investigating new
opportunities to better serve areas where major population shifts have occurred, and embrace
sound opportunities to create joint ventures and partnerships with other healthcare entities
and community organizations. Our steady focus on our mission, vision and core values sets
us apart from other providers, benefitting from both the physicians who practice with us and
the patients we serve.
In 2002, Iowa Methodist Medical Center admitted 19,506 patients. In a typical weekday,
Iowa Methodist, Iowa Lutheran and Blank Children’s Hospital provide direct patient care to
more than 2,700 Iowans.
In chaplaincy education, we are the only accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
center in Des Moines. We are accredited for all levels of CPE, and recently passed our fiveyear review with no notations, providing a notable amount of student units in the past year.
We provide continuing education for clergy, parish nurses and Elders.
Iowa Methodist Medical Center continues to be a practical demonstration of the ethics
of Christ at work in the human world.
Lyle Griener,
Director Pastoral Care
2. St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital, Cedar Rapids
No report received.
3. St. Luke’s Health System, Sioux City
In 2002, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center put final touches on its Same Day Surgery
Center for its opening in mid-April 2003. The $20 million center features 21 private suites, five
surgical suites, kids play area, and a skyway connection to a newly constructed parking ramp
adjacent to the Center.
Other highlights of 2002 include:
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St. Luke’s Birth Center set another record for births - 1,964 in 2002. The Level II
Regional Neonatal Intensive Nursery also broke its own record caring for 436 frail and
premature newborns.
St. Luke’s obtained a new $1 million cardiac catheterization lab with crystal clear
imaging to detailed images of the heart and coronary arteries to help physicians
diagnose and treat heart disease.
St. Luke’s Burn Trauma Center expanded its focus to become the Burn and Wound
Care Center to serve a broader number of patients who have wounds and need care
similar to treatment that burn patients receive.
Dr. Ed Bottei joined the statewide poison center based at St. Luke’s to become its
medical director and the state toxicologist for Iowa. Dr. Bottei also has expertise in
bio-terrorism.
St. Luke’s welcomed Peter Thoreen as its new President and C.E.O.
St. Luke’s College moved to a new location expanding office space and classrooms.
St. Luke’s Clinic Pastoral Education Program trained 11 ministers and laypersons in
pastoral care and counseling.
Record of Patient Care:
Medical Center Admissions
Births
Surgeries
Outpatient Visits
Medical Clinic Visits
11,481
1,964
9,891
103,019
157,416
Peter Thoreen,
President/C.E.O.
4. Friendship Haven, Inc., Fort Dodge
Nestled among a wooded area of oak and maple trees on a hillside overlooking the city
of Fort Dodge in north-central Iowa, Friendship Haven is home to a vibrant community of
almost 400 retired men and women. The mission of the organization has not changed in its
fifty-two year history - “To provide for the physical, social and spiritual needs of older adults
in a residential setting.”
A major campus redevelopment project is currently underway. Two new town homes,
known as Timber Ridge were built recently. The project also includes building seventy-two
independent apartments known as Kenyon Place, three assisted living neighborhoods,
(including thrity-two apartments designed for dementia care), a new chapel, wellness center,
library, computer center and classroom. Construction is scheduled to begin in late summer
of 2003.
The fifty-nine acres campus offers a continuum of care in a Christian environment for
senior citizens. Independent living with supportive services, twenty-four hour nursing care,
adult day services, respite care, and dementia care are all various lifestyle choices available
through Friendship Haven. Faithful families and individuals continue to embrace the
longstanding legacy of caring and compassion found at Friendship Haven. With a renewed
sense of purpose and commitment to our mission, we stand ready to meet the needs of
senior citizens well into the next century.
Ellen Diehl,
Director of Development and
Community Relations
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5. Methodist Manor Retirement Community, Storm Lake
No report received.
6. The Meth-Wick Community, Inc., Cedar Rapids
The Meth-Wick Community has been providing continuing care retirement community
services in Cedar Rapids for over 40 years. The campus is located on 58 wooded acres
featuring a park-like setting, serving nearly 400 residents.
The Manor is the original building and offers supported independent living as well as
Assisted Living including five respite suites. Greenwood Terrace and Deer Ridge offer
condominium-style living. Dining rooms, libraries, common areas, exercise and game rooms,
garages, offices and more are located in each of these two buildings. Brendelwood Village
includes 25 spacious town homes with attached garages nestled into a wood hillside.
Arbor Place is a social model for Assisted Living offering a homelike setting for residents
in the early to mid stages of dementia. Respite services are also offered at Arbor Place.
The Woodlands is a state-of-the-art nursing facility located in the heart of campus. The
Woodlands has 22 CCDI beds, 37 private rooms and 6 semi-private licensed nursing beds.
Most recently Meth-Wick’s primary focus and goal as a charitable organization has been
to work at building an endowment fund so that the fund can support the free and discounted
care needed for residents who have depleted their funds through no fault of their own.
Robin K. Mixdorf,
President/C.E.O.
7. Wesley Retirement Services, Inc., Johnston
Wesley Retirement Services was founded in 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa. Today it serves
well over one thousand people on a daily basis through its housing and services provided at
five locations across the state of Iowa: Halcyon House in Washington; Heritage House in
Atlantic; Park Centre in Newton; The Village in Indianola; and, Wesley Acres in Des Moines.
Each provides a continuum of housing and services including independent living, assisted
living and health care services. During 2002, a new initiative called ECHO - Encouraging
Change Honoring Options has been launched which will change the healthcare delivery
system of Wesley. This resident directed approach provides individual opportunity for many
choices related to how services are delivered. Master plans have been updated for each site
and renovations are underway at Heritage creating updated apartments on the top four floors
of the main building. There is a dining room remodel at Wesley Acres providing yet another
venue of dining services with a bistro. Plans are underway for adding assisted living to Park
Centre along with the potential for an apartment addition and added dining venues. The
Village plans call for an addition of a memory support unit as well as assisted living. Plans will
be further developed in ‘03 for modifications to Halcyon.
Warren Rippey,
President/C.E.O.
8. Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls
The Western Old People’s Home, begun in 1912 by the Evangelical United Brethren
Church, welcomed 17 aged pilgrims in September of that year. From those humble
beginnings, Western Home Communities now encompasses three campuses. Elizabeth E.
Martin Health Center, a 100 bed nursing facility constructed in 1990, the main Western Home
building, recently renamed Stanard Family Assisted Living Center, that houses administrative
offices as well as 133 certified assisted living units, and Willowwood Retirement Community
built in 1988 with 34 units, occupy the main campus. Walnut Court, built in 1922, has 87 units
of retirement living with services. At our South Campus location, Windgrace and Windermere
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Retirement Communities, built in 1991 and 1992 respectively, house 33 and 34 units of
retirement living with services. Construction of Windcrest Villas at our South Campus
commenced in 2001. In the Spring of 2003, Western Home Communities will break ground
for a 71 unit retirement community called Windcove. Modeled after our three previous
projects, Windcove will have unit sizes from 950 to 1450 square feet. Completion is scheduled
for the Summer of 2004.
SureCare Services of Western Home Communities delivers 1500 hours of care per week
including companion care, housekeeping/laundry services, and transportation services.
Western Home Foundation is a benevolent fund-raising arm of our organization as well as a
tax planning entity for Western Home Communities. Our organization currently serves 550
residents throughout the Cedar Valley and employs more than 320 individuals.
Jerry L. Harris,
President/C.E.O.
C. Other Organizations
1. Bidwell Riverside Center
No report received.
2. Chaplains’ Fellowship
The Chaplains’ Fellowship provides an informal opportunity for all Iowa Annual
Conference Chaplains (full-time or part-time, in all types and settings for ministry) to come
together easily at Annual Conference time for mutual support, and for discussion of issues
of mutual concern. All chaplains and friends of chaplaincy are invited to attend an annual, nohost breakfast.
David Nolte,
Coordinator
3. Church World Service/CROP
Thank you very much for a great 2002 response to hunger through the ministry of Church
World Service/CROP. Thank you for responding in hope and generosity.
Thank you very much for your leadership in 2002. Your efforts generated over $520,000
in CROP Event income. Some 110 communities participated in CROP Events during this past
year. Two events raised over $30,000: Muscatine raised $36,815 and the Iowa side
(Bettendorf, Davenport, Buffalo and Blue Grass) of the Quad Cities contributed $31,275 to
support the ministry of Church World Service and our partners. Three events brought in over
$20,000. Ames raised $24,287; the WACO Canvass shared $23,364; and Iowa City raised
$21,701. In addition, 6 communities generated over $15,000 in 2002; Sioux City contributed
$19,267; DeWitt raised $18,525; Cedar Rapids raised $16,754; Cedar Falls/Waterloo raised
$16,875; Orange City raised $16,677; Dubuque raised $16,145; and Clinton raised $15,643.
Pella raised $13,724 and Marshalltown contributed $12,479 in 2002 while ten communities
generated between $5,000 and $9,450.
In addition to CROP Events, generous individuals, congregations, ministerial
associations, the United Methodist Ingatherings, and our renowned “Tools of Hope and
Blanket Program” generated more than $675,000.
Email is: rmelby@churchworldservice.org Snail mail is Church World Service, 3816 36th
St., Des Moines, IA 50310. FAX is: 515-274-3597. Telephone is: 1-888-297-2767 or 515-2742224.
The Lord be with you!
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Russell J.A. Melby,
Iowa Regional Director
Church World Service
4. Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa
Rural Mental Health
Sowing Seeds of Hope - provides mental health care to farmers and farm families with
no insurance or with very high deductibles. Care is accessed through the Iowa Concern
Hotline. Clients can receive up to five vouchers which can be used at participating mental
health centers or private providers. Funding is provided through a seven-state coalition that
seeks funding and exchanges best practices.
Support Groups - set up through congregations or communities of congregations. This
program also works to create closer links between the rural mental health provider community
and pastors/congregations. Partnership is with Iowa State University Extension.
Guide for Christians and Churches on Welcoming New Iowans
Partnership with the University of Northern Iowa’s New Iowans Program to produce and
distribute a guide for congregations on responding to immigrants. The guide has now been
printed and is being distributed around the state. All EMI-related congregations will receive
a free copy.
TANF Reauthorization
Advocated for increased funding for childcare and transportation, to all education to count
as work, and to keep work requirements at 30 hours a week in order to allow time for
education and care of children.
Every Church a Peace Church
In response to the World Council of Churches’ Decade to End Violence and the
grassroots movement “Every Church a Peace Church,” EMI partnered with the Iowa Peace
Network to create a worship resource as a way to consider the Biblical and theological call
to peace. The resource is designed in the manner of worship of the Friends and can be used
by groups of any size. It is available on the website: www.iowachurches.org
5. Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts
No report received.
6. Heartland Network For Town and Rural Ministries
Since our founding in 1989, the Heartland Network has provided resources, support and
advocacy for the town and rural peoples of United Methodist congregations in America’s
Heartland – in the Annual Conferences of the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas East and West,
Minnesota, Missouri East and West, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Through times of great change
we have sought to fulfill our Founding Purpose, namely to respond to God’s call on the
Church “to empower the people of America’s Heartland to develop, proclaim, and carry out
visions of hope for a renewed church and community life.” To this end, we work closely with
the General Board of Global Ministries and the Chair of Town and Country Ministry at Saint
Paul School of Theology, and other U.M. and ecumenical groups to encourage effective
ministry in the town and rural congregations of this region.
The highlights of the work of the Heartland Network in 2002 reveal two predominant and
persistent themes. The first concerns the many faces of “the crisis in rural America,”
especially in the agricultural and local business sectors and in local communities. The
Heartland Network’s director provided some of the leadership for the rural ministry conference
of the Center for Rural Ministry (Dubuque, Iowa) as well as for other events in other
conferences.
The second broad theme was that of developing and affirming quality lay and clergy
leadership for the rural church. The 2002 Heartland Network’s District Superintendents and
Directors of Connectional Ministry Retreat focused on the theme of how do we develop and
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deploy leaders for the town and country church. This theme is a major component of the
UMC’s Plan of Action for the National Comprehensive Plan for Town and Country Ministry,
a project in which the Heartland Network’s director has been actively involved from its
beginning. In addition, this topic summarizes a significant part of the work of the United
Methodist Rural Fellowship’s Legislative Event and the Rural Church Network of the United
States and Canada, in both of which the director actively participated.
The Heartland Network honored congregations in three conferences with our Easter
Morning Award and congregations in three conferences with our Founding Purpose Award.
Many thanks Iowa for the conference grant, General Advance and private gifts, and the
leadership of board members, Mr. Phil Carver - Chair of the Board of Directors, Rev. Jim
Gubser and Rev. Charles Kellogg that enable us to do the ministry highlighted above and to
accomplish our daily tasks: networking people with people, with resources, groups, ideas and
needed information; working with interfaith and secular groups on efforts important to town
and rural peoples and communities; and ministering in creative ways where called upon as
situations arise in America’s Heartland and around the globe.
Judith Bortner Heffernan,
Executive Director
7. Hillcrest Family Services
Hillcrest Family Services continued to expand its operation to deliver services to troubled
adolescents, women and families, and adults with serious mental illness during the past year.
In addition to its school on the main campus in Dubuque, the fully credited K-12 Special
Education program now operates satellite classrooms in Bettendorf, Clinton, Maquoketa and
Postville.
Under an agreement with the County Board of Supervisors, Hillcrest assumed operation
of the Washington County Mental Health Center in Washington, Iowa.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) recertified
Hillcrest for another 3-year period after completing an extensive review process of the
agency’s facilities, programs and services.
The Iowa City and Cedar Rapids offices were moved to new locations, and the
Community Health programs in Dubuque relocated to a downtown location.
The agency purchased and is rehabilitating an apartment building located adjacent to its
main campus. This building will house a unique program for homeless families. During the
year, Hillcrest initiated the largest Capital and Endowment Fund-raising Campaign in the
agency’s 106-year history.
Hillcrest Family Services remains the only childcare agency related to the Iowa
Conference.
Jack Hanson,
Communications Coordinator
8. Iowa Christian Educators Fellowship
Iowa Christian Educators Fellowship is a part of the National C.E.F. Every other year
there is a national conference and this past fall the meeting was in Norfolk, Virginia. This
group has a state spring and fall retreat in the years when there is no national meeting
planned and this spring we will meet at Golden Valley. We have been intentionally meeting
at each of the UMC camps in the state. Jill Sanders, Bi-District Staff person from the Cedar
Rapids and Dubuque Districts, will lead the group in a personal retreat time.
There are cluster groups meeting in most of the districts for support, networking and
sharing of ideas. There is also a quarterly newsletter. If you work in the area of Christian
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Education in either a paid or volunteer capacity, working with children, youth and/or adults,
ordained or clergy, this group is for you. If you feel the need to link with others for support,
ideas and/or fellowship, please contact Marsha Lowe, President at 319-337-7201 or email at
lowe_marsha@hotmail.com
Marsha Lowe,
President
9. Iowa School for Ministry Commission
No report received.
10. Iowa United Methodist Secretaries Organization
No report received.
11. Iowa Women in Ministry
Iowa Women in Ministry (IWIM) is an affiliated group of the Iowa Annual Conference. It
is a community of lay, consecrated, and ordained women whose ministry is primarily through
the church. We traditionally have five gatherings within the year.
This year, Iowa Women in Ministry met during Annual Conference for their yearly
luncheon to welcome new women into ministry with in the United Methodist Church. A fall
retreat was held at Dayton Oaks Camp, Dayton, Iowa on October 14-16, with Lana Ross as
our presenter. February 13, IWIM met with our Bishop and members of the cabinet at the
Conference Center to discuss empowerment of women in ministry in Iowa. There will be an
informal gathering at the School for Ministry this year and on May 5-7 our spring retreat is
scheduled at American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls.
12. Shesler Hall
Shesler Hall continues to be in mission with the Iowa Annual Conference of the United
Methodist Church, the Iowa Conference United Methodist Women and the General Board of
Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. In 2002, we served 39 women. The number
of persons we served was down from the previous year but the number of days that a person
stayed was longer. Residents ranged in ages, from 21 to 76, with the average age of a
resident being 45.
Shesler Hall continues to provide a supportive, caring, Christian environment to women
who are homeless, women who are in transition and struggling with mental illness, and
women who are in need of a permanent low-cost supportive housing. We provide room and
board for up to 22 women at one time. We continue to have staff persons in the building at
all times. At the end of 2001, we had a large passenger van donated to Shesler Hall thanks
to a former board member and United Methodist Woman, Judy Kading. In 2002, we took the
van and made once a month “mystery rides” with the residents. On Sunday, September 29,
2002, the residents took a special trip in celebration of our 101st anniversary. A new adventure
that we started with partners from Spirit of the Hills United Methodist Church, the Iowa
Conference United Methodist Women and the General Board of Global Ministries of the
United Methodist Church!
Vera L. Ludwig,
Executive Director
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13. Methodist Federation for Social Action
The Iowa Chapter of MFSA had a significant presence at the 2002 Annual Conference.
John Swomley, Professor Emeritus, St. Paul School of Theology, was the featured speaker
for the banquet. His topic, “The Relevance of the Church in an Age of Terrorism,” was well
received by a capacity crowd. The Social Action award was presented to three Catholic
women, ranging in age from 69 to 89, who had served federal prison terms for their
courageous witness at the School of the Americas (SOA).
Spring and Fall Bi-District Gatherings were held, addressing topics such as Iraq, the
Biblical Basis for Social Justice and concern about the influence of conservative theology and
organizations. The Statewide meeting in April heard Lana Ross tell about the Conference
Advocacy Program and Gil Dawes talk about the IRD (Institute on Religion and Democracy),
its history and current activities.
Five persons represented the Iowa Chapter at the North Central Jurisdictional Meeting
in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
A record crowd of about 60 people attended the Fall Statewide Gathering. Three persons,
two of whom had recently returned from Iraq, addressed the topic, “Iraq: A Faith Response.”
Membership for 2002 was 243, up from 151 in 2001.
Eloise Cranke,
Iowa Coordinator
14. United Methodists Organized for Renewal and Evangelism
No report received.
15. United Methodist Ministers’ Service Credit Union
Even with the challenges that faced financial institutions your credit union, United
Methodist Ministers’ Service, experienced important growth in terms of assets and services
to members. Our assets grew by $3.4 million, or 15%, compared to a 7.6% growth in 2001.
Our net earnings and the total share per member increased, we had a slight increase in loan
growth and again this year our delinquency rate was down.
We introduced the VISA debit card program, added functionally to our home banking
product “Virtual Banking” and our first mortgage program got off to a flying start, ending the
year with $1.8 million in first mortgages.
The Credit Union Board and Management participated in a Strategic Planning Session
in November 2002. We seek to offer the best services to the members in terms of product,
service and counsel. We feel that the services we offer are as good as, if not better than,
those offered at other financial institutions and we continue to strive to meet the needs of our
members.
Mariann Peterson,
President/C.E.O.
16. Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries
“Ordinary People, Extraordinary Success,” was Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries’
(WSM/GI) theme during 2002. Many regular persons, struggling with their situation in life,
received the “hand up” that started them on a new path.
During 2002, WSM/GI served 529 persons in their Vocational Service Programs. This is
an increase of almost 300 persons over the previous year. We placed more than four times
(294 placements) as many persons in jobs in our communities, compared to the previous
year. Of these placements, 72% were still on the job after 90 days. They were making almost
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a dollar more per hour in 2002, than our placements averaged in 2001. This is “Extraordinary
Success.”
Our annual community service programs had “Extraordinary Success” as well. Our
Christmas Shoe and Mitten Party gave shoes, socks, hats, and mittens to 2,756 children
across our service area. Over 2,500 people were served a free Thanksgiving dinner over the
weekend before the holiday, and over 400 inner city children ages 8 through 12, enjoyed a
week of camp and Bible study for only a $5.00 registration fee. WSM/GI sponsored a book
sale where over 5,000 books were sold, many going to teachers and small town libraries to
stock their shelves.
WSM/GI continues to provide housing for a variety of persons with various needs, we
continue to provide respite services and many other programs. Over 15,000 lives were
touched by the work of WSM/GI during 2002.
WSM/GI continued to sponsor the Church of All Nations and its ministry by providing
facilities for their services and functions. And, the position of Marketing and Public Relations
was expanded to include serving as pastor of the Church of All Nations.
Wall Street Mission/Goodwill Industries continues to “Believe in the Power of Work” to
transform people’s lives as we work to help “Ordinary People have Extraordinary Success.”
Merrill G. Mueller,
Director of Development
FINANCIAL REPORTS
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Iowa Annual Conference Treasurer’s Fund Report and the Board of
Pensions, Inc. Report for the year 2002 may be obtained by contacting the Conference
Treasurer, Charles W. Smith at 500 E. Court Ave. Suite C., Des Moines, IA 50309-2019.
Phone # is: 515-283-1996 Ext. 119. Email is: Chuck.Smith@iaumc.org
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ROLL OF THE DEAD/MEMOIRS
VI. ROLL OF THE DEAD
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Roll of the Dead includes deceased ministers, spouses of ministers and
Deaconesses from June 9, 2002 through June 11, 2003. Names are listed in chronological
order by date of death.
A. Members of the Conference
Name
James Albertson
F. Warren Shreve
Entered
Ministry
1945
1940
Donald Strickler
Harvey Quandt
Clair W. Kerns
Frank Schultz
Willis Grant
Leonard Fugate
George Sheils
John Ackerman
Charles Mason
Harold Butts
Jennifer Corley
Walter Dimmlich
Stephen Root
Dean Fullerton
John Schlosser
Stanley Kennedy
1978
1942
1950
1975
1952
1966
1942
1977
1940
1938
1998
1939
1958
1966
1956
1953
Yrs.
Served.
38
38
Date of
Death
8/9/02
8/13/02
23
38
37
27
41
8
38
8
35
38
5
40
37
37
36
40
10/6/02
10/15/02
11/9/02
11/12/02
12/3/02
1/7/03
1/29/03
2/5/03
2/17/03
2/23/03
3/2/03
3/21/03
3/26/03
5/8/03
5/10/03
6/4/03
Age
84
90
65
88
78
57
75
85
87
92
91
30
94
71
62
74
73
Place of Burial
Forest City, Iowa
Milbank,South
Dakota
DeSoto, Iowa
Meservey, Iowa
Creston, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Newton, Iowa
Unknown
Stillwater, Minn.
Waterloo, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Cremated
Lewis, Iowa
Unknown
Muscatine, Iowa
Boone, Iowa
Reinbeck, Iowa
Waterloo, IA
B. Local Pastors
None
C. Spouses
Name
Husband
Date of Death
Age
Ella McKenzie
Helen Thompson Paul
Martha Williams
Karen Davies
S. Helen Cannaday
Gary Henrichs
Minerva Pennington
Arlene Cutler
Charlene Birchmier
Janice Fitch
Betty Hersey
Carolyn Geisler
Martin
Golden
Robert
Merlin
Daniel
Marliyn
George
Donald
Charles
Richard
Thomas
Milton
7/19/02
9/4/02
10/16/02
11/7/02
11/1/6/02
11/19//02
11/30/02
12/14/02
1/30/03
2/7/03
2/18/03
6/1/03
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83
87
62
80
77
82
Place of Burial
Oak Brook, Illinois
Huxley, Iowa
Cremated
Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Gilmore City, Iowa
Unknown
Radcliffe, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Unknown
Unknown
Prairie Du Chien, Wis.
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Name
Sylvia Rankin Fry
Martha Wagner
Entered
Ministry
1924
1954
D. Deaconesses
Yrs
Date of
Served
Death
28
10/6/02
38
10/13/02
Age
103
74
Place of Burial
West Seattle, Wash.
Nashville, Tennessee
VII. MEMOIRS
Editor’s Note: For record of charges served, see the Pastoral Record of this Journal.
Memoirs received after July 1, 2003 will appear in the 2004 Journal.
A. Members of Conference
JOHN ACKERMAN
John was born August 14, 1915 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of John H. and Lottie
(Dusk) Ackerman. He attended the Waterloo Community Schools finishing the 10th grade,
before leaving home to work for a farmer during difficult financial times. John later attended
the Open Bible College in Des Moines, Iowa and completed the Course of Study through
Garrett Evangelical Seminary in 1980.
John married Verna I. Warnecke in Des Moines in 1934. He then served in several
Open Bible Churches in the Iowa area until their divorce in 1959. John then worked for the
Waterloo Streets Department from 1959 until 1975. On December 1, 1962, he and Marlys
Westphal were married in Dakota City, Nebraska. In 1976, John began serving United
Methodist Churches in Iowa continuing until his retirement in 1985. At that time they moved
to Waterloo where John served as a volunteer chaplain at Allen Memorial Hospital for several
years.
John was a member of the Masons for almost 50 years. He enjoyed bowling,
softball, golf and horseshoes. By May of 2000 John’s health declined due to Alzheimer’s and
cardiac disease. He enter a nursing home in Waterloo, residing there until his death.
John H. Ackerman left this earthly home on February 5, 2003 at the age of 87. His
memorial service was held February 8 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of Waterloo with
the Rev. Patty Eastman officiating. Interment is in the Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
Family members remaining are: his wife, Marlys, and son Guy both of Waterloo, son John W.
of Cedar Falls, Iowa and stepdaughter, Kathy Helmrichs of Evansdale, Iowa, 14 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, and two
sisters.
JAMES E. ALBERTSON
On April 28, 1918 James Elbert was born to George and Bertha (Hanna) Albertson
in Forest City, Iowa. He was a graduate of Forest City, Iowa High School, Evanston Collegiate
Institute, Evanston, Illinois, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan and Oberlin College.
James was united in marriage to Jean Vos on June 15, 1942. Together they served
churches in Iowa from 1945 until 1977 when James became the Director of Development for
Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge serving there until his retirement in 1983. James and Jean first
moved to Clear Lake, then to Garner, Iowa and finally to Friendship Haven in 1992. Jean died
July of 2000.
James enjoyed traveling, gardening, woodworking, and fishing. He was a member
of Optimist International and had received the “Optimist of the Year” award.
On August 9, 2002 James Elbert Albertson entered his eternal rest at the age of 84.
His death was due to a heart attack. His memorial services were held on August 12 at
Friendship Haven with the Rev. Ron Kitterman officiating and on August 13 at the Forest City
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United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gary Marzolf officiating. Burial is in the Oakland
Cemetery, Forest City, Iowa. Remaining family members include: three daughters; Wanda
Pals of Des Moines, Iowa, Betty Erickson of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Talitha Albertson of
Garner, Iowa; a son, Jim of Madison, Wisconsin, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren,
three sisters, and one brother.
HAROLD D. BUTTS
Harold Dean was born June 24, 1911 to Earl Dean and Yuba (Fisher) Butts in
Gazette, Missouri. He grew up on a small farm in Northeast Missiouri. After receiving his
Normal Teaching Certificate, Harold taught country school for three years before attending
college. He graduated from the State Teachers College, Springfield, Missouri, attended
Fayette, Missouri College and graduated from Interfaith Bible College of the University of
Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Harold and Bertha E. Nolan were married July 30, 1932. Together they served
churches in Iowa from 1938 until Harold’s retirement in 1976. Harold and Bertha then moved
to the United Methodist Camp at Spirit Lake, Iowa where he filled pulpits as needed and
assisted with activities at the Camp. In 1982 they moved to Florida to be near their family.
Harold was a member of the Lions Club, past president of Rotary Club, served 12
years on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, was a Boy Scout Master
and member of the Council Scouting Committee, served on the Conference Board of Pensions
and Conference Trustees. He also was a District Director of Intermediate Work and
Conference Education and Youth Camps. Harold enjoyed wood carving, oil painting,
gardening and camping.
At the age of 91 years, Harold Dean left this earthly home on February 23, 2003 due
to an aortic aneurysm. His memorial service was held on March 1 at the Interlachen, Florida
United Methodist Church with the Rev. A.C. Meyers officiating. Harold’s cremains will scattered
at a later date. Those left to cherish his memory are: wife, Bertha and daughter Martha
Loveland, both of Interlachen, Florida and son William of Port St. Lucie, Florida. Harold was
preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Lewie and William, and his sister, Laverta
Beeler.
JENNIFER CORLEY
The daughter of Michael Heinicke and Cheryl Tarbox, Jennifer Christine was born
April 13, 1972 in Tehran, Iran. She lived in California, Bolivia, and Texas before settling in St.
Louis, Missouri. She was a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville,
Missouri and Boston Theological Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts.
While attending school in Kirksville, Jenny met and then married Erik Edward Corley
on August 13, 1994. They attended seminary together and began serving churches in Iowa
in 1997. On June 3, 2000, the joy of Jenny’s life, Emily Rose was born. Jenny loved spending
time with her daughter, reading and playing. Jenny had recently discovered the hobby of
scrapbooking and was putting together memory books for Emily, especially of their recent
vacation to Disney World.
Jenny was devoted to God and served Him joyfully as a pastor. She was especially
gifted in children’s and youth ministry. She also loved spending time with friends and loved
traveling on vacations; making memories with her young daughter and husband.
Jennifer Christine Corley died suddenly on March 2, 2003 of a pulmonary embolism
at the age of 30 years. Her memorial service was held on March 6 at the Villisca United
Methodist Church with the Rev. James Gubser officiating. Burial is in the Oakwood Cemetery
of Lewis, Iowa. Family members left to cherish Jennifer’s memory include: husband Erik and
daughter Emily of Villisca, her mother, Chery Tarbox of St. Louis, Missouri, a brother, Michael
Heinicke of Sullivan, Illinois, a sister, Sarah Taxman of Boulder, Colorado, and many aunts,
uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
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WALTER F. DIMMLICH
Information was not received for a memoir.
LEONARD FUGATE
DEAN H. FULLERTON
The son of Albert Henry and Laura (Brune) Fullerton, Dean Henry was born
February 26, 1941 in Correctionville, Iowa. He was a graduate of Correctionville, Iowa High
School in 1959, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa in 1963, and Garrett Theological
Seminary, Evanston, Illinois in 1965.
Dean began his ministry in Clinton, Iowa in 1966. It was there that he met Roberta
Jayne Collier. They were married in Clinton on September 20, 1969. Dean served on many
Conference and sub-district committees as well as local organizations during his 38 years of
ministry. He had a special interest in ecumenical and community ministries serving as an
Alcoholics Anonymous counselor, on youth shelter boards, Habitat for Humanity, and other
outreach ministries within the various communities where he was appointed. Ministry was a
lifestyle for Dean and he considered his congregations to be his family. The ebb and flow of
the church year and ministering to the particular needs and celebrations of his current
congregation gave Dean special joy.
Dean Henry Fullerton left this earthly life on May 8, 2003 at the age of 62 due to
complications of a brain tumor. His memorial service was held at the First United Methodist
Church of Boone, Iowa where Dean had been the senior pastor for the last nine years.
Officiating were Bishop Gregory Palmer, and the Revs. Gary Armstrong, and Jessica Johnson.
Interment is in the Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Iowa. Remaining family members are: his
wife Roberta of Boone, Iowa and three sons, Darrin of Sioux City, Iowa, Mark of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and Kevin of Kansas City, Missouri.
WILLIS E. GRANT
Willis Edward was born to Vernel and Anna (Shaw) Grant on January 1, 1928 in
Newton, Iowa. He was a graduate of Newton, Iowa High School, Simpson College, Indianola,
Iowa, and Drake Bible College, Des Moines, Iowa.
Willis and Dorothy Sabin were married in 1950. Together they served churches in
Iowa from 1951 until Willis’ retirement in 1993. They then moved to Newton where Willis and
Dorothy were residing at the time of his death. Willis enjoyed working with youth and was
active with Boy Scouts of America and with the Conference Camping program. Willis also
enjoyed stamp collecting and model railroading.
On December 3, 2002 Willis Edward was called to his eternal home at the age of
74 years. His memorial service was held at the Newton, Iowa United Methodist Church with
the Rev. David Wendel officiating. Burial is in the Newton, Iowa Union Cemetery. Family
members left to cherish Willis’ memory are: his wife, Dorothy of Newton, Iowa, two sons;
Robert of Mt. Airy North Carolina and Doug of Ralston, Iowa, and six grandchildren.
STANLEY C. KENNEDY
Memoir to be printed in the 2004 Journal.
CLAIR W. KERNS
Clair Walter, the son of Walter and Mary (Wiesseman) Kerns was born April 17,
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1924 in Creston, Iowa. He was a graduate of Macksburg, Iowa High School, Westmar
College, Le Mars, Iowa, and Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. Clair
farmed for seven years before entering Westmar College.
On June 9, 1953 Clair married Lily Dragoo. Together they served Evangelical
United Brethren Churches and later United Methodist Churches in Iowa from 1955 until Clair’s
retirement in 1987. Following retirement, Clair and Lily moved to Ava, Missouri where they
designed and built an eight-sided, earth-sheltered home with the assistance of family and
friends. In 1996 they moved to the Ozarks Methodist Manor in Marionville, Missouri where
they were residing at the time of Clair’s death.
On November 9, 2002 Clair Walter Kerns entered his eternal home at the age of 78
years following a 13 year struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. His memorial services were held
on November 12 at the First United Methodist Church, Marionville, Missouri and on November
14 at the Coen-Beaty-Pearson Funeral Home, Creston, Iowa. Burial is in the Evergreen
Cemetery at the Jerusalem United Methodist Church near Creston, Iowa. Remaining family
members include: his wife, Lily of Marionville, Missouri, three sons; Robert of Corte Madera,
California, Wayne and Donald both of Coppell, Texas; one daughter, Susan Kerns of
Hiawatha, Iowa; four grandchildren, a sister, Olive Kerns and a brother, Wayne both living on
the family farm near Macksburg, Iowa.
CHARLES E. MASON
Charles E. was born February 20, 1910 to Charles and Bessie (Hammack) Mason
in Dugger, Indiana. He was a graduate of Dugger, Indiana High School, Cornell College, Mt.
Vernon, Iowa, and Union Theological Seminary, New York City, New York. Charles also
received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa in
1950.
Charles married Helen D. Holmgren in Davenport, Iowa June 19, 1938. Charles
served churches in Iowa from 1940 until 1962 when he was appointed as the Sioux City
District Superintendent. During the early 1960's Charles chaired the Consolidation Committee
of the Lutheran and Methodist Hospitals in Sioux City. In 1968 following the merger, Charles
began serving as the Director of Development for the new St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center
until his retirement in 1975. During retirement, Charles served as the interim administrator of
Sunrise Retirement Home in Sioux City, as the visitation minister at Sioux City First United
Methodist Church and as the program director of the Keenagers retired person’s group.
Charles served on the Board of Directors of Morningside College, Wall Street
Mission, and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa
Honor Society, Tyrian Lodge 508 AF & AM, the Sioux City Scottish Rite and York Rite Bodies,
and Sertoma International. In 1974 Charles recieved Sertoma’s Man of the Year Award.
Charles E Mason was called to his Eternal Home on February 18, 2003 at the age
of 92 years. A Masonic service was held on February 20 and a memorial service on February
21 at the Sioux City First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Allen Call, Steve Pohlman,
son-in-law H.D. Mitchell, and James Hanke officiating. Interment is in the Graceland Park
Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. Those family members remaining are: his wife, Helen of Sioux
City, Iowa; two sons, Chuck and Larry both of Sioux City, Iowa; two daughters, Elizabeth of
Des Moines, Iowa and Deborah of Scottsdale, Arizona; nine grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, and a sister, Mildred Barbee of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
HARVEY G. QUANDT
The son of Harry E. and Thina (Hoppe), Harvey Glenwood was born September 21,
1914 on his parent’s farm near Meservey, Iowa. He attended rural school near Meservey and
graduated at the age of 15 from the Meservey, Iowa High School in 1930. Harvey was a
graduate of Hamilton Business College, Mason City, Iowa; North Central College Naperville,
Illinois, and Evangelical Seminary, Naperville, Illinois.
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On May 18, 1940 Harvey married Ivadell Bednar at the Evangelical Church in Manly,
Iowa. He then served at the Evangelical Church of Viola Center, Iowa until 1943 when he
transferred to the Methodist Church serving in Iowa until his retirement in 1980. Ivadell died
December 21, 1974. On August 3, 1975, Harvey married Mary Ellen Moreland. Following
retirement, they moved to Audubon, Iowa where Harvey continued to assist in pulpit supply
until 1998.
Harvey was active in the Audubon Ministerial Association, a member of the Audubon
Lions Club, and on the board of the Elderbridge Area Aging Association. He was an avid
Chicago Cubs and Bears fan, enjoyed traveling, reading, and spending time with his family and
friends.
On October 15, 2002 Harvey Glenwood Quandt left this earthly home at the age of
88 years following complications of a fractured hip. His memorial services were held on
October 19 at the Audubon, Iowa First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Steven Frock
and Warren McFate officiating and on October 20, a graveside service with the Rev.
Emmanuel Tabelisma officiating. Burial is in the Meservey, Iowa Cemetery. Remaining family
members include: his wife Mary Ellen of Audubon, Iowa; two sons, Byron of Toledo, Ohio and
Marvin of Des Moines, Iowa; three grandchildren, six step-children, 19 step-grandchildren, and
12 step-great-grandchildren. Harvey was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife,
Ivadell, and his son, Harvey Dell Quandt.
STEPHEN ROOT
Stephen Robine, Jr was born April 24, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Stephen R. and Katharine M. (Jones) Root. He was a graduate of Olney High School,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Temple University with Bachelor of Science in Education and
Master of Divinity degrees.
Following his graduation, Stephen began serving Methodist churches in Iowa. He
met Catherine (Kitty) Kemper while serving near Muscatine. They were married August 30,
1959 at the Sweetland Methodist Church. Stephen’s number one priority was service to God
which was evident through the various ministries he became involved in: Chair of the
Conference Board of Social Concerns in 1968, a variety of areas within the Conference
camping program, and the Migrant Council in Muscatine during the early 1960's. He was
president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Cedar Rapids (1976-77); and a member of Rotary
International serving as president in both Mapleton (1991-92) and in Oelwein (1997-98).
Stephen’s leisure activities included flower gardening, traveling, camping and hiking.
He particularly enjoyed visiting National Parks and historical areas. He played the violin and
greatly enjoyed classical music.
At the age of 71 Stephen Robine Root was called to his eternal home on March 26,
2003 due to pneumonia. His memorial service was held on March 29 at the Sweetland
Worship Center of the Fellowship United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gerry Kahler
officiating. Burial is in the Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa. Those left to cherish
Stephen’s memory are: his wife, Kitty of Muscatine, Iowa; one son, Timothy of Birnamwood,
Wisconsin; two daughters, Annette Stoelk of Adel, Iowa and Constance Nelson of Urbandale,
Iowa; eight grandchildren, his sister, Katharine Woodland of Elverson, Pennsylvania, and a
brother, Roger of St. Peters, Pennsylvania.
JOHN R. SCHLOSSER
FRANK H. SCHULTZ
The son of John Henry and Amelia (Frank) Schultz, Frank Henry was born
October 15, 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a graduate of Southeast High School, Lincoln,
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Nebraska, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1968 and Dubuque Theological Seminary,
Dubuque, Iowa in 1976.
Before attending seminary, Frank taught music in the Albion and Shelby, Nebraska
schools. He married Nancy Ellen Cole May 18, 1975. Following graduation from seminary,
Frank served churches in Iowa from 1976 until his death. He was particularly gifted in music
and singing. During high school he traveled with the Lincoln Boys Choir and during college
was employed as a lead singer for an Episcopal church. Frank also sang in several opera
productions during his college career. During his seminary days, Frank was a choir director
and served a city mission. While in ministry he enjoyed singing in community and church
choral productions and cantatas. Frank often was the organizer for small musical groups and
concerts. He loved the outdoors and frequently spent his vacations camping or visiting scenic
places where he could enjoy nature.
Frank Henry Schultz entered his eternal home on November 12, 2002 at the age of
57 years as a result of a sudden brain stroke. His memorial services were held on November
16 at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and on November 23 at the Red Oak, Iowa First United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Sebeniecher, Council Bluffs District Superintendent,
officiating. Internment is in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Those left
to cherish Frank’s memory include: his wife, Nancy of Red Oak, Iowa; two sons, John of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa and Alan of Iowa City, Iowa; a daughter Angela Truemper and two grandchildren.
GEORGE A. SHEILS
George Arthur was born November 3, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Dr. George
and Ethel (Reed) Sheils. He was a graduate of Stillwater, Minnesota Public Schools in 1935,
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1939, and Boston School of Theology, Boston,
Massachusetts in 1942. George received an honorary Doctorate from Iowa Wesleyan College,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
George married Doris M. Twettam August 17, 1940 in Stillwater, Minnesota. In
1942, George began serving churches in Iowa. His ministry included a term as District
Superintendent during the EUB and Methodist unification. George and Doris traveled
extensively, going to the Holy Land three times, and attending the World Methodist
Conferences in London and Dublin. Following his retirement in 1980, George and Doris
continued traveling with the aid of a travel trailer and visited every state in the United States
except Alaska. In the summers, they resided at Riverview Park in Cedar Falls. Iowa. They also
were active in senior music activities, organizing a small band and playing for retirement
homes.
George Arthur Sheils was called to his eternal home on January 29, 2003 at the age
of 85 years. His death was due to cancer and cardiac complications. George’s memorial
services were held on February 1 at the Cedar Falls First United Methodist Church with the
Revs. Bruce Ursin, Steve Hansen, and Laura Smith officiating and Feburary 3 at the Stillwater,
Minnesota United Methodist Church. Burial is in the Fairveiw Cemetery of Stillwater.
Remaining family members include: his wife, Doris of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and two daughters,
Jo Bell of Mount Pleasant, Iowa and Ruth Jackson of Marshalltown, Iowa.
F. WARREN SHREVE
On September 22, 1911, Francis Warren was born to Curtis M. and Carrie C.
(Sjoblom) Shreve on the family ranch in Fallon County, Montana. He graduated from Baker,
Montana High School and then attended God’s Bible School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Warren was
a graduate of Huron College, Huron, Dakota and Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois.
Warren met Martha Hanson while both of them were students at God’s Bible School.
They were married June 19, 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Warren served Methodist Churches in
South Dakota from 1937-1940 and in Iowa from 1941 until his retirement in 1978. Warren and
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Martha then moved to Sioux City, Iowa where he served as the visitation minister until 1985,
moving then to Johnston, Iowa and later to Wesley Acres in Des Moines. Martha died in 1996.
Warren was a kind, gentle, shy person who was called to the very public profession
of preaching the gospel. He was shaped by the ranching community and arid rolling
landscape of Eastern Montana. He was a poet, preacher, and storyteller who was deeply
interested in knowledge and learning; memorizing huge portions of the Bible, Shakespeare
and Longfellow. His ministry was deeply personal and relational. During his first year in a new
parish, every member received a visit which led to deep relationships as the real essence of
persons were discovered. He enjoyed reading, learning languages, crossword puzzles, and
bicycling. He was a member of various civic organizations including Masons, Kiwanis, and the
Order of the Eastern Star.
Francis Warren Shreve left this earthly home on August 13, 2002 due to
complications of congestive heart failure and Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 90. His
memorial service was held on August 17 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Urbandale,
Iowa with the Revs. Jerry Oakland, Mike Orthel, and Robert Rulemen officiating. Internment
is in the Milbank City, South Dakota Cemetery. Those left to cherish Warren’s memory
include: his son, Warren E. of Fargo, North Dakota, his daughter, Sharon Strohmaier of
Urbandale, Iowa, a brother, Marshall of Hartman, Colorado, four grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Preceding Warren in death are: his wife, Martha; three brothers and three
sisters.
DONALD STRICKLER
The son of Lawrence D. and LaVaughn (Fix) Strickler, Donald Edward was born
November 24, 1936 in Des Moines, IA. He was a graduate of the Des Moines, Iowa
Community Schools, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa and Perkins School of Theology,
Dallas, Texas.
Don married Nancy J. Pirie February 17, 1961. Prior to entering the ministry, Don
first was employed by Sun Oil Company as a territory manager and then worked in passenger
services for Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. He attended school during the 1970's and
graduated from seminary in 1981. At that time Don and Nancy returned to Iowa where Don
served churches until his retirement in 2001. They then relocated to Des Moines.
Don loved all types of music, from symphony to jazz. He particularly enjoyed
working with computers; adding, tweaking programs and creating shortcuts, therefore
decreasing the amount of work and input the operator had to do. Don enjoyed summertime
and outdoor activities, especially fishing, but hated the winter and cold. Before retirement,
both Don and Nancy served on the Conference Journal staff.
At the age of 65 Donald Edward Stricker died on October 6, 2002 due to
complications of cancer. His memorial service was held at Walnut Hills United Methodist
Church, Des Moines, Iowa with the Revs. Doug Peters and Judy Winklepleck officiating. Burial
is in the Oakland Cemetery of De Soto, Iowa. Family members remaining include: his wife,
Nancy of Des Moines, Iowa; a son, Douglas of Ft. Madison, Iowa; two daughters, Diane
Jordening of Falls City, Nebraska and Debra Maeder of Papillion, Nebraska; and nine
grandchildren.
C. Spouses
CHARLENE BIRCHMIER ( Charles)
Charlene Evone was born March 13, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa to Otto and Vena
(Hudson) Gates. She was a graduate of East High School, Des Moines, Iowa, Bible College
of Des Moines, Iowa and attended Taylor University.
Charlene married Charles L. Birchmier June 9, 1945. Following Charles’ graduation
from seminary, he and Charlene returned to Iowa where together they served churches in Iowa
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from 1955 until Charles’ retirement in 1988. Charlene was very active in each of the churches
that Charles served. She served as a youth group leader, choir director, and was a counselor
in the Conference camping program. Charlene was member of the United Methodist Women
for over 40 years. She was also a member of P.E.O, various literary clubs, and the Book and
Craft Club. Charlene willingly embraced the duties of a pastor’s wife and was the behind-thescenes assistant of Charles. She was a wonderful wife, mother, homemaker and cook. During
retirement, Charlene and Charles first lived in Waterloo and later Marion, Iowa.
Charlene Evone Birchmier left this earthly home on January 30, 2003 at the age of
77 due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Her memorial service was held at the Cedar
Memorial Chapel with the Rev. David Higdon officiating. Burial is in the Cedar Memorial Park
Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Remaining family members are: her husband, Charles of
Marion, Iowa; two daughters, Vonda Birchmier and Evone Vognsen both of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; a son, David of Portland, Oregon; two grandchildren, a sister, Maxine Card of Anaheim,
California, and 23 nieces and nephews. Charlene was preceded in death by her parents, four
brothers, and four sisters.
S. HELEN CANNADAY (Daniel)
Sarah Helen was born March 15, 1915 to Millard and Myrtie (Reno) Grayner in
Wayne County, Kentucky. She received her early education in Missouri and Iowa, obtaining
her Teacher’s Certificate.
Helen taught country school for a short time prior to her marriage to Rev. Daniel
Cannaday on April 26, 1942. She throughly enjoyed teaching, but the customs of that time
prevented her from teaching after her marriage. Helen and Daniel together served churches
in Nebraska and Missouri before coming to Iowa in 1950 where they remained until Daniel’s
retirement in 1973. Daniel died June 14, 1990. As her health declined, Helen moved to the
Glencoe Long-term Care Center in Minnesota near her daughter, Danni, where she was
residing at the time of her death. Helen was a member of Eastern Star. She was much loved
and respected as a minister’s wife, mother, and friend to many.
On November 16, 2002, Sarah Helen Cannaday left this earthly home at the age of
87 after a brief illness. Her memorial service was held at Rustin Avenue United Methodist
Church, Sioux City, Iowa with the Rev. Martha Anderson officiating. Burial is in the Memorial
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. Remaining family members are: her daughter, Danni
Schroeder of Buffalo Lake, Minnesota; four step-sons, Charles of Kirksville, Missouri, Travis
of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, Kenneth of Cape Coral, Florida, and Martin of Jacksonville,
Florida; a step-daughter, Lucille Welden of Blue Springs, Missouri; one grandson, and many
step-grandchildren. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Daniel, three
step-sons, and two step-daughters.
ARLENE CUTLER (Donald)
Arlene Goldie, the daughter of Harvey M. and Myrtle A. (Hodgson) Hindman was
born May 23, 1922 in Malcom, Iowa. She was a graduate of De Soto, Iowa High School.
Arlene married Donald Cutler October 17, 1943. Following Don’s graduation from
seminary, they returned to Iowa serving churches from 1949 until his retirement in 1978.
Arlene was employed as a nurse’s aid for 18 years, with 12 of those years spent at the Iowa
Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. She was a member of United Methodist Women, the
Afternoon Circle and the Home Builders class. Arlene served as a Sunday School and Bible
School teacher for many of 35 years she and Don were in ministry. Donald died October 30,
1980. During much of her retirement, Arlene lived in Story City, Iowa where she was an active
member of the United Methodist Church and did volunteer work at the preschool and Bethany
Manor Nursing Home.
Arlene G. Cutler entered her eternal home on December 14, 2002 following a stoke
and pneumonia at the ate of 80. Her memorial service was held in Story City and she is buried
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in the Radcliffe, Iowa Cemetery. Those left to cherish Arlene’s memory are: her daughter,
Carol Hinderaker of Radcliffe, Iowa; two sons, Gary of Madison, Wisconsin and David of
Rochester, Minnesota; a sister, Lorena Domage of West Des Moines, Iowa; two brothers,
Harvey Hindman of Winterset, Iowa and Leland Hindman of Earlham, Iowa; eight
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
KAREN DAVIES (Merlin)
JANICE FITCH (Richard)
The family requested that a memoir not be printed.
CAROLYN GEISER (Milton)
Memoir to be printed in 2004 Journal.
GARY D. HENRICHS (Marilyn)
Gary Dean was born in Gilmore City, Iowa October 2, 1940, the son of August and
Virgie (Claman) Henrichs. He was a graduate of Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska in
1965 and attended the University of Nebraska. Gary received a Master’s Degree in
Elementary Guidance and Counseling through a national pilot program in Athens, Ohio in
1968.
Gary married Marilyn Higgins in Gilmore City, Iowa in 1962. While Gary has offered
support to Marilyn in her profession of Christian Education ministry for the past 30 years, his
own form of ministry has been within public school guidance and counseling. Gary was a
counselor in the Franklin County and Vinton Community Elementary Schools from 1969-1972.
For the next five years he was employed by the Mason City School District and North Iowa
Community College focusing on career development and serving as the counselor for the
newly created Alternative High School. In January 1977, Gary became the Guidance and
Counseling consultant for the State of Iowa, Department of Education until his retirement in
2000. Since educators as well as pastors find it hard to retire, Gary began his second career
as a school counselor serving at the North Rock Creek/Korte elementary school for the Kansas
City Public Schools in August 2000 until his death.
Gary celebrated life with his wonderful love of children. He was a friend to many
persons and worked endlessly so that school districts could provide trained counselors in
Iowa’s schools. Gary throughly enjoyed his family, cheering on his children in their many
activities. He loved to travel, meet new people, explore new places and things, and to cheer
on the Kansas City Chiefs and the Nebraska football teams. He was a member of Grace
United Methodist, Des Moines, Iowa..
On November 19, 2002, Gary died suddenly of a massive heart attack at the age
of 62 while working in Kansas City. A Remembrance Gathering was held in Kansas City for
the school staff, children and families with whom Gary was working. A memorial service was
held on November 23 at Grace United Methodist Church, Des Moines, Iowa with the Revs. Bill
Steward and Jackie Bradford officiating. Internment is in Gilmore City, Iowa. Family members
left to cherish Gary’s memory include: his wife, Marilyn of Ankeny, Iowa; a son, Mark of Olathe,
Kansas; a daughter, Ruth Edwards of Woodinville, Washington; and two grandsons.
BETTY HERSEY (Thomas)
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ELLA McKENZIE (Martin)
The daughter of Guy W. and Ella M. (Colburn) Graves, Ella Mary was born July 12,
1908. She married Martin McKenzie June of 1925. Together they served churches in
Southern Iowa until his retirement in 1959. Ella was a helpmate and partner in Martin’s ministry
with her gifts of music and hospitality. Following Martin’s retirement, they moved to Western
Springs, Illinois. Martin died that June. Ella then used her church knowledge and expertise
and served as the secretary at Chicago Methodist Temple in downtown Chicago for several
years before her retirement.
Ella was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and P.E.O. She enjoyed
traveling and visited Europe and New Zealand. Ella vacationed with her children frequently and
they particularly enjoyed Estes Park, Colorado.
Ella Mary McKenzie departed this earthly life on July 19, 2002 at the age of 94. Ella
was one that we could truly say, “A life well lived, a rest well earned” Her memorial service was
held at First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove, Illinois with her grandson, Scott
McKenzie officiating. Ella’s cremains are buried with Martin in the Bronswood Cemetery, Oak
Brook, Illinois. Remaining family members include: two sons, Thomas J. of Kimberling City,
Missouri and Robert W. of Buffalo Grove, Illinois; nine grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren. Preceding Ella in death are: her parents, husband, Martin, and her daughter,
Pauline.
MINERVA PENNINGTON (George)
HELEN THOMPSON PAUL (Golden)
The daughter of Rev. Charles and Anna (Koenig) Wendel, Helen was born in
Audubon and grew up in various towns of Central Iowa. Following teacher certification, Helen
taught school for two years. In 1932 she completed nurse’s training at Presbyterian St. Luke’s
Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
While working in Chicago, Helen met Golden O. Thompson, an Evangelical pastor.
They were married June 16, 1933. In 1935, Golden was appointed to parish ministry in Le
Mars, Iowa In 1944, Golden took a position at Western Union College (predecessor to
Westmar College). They remained in Le Mars the rest of Golden’s ministry.
Helen’s particular ministry was hospitality. Her home was a way station for friends
and college students who were displaced or needed a temporary home. Helen was always
interested in learning and in 1964 she received her B.A. degree from Westmar College.
Volunteering was an important part of who Helen was. She offered her nursing skills
during the polio epidemic and worked in various capacities with the American Cancer Society,
Westmar College, Head Start, American Red Cross, American Field Service, the Faculty
Women’s Club, and the Le Mars Federated Women’s Club. Helen was a life-long member of
the United Methodist Church and served in many ways in the local church. She was a
wonderful mother, full of practical wisdom and strength and in 1968 she was honored as Iowa
Mother of the Year.
Following Golden’s retirement in 1970 from Westmar, he and Helen moved to Des
Moines. The years1972-1974 found Helen and Golden in Brazil, where Golden taught at a
Methodist college. They returned to Des Moines and in 1975 Golden died.
Helen married Elmer Paul November 1, 1983, a farmer from Nevada, Iowa. They
both enjoyed travel and took many camping trips across the United States, Canada, and
Mexico, as well as trips to Europe, Australia, and Africa. In 1996 Helen and Elmer moved to
Green Hills Retirement Center, Ames, Iowa. Elmer died September of 2001.
Helen Thompson Paul departed to her eternal home on September 4, 2002 due to
congestive heart failure. Her memorial service was held September 14 at the First United
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Methodist Church of Nevada, Iowa with the Rev. Steve Williams officiating. Her body was
donated to the University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa. Burial is to be at a later
date in the Lincoln Cemetery, Huxley, Iowa. Family members remaining include: her son,
Wendel of Columbia, Maryland; and three daughters, JoAnn Wer of Omaha, Nebraska, Karen
Johnson of Syracuse, New York, and Mary Kercher of Port Tobacco, Maryland. Preceding
Helen in death were her parents, two husbands, and twin infant sons.
MARTHA WILLIAMS (Robert)
Martha V. was born October 6, 1919 to Francis and Mary (Sudduth) Dunagan in
Wilder, Idaho. During her childhood, Martha and her mother moved to Pierre, South Dakota.
She was a graduate of Pierre, South Dakota High School, Dakota Wesleyan College, and
received a Master’s degree from the University of Denver in 1945.
While attending Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Martha met Robert Williams.
They were married June 11, 1946 in Silver City, South Dakota. Martha and Robert then
moved to Iowa where Robert served churches in Iowa until 1976. Martha was a learned
woman for whom teaching was her love and ministry. She taught at Upper Iowa University in
Fayette as long as Robert was appointed in that area. Martha later taught High School
English, Speech and Drama in the Goldfield, Cylinder, and Terril Community Schools. In 1976
Martha and Robert’s passion for teaching led them to the Lydia Patterson Institute of El Paso,
Texas where they both taught classes.
Following Robert’s retirement in 1982, Martha and Robert owned and operated
William’s Rustic Resort on Lost Island Lake near Ruthven, Iowa. During the winter months
they volunteered at the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky. Robert died in 1995. In 1997 Martha
moved to Oskloosa, Iowa near her daughter. She was an active member the Oskaloosa
Central United Methodist Church and a volunteer tutor for the Indian Hills Community College
Literacy program. In 1998 Martha received the Governor’s Volunteer Award for Literacy. She
enjoyed writing poems and was published in Lyrical Iowa. Martha’s family and friends
appreciated the many encouraging letters and e-mails for which she was famous.
Martha V. Williams left this earthly home on October 16, 2002 at the age of 83 as
the result of a heart attack. Her memorial service was held on October 19 at the Central
United Methodist Church, Oskaloosa, Iowa with the Rev. Robert Dean officiating. Her body
was cremated and burial will be at a later date. Those left to cherish Martha’s memory are:
her son, Paul of Terril, Iowa; her daughter, Carolyn Pfeifer of Oskaloosa; two grandsons; a
sister, Joann Hoffman of Spearfish, South Dakota; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Martha in death were her parents, her husband, 3 half-brothers and a half-sister.
D. Deaconesses
SYLVIA RANKIN FRY (William)
Sylvia was born February 15, 1899 to Ernest and Clara (Maddy) Rankin in Marion
County, Iowa. She was a graduate of the Knoxville, Iowa High School in1917 with a teaching
certificate, Iowa Bible Training School in 1924, and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa in
1933.
Sylvia first taught in the coal-mining town of Everest, Iowa with her sister. William
Fry and his sister were also teachers there and they became close friends. The two families
with the help of the Salvation Army started a Sunday School and Epworth League for the
young people. Two years later the mine closed and so did the town. Adventurous Sylvia then
took a teaching job in the Dutch town of Atlag for the next two years.
In 1920, Sylvia entered the Bible Training School to further her education. She was
consecrated as a Deaconess in the Methodist church in 1924 and was assigned as a
ministerial assistant to two churches in Dubuque. In 1926, Sylvia was called by the Methodist
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Women to supervise the Riverside Community House in Des Moines, Iowa where she spent
13 years. The program included classes for teens, young parents, and the teaching of trades
as well as worship on Sunday evenings.
Due to health problems, Sylvia spent some time on convalescent leave. Following
her recovery, she was appointed to Esther Hall in Des Moines; a residence for single, working,
women. Sylvia was there for 9 years planning meals and activities for the residents and
leading chapel services. She was next assigned to Wesley Acres Retirement Home, Des
Moines working as a dietician. During this time Sylvia discovered the William Fry with whom
she had started teaching. Their renewed relationship blossomed and on January 6, 1952
Sylvia and Bill were married. Sylvia gained a ready-made family; Bill’s three daughters, two
married with young families and one finishing high school.
Before her marriage Sylvia left the Deaconess program. Bill was employed in a feed
mill, but was feeling a call into ministry. Sylvia began teaching again to make ends meet. Two
years later Sylvia became a full-time mother for 18 months to Bill’s four young grandchildren
after his daughter Betty died in a house fire.
In 1960 Bill entered full-time ministry and began serving churches. Sylvia and Bill
were a real ministry team with Bill preaching and Sylvia developing the worship service,
teaching Sunday School and leading the choir. In 1971 Bill retired and they moved to Wesley
Homes, Des Moines, Washington near family. Bill died October 1990.
Sylvia was known for many things; her grateful, positive spirit; a kind, generous
heart; her love of birds, flowers, and trees; the many quilts she made and gave away; and her
deep, abiding faith which inspired so many.
Sylvian Rankin Fry was called Home to the Lord on October 6, 2002 at the age of
103. Her death was due to natural causes. Her memorial service was held at Wesley
Garden’s Logan Hall, Des Moines, Washington with the Rev. Ann Berney officiating.
Internment is in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, West Seattle, Washington. Remaining family
members include: her daughter, Laurel, nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 9 greatgreat-granchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
MARTHA WAGNER
Martha Darlene was born December 15, 1927 to Edward and Grechen (Hernon)
Wagner in Peru, Iowa. She was a graduate of West High School, Waterloo, Iowa in 1945,
Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa in 1949 and Garrett Theological Seminary,
Evanston, Illinois in 1953.
Following college Martha began teaching in the Spirit Lake, Iowa Community
Schools in home economics. During her summers she joined a Methodist caravan team which
traveled to small towns doing Vacation Bible Schools for children. She felt called into Christian
education and entered seminary earning her Master’s degree while working as a Christian
Educator at the Spirit Lake, Iowa Methodist Church. Following graduation from Garrett, Martha
continued her career at the Cozad, Nebraska Methodist Church. She was certified as a
Christian Education Director in 1953 through the Nebraska Annual Conference. In 1955,
Martha attended a European Work Camp in Dornbreite, Germany sponsored by the Methodist
Student Movement. Living with German families, the work group assisted in the construction
of housing for refugees.
Martha was consecrated as a Deaconess by the General Board of Missions in 1957.
In 1966, she accepted an editorial position with the United Methodist Publishing House,
Nashville, Tennessee. Martha’s responsibilities included: vacation Bible school and Sunday
School curriculum for fifth and sixth grades, as well as assisting with the selection of the
Friendship Press study materials. She also served on The Children’s Fund administrated by
the General Board of Missions, Women’s Division. Throughout her career, Martha attended
many international Diakonia/Deaconess meetings and convocations around the world making
many friends. Martha retired in 1992 from the United Methodist Publishing House.
During her retirement, Martha became more active in the United Methodist Women’s
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organization of the West End United Methodist Church where she was a member. She was
vice-president in charge of programming for 3 years, and a member of the Evening Circle and
Study Circle. Banner-making was a special interest of Martha’s and she coordinated the
construction of several during her years of service.
Martha Darlene Wagner died on October 13, 2002 at the age of 75 due to
complications of leukemia. Her memorial services were held on November 5 at West End
United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee with the Revs. Ewart Watts and J. Thomas
Laney officiating and November 17 at the First United Methodist Church, Waterloo, Iowa with
the Rev. Charles Downing officiating. Internment is in the Columbarium of West End United
Methodist Church. Family members remaining are: her sister, Helen Callaway of Waterloo,
Iowa; two nephews and many great-nephews and nieces as well as her many Diakonia
colleagues across the world.
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Date
June 8-12, 1969
June 14-19, 1970
May 22, 1971 (Special)
June 4-7, 1971
June 9-13, 1972
June 8-12, 1973
June 14-18, 1974
June 13-17, 1975
June 11-15, 1976
June 3-7, 1977
June 3-7, 1978
June 2-6, 1979
June 7-11, 1980
June 6-10, 1981
June 4-8, 1982
June 3-7, 1983
April 28, 1984 (Special)
June 1-5, 1984
June 7-11, 1985
June 6-10, 1986
June 5-9, 1987
June 3-7, 1988
June 2-6, 1989
June 8-12, 1990
June 7-11, 1991
June 5-9, 1992
June 4-7, 1993
June 10-14, 1994
June 9-12, 1995
June 7-10, 1996
June 6-9, 1997
June 5-8, 1998
June 4-7, 1999
June 2-5, 2000
June 8-10, 2001
June 6-9,2002
February 8, 2003 (Special)
June 12-15, 2003
Place
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Ames
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Ames
Des Moines
Ames
Des Moines
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Ames
Clive
Ames
Resident Bishop
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
J.S. Thomas
Lance Webb
Lance Webb
Lance Webb
Lance Webb
Lance Webb
Lance Webb
Wayne Clymer
Wayne Clymer
Wayne Clymer
Wayne Clymer
Wayne Clymer
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Rueben P. Job
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Charles W. Jordan
Gregory V. Palmer
Gregory V. Palmer
Gregory V. Palmer
Gregory V. Palmer
Secretary
R.R. MacCanon
R.R. MacCanon
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
W.T. Miller
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Susan Terry
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Janet Stephenson
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
Susan Ney
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IX. DAILY PROCEEDINGS
th
160 SESSION
Clive, Iowa
SPECIAL SESSION - SATURDAY
February 8, 2003
1.
CALL TO ORDER. Bishop Gregory V. Palmer called the session to order at 10:00
a.m.
2.
WORSHIP. Celebrants were Darline Balm-Demmel, Dennis Bell, and Phil Carver.
Reverend Kevin LeGree, President of Simpson College, delivered the sermon.
3.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA. Rick Jenkins, Chair of Business and Agenda,
established the voting bar of the Conference.
4.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
5.
REPORT. Marvin Arnpriester, Chair of the Conference Center Task Force,
recognized the members of the task force. Karen Dearchs, Chair of the
Conference Board of Trustees, recognized the members of the Board. Marvin and
Karen then gave the report of the task force and Board of Trustees.
6.
CONFERENCE CENTER TASK FORCE. Marvin Arnpriester, Chair; Darline BalmDemmel, Dee Gee Blair, Susan Bowman, J.Robert Burkhart, Art Fudge, Twila
Glenn, Kristin Knudson Harris, Ron Hughes, Fred Lockard, Charles Luers, Bishop
Gregory V. Palmer, Ken Royar, Consorcia Sanchez, Jody Smith, Charles Smith,
Phil Webb.
7.
CONFERENCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Karen Dearchs, Chair; Jared Bauch,
Harold Brinkman, Matt Clayton, Charles Gilbert, Harold Green, Ron Larsen, Fred
Lockard, Nancy Menke, Ron Rath, Sharon Shook, Cheryl Walser Kramer, Bill
Daylong, Luck Elrick, Morris Hurd, Charles Luers.
8.
DISCUSSION. Several people asked questions of the Task Force and Board of
Trustees.
9.
MOTION. Karen Dearchs moved: That The Conference purchase the real estate
described in and covered by AN OFFER TO BUY AND ACCEPTANCE dates
December 23, 2002 and December 30, 2002, signed by The Conference as Buyer
and Airport Commerce Park, L.C.,as seller, for a purchase price of Four Hundred
Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-Two Dollars ($455,542.00), and on
the terms and provisions contained in said OFFER TO BUY AND ACCEPTANCE.
That The Conference specifically approves the above-described OFFER TO BUY
AND ACCEPTANCE as required by Paragraph 19(a) of the OFFER TO BUY AND
ACCEPTANCE.
That The Conference Board of Trustees are specifically
authorized by the Conference to carry forward the purchase of the real estate in
question, described in the OFFER TO BUY AND ACCEPTANCE as Lots 11 and
12, Airport Commerce Park South, Des Moines, and to execute all documents or
instruments necessary to the purchase and consistent with the terms of the
OFFER TO BUY AND ACCEPTANCE.
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10. MOTION. Don Nelson moved: Call the question on all that is before us. Carried.
11. Motion carried.
12. CLOSING. Bishop Palmer closed with announcements and prayer.
13. ADJOURNMENT. Special session adjourned at 12:55 p.m.
14. EXCUSED ABSENCES. The following were reported as having excused absences
for the Special Session:
CLERGY:
Abraham, John
Achterhof, Doug
Armstrong, Gary
Ashley, Sheryl
Bailey, Dennis
Ball, Lyle
Bane, Anita
Bane, Bruce
Barnett, Robert
Bell, Beverlee
Bennett, Janice
Berbano, Marc
Betsworth, Sharon
Bibb, Stephen
Biklen, Michael
Blix, Ron
Bousfield, Paul
Brockmeyer, Lloyd
Brockmeyer, Myron
Brokken, Dianne
Brown, Carroll
Brown, Jerry
Bryant, H. Burr
Burham, Everett
Butler, Linda
Butts, Harold
Calhoun, Leslie
Campbell, Steve
Cannaday, Kenneth
Carlson, Betty Glynn
Carsner, Tom
Ceynar, Marvin
Chartier, Connie
Church, Dale
Clark, M. Wayne
Cocke, Albert
Collins, Lee Roy
Corley, Erik
Corley, Jennifer
Cowell, Charles
Custer, Chester
Cutler, Jamie
Dadisman, Jeff
Daniel, Wes
Daylong, William
Dimmlich, Walter
Dodder, Robert
Doser, Raymond
Dowd, John
Draper, Darrel
Eastland, Allen
Eastman, Patty
Eberhart, Len
Eldridge, Russel
Ellsworth, Dale
Erbe, Joan
Ervin, Alberta
Evans, Paul
Faris, Richard
Farr, Bob
Fletcher, Darleen
Fowler, Robert
Frank, Blair
Frank, Donald
Frevert, Maurice
Gailey, Carol
Gaul, Jon
George, Elliott
Gilbert, Dennis
Gildner, Robert
Goodall, Brenda
Gould, Richard
Gran, Mary Alice
Grant, Henry
Gray, Dale
Griffin, Bob
Gubser, James
Haider, Clifford
Hall, Scott
Hamilton, Keith
Hamilton, Marilyn
Hansel, Penny
Harmon, Roger
Harris, Frederic
Hartley, Lawrence
Hasel, Paul
Hawley, Robert
Henrichs, Marilyn
Hoehns, Wayne
Hofer, Maynard
Hooten, Jack
Hoover, Diana
Hoover, Jo
Hoyle, Lowell
Huddleston, Henry
Hwang, Hyo
Jones, Barbara
Jordan, Jane
Kennedy, Stanley
Kinzler, Ronald
Kinzler, Wally
Kitterman, Ralph
Klink, Charles
Koughn, E. Jeanne
Kress, Carol
Kretzschmar, Richard
Larson, Ernest
Lautt, Clarence
Lautt, Zona
Lavelle, Larry
Lemons, Dannel
Lohman, Sherry
Luneman, Rene
McAtee, Mary C.
McConnell, Wauneita
McKinley, Paul
McNeer, Randy
Madden, Roger
Marty, Howard
Mather, Merlin
Matthews, Gene
McAtee, Mary
McConnell, Wauneita
McKinley, Paul
McNeer, Randy
Mequi, Bonifacio
Merrill, Karen
Merrill, Reg
Miller, Eugene
Miller, Matthew
Miller, Melvin
Montz, Neil
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Moore, John
Morgan, Mike
Morrison, Clarence
Muller, Merrill
Nicholson, James
Nolte, Eldon
Oakland, Jerry
Olson, Bernard
Olson, Kathy
Paige, Warren
Paterson, George
Patet, Ashok
Pauley, Christine
Peters, Doug
Phares, Dawn
Phillips, Edward
Piercy, Rex
Platon, Neil
Potter, Lynn
Renfro, Nancy
Reynolds, Douglas
Ritter, Roland
Roath, Kay
Robinson, Carroll
Robinson, Robert
Rogula, David
Rohde, Rosemary
Root, Leonard
Root, Stephen Jr.
Rosenberger, John
Sanchez, Consorcia
Sanders, Jill
Satre, Steve
Schar, Dvid
Scheller, Don
Schlosser, John
Schultz, Rhonda
Schumacker, Marty
Schwarz, Leland
Scott, Ruth Ann
Scheils, George
Sherman, Harold
Shreve, Bob
Siebert, Jim
Siemens, Peter
Siler, David
Sparks, A. Harold
Sparks, Boyd
Sparks, Jean
Stemme, Bob
Streyffeler, Laurice
Striffler, Russell
Surface, L. Dean
Thacker, Penelope
Thompson, Donald
Trembly, Bill
Tritle, Barrie
Usher, Worthie
Vickery, Gordon
Voas, Duane
Votaw, Debra
Wallace, Charles
Walter, Norman
Washingon, Alex
Whisler, Cheri
Whisler, Stephen
Williams, Alecia
Williams, Steve
Winklepleck, Judy
Woeste, Stanley
Woeste, Wayne
Wolcott, Gerald
LAITY:
Albert, Sharon
Allen, Phyllis
Allen, Regina
Basinger, William
Batchelder, Robert
Beller, Terri
Bennett, Gil
Bennett, Joyce
Bentzinger, Rosalie
Betram, Della
Bisinger, Carma
Blair, Katy
Brockschink, John
Brotherton, Judy
Brown, Wayne
Brust, Marilyn
Bryant, Melvin
Budde, Dick
Cadman, Diane
Cerks, Lois
Clark, Dave
Cook, Arnold
Cook, Mary
Curtis, Patricia
Daniels, Lillian
Davis, Jeanne
Diment, Mavis
Dvorak, Bernice
Esperson, Katie
Evans, Patsy
Farr, Helen
Feller, Bona Dean
Ferguson, Corene
Finch, Charles
Fisher, June
Force, Phyllis
Fulton, Ronald
Gallagher, Ann
Gallagher, Jerry
Gibson, Opal
Gibson, Richard
Gleason, Ginny
Glime, Ann
Green, Mary Anne
Hartgrave, David
Hartgrave, Jean
Hensley, Sally
Hickey, Randy
Hobson, Leah
Hoffman, Iris
Hong, Chung
Hopes, Dennis
Howard, Doris
Ireland, Rachel
Jebens, Farr
Jedlicka, Peggy
Johansen-Werner, Bonnie
Johnson, Lavon
Johnson, Wesley
Jones, Elaine
Jones, Michael
Jordan, Truman
Kinnick, Ed
Kleppe, Corinne
Klinefelter, Richard
Liljedahl, Carole
Lillie, Joy
Luckritz, Olive
Lundt, Margaret
Lux, Bill
Lynch, Esther
Lynch, Larry
McAtee, B. Gene
Mack, Jill
Mackey, Margaret
Mans, Alice
McCord, Shirley
Metzger, James
Meyer, Dennis
Meyer, Duane
Moser, Nola
Muir, Joan
Mullins, Jim
Mullins, Sue
Myers, Carol
Nelson, Steve
Noble, David
Nolte, Beverly
Oberman, Gladys
Olson, Mavis
Otteman, William
Palmer, Betty Lou
Peck, Neil
Philgreen, Joan
Plambeck, Lanette
Pleggenkuhle, Olivia
Pyner, Majorie
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Smith, Nancy Walters
Smith, Peggy
Speck, Carol
Speck, Clifford
Stanton, Jill
Strang, Yvonne
Terp, Mary
Thompson, Verna
Thorne, Janice
Tindall, Nancy
Truman, Linda
Rath, Linda
Raue, Debra
Reneker, Emily
Ritter, Patricia
Robinson, Randy
Rueter, Mary
Salter, Mike
Schneider, Shirley
Seebach, Carol
Selk Brneda
Smith, Lowell
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Tschetter, Calvin
Tschetter, Lois
Van Sickle, Jean
Vogel, Anita
Watts, Dean
Wilbin, R. Todd
Wiley, Evelyn
Wittstruck, Naomi
Wrider, David
Wright, Sophie
Ziskovsky, Marge
SESSION OF THE IOWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Ames, Iowa
FIRST DAY - THURSDAY MORNING
June 12, 2003
CLERGY SESSION
1.
CALL TO ORDER. The Clergy Session was called to order by Bishop Gregory Palmer
at Collegiate United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation at 9:09 a.m.
2.
CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP. Ken Hartman led worship.
3.
ESTABLISHING THE VOTING BAR. Jerald Swanberg, chairperson, Board of
Ordained Ministry.
3.1. Jerald Swanberg moved: For this meeting of 2003 Iowa Annual Conference
Clergy Session, the voting bar shall comprise the main floor of the sanctuary and
the three balconies. Persons who have voting privileges are all elders and
deacons in full connection. Also, lay members of the Board of Ordained Ministry
have voting privileges at Clergy Session. Adopted.
3.2. There are persons present this morning who are here by virtue of expertise or
conference position and shall have voice but no vote. These are: Susan Ney,
Conference Secretary and Roger Witke, Conference Chancellor. If you would
approve this special privilege, say aye. Adopted.
4.
BEGINNINGS ON THE JOURNEY
4.1. Dale Schoening, Registrar, reported: Those who have received the certificate of
candidacy for ordained ministry (See Question #19).
4.2. Dale Schoening reported: Those who are candidates for diaconal ministry under
the 1992 Discipline (See Question #71).
4.3. Dale Schoening reported: Those who are candidates in process for certification
in specialized ministry (See Question #65).
4.4. Doresa Collogan, Vice-Chairperson, Board of Ordained Ministry moved: The
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election and commissioning as Probationary members under ¶315-¶316 and
reception from other Christian denominations. (See Questions #28, #29, #36 &
#32)
4.4.1. William Ballard moved: That the candidates be voted on individually.
Adopted.
4.4.2. Daniel James Schott. Elected.
4.4.3. Terra Lynn Amundson.
4.4.3.1. William Ballard moved: Action on this candidate be tabled until
the 2004 Clergy Session of the Iowa Annual Conference for the
purpose of providing time to unseal a trial court document which
will provide important new evidence to be presented to the Board
of Ordained Ministry concerning the moral character, integrity,
and spiritual development of this candidate. Defeated.
4.4.3.2. Terra Amundson. Elected.
4.4.4. Kimberly Ann Bowles. Elected.
4.4.5. Rose Marie Calderon-Khan. Elected.
4.4.6. Barbara J. Elder Dinnen. Elected.
4.4.7. Vicki Lynn Fisher. Elected.
4.4.8. John L. Hall. Elected.
4.4.9. Jeffrey Joseph Kodis. Elected.
4.4.10. Elizabeth Eve Piette. Elected.
4.4.11. Jane Ellen Shepherd. Elected.
4.4.12. Lynn Carol Zimmerman. Elected.
4.4.13. William Oden Porter III. Elected.
4.5. Doresa Collogan moved: The election and ordination of those as Associate
Members and Elders in full connection (See Questions #27, #36, #33, #35 &
#37). Adopted.
4.6. Dale Schoening moved: The reception of those from other Christian
Denominations (See Question # 32b). Adopted.
4.7. Dale Schoening presented the newly Licensed Local Pastors including all those
licensed in the interim since the 2002 Annual Conference.
5.
THE JOURNEY IN PROCESS
5.1. Jerald Swanberg introduced Dianne Christopher who made a presentation on the
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Order of Deacons.
5.2. Jerald Swanberg introduced Deborah Stowers who made a presentation on the
Order of Elders.
5.3. Dale Schoening moved: The report of those who are approved and appointed as
Local Pastors (See Question #21). Adopted.
5.4. Doresa Collogan moved: The report of those who are continued as
commissioned Probationary Members (See Question #30). Adopted.
5.5. Doresa Collogan moved: Those who are continued as Probationary Members
under the 1992 Discipline (See Question #31c). Adopted.
5.6. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have been received by transfer from other
Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church and other Methodist
denominations (See Questions #41 & #42).
5.7. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have completed the studies for license as
local pastor, are approved but are not now appointed (See Question #20).
5.8. Dale Schoening reported: Those ordained ministers from other Annual
Conferences or Methodist Denominations who are approved for appointment in
Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational
membership (See Question# 24).
5.9. Dale Schoening reported: Those 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 (See Question #25).
5.10. Dale Schoening moved: The report of those who are affiliate members (See
Question #26). Adopted by 2/3 majority.
5.11. Dale Schoening reported: Those ordained ministers who have received
appointments in other Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church while
retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (See Question #53).
5.12. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of those Associate Members, Elders and
Probationary Members who are approved for less than full-time service (See
Question #82). Adopted by 2/3 majority.
5.13. Dale Schoening moved: The report of those appointed to extension ministries for
the ensuing year (See Question # 87c). Adopted by 2/3 majority.
5.14. Rebecca Carver, Chairperson, Conference Relations Committee, moved: Those
probationary or ordained members on leave of absence and for what number of
years consecutively has each held this relation (See Question# 54a). Adopted.
5.15. Rebecca Carver reported: Those who have been placed on leave of absence
since last Annual Conference (See Question #54c).
5.16. Rebecca Carver reported: Those who have had their leaves terminated since last
Annual Conference (See Question #54d).
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5.17. Rebecca Carver moved: Those who have been granted family leave and for what
number of years consecutively has each held this relation (See Question #55).
Adopted.
5.18. Rebecca Carver reported: Those who have had their conference membership
terminated (See Question #50).
5.19. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have been transferred out to other Annual
Conferences of the United Methodist Church (See Question #45).
5.20. Rebecca Carver reported: Those who have been suspended under the
provisions of ¶359.1c or ¶2711.3b (See Question #51).
5.21. Dale Schoening moved: The report of action taken concerning disabled
probationary or ordained ministers and full-time local pastors (See Question
#57). Adopted.
5.22. Dale Schoening moved: The report of the membership of the Committee on
investigation and Administration Review Committee (See Questions #18 & #70).
Adopted.
5.23. Barrie Tritle, Dean of the Cabinet, read a statement to the clergy session (See
end of clergy session section).
5.24. Barrie Tritle, Dean of the Cabinet, stated that in response to Disciplinary
Question #17, the answer is: “Yes, attested to by means of this signed statement
from the District Superintendents which will be submitted to the Board of
Ordained Ministry; and also signed by Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, attesting to the
conduct of the District Superintendents signed below. We, the bishop and
superintendents, take very seriously the call to moral excellence in the lives of
pastors. We gladly offer our signatures to answer this question, knowing that
only by the grace of God can any of us be blameless in our life and official
administration. Obviously, we make no judgment about the moral character of
pastors who are involved in supervisory correction or involved in judicial or
administrative complaint processes.”
5.25. Dale Schoening announced those who had reached milestones in their ministry 25, 40, 50, and 60 years.
6.
CULMINATIONS ON THE JOURNEY
6.1. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have been removed as a certified person in
specialized ministry (See Question # 69).
6.2. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have been discontinued as local Pastors
(See Question #22).
6.3. Doresa Collogan moved: The report of those who are discontinued as
probationary members (See Question 46). Adopted.
6.4. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of those who have been granted honorable
location (See Question #47). Adopted.
6.5. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of those who have been had their conference
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membership terminated by leaving the ordained ministerial office and by
withdrawal under complaints or charges (See Question #50). Adopted.
6.6. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of those who had their conference
relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (See
Question #76). Adopted.
6.7. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of those granted the status of honorable
location retired (See Question # 48). Adopted.
6.8. Rebecca Carver moved: The report of Associate members and members in full
connection and local pastors who have been granted retirement (See Question
#58, #59, & # 61). Adopted.
6.9. Dale Schoening reported: Those who have died during the past year (See
Question #52).
7.
Deborah Stowers and Dianne Christopher moved: The Conference Board of Ordained
Ministry recommends to the Executive Session of the Iowa Annual Conference the
adoption of a policy requiring that all clergy currently under appointment to local
churches (including Cabinet and Conference staff) in the Iowa Annual Conference and
all persons entering the appointment system of the Conference be the subject of
personal background checks, including the following: (1) state sexual offender
registries, (2) state child abuse registries, (3) state criminal history records, and (4)
credit checks. This is to be done by the end of 2003. It is further recommended to the
Executive Session that each person being checked shall pay to the Iowa Annual
Conference a set, pre-established amount to defray the cost of the completion of the
checks.
7.1. Pete Peterson moved to strike “all clergy currently under appointment to local
churches (including Cabinet and Conference staff) in the Iowa Annual
Conference and”
7.2. Scott Patrick moved to table the motion for one year to get further information.
Adopted.
8.
Jerald Swanberg made closing remarks.
9.
Bishop Gregory Palmer made closing remarks and gave the benediction.
10.
The Clergy Session was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
(Statement read by Barrie Tritle – Printed at request of Clergy Session)
Dear Colleagues in Christ,
Greetings to you in the name of our Risen Savior Jesus Christ. I thank you all for your
answering God’s call to ministry in the United Methodist Church. I thank you all for your
faithfulness in living out that call among the people of your appointment.
As I think of you, my colleagues in the covenant of ministry within the Iowa Annual
Conference, I am reminded of Hebrews 3:1 “Brothers and Sisters holy partners in a heavenly
calling.” We do share a bond as partners with each other in Christ. The 2002 Book of
Discipline expresses this Covenant in Paragraph 303.3
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“Ordained persons exercise their ministry in covenant with all Christians,
especially with those whom they lead and serve in ministry. They also live in
covenant of mutual care and accountability with all those who share their
ordination, especially in The United Methodist Church, with the ordained who
are members of the same annual conference and part of the same Order.
The covenant of ordained ministry is a lifetime commitment, and those who
enter into it dedicate their whole lives to the personal and spiritual disciplines
it requires.”
Also this unique Covenant relationship is described in The 2002 Book of Discipline
Paragraph 324.1 as follows:
“Elders in full connection with an annual conference by virtue of their election
and ordination are bound in special covenant with all the ordained elders of
the annual conference.”
Annually the District Superintendents are asked to reply to the inquiry of The Book of
Discipline Paragraph 605.6: “Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their
life and official administration?” We say a qualified yes that is attested to by means of a
signed statement from the District Superintendents which is submitted to the Board of
Ordained Ministry and also by Bishop Palmer, attesting to the conduct of the District
Superintendents.
We believe in the expectation of ordination to “live in the covenant of the ordained ministers”
(The Book of Discipline 304.1i). We take very seriously the call to moral excellence in the
lives of pastors. We humbly offer our signatures to answer this question, knowing that only
by the grace of God can any of us be blameless in our life and official administration.
Obviously, we make no judgment about the moral character of pastors who are involved in
supervisory correction or involved in judicial or administrative complaint processes.
In the Spirit of our Covenant Life we desire to lift up several concerns that affect our
collective community that we as Superintendents have been living and attempting to cope
with. These issues relate to 1) Housing, 2) Ethics, 3) Itineracy, 4) Connectionalism, 5)
Ministry Standards, and 6) Our Covenant Life. Housing: During the process of appointment
changes we have discovered the abuse of parsonages which has caused local churches to
be saddled with enormous expenses in order to make some parsonages clean and livable
again. In addition to these unexpected expenses many congregations have become
embittered toward specific clergy and in some cases clergy in general. Over the past three
years the cabinet has expended $30,800 to assist churches in cleaning and refurbishing
abused parsonages. This amount does not include local church funds expended for the
same purpose. The abuse and the related expenditures must stop.
Ethics: In 1996 the Board of Ordained Ministry and the Iowa Annual Conference adopted a
Code of Ethics that can be found on pages 262-263 of the 1996 Iowa Conference Journal.
We as District Superintendents affirm the Code of Ethics and lift them up to you all to study
and reaffirm. One common concern many of us as District Superintendents experience is
addressed in #1 of the Pastoral Responsibility section. “Respects the parish of another
pastor. Provides service only at the pastor’s invitation. All inquiries are referred to the
resident pastor.” We hear many stories of pastors returning to do funerals, weddings and
visitations. Each of us need to take responsibility to say no to inquiries and invitations and
therefore allow the new pastor to be pastor. We also need to avoid encouraging the laity to
ask the pastor to invite us because that puts the new pastor in a position that almost coerces
them into inviting us back.
Itineracy: Itineracy is at the heart of the deployment of United Methodist clergy. When we
become Elders and join the Covenant Community; we accept the claim of Itineracy upon our
lives as described in The 2002 Book of Discipline Paragraph 324.1
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“They offer themselves without reserve to be appointed and to serve, after
consultation, as the appointive authority may determine.”
This system of being radically available to God’s call as directed by the
Bishop and Appointive Cabinet is at risk in the United Methodist Church.
Geographic, family, financial, housing, and theological limitations placed
upon the Cabinet limits our ability to provide the best possible pastor
available to meet the unique needs of each congregation. Each of us need to
affirm our commitment to the Itinerant system or if need by choose another
status.
Connectionalism: In today’s world our United Methodist way of being a people of God is
being challenged by Congregational attitudes. Often our membership does not understand
the nature of our church and want to be local, separate, and governed by congregational
votes. We are a Connectional people which is one of our greatest strengths.
The 2002 Book of Discipline Paragraph130 talks about the Connectional nature of our
church. Connectionalism in the United Methodist tradition is multi-leveled, global in
scope, and local in thrust. Our connectionalism is not merely a linking of one charge
conference to another. It is rather a vital web of interactive relationships. We are
connected by sharing a common tradition of faith, including our Doctrinal Standards
and General Rules (¶ 103); by sharing together a constitutional polity, including a
leadership of general superintendency; by sharing a common mission, which we seek
to carry out by working together in and through conferences that reflect the inclusive
and missional character of our fellowship; by sharing a common ethos that
characterizes our distinctive way of doing things.
We need to educate ourselves and our people about the unique nature of our church
and it’s many blessings through the connection.
Ministry Standards: Several years ago the Board of Ordained Ministry worked hard at
developing an understanding of our Ministry Standards and possible evaluative tools to help
us keep ourselves accountable to each other. This process was never finished for a variety
of reasons. We, as the Appointive Cabinet, have had to work with what we had for annual
evaluative tools and often realize their ineffectiveness. The 2002 Book of Discipline
Paragraph 324.1 states that "In the keeping of this covenant they perform the ministerial
duties and maintain the ministerial standards established by those in the covenant.” We
need to be clear about our standards and as The 2002 Book of Discipline Paragraph 303.3
states “live in covenant of mutual care and accountability with all those who share their
ordination.” We urge the Board of Ordained Ministry to pick up the Ministry Standards
Project and help us focus on being accountable to one another in mutual love and desire for
us as spiritual leaders to faithfully be what God is calling us to be.
Our Covenant Life: We are a covenant people called by God to work together but we often
function in competitive and antagonistic ways towards each other.
Ezekiel 22:30 describes a time when God looked over the land for a spiritual
leader.
“And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the
wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land,
so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”
We call upon each of you to become the one who stands in the gap as a renewed spiritual
leader who builds up our Covenant Life. Reach out to one another, build each other up, pray
for one another, encourage one another, for there is much to do and many to reach for Jesus
Christ.
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Albert C. Outler wrote about Ordination”
“What is intended in Ordination is a public identification of men and women
who are thereby certified as having both the qualities and training for
representative action, always to the end that the laos may be the more
fruitfully furnished, nurtured and guided in their mission.
The 2002 Book of Discipline Paragraph 324.1 states “They live with all other ordained
ministers in mutual trust and concern and seek with them the sanctification of the fellowship.”
May we live up to this highest calling from God to be in ministry through the United Methodist
Church and may we live up to the highest standards in our lives and work. May the
Sanctifying Holy Spirit grant us Grace that we may be blameless in our lives and in our
official administration.
In the Service of Christ,
Rev. Dr. Barrie M. Tritle
Dean of the Appointive Cabinet
FIRST DAY – THURSDAY
June 12, 2003
AFTERNOON
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1.
CALL TO ORDER. Bishop Gregory Palmer called the 160 Session of the Iowa Annual
Conference to order at 11:59 a.m. at Hilton Coliseum.
2.
WORSHIP. “A Service of Remembrance and Holy Communion.” Celebrants were
Bishop Gregory Palmer and Marilyn Henrichs. Preacher was Kay Hooper. Worship
Leader was David Weesner. Lector was Bob Kersten. Dancers were Brittany Allbee,
Sarah Braudt, T.J. Warren, and Jacquelyn Powell. Music was provided by the Eldora
UMC Praise Band. Offering was for the Youth Ministry Scholarship. Communion
Servers were representatives from every district. Sue Ney, Conference Secretary, read
the memorial list that included clergy members of the Iowa Annual Conference,
spouses of clergy members, and laity from the Conference recognized by Districts.
Also remembered were churches that closed their doors: Doan UMC (Spencer District)
and South English UMC (Ottumwa District).
3.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA.
Rick Jenkins, chairperson, Business and Agenda
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Committee, presented recommendations for approval for the 160 Session of the Iowa
Annual Conference.
3.1. For all 2003 Iowa Annual Conference Plenary sessions designated on your
agenda to be held in Hilton Coliseum, I designate this platform, the music
platform, the main floor bleacher level sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25,
and parquet levels 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 as the voting
bar of the Iowa Annual Conference.
3.2. The Legislative Committees, the Scheman Center and other designated areas
are recognized as official areas of the bar for the conduct of Annual Conference
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business and voting from the time of convening to the completion of business
and adjournment of each Legislative Committee.
3.3. Seating within this bar during the plenary sessions of the Annual Conference is
restricted to Iowa Annual Conference members only, or those assigned by name
as courtesy positions, including families during specially designated services.
3.4. Respect of the conference bar is expected, please be particularly aware of noise
in the areas on the perimeter around the taping booth.
3.5. The pages of agenda are found in your booklet entitled “Audacious: Journey with
Jesus- Transform the World” on pages one (1) through fifteen (15). This will
become the working agenda for this annual conference, with such changes to be
made as may become necessary during the course of our work.
3.6. Please be reminded that Conference rules require all new resolutions, program
items, or other business to be considered by a Legislative Committee at this
session of Annual Conference, or by the plenary session, to be brought by their
sponsors to Twila Glenn, Director of Conference Council on Ministries, and then
to me, the Chairperson of Business and Agenda with Twila Glenn’s disposition in
writing.
3.7. Be aware that no materials may be distributed in our meeting places without prior
approval by Business and Agenda (and only by the CCOM chair, Twila Glenn for
Legislative Committees). This includes any and all materials not provided to the
committees in the pre-conference mailings or distributed by the pages during the
plenary sessions, even if it is directly related to an Iowa Annual Conference
ministry, board, or agency. If you have materials to distribute in the legislative
committees, bring them to myself or Twila Glenn as soon as possible.
3.8. Members are reminded that the rules of the Iowa Annual Conference, the policies
of Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University, as well as Ames city ordinance forbids
distribution of flyers or other materials on parked vehicles. Take notice and
govern yourself accordingly.
3.9. At this time I would like to recognize Leroy Perkins who, along with District
Representatives, is designated as Sergeant-At-Arms for the 2003 session. Yield
respectfully to their directions as they monitor the bar of the Annual Conference
for emergency, safety, courtesy and assistance. I yield a few moments for some
initial directions at this time. The Sergeant-At-Arms will also help us to avoid
unnecessary noise and conversation and motion during the plenary gatherings.
3.10. The following persons shall be officially seated within the bar of the Annual
Conference with Voice, but without Vote:
3.10.1. Conference Staff- Margaret Biggs, Diane Brockmeyer, Sheryl Deskin,
Cindy Feldman, Deb Harper, David Harner, Kristin Knudson-Harris, Karla
Haynes, Russ Hinshaw, Cathie Jensen, Sue Richardson.
3.10.2. District Administrative Secretaries- Carol Clark, Diane Eddy (Dubuque),
Carolyn LeMaster, Tracy Majerle, Kathryn Moore, Diane Richardson, Mary
Jo Wagner, Amanda Woods,
3.10.3. Dr. Bill Johnston, Iowa Wesleyan College President.
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3.10.4. Others- Dr. Tom Albin, Harold Brinkman, Board of Trustees; Dr. Pamela
Couture, Bible Study Leader; Barbara Dunlap-Berg, Account Executive for
Special Sundays, UNCOM; Mike Dubose, Photographer for the UMC; Dean
Legg, ProStruct; Pamela Jenkins and Carol Speck, Timer Operators;
Safiyah Fosua and Kwasi Kena, Spiritual Guides; Bishop Lawrence
Reddick; Eric Simon, Weitz Corporation; Jody Smith, Conference Center
Task Force;
3.11. During all Worship Services, if the service has begun, do not enter the seating
areas until that service is completed. Sergeant-At-Arms personnel will be
present to give appropriate directions for seating. Careful attention to those
directions is expected.
3.12. Cellular phones are disruptive to those around you and to the business of our
Annual Conference. Turn the ringers off on your cellular phones at this time,
except for those directly related to the work of the Sergeant-At-Arms. If you must
make or receive a call, please exit the floor of the Annual Conference to do so.
3.13. As we make our way through this session it is important that we find time to
share moments of thanksgiving and joy within the body of our conference. If
there is something that you would like to have lifted up before the body, please
see me and a time and means will be found to make your presentation.
3.14. Bishop Palmer has set the dates of the next Iowa Annual Conference for June
10-13, 2004 to be held in this location as previously voted by this body.
3.15. This concludes the report from Business and Agenda. Bishop Palmer and
members of the Iowa Annual Conference, I move the adoption of this entire
report. Adopted.
4.
INTRODUCTION. Bishop Palmer introduced our spiritual guides, Safiyah Fosua and
Kwasi Kena, who led the Conference in prayer.
5.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
6.
CONFERENCE NOMINATIONS COORDINATING COMMITTEE, Ruth Jackson,
chairperson, Conference Nominating and Leadership, introduced Barb Oakland,
executive secretary. Barb Oakland presented the ballot on which members will vote
Sunday. Additional nominees were requested.
7.
TREASURER’S REPORT/WORKING BUDGET.
Charles Smith, Conference
Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services and Conference Statistician of the
Iowa Annual Conference, presented the report.
7.1. MOTION. Don Preston, Chair of Conference Finance and Administration
Committee, moved: That the Rule of Order VI.K Compensation Formula be
deleted and that the Compensation Formula become a Standing Item in which for
2004 the Cabinet level salaries shall be set at a 4.5% increase from the 2003
cash compensation (this is 135% of the Denominational Average Compensation
DAC, with the 2003 salary being $63,722 and the 2004 being $66,589), the goal
be established that by the year 2009 the Cabinet level compensation shall be
145% of the DAC and that the item entitled 2004 Proposed Budget become the
working budget for this Annual Conference.
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7.1.1. Jerry Oakland moved: to divide the motion into 3 parts: 1) Delete the Rule
of Order; 2) Adopt the compensation formula; and 3) Adopt the working
budget.
7.1.2. Motion to delete the Rule of Order was adopted by 2/3 majority.
7.1.3. Compensation formula was adopted.
7.1.4. Proposed budget adopted as the working budget.
8.
CONFERENCE CENTER TASK FORCE REPORT.Marvin Arnpriester, Chair of the
Conference Center Task Force, presented the report of the work of the committee and
recognized the committee members. Jody Smith reported on the financial plan and the
schematic design of the new conference center. Eric Simon from the Weitz
Corporation, and Tim Olson, SVPA Architect, made presentations. Fred Lockard
presented the financial plan.
9.
BALLOT.
9.1. Sue Ney gave instructions for balloting.
9.2. The first Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
9.3. The first Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
10.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
Twila Glenn, Conference
Director of Connectional Ministries, gave instructions on meeting places for legislative
committees.
11.
ADJOURNMENT. The Session adjourned at 3:48 to be reconvened at 7:30 p. m.
following Legislative Committee meetings.
FIRST DAY – THURSDAY
June 12, 2003
EVENING
1.
CALL TO ORDER. Bishop Palmer reconvened the Session at 7:35 p.m.
2.
BALLOT.
2.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the first Laity General Conference ballot:
590 ballots cast, 296 votes needed to elect. Elected: Phil Carver, 394 votes.
2.3. The second Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
3.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Carolyn Moe, Presenter.
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4.
CELEBRATION OF MISSION AND MINISTRY. Twila Glenn, celebration leader.
4.1. Conference Council on Youth Ministry presenters included Lindsay Thompson,
Nick Duffy, Jen Burress, and Missy Borton.
4.2. Academy for New Ministry Development presenters were Ric Olson and Chuck
Kelsey.
4.3. Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns presenters were Bob
Griffin and Beverley Wilson.
4.4. Avon Crawford, Sue Mullins, Judy DePue and Myrtle Felkner presented for the
School for Lay Ministry.
4.5. Barb Dinnen and Mary Morris presented for Justice for Our Neighbors plus our
Iowa missionaries.
4.6. The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry presenters were Carolyn
Moe, Diane Wasson Eberhart, Paula Cripps, Anna Plegl and two other students.
4.7.
Diane Wasson Eberhart and Bishop Palmer presented the Francis Asbury
Award.
4.8. Darrell and Carol Needham presented for the Thanksgiving Ingathering,
4.9. Twila Glenn presented for the Iowa Nigeria Partnership.
4.10. Dorothy Higdon and Ruth Anne Petrak led the Board of Church and Society
presentation.
4.11. Heartland Network presenters were Jim Gubser, Mel Ammon and Judy
Heffernan.
4.12. Lee Webb, Bob Morris, Art Allen and two campers presented for the Board of
Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries.
4.13. Virginia Schoeneman and Thelma Perry gave the United Methodist Women
presentation.
4.14. Charles Klink gave the Board of Discipleship presentation.
5.
BALLOT.
5.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the first Clergy General Conference ballot:
360 ballots cast, 181 votes needed to elect. Elected: Deb Kiesey, 182 votes.
5.2. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the second Laity General Conference ballot:
484 ballots cast, 243 votes needed to elect. Elected: Twila Glenn, 259 votes.
5.4. The second Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
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5.5. The third Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
ADJOURNMENT. Kwasi Kena closed the Session with prayer at 9:58 p.m.
SECOND DAY – FRIDAY
June 13, 2003
MORNING
1.
CALL TO ORDER. The Session was reconvened at 8:06 a.m. Safiyah Fosua led in
prayer.
2.
BALLOT.
2.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the second Clergy General Conference
ballot: 335 ballots cast, 169 votes needed to elect. Elected: Barrie Tritle, 195
votes.
2.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the third Laity General Conference ballot:
428 ballots cast, 215 votes needed to elect. Elected: Adam Webb, 247 votes;
Inez Dawes, 237 votes; and Lana Ross, 229 votes.
3.
MOTION. Rick Jenkins moved: Move to grant voice and privilege of the floor to Patty
LaGree for the purpose of making introductions. Adopted.
4.
BALLOT.
4.1. Sue Ney gave announcements and instructions for balloting.
4.2. The third Clergy General Conference Ballot was taken.
4.3. The fourth Laity General Conference Ballot was taken.
5.
WORSHIP. Service of Celebration of the Local Church.
5.1.
Tom Albin dressed as John Wesley addressed the conference.
5.2. Simpson College Praise Band, Marty Schuhmacher and Bruce Wittern were
worship leaders.
5.3. Norma Morrison, Vice-Chair of the Board of Laity and, Barrie Tritle, Dean of the
Cabinet, gave the Laity/District Superintendent report.
6.
RECESS.
7.
INTRODUCTIONS.
7.1. Patty LaGree introduced the Bishop’s wife, Cynthia Palmer.
7.2. Patty LaGree introduced Bishop Palmer’s family members: Cynthia’s sister,
Belinda Fields.
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7.3. Bishop Palmer introduced the District Superintendents and their spouses: Cedar
Rapids District: Barrie and Kae Tritle, Tracy Majerle, DAS; Council Bluffs District:
Richard and Janice Sebeniecher, Dianne Richardson, DAS; Creston District:
Charles and Cherie Luers, Mel and Terri Ammon incoming District
Superintendent, Amanda Woods, DAS; Des Moines District: David and Betty
Stout, Kathryn Moore, DAS; Dubuque District: Ronald and Joyce Kramer, Carol
Clark, DAS and Diane Eddy who will be the new DAS; Fort Dodge District: Gary
and Laurel Armstrong, Mary Jo Wagner, DAS; Mason City District: Emmanuel
and Lucy Tablelsma, Susan Frescaz, DAS; Muscatine District: Judith Miller,
Carolyn Lemaster DAS; Ottumwa District: Charles and Holly Kellog, Barbara
Kiple, DAS; Sioux City District: James and Miriam Hanke, Beth Bubb, DAS;
Spencer District: Marcia Sangel, Judi Calhoun, DAS; Waterloo District: Deborah
and Brad Kiesey, Janet Condon, DAS.
7.4. Bishop Palmer introduced Dr. Mary Fraser of the Office of Pastoral Care and
Counseling.
7.5. Twila Glenn introduced the Council on Ministries Staff: Associate Council
Directors: Anne Bacon, Inez Dawes, Jill Sanders, Phil Carver, Ric Olson, Martha
Di Silvestro, Eric Guy, Richard Faris; Support Staff: Sue Richardson, Sheryl
Deskin, Dee Dee Sobotka, and Ron Zumwalt; Legislative Advocate, Lana Ross
and Support Staff, Kristin Clark.
7.6. Charles Smith introduced the Administrative Services Staff: Russ Hinshaw,
Roland Minshall, Margaret Biggs, Cynthia Davis, Krisitna Merfeld, Betty Palmer,
Brady Yeoman, Barb Higgins, Jill Stanton, Doug Summy, and Rick Carr.
7.7. Bishop Palmer introduced the Episcopal Office Staff:
7.7.1. The Bishop’s Office: Darline Balm-Demmel, Diane Brockmeyer, Deb
Harper.
7.7.2. Communications Office: Kristin Knudson Harris, Cindy Feldman, Cathie
Jensen.
7.8.
8.
Bishop Palmer introduced and recognized Roger Witke, Conference Chancellor.
BALLOT.
8.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the fourth Laity General Conference ballot:
504 ballots cast, 253 votes needed to elect. Elected: None.
8.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the third Clergy Laity General Conference
ballot: 234 ballots cast, 118 votes needed to elect. Elected: None.
9.
ART INTERPRETATION. Ted Lyddon Hatten spoke on the interpretation of his
artwork relating to the theme, “Journey With Jesus: Transform the World.”
10.
REPORTS.
10.1. Lee Webb gave a report on the Camps Campaign and introduced Russ Wilson,
Campaign Director, who introduced the staff: Bob Mann, Ken Royar.
10.2. Janet Stephensen gave the report for Higher Education and introduced the
Higher Education Task Force: Gary Armstrong, Darline Balm-Demmel, Diane
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Wasson Eberhart, Eric Guy, Yong Lee, Carolyn Moe, Karla Twedt-Ball, and Gary
Van Wert.
11.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE REFLECTION/READING TIME. Twilla Glenn
gave instructions for a time of reflective reading on legislative action.
12.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Emily Blaedel shared her thoughts
about the Wesley Foundation.
13.
BIBLE STUDY. Dr. Pamela Couture, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, led the
conference in Bible Study.
14.
BALLOT.
14.2. The fifth Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
14.3. The fourth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
15.
MOMENTS OF HOSPITALITY. Safiya Fosua shared joys and concerns of the
conference and led in prayer.
16.
ADJOURNMENT. The Session was adjourned at 12:24 p.m.
June 13, 2003
AFTERNOON
1.
CALL TO ORDER. The session was reconvened at 1:57 p.m. Kwasi Kena led the
prayer.
2.
BALLOT.
2.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the fourth Clergy General Conference
ballot: 334 ballots cast, 19 defective ballots, 168 votes needed to elect. Elected:
Ed Kail, 171votes; Diane Wasson Eberhart, 169 votes.
2.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the fifth Laity General Conference ballot:
544 ballots cast, 35 defective ballots, 273 votes needed to elect. Elected: Sue
Mullins, 289 votes.
3.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA:
3.1.
Rick Jenkins introduced Barbara Dunlap-Berg, an executive of United Methodist
Communications and Mike Dubose, a photographer.
3.2. Rick Jenkins updated the conference on the work ahead of us.
4.
BALLOT.
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4.2. The sixth Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
4.3. The fifth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
5.
MOTION. Sue Ney, Conference Secretary moved: The adoption of the common
consent calendar: Items 201, 312, 407, 408, 416, 418, 508, 613, 615, 619, 701, 703,
705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 715, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 901,
902, 903, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 924, 925.
5.1. Jim Mullins moved: To suspend the rules: change the rule that 25 people can lift
an item from the consent calendar to “it will take 25% of the voting body to lift an
item from the consent calendar.” Adopted by 2/3 majority.
5.2. Connie Chartier moved: To lift Item 201 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.3. Morris Hurd moved: To lift Item 312 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.4. Lisa Locoh moved: To lift Item 408 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.5. David Clark moved: To lift Item 925 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.6. Scot Patrick moved: To lift Item 909 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.7. Bob Conner moved: To lift Item 613 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.8. Mavis Diment moved: To lift Item 508 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.9. Harry Knutsen moved: To lift Item 917 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
5.11. Sue Ney moved: The adoption of the common consent calendar as amended.
Adopted.
6.
Sue Ney moved: The adoption of the Standing Resolution Consent Calendar: Items
404, 405, 406, 501, 504, 511, 514, 516, 602, 607, 608, 616, 617, 618.
6.1. Bob Morrison moved: To lift Item 501 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
6.3. David Stanley moved: To lift Item 511 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
6.4. Carol Needham moved: To lift Item 516 from the consent calendar. Adopted.
6.5. Gil Dawes moved: to suspend the rules so that it would take a vote of 40% of the
voting body to remove an item from the consent calendar. Adopted by 2/3
majority.
6.6. Sue Ney moved: The adoption of the Standing Resolution Consent Calendar as
amended. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
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7.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Sam Kruse spoke about his
experience at Morningside College.
8.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE I. Harlan Gillespie, chairperson.
secretary.
8.1.
Lindsay Thompson,
Harlan Gillespie moved: Item 101 (Report and Recommendation of the
Conference Center Task Force).
8.1.1. Bob Hoover moved to amend: The new conference center building
committee shall gather reasonably adequate statistical information on the
problem laden vs. problem free performance of roofs that slope to internal
drains as compared to other sloped roofs. Care will be taken that our
architects are not the only source or channel for this information. The
Building Committee will choose some way to share the results of this
research – even if it is after the fact.
8.1.2. William Ballard moved: That we table the action on items 101 & 102 until all
delegates have material outlined by Gillespie. Defeated.
8.1.3. Hoover amendment adopted.
8.1.4. Item 101 adopted as amended.
8.2.
Harlan Gillespie moved: Item 102 (Funding Plan for Conference Center).
Adopted.
8.3. Harlan Gillespie moved: The adoption of the entire report of Legislative
Committee I. Adopted.
9.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE II. Adam Webb, chairperson. Anna Blaedel, Secretary.
9.1. Adam Webb moved: Item 201 (Recommendations of Higher Education Task
Force). Adopted.
9.2. Adam Webb moved: Item 202 (Plan of Organization and Rules of Order
Changes). Adopted by 2/3 majority.
10.
JOHN WESLEY MOMENT. Tom Albin shared with the conference as John Wesley.
11.
BALLOT.
11.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the fifth Clergy General Conference ballot:
308 ballots cast, 6 defective ballots, 155 votes needed to elect. Elected: None.
11.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the sixth Laity General Conference ballot:
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12.
RECESS. Bishop Palmer recessed the session at 3:39 p.m.
13.
CALL TO ORDER. The Session was reconvened at 4:00 p.m. by Bishop Palmer.
14.
BALLOT.
14.1. Sue Ney repeated instructions for balloting.
14.2. Kwasi Kena led spiritual preparation for balloting.
14.3. The sixth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
14.4. The seventh Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
15.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT.
Paula Cripps spoke of her
experience at Simpson College and her plans to enter the seminary.
16.
BISHOP’S TIME OF REFLECTION. In response to the involuntary removal of two gifts
of worship art, Bishop Palmer invited us to consider our relationships with each other,
and our responses to the varieties of gifts expressed in Conference. He referred to
Colossians 3:12-17, offered some borrowed “Guidelines for Civility,” and invited the
Holy Spirit to be present as random persons speak informally to the Conference.
17.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE II continued with Adam Webb, chairperson.
Blaedel, secretary.
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17.2. Adam Webb Moved: Item 206 (Plan of Organization and Rules of Order
17.5. Adam Webb moved:
Changes). Defeated.
Item 209 (Plan of Organization and Rules of Order
17.6. Adam Webb moved:
Changes).
Item 210 (Plan of Organization and Rules of Order
17.6.1. Realff Ottesen moved: Amend the motion to refer to include referral to
committee on resolutions. Accepted by committee.
17.6.2. Item 210 adopted by 2/3 majority
17.7. Adam Webb moved: Item 211 (We Look to the Future).
17.7.1. Fred Lockard moved: delete all after “with” on $60,000 funding line
(under Financial Requirements)
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17.7.2. Chuck Layton moved:
clarification. Withdrawn.
to refer 211 to the appropriate committee for
17.7.3. Lockard amendment adopted.
17.7.4. Arley Ellingson moved friendly amendment:
Accepted.
17.7.5. Chuck Layton moved:
clarification. Adopted.
“requests” for “needs”.
to refer 211 to the appropriate committee for
18.
MOTION. Rebecca Carver moved: That the Annual Conference consider a proposed
change in the Rules of Order entitled, “Increase the Number of Members of the Board
of Ordained Ministry for the Quadrennium beginning in 2004,” when published
legislation of the Annual Conference has been disposed of. Adopted.
19.
MOTION. Dennis Bell moved: That the Annual Conference consider a proposed
change in the Rules of Order entitled “Update the Board of Laity Rules to Reflect
Disciplinary Language and Include the Second School for Lay Ministry Site,” when the
published legislation of the Annual Conference has been disposed of. Adopted.
20.
MOTION. Chad Zeleny moved: That the Annual Conference consider a new
resolution titled “Opposition to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice,” which
would be brought to the Annual Conference following the disposition of published
legislation. Defeated.
21.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA: Rick Jenkins presented an updated plenary schedule.
22.
BALLOT.
22.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the seventh Laity General Conference
Ballot: 772 ballots cast, 15 defective ballots, 387 votes needed to elect. Elected:
Kay Tritle, 522 votes; Janet Stephenson, 497 votes.
22.2. Bishop Palmer reported the result of sixth Clergy General Conference Ballot:
336 ballots cast, 10 defective ballots, 169 votes needed to elect. Elected:
Robert Burkhart, 196 votes; Darlene Balm-Demmel, 176 votes.
23.
ADJOURNMENT. The Session was adjourned at 5:43 p.m. for mealtime with prayer
led by Kwasi Kena.
June 13, 2003
EVENING
1.
CALL TO ORDER. Bishop Palmer called the Session to order at 7:18 p.m. Kwasi
Kena gave the opening prayer.
2.
BALLOT.
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2.2. The eighth Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
2.3. The seventh Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
3.
MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES: Melinda Cree-Anthony moved: to suspend the
rules of debate to allow only one speech for and one against, for one minute each—on
all items before us. Defeated.
4.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE II continued with Adam Webb, chairperson. Anna Blaedel,
secretary.
4.1. Adam Webb moved: Item 212 (Petition to the General Conference- Certified Lay
Minister.) Adopted.
4.2. Kathleen Moore moved: To suspend the rules to restrict debate during
consideration of resolutions to allow no more than three speeches for and three
speeches against any issue, and to limit individual speeches to no more than two
minutes. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
5.
BALLOT.
5.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the seventh Clergy General Conference
Celestyne DeVance, 162 votes.
5.2. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the eighth Laity General Conference Ballot:
6.
RECESS. Bishop Palmer recessed the Session at 7:55 in preparation for worship.
7.
CELEBRATION OF RETIREMENT, COMMISSIONING AND RECEPTION OF
CLASSES. Preachers were Dwight and Linda Vogel. Lectors were David Arulnathan,
Dan Herndon and Ruth Ann Scott. Steve Braudt and Ann Lippincott served as
Acolytes. Bloyce Johnson directed a Mass Choir, accompanied by Conference
Organist Mary Jane Crail and Pianist Linda Clark. Perry UMC Praise Band provided
other praise music.
7.1. RECEPTION OF CLASSES. Dale Schoening, Registrar of the Board of
Ordained Ministry, introduced Candidates for Ordination.
7.2. COMMISSIONING. Dale Schoening presented the Probationary Members for
Commissioning by Bishop Gregory Palmer.
Rebecca Carver, Conference Relations,
7.3. RECOGNITION OF RETIREES:
introduced and recognized the Retirees. They were greeted by Bishop Palmer.
7.4. PASSING THE MANTLE:
Incoming Members.
8.
The Retiring Clergy passed the mantle to the
ADJOURNMENT. The Session was adjourned at 9:17 p.m.
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THIRD DAY - SATURDAY
June 14, 2003
MORNING
1.
CALL TO ORDER. The Session was called to order at 8:00 a.m.
2.
CONFERENCE SPIRITUAL FORMATION. Safiyah Fosua led in a time of spiritual
preparation for the day.
3.
BALLOT.
3.2. The eighth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
3.3. The ninth Laity Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
4.
WORSHIP. Taize Worship Service, led by Gary Van Wert. Worship participants
included Phil Carver, keyboard and vocal; Terra Amundson, flute; and Ron Rice, Keith
Putney, Reva Rimmer, Barbara Johnson, prayer leaders.
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Blaedel, secretary.
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5.1. Adam Webb moved: Item 213 (Petition to the 2004 General Conference -- Social
Principles Celebration and Study).
5.2. Don Preston moved: That we treat petitions prepared for General Conference
the same as we treat our own petitions—subject to the same time and number
limits. Adopted.
5.3. Item 213 adopted.
5.4. Adam Webb moved: Item 214 (Petition to the 2004 General Conference
Addressing ¶161.G of the Discipline).
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5.4.1. Morris Hurd moved: Delete the 3 Whereas clause, delete the word “not”
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from the 4 Whereas clause, the “not” following the word “is”, and before
the word “reflection” in the third line; delete the Therefore clause and in its
place state: Therefore we affirm and commend the work that has been
done in the matters regarding homosexuality in all of the General
Conferences that have met since 1972. We affirm that God’s grace is
available to all.
5.4.2. Bishop Palmer asked for a pause for song and reflection.
5.4.3. Gil Dawes moved: To Call the Question on all that is before us in Action
Item 214, including amendments and resolution. Adopted.
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5.4.4. Bishop Palmer asked for common consent of the Session to lay aside
Action Item 214 for editorial correction and pick up again after distribution.
6.
LEGISLATIVE SECTION III. Yong Lee, chairperson. Rose Blank, secretary.
6.1. Janet Stephenson moved: Suspend the Rules to consider the 8 petitions in
committee, that were not amended, as a block (Items 303, 304, 305, 306, 309,
313, 315, 316). Adopted by 2/3 majority.
6.1.1. Darrell Needham moved: Amend 305: Encourage agricultural research
designed to benefit and help preserve the family farm and environmental
stewardship in Iowa, including support of the work of the Leopold Center for
Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. Accepted as a friendly
amendment.
6.1.2. Robert Crandall moved: Call the Question all that is before us. (Block of
Resolutions.) Adopted by 2/3 majority.
6.1.3. Yong Lee moved: The block of resolutions.
Standing Resolutions by 2/3 majority.
Adopted as amended as
6.2. Yong Lee moved: Item 307 (Iowa’s Water).
6.2.1. Robert Gamble moved: Substitute paragraph for #5 in “Therefore, be it
resolved….”. Encourage a primary emphasis on voluntary stewardship
action and be careful to use scientific information before our government
spends tax monies to make rules and regulations.
6.2.2. Item 307 adopted as amended as a Biennial Resolution.
6.3. Yong Lee moved: Item 308 (Public Transportation).
Resolution.
Adopted as a Biennial
6.4. Yong Lee moved: Item 311 (Iowa’s Beverage Container Deposit Law). Adopted
as Biennial Resolution.
6.5. Yong Lee moved: Item 312 (Local Food Systems).
Resolution.
Adopted as a Biennial
6.6. Yong Lee moved: Item 314 (Supporting Men’s Spirituality).
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6.6.1. Jim Smith moved: Rename to Supporting Spiritual Growth. In the 4
whereas replace “men’s spiritual lives are of” with “spiritual life is of”. In the
first therefore: remove “men”; in the first Further be it Resolved, remove
“these met” and replace with “all”. Accepted as friendly amendment.
6.6.2. Lorinda Hoover moved: in the first therefore be it resolved, replace the
comma following “community” with a period and remove “in male-only
groups or male-female groups.” Accepted as friendly amendment.
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7.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Kim Wharton reported on her time at
the University of Northern Iowa Wesley Foundation.
8.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA. Rick Jenkins updated the Conference on our remaining
items and plenary time.
9.
BALLOT.
9.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the ninth Laity General Conference ballot:
Jessica Ireland, 434 votes.
9.2. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the eighth Clergy General Conference
None.
10.
RECESS. The Session was recessed at 10:28 a.m.
11.
CALL TO ORDER. The Session was reconvened at 10:46 a.m. with announcements
and prayer led by Safiyah Fosua.
12.
BALLOT.
12.1. Sue Ney gave information and instructions for balloting.
12.2. The ninth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
12.3. The tenth Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
13.
JOHN WESLEY MOMENT. Provided by Tom Albin
14.
BIBLE STUDY. Dr. Pamela Couture led Bible Study. Her focus was the “Relationship
Between Iowa and the United States and the Rest of the World.”
15.
MOMENTS OF HOSPITALITY. Rick Jenkins introduced Dr. David Beckley, Rust
College, who thanked the Iowa Annual Conference for support received.
16.
ADJOURNMENT. The Session was adjourned for lunch at 12:08 p.m. by Bishop
Palmer who blessed the meal with a prayer. Session is to be reconvened at 1:45 p.m.
June 14, 2003
AFTERNOON
1.
CALL TO ORDER. The Session was reconvened at 1:52 p.m.
2.
BALLOT.
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2.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the tenth Laity General Conference ballot:
928 ballots cast, 41 defective ballots, 470 votes needed to elect. Elected: None
2.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the ninth Clergy ballot: 264 ballots cast, 30
defective ballots, 133 votes needed to elect. Elected: Marvin Arnpriester, 163
votes.
2.3. Sue Ney gave the announcements and instructions for balloting.
2.4. Kwasi Kena led us in prayer.
2.5. The eleventh Laity General Conference ballot was taken.
2.6. The tenth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
3.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE III continued with Yong Lee, chairperson. Rose Blank,
secretary
3.1. Kate Bell moved: Reconsider Item 313 (Abortion). Defeated.
3.2. Yong Lee moved: Item 317 (Energy Conservation) as a Standing Resolution.
Adopted by 2/3 majority.
3.3. Yong Lee moved: Item 318 (Legal Definition of the Beginning of Human Life) as
a Standing Resolution. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
3.4. Yong Lee moved: Item 319 (Human Sacred Worth)
3.4.1. Mary Schnepf moved: 319 (after “The Church Studies Homosexuality”)
add: …include in our studies and prayer consideration the care and
support of those persons called by God out of homosexual and lesbian
lifestyles. Adopted.
3.4.2. Item 319: Adopted as amended as a Biennial Resolution.
3.4.3. Item 319: Adopted as a Standing Resolution by 2/3 majority.
3.5. Yong Lee moved: Item 320 (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)) as a
Standing Resolution. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
3.6. Yong Lee moved: The adoption of the entire report of Legislative Committee III.
Adopted.
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Blaedel, secretary.
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4.1. Morris O. Hurd moved to amend: Item 214: Delete the 3 WHEREAS clause.
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Delete the word “not” from the 4 WHEREAS clause (the “not” following the word
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“is” and before the word “reflective” in the 3 line). Delete the THEREFORE
clause and in its place state: THEREFORE we affirm and commend the work
that has been done in the matters regarding homosexuality in all of the General
Conferences that have met since 1972. We affirm that God’s grace is available
to all.
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4.2. Call the Question (Dawes motion from morning session) on Item 214: Adopted
by 2/3 majority.
4.3. Hurd amendment defeated.
4.4. Item 214, Petition to the 2004 General Conference (Addressing ¶161:G of the
Discipline.) Adopted.
4.5. Adam Webb moved: Item 211 (We Look to the Future)
4.5.1. Fred Lockard moved: Move Item 211 to Foundation Annual Meeting with
Section 2 returning to address funding issue. Adopted.
5.
MOTION. Kathleen Moore moved: The legislative section chair will identify resolutions
which are being brought to the body from the legislative section recommending
passage. These will be considered as a block, with the exception that any item in the
block may be lifted for the discussion upon assent by 25% of the body. Adopted by 2/3
majority.
5.1. David J. Clark moved: To amend the Moore motion to exclude items already
lifted from the consent calendar. Adopted.
6.
MOTION: Kathryn F. Bell moved: To suspend the rules as follows for this Annual
Conference: On motions which are recommended by committee to be standing
resolutions, if they are adopted individually or in a block by 2/3 vote or greater, they are
considered to be approved as standing resolutions without additional vote. Adopted by
2/3 majority.
7.
MOTION: Marvin Arnpriester moved: That when a ballot is taken for the duration of
the Conference, it be reported as soon as possible to help our process. Adopted.
8.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IV. Linda Bibb, chairperson. Don Nolan, secretary.
8.1. Linda Bibb moved: Item 420 (Pornography Law Enforcement), Item 421 (Equal
Rights for All People), Item 422 (Inclusive Language and Imagery), Item 423
(Alcoholic Beverage Sales to Minors), Item 424 (Support of Martin Luther King,
Jr. Holiday) as a single block of Standing Resolutions. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
8.2. Linda Bibb moved Item 408 (Giving Life/Organ and Tissue Transplants):
8.2.1. Doyle Sanders moved: To amend Item 408 the first sentence of Paragraph
1 to read: Encourages every member of the Conference to become an
organ and tissue donor and so indicate on their driver’s license, fill out an
organ identification card to be carried at all times, and register with the Iowa
Donor Network in writing or on line. Accepted as friendly amendment.
8.2.2. Lisa Locoh - Amendment to the Item 408 Amendment: The Iowa Annual
Conference have an annual organ/tissue donor awareness information
Sunday at a time designated by the Conference. Accepted as friendly
amendment.
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8.2.3. Sharon B. Treloar moved to amend Item 1 on Item 408:
THEREFORE: for the final sentence to read: Additional information is
available from the Iowa Donor Network. Accepted as friendly amendment.
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8.2.4. Norman L. Knight moved: the previous question on all that is before us.
Adopted.
8.2.5. Item 408 as amended as a Biennial Resolution.
8.3. Linda Bibb moved: Item 401 (Non-Medical Use of Drugs), Item 402 (Ministry with
Persons with Disabilities), Item 403 (Racist and Tyrannical Groups), Item 407
(Building Rural Community Outreach), Item 410 (Affirming Diversity of
Languages), Item 414 (Elder Abuse and Neglect), Item 415 (Racial Profiling),
Item 419 (Concern for Safety of Children), Item 426 (Enforcement of Legal Blood
Alcohol Level) as a block.
8.3.1. Bruce Bane moved: Lift Item 402. Adopted.
8.3.2. David Stanley moved: Lift Item #410. Adopted.
8.3.3. David Stanley moved: Lift Item #419. Adopted.
9.
BALLOT.
9.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the tenth Clergy General Conference
Robert Crandall, 134 votes.
9.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the eleventh Laity General Conference
Beverly Spencer, 300 votes.
10.
RECESS. The session was recessed 3:30 p.m. to be reconvened in 15 minutes.
11.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Katie Ziskovski shared her
experiences at Simpson College.
12.
EPISCOPACY COMMITTEE. Patty LaGree, chair of the Episcopal Committee and
explained the survey that will be sent out to random members of the Annual
Conference.
13.
PAGES OFFERING. The pages were presented and they announced that 20% of their
offering would go to the Heifer Project and the Camps Capital Campaign Fund.
14.
BALLOT.
14.2. The eleventh Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
14.3. The first Laity Jurisdictional ballot was taken.
15.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IV continued Linda Bibb, chairperson, DonNolan,
secretary.
15.1. Linda Bibb moved in a block Biennial Resolutions: 401, 403, 409, 414, 415, 425,
and 426. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
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15.2. Linda Bibb moved: Item 402.
15.2.1. Bruce Bane moved: to amend “in #3 of therefore be it resolved, following
the word ‘curriculum’ add the following, study material and worship
material/ aides to meet the needs of and delete ‘ as the need exists’”.
Accepted as a friendly amendment.
15.2.2. Item 402. Adopted as amended as a Biennial Resolution.
15.3. Linda Bibb moved: Item 410 (Affirming Diversity of Languages).
15.3.1. Norene Miller moved: To amend by a. Delete the second whereas
paragraph, b. restore numbered paragraph number 1 as printed in the 2001
Book of Resolutions., c. Renumber number paragraph number 1 of the
proposed resolution (it begins “Oppose all attempts …”), d. Delete the last
two numbered paragraphs (now numbered 2 and 3).
15.3.2. Koni Bunse called the previous question. Adopted by 2/3 majority.
15.3.3. Miller amendment defeated.
15.3.4. Item 410 adopted as a Biennial Resolution.
15.4. Linda Bibb moved: Item 419 (Concern for Safety of Children).
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15.4.1. David Stanley moved: To amend #419 by changing the 4 numbered
paragraph to read: “ Careful review of the Iowa Civil and criminal statutes of
limitation for child sexual abuse to determine whether any extension or
change of the current time limits would be fair and helpful;”. Adopted.
15.4.2. Carl Benge moved: Amend by adding: By creating strong church and
neighborhood, communities bonds as to resolve issues; thus lessoning the
limited resources of the child protective services. Accepted as a friendly
amendment.
15.4.3. Valerie Heller moved: In the second whereas paragraph, insert the words
“ and neglectful” between “violent” and homes.” Accepted as a friendly
amendment.
15.5. Linda Bibb moved: The adoption of the entire report of Legislative Committee IV.
Adopted.
16.
MOTION. Robert Dean moved: Whereas the Rev. Gary Putnam, a former member of
the Iowa Annual Conference, is retiring this year from his position as Senior Pastor of
the United Methodist Church in Stockton, California; And whereas Rev. Putnam’s
service in the Iowa Annual Conference included time as Campus Minister at the
Wesley Foundation at the Iowa State University; And whereas many students whose
lives he influenced and faith he strengthened are now active members of Iowa United
Methodist Churches and involved in the ministries of the Conference; Therefore be it
resolved that the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference sends its blessing to “The Putt” along
with its loving gratitude for his work and ministry among us. Adopted.
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17.
BALLOT.
17.1. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the eleventh Clergy General Conference
George White, 153 votes.
17.2. Bishop Palmer reported the results of the first Laity Jurisdictional Conference
Beverly Nolte, 345 votes; Yong Lee, 320 votes; Ruth Anne Petrak, 317 votes.
18.
PRESENTATION. Dawn Peterson, manager of Des Moines Cokesbury Bookstore,
presented Bishop Palmer with a limited edition of a John Wesley bust, a New
Interpreter’s Study Bible, and a check in the amount of $20,283.81 for the Conference
Board of Pensions.
19.
MOMENTS OF HOSPITALTIY.
19.1. Rick Jenkins brought greetings to the Annual Conference from Bishop Bruce
Ough.
19.2. Charles Klink introduced Jeff Stienberg and presented him with an Audacious tee
shirt.
19.3. Rick Jenkins introduced Carol Speck, Bill McAlpine, Connie Beck, and Pam
Jenkins.
20.
MOTION. Rick Jenkins moved: To extend the plenary session 15 minutes for the
purpose of the meeting of the Iowa United Methodist Foundation. Adopted.
21.
MOTION. Lester Moore moved: The Annual Conference stand in recess for the
purpose of allowing the Iowa United Methodist Foundation to conduct its Annual
Meeting and on the completion of its business the Annual Conference will resume its
business. Adopted.
21.1. Tom Pitts Presented an overview of the work of the Foundation.
21.2. David Harner presented the financial report and proposed budget.
21.3. Tom Pitts nominated the slate of officers for the Foundation. Elected.
21.4. Lester Moore moved: The adoption of Item 211 as clarified by the committee as
was requested by Bishop Palmer. Adopted.
21.5. The Iowa United Methodist Foundation was adjourned.
22.
ADJOURNMENT: The session was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. to reconvene at 7:15 p.m.
June 14, 2003
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17. CALL TO ORDER. The session was reconvened at 7:15 p.m.
18. BALLOT.
18.2. Kwasi Kena led us in prayer.
18.3. The second Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot was taken.
19. HIGHER EDUCATION MOMENT: Clint Twedt-Ball spoke of his experiences at the
Wesley Foundations at the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa.
20. WORSHIP. “Service of Repentance and Reconciliation.” Worship Servants were:
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Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, Bishop Lawrence Reddick, 5 Episcopal District, CME,
Alabama “Racism Divided the Methodist Family”, Assistant to the Bishop Darline BalmDemmel, Worship Leader Celestyne DeVance, Organist Samuel Kwok, Soloist Effie
Burt, Special Music provided by the Jubilee UMC Choir, Waterloo and Saint Paul’s AME
Choir and Praise Dancers, Des Moines, Acolytes Barb and Jerry Oakland, Liturgists
Denny Coon and Adam Webb, Imposition of the Ashes by Barrie Tritle, Richard
Sebeniecher, Charles Luers, David Stout, Ronald Kramer, Gary Armstrong, Emmanuel
Tabelisma, Judith Miller, Charles Kellogg, James Hanke, Marcia Sangel, Deborah
Kiesey, Linda Bibb, Dot Hasler, Chuck Kelsey, Audrey Young, David Kruse, Solomon
Odoom, Annette Kruse, Kevin Gingerich, Jim Davis, and Martha Bennett.
21. ADJOURNMENT. The Session was adjourned at 9:24 p.m. to reconvene at 9:00 a.m.
the following day for the Service of Consecration and Ordination.
FOURTH DAY - SUNDAY
June 15, 2003
MORNING
1.
WORSHIP. “The Order of Consecration and Ordination.” The Session assembled at
9:00 a.m. for worship and celebration. Koi Hin Samuel Kwok, Conference Organist,
provided music for gathering. Bishop Gregory Palmer was Celebrant. Other worship
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leaders included Bishop Lawrence Reddick, 5 Episcopal District, CME, preacher, and
representative of the Ecumenical Community; Darlene Balm-Demmel, Assistant to the
Bishop; Barrie Tritle, Dean of the Cabinet; Jerald Swanberg, Chair of the Board of
Ordained Ministry; Doresa Collogan, Vice Chair of the Board of Ordained Ministry;
Dianne Christopher, Chair, Order of Deacons; Deborah Stowers, Chair, Order of
Elders; Pat Moreland, Lector; Elizabeth Piette and Kimberly Bowles, Acolytes; John
Hall, Cross Bearer; Karen Larson, Bible Bearer; Bruce Bane, Sign Language
Interpreter; Dennis Bell, Chair, Board of Laity; Julie Poore-Christensen and Sarah
Stevens, Liturgical Dancers; Ted Lyddon-Hatton, Artwork; TO6, Praise Band; and the
Trinity and Shell Rock Combined Choir, directed by Lori Nelson.
2.
ORDINATION AND CONSECRATION. Bishop Palmer ordained Deacons in Associate
Membership (1992 Book of Discipline); ordained a Probationary Member and Deacon
(1992 Book of Discipline); ordained Elders in Full Connection; and recognized Orders
and received one into Full Membership.
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2.1. Ordination of Deacons in Associate Membership. Those elected were ordained
and received into Associate Membership (See Question #27).
2.2. Ordination of Probationary Member and Deacon. The person elected was
ordained and received as a Probationary Member and Deacon (See Question
#29).
2.3. Ordination of Elders and Reception into Full Membership. Those elected were
ordained and received into Full Membership (See Questions #33b, #37a, &
#44d).
2.4. Recognition of Orders and Reception into Full Membership. Orders were
recognized and one person was received into Full Membership (See Question
#33b).
3.
ADJOURNMENT. Following the Dismissal with Blessing by Bishop Palmer, the
Session was adjourned to reconvene at 1:30 p.m.
FOURTH DAY - SUNDAY
June 15, 2003
AFTERNOON
1.
CALL TO ORDER. Bishop Gregory Palmer called the Session to order at 1:30 p.m.
Kwasi Kena and Safiyah Fosua led us in prayer.
2.
ANNOUNCEMENT. Bishop Palmer set an Order of the Day at 2:00 p.m.
3.
BALLOT.
3.1. Bishop Palmer reported the result of the third Laity Jurisdictional ballot: 386
ballots cast, 26 defective ballots, 194 votes needed to elect. Elected: Dorothy
Higdon, 233 votes.
3.2. Bishop Palmer declared the eleventh Clergy General Conference ballot was
invalid.
3.4. Laverne Haeholt moved: I do hereby move that: we suspend the rules and that
the 6 candidates receiving the most votes on Laity ballot #14 be declared the
remaining needed delegates to the Jurisdictional delegation and that the nine
receiving the next most votes be named the alternates. Defeated.
3.5. Barrie Tritle moved: I move to suspend the Rules of Order so that the clergy can
continue to vote without paper reports until we elect our final General Conference
Delegate. Adopted.
3.6. Morris Hurd moved: I move that all ballots taken for Clergy candidates and Laity
candidates as delegates to General Conference taken over the past 3 days,
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday be recounted. Defeated.
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3.7. The twelfth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
3.8. The fourth Laity Jurisdictional ballot was taken.
4.
ORDER OF THE DAY. Bishop Palmer led the conference in a time of reconciliation.
5.
BALLOT.
5.1. Bishop Palmer reported the twelfth Clergy General Conference ballot:
ballots cast, 16 defective ballots, 128 votes needed to elect. Elected: None.
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5.3. The thirteenth Clergy General Conference ballot was taken.
6.
BUSINESS AND AGENDA.
6.1. Rick Jenkins moved: To extend our adjournment time by two (2) hours for the
purpose of completing the items scheduled to come before us. Adopted.
6.2. Larry Pauley moved: To suspend the rules to consider the remaining legislation
in this order: Sections 7,8, 9, 5 and 6.
6.3. Don Preston moved: Add Item 211 to the sections 7.8.9. Accepted as a friendly
amendment.
6.4. Pauley motion adopted as amended.
6.5. Kathleen Moore moved: I move that the rules be suspended to allow the
following: Any resolutions coming from Legislative Section recommending
passage, unable to be considered, by the full body due to time constraints, will be
considered approved and will be included in the Iowa Annual Conference Book of
Resolutions. Defeated.
6.6. Rick Jenkins moved: I move that we suspend our rules, as previously done for
resolutions, to limit discussion to three speeches for and three speeches against
each item, and to allot no more than two (2) minutes for each. Adopted.
7.
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE MOMENT. Carolyn Moe reported for the Higher
Education Committee.
8.
NOMINATIONS.
8.1. Ruth Jackson, chairperson of the Nominations Committee, moved the ballot.
8.2. Remigio Panlaqui withdrew as a nominee and nominated Rose Calderon-Kahn
for the Committee on the Rules of Order.
8.3. Ruth Jackson moved that the amended ballot be confirmed as the elective ballot.
Adopted.
9.
Blaedel, secretary.
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9.1. Adam Webb moved: Item 211 (We Look To The Future).
9.1.1. Barrie Tritle moved: That Item 925 section 12. replace the proposed item
#211 “Financial Requirements” section with the following changes:
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eliminate (d), in the 2 to last paragraph delete “purchase fund
development services” and insert “fund the Ministry Plan of the IUMF”,
delete, (An umbrella purchase of service agreement for $20,000) and insert
$50,000, in the final paragraph delete (The terms of this agreement) and
replace with “This Ministry Plan”. Adopted.
9.2. Adam Webb moved: The adoption of the entire report of Legislative Committee
II. Adopted.
10.
MOTION. Michael Loveless moved: I move this session of the Iowa Annual
Conference stand in recess while the Board of Pensions conducts its annual meeting.
10.1. Wayne Burk reported on the Conference Health Insurance.
10.2. Jerry Oakland, president, Iowa Conference Board of Pensions, moved: Items
918, 919, 922, 923 having been placed on the Consent Calendar be adopted.
Adopted.
10.3. Jerry Oakland moved: Item 920 (The Health Insurance Plan).
10.3.1. Leland Eyers moved: The Board of Pensions shall be directed to request
of our Annual Conference Health Insurance carrier an estimate of the cost
of the Iowa Conference churches for the excess weight we are carrying.
This figure is to be reported to the Iowa Conference by appropriate
channels and used to begin a conversation about how we can be better
stewards of the bodies God has loaned us. Accepted as a Friendly
Amendment.
10.3.2. Bruce Bane moved: At end of paragraph 920 add the following: I move
that the Board of Pensions and Health review the decision not to cover
specific disabilities including, but not limited to developmental disabilities
(i.e. – autism) and speech language pathology and bring a report to the
2004 Annual Conference. Accepted as a friendly amendment.
10.3.4. Jerry Oakland moved: Item 921. Adopted.
10.3.5. Jerry Oakland moved: The entire report which includes the budget.
Adopted.
10.3.6. Jerry Oakland adjourned the meeting of the Board of Pensions.
11.
BALLOT.
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11.1. Bishop Palmer reported the 13 Clergy General Conference ballot: 432 ballots
cast, 17 defective ballots, 217 votes needed to elect. Elected: George White, 233
votes.
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11.2. Bishop Palmer reported the fourth Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot: 476
ballots cast, 41 defective ballots, 239 needed to elect. Elected: James Smith, 252
votes; Kristin Clark, 246 votes.
12.
RECESS. The Session was recessed at 3:35 p.m.
13.
CALL TO ORDER.
Safiyah Fosua.
14.
BALLOT. Sue Ney moved: I move that we suspend the rules to use the current printed
ballot as our last print copy and future balloting will be done from this copy. Results
will be announced from the chair and you may mark your copy for those elected.
The session was reconvened at 3:47, led by spiritual leader
14.1. The first Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
14.2. The fifth Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
15.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE VII. Diane Wasson Eberhart, chairperson. Gene Ulrich,
secretary.
15.1. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: Item 702 (2004 Ministry Plan for Board of
Church and Society).
15.1.1. David Stanley moved: Amend 702, page 79, by reducing the $75,658
apportionment for 2004 (Fund #108) to $51,315, which is the same amount
as the 2003 approved apportionment. Make a corresponding reduction of
the total amount. Defeated.
15.1.2. Item 702 adopted.
15.2. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: Item 704 (2004 Ministry Plan for Board of Global
Ministries). Adopted.
15.3. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: Item 708 (2004 Ministry Plan for Commission on
Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns).
15.3.1. Judi Berger moved: Add to the second paragraph concerning dialogues
that “all programs be in keeping with the position of the Book of Discipline
of the United Methodist Church.” Accepted as a friendly amendment.
15.4. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: Item 714 (2004 Ministry Plan for District
Councils on Ministries). Adopted.
15.5. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: Item 716 (Requested by the Conference Board
of Global Ministries). Adopted.
15.6. Diane Wasson Eberhart moved: The entire report of Legislative Committee VII.
Adopted.
16.
MOTION. Realff Ottesen moved: I move to suspend the rules for the purpose of
referring all resolutions which have been reviewed by the Resolutions Committee and
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a legislative section at this annual conference but have not been acted on at the
conclusion of this annual conference be submitted to the 2004 Annual Conference and
time provided on the 2004 agenda for their consideration. Defeated.
17.
MOTION. Jessica Ireland moved: Move to suspend the rules that all legislation that
does not come before the whole annual conference be considered approved at time of
adjournment. Defeated.
18.
BALLOT.
18.1. Bishop Palmer reported the first Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot: 215
18.2. Bishop Palmer reported the fifth Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot: 474
ballots cast, 10 defective ballots, 238 votes needed to elect. Elected: Sarah
Kitterman Stevens, 244 votes; Fred Lockard, 244 votes.
18.3. The Sixth Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
18.4. MOTION. Thomas Carver moved: Suspend rules to allow for one more printed
clergy ballot. Failed.
18.5. The second Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
19.
MOTION. Rick Jenkins moved: Business & Agenda moves an additional extension of
thirty (30) minutes to our schedule for the purpose of completing our work. Adopted.
20.
MOTION. William Ballard moved: I move the previous question on all that is before us.
Ruled out of order.
21.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE VIII. Judy Marnin, chairperson. Bob Holdorf, secretary.
21.1. Judy Marnin moved: The entire report of Legislative Committee VIII. Adopted.
22.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IX. Bob Dean, chairperson. Deana Pullen, secretary.
22.1. Richard Hofmeyer moved: The 2004 total apportionment budget shall be set at
$14,374,374; and the Council on Finance and Administration, in consultation with
the Bishop and the affected Boards and Agencies, will adjust individual line items
to attain the final figures. Ruled out of order.
22.2. Bob Dean moved: Item 904 (2004 Ministry Plan for Communications Services
and Resources).
22.2.1. Jerry Avise-Rouse moved: I move the previous question and all that is
before us. Adopted.
22.2.2. Item 904 adopted.
22.3. Judy DeWeber moved: I move to suspend the rules by voting on each of the
remaining items in section IX without debate, questions, or other discussion.
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22.4. Bob Dean moved: Item 909 (2004 Ministry Plan for Special Task Forces).
Adopted.
22.5. Bob Dean moved: Item 917 (2004 Ministry Plan for Board of Trustees). Adopted.
22.6. Bob Dean moved: Item 925 (2004 Ministry Plan for CFA). Adopted.
22.7. Bob Dean moved: Item 926 (Extension of the Capital Campaign for the Camps).
Adopted.
22.8. Bob Dean moved: Item 927 (Petition to 2004 General Conference -- Support of
Africa University). Adopted.
22.9. Bob Dean moved: Item 928 (Proposed Rule of Order Change). Adopted by 2/3
majority.
Bob Dean moved: Item 929 (Proposed Rule of Order Change). Adopted
22.10.
by 2/3 majority.
Don Preston, chair of CF&A, reported changes in budget and moved the
22.11.
adoption of budget. Adopted.
David Clark moved: A Bishop’s Task Force be established to review the
22.12.
apportionment formula to insure fairness for all churches and effectiveness
toward the conference’s goals and resolutions. The task force will report to the
2004 Annual Conference. Adopted.
Bob Dean moved: The entire report of Legislative Committee IX.
22.13.
Adopted.
23.
BALLOT.
23.1. Bishop Palmer reported on the sixth Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot. 375
23.2. Bishop Palmer reported on the second Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot.
Emmanuel Tabelisma, 176 votes; Kathleen Moore 170 votes; Dianne Christoper,
167 votes; Jill Sanders 159 votes; Jerry Oakland 154 votes; Gary Armstrong 150
votes.
24.
MOTION. Leonard Eberhart moved: Legislation presented to the Iowa Annual
Conference beginning in 2004 shall be formatted to provide all pertinent information in
one place, including identification of significant ministry and/or responsibilities in that
item, with an attached funding history for each ministry/responsibility, including actual
expenses in previous two years, current year spending plan, and future year(s)
requests. Each legislative section (or subsection) shall have a funding summary as
currently practiced. Seeing the whole picture in this way will aid in interpreting and
acting on each ministry proposal. This information will assist in maintaining healthy
accountability. Adopted.
25.
MOTION. Stephen Bibb moved: Motion to suspend the rules, to honor the work of
legislative sections; to recognize time limitations on this body’s work; to act on as many
items as possible; accept the recommendations of the legislative sections as the will of
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this body for any items we are unable to act on when time expires by the order of the
day. This would impact only items for which there is a recommendation. Adopted.
26.
MOTION. David Shogren moved: Suspend the rules so that the next ballot would be a
plurality ballot with any ties for the final spot being decided by lot. Adopted.
27.
MOTION. Judy DeWeber moved: I move we recognize all support staff and
demonstrate our appreciation. No vote taken.
28.
BALLOT.
28.1. The third Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
28.2. The seventh Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot was held.
29.
MOTION. Robert Burkhart moved: I move that Bishop Palmer appoint a task force to
study the procedures the Iowa Annual conference uses to process, present, and adopt
resolutions, and bring recommendations to the 2004 Session of the Iowa Annual
Conference. Adopted.
30.
MOTION. Twila Glenn moved: That the Annual Conference authorize the Conference
Secretary, The Journal Editor, and the Journal Subcommittee of the Annual
Conference Session Planning Committee to properly edit and reconcile the action of
this Annual Conference for publication in the 2003 Journal of the Iowa Annual
Conference. Adopted.
31.
WORSHIP. Fixing of Appointments and Covenant Service, Iowa Area Bishop Gregory
V. Palmer, Dean of the Cabinet David Stout, Keyboard Phil Carver.
32.
BALLOT.
32.1. Bishop Palmer reported on the third Clergy Jurisdictional Conference ballot:
Elected to Jurisdictional Conference: Dennis Coon, Wesley S.K. Daniel,Karen
Dungan, Rebecca Campney Carver; Reserves: Richard Olson, Len Eberhart,
Marsha Acord, Jerald Swanberg, David Clark, Brian Milford, Jan R. Burnett,
Thomas Carver, Dick Speight.
32.2. Bishop Palmer reported on the seventh Laity Jurisdictional Conference ballot:
Elected to Jurisdictional Conference: June Parker Goldman and Anna Blaedel;
Reserves: Pat Moreland, Christian A. Nygaard, Eloise Cranke, Richard
Anderson, Samuel Kruse, Lindsay Thompson, Carol Needham, Marcia Young,
Patty King.
33.
ADJOURNMENT. Bishop Palmer adjourned the conference at 6:43 pm.
34.
REGISTRATION. The total number of members registered for the 2003 Iowa Annual
Conference was: 930 Clergy; 898 Laity.
35.
OFFERINGS.
Amounts received for special offerings were:
Youth Ministry
Scholarship, $2,817; Black College Fund, $3,541; Iowa Hispanic Ministries, $4,352;
Pages, $5,767; Camps Capital Campaign, $11,210.
36.
CERTIFICATION FOR SEATING OF ALTERNATE LAY MEMBER. The following
person was certified during the Session for seating as lay member: Sue Frank.
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EXCUSED ABSENCES.
Clergy:
Acord, Marsha
Ammon, Mel
Anderson, Doug
Anderson, Duane
Andrews, Ellis
Ayers, Byron
Bagby, Steve
Bane, Anita
Barnett, Robert
Batcheler, Dale
Bennett, Janice
Bowles, Kimberly
Bracht-Wagner, David
Bracht-Wagner, Melisa
Brockmeyer, Lloyd
Brown, Preston
Bryson, Fred
Burket, Don
Burkhart, Bob
Burks, Debra
Burns, Sandra Mercer
Butler, Robert
Carey, Mike
Carlson, Betty Glynn
Carsner, Tom
Carver, Don
Cates, Sharon
Ceynar, Marvin
Chang, Peter
Clawson, Kenneth
Cocke, Albert
Cooper, Robert
Cornish, John
Cowell, Charles
Cue, Doug
Curl, Charles
Custer, Chester
Cutler, Jamie
Daniel, Chris
Daniel, Jennifer
Daniel, Paul
Darbonne, Fred
Davis, Chester
Davison, Tim
Daylong, Bill
Dearchs, Karen
Deweber, Judy
Dimert, Robert
Dobbins, Gary
Dotson, James
Dowd, John
Eastman, Patty
Ellingson, Arley
Ellingson, Peggy
Elrod, Lynn
Erbe, Joan
Ervin, Alberta
Ferguson, Ken
Finehout, Clark
Fineran, Ken
Fisher, Vicki
Flanigan, Lewis
Fowler, Robert
Frese, Jeffrey
Frizzell, Donald
Gailey, Carol
Geisler, Milton
Gilbert, Charles
Gould, Herbert
Gould, Richard
Gubser, Jim
Hall, Scott C
Hamilton, Keith
Hamilton, Marilyn
Harman, Karl
Harrell, La Tonya
Harris, Frederic
Hary, Joann
Hary, Robert
Henry, Charles
Higdon, Dave
Hjelmaas, Roy
Holman, Todd
Jones, Diane
Jones, Harold
Jones, Larry
Jordan, Jane
Kahler, Gerry
Kahler, Gerry
Kail, Edward
Kennedy, Sylvia
King, James
Kinzler, Beatrice
Kinzler, Ronald
Kitterman, Ralph
Klarenbeek, Henrietta
Klein, Carl L.
Koth, Gene
Kretzschmar, Richard
Kult, John
Larson, Ernest
Larson, Karen
Layton, Charles
Lewis, Le Roy
Madden, Roger
Mallott, Charlotte
Mallott, Sheridan
Marshall-Goodell, Bev
Mather, Merlin
McAlpine, Larry
McAtee, Mary
McGraw, Douglas
Meyer, Edgar
Miller, Jerry
Miller-Sinclair, Roxanne
Mitchell, Diane
Moore, Darwin
Morfitt, Wilbur
Morrison, Clarence
Muller, Merrill
Needham, Nick
Nelson, Jim
Nissen, Richard
Noble, David
Nolte, Dave
Oberheu, Crystal
Oliver, Brian
Oswald, Rollin
Pacholke, David
Panlaqui, Remigio
Park, Sungjoon
Pauley, Christine
Pauley, Larry
Paulus, Dick
Peterson, Dave
Pfaltzgraff, Paul
Phares, Dawn
Piper, Judity
Pippert, Richard
Platon, Neil
Plocher, Robyn
Poland, Bill
Poore-Christensen,
Allen
Pope, Mary
Porter, William
Pulatie, Nina
Quinlan, Richard
Reedy, Rommel
Richards, Ward Jr.
Riebhoff, John
Roller, Vicki
Russell, Raymond
Saunders, Medea
Schar, Dave
Schiltz, Karl
Schoening, Dale
Schoenmaker, Adrian
Schuhmacher, Marty
Scott, Ruth Ann
Seibert, James
Shafer, Herbert
Sherman, Brian
Siemens, Peter
Siler, Merrill
Smith, Paul
Smith, Scott
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Smith, Tompsie
Sonner, Larry
Sorenson, Vernon
Spoerl, Melissa Warren
Stauffer, Ray
Steele, Ottos
Steffes, Vickie
Steward, William
Stowers, Deborah
Striffler, Russell
Stump, Kirk
Swamickan, Prince
Swanberg, Jerald
Thacker, Penelope
Thomas, Robin
Treloar, Sharon
Turner, Jim
Tuttle, Mark
Usher, Worthie
Voas, Duane
Vogel, Dwight
Vogel, Linda
Wagner, David Sr.
Walker, Tim
Washington, Alex
Watson, Gordon
Webb, Phil
Webster, Dwight
Wehner, Julie
Wendell, David
Whisler, Cheri
White, George
Wilbin, Maria
Wilcox, Wilbur
Will, Shirley Hoffman
Willer, Mike
Williams, Dale
Wimmer, Jessica
Winch, Marilyn
Woeste, Stan
Wright, DeLane
Wyatt, Lynn B.
Yetter, George
Young, Eugene
Young, Karen
Ziettlow, Carryl
Laity:
Anton, Jud
Berbano, Sam
Brennecke, Al
Dodds, Helena
Dvorak, Bernice
Egbert, Peggy
Eslinger, Larry
Hofmockel, Jack
Houghton, Katie
Lane, Bud
Lehrkamp, Lora
Letcher, Joan
Nordyke, Virginia
Riordan, Bruce
Root, Kitty
Runte, Bob
Sliefert, Sheila
Soppeland, Deloris
Squires, Sharon
Swanson, Jon
Tritle, Jacob
Tyrrell, John
Wiley, Evelyn
Yan, Ruth
38.
ASSOCIATE SECRETARIES. The following persons served as associate secretaries
for Daily Proceedings: Patty Coon, Debbie Lee, Cherry Marsden, Judy Junkermeier,
Jeff McPheron, Jim Kledis, Jim Turner, Larry Vallery.
39.
ATTEST OF DAILY PROCEEDINGS. We hereby certify that the foregoing records of
the Daily Proceedings of the one Hundred Sixtieth Session of the Iowa Annual
Conference of the United Methodist Church are complete and accurate, and with the
published reports, were adopted by the Conference as its Official Record.
Presiding Bishop,
Conference Secretary,
DAILY PROCEEDINGS
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINATION
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT AT HILTON COLISEUM
IN AMES, IOWA
TH
ON THE 15 DAY OF JUNE, 2003, I CONSECRATED THESE ORDINANDS
Deacon and Associate Member of Conference
1992 Book of Discipline
Lynn David Gunderson
Fred Pilecki
Probationary Member and Deacon
Lynn C. Zimmerman
Full Membership and Elder’s Orders
Marjolein Anderson
Realff Henry Ottesen
Reva Kay Rimmer
Marion Gustav Sindt
Ted Wayne Stowers
Linda Lee Stransky
Clinton Gene Twedt-Ball
Recognition of Orders and Reception as a Full Member
Douglas E. Williams
Signed by Bishop,
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2003 ORDINANDS
and Bishop Palmer
Deacon and Associate Member of Conference
(L to R): Lynn Gunderson, Bishop Palmer, Fred Pilecki
Probationary Member and Deacon
Lynn Zimmerman and Bishop Palmer
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DAILY PROCEEDINGS
Full Membership and Elder’s Orders
L to R: Clint Twedt-Ball, Ted Stowers, Linda Stransky, Reva Rimmer,
Marjolein Anderson, Bishop Palmer, Realff Ottesen and Marion Sindt
Recognition of Orders and Reception as a Full Member
Douglas Williams and Bishop Palmer
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2003 RETIREES
and Bishop Palmer
Bishop Palmer
2003 Retirees
Front row (L to R): Darleen Fletcher, Ruth Melick, Marilyn Henrichs,
Linda Vogel, Ruth Ann Scott, Edythe Hill, Jeanne Martin, Robert Cooper
Middle row (L to R): Gerald Wiser, Dwight Vogel, Marvin Cleair, Jim
Nelson, Wilbur Morfitt, Jim Riley, A. David Arulnathan
Back row (L to R): Paul Pennington, Allen Call, Charles Tefft, Bill Ballard,
Robert Hary, Larry Prosser, Dan Herndon
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STANDING ITEMS
X. STANDING ITEMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Standing Items are actions of, or reports to, past annual conference
sessions which have a continuing effect as policy for the Iowa Annual Conference, its agencies
and/or its churches.
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The full text of each Standing Item is included on the 2003 Journal compact disk.
IACJ is the abbreviation for Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
Previous years' Standing Items are indexed in the 2002 Iowa Annual Conference
Journal, pages 140-144, and in each prior Journal.
1.
Advance Specials, Guidelines for Approving Conference, IACJ, 1998, Item 409, p. 189.
2.
Annual Conference Expense, IAJC, 2002, p. 272, VI.N.14; IACJ, 2003, Item 208, p.154,
moved this from Rules of Order to Standing Items.
3.
Approved Conference Evangelist, Standards for, IACJ, IACJ, 1986 Item 520, p. 275.
4.
Area Disaster Fund, IACJ, 1976, Item 418, p. 375.
5.
Builder’s Call, IACJ, 1984, Item 462, p. 362
6.
Camps and Extended Church Ministries:
a. Board of Camps and Extended Ministries Master Plan, IACJ, 1997, Item 412, p.
183;
b. Board of Camps Master Plan and Feasibility Study Request, IACJ, 1999, p. 148,
Item 101.
c. Camps, Conference and Retreat Ministries, Bd. of, IACJ, 2000, p. 132, Item 107.
d. Camps Capital Campaign Extended, IACJ, 2003, Item 926, p. 212.
7.
Church Investment Study Committee Report, IACJ, 1973, p. 378.
8.
Clergy and Diaconal Minister Misconduct, Report of Standing Committee, IACJ, 1998,
pp. 237-249.
9.
Clergy Leaves and Vacations, IACJ, 2002, pp. 264-7. The 2003 Annual Conference
moved this from the Rules of Order to the Standing Items, IACJ, 2003, Item 208, p.
154.
10.
Code of Ethics for Ministers, IACJ, 1996 p. 262.
11.
Compensation:
a. Compensation of Conference Staff and Appointed Clergy Report, IACJ, 2001, Item
801, p. 168.
b. Bishop’s Task Force on Ministry and Compensation, Report. IACJ, 2002, Item
101, pp.145-6.
c. Compensation Formula, District Superintendents, et al, IACJ, 2003, Daily
Proceedings, #7; p. 114.
12.
Communications and Technology for the 21st Century Report, IACJ, 2001, Item 600,
p. 150.
13.
Conference Center:
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a.
b.
Purchase of new property: Special session, Feb, 8, 2003; IACJ, 2003, Daily
Proceedings, p. 102.
Conference Center Task Force Report, IACJ 2003, Items 101 and 102, p. 150.
14.
Covenant Relationships.
a. Covenant Relationship with Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa, IACJ, 1999, Items 444
and 445), p. 167.
b. Covenant Relationship with United Methodist-Related Colleges in Iowa, IACJ,
2001, Item 513., p. 148.
c. Covenant Relationships with Organizations Related to the Iowa Annual
Conference, IACJ, 2002, p. 149, Items 104 and 105.
15.
Diaconal Ministers,
a. Responsible Conditions for Employment of Diaconal Ministers, IACJ, 1988, Item
134. p. 174.
b. Responsible Conditions for Employment of Certified Personnel, IACJ, 1988, Item
135, p. 177.
c. Guidelines for Employment of Non-Certified Persons in Diaconal Forms of
Ministry, IACJ, 1988, Item 136, p. 179.
16.
Discontinuance or Abandonment of Local Church Property, IACJ, 1999, Item 601.8, p.
175; IACJ, 2003, Item 925.8, p. 208.
17.
Iowa Annual Conference Guidelines Concerning Clergy-Spouse Divorce, IACJ, 1986,
Item 147, pp. 198-204.
18.
Election of Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences, Guidelines, IACJ,
2002, Item 233, p. 160.
19.
EMLC, Comprehensive Plan for Developing in the Iowa Annual Conference,
a. IACJ, 1988, Item 357, p. 223
b. Update, IACJ, 1991, Item 301, p. 201.
20.
Evangelism, Comprehensive Plan for the Iowa Annual Conference, IACJ, 1987, p. 207.
21.
Foundation, Iowa United Methodist, IACJ, 2003, Item 211, p. 157.
22.
Higher Education Task Force Report, IACJ, 2003, Item 201, p. 151.
23.
Local Church, Practical Suggestions for Effective Ministry, IACJ, 1992, Item 126, p.
191.
24.
Master Plan for the Ministry, IACJ, 1975, Item 651, pp. 379-87; 1976, Item 914, pp.
422-23; 1977, Item 801, pp. 441-43.
25.
Okoboji Report, IACJ, 1994, p. 244.
26.
Parish Development:
a. Guidelines for Church Extension and Revitalization, IACJ, 1990, Item 413, p. 262.
b. Congregational Development Funding Process, IACJ, 1991, Item 401, p. 205.
c. Guidelines for Church Extension and Revitalization, IACJ, 1992, Item 413, p. 219.
d. Congregational Development, (Church Extension), IACJ, 1994, Item 406, p. 191.
e. Mission Church Assistance, Item 129, IACJ 1996, p. 183.
f.
Church Extension and Revitalization, Guidelines for, IACJ, 1998, Item 406, p. 182.
STANDING ITEMS
g.
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New Church Development and Parish Revitalization, Joint Strategy for; IACJ,
1998, Item 407, p. 186.
27.
Parsonage Guidelines, Safety and Standards, (Pastors’ Housing Policy), IACJ, 2003,
Item 806, p. 183.
28.
Pastoral Record Keeping, IACJ, 1989, Item 103, p. 185.
29.
Pensions, Board of:
a. Disability Request Procedures, IACJ, 1971, p. D-107.
b. Interpretation of Ministerial and Record and Annuity Years, 1971, p. D-88-D-89.
c. Articles of Incorporation, on file in Conference Treasurer’s office, Secretary of
State’s office or with Board of Pensions.
30.
Rainbow Covenant Church, IACJ, 2000, p. 140, Item 201.
31.
Staff Housing Policy, IACJ, 1997, p. 199.
32.
Staffing Model, CCOM Deployed Staff, IACJ, 2000, pp. 159-160, Item 401.
33.
United Methodist Men, Constitution and Bylaws, updated March 13, 1993.
34.
Workmen’s Compensation, IACJ, 1974, p. 376.9.
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XI. REPORTS OF CONFERENCE ACTION
EDITOR’S NOTE: All who read the reports and action of the Iowa Annual Conference should
understand the following: The Conference is a legal ecclesiastical institution of The United
Methodist Church as prescribed in The Book of Discipline. The items listed in this section were
approved by majority vote of the official members of the Annual Conference and may not
necessarily reflect the viewpoint of every member and constituent of the United Methodist
congregations in Iowa.
IMPORTANT NOTE: A complete copy of the 2003 Pre-Conference Manual, as amended and
adopted by the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference Session, is on file in the office of the Director
of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council and also in the office of the Conference
Secretary. Action Items from the Pre-Conference Manual are printed here. See Rule of Order
II. B. 9. c. (3).(g).
For motions regarding the action of the 2003 Annual Conference please see the section
entitled “Daily Proceedings” in this Conference Journal.
BUDGET: The 2004 Budget for the Iowa Annual Conference is published as a separate
document and will be distributed with the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolutions adopted by the Iowa Annual Conference have been published
in the 2003 Book of Resolutions and will be distributed with the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference
Journal.
2003
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE I
Legislative Chairperson: Harlan Gillespie
Legislative Secretary: Lindsay Thompson
Conference Center Task Force Report
Action Item #101
The Annual Conference approves the preliminary schematic design for the new facility and
authorizes the Board of Trustees, in consultation with the Conference Center Task Force, to
prepare the construction documents and provide oversight for the construction of the
Conference Center to be located on Lots 11 and 12 of Airport Commerce Park South. The
maximum cost of the project not to exceed $4,960,000. Additional donations can be accepted
and added to the original $4,960,000.
The new Conference Center Building Committee shall gather reasonably adequate statistical
information on the problem laden vs. problem free performance of roofs that slope to internal
drains as compared to other sloped roofs. Care will be taken that our architects are not the
only source or channel for this information. The Building Committee will choose some way to
share the results of this research - even if it is after the fact.
Action Item #102. The Conference Board of Trustees is instructed to negotiate a construction
loan during the building phase, liquidate the Conference Center Reserve Fund over the next
two years to maximize investment returns, and borrow up to a maximum of $2,650,000 to
cover the cost of the building with amortization of the loan to be for no more than 20 years.
REPORTS OF CONFERENCE ACTION
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LEGISLATIVE SECTION II
Legislative Chairperson: Adam Webb
Legislative Secretary: Anna Blaedel
HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE - REPORT TO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
June 12, 2003
The 2002 Iowa Annual Conference authorized the formation of a Task Force to study the
relationship of the Conference with its ministries in higher education. Action Item #508 from
the 2002 Pre-Conference Journal is as follows:
"Recognizing the vital impact ministries with college students have in the life of the Iowa
Annual Conference, the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry recommends that
Bishop Palmer establish a Task Force to:
A. Explore ways of strengthening the relationship between the Iowa Annual Conference
and ministries with college students at our United Methodist Colleges, Wesley
Foundations and community colleges, and
B. Explore ways of establishing solid and ongoing financial support for facilities and
ministries with college age youth, recognizing the current critical financial dilemmas of
the Wesley Foundations, with findings and recommendations to be brought back and
reported to the 2003 Annual Conference."
The Task Force convened in September of 2002 and began its work by conducting
interviews with each of the four colleges and four Wesley Foundations. Based on the interview
data from these ministries and additional sources of information, e.g. funding statistics from
the other conferences in the North Central Jurisdiction, the Task Force reports the following
discoveries:
• Our eight campus ministries are vital and effective but face unique challenges.
• Colleges and Wesley Foundations provide an important leadership pool for local churches
and the Annual Conference.
• Present levels of funding are inadequate.
• There is a lack of awareness in some local churches regarding the connection between
the Conference and its colleges and Wesley Foundations.
• One of the most helpful resources the conference and local churches can provide our
colleges is to encourage United Methodist students to attend.
• There needs to be more cultivation of middle and high school youth to help them be aware
of the UM colleges and Wesley Foundation programs.
• The population decline in rural regions has reduced the size of the traditional student
recruiting pool for colleges.
• The Wesley Foundations have been unable to set up an alumni tracking system because
of lack of funding.
• Wesley Foundation property is antiquated and not meeting the needs of the current
population.
• Groundwork needs to be laid for community college ministry.
• Chaplains and Wesley Foundation directors have unreasonable expectations placed on
them by churches and the Conference.
• More emphasis needs to placed on the value of faith-based education and the importance
of combining "knowledge and vital piety."
In order to obtain more information regarding the awareness of church members about the
Conference's higher education ministries a survey was circulated with the help of the
Conference Planning and Research committee. Results will give direction to future
communication and information activities.
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Action Item #201
Based on the above findings, the Task Force makes the following recommendations:
A. To strengthen the relationship between the Annual Conference and its ministries in
higher education the Task Force recommends:
1. That the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry, working with
conference staff, develop an alumni record system for the Wesley Foundations for
development purposes and to track involvement in church leadership positions.
2. That local churches and districts schedule events at colleges and Wesley
Foundations and that they provide covenant relationships and prayer support for
students at UM colleges, community colleges and Wesley Foundations.
3. That the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry continue to lift up the
importance of the leadership development provided by higher education ministries.
4. That the District Superintendents include as part of the Charge Conference forms
the names, addresses and email addresses of middle school, high school and college
students connected to local churches.
5. That the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry increase promotion of
our higher education ministries with activities such as: hosting Wesley Foundation
breakfasts at Annual Conference; assisting local churches in promoting Student Day;
inviting college students to be present at district and conference youth events; producing
a communications piece.
B. To establish solid and ongoing financial support the Task Force recommends:
1. That members of the Conference Board of Trustees tour the Wesley Foundation
buildings and, working with the Wesley Foundation Boards, develop a plan for improving
and maintaining facilities.
2. That Volunteers in Mission and other work groups, working with Wesley
Foundation Boards, make minor repairs on Wesley Foundation facilities.
3. Continue the Higher Education Task Force for another year.
Members of the Higher Education Task Force:
The Rev. Gary Armstrong
The Rev. Eric Guy
The Rev. Darline Balm-Demmel
Dr. Yong Lee
Shannon Bardole
Carolyn Moe
The Rev. Gary Van Wert
Karla Twedt-Ball
Paula Cripps
Janet Stephenson
The Rev. Diane Wasson Eberhart
Rules of Order
Action Item #202. Plan of Organization and Rules of Order Changes
Page 228 (2002 IACJ). II.B.8. Commission on Equitable Compensation. (¶623) The
Commission on Equitable Compensation shall consist of ten persons plus one district
superintendent named by the Cabinet (¶623.1). It is recommended that membership
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include two laymen, two lay women, one youth and five clergy. A member of the Council
on Finance and Administration may serve as consultant.
Page 239 (2002 IACJ). II,B.17. Committee on Rules of Order.
a. Membership:
(1) The membership shall consist of nine members including one
youth, one young adult and one ethnic minority.
(2) Consultative members shall be: the conference secretary and the
conference parliamentarian.
b. Functions:
(1) Be the primary steward of the Iowa Annual Conference Plan of
Organization and Rules of Order and of the Standing Items.
(2) Report to the annual conference recommended changes to the Plan
of Organization and Rules of Order to keep them in compliance with
The Book of Discipline.
(3) Receive and review proposed changes and/or additions to the Plan
of Organization and Rules of Order.
(4) Prepare guidelines for annual conference approval regarding
election of General and Jurisdictional delegates.
submitting General Conference petitions to the annual conference
for consideration.
(6) Following the annual conference session, edit and reconcile the
Rules of Order with the Book of Discipline and annual conference
action.
(7) Standing Items.
A decision of the annual conference which has influence on, or
implications for, the on-going life of the annual conference, its
agencies, and/or its churches may be a standing item.
A report to the annual conference which is intended to give
guidance to future decision-making by the conference, its agencies,
and/or its churches may be a standing item.
The Rules of Order committee shall review the actions of the annual
conference and determine the list of standing items each year. The
list of standing items shall be printed each year in the Journal. A
standing item may be discontinued or amended by annual
conference vote.
Page 233 (2002 IACJ) II.B.11.
11. Committee on the Episcopacy (¶634). The committee will have 15 members,
including the Conference Lay Leader, Iowa's representatives on the Jurisdictional
Episcopacy Committee, one youth elected by the Conference Council on Youth
Ministry and three members named by the bishop. The additional members will be
nominated by districts according to the matrix provided by the Conference
Nominations Coordinating Committee and elected by the annual conference,
immediately following General Conference, for a term of four years, as specified by
The Book of Discipline.
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Page 240. (2002 IACJ) II.B.22.
22. Committee on Ministerial Ethics.
• Membership: (no changes)
• Functions: To review annually for revisions and updates any policies
related to ministerial ethics; to train and support personnel who carry out
various functions allowed for in any such policies; to evaluate such
personnel; to provide ongoing training throughout the annual conference
on ministerial ethics issues, and to provide annual training for new
professionals in ministry.
Page 240. (2002 IACJ)II.B.23.
23. Conference Secretary. (¶603.7) Nominated by the bishop in consultation with
the district superintendents and elected by the annual conference. The election shall
be for the quadrennium. The conference secretary shall be related to the episcopal
office, which shall be responsible for evaluation, accountability, support and budget.
1. II.C.1. (pg. 240, 2002 IACJ) Change the name of the Council.
1. There shall be a Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
2. II.C.1.a. (pg. 240, 2002 IACJ) Add language referencing ¶ 607 of the 2000
Book of Discipline.
a. Function. The Conference Connectional Ministries Council through
its agencies, task forces, and task groups is a channel for the
redeeming and creating process in our time. The Council is
responsible, in relationship to, and cooperation with, other entities
within the Annual Conference for carrying out the responsibilities
identified in ¶ 607 of the 2000 Book of Discipline. Further functions
of the council are to:
3. II.C.1.e. (pg.245, 2002 IACJ) Change position title Council Director.
e. Conference Connectional Ministries Council Staff:
(1) There shall be a Director of Connectional Ministries, who
shall be the executive responsible for carrying out the
decisions of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council,
and for providing leadership in the manner described in ¶607
of the 2000 Book of Discipline.
Move these policies from the Rules of Order to the Standing Items:
1. Pages 264-7., (2002 IACJ) V.I. Clergy Leaves and Vacations.
2. Pages 272-3., (2002 IACJ) VI.N.14. Annual Conference Per Diem Expense for
certain members.
Proposed language was defeated - language stays the same as previous years for paragraphs
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VI. H., VI. N. 2. and VIII.D.
Pages 274-80., (2002 IACJ) VIII. PARLIAMENTARY RULES OF ORDER
A. Parliamentary Rules. The annual conference shall follow Robert’s Rules of Order,
except when Robert’s differs from the rules of the Iowa Annual Conference.
Roberts Rules are not printed here.
B. Quorum. The members present at any duly called sessions of the annual
conference shall constitute a quorum.
C. Voting Area. At the opening of the session, the voting area of the conference shall
be fixed. A member of the conference shall be within the prescribed area in order
to participate in discussion or to vote except when official responsibilities require
his/her absence.
D. Voting Procedure.
1. When resolutions, petitions and program items come before the annual
conference from the legislative committees, the vote of the conference shall be
on the substance of the item rather than on the recommendation of the
legislative committee.
2. Voting shall be done by show of hands or electronic devices unless otherwise
ordered by the conference. If voting by show of hands, a vote by secret ballot
or a count vote may be ordered on call of any member, supported by one-third
of the members present and voting.
E. Reports. No report shall be presented to the conference unless adopted by the
designated quorum at a properly constituted and publicized session of the agency
making the report.
F. Privilege of Speaking. Lay and clergy members of agencies, elected by the
conference or appointed by order of the conference, or in pursuance of provisions
in The Book of Discipline, who are not members of the conference may be granted
the privilege of speaking on matters relating to the reports of the respective
agencies of which they are members.
Persons not officially connected with the Iowa Annual Conference may not address
the conference at a business session without first obtaining the approval of the
Committee on Business and Agenda, which committee shall fix a definite time to be
allotted to such persons and, if approval is given, only under circumstances of
extreme urgency shall this time exceed five minutes.
G.
H.
I.
Authority of the Chairperson. The presiding officer — usually the bishop — shall
be the legal chairperson of the conference. He/she shall decide points of order
raised by the members, and shall rule on points of order not raised by the members,
as he/she deems necessary to conform to the Rules of Order; subject to an appeal
to the conference by any member without debate. When any member raises a point
of order he/she shall cite the rule he/she adjudges to have been violated.
1. At such time as the bishop is unable to preside the provisions of ¶603.6 of The
Book of Discipline shall be followed.
2. If no other bishop is available, the assistant to the bishop shall convene the
session and the annual conference shall elect a president pro tempore.
Speaking. When a member speaks to the conference the member shall give
her/his name, charge and whether they are clergy or lay.
Motions Written.
1. All motions shall be written and presented to the conference secretary in
triplicate, and any which exceed 80 words shall be printed and distributed to
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the members of the conference prior to consideration.
Before any materials may be distributed on the conference floor, approval must
be granted by the Sub-Committee on Business and Agenda. All such
legislative materials shall carry the name of the person or agency preparing the
material. Any conference member who has been denied permission to
distribute materials to the conference floor by the above committee shall have
the right to make appeal to the annual conference with not more than one
person speaking for the distribution and not more than one speaking against,
after which a vote shall be taken.
NOTE: In the 2003 Pre-Conference Manual, changes in the Rules of Order for
Resolutions and Standing Resolutions were printed. The action of the Annual
Conference was to refer the section to the Committee on Rules of Order and
Resolutions Committee for further study and review and are not printed here.
L.
Unlawful Motion After Speech. It shall not be in order for a member immediately
after discussing a pending question and before relinquishing the floor to make a
motion which, if adopted, would limit or stop debate.
M.
Limitation on Speaking. No person shall speak more than twice on the same
question, nor for more than three minutes at a time without the consent of the
conference, nor more than once until every member desiring to speak has spoken.
This three minute limit may be reduced by a two-thirds vote without debate, at any
time, and for any period of duration.
Insofar as possible, lay members and clergy members shall be given equal
opportunity to speak on a question.
N.
Speakers For and Against.
1. When a member from the floor moves to amend a report or a proposal before
the conference, the person presenting the report or proposal that is being
amended or his/her designee, shall be entitled to speak before there is further
debate from the floor. When the report of a committee is under consideration,
it shall be entitled to speak before there is further debate from the floor. When
the report of a committee is under consideration, the presiding officer will
ascertain, when recognizing a member of the conference, on which side the
member proposes to speak and not assign the floor to any member proposing
to speak on the same side of the pending question as the speaker immediately
preceding if any member desires to speak on the other side.
2. Except for undebatable motions, no report shall be adopted or question relating
to the same decided without opportunity having been given for at least two
speeches for and two against the said proposal, provided that right is claimed
before the chairperson or duly authorized member representing the committee’s
report, if there be such, is presented to close the debate.
3. When all have spoken who desire to do so, or if the previous question has been
ordered, the maker of the motion shall be entitled to speak, then the chairperson
and/or duly authorized member or members presenting the committee’s report
shall be entitled to speak, after which the vote is taken.
O.
Suspension of Rules. Any of these Rules of Order, except those rules related to
amending the Rules of Order, may be suspended for the immediate business under
consideration by a two-thirds majority vote.
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P. Amendments. The Plan of Organization and Rules of Order may be amended at any
session of the annual conference by a vote of two-thirds of members present and
voting, providing that one day’s notice has been given and the proposed change or
amendment has been submitted in writing, and a report has been given thereon by the
Committee on Rules of Order.
Action Item #211 Iowa United Methodist Foundation - We Look to the Future
In order to prepare for the future the Foundation needs the full support of the Annual
Conference.
In five years the Foundation plans to:
•
Increase its portfolio to $25 million.
•
Have a full-time office assistant. This is essential.
•
Secure a full-time development person who would be spending 90% of his/her time
in the field.
•
Have in-depth contact with at least 100 churches (not just a quick knock on the
door).
•
Hold regular Estate Planning Seminars that encompass each of the twelve districts.
•
Develop excellent materials concerning the way the Foundation can be of assistance
to local congregations and individuals.
Finally, we plan to examine carefully to see if there are other ways that we can develop
programs that will appeal to individuals and congregations.
Financial Requirements
The Iowa United Methodist Foundation’s focus is service to Iowa United Methodist individuals,
churches, the Annual Conference and related agencies. Services are concentrated in the two
basic areas of fund development and investment management.
a. The Foundation provides these specific services in the area of fund development:
1) fund raising services for the Conference and its districts
2) direct, on-site assistance for local churches in the areas of establishing
permanent endowment funds and planned giving programs
3) seminars and workshops on wills and estates and charitable giving
4) capital campaign and special fund raising campaign planning consultations
5) charitable giving planning with individuals on behalf of the local church
6) working with individuals through charitable giving consultations and research
and the establishment of endowments for scholarships, missions, local
churches, and conference/national/international programs
7) assisting affiliated organizations who are without a fund development office
b. The Foundation provides investment management services which include:
1) investment options within the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church
for local churches, the conference and related agencies
2) investing and managing charitable trusts and endowments from United
Methodist individuals
c. Investment service fees will continue to fund the Foundation’s work in that area.
Unrestricted charitable gifts will continue to be used to fund the general management of the
Foundation (approximately 10% of the Foundation’s budget). Fund development services will
be offered through purchase of service agreements, with organizations using those services
directly paying the Foundation for services rendered.
The Iowa United Methodist Foundation (IUMF) exists to serve United Methodism in Iowa
and beyond. The IUMF has had a long history of providing service to the Conference, its local
churches, affiliated organizations and individual United Methodists. The IUMF is selfsupporting in providing its services through purchased service agreements and management
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fees. The Conference desires to continue utilizing these services of the Iowa United Methodist
Foundation.
The Annual Conference will fund the Ministry plan of the IUMF for the Conference and
districts, local churches, individuals and affiliated organizations, as outlined above with
$50,000 for the calendar year of 2004.
The Foundation shall monitor its service under this Ministry plan and report to CFA on a
semi-annual basis.
Action Item #212. Petition to the 2004 General Conference - Certified Lay Minister
We petition the General Conference to add ¶269 to the Discipline as follows:
¶269 Certified Lay Minister
In order to enhance the quality of ministry to small membership churches, expand team
ministry in churches and in deference to an expression of gifts and evidence of God’s grace
associated with the lay ministry of early Methodism, the certified lay minister is to be
recognized and utilized.
1. The certified lay minister shall preach the Word, provide a care ministry to the
congregation, assist in program leadership, and be a witness in the community for the growth,
missional and connectional thrust of The United Methodist Church as part of a ministry team
with the supervision and support of clergy person.
2. A certified lay speaker or a person with equivalent training as defined by his/her district
or conference may be certified as a lay minister by the appropriate committee after he/she has:
(a) Made application in writing to the appropriate district committee, and has been
recommended by the pastor of the local church where he/she holds membership and by vote
of the Church Council or Charge Conference.
(b) Completed courses relevant to his/her assignment including preaching and
exegesis, the care of the congregation, and other courses as recommended by the General
Board of Discipleship in consultation with the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
(c) Demonstrated appreciation of the history, polity, doctrine, worship and liturgy of The
United Methodist Church through service in his/her local church.
(d) Been recommended by the District Superintendent after completion of appropriate
screening.
(e) Appeared before the appropriate district committee for review and approval.
3. The certification as lay minister shall be activated upon assignment to a church or
charge by a District Superintendent.
4. The certified lay minister is to be reviewed annually for recertification by the appropriate
district committee upon satisfactory completion of an approved continuing education event and
the recommendation of the District Superintendent.
5. The certified lay minister is a lay person and as such is not eligible for support by
equitable compensation funds or pension which are provided for clergy (local pastors,
deacons, elders). The local congregation is encouraged to provide compensation.
Submitted by: The United Methodist Rural Fellowship
Action Item #213. Petition to the 2004 General Conference
Social Principles Celebration and Study
WHEREAS: The General Board of Church and Society serves as the public policy, advocacy
and education agency of the global United Methodist Church, and seeks the faithful
implementation of the Social Principles; and
WHEREAS: The Social Principles of the United Methodist Church are “A call to all members
of the United Methodist Church to a prayerful, studied, dialogue of faith and practice” (2000
Book of Discipline, page 95); and
WHEREAS: 2008 will be the Centennial Anniversary of the Social Creed of The United
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Methodist Episcopal Church; and
WHEREAS: The Social Principles of The United Methodist Church have evolved from the
Social Creed and the Evangelical United Brethren Statement of Social Principles and are in
keeping with the Wesleyan tradition of social piety and holiness;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the body of the 2004 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church direct the General Board of Church and Society to lead the Church
in a quadrennial study and focus that celebrates and reflects on living the Social Principles and
the Social Creed of The United Methodist Church in our world today; and
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED: That funds for such a celebration and study be provided.
Submitted by: Board of Church and Society
Action Item #214. Petition to the 2004 General Conference
Addressing ¶161.G of the Discipline
WHEREAS all human beings are persons of sacred worth, are recipients of God’s love and
grace and deserve our love; and
WHEREAS the life of Jesus is filled with love and compassion; and
WHEREAS members of the church have used scripture, tradition, reason and experience to
justify the separation, exclusion and inequality of people of different races and those of
homosexual orientation; and
WHEREAS the statement in the United Methodist Book of Discipline that “(a)lthough we do not
condone the practice of homosexuality and consider the practice of homosexuality
incompatible with Christian teaching” is not reflective of the historic Wesleyan emphasis on
grace;
THEREFORE, The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church petitions the General
Conference to amend subparagraph G of paragraph 161 of The Book of Discipline as follows:
Although faithful Christians disagree on the compatibility of homosexuality with Christian
teaching, we affirm that God’s grace is available to all.
Submitted by: Lovely Lane UMC Administrative Council, Cedar Rapids; Trinity UMC, Des
Moines; Grace UMC Church and Society Committee, Des Moines; Wesley Foundation,
University of Iowa; First UMC Administrative Council, Iowa City; and Faith UMC, Cedar Rapids
LEGISLATIVE SECTION III
Legislative Chairperson: Yong Lee
Legislative Secretary: Rose Blank
Legislative Section III contained resolutions. Those that were adopted can be found in the
2003 Book of Resolutions. For Conference action taken see “Daily Proceedings” this Journal.
Action on resolutions may also be found in the Post Conference Manual in the office of
Director of Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
LEGISLATIVE SECTION IV
Legislative Chairperson: Linda Bibb
Legislative Chairperson: Don Nolan
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Legislative Section IV contained resolutions. Those that were adopted can be found in the
LEGISLATIVE SECTION V
Legislative Chairperson: Tom Carver
Legislative Secretary: McKenzie Fink
Legislative Section V contained resolutions. Those that were adopted can be found in the 2003
Book of Resolutions. For Conference action taken see “Daily Proceedings” this Journal. Action
on resolutions may also be found in the Post Conference Manual in the office of Director of
Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
LEGISLATIVE SECTION VI
Legislative Chairperson: Sue Mullins
Legislative Secretary: David Clark
Legislative Section VI contained resolutions. Those that were adopted can be found in the
LEGISLATIVE SECTION VII
Legislative Chairperson: Diane Eberhart
Legislative Chairperson: Gene Ulrich
The Coordinated Program of the Connectional Ministries Council
Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries
Action Item # 701
2004 Ministry Plan
We have unwavering devotion to providing high-quality Christian events at a reasonable fee,
where the power of Christ can change lives. To support this important goal, we must continue
to grow our ministry. Our long-term programming and ministry goals require more funding than
we can achieve using the income generated by fees. We are asking the Conference to
recognize our vital role in ministry with all ages throughout the local churches of our
Conference and to thereby provide increased revenue to help us to train more leaders, to
provide funding for camperships with the goal that no person is denied a camp or retreat
experience because s/he is unable to pay the registration fee. The Board encourages local
churches to meet the full range of needs for campers who receive camperships. This includes
transportation and “things to bring,” as well as the actual fee. Local churches can take credit
for all these contributions as Rainbow Covenant local church giving.
We cannot stress enough the importance of the Capital Campaign to the continued
effectiveness and growth of our ministries. Once completed, we must provide networking,
programming, promoting, staffing, and recruiting of volunteers to effectively utilize the
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expanded facilities built by the Campaign.
The sources of funding supporting the full range of expenses associated with this ministry
include registration, facility and meal fees; apportionments; gifts; special offerings; interest on
endowment; and fund-raising. However, we look specifically to apportionment funds to support
increased staff and training in order to develop capable leadership for this growing ministry,
while keeping fees to individual families affordable.
In 2004, we are requesting increased apportionment funds for the following additions to the
programming, and to staff and their training:
i
Increase camperships
i
Add a specially trained staff person to lead the Horses Helping People Program at Wesley
Woods. This will expand ministry to persons with varying disabilities and will provide
expanded programming options for retreat groups and other users.
i
Add a staff person (available to all sites) responsible for enriching, welcoming, and
training junior counselors (14-17 year olds) who assist in leading summer programs. We
have witnessed steady and significant growth in the numbers of young persons wishing
to participate in this ministry, and need special staff to ensure that they are properly
trained and supervised.
i
Add a part-time staff person to coordinate the Christian Ventures ministry. We expect with
this focused leadership, Christian Ventures can grow into the varied, and high-quality
programming we now experience at the five sites.
NOTE: Action Item #701 includes the 2004 Total Requested Apportionments noted below.
Fund #
Ministry Area
101
Ministry Center
Support
273,000
Ministry Center
Capital Improve.
252,000
Marketing & Promotion
23,820
Campership
52,250
Leadership Dev.
0
Capital Campaign
0
Campership Endowment
Funds
0
Ministry Center Operating
Funds
0
Total
601,070
102
103
104
105
702
Mult.
Mult.
2004 Apportionments
Other
2004 Total
0
273,000
0
5,750
35,000
18,000
1,309,700
252,000
29,570
87,250
18,000
1,309,700
7,425
7,425
1,389,300
2,765,175
1,389,300
3,366,245
Action Item # 702
2004 Ministry Plan
General Goals for 2004
_
Continue to support peace efforts within the state and nation.
_
Support Peace education together with the Iowa Peace Network.
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_
_
_
Provide educational opportunities for United Methodists to learn to be advocates.
Use General Board of Church and Society staff as instructors to train Iowa Board
members and district leaders so that we can best assist local congregations.
Recognize individuals and/or churches for their significant contribution to the work of
justice with the Beje Clark Justice Award.
Social Witness Ministry: Goals for 2004
_
Educate Iowa United Methodists about the reasoned arguments for advocacy in our
Social Principles, General Conference Book of Resolutions and the Iowa Conference
Book of Resolutions, and about the current experience of “the least of these.”
_
Equip United Methodists to become a statewide grassroots advocacy ministry that works
to affect public policy at all levels; local, state and national to advocate more effectively
for “the least of these.”
_
Strengthen the Advocacy Ministry’s collaboration with boards and agencies of the Iowa
Conference.
_
Inform and educate legislators of the church’s official position on issues.
_
Continue and expand the annual Lobby Day and Bishop’s Breakfast.
_
Continue to visit local churches so as to inform, educate and actively involve them in
community activities that 1) support the church’s position on issues, and/or 2) involve
members in the political process by organizing legislative or candidate forums.
_
Develop a curriculum on the Social Principles for confirmands, camps and new member
classes.
_
Begin 3-year phase-in of full apportionment funding for Social Witness Ministry.
Restorative Justice Ministry: Goals for 2004
_
Support the emphasis on restorative justice, including a new congregation at a prison.
_
Support criminal justice ministries that help persons adjust as they leave the prison
system as well as assist families of persons in prison.
_
Support legislation for reform of Iowa’s sentencing structure, more and better education
and rehabilitation programs and quality community based corrections programs that
assist offenders in successful reintegration into society.
Homelessness and Affordable Housing Task Force: Goals for 2004
_
Promote the Bishop’s Initiative on Children and Poverty and the Homeless Sabbath
curriculum.
_
Continue to distribute funds to local congregations who are ministering to persons who
are homeless or near homeless in their communities.
_
Continue education and advocacy, both within the local churches and the legislature.
These programs are supported with apportionments, charitable gifts to specific programs and
Peace with Justice offering funds.
Peace with Justice offering (½ stays in Iowa, ½ to the General Church) This offering is
restricted for use to items that relate to peace and justice. In the past two years the funds
have provided advocacy training for leaders of the Board and the UMW. They have funded
our commitment to the Iowa Peace Network, Criminal Justice Ministries and Restorative
Justice.
NOTE: Action Item #702 includes the Total 2004 Requested Apportionments noted below.
Fund #
108
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Social Witness
75,658
Ministry, Advocacy
Other
24,655
Total
100,313
163
109
777
and Education
Justice Ministries
Peace w/Justice Offering
Total
7,035
0
82,693
0
25,000
49,655
7,035
25,000
132,348
NOTE: Actual cost of the Social Witness Ministry, Advocacy, and Education in 2004 will be
$147,035. In 2004, the difference between the income shown above ($100,313) and the total
needed to fund the ministry is $46,722. That amount will come from a prior gift which is
already in hand.
Action Item #703
2004 Ministry Plan
Regional Training Opportunities - Provide training regionally throughout Iowa in emerging
areas of discipleship.
Seeding Local Church Mission and Ministry - Continue making grants to local churches for
emerging ministries in the areas of Christian Education, Evangelism, Worship, Stewardship,
and Spiritual Formation.
Spiritual Formation Academy - Offer a 5-day Academy for Spiritual Formation in the fall of
2004, and provide scholarships to participants in both the 5-day Academy and the 2-year
Academy offered by The Upper Room.
Christian Education Special Offering - Promote the Special Offering, and disburse the
proceeds to the Christian Education Fund, Camperships, and Iowa Religious Media Services.
Particular importance to local churches. (2003 trainings are on Companions in Christ,
FaithQuest, and Igniting Ministry.)
Fund #
112
113
114
752
790
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Seeding Local
Church Mission
and Ministry
59,340
Regional Training
9,006
Academy for
Spiritual Formation
4,294
Investments-Academy
for Spiritual Formation
0
Christian Education
Special Offering
0
Total
72,640
Other
Total
0
1,500
59,340
10,506
13,100
17,394
275
275
20,000
34,875
20,000
107,515
Action Item #704
Board of Global Ministries study the use of investment funds. If BOGM has investment funds
that can be used, the group should study appropriate ways the money can be allocated.
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2004 Ministry Plan
Parish Development - Parish Development is excited about the future. Using new models,
we look forward to starting new churches and equipping existing churches in new ministries.
Providing appropriate financial resources to churches is a major issue.
We will continue to expand and develop the Academy for Ministry Development and the
Builder’s Call programs. We want to help ethnic/minority churches and ministries every way
we can.
Community and Institutional Ministries - Community and Institutional Ministry will continue
to fund Shalom Zone and emerging ministries, connectional agencies and health ministries
including parish nurse programs in the Iowa Conference through the Coordinated Funding
program. Community and Institutional Ministries funding is through apportionments. We also
use the Golden Cross and Rural Life Special Offerings to provide grant support to health
ministries and rural ministries in the Conference.
Hispanic Ministries - General Conference grant funds will be used this year to fund the
Instituto and to help establish new Hispanic ministries in Davenport, Marshalltown, Perry and
Storm Lake. Iowa Conference apportionment funds will be used to meet commitments to
Justice for Our Neighbor and other existing and expanding Hispanic ministries through the
Coordinated Funding process.
The Hispanic Committee will promote Hispanic Ministry Sunday, along with a Special Offering
encouraging local churches to observe during June of each year. After receiving 5% of the
proceeds of the Special Offering for promotion, the offering will be disbursed as follows:
1/3 for the Instituto for Leadership Training in Iowa.
1/3 to the National Challenge Grant for Hispanic Ministries.
1/3 to the permanent endowment fund for “Encounter with Christ
in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
Mission Education - The Mission Education Committee will continue to make the support of
conference apportionments the basis of our Rainbow Covenant program. We will seek ways
to lift up One Great Hour of Sharing special offering and make sure that every congregation
in the Iowa Conference participates. We will encourage volunteer activities, both official
Volunteer in Mission projects and local community volunteering in the name of the United
Methodist Church.
By means of the Rainbow Covenant program we will continue to
encourage balanced Advance giving by local churches. We will challenge local churches to
look beyond their own church walls and own towns to see a bigger picture, and to respond to
the needs of others around the world. We will continue to encourage the support of the
General Board of Global Ministries Advance special projects and mission personnel. The
economic picture has severely limited the GBGM in its financial support of many projects and
missionaries. We believe that if more congregations and individuals will offer their financial
support--as well as moral support–these projects and personnel will be able to continue
serving the people who depend upon them in the name of the United Methodist Church.
Ways we can measure our effectiveness are participation in the Rainbow Covenant program,
number of churches giving to the Advance, number of churches in Covenant Relationships
with GBGM mission personnel, and participation in VIM and the Thanksgiving Ingathering.
A Mission Personnel Committee, appointed by Bishop Gregory Palmer, began working in 2003
to recruit and help place Iowans who are called to be in mission on behalf of the Church of
Jesus Christ.
Most of our income comes from apportionments. The Iowa-Nigeria Partnership is funded by
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the Thanksgiving Ingathering and by conference advance special giving.
Fund #
205
206
207
208
209
807
210
211
212
213
202
215
216
221
703
704
705
706
821
Mult.
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Developing
Ministries w/
Children in Poverty
131,586
Church Extension
337,544
Mission Church
Assistance
238,879
Academy for New
Ministry Development
15,750
United Methodist
Builders
7,230
Revolving Church Loans
0
Parish Dev. Total
730,989
Shalom Initiative
& Emerging Ministries
121,705
Connectional Agency
Support
192,800
Health Ministries
45,549
Golden Cross/Rural
Life Offerings
0
Comm. & Inst.
Ministries Total
360,054
Hispanic Ministries
97,855
Mission/World
Hunger Ed.
9,879
Volunteers in Mission
8,484
Mission Personnel
Committee
27,000
Iowa Nigeria Partnership
0
World Hunger Task Force
0
Disaster Relief Fund
0
Undesignated Advance
Specials
0
Neighbor Helping Neighbor
0
BOGM Invest Funds
0
Total
1,234,261
Other
Total
0
0
131,586
337,544
0
238,879
1,250
17,000
95,000
35,000
131,250
102,230
35,000
862,239
0
121,705
0
0
192,800
45,549
35,000
35,000
35,000
25,000
395,054
122,855
0
0
9,879
8,484
0
60,000
1,500
2,000
27,000
60,000
1,500
2,000
1,500
3,000
30,000
289,250
1,500
3,000
30,000
1,523,511
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
Action Item #705
2004 Ministry Plan
Supporting United Methodist Colleges
Our Iowa United Methodist colleges provide a place for students to grow holistically. Cornell,
Iowa Wesleyan, Morningside and Simpson each provide ministry and chapel programs that
act as full partners in the development of a student’s critical, intellectual, aesthetic, and moral
character. In 2004, these religious life activities will again include such things as leadership
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groups with decision-making councils, student chaplains, deputation (drama, music, or service)
teams, Bible studies, Christian concerts, student worship, mission trips, prison ministry and
involvement with organizations like Habitat for Humanity. Each college provides varying
opportunities for individual growth.
The four United Methodist-related colleges in Iowa receive only a fraction of 1% of their
operating budgets from the Annual Conference, depending on student tuition, grants,
bequests, and alumni donations to meet their expenses. Nevertheless, the colleges have
dedicated themselves to honoring their United Methodist heritage by providing for a spiritual
dimension as an integral part of a student’s college experience. The Iowa Conference/College
Covenant affirms this continuing relationship. The colleges have upheld their responsibilities
to provide a place to receive an education in a Christ-centered atmosphere. The conference
is called upon to uphold its commitment to help ensure chaplaincy, church relations, spiritual
direction, and student ministry programs. Annual Conference support affirms our belief that
the church, in partnership with its colleges, can provide a value-centered education, which will
promote the development of leaders who proclaim the gospel and transform the world.
Beyond monetary support, there must be greater Annual Conference awareness of the
colleges’ need for UM students. The Annual Conference needs to stress to its local church
members the benefit of the small-sized, liberal-arts colleges related to its own denomination.
There is a high likelihood that students will finish an undergraduate degree in 4 years, and
available grants and scholarships can bring the cost down equal to or lower than the cost of
5 years at a state university.
Our United Methodist colleges can include in their campus life the essence of Christ’s mission,
without separating faith from everyday education and work.
Providing Full-time Campus Ministry through Four Wesley Foundations
The Wesley Foundations are mission fields in the Annual Conference’s own backyard. Annual
Conference funds provided to the Wesley Foundations invest in nurturing disciples and
developing Christian leadership to students, who, for one reason or another, are not attending
one of the UM colleges.
The restoration of support funds to the Wesley Foundations in the 2003 budget have helped
the foundations to curb their draw on savings reserves and boost programming to students,
including such things as greater publicity (essential to inform others about programs), food,
study books, and supplies, and supporting student interns - persons who are exploring their
call to ministry while helping to build community within the student groups. Continuing this
support will continue programs of:
_
Worship: Vespers, prayer services, and Sunday worship, as well as helping university
students to connect with local congregations.
_
Caring ministry: Initiating contact with UM students on the campus; also programs of
fellowship and support, including social activities and the availability of pastoral
counseling. Our campus ministers regularly deal with students’ issues around suicide,
depression, relationships, sexuality, divorcing parents, etc.
_
Evangelism: Sharing the gospel message with unchurched students and those seeking
a new church home, as well as providing a relevant Christian witness to those who think
the church has nothing to say to them or today’s world.
_
Education: Providing Bible studies and other opportunities to enrich one’s faith and
deepen an understanding of Christ’s meaning for one’s life.
_
Social Witness: Providing experiences to become immersed in helping others, including
those at-risk and in need of God’s saving message and social justice.
_
Call to professional ministry: Providing support and encouragement to persons who
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_
_
feel called to a professional ministry.
Conversation: Engaging in casual dialogue with students and others, with a trained ear
bent to hear opportunities for Christian witness and challenge.
Leadership training: Training students in evangelism techniques and leadership
development approaches.
Capital Improvement Funds for the Four Wesley Foundation Buildings
The four Wesley Foundation buildings range in age from 47-75 years old. All have structural
and maintenance needs that demand attention. These funds help to ensure that the Wesley
Foundation properties will be maintained, preserved, and protected providing a safe,
structurally sound and accessible environment.
Student Forum and United Methodist Student Movement
The Student Forum is an annual event held during May at a college or university campus (the
site rotates by Jurisdiction). United Methodist college-aged students from all over the country
meet for worship, study, social action, and fellowship. The Iowa Conference can send nine
students each year for the purpose of developing leadership. Out-of-state travel costs are
supplemented to enable students to attend. This program also provides some financial
support to the Iowa United Methodist Student Movement and the North Central Jurisdiction
United Methodist Student Movement.
Community College Campus Ministry (Emerging Ministry)
The goal for 2004 is to continue to establish local-level community college campus ministries
at community college campuses throughout the state of Iowa. Representatives from local
churches in the area of a community college may contact the BHECM for ideas, help, and
funding in establishing such ministries.
Rust College
The goal for 2004 is to continue the historic relationship between Rust College and the Iowa
Annual Conference through local church offering and involvement opportunities.
NOTE: Action Item #705 includes the Total 2004 Requested Apportionments listed below.
Fund #
Ministry Area 2004 Apportionment
217 UM Colleges
in Iowa
259,700
0
218 Wesley Foundations
498,300
0
219 WF Capital Funds
35,300
0
220 Student Forum/
UM Student Movement
6,780
0
221 Community Colleges
1,200
0
808 UM Student Day Offering
0
2,500
Total
801,280
2,500
OtherTotal
259,700
498,300
35,300
6,780
1,200
2,500
803,780
Board of Laity
Action Item #706
2004 Ministry Plan
Continue to sponsor and promote the School of Lay Ministry, enrolling 50 new persons in the
School in 2004 at two locations: Simpson College and Morningside College.
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Continue to support the Lay Speaking Ministry.
Continue to provide scholarships for laity to increase their knowledge and ability to serve in the
local churches.
Expand shared ministry dialogue with the Bishop and Cabinet and connectional relationships
with United Methodists world-wide.
The School for Lay Ministry is funded through a combination of registration fees and
apportionments which help lower fees for individual participants. Lay Leadership Development
activities are funded entirely from apportionments. Heifer Project International and
Thanksgiving Ingathering use no apportionments.
Fund
# Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Other
Total
222 School for Lay
Ministry
5,000
30,000
35,000
223 Lay Leadership
3,336
0
3,336
823 Heifer Project
0
130,000
130,000
824 Thanksgiving Ingathering
0
300,000
300,000
Total
8,336
460,000
468,336
Commission on Archives and History
Action Item #707
2004 Ministry Plan
We will continue to oversee the work of our Archivist on Archives and History and search for
funding to expand the Archives. We will be relying on apportionment funds for our operation.
We anticipate providing training workshops for local church historians to help them identify and
care for historically meaningful material.
Fund
# Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Other
Total
312 Operation of
Archives
16,500
0
16,500
312 Educational
Activities
2,475
0
2,475
Total
18,975
0
18,975
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
Action Item #708
2004 Ministry Plan
We will continue to encourage local congregations in the study of the guide on racism,
following the Act of Repentance that will be part of the 2003 Annual Conference.
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We will hold dialogues on homosexuality and the unity of the church. We anticipate a program
across the conference which will occasion dialogue during the next two years. These
programs should be in keeping with the position of The Book of Discipline of the United
Methodist Church.
NOTE: Action Item #708 includes the 2004 Requested Apportionment.
Fund
# Ministry Area
310 Commission on
Christian Unity &
Interreligious
Concerns
2004 Apportionment
Other
50
0
Total
50
Commission on Ministry with Persons With Disabilities
Action Item #709
2004 Ministry Plan
District Representatives will start a five year plan to visit each local church and parsonage to
personally view accessibility.
We hope to gather creative solutions churches have used to solve their accessibility problems
and offer these pictures and ideas on a website link on the Annual Conference site.
We will continue to encourage each church to participate in Disability Sunday Awareness
Sunday.
Fund
# Ministry Area
308 Commission on
Ministry with Persons
with Disabilities
2004 Apportionment
Other
925
Commission on Religion and Race
Action Item #710
2004 Ministry Plan
Our plans for 2004 include the following:
- The Gift of Cultural Diversity Workshop in each district
- Racism Workshop for Youth and Young Adult
- NCJCORR Annual Learning Experience
- Cultural Diversity Experience
- Administering Ethnic Minority Self-Determination Fund
- Ethnic Clergy and Spouse Conference
- Ethnic Fellowship Groups
- Cross-Racial/Cultural Appointment Workshop
0
Total
925
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- Monitoring Workshop and Retreat
- Monitoring the Annual Conference
We expect more cooperation from boards and agencies to effectively engage in ministry. We
primarily depend on apportionment dollars to pursue our ministry.
Fund
# Ministry Plan
302 Minority SelfDetermination
Fund
303 Ethnic Advocacy
and Monitoring
Ministries
304 Cooperation with
NCJCORR
Total
2004 Apportionment
Other
Total
28,816
0
28,816
8,000
0
8,000
2,000
38,816
0
0
2,000
38,816
Commission on the Status and Role of Women
Action Item #711
2004 Ministry
Goals and ministries for 2004 include:
a. Initiate any action necessary based on Annual Conference Monitoring Reports.
b. Develop plans essential for 2005 Monitoring.
c Survey local churches by District as to women clergy/retention and salary.
d. Develop use of the website for dissemination of information.
e. Check on need for updates of non-clergy spousal Guide.
f. Distribute Domestic Violence Packets to churches that lack a UMW.
g. Develop a letter to representatives of COSROW requesting their interest in continuing to
be district representatives or recommending a replacement.
h. Conduct a training meeting for lay women at the beginning of Annual Conference to aid
understanding of speaking from the floor of the Annual Conference.
i. Continue to submit informative articles for publication in district newsletters.
j. Pursue the options for a COSROW Awards Account to receive gifts.
k. Discuss the potential of having a cooperative effort on women’s health issues.
Fund #
306
Ministry Area
Commission on
the Status and
Role of Women
2004 Apportionment
Other
1,725
Council on Age Level Ministries
Action Item #712
0
Total
1,725
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2004 Ministry Plan
Our plans for 2004 include working to strengthen Older Adult Ministries, including the possible
creation of an Older Adult Ministries link on the Conference website. A description of planning
to date is included in our Annual Report - found in the Appendix. In the future, we plan to
focus on the various age categories one year at a time. Our goal is to become better
advocates for all age levels.
Fund #
314
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Age Level Council
935
Other
0
Total
935
Conference Council on Youth Ministries
Action Item #713
2004 Ministry Plan
Following 2002 Annual Conference’s invitation to bring program plans and necessary budget
requests to next year’s Annual Conference, CCYM has been engaged this last year in an
extensive and comprehensive visioning process leading us in new and refined directions in
order to carry out our charge of providing and enabling quality conference and local church
youth ministry. During the summer and fall of 2002, CCYM worked with Terry Carty, Director
of Conference Youth Ministries with the General Board of Discipleship to refocus ourselves
around developing ongoing comprehensive youth ministry proposals for the Iowa Conference.
In October, 2002, CCYM invited seventy-five persons in conference leadership positions as
well as persons representing local church youth ministry programs to engage in conversation
with us around four general questions:
1) How do you understand the relationship of the ministry you represent to youth
ministry?
2) What, in your opinion, is needed for a more effective youth ministry in Iowa?
3) Where do you see youth on the fringes who are not being touched by the
ministries of the United Methodist Church in Iowa? And,
4) What would you consider beneficial in a more defined partnership between the ministry
you represent and the Iowa Conference on Youth Ministries?
Following the conversations, CCYM worked over the next several months to formulate what
we heard from our ministry partners, what we knew and learned about trends in youth ministry,
and our own sense of calling to provide quality youth ministry in the Iowa Conference into a
comprehensive vision for youth ministry in our conference.
In many of the areas we identified as being important, we are already engaged in effective
ministry; in other areas we have significant work to do. All of what we have identified as
important need to be ongoing programs - not one time events. Some of them can be
accomplished quickly; many will require long-term attention and commitment. Some of what
we envision is already well planned; much of it is still in the planning stages. Much of what
we envision can be accomplished with little, if any, financial outlay or through redirection of
available funds; some parts of our vision will require modest apportionment support.
These new initiatives and refined areas of ongoing ministry programs of CCYM take bold steps
towards CCYM’s mandate to strengthen the youth ministry in the local churches and districts
of the annual conference. We invite the Iowa Annual Conference to join us in this exciting
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vision.
Iowa Conference Council on Youth Ministry
“Pressing On... to What Lies Ahead”
A New Vision for Youth Ministry
P Establishment of CCYM Task Forces to address specific, special interest programs
(Hispanic ministries, mission focus, social justice issues).
o CCYM subcommittees/interest groups formed to address specific
issues/concerns.
CCYM members could identify their interests at
nomination/election time.
o CCYM members could serve as leadership for committees that could be filled out
by other interested youth.
P Provide and encourage training opportunities for District Youth Coordinators and
adults in local churches who work with youth.
o
Establish a continuing education training fund pool
Estimated Cost: @ $500/year for 20 persons = $10,000
o
Host district, regional, conference, or jurisdictional training event(s)
Estimated Cost:
$5,000
P
Connect CCYM programs with Bishop Palmer’s Vision for the Iowa Conference
o
Appoint a CCYM group or task Force to carry on an ongoing assessment of
how CCYM can/is connecting with the Vision and how the Vision is informing
the work of CCYM
o
Help address the question: How are we providing opportunities for the youth
of the Iowa Conference to live out their calling to be “the church of today”
instead of the church of tomorrow?
P
Provide opportunities for youth to respond to social justice issues
o
Make education around social justice issues at YAC and/or YSFC a priority.
Provide workshops at YAC around social justice issues
o
Establish a youth Lobby Day
P
Work with the conference Justice Advocate to educate youth about issues and
appropriate ways to address change
Estimated Cost: $500
P
Address unique times of “transition” from youth to young adulthood
o
Work intentionally with BHECM to identify shared areas of ministry
o
Help prepare youth for transition into young adulthood
o
Help those who work with youth be better equipped for preparing youth for
challenge of this transition
o
YAC “special” schedule for juniors/seniors
P
P
Invite young adults back to talk about what transition is like
o
Explore co-sponsoring a youth/young adult event
Help youth identify and realize their unique spiritual gifts
o
Provide workshops at YAC around spiritual gifts
o
Enable youth to live out their spiritual gifts within the ministry of their local
church
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P
Help youth in their spiritual formation
o Provide workshops at YAC around spiritual formation
o Enable youth to grow in their faith through their involvement within the ministry
of their local church
P
Youth participation in life of the local church
o
Established youth groups in an area could provide leadership around the issue
of starting or reactivating youth groups
o
CCYM could maintain a list of “teaching” youth groups that could provide ideas
and resources to other church youth groups
P
Provide Summer Internship opportunities for youth
o
Ongoing internship program at the Conference Center with the Associate
Council Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
o
Internship possibilities with:
P
district youth coordinators
P
district superintendents/district offices
P
local church ministries
P
mission settings
o
May be able to work with schools to provide school credit
Estimated Cost: @ 10-15 hours/week for 6-8 weeks =
$500/internship x 10 internships/year
$5,000
P
Develop District Youth Coordinator Expectations
o
Develop job description
o
Establish system of accountability
o
Provide training and necessary funding for training
o
Serve as resource person for District Youth Ministry Teams
o
Make sure district coordinators are serving as members of district COM
o
Work closely with District Superintendents to ensure quality ministry
P
Enable District Youth Ministry Teams to fulfill their ministry
o
Work with District Superintendents to identify churches that are not connected
with district and conference youth ministry
o
Establish teams that work with churches to renew connection
o
Develop a resource for CCYM members/district representatives to help start
DYMT in their districts
P
Address CCYM and YAC election process
o
Establish a CCYM Nomination Committee that would bring nominees for
CCYM openings
o
CCYM representatives could be elected through districts instead of at YAC
P
Provide regular Youth Ministry Newsletter
o
Mailed as well as email
o
Sent to pastors, youth group leaders, Christian educators
o
Could contain articles from CCYM members, Youth and Young Adult Director,
Campus Ministry professionals, as well as upcoming events and resources
Estimated Cost: $400/mailing for 2000 newsletters 4 x a year $1,500
P
Youth Annual Conference
o
continue as leadership development event focusing on making disciples and
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o
o
o
o
o
teaching “Disciple Making”.
Bring well known keynote speakers to YAC
Provide quality workshops and resources
Explore ways to lower fees
Provide scholarships for churches on a need basis to ensure all churches have
the opportunity to be represented
Increase publicity to churches that haven’t attended before
Estimated Cost: $5,000
Registration fees from YAC will continue to primarily fund this event. The use of some new
apportionment dollars would enable growth in the areas identified above .
P
Youth Strike for Christ
o
Enable YSFC to become an event with several hundred participants.
o
Bring well known keynote speakers to YSFC
o
Provide well known band
o
Provide quality workshops and resources
o
Explore ways to lower fees
o
Provide scholarships for individuals on a need basis to ensure all
individuals have the opportunity to attend
o
Increase publicity of event, especially to churches that haven’t attended
before
Estimated Cost: $5,000*
The expectation is that with the benefit of the apportionment funding for 2003 and for future
years, which will enable growth in the areas identified above, the registration fees from YSFC
will be able to fund this event
*The $5,000 was new apportionment funding for 2003. Funding at this level in 2004 would
keep constant the amount funded this year.
P
Continue focus on leadership development
o
Provide youth members to Annual Conference with appropriate orientation and
support prior to and during their time at Annual conference.
Estimated New* Cost: $1,560*
*The $1560 listed for this item is not new apportionment money, it is being offset by a
reduction in District Council on Ministry budgets that have in the past partially funded Annual
Conference youth members.
o
Continue to make it possible for delegates to attend UMYO and JYMO
Convocations
Estimated New* Cost: $2,500*
*The $2500 listed for this item is not new apportionment money. A small leadership
development fee will be added to YAC and Youth Strike for Christ registrations to help pay the
costs of participants to UMYO or JYMO Convocation.
Note: Action Item #713 includes the Total 2004 Requested Apportionments noted below.
Fund #
402
403
Ministry Area
Connections
Youth Annual
2004 Apportionment
3,500
Other
0
Total
3,500
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404
405
406
709
Conference
District
Empowerment
for Youth
Youth Service
Fund
Developing Leaders
Youth Strike
for Christ
Total
5,000
17,500
22,500
15,000
0
15,000
0
14,000
7,000
2,500
7,000
16,500
5,000
42,500
15,000
42,000
20,000
84,500
District Councils on Ministries
2004 Ministry Plan
Action Item # 714
Each district has an amount requested from local churches to be used as “seed money” for
specific ministries. The amount received is usually far less than asked for.
District Askings for 2003:
Cedar Rapids (2% of apportionment)
Council Bluffs ($2.25/member)
Creston ($1.00/member)
Des Moines ($.70/member)
Dubuque ($1.00/member)
Fort Dodge ($1.00/member)
Mason City ($1.00/member)
Muscatine ($3.00/member)
Ottumwa ($1.25/member)
Sioux City (1.50/member)
Spencer (.25/member)
Waterloo ($2.00/member)
Total District Askings
$34,675
$32,380
$11,479
$17,765
$10,625
$18,811
$17,060
$53,850
$16,046
$23,292
$ 3,461
$36,676
$276,120
The districts have requested voluntary district askings to be used as follows:
Cedar Rapids
15% - Communications/Networking, 25% - Leadership Development, 40% Parish revitalization & Congregational Development, 20% - Hispanic
Ministries
Council Bluffs
$.75 - Carter Lake UMC building fund, $.75 - Hispanic ministries, $.25 Aldersgate UM Camp, $.25 - Other District Programs
Creston
75% for MUMS, 25% for District Youth Ministries
Des Moines
Supplement District Connectional Ministries Council’s budget
Dubuque
For Parish Ministries with an emphasis on Hispanic Ministries
Fort Dodge
20% - Leadership development, 10% - Iowa State Wesley Foundation, 5% Communications, 5% - Youth ministries, 5% - Emerging ministries, 5% Tithe beyond the Fort Dodge District, 50% - Hispanic Ministries
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Mason City
50% - Youth and Children ministries, 50% - Hispanic Ministries
Muscatine
Divided equally among: Support for Community of Joy, Iowa Wesleyan
College, St. Paul UMC, Hispanic Tutor program, Golden Valley UM Camp,
Latino Task Force
Ottumwa
$1.00 for support on Mobile United Methodist Missionaries (MUMMS), and
.25 Ottumwa District Connectional Ministries Council
Sioux City
1/3 - Sioux City District Connectional Ministries Council, 1/3 - Hispanic
Ministries, 1/3 - Iowa Nigeria Partnership
Spencer
Supplement Spencer District Connectional Ministries
Waterloo
65% - new church starts/revitalization, 30% - scholarships, 5% Contingency Fund
Districts will use these District Askings, plus their share of the Conference Apportionments
allocated for District Connectional Ministries to design and implement their unique ministries.
There will also be a small pool of funds ($14,000) available to which Districts may apply.
These funds are designed for Districts, or groups of Districts, to use in promoting the
development of leaders who can make disciples and transform the world.
Fund #
501
Mult
Mult
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Other
District
Connectional
Ministries Council
81,253
42,875
District Askings
0
137,830
Other District
Ministries
0
116,210
Total
81,253
296,915
Total
124,128
137,830
116,210
378,168
Action Item #715
2004 Ministry Plan
During 2003, the Conference Connectional Ministries Council will be engaged in the following
efforts on behalf of the local churches and connectional ministry of the Iowa Annual
Conference:
Continue support of local churches of the Iowa Annual Conference by providing assistance in
developing more effective mission and ministry through the work of six Associate Council
Directors deployed to bi-district areas of the Conference.
Continue leadership of the Camp and Retreat Ministries and the Youth and Young Adult
Ministries by an Associate Council Director assigned to each of those special ministries.
Continue to provide staff and implementation support to the many ministries of the six
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programming boards, five commissions, and two age-related councils that make up the
Connectional Ministries, through shared responsibilities spread among the entire complement
of Council professional and support staff.
Continue implementation of Healthy Congregations, a comprehensive and coordinated
approach to assisting churches who find their efforts at mission and ministry hampered or
curtailed because of conflict or other difficulties in the congregations. This initiative involved
the Cabinet, Council staff, and specially trained volunteers in every District.
Continue the Impact Study of Local Church Resourcing, an on-going assessment of the impact
that the deployed staffing model has on the effectiveness of local church mission and ministry.
This study examines the level of effort expended by staff in providing resource assistance, the
satisfaction experienced by local churches with that assistance, and the impact that
engagement with local churches has on that local church’s mission and ministry. Creation of
a baseline assessment system is just beginning to yield information. Initial results of the
baseline measures will be reported to the 2004 Annual Conference. Subsequent results of the
on-going study will be reported periodically for use by the Annual Conference, as well as the
Council itself, in on-going decision-making regarding the best possible way to help local
churches pursue their primary responsibility of making disciples and transforming the world.
Implement results of a 2003 study (currently underway) of the way in which District
Connectional Ministries function in relationship to Conference Program Ministry Boards. The
study is designed to surface more effective strategies for shared ministry at every location
within the local-district-conference structure.
The Conference Connectional Ministries Council uses apportionments to support two separate
funds:
The CCMC Program Ministry Resource (support) Fund provides administrative support
(primarily meeting expenses, materials production and distribution, and continuing education)
for the program boards, commissions, and councils so that those groups can use their own
funds for ministry. The Program Ministry Resource Fund also includes a modest program
contingency fund to support emerging ministry. Finally, this fund supports the Iowa Annual
Conference share of the costs of Iowa Religious Media Services and Ecumenical Ministries
of Iowa. The request for this fund reflects no increase over 2003.
The CCMC Resource and Program Delivery (operations) Fund provides financial support for
the day-to-day operation of the Connectional Ministries, including staff compensation, and
office operation. This fund reflects a 2% cost-of-living increase for staff salaries, a modest
amount for performance-based salary increases, and an increase in the cost of staff health
insurance, as compared to the 2003 budget.
All Iowa Annual Conference programs, activities, and expenditures shall be consistent with the
mission of the church as stated in The Book of Discipline (paragraphs 120 and 121 of the 2000
Discipline). The Conference Connectional Ministries Council shall administer this provision,
in cooperation with the Council on Finance and Administration.
Fund #
503
504
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Program Ministry
Resource Fund
227,760
Resource &
Other
Total
5,000
232,760
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Program Delivery
Fund
Total
1,302,897
1,530,657
0
5,000
1,302,897
1,535,657
Action Item #716. Request by the Conference Board of Global Ministries
WHEREAS: There is continued rapid growth of the Hispanic population in our state and nation,
it is important for the National Plan to continue resourcing of annual conferences in this vital
ministry;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Iowa Annual Conference affirms the National Plan
for Hispanic Ministry, and encourages the General Conference to continue this plan for at least
another quadrennium.
LEGISLATIVE SECTION VIII
Legislative Chairperson: Judy Marnin
Legislative Secretary: Bob Holdorf
Cabinet - District Superintendents
Action Item #801
2004 Ministry Plan
In addition to continuing the work as described in the background and current ministries printed
in the Appendix, we will be working on a Pastoral Letter relating to encouraging faithfulness
of all pastors to our covenant life as they serve and work.
Fund #
610
611
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Cabinet
Administration
1,092,975
District
Administrative
Secretary Comp
Fund
518,645
District Office Funds
317,500
Recruitment Fund
10,000
Appointment
Consultation
7,500
Missional Appt.
Support Fund
90,000
Sustentation Fund
32,500
Disability Condition
Support Fund
16,000
Ministerial Contingency
Fund
0
Clergy Moving Fund
462,500
Interim Ministry Fund
0
Total
2,547,620
Other
Total
12,000
1,104,975
0
0
0
518,645
317,500
10,000
0
7,500
0
0
90,000
32,500
0
16,000
0
0
0
12,000
0
462,500
0
2,559,620
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Conference Board of Ordained Ministry
Action Item #802
2004 Ministry Plan
1.
We are seeking to broaden our efforts in enlisting and recruiting candidates for ministry
in Iowa and such a task force, with guidance from the Bishop, has been formed. A
recognized need with no present plan in place is for increased financial support for our
ministry candidates in their studies. We are allocating $1,500 for two years for the
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa Seminar for Pastors, Charting a New Path for Mainline
Churches.
2.
The 2000 Book of Discipline, ¶820.1 states, “Of the total money raised in each annual
conference for the Ministerial Education Fund, 25 percent shall be retained by the annual
conference that raised it, to be used in its program of ministerial education as approved
by the annual conference and administered through its board of ordained ministry.” The
Board of Ordained Ministry recommends the following budget for this share:
a. Grants. This budget provides $50,392.25 for financial assistance to seminary
students who are certified candidates in the Iowa Annual Conference.
b. Continuing Education. This budget provides $15,000 for continuing education
opportunities for professionals in ministry.
c. Mentor Training. This budget provides $2,000 for inquiring candidate’s retreats and
for administration of the mentor program.
d. Assessment and Guidance. This budget provides for initial psychological
assessment of candidates for ministry and retesting as deemed necessary at the time
of probationary or full membership candidacy. (No MEF funds proposed. This item
funded under item #629.)
e. School for Ministry. This budget provides $5,000 to help support the Iowa
Conference
School for Ministry.
f. Recruitment /Enlistment. This budget provides $4,273.65 to help local churches and
district Committees on Ministry promote awareness of the need for persons who will
respond to God’s call to ordained ministry. It will also fund events within Iowa and help
persons attend national events where individuals can explore a call to ordained ministry.
g. Licensing School. This budget provides $10,000 for financial assistance to persons
attending local pastor’s licensing school.
h. Order of Elders. The budget provides $3,000 for regular meetings of the Order of
Elders, including honorariums for speakers, postage, and other administrative expenses.
i. Order of Deacons. This budget provides $2,000 for an annual gathering of deacons
and other administrative expenses related to the Order of Deacons.
j. Residency in Ministry Program. This budget provides $2,000 to fund a new
program that provides peer group meetings, mentoring of probationary members, and
continuing education for persons who are beginning full-time ministry.
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k. New Ministry Professional Teams. This budget provides $400 for administrative
costs involved in bringing together new teams of ministry professionals to begin the
process of learning to work together.
l. Course of Study Support. This budget provides $17,000 in financial assistance to
local pastors who are attending the Course of Study School.
m. Start Up and Culmination. This budget provides $2,500 for an event which helps
pastors who are changing appointments understand the dynamics involved in leaving
one parish and beginning ministry in another.
n. Effective Team Ministries Retreat. This budget provides $200 of administrative
support for local church staffs who want to learn how to function together more
effectively.
o. Ethnic Initiative (Ministry Candidate). This budget provides $500 for the education
expense of an ethnic candidate in the ministry process.
Fund #
621
622
623
624
626
628
629
630
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Administration
9,000
Interviewing Program
7,300
Order of Elders
0
Order of Deacons
0
District Committee
Training
1,750
Residency in Ministry
0
Assessment & Guidance 10,600
Recruitment/Enlistment
2,500
Total
31,150
Other
0
0
0
0
Total
9,000
7,300
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,750
0
10,600
2,500
31,150
Office of Pastoral Care & Counseling
Action Item #803
2004 Ministry Plan
We expect and plan to continue a very active counseling ministry as well as providing
leadership to the Conference in developing group events to enhance the spiritual life of all
members of the Conference. The Committee hopes to receive from the planning task force,
recommendations for a five-year plan. The Committee will begin consideration of these
recommendations.
We have appointed a task force to explore and evaluate the pastoral care needs of the Iowa
Annual Conference and the full committee will use the findings of the task force to make longterm plans.
Note: Action Item #803 includes the 2004 Requested Apportionments.
Fund #
925
Ministry Area
Pastoral Care
and Counseling
2004 Apportionment
130,210
Other
Total
0
130,210
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The Commission on Equitable Compensation
Action Item #804
2004 Ministry Plan
1.
While the church is receiving Equitable Compensation assistance, they are required to
pay their apportionments in full.
2.
Travel Reimbursement for all pastors serving a local charge will be at the IRS mileage
rate currently in force.
3.
A minimum of $500 shall be allowed for continuing education for each pastor serving a
local charge.
4.
Each charge is encouraged to work with their pastor to establish:
(1) an accountable reimbursement account to cover job related expenses such as
continuing education, educational materials, travel, meals and lodging, and
(2) a cafeteria plan in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 125.
Administrative Services and the Cabinet shall provide information to the local church
concerning these plans.
5.
In accordance with ¶343.1-2 and ¶333.1-2 of the 2000 Book of Discipline, the following
provisions are recommended to become policy for the 2004 conference year.
a. The 2004 Minimum Base Compensation, which may be any combinations of cash,
utilities, or pastor’s share of benefits, shall be set at 60% of the 2003 Denominational
Average Compensation as calculated by the General Board of Pensions and Health
benefits. The minimum for 2003 will be $29,595.
b. The Minimum Base Compensation for full time pastors as identified in the 2000 Book
of Discipline shall be increased $400 for each of up to six years prior service in any
annual conference of the United Methodist Church or other international Methodist
communion. Pastors and elders coming from other denominations will be given the
same consideration.
c. The Minimum Base Compensation shall be increased by $400 for each additional
church served by the pastor in the charge.
d. The Minimum Base Compensation shall be increased by $525 for a pastor
who is in Full Connection with the Annual Conference.
e. The new Minimum Base Compensation takes effect January 1, 2004.
Minimum Base Compensation Tables for 2004
For pastors who are not in Full connection in the Annual Conference.
Entry Level
One Church
$29,595
Two Churches
$29,995
Three Churches
$30,395
Add four hundred dollars for each additional year of service up to a total of seven years of
service.
For pastors who are in Full Connection in the Annual Conference.
Entry Level
$30,120
$30,520
$30,920
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Add four hundred dollars for each additional year of service up to a total of seven years of
service.
f. All pastors appointed their first appointment on or before July 1 of the preceding year
will meet qualifications of second year in ministry.
g. Each church should make an effort to provide minimum base compensation.
However, churches that are unable to provide minimum base compensation may apply
for equitable compensation funds for up to 25% of the minimum compensation
depending upon the year of askance.
(1) Missional grants are given to enable strategic ministry where either or both the skills
of the pastor and the demands of the situation indicate special need. Examples are: new
church development, cooperative parish leadership, inner city ministry, rural ministry, and
other specialized ministries. These grants are not limited in terms of duration.
(2) Non-missional churches are eligible for reimbursement as follows:
Year of Askance
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Amount Reimburseable
25%
25%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
By year 8, the local church should be prepared to cover their pastor’s full salary or use other
alternative staffing plans.
6. A church must be off Equitable Compensation for 3 years before the sequence is
interrupted. If they are off 3 years or less, they resume where the sequence stopped. If they
are off 4 or more years, they start over as a newly funded church.
7. The funding period for equitable compensation grants will be from July 1st of the current
year to June 30th of the following year. It is expected that all charges receiving funds will
furnish a copy of the following year’s pastoral support form to the equitable compensation
commission to verify that the minimum salary for 2003 has been met.
8. All pastors under appointment who are in good standing and are appointed by the Bishop
to less than full-time service under the provisions ¶623.3 and ¶333.2 of the 2000 Book of
Discipline shall have a claim and the right to receive equitable compensation in quarterly
increments.
9. Before a local charge can receive funding from the Equitable Compensation Fund, an
application form must be completed and consultation shall be held with the Executive Council
of the District Council on Ministries or the District Stewardship Team. The charge shall share
their program goals for the coming year. The recommendations of the Executive Council or
District Stewardship Team, with proper signatures, shall be forwarded to the District
Superintendent for his/her signature. The District Superintendent shall forward the
recommendations to the Vice-Chairperson, Commission on Equitable Compensation, no later
than February 1, 2004.
10. While the church is receiving Equitable Compensation assistance, they are required to pay
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their apportionments in full.
NOTE: The Action Item #804 refers only to 2004 Requested Apportionments.
Fund #
620
Ministry Area
Equitable
Compensation
2004 Apportionment
Other
165,000
0
Total
165,000
General Church Apportionments
2004 Ministry Plan
Action Item #805
United Methodists will continue to be in mission and ministry around the world. The discipline
requires that general church apportionments be passed on to local church congregations
without reduction in the conference budget.
NOTE: The Action Items refer only to 2004 Requested Apportionments.
Fund
# Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
631 Episcopal Fund
269,128
632 Ministerial Ed Fund
458,087
633 Gen Church Admin
107,466
634 NCJ Administration
23,181
635 Interdenominational
Coop Fund
34,340
636 World Service Fund
1,128,038
637 Black College Fund
182,688
638 Africa University Fund
40,881
775 Human Relations
0
776 One Great Hour
0
781 World Communion
0
782 UM Student Day
0
783 World Service Specials
0
784 World Advanced Specials
0
785 National Advanced Specials
0
786 UMCOR Advanced Specials
0
Total
2,243,809
Other
0
5,400
0
0
Total
269,128
463,487
107,466
23,181
0
0
500
5,600
30,000
90,000
35,000
25,000
500
200,000
135,000
235,000
762,000
34,340
1,128,038
183,188
46,481
30,000
90,000
35,000
25,000
500
200,000
135,000
235,000
3,005,809
Action Item #806 - Pastors’ Housing Policy
The Iowa Annual Conference adopts the Recommendation of the Cabinet to adopt the Pastors’
Housing Policy as a Standing Item of the Annual Conference.
Housing Task Force members:
Deb Kiesey, Chair, Lucy Elrick, Connie Gilmore, Gary Hoyt, Don Nolan, Charles Smith, David
Stout, Gene Ulrich, Darline Balm-Demmel, Consultant
The Parsonage System: Itineracy is at the heart of the deployment of United Methodist
clergy in full time ministry. This mode of pastoral assignment is dependent upon the use of
the parsonage system. It is our expectation that pastors shall reside in a parsonage provided
by the local charge. If an exception to living in a parsonage is initiated by a pastor, approval
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for such must be given by the local charge conference and the cabinet. Each parsonage
should meet the standards of the conference and in cases where these standards are not met,
it is the responsibility of the pastor, the charge, and the district superintendent to work together
to move toward these standards.
Study/Office and Parsonage Standards (designed as a check list for parsonage
committees and boards of trustees):
Pastor’s Study/Office and Church Office
A. Location
1. The church office (defined as location of office equipment, secretarial/or
volunteer work space, etc.) should not be located in the parsonage.
2. A pastor’s study/office should be available in the church or in a location other
than within the parsonage. If located in the church, it should be as easily
accessible as possible to an outside entrance with designating signs posted.
A study included in the parsonage should be removed as far as possible from
the rooms most used by the family, preferably on the ground floor. All
study/office locations should take into consideration accessibility to the
handicapped.
B.
Condition. The pastor’s study/office and the church office each should contain no
less than 150 square feet of floor space with adequate heating and lighting facilities.
Air conditioning for extremely warm weather is desirable.
C.
Equipment for Pastor’s Study/Office
1. An adequate sized desk with drawer space, including one letter-sized file
drawer.
2. Desk lamp and swivel-type desk chair.
3. At least 42 lineal feet of book shelves.
4. A private-line telephone –especially if the pastor’s study/office is located in the
parsonage.
5. A waste paper basket
6. At least two occasional chairs for visitors
7. One (1) file cabinet for personal files
8. Locks on desk and filing cabinet
9. Computer and printer with e-mail capability
10. Answering machine
___ adequate
___ minor improvements needed
___ major improvements needed
If improvements are needed, please describe.
D.
Church Office. An additional room or space should be provided for the office
equipment, secretarial/volunteer work space, etc. with the following items:
1. Adequate sized desk with drawer space
2. Desk lamp and swivel-type desk chair
3. Fire-resistant metal filing cabinet for church records
4. Locks on desk and filing cabinet
5. Additional storage space for magazines, equipment, and supplies
6. Copy machine, typewriter, computer and printer (Pastor and secretary should
have separate computers and printers.)
7. E-mail capability or fax machine is recommended
8. A waste paper basket
9.
10.
11.
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Adequate staplers and access to paper cutter and pencil sharpener
Desk calculator
Answering machine
___ adequate
If improvements are needed, please describe.
Parsonage
General Standards
A. Accessibility. For all newly constructed or newly purchased parsonages, the
following guidelines shall apply:
1. At least one full bathroom on the ground floor.
2. At least one bedroom on the ground floor.
3. Laundry facilities located on the ground floor.
4. Doorways at least 32 inches in width to the above three items.
5. At least one entry to the ground floor from the outside which is level with no
steps, ramped or able to be ramped.
While these standards will be mandatory for new construction or purchase, the
trustees of each charge are urged to take steps to bring all existing parsonages into
compliance with these standards.
B.
Structurally sound. Foundation, roof, and walls in good condition. No evidence of
major cracks or water damage. No evidence of termite damage or activity.
___ structure in sound condition
___ minor repairs needed
___ major repairs needed
If repairs needed, please describe:
C.
Yard. Appropriate landscaping with sidewalks in good repair must be
provided. Space for gardening is also recommended.
___ yard in good condition
D.
Plumbing. All plumbing in good condition. Must have adequate water pressure
and a safe drinking water supply.
___ plumbing in sound condition
E.
Electrical System. Wiring must be in safe condition with adequate grounding and
sufficient circuits for handling air conditioning and heavy duty appliances. Circuit
breakers replacing fuse boxes are recommended. Switches and outlets should be
conveniently located in every room. A permanently installed television antenna and
cable access, if available, for TV reception must be provided.
___ electrical system in sound condition
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F.
Heating and Cooling Systems. A thermostatically controlled central heating and
cooling system should be provided with ducts for every room in the house. (Also
provision to shut off ducts to unused rooms). If central cooling is not possible, at
least one individual wall/window unit should be provided. Gas water heater and
furnace must be properly vented. Systems should be serviced each year by
qualified person to ensure safety and efficiency. In parsonages with a fireplace,the
church will provide for an annual cleaning.
___ heating and cooling systems in sound condition
G.
Safety. Smoke, fire and carbon monoxide detectors should be installed in
appropriate locations. A test for the presence of radon gas should be done every
year. If levels are high, the church will develop a plan for compliance within 90
days. A test for presence of radon gas should be done every 5 years. A dry
chemical fire extinguisher (Underwriter’s Laboratory approved - five pound ABC
type) should be installed according to manufacturer’s recommendations. There
should be a safe exit from each sleeping room; outside steps safe and well lighted,
with motion sensitive lights; all outside doors, including garage, equipped with keyed
locks and dead bolts that work. Locks should be changed with each pastoral
change. Keys shall be distributed at the discretion of the pastor. Windows shall be
securable and equipped with locks if possible.
___ adequate safety equipment provided
H.
Telephone. One private telephone line and one telephone with one extension outlet
is required.
___ Private line and telephone provided
___ telephone service inadequate
If telephone service inadequate, please describe:
I.
Furnishings. Appropriate floor coverings in good condition must be provided.
Shades, curtains, or drapes must be provided. Painting and redecorating is
required as needed..
___ appropriate furnishings provided, in good repair
___ furnishings not provided, or major repairs needed
If furnishings inadequate, please describe.
J.
Insurance. Adequate coverage on the house and church-owned furnishings is
required.
___ adequate insurance coverage provided
___ insurance coverage not provided or inadequate
If insurance coverage is inadequate, please describe:
K.
Energy Conservation. The house has been audited for energy efficiency and a
detailed plan for bringing the house up to the current energy efficiency standards
has been established. (The conservation measure that will be most cost effective
will vary from house-to-house.) In general, the following energy efficiency standards
are recommended as minimum requirements: ceiling insulation, 10 inches; wall
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insulation, wall cavity filled; basement insulation, 1 ½ inches of rigid panel
insulation; crawl space insulation, 6 inches; storms on all doors and windows;
caulking and weatherstripping to fill cracks and crevices.
___ energy conservation features meet minimum standards
___ minor energy conservation improvements needed
___ major energy conservation improvements needed
If energy conservation improvements needed, please describe:
L.
Living Room/Dining Room Area. It should be large enough to be used for
entertaining small groups.
___ adequate
If improvements needed, please describe:
M. Kitchen. The kitchen should have adequate eating space, adequate counter tops
and easily-cleaned floor covering. It should contain energy-efficient appliances in
good working condition: a range; a refrigerator with a freezer compartment;
adequate appliance outlets, dishwasher, garbage disposal, exhaust fan, and
microwave oven. If water quality is poor, a bottled water dispenser or purification
system is recommended.
___ adequate
If improvements needed, please describe.
N.
Laundry. Complete automatic laundry facilities conveniently located shall be
provided in each parsonage having both washer and dryer as energy efficient as
possible. (See accessibility guidelines). Provisions for outside drying is
recommended, if possible. Provisions for water softening shall be provided as
needed.
___ adequate
O.
Bathroom. Bathroom with both tub and shower including medicine cabinet and
adequate storage space for linens, plus an additional half-bath, shall be provided.
An extra shower is recommended. (See Accessibility guidelines).
___ adequate
P.
Bedrooms. A minimum of three bedrooms, all with adequate closet space, with at
least one bedroom located on the main floor shall be provided. (See Accessibility
guidelines)
___ adequate
Q.
Storage. Space in dry basement, attic or other room for storage of seasonal
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clothing, Christmas decorations, etc. shall be provided.
___ adequate
If improvements need, please describe:
R.
Pest Control. Each parsonage should be regularly checked for household pests
and necessary control measures adopted. Between moves a professional pest
control company shall be used. Full disclosure by the Board of Trustees shall be
made regarding the chemicals used in the cleaning.
___ adequate
S.
Garage. If possible, a garage shall be provided with sufficient space for two cars.
The garage shall have an automatic door opener, adequate lights and electrical
outlets, and additional space for gardening and lawn equipment, bicycles, etc.
___ adequate
Care of Property: The parsonage family is expected to keep the parsonage clean and
attractive. When a move is made, the church will clean all carpets. If the parsonage family
has a pet or pets, the family is responsible for any property damage caused by the pet(s). The
pet owner must conform to all state and local ordinances. The pet owner is responsible for
liability for any injury caused by the pet(s). The pet owner is responsible for professional pest
extermination of the parsonage when moving if needed. It is the responsibility of the
parsonage family to leave the parsonage clean and in good condition when they move to
another charge. Any damage beyond normal wear and tear is to be repaired at the expense
of the parsonage family. A written report of such damage shall be signed by the members of
the parsonage committee and the pastor. A copy of this report shall be sent to the district
superintendent, a copy to the parsonage family and a copy kept in the church files.
Annual Tour: A walk through of the parsonage and study/office shall be done annually
and at the time of pastoral change by the chairperson of the Board of Trustees or the
chairperson of the parsonage committee, if one exists, the chairperson of the committee on
pastor-parish relations, and the pastor to ensure proper maintenance (see ¶2532.4 The Book
of Discipline, 2000). It is suggested that pictures be taken periodically for the purpose of
keeping track of parsonage conditions and repair. The Board of Trustees shall report to the
Charge Conference any deviations from conference standards and any need for repairs and
upkeep in order to comply with these standards. Within the three months following the charge
conference report, the trustees shall bring a recommendation to the Administrative Board of
the ways the parsonage and study/office will be brought up to standards and the regular
maintenance and safety items taken care of. A reasonable time table shall be established for
such change or correction as must be made and reported back to the next Charge
Conference.
a. The annual tour, as mandated by the Book of Discipline, ¶2532.4, shall be arranged
with the parsonage family by the parsonage committee and shall include at least
two men and two women, with representatives from the Board of Trustees and
Staff-Parish Relations Committee.
b. The parsonage family shall be encouraged to make a list of things that need
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attention.
Parsonage Maintenance Fund: The Board of Trustees shall request that the finance
committee include in the annual church budget a minimum of 2% of the replacement value of
the parsonage for parsonage repairs and maintenance. This amount shall continue to accrue
until the fund reaches a minimum of 7% of the replacement value of the parsonage and then
be maintained at that level. The trustees shall keep a record of the date of purchase and
repair of all appliances, including the heating system, and of all painting and decorating inside
and out. A report of purchases and repairs shall be part of the report at the annual charge
conference meeting.
Housing Arbitration: Provision for clergy housing is the responsibility of the local
church. Issues regarding housing should be resolved between the clergy family and the local
church. If housing issues cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of both parties, the district
superintendent should be invited for mediation by the Staff-Parish Relations Committee or
pastor. The district superintendent may invite the District Church Building and Location
Committee to assist in the arbitration. This committee shall then come to the local church or
charge to hear the concerns of all interested parties, and to offer recommendations and/or
solutions that shall be mutually binding. Recommendations and solutions offered by the
district committee shall be consistent with the parsonage standards of the Iowa Annual
Conference. If a walk through has not been done at the time of a change of pastors, there will
be no basis for arbitration.
Clergy Couple Housing Policy: The following shall govern housing situations where
two clergy persons are married and serving two separate appointments: When there is more
than one parsonage available, the district superintendent(s), in consultation with the clergy
couple and the churches, shall determine appropriate living arrangements. Additional
remuneration may be provided to each pastor to reflect the attendant decrease in housing
costs to each charge and the pension implications for the clergy couple. Where no parsonage
is provided by either charge, the two charges shall share equitably in the payment of an
adequate housing allowance for the clergy couple.
Parsonage Costs in Multiple-Point Charges and/or for Clergy Couples with One
Parsonage: Repairs and equipment should be divided among churches on a multiple charge
by percentage of ownership. When no interest is owned in a personage on a multiple-point
charge by one or more churches, each church having no ownership should pay its pro-rata
share of the fair rental value of the parsonage. Rental money should be placed in a savings
account to be used for repairs and equipment. The church or churches which own the
personage should repair and equip the parsonage.
While the Book of Discipline recognizes that a local church has a responsibility to provide
for adequate housing for the pastor(s), the provision of a housing allowance may in certain
situations provide another approach to housing needs. If an incoming pastor does not wish
to purchase a home, the congregation(s) must provide a house. The following guidelines are
designed to assist in establishing an equitable housing allowance for pastors serving local
churches without parsonages and for clergy and laity employed by the annual conference, who
are provided housing allowance as a part of their benefits.
Sale of Parsonage: If the parsonage is sold with the intent to provide a housing
allowance for the pastor(s), the proceeds of the sale shall be retained and invested to create
an investment corpus equal to 100% of the current average housing cost in the ministry area
of the local church. Interest from the investment corpus may not be used until the newly
established 100% level is reached. “Current average housing cost” is defined as that amount
needed to purchase a house which meets the current Iowa Annual Conference parsonage
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standards without financing in the ministry area of the local church. (Rationale: If in the future
a housing allowance is no longer to be provided and a parsonage must be purchased, the
funds would be available.) The current average housing cost shall be recalculated annually
and the 100% corpus adjusted accordingly. Investment income beyond that necessary to
meet the newly 100% corpus may be used to provide the agreed upon housing allowance.
This investment shall be maintained until such time as a local church charge conference and
the cabinet shall decide (for missional reasons) that a parsonage is no longer necessary on
that charge. Use of the principal proceeds will then need to conform to requirements of the
Book of Discipline which stipulates that these funds cannot be used for operating costs; they
can be used to pay down capital debt. The District Church Building and Location Committee
must be involved in determining whether or not a parsonage should be sold. A charge
conference and approval of the Cabinet are also required.
Parsonage Rental: A local church paying a housing allowance to the pastor(s) may
retain the existing parsonage and rent it to a third party. Unless there are compelling missional
reasons, rental to a third party should be at an amount equal to the fair market rental value of
a house similar to the parsonage in the community where the parsonage is located. Rental
income can be used to help provide the agreed upon housing allowance and parsonage
expenses. The parsonage shall continue to be maintained in the manner provided for in the
current Iowa Annual Conference standards, including an annual inspection. Whenever
possible, the lease term should be for one year (renewable annually by agreement)
commencing July 1 and ending June 30 of the following year. A notice of termination of lease
shall be given at least 30 days prior to the vacating date. This will keep the parsonage
available for future appointment needs. Precautions must be taken to insure that the church
does not become financially dependent on rental income to maintain the parsonage. The
church needs to continue to be able to pay for maintenance and improvements without
depending on rental income so that the parsonage is available for future appointment needs.
While the parsonage is rented, it must be placed on the tax rolls.
Mortgage Loans: When a housing allowance is paid to the pastor in lieu of providing a
parsonage and the incoming pastor wishes to purchase a home, but does not have funds for
a down payment, the congregation(s) may lend the amount of a down payment as a low or no
interest loan, which may be borrowed from the escrowed funds from sale of the previous
parsonage . The interest not paid may be subject to IRS taxes.
Providing a Fair Housing Allowance: In determining the appropriate percentage of the
Conference Average Compensation for an annual housing allowance the following factors are
to be considered in the following order:
1. The radius around the church in which the pastor will live;
2. The average cost of homes in that area that meet the annual conference standards;
3. The property taxes and insurance costs in that housing area;
4. The current standard interest rate for a 15-year mortgage.
When a parsonage is not provided, the housing allowance shall be figured at between
25 percent and 40 percent of the CAC.
2003
25% of CAC = $11,767
40% of CAC = $18,828
2004
25% of CAC = $12,080
40% of CAC = $19,328
For pastors of local churches the annual housing allowance must be set annually by the
charge conference.
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LEGISLATIVE SECTION IX
Legislative Chairperson: Bob Dean
Legislative Secretary: Deanna Pullen
The Episcopal Office
The Episcopal Office is responsible for the following ministries and their budgets:
- Episcopal Office Funds
- Episcopacy Committee
- Communication Services and Resources
- Conference Secretary
- Leadership Team
- General and Jurisdictional Delegate Expense Fund
- 2004 North Central Jurisdictional Conference
- Clergy and Diaconal Misconduct Fund
- Episcopal Seminars Fund
- Task Force Funding
Action Item #901
2004 Ministry Plan
Continue working to bring the vision expressed in “Creating Audacious Christian
Communities of Witness, Service, Hospitality, and Transformation” to reality.
NOTE: The financial information table for Action Item #901 appears after Item #909, listed
as fund #601.
Episcopal Office Special Initiatives
-Hope for the Children of Africa
-Bishop’s Discretionary Fund
-Episcopal Candidate Election Fund
-Partner’s in Leadership
Action Item #902
2004 Ministry Plan
The Hope for the Children of Africa offering is to be completed by 2004. The Task Force
will continue to lift up the cause of the poor, especially children.
The Bishop’s Discretionary Fund is funded through personal contributions.
The Episcopal Candidate Election Fund is funded through personal contributions given to
support an Iowa candidate for bishop in 2004.
Partners in Leadership is an endowment established to provide scholarships to students
attending Iowa United Methodist colleges.
NOTE: The financial information table for Item #902 appears after Item #909, listed as fund
#s 762, 822, and 832.
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Episcopacy Committee
Action Item #903
2004 Ministry Plan
Provide support for the Bishop and the Assistant to the Bishop. Complete the profile of the
Iowa Annual Conference for the North Central Jurisdictional Episcopacy Committee.
#609.
Communication Services and Resources
Action Item #904
2004 Ministry Plan
The Communication Services and Resources team will continue to provide resources and tools
that will enable congregations as they develop their own ministries. We will remain current in
our endeavors to communicate the news of The United Methodist Church in new and relevant
ways to all who will hear. We also plan to continue the promotion of the message of “Open
hearts, Open minds, Open doors” through the national media campaign and supplemental
advertising in Iowa. Grace Upon Grace is also a part of our communication strategy to help all
United Methodists stay connected in the body of Christ.
Our service to the denomination is also kept in consideration as we plan to be a part of the
press team at General Conference in 2004. Our commitment to telling the story in Iowa as well
as interpreting the Good News to the entire denomination is an important part of our ministry.
Financial Information
Our financial needs are increasing as we continue to “raise the bar” on communication
products in the Annual Conference. Outlined below are minimum needs for the 2004 budget
year:
#602.
Action Item #905
2004 Ministry Plan
Continuing to work for the Conference by being as prepared as possible for Annual
Conference. This includes working with session planning, CCOM, Rules of Order and Plan
of Organization, and other duties requested by the Bishop and the Conference.
#603.
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General and Jurisdictional Delegate Expense Fund
Action Item #906
2004 Ministry Plan
Fund the expenses of the second and third alternates to the 2004 General Conference.
Host the 2004 North Central Jurisdictional Conference.
#937 and #924.
Clergy and Diaconal Misconduct Committee
Action Item #907
2004 Ministry Plan
Ongoing training for new clergy. Training for SPRC chairs to be implemented. Payment of
counseling fees for victims.
#605.
Episcopal Seminars Fund
Action Item #908
2004 Ministry Plan
To continue to reach these groups in annual events with the Bishop in attendance to provide
leadership.
#606.
Special Task Forces
Action Item #909
2004 Ministry Plan
To continue to provide funding for the task forces the annual conference mandates or the
bishop initiates.
NOTE: Action Item #909 includes the respective 2004 Requested Apportionments listed as
fund #608.
Fund #
601
762
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Episcopal Office
Funds
271,320
Episcopal Candidate
Election Fund
0
Other
Total
60,000
331,320
20
20
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822
832
609
602
603
937
924
605
606
608
Partners in Leadership
Scholarship Initiative
0
Hope for the Children of Africa
0
Episcopacy Committee
5,000
Communication
Services & Resources
538,495
5,185
General & Jurisdictional
Delegate Expense Fund
11,500
2004 NCJ Conference
10,000
Clergy and Diaconal
Misconduct
21,000
Episcopal Seminars
Fund
9,000
Special Task Forces
15,000
TOTALS
886,500
1,245
20,000
0
1,245
20,000
5,000
0
0
538,495
5,185
0
0
11,500
10,000
0
21,000
1,625
0
82,890
10,625
15,000
969,390
The Administrative Committees of the Annual Conference include:
- Annual Conference Session Planning Committee
- Resolutions Committee
- Rules of Order Committee
- Nominations Coordinating Committee
- Leadership Development Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Journal Committee
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee
Action Item #910
2004 Ministry Plan
To continue to evaluate each session and to read the members’ evaluation forms. To
implement changes to provide for better sessions and to plan those sessions.
To continue to provide accessibility for all, including requested translation services, to maintain
a reasonable flow to the agenda, to make the best possible use of time, to integrate uplifting
worship and meaningful work, to continue to operate within the budget while decreasing the
deficit carried forward from previous years.
#918.
Action Item #911
2004 Ministry Plan
To review resolutions as to form and as to whether subject matter is proper for a resolution.
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#919.
Action Item #912
2004 Ministry Plan
Review rules, recommend streamlining and eliminate duplication in effort to make rules more
understandable and usable.
#420.
Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee
Action Item #913
2004 Ministry Plan
We hope to continue to function with more efficiency at filling the positions of leadership. We
did a fairly good job this year and look forward to working out the details, especially in the area
of balancing the committees with a wide variety of people. We also want to find ways to
support each other in this task.
#921.
Leadership Development Committee
Action Item #914
2004 Ministry Plan
Continue to recruit and facilitate development of leadership in the conference.
#922.
Conference Human Resources Committee
Action Item #915
2004 Ministry Plan
The Committee will:
• continue to provide policies which foster a caring, fair and just working environment for all
Conference staff
• monitor changes in state and federal regulations that affect employment practices
• provide assistance as needed for the recruitment and selection of new staff
• ensure personnel policies of incorporated and unincorporated agencies (who receive 50%
or more of funding from apportionments and fees collected by the Annual Conference) are
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•
in compliance with legislation and applicable state and federal laws
determine present and future human resource needs of the Annual Conference, then
create and offer resources, training, etc. as needed
#923.
Conference Journal
Action Item #916
2004 Ministry Plan
We will continue to improve the Conference Journal with a dedicated staff, committed to
accuracy in all we do. The history of the Conference is entrusted to the Journal Publication
staff, and we will do our best to uphold that important trust.
NOTE: Action Item #916 includes the respective 2004 Requested Apportionments, listed as
fund #950.
Fund #
918
919
920
921
922
923
950
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Annual Conference
Session Planning
Committee
384,855
520
Rules of Order
1,225
Nominations Coordinating
5,000
Leadership Dev Com
5,000
Human Resources
10,000
Conference Journal Fund
2,310
TOTAL
408,910
Other
Total
17,000
0
0
0
0
0
25,000
42,000
401,855
520
1,225
5,000
5,000
10,000
27,310
450,910
Board of Trustees
Action Item #917
2004 Ministry Plan
Sources of Income will include revenue from Conference apportionments and Interest from
invested funds.
NOTE: Action Item #917 includes the Total 2004 Apportionment Requests noted below.
Fund #
906
907
908
909
Ministry Area
Dist Office
Equip Rsv
Conf. Computer
Equip. Reserve
Dist. Parsonage
Maintenance Rsv
Dist. Parsonage
2004 Apportionment
Other
Total
24,000
0
24,000
52,000
0
52,000
35,000
0
35,000
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910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
Replacement Rsv
Episcopal Residence
Reserve
Administration
Conference Center
Operations
Conference Center
Equipment Reserve
Conference Center
Replacement Reserve
Priscilla Investment
Workers Comp Ins
Central Services
Total
26,000
0
26,000
15,000
9,000
20,000
0
35,000
9,000
560,000
15,875
575,875
5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0
64,000
790,000
385,578
3,845
18,000
25,998
469,296
385,578
3,845
18,000
89,998
1,259,296
Board of Pensions
Action Item #918
2004 Ministry Plan
During the coming budgeting years, the Board of Pensions will need to closely monitor health
usage of the Conference Health Program and to increase our emphasis upon wellness
programs for our members. In order to protect retirement funds, we may need to make
adjustments regarding retirement benefits for pastors seeking retirement before the age of 65.
We will continue to monitor the Investment of retirement funds.
We will continue to seek outside gifts to the pension fund and for added support of pension
and health services to the conference.
Other recommendations include:
1.
2004 Annuity Rate. The 2004 annuity rate for pre-1982 service will be $483, which is 1%
of the Conference Average Compensation (CAC) as suggested in the 2000 Book of Discipline.
2.
Annuity Years Corrections.
The Conference Board of Pensions reports and recommends the following additions and/or
corrections of annuity credit years:
Marvin Cleair
3/4 year
Allen Call
1 year
Keith Scott
3/4 year
Paul Pennington
1 year
3.
Housing Allowance Exclusion under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 107.
a. An amount equal to 100% of the pension payments received by the retired minister,
or 100% of the disability benefit payments received by a disabled minister during the years
2004 and 2005 be and is hereby designated as housing allowance exclusion under IRC
Section 107 respectively for each retired or disabled ordained or licensed minister of the
United Methodist Church, who is or was a member of the Iowa Annual Conference at the time
of his or her retirement or disability.
b. The pension or disability payment to which this housing allowance exclusion applies
shall be the pension or disability payment resulting from all service of such retired, or disabled
ordained or licensed minister from all employment by any local church, annual conference,
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general agency or institution of the United Methodist Church, or any former denomination that
is now a part of the United Methodist Church, or from any other employer who employed the
minister to perform services related to the ministry and who elected to make contributions to
the pension or benefit funds of the United Methodist Church for such retired minister’s pension
or disabled minister’s benefit.
c. This housing allowance exclusion does not apply to surviving spouses of deceased
pastors under current law.
4.
Cafeteria 125 Clergy and Laity.
a. Purpose. The cafeteria plan sponsored by the Iowa Annual Conference is under the
supervision of the Conference Board of Pensions, Inc. and is administered by a plan
administrator selected by the Conference Board of Pensions, Inc. The plan includes beforetax Conference health insurance premiums and medical care, dependent care, or insurance
premium reimbursement accounts.
b. Clergy Eligible for Cafeteria 125 Plan Participation. Clergy appointed in any of the
following categories are eligible to participate in the plan under the provisions listed:
1) full-time and part-time clergy appointed to an Iowa Annual Conference charge
including student local pastors. Local congregations are encouraged to pay the administrative
cost of the program.
2) full-time or part-time clergy appointed to an Iowa Annual Conference
appointment to extended ministries such as a district superintendent, conference staff person,
or camping staff other than part-time summer employees shall have the administrative costs
paid by the compensating agency. Clergy appointed to other extension ministries are
encouraged to have their compensating agency pay the administrative costs.
c. Diaconal Ministers and Lay Employees Eligible for Cafeteria 125 Plan Participation.
Diaconal ministers and lay employees of an Iowa United Methodist Church and/or other
organizations affiliated with the Iowa Annual Conference may participate in the Conference
Cafeteria 125 Plan provided that he or she is regularly employed no less than 20 hours per
week. Annual conference employees will have the compensating agency pay the
administrative costs of their program. Local congregations are encouraged to pay the
administrative costs for lay and diaconal employees.
Action Item #919
Pension Plan Fund
1.
Past Service Liability Funding (PSL). The unfunded past service liability (UPSL) for
clergy currently active and retired who have service years with the Iowa Annual Conference
prior to 1982 is estimated to be $16,049,123 January 1, 2003 based on an annuity rate of
$471 and a 4% yearly increase. The estimated UPSL is $367,742 for 2004. The UPSL defined
benefit may be funded through apportionments, current investments with the General Board
of Pensions and Health Benefits (GBOPHB) or a combination thereof. The Conference Board
of Pensions Inc., in accordance with plan documents, must accept the goal of funding this
liability by 2021.
The Conference Board of Pensions Inc., in consultation with the GBOPHB, recommends that
the PSL be funded by an annual past service deposit with the GBOPHB each December 31.
For the years 2000, 2001, and 2002 actual past service cost funding has been $1,345,466,
$1,284,406, and $636,056 respectively. It is projected that the past service funding for 2003
and 2004 will be $1,207,907 and $0 (zero) respectively. The Board further recommends that
the deposit be funded by a combination of apportionments, investments, and earnings until the
PSL is fully funded, no later than 2021. The Board will evaluate its long-term funding of the
PSL a minimum of every two years or a maximum of every four years. At the time of each
evaluation, adjustments may need to be made in the funding ratio between apportionments,
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investments, and earnings. Investments as of January 1, 2003 of $21,338,272 within the
GBOPHB, are currently sufficient to fund the past service funding, no money will be needed
from apportionments for the years 2003 and 2004.
2.
Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP). The cost of the Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP) will be
12% of each clergy person’s compensation base in accordance with the provisions of the MPP
plan documents of the GBOPHB and the 2000 Book of Discipline. The cost of the MPP shall
be direct billed to the local churches. Full-time or part-time clergy appointed to an Iowa
Conference appointment of extended ministries such as district superintendent, conference
staff, or camp’s staff shall have their pension share direct billed to the employing Conference
agency. Specifics of the plan are detailed in the plan documents available in the office of
Director of Administrative Services or from the GBOPHB.
3.
Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP). The cost of the Comprehensive Protection Plan
(CPP) for current pastoral service of pastors will be 4.4% of each clergy person’s
compensation base in accordance with the provisions of the CPP plan document of the
GBOPHB and the 2000 Book of Discipline. The cost of the CPP shall be apportioned to each
local church. Full-time or part-time clergy appointed to an Iowa Conference appointment of
extended ministries such as district superintendent, conference staff, or camps staff shall have
their CPP costs direct billed to the employing Conference agency. Specifics of the plan are
detailed in the plan documents available in the office of Director of Administrative Services or
from the GBOPHB.
4.
Cumulative Pension and Benefit Fund (CPBF).
a) The Iowa Annual Conference offers to its Conference lay employees and diaconal
ministers the Cumulative Pension and Benefit Fund (CPBF). The fund is available for those
who meet eligibility requirements. The employer must contribute 6% of the employee’s base
compensation into the fund. The employing agency is responsible for the cost of the plan.
Specifics of the plan and eligibility requirements are detailed in the plan documents and are
available in the office of Director of Administrative Services or from the GBOPHB.
b) The GBOPHB offers to United Methodist churches and church-affiliated organizations
of the Conference the CPBF. The fund is available for those who meet eligibility requirements.
The employer must contribute into the fund. The employing agency is responsible for the cost
of the plan. Specifics of the plan and eligibility requirements are detailed in the plan
documents and are available from the GBOPHB.
5. Basic Protection Plan (BPP).
a) The Iowa Annual Conference offers to its Conference lay employees and diaconal
ministers the Basic Protection Plan (BPP). The plan is available for those who meet eligibility
requirements. The employing agency is responsible for the cost of the plan. The plan offers
death and disability benefits to its participants. Specifics of the plan and eligibility
requirements are detailed in the plan documents and are available in the office of Director of
Administrative Services or from the GBOPHB.
b) The GBOPHB offers to United Methodist churches and church-affiliated organizations
of the Conference the BPP. The plan is available for those who meet eligibility requirements.
The employing organization is responsible for the cost of the plan. The plan offers death and
disability benefits to its participants. Specifics of the plan and eligibility requirements are
detailed in the plan documents and are available from the GBOPHB.
6.
Personal Investment Plan (PIP).
The Iowa Annual Conference participates in the GBOPHB Personal Investment Plan (PIP).
This plan is a retirement savings and investment plan administered by the GBOPHB.
Participants may make contributions on a before- and/or after-tax basis. Only participant
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money will be contributed to PIP. Affiliated agencies of the Conference and local churches
can make contributions on behalf of United Methodist clergy, staff and lay employees.
Specifics of the plan and eligibility requirements are detailed in the plan documents and are
available from the GBOPHB.
7.
Pension Payments for Special Circumstances.
a) CPP for Probationary and/or Commissioned Clergy Members. The Conference shall
pay the premium cost of the CPP for probationary or commissioned members who are not
otherwise covered as the result of an appointment other than a local church. This provision
does not apply to probationary members on leave of absence. The provisions in 919.3 will
take precedence over this provision if applicable.
b) Appointments To Extended Ministries. The cost of MPP and CPP for Probationary,
Commissioned, Full, Associate, Deacon and Elder members of the Conference in
appointments to extended ministries shall be 16.4% of the annual cash salary up to the
Denominational Average Compensation (DAC). The salary paying unit shall pay the MPP and
CPP costs.
c) Continuing Formation and Spiritual Growth Leave. Clergy members of the Iowa
Conference on Continuing Formation and Spiritual Growth leave shall be continued in MPP
with the compensation paying unit responsible for the 12% share of salary up to the DAC.
d) CPP for Less Than Full-Time Clergy Appointments. Probationary, Commissioned,
Full, Associate, and Deacon members of the Conference appointed to “Less than Full-Time”
status to a local charge shall have their CPP premiums paid by the Conference.
e) Adoption Agreements. Each year the Conference Board of Pensions, Inc. signs an
adoption agreement with the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits which details
clergy eligibility, cost and benefits available for MPP and CPP; and for Conference Lay
Employees on CPBF and BPP.
Action Item #920
Health Insurance: Iowa UMC Health Plan
A.
Role of Board of Pensions: The Board of Pensions of the Iowa Annual Conference
of The United Methodist Church offers a self-funded health insurance plan, called the
Iowa UMC Health Plan, for the benefit of the Iowa Annual Conference. Within the
guidelines authorized by the membership, a Board of Directors (the Conference
Board of Pensions) manages this program, determines its benefits and limits,
contracts with other firms for services, establishes rates and collects premiums, and
invests assets.
B.
Overview of Coverage: A plan booklet, distributed in February, 2003, defines the
coverages and limits. The insurance plan for 2003 includes a $400 deductible for
single coverage and $800 for family coverage. The family contract covers spouses
and single, dependent children who are under the age of 19 or who are full-time
students, as defined, at the accredited educational institution. Each participant is
enrolled in a preferred provider network. For services provided by members of the
network, the deductible is waived and claims are paid on a 90/10 basis. Out of
network claims are paid in a 70/30 basis. There is a $10 co-pay for office visits to
in-network providers. Maximum out of pocket expense is limited to $1,250 per year
for single contracts and $2,500 per year for family contracts with a life time limit of
$1,000,000 per individual. Prescription drug coverage is $7 co-pay per prescription
for generic drugs and $30 or 30% co-pay per prescription, which ever is greater, for
brand name drugs. The maximum out of pocket expense for prescriptions is $250
per person and $500 per family.
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Premiums and benefits for the coming year will be determined by September
30 of the current year.
C.
Eligibility: Any person in one of the following categories may enroll in the Iowa UMC
Health Plan (all clergy serving churches in the Iowa Conference must enroll, or sign
a waiver of coverage form):
•
Clergy who are non-retired members of the Iowa Annual Conference, with the
following exceptions:
a. The eligibility of a clergy member who is on leave of absence expires after
12 months, and
b. The eligibility of a clergy member who is on disability leave expires after the
disabled person is eligible for social security disability, at which time the
person will be transferred to the Iowa UMC Medicare Supplement Plan.
c. Clergy on honorable location are not eligible.
•
Other clergy who serve under the appointment of the bishop of the Iowa Area.
•
Clergy who are retired members of the Iowa Annual Conference who are under
the age of 65 or whose spouses are under the age of 65, provided they were
participants in the plan immediately prior to retirement.
•
Employees of the conference who are employed at least 21 hours per week or
at least 1,000 hours per year.
•
Employees of local churches of the conference, or of affiliate organizations of
the conference, who are employed at least 21 hours per week or at least 1,000
hours per year, as determined by the compensation-paying unit.
•
Diaconal Ministers of the Iowa Conference who are employed at least 21 hours
per week or at least 1,000 hours per year, as determined by the compensationpaying unit.
•
Employees and diaconal ministers who are retired but under the age of 65 or
whose spouses are under the age of 65, provided they were participants in the
immediately prior to retirement.
•
The surviving spouse and children of a deceased person who was enrolled in
the plan with a family contract at time of death, except the eligibility shall expire
if the surviving spouse remarries provided that all children are otherwise
insurable.
D.
Late Enrollment: Those persons eligible to participate in the health insurance plan
must enroll in the plan within 60 days after the date their eligibility would begin. If
enrollment occurs after 60 days, then the person and family will have a 12 month
waiting period for pre-existing medical conditions for which medical advice,
diagnosis, care or treatment was recommended or received within a six-month
period ending on the enrollment date, unless the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act takes precedence.
E.
COBRA and Reinsurance:
1. Although the Iowa UMC Health Plan is exempt from compliance with Federal
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) regulations, the
Board of Pensions will voluntarily comply with the intent of COBRA. Any person
who becomes ineligible to continue participation in the Iowa UMC Health Plan
will be sent a letter explaining his or her COBRA rights, including the right to
participate under COBRA for up to 18 months, paying 102%.
2. The Board of Pensions is a member of the Iowa Individual Health Benefit
Reinsurance Association. Any person who becomes ineligible to continue
participation in the Iowa UMC Health Plan, who has participated for at least 12
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months, may apply for individual coverage in a basic or standard health
insurance plan through this Association.
F.
Billing:
1. Clergy participants who are serving churches in the Conference are billed for
one-third of the premium; the congregations they serve are required to pay the
remaining two-thirds. Effective July 1, 2004, this is true even if the pastor
appointed is a retired pastor under the age of 65..
2. Clergy participants appointed to extension ministries funded by the Conference
are billed for one-third of the premium; the conference agencies they serve are
required to pay the remaining two-thirds.
3. Clergy participants and conference lay staff who took retirement prior to July 1,
2003 will be billed according to the rules of #1003, p. 199, 2002 IACJ.
4. Clergy participants and conference lay staff who take retirement after December
31, 2005 shall pay the entire premium if they are under-age to be eligible for
medicare supplement.
5. Clergy participants and conference lay staff who take retirement during 2005
and who are under the age 64 shall pay the entire premium. Those who take
retirement during 2004 and who are under age 63 shall pay the entire amount.
After they reach the required age (63 or 64) the conference may pay a portion
of their premium, as follows:
a. Those who were not participants in the plan for the five years immediately
before retirement shall pay the entire premium:
b. Those who have been in the plan for 20 years or some other comparable
connectional plan in which five of those years has been immediately prior
to retirement will pay one-third of the entire premium.
c. Others who have been in the plan for less than 20 years or some other
comparable connectional plan in which five of those years has been
immediately prior to retirement will pay one-third of the entire premium plus
an amount equal to the ratio of years they were in the plan for less than 20
years.
6. Clergy and conference lay staff who have been approved for disability leave by
the GBOPHB are billed for one-third of the premium; the Conference shall be
apportioned two-thirds of the premium.
7. Clergy participants who have not taken retirement and who are not under
appointment to local churches or to extension ministries are billed the full
premium.
8. For clergy in extension ministries and for lay employee participants, the full
premium is billed to their employing agencies.
9. Surviving spouses and dependent children of deceased clergy members who
had pension claims upon the Iowa Annual Conference are billed for the same
percent of the premium that the deceased participant was billed; the remainder
of the premium is paid by conference apportionments.
10. Surviving spouses and dependent children of other deceased participants are
billed for the full premium.
11. Spouses of retired clergy, who are under the age of 65 shall be billed at the
percentage of premium costs as our benefit rules define for their clergy spouse.
12. Retired local church lay employees who have been on the plan prior to
retirement shall be billed on agreement between themselves & employers’
agency.
G.
Premium Delinquencies:
1. Participants in the Iowa UMC Health Plan who are more than two months or
.
2.
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sixty (60) days delinquent in the payment of their share of the premium shall
have their coverage suspended after notification from the Administrative
Services Office to the participant and the participant’s district superintendent or
other appropriate supervisor, if there is one.
a. Participants who are delinquent in their payments will be given an
opportunity to make arrangements with the Director of Administrative
Services for payment of the delinquent account. If payment arrangements
have not been made within ten (10) days of the first notification, health
insurance coverage will be terminated.
b. If a terminated participant wishes to re-enroll in the Iowa UMC Health Plan,
proof of insurability will be required which may result in some or all preexisting medical conditions being excluded from coverage for 12 months.
All premium delinquencies must be paid prior to reinstatement.
Participants whose employers are delinquent in the payment of their share of
the premium, or who are delinquent in submitting the participants’ share which
was part of a salary-reduction agreement, shall receive notification from the
Administrative Services Office with copies to the employer and the participant’s
district superintendent or other appropriate supervisor, if there is one.
Exceptions: The Board of Directors of the Board of Pensions is authorized to make
exceptions to any of the above requirements in special or unique circumstances. The
Director of Administrative Services is authorized to make interpretations and adjustments
in individual situations.
The Board of Pensions and Health review the decision not to cover specific disabilities
including but not limited to developmental disabilities (i.e. autism) and speech language
pathology and bring a report to the 2004 Annual Conference.
The Board of Pensions shall be directed to request of our Annual Conference Health Insurance
carrier an estimate of the cost to the Iowa Conference churches for the excess weight we are
carrying. This figure is to be reported to the Iowa Conference by appropriate channels and
used to begin a conversation about how we can be better stewards of the bodies God has
loaned us.
Action Item #921
Health Insurance for Retirees: Iowa UMC Medicare Supplement Plan
A.
Role of Board of Pensions: The Board of Pensions of the Iowa Annual Conference
of The United Methodist Church offers a Medicare Supplement Plan for the benefit
of the Iowa Annual Conference. Within the guidelines authorized by the membership,
a Board of Directors manages this program, determines its benefits and limits,
contracts with other firms for services, establishes rates and collects premiums and
invests assets of the Retired Health Insurance Fund.
B.
Overview of Coverage:
1. All contracts shall be single subscriber contracts.
2. Services paid are the “Usual, Customary and Reasonable.”
3. Chiropractic services and Hospice Care are included.
4. Prescription medications are not covered.
5. Premiums for the coming year will be determined by November 1 of the
current year.
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C.
Eligibility: Any person in one of the following categories may enroll in the Iowa UMC
Medicare Supplement Plan:
1. Clergy who retired from the Iowa Annual Conference according to The Book of
Discipline, 2000, were on the Conference Health Insurance plan for a minimum
of 5 years before retirement, and who are eligible for Medicare.
a. Clergy who retired from the Iowa Annual Conference prior to July 1, 2003 will
be eligible according to the plan documents in effect the year of retirement.
b. Clergy who retire between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2008 and who were
not on the Iowa UMC Health Plan for the required years before retirement but
otherwise would be eligible will be considered eligible if they participate in the
Health Plan from July 1, 2003 until they are eligible for Medicare.
2. Clergy who are members of the Iowa Conference who are disabled and who
have been on social security disability.
3. Lay persons who meet all of the following requirements:
a. They were participants in the Iowa UMC Health Plan for 5 years
immediately prior to retirement.
b. have retired,
c. have reached the age of 65, and,
d. are eligible for medicare.
4. The spouses or the surviving spouses of all of the above, if they have reached
the age of 65, and are eligible for medicare.
D.
Billing:
1. Clergy participants and conference lay staff who took retirement prior to July 1,
2003 will be billed according to the rules of #1004, p. 201, 2002 IACJ.
2. Clergy and conference lay staff (and their spouses and surviving spouses) who
retire after June 30, 2003 and who were participants in the Iowa UMC Health
Plan or some other comparable connectional plan:
a. For 20 years or more with at least five of those years being immediately
prior to retirement will pay one-third of the entire premium.
b. For less than 20 years with at least five of those years being immediatel
prior to retirement, will pay one-third of the entire premium plus an amount
equal to the ratio of years they were in the plan for less than 20 years.
c. For less than five years immediately prior to retirement will pay the entire
premium. However, those retiring prior to June 30, 2008 and who
participate in the Iowa UMC Heatlh Plan from July 1, 2003 until they are
eligible for Medicare pay according to their years of participation in the
Health Plan, without the five year requirement.
d. Spouses or surviving spouses are billed the same per cent of the premium
as the clergy and Conference lay employees.
3. Clergy who have been approved for disability leave by the GBOPHB, and
spouses or surviving spouses of the same, are billed for one-third of the
premium; the Retired Health Insurance Fund will pay two-thirds of the premium.
4. Clergy who did not serve under appointment to an Iowa Conference local
church or to a position for which the Iowa Conference had pension responsibility
during the last five years immediately before retirement, and spouses or
surviving spouses of the same, are billed for the entire cost of the premium.
5. Retired local church lay employees and spouses or surviving spouses of the
same, are billed for the entire cost of the premium.
6. Clergy members who formerly served as Diaconal Ministers shall have their
years of participating in the agency sponsoring health plan while serving
7.
E.
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churches and serving the Iowa Conference and the General Church added
together to calculate their share of the premium cost.
Effective July 1, 2004 when clergy who are in the Iowa UMC Medicare
Supplement Plan are appointed to serve churches in the Conference those
churches are billed for the Conference’s share of the premium unless the
appointment is an interim appointment of less than six months.
Premium delinquency: Participants in the Iowa UMC Medicare Supplement Plan
who are more than two months or sixty (60) days delinquent in the payment of their
share of the premium shall have their coverage suspended after notification from the
Administrative Services Office. Participants who are delinquent will be given an
opportunity to make arrangements with the Director of Administrative Services for
payment of the delinquent account. If payment arrangements have not been made
within ten (10) days of the first notification, the medicare supplement will be
terminated.
Action Item #922
Waivers of Participation in the Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP)
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church amended Article III of the MPP to
allow some itinerant clergy persons and local pastors whose participation in the MPP is
mandated by 1996 Book of Discipline to elect to waive their participation in the MPP. The Iowa
Annual Conference hereby adopts the policy that a clergy person who is an ordained member
and is appointed to less than full time service or a clergy person who is a part-time or student
local pastor or other denomination may voluntarily elect not to participate in the MPP providing:
1) a Waiver of Participation form is signed by the participant and the participant’s
spouse.
2) the Waiver of Participation form is filed with the GBOPHB, the district
superintendent and the Conference Board of Pensions, Inc.
3) the request for waiver is approved by the Conference Board of Pensions, Inc.
The MPP is a benefit offered to all clergy under appointment in the Iowa Annual Conference
and, as such, no United Methodist Church in Iowa may deny their clergy participation in this
plan. A participant may not be coerced into signing the waiver and signing the waiver cannot
be a condition of the clergy person serving that congregation.
The clergy who elects not to participate in the MPP understands that because of their election,
no contributions will be made to this plan on their behalf, nor will any benefit accrue for them.
The waiver is binding on them and their heirs and on all other persons who might otherwise
claim benefits because of their participation.
The waiver is effective on the date the “Waiver of Participation” is signed and shall remain in
effect until the date the clergy elects to revoke this decision. Any revocation shall apply only
to future contributions. The Conference, the Board of Pensions, Inc. or the local church will
not be required to make retroactive contributions to cover any of the employment prior to the
date that the waiver is revoked. A clergy may enroll in the plan only if all eligibility
requirements are met as set forth in the plan document.
The Conference Board of Pension, Inc. may choose not to honor this waiver if participation in
the plan is necessary in order for the plan to satisfy the requirements of any section of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Action Item #923
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Conference Wellness Program
The Wellness Program of the Iowa Annual Conference is sponsored by the Conference Board
of Pensions, Inc. The purpose of the Wellness Program is to assist the participants of the
Conference health plans in maintaining and improving their comprehensive health status. The
Wellness Program may offer resources, personnel, and events in the areas of physical,
emotional/mental, and spiritual wellness. These resources and events will be administered
by the Wellness Coordinator as directed by the Wellness Committee of the Conference Board
of Pensions, Inc. The goals of the wellness program are to (1) provide an Annual Conference
Health event during the time of the Annual Conference (2) provide information about wellness
in District Newsletters and other publications of the Conference (3) compile statistical data
about the wellness and health habits of the Conference clergy
NOTE: Action Items of the Board of Pensions include these 2004 Apportionments:
Fund #
928
929
930
931
933
934
935
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Administration
150,000
Pension Benefit
350,000
Pension Direct Bill
Assistance
15,000
Health Insurance
669,325
Medicare Suppl.
850,000
Health Ins Direct
Bill Assistance
15,000
Wellness Program
24,855
Total
2,074,180
Other
5,200
5,087,660
Total
155,200
5,437,660
0
7,439,055
387,525
15,000
8,108,380
1,237,525
0
0
12,919,440
15,000
24,855
14,993,620
Other Conference Ministries
- Conference Advance Specials
- Native American Fund Offerings
- Institutional Gifts
- Other Conference Benevolences
- Meskwaki Ministry of Presence
- College Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Westmar Endowment Fund
Action Item #924
2004 Ministry Plan
Local congregations throughout the year give generously to support a variety of ministries.
The Treasurer’s Office receives this money and passes it on to the designated ministries.
Gifts given to Conference Advance Specials support a variety of specialized programs that are
located within the State of Iowa and help us share Christ’s love.
Native American Sunday Offering is received each year in local congregations and the amount
reported here is the share the Iowa Annual Conference uses to support native american
ministries within Iowa.
Local congregations often raise funds to support United Methodist related institutional
ministries within the Iowa Conference.
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Also, local congregations raise funds to support non-United Methodist related institutions and
ministries within the state. This support is defined as other benevolences.
The United Methodist Church of Iowa has a special ministry of presence in the Meskwaki
Indian settlement community. Congregations throughout the state support this ministry with
many special gifts.
Throughout the years many people have been generous in establishing college scholarships
to be managed by the Annual Conference. These funds are administered by the Iowa United
Methodist Foundation for the benefit of United Methodist students and those who attend the
United Methodist colleges of Iowa. The amount listed below represents projected investment
earnings from the corpus of the fund.
When Westmar College closed part of their endowment was given to the Iowa United
Methodist Foundation to be used for scholarships. The amount listed below represents
projected investment earnings from the corpus of the fund.
NOTE: This report is for information purposes only.
Fund #
706
779
787
788
763
735
831
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Conf Adv Specials
0
Native American
Offerings
0
Institutional Gifts
0
Other Conference
Benevolence
0
Meskwaki Ministry
Presence
0
College Scholarship
Endowment
0
Westmar Endowment
0
Total
0
Other
190,000
Total
190,000
18,000
10,000
18,000
10,000
110,000
110,000
34,540
34,540
16,740
27,300
406,580
16,740
27,300
406,580
Action Item #925
2004 Ministry Plan
Development of a method to pay General Church and Jurisdictional Apportionments in full
each year and to repay those past due. Assist in developing a new apportionment
interpretation program around the connectional church. Develop guidelines to help local
churches be financially responsible.
The Council on Finance and Administration also makes the following recommendations:
1. Iowa United Methodist churches are requested to have a Rust College Day Offering. The
Conference shall set the date for this offering not less than three weeks after the Human
Relations Day Offering. The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry is responsible
for promoting this offering.
2. Every Iowa United Methodist church shall observe the six special church-wide Sunday
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offerings as listed in ¶263 of the 2000 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. They
are Human Relations Day, One Great Hour of Sharing, Native American Awareness Sunday
in which 50% of the offering remains in the Iowa Annual Conference under the supervision of
the Committee on Native American Ministry, Peace with Justice Sunday in which 50% of the
offering remains in the Iowa Annual Conference under the supervision of Conference Board
of Church and Society, World Wide Communion Sunday and United Methodist Student Day.
Three special Sundays without church-wide offerings be observed as listed in paragraph
#264 of the 2000 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. They are Heritage
Sunday, Laity Sunday, and Organ and Tissue Donor Sunday.
In addition to these special Sundays, churches in the Iowa Annual Conference are
encouraged to provide offering opportunities as listed in the paragraph #265 of the 2000 Book
of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. They are Golden Cross Sunday with promotion
and supervision by the Conference Board of Global Ministries, Christian Education Sunday
with promotion and supervision by the Conference Board of Discipleship, Rural Life Sunday
with promotion and supervision by the Conference Board of Global Ministries, and Disability
Awareness Sunday with promotion and supervision by the Conference Commission on
Ministry with Persons With Disabilities.
3. Mileage for conference staff shall be reimbursed at the IRS mileage rate presently in force.
4. Reimbursements for persons attending conference board and agency meetings shall be:
a. 15 cents per mile for one person in the vehicle attending a conference meeting, 25
cents per mile for two persons in the vehicle attending a conference meeting, and 35 cents
per mile for three persons or more in the vehicle attending a conference meeting.
b. $85 per night for lodging and meals.
5. The Conference Council of Finance and Administration (CFA) is granted authority to make
necessary editorial adjustments in the 2004 Conference Budget.
6. The Conference Council of Finance and Administration has examined the 2002 fiscal year
audit report as submitted by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP and hereby reports the audit to be
acceptable and in order.
7. A clergy person appointed by the Iowa Annual Conference to developing churches not yet
officially constituted or to positions within the Conference shall have the housing allowance
exclusion, as defined under Section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code, determined by CFA
prior to the beginning of each new year or prior to the beginning of each clergy’s employment.
The housing exclusion may vary depending upon individual circumstances.
8. Discontinuation or Abandonment of Local Church Property shall proceed following these
guidelines:
a. The 2000 Book of Discipline ¶2548 outlines some of the procedures for discontinuation
or abandonment. The district superintendent shall obtain and consider an opinion of legal
counsel as to the existence of any reversion, possibility of reverter, right of reacquisition or
similar restrictions to the benefit of any party.
b. Consent for discontinuation or abandonment must be received from the following:
1) vote of local charge conference
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2) consent of the presiding bishop
3) consent of the majority of the district superintendents
4) consent of the district board of church location and building
c. When a local church is discontinued, the district superintendent shall select another
United Methodist Church and transfer its members thereto, or to such other churches the
members may select.
d. If the property is sold, an appraisal or other reliable data should be obtained to aid in
determining a fair sale price. It is recommended that information be forwarded to the
chairperson of the Conference Board of Trustees for examination and for the purpose of
creating a Deed of Transfer/Sale.
e. The Disposition of Property shall occur as follows:
1) if the church is discontinued but a local board of trustees remains active, the sale
and/or other disposition of the property and the building contents shall be the responsibility of
that active board of trustees in consultation with the district board of church location and
building.
2) if the church does not have an active board of trustees, the church shall be declared
abandoned and the Conference Board of Trustees becomes responsible for the property. Its
disposition shall be in conjunction with the district board of church location and building.
3) proceeds from the sale of the property shall be disbursed in the following order of
priority:
a) any outstanding local bills such as utility, telephone, salary etc.
b) outstanding pension or health insurance direct bills
c) any unpaid apportionments for the previous 10 years
d) remaining amounts shall be disbursed at the discretion of the active local board
of trustees or, if the church is abandoned, the amount shall be placed in the Conference
Abandoned Church Fund to be disbursed by the Conference Board of Trustees.
4) All deeds, records and other official and legal papers, including the contents of the
cornerstone of the church, shall be collected by the district superintendent and deposited for
permanent safekeeping with the Commission on Archives and History.
5) Any gift, legacy, bequest, devise, annuity or other benefit to a pastoral charge or
local church that accrues shall become the property of the Conference Board of Trustees. The
trustees shall, in so far as possible, honor the original intent of the gift, legacy, bequest, devise,
annuity or other benefit.
6) The district superintendent will be asked to present to the Annual Conference any
resolution for a local church(es) to be declared abandoned and/or discontinued.
9. Apportionment Formula:
a. The formula used to apportion the Conference Budget to the churches of the
Conference shall be the four year average of local church operating expenses (excluding
utilities, property and liability insurance and capital expenditures), program expenses, and
pastoral support. All grants, loans and advance special income given to mission
congregations will be exempt from determining their fair share apportionment. The actual
church apportionment is limited to a maximum 10% increase.
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b. Newly constituted congregations shall be apportioned ten percent of its fair share of all
apportionments the first full calendar year after it is chartered. Its apportionments shall be
increased ten percent per year based on its fair share for the first four years. For the next four
years, its apportionments shall be increased by fifteen percent. This will enable new churches
to reach full apportionments in eight years after the charter year. The four year average of
operating expenses, program expenses, and pastoral support for each newly chartered church
will be determined by using the immediately previous four years’ statistics available from the
Conference statistical tables or, if four years of statistics are not available, the average will be
that of the years entered into the statistical tables. All grants, loans and advance special
receipts are exempt from being included as money used for expenses in the four year average.
Limitations found in 925.9a. are only in effect when a church has reached 100%
apportionment. The above process of yearly stepping up the apportionment amounts does not
preclude any congregation from contributing to the apportionments a larger amount than
apportioned by the formula. To help each new church know what its full apportionments would
be, the Conference Treasurer will report that amount to the church at the time when the new
year’s apportionments are announced.
c. In critical missional situations a team of persons from the Cabinet, Conference Council
on Finance and Administration, and Parish Development Standing Committee shall be
established to review the specific issues and develop a response that would encourage a
church to develop a pattern of faithfulness to our connectional apportionments. This response,
made prior to calculation of apportionments (Judicial Council Decision 818), may include a
temporary, partial or full relief from apportionments on a year to year basis. The plan of action
is intended to allow a church to maintain a positive pattern of growth.
d. The calculation steps for the formula are as follows:
1) The four year average of operating expenses, program expenses, and pastoral
support for each church is determined by using the immediately previous four years available
from the Conference statistical tables. If a church fails to provide statistical table information
at the time determined by the Conference Statistician, their apportionments shall increase the
maximum 10%.
2) The Conference four year average is determined by adding together the amounts
from all churches as computed from step 9.d.1) above.
3) The result from step 9.d.1) for each church is divided into the Conference four year
average from step 9.d.2) yielding a percentage for each church.
4) The result from step 9.d.3) for each church is multiplied times each of the
Conference funds resulting in the apportionment for each church.
5) The result from 9.d.4) may be limited as described in 9.a. above.
e. Each district may apportion an amount within that district to support the ministry and
programs of that district. The formula used by the district shall be determined by a vote of the
District Conference upon recommendation of the District Council on Ministries. The district
apportionment must be approved by CFA and by the Annual Conference. Each year the
Conference Budget shall include each district’s formula and a listing of the programs to be
supported by the district apportionment as a part of CFA’s budget report.
10. In order to implement the revised budget format, as required by FASB (Financial
Accounting Standards Board), and provide needed information, the budget information in the
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Conference Journal and in the Pre-Conference Manual shall include supplemental information
on agency budgets and program expenses, providing at least as much specific information as
in the 1998 Conference Journal.
11. Each December, or before start of employment, CFA shall establish an amount to be
considered housing exclusion as defined by Section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code for all
eligible Conference Staff.
12. 1. Goals:
a) Goal #1: Reach 100% payment of apportionments.
Strategy:
1) Communications, CFA, CCMC and the Appointive Cabinet will develop new
apportionment interpretation materials and implement new effective interpretation
methods to increase the level of paid apportionments.
2) The Appointive Cabinet, CCMC and CFA will establish criteria for evaluating
congregations who pay less than 100% of their apportionments and develop a plan of
action appropriate to the cause of non 100% payment. These criteria will be reported
to the 2004 Session of the Iowa Annual Conference.
3) The Appointive Cabinet, CCMC and CFA will explore any possible link between
ministerial appointments or other valued services and regular payment of
apportionments.
b) Goal #2:
1) Further increase our Unrestricted Reserve Fund by the amount equal to 10%
of the Annual Conference apportioned budget to give the Conference a comfortable
cash-flow throughout the whole year.
2) Maintain the Unrestricted Reserve Fund at that level.
Strategy:
1) Place in each year’s budget, beginning in 1999, a line item for the Unrestricted
Reserve Fund.
2) Each fall CFA, based on the previous years’ apportionment receipts, will instruct
each board or agency to prioritize their spending for the coming year and submit the
revised spending budget to CFA. If the board or agency has a program that needs to
be funded at 100%, the balance of the remaining programs may be funded at a ratio of
the remaining budget.
3) The Annual Conference authorizes CFA, if necessary, to negotiate a line of
credit from a commercial lender for the remainder of 2004 and 2005 to cover lease
contracts, salaries, equitable compensation grants and grants to Connectional
agencies, institutions and missional churches. The amount of the line of credit shall not
exceed $1,200,000. If the line of credit becomes necessary, the repayment plan will
become an additional obligation of the Annual Conference and may be reflected in
increased apportionment askings (2000 Book of Discipline ¶611.9).
Fund #
902
903
998
Ministry Area
2004 Apportionment
Admin Services
824,110
CFA Admin
40,000
Working Capital Rsv
114,677
Total
978,787
Other
54,000
0
15,000
69,000
Total
878,110
40,000
129,677
1,047,787
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Action Item #926. Extension of the Capital Campaign for the Camps
Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) in consultations with the Conference Council on
Ministries, requests the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference give the Board of Camps, Conference
and Retreat Ministries the right to extend the Conference wide and Local Church solicitation
phase of the Camps Capital Fund Campaign until the 2004 Annual Conference Session. Prior
to the 2004 Session, the Campaign’s progress will be reviewed by CFA to determine the
possibility of the Conference wide and Local Church solicitation phase extending until the 2005
Annual Conference Session.
Action Item #927. Petition to 2004 General Conference Support of Africa University
WHEREAS: The Africa University initiative formally began by the inspiring address delivered
by Bishop Emilio de Carvalho of Angola at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
of The United Methodist Church in October, 1984; and
WHEREAS: Bishop de Carvalho was joined by Bishop Arthur Kulah of Liberia, Bishop F.
Herbert Skeete, then President of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, Bishop
Felton E. May, then President of the General Council on Ministries, and other members in
discussing the educational needs of Africa and ways the denomination might respond to this
challenge; and
WHEREAS: The African Central Conferences of The United Methodist Church asked the
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and the General Board of Global Ministries
to assist them in developing significant post-secondary institutions of learning for the churches
of Africa; and
WHEREAS: In St. Louis, Missouri, the 1988 General Conference of The United Methodist
Church overwhelmingly approved the establishment of a university on the continent of Africa
to be built in Zimbabwe and authorized an apportionment of $10 million over a four year period
and an additional $10 million to be raised through World Service Special Gifts; and
WHEREAS: The official ground breaking for the university occurred on site in Old Mutare in
1991, and Africa University opened in 1992 with two faculties and forty students representing
six nations on the African continent; and
WHEREAS: Africa University celebrated its tenth anniversary November 13-17, 2002, during
which celebrations the Council of Presidents of the denomination’s eleven historically Black
colleges and universities met on the University’s campus for the first time; the Association of
United Methodist Theological Schools met on the University’s campus for the first time; Ms.
Graça Simbine Machel, wife of President Nelson Mandela, delivered the keynote anniversary
address and was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Law degree; the Faculty of Theology
building built by the South Carolina Annual Conference was dedicated and named in honor of
its resident bishop, Bishop J. Lawrence McCleskey; two dormitories built by the South Indiana
Annual Conference (Bishop Woodie W. White resident bishop) were dedicated and one named
in honor of Vice-Chancellor Rukudzo Murapa and his wife Helen, and the second named in
honor of the Associate Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, James H. Salley; and
the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission Program was recognized and commended for its
ministry in building ten staff houses in ten years; and
WHEREAS: Africa University’s enrollment reached a significant milestone in 2002 with its
student population reaching 1,123 representing 22 African nations; and
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WHEREAS: The number of faculties has grown from two in 1992 to five in 2002 with the sixth
faculty scheduled to open in the fall of 2003; and
WHEREAS: In February 2003, Africa University launched its Institute of Peace, Leadership
and Governance with an initial enrollment of 15 students, each of whom will earn a masters
degree in Peace and Governance (MPG); and
WHEREAS: 880 Africa University alumni have been deployed across the African continent
in fulfillment of the University’s mission to train new leaders for the nations of Africa---new
leaders like Walter Manyangawirwa, who was in the first graduating class at Africa University
and who is now a leader in the field of study of fungi, viruses, bacteria and other plant
diseases; and
WHEREAS: Africa University is the only private institution of higher learning on the African
continent that may fly the international flag of the United Nations; and
WHEREAS: Africa University has been called “...one of the great success stories of Christian
missions in the world today” by Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity
International; and
WHEREAS: The General Council on Ministries at its fall meeting held in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania on October 28, 2002 unanimously adopted a resolution expressing “its sincere
congratulations and warm best wishes to Africa University on the occasion of its Tenth
Anniversary,” and avowing to “continue to stand in solidarity with Africa University and the
United Methodist churches of Africa in educating for the right, speaking out against the wrong,
and faithfully responding to the call of God to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel”; and
WHEREAS: The support and enthusiasm of United Methodists world-wide for Africa University
are demonstrated in the apportionments remitted annually, the second-mile givings, and
contributions from churches and individuals for the Africa University Endowment Fund; and
WHEREAS: the Iowa Annual Conference calls upon each local church in the annual
conference to pay the full Africa University apportioned line item and give generously to the
Africa University Endowment Fund;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the General Conference affirms that Africa University
is a dynamic and important mission project of The United Methodist Church; affirms the
leadership of all those involved in the continuing development and day-to-day operations of
the university; commends the Africa University Board of Directors and advisory Development
Committee for their persistence, diligence, and visionary leadership in overcoming the
obstacles and barriers to fulfilling the dream.
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED: that the 2004 General Conference make Africa University a
priority and allocate an apportionment of $10 million over a four year period and an additional
$10 million to be raised through World Service Special Gifts to continue development,
construction, and endowment of Africa University as outlined in the planning process
determined by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and the Africa University
Board of Directors.
Submitted by: Bishop Palmer on behalf of Africa University
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Action Item #928 Rule of Order Change
Increase the Number of Members of the Board of Ordained Ministry for the
Quadrennium beginning in 2004
II.C.3. Board of Ordained Ministry
page 250, line 48 “60 members” should be changed to “70 members.”
Page 251, line 9, Membership shall consist of “sixty” persons should be changed
to “seventy” persons.
Effective as follows: At the 2004 Session of the Iowa Annual Conference, seventy members
will be elected to the Board of Ordained Ministry.
Action Item #929 Proposed Rule of Order Change
To Update the Board of Laity Rules to Reflect Disciplinary Language and include the
second School for Lay Ministry Site
page 250,
II.C.2.c.(6).(a) Officers of the board and members of the executive committee shall be the
chairperson (Conference Lay Leader), vice-chairperson/financial secretary (Associate
Conference Lay Leader [see ¶603.c, 2002 Discipline])...
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I.E.2.a.14 Deans from each School of Lay Ministry and one other...
OTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORTS
Iowa Annual Conference Apportioning Basis
The basis for apportioning the 2004 Conference budget adopted by the Iowa Annual
Conference at the 2003 Conference Session is as follows:
The 4-year average of local church operating expense, program expense, and pastoral
support, divided by the Conference totals of the same expenses. The actual church
apportionment is limited to a maximum 10% increase. All grants, loans and advance
special income given to mission congregations will be exempt from determining their
fair share apportionment. Churches that are considered “new church starts” have an
application of the above formula to be phased into reaching 100% of their share of each
year’s apportionments.
NOTE: Following is an example only.
Example: (These numbers are for illustration purposes only. Actual calculation factors may
vary.)
Anywhere, Iowa United Methodist Church
Using the 2002, 2001, 2000, and 1999, statistical reports for the 2004 apportionments
calculations, the following calculation process is used:
(1)
The local church operating expense, program expense, and pastoral support for each
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year is added together and averaged over the four years:
(2)
2002
2001
2000
1999
$62,596
62,567
58,058
59,607
Total
$242,828
The local church operating expenses, program expenses, and pastoral support for each
year is added together for all churches in the Conference and averaged over the four
years:
2002
2001
2000
1999
-
Total
(3)
Average: $60,707
$39,395,139
$37,380,052
36,249,510
34,528,104
$147,552,805
Average:
$36,888,201
Divide local church average by Conference average to obtain the 4-year average
percent for the Anywhere, Iowa United Methodist Church:
$60,707
=
.00164570237
$36,888,201
(4)
The Anywhere, Iowa United Methodist Church 4-year average percent is multiplied by
the apportionment totals:
Ministerial Support
Administrative Ministries
World Service/Conf. Benev.
Other Ministries
Total 2003 Apportionment
(5)
$6,093,474
2,386,139
5,671,522
223,239
x
x
x
x
.00164570237
.00164570237
.00164570237
.00164570237
= $10,028
= 3,927
= 9,334
=
368
$23,657
The 2004 apportionment is compared to the 2003 apportionment. If the 2004
apportionment varies more than a 10% increase from the 2003 apportionment, the 2004
apportionment is then limited to the 10% increase. If the 2004 apportionment is less than
a 10% increase, the apportionment may be increased by an amount that would have
been originally distributed to churches that would have had more than a 10% increase.
Newly constituted congregations are exempt from this 10% limit.
Newly constituted congregations shall be apportioned ten percent of its fair share of all
apportionments the first calender year after it is charted. Its apportionments shall be
increased ten percent per year based on its fair share for the first four years. For the
next four years its apportionments shall be increased by fifteen percent. This will enable
new churches to reach full apportionments in eight years after the charter year. The
balance of their fair share of apportionment are distributed to churches that would have
had less then a 10% increase.
The apportionment formula expressed as a mathematical equation is:
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Variable Definitions:
LC1, LC2, LC3, LC4
=
Previous Four Years Local Church Expenses as defined
in step (1) above.
AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4
=
Previous Four Years Total Local Church Expenses
across the Conference as defined in step (2) above.
CBF
=
Conference Budget Fund (Example: Ministerial Support)
APPT
=
Local Church Apportionment
PYAPPT
=
Prior Year Local Church Apportionment
Formula:
LC1 + LC2 + LC3 + LC4
4
X
CBF
=
APPT
AC1 + AC2 + AC3 + AC4
4
Where APPT is limited by:
APPT < 1.1 x PYAPPT
Report to the 2003 Iowa Annual Conference
DR. CHARLES W. SMITH, Conference Treasurer and Statistician
June 12, 2003
Bishop Palmer, Rev. Balm-Demmel, lay and clergy members of the Iowa Annual Conference,
the theme of this year’s Annual Conference is Journey With Jesus, Transform the World.
Transforming the world begins by changing one life at a time. In the year 2002, the United
Methodist Church of Iowa received 4,087 people by a profession of faith. Yet, 324 out of our
860 congregations did not receive a single person by profession of faith. Together we
baptized 3,545 and yet 267 congregations did not have a single baptism. On an average our
weekly worship attendance had 4,106 more people per week than the year before. This is a
5.5% increase in average weekly worship attendance for a total of 78,933.
Our membership declined by 1,523 for a total membership of 198,159 on December 31, 2002.
Another way we can transform the world is by our gifts and sharing the blessings we have
experienced from God. In 2002, the United Methodist’s of Iowa gave to the church for all
causes a total of $110,658,548. Now, I don’t know about you, but I know for me talking in
terms of millions of dollars does not provide a clear picture. So let’s divide it out. In 2002, the
average United Methodist of Iowa gave to their church $558.43 for the year. Remember this
is an average. Some gave nothing, some gave less than this amount, while others gave a
whole lot more.
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Another way to state the same fact is to say that in 2002, the United Methodist’s of Iowa gave
an average of $1.53 a day to their church. The question is, “how was that buck fifty-three
spent?” Thirty-five cents was spent on church property either as improvements or servicing
building debts. One dollar and one cent were spent on the local church mission and ministry
programs. Seventeen cents were sent to the Conference for payment of apportionments.
Even though we all know that the apportionment formula is not based on membership, 17
cents was given per member, per day, on the average for apportionments. If the members had
given two cents more or 19 cents per day, apportionments would have been paid at 100%.
Our total apportionment receipts for 2002 was 90.18% of the amount approved at Annual
Conference, and that is very close to the amount your Annual Conference has received over
the last six years.
What did that 17 cents per day support? Well, the 17 cents alone would not buy very much
coffee at Starbucks. But the miracle of the United Methodist is that we are all connected
together like one great river and every 17 cents is one drop of rain. Thus, as my seventeen
cents is combined with your seventeen cents and others, together we eventually become a
puddle, then a small trickle, finally a creek and then a mighty river that can wash over the land
and transform the landscape.
Our combined 17 cents per day combined with others has provided for much ministry
including, but not all, of the following:
136 ministry program grants to local congregations as seed money
146 different institutional ministries with some support
100 clergy moves were funded
1,454 visits from Associate Council Directors to local congregations
Approximately 1,587 appearances of District Superintendents at local churches
Five camp ground programs subsidized for all year round activities
Support the work of our Bishop as he celebrated special events with local
congregations
and witnessed to the world
Staff to administer our gift, and manage our benefit programs
12,480 checks to be written on your behalf to persons, mission projects and other
ministries all around the world
Published our “Grace Upon Grace” magazine
Subsidized many training events for lay and clergy
11 issues of Treasury Notes
In the Treasurer’s office, not counting all the calls that come to Barb, the
receptionist, the staff responded to approximately 42,900 phone calls. Most with questions
regarding our connectional mutual ministries, and of course that does not count all calls to
CCOM staff or District Offices.
Amy Grant has a song with the lyrics that ask “how could we matter much at all.” The words
are as follows:
“Here under heaven’s eyes,
down under paradise,
sometimes it seems like we’re so small.
Here on the shores that reach
into infinity,
how could we matter much at all?
Would it be enough
if each of us would give our love?
Like sand on a mountain,
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rain on fountain,
shade on a shadow,
a breeze in this tornado,
just do what you can.
Clap with one hand
and shine all your light in the sun.”
When your average 17 cents per day for apportionments is combined with mine and others,
when our average $1.01 for local church ministry is combined and our thirty-five cents for
buildings come together, we are not just sand on a mountain, we are the mountain. We are
not just a breeze in a tornado, we are the tornado. We are not just one drop of rain, but a
mighty river that can transform the world.
Barrie M. Tritle, Dean of the Cabinet
June 13, 2003
Bishop Palmer, Sisters and Brothers of the Iowa Annual Conference and distinguished guests.
It is an honor to be here today representing the Cabinet to share a view about ministry in the
Iowa Annual Conference. Thank you Norma Morrison for sharing your call to each of us to find
and do our own ministry. Thank you to Simpson College Praise Team, our worship leaders
this morning, and to Marty Schuhmacher and Bruce Wittern for planning and organizing our
Worship Service this morning.
In keeping with this year’s conference theme: “Journey with Jesus: Transform the World,” I
would like to share about “The need for Being Transformed Spiritual Leaders and Churches
who God can use to Transform the World.” My sharing will be from the perspective of the
District Superintendents who are responsible for the deployment of the appointed clergy and
who are also charged to:
“. . . oversee the total ministry of the clergy and of the churches in the communities
of the district in their missions of witness and service in the world.” (Paragraph 419
of The Book of Discipline 2000)
Ezekiel describes a time around 587 BC when all parts of society are corrupt including the
princes, priests, nobles, prophets and the people. Ezekiel also says that God looked for those
who would be spiritual leaders for the people and lead them back to God. Ezekiel 22:23-30
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The word of the LORD came to me: 24Mortal, say to it: You are a land
that is not cleansed, not rained upon in the day of indignation. 25Its
princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have
devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things;
they have made many widows within it. 26Its priests have done violence
to my teaching and have profaned my holy things; they have made no
distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught
the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have
disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27Its
officials within it are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood,
destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28Its prophets have smeared
whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them,
saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD,” when the LORD has not spoken.
29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery;
they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the
alien without redress. 30And I sought for anyone among them who would
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repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land,
so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”
Are the realities of today’s world nearly 2500 years later really that different? Today’s world
also is full of temptations, corruption, greed, racism, hatred for those who are different, abuse
of drugs and other substances, oppression of the poor and needy, unjust social systems,
materialism, oppression of immigrants, sexual exploitation, etc.
As the Cabinet of the Iowa Annual Conference we are also looking for those who can stand
in the place between the people of this world and God’s vision for this world and work to bring
about that vision. The Mission of the Iowa Annual Conference is:
“to develop leaders who proclaim the gospel and transform the world. .
.so that every Iowa United Methodist congregation and faith community
can fulfill its mission through its primary task of making disciples.”
We need effective pastors who have these characteristics:
Love God and tend to their relationship with God daily becoming more and more
like Jesus Christ for the sake of others.
Love the people and show this through strong relational skills.
Are visionaries in residence.
Understand the unique characteristics of the size church to which they are
appointed.
Know the difference between serving a church and leading a church.
Learn how to develop effective lay and staff leadership teams.
Strive to read and interpret the sings of the times.
Strive for excellence in preaching.
Know how to implement change and manage conflict.
At the same time as we encourage and challenge clergy to be Spiritual Leaders with these
qualities we also can see that the environment and culture of the churches within which our
pastors serve has changed.
In an article written by Bob Wells for the Duke Alumni Magazine, entitled “Which Way to Clergy
Health?” he helps us understand that the day to day work of ministry has fundamentally
changed over the past 30-40 years. In the 1950's researchers found that clergy had lower
rates of disease for virtually every possible diagnosis and lived longer and healthier lives than
any other professional group.
In two later studies done in 1983 and 1999 it was found that Protestant clergy had the highest
overall work related stress of various religious professionals and the next to lowest amount of
personal resources to cope with the strain and that clergy now have one of the highest death
rates from heart disease of any occupation.
Clearly the experience of being a clergy has changed and the environment in which we are
doing ministry has changed. The many changes in our society have affected the nature of
ministry. 1) greater demands and expectations, 2) fewer volunteers available and less support
from volunteers 3) greater stresses in society fueling a greater demand for more counseling
services 4) money crunch and health insurance cost increases lead to salaries often not
keeping up with inflation and not enough funds available for the needed staff to support the
growing needs and demands of the membership, 5) dramatic increase in communication
challenges with new technology and multi generational issues, and 6) a growing church
consumer mentality - leading to less loyalty to the church and persons church shopping for
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what meets their needs instead of how can I serve God here in this community of faith.
Being a Clergy has become unhealthy and Clergy have become unhealthy. Steve Weston of
the UM General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits states: “we’re overweight, we have
high blood pressure, and we have stress levels and depression levels that are higher than the
general population.”
I must admit that this news does not sound like Good News for the lives of Clergy. But God
still calls us to share in a heavenly calling, a partnership with God to spread the Good News
of Jesus Christ, and to live Kingdom love and justice in a broken world. As Hebrews 3:1
states, “Brothers and Sisters holy partners in a heavenly calling.”
We need to change, to transform this culture of the church we live and work in so that it will
enables each of us to: 1) faithfully answer God’s call upon our lives, 2) be transformed into
Effective Spiritual Leaders, 3) create healthy loving faith communities, and 4) become an
example of living Grace for the transformation of our world?
In our churches and in our personal lives we have too often embraced the world’s view of
priorities and values or our perspective of how things should be rather than God’s Vision for
us, the church, and our world. We need the church to have a loving conversion experience
to change the culture of the church and transforms it’s current way of thinking and being.
This kind of radical transformation means the Church will need to turn in a new way towards
God, right now in our historical situation. This also means a turning away from the ways of
this world that have increasingly influenced and stressed out our churches and clergy. We do
not think of Conversion in this corporate kind of way, but Conversion is for the lukewarm
community of faith, the people of God who have fallen away from their first love of God and
primary focus on God, as well as those who have never believed.
Let us remember what Paul said in Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of
God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” NRSV or from The Message “Don’t become
so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your
attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.”
This process of changing from the inside out, of transformation is described by Robert
Mulholland Jr. in his book Invitation to a Journey as he describes spiritual formation as: “A
process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others.”
As we become more and more like Jesus Christ we are transformed from the inside out. As
we are:
“Transformed by God’s love, the converted experience a change in all
their relationships: to God, to their neighbor, to the world, to their
possessions, to the poor and dispossessed, to the violence around them,
to the idols of their culture, to the false gods of the state, to their friends,
and to their enemies.”
(Jim Wallis, The Call
to Conversion)
In order to change the culture of the church we need the church to experience this kind of
radical change in all of it’s relationships and thinking.
This kind of conversion happens as a process of change. Remember the words asked of each
person ordained: “Are you going on to perfection? Do you expect to be made perfect in love
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in this life? Are you earnestly striving after perfection in love?” We should be asking these
questions of our churches and our members as well as ourselves.
I would like to share a story from The Leaders Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and
Congregational Transformation by Jim Herrington, Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor that I
think is a parable of the our current culture in the church.
“Here is a story that illustrates both the human tendency to refuse
personal responsibility and to redouble one’s efforts in ineffective
problem-solving actions. Jim’s mother taught me this pair of truths in a
powerful way many years ago. My oldest daughter, Emily was two years
old. Emily consistently and persistently disobeyed me throughout the
day. Each time she disobeyed, I corrected her. Her disobedience
persisted, so I worked harder in an attempt to get Emily to behave. I
viewed her as the problem and continued to attempt to change her
behavior rather than act to change mine. Toward the end of the day,
Mom said, “What are you wanting her to do?” After I described the
desired behavior, Mom asked, “IS what you are doing getting you what
you want?” “No, I guess it isn’t,” I said. “Then why do you keep doing it?”
My mother asked with the gentleness of a master teacher.”
We often try to fix others rather than let God work on our lives. We blame others for the
problems of the church rather than letting God bring us to renewed lives of love and kingdom
living. If we are going to impact the world, transform the world then we must take responsibility
for ourselves - no one else can and we have the most control over ourselves. Success will
come, transformation will come when we focus on our own behavior as individuals and
churches.
We as pastors and lay leaders need to lead our churches through the five stages of change
/ transformation so that the church can begin to be more intentional in taking responsibility for
who it is, how it functions and what it is doing to answer God’s call to be a witness to a broken
and hurting world. The five stages of change identified and used by Dr James Prochaska in
helping individuals to take responsibility for their behavior and future are Pre-contemplation,
Contemplation, Preparation, Action and Maintenance with Regression often occurring as we
slip backwards in the process.
In the context of the Church the five stages are:
1) Pre-contemplation = We have always done it this way and like it.
2) Contemplation = Maybe if we want different results we should consider doing some
things differently
3) Preparation = Let’s study, vision, and plan how we can better be what God wants
us to be
4) Action = Slowly implement changes that lead us to be more like Jesus Christ and
reach people for Jesus Christ.
5) Maintenance = Always be open to where God is leading us next.
In the words of 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name humble
themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” God wants us to take responsibility for ourselves,
for our churches and allow God to use us to transform the world.
Reinhold Neibhur put it this way, part of which has become a very famous prayer:
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to
change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference, living
one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as
a pathway to peace, taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as
I would have it, trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to
Your will, so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely
happy with You forever in the next.
I urge you all to change the culture of our church by letting God’s Holy Spirit transform your
life from the inside out by the power of the cross. As Frederick Buechner writes, “ The Cross
represents the fact that goodness is present even in grimness and God even in godlessness.
That is why the cross has become the symbol not of our darkest hopelessness but of our
brightest hope. That is the mercy of things. Granted who we are, perhaps we could have
seen it no other way.”
If we want to Transform the World we need to Fix our eyes on the Cross, Journey with Jesus,
and allow ourselves to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ for the sake of the world.
We also need to change the environment and culture of the church. When we take
responsibility for ourselves and lead our churches to take responsibility for being what God
wants them to be; the World will be Transformed.
Join me on this Journey of personal and local church transformation with Jesus. To God be
the Glory and Honor. Amen.
Norma Morrison - Laity Address
June 13, 2003
Buenos días amigos y amigas. Me llamo Norma Morrison. Soy una laica de la región
de Muscatine. Asisto a la Iglesia Metodista Unida de Wesley en Muscatine. Algún día
espero poder hablar en español para ustedes pero no es posible hoy. Pues les traigo los
saludos de la Junta de Laicos de la Conferencia Anual de Iowa. Estamos felices que estan
aqui.
Good morning. I am Norma Morrison, Laity, Muscatine District, Muscatine Wesley.
Someday I hope to be able to speak to you in Spanish but it is not possible today. As ViceChair, I bring you greetings from the Board of Laity of the Iowa Annual Conference. We
are happy you are here.
Being a night person, I especially want to commend you for being here this morning!
For all you glowing morning people, I want you to know we night people really are happy in
the morning. It’s just that sometimes we forget to tell our faces!
Will you all join me in prayer?
Our gracious God, we praise You this morning for who You are, for Your holiness,
Your goodness, and the great love You show us this day. We thank you for bringing us
here, and we ask that Your Spirit speak to us in our time together this morning. Even as
we celebrate the ministries You have given us, we confess that too often we haven’t done
enough. Challenge us to find new ways to reach the lost and hurting people of our world.
We thank you most of all for the privilege and joy of knowing Your precious Son Jesus, in
whose name we pray. Amen.
A few years ago a young 16 year old girl in a Russian native village contacted
workers in Anadyr, the capitol city of a region in the Russian Far East. She had not eaten
in three days. She had no family but her Mom, who was so lost in her own alcoholism she
was not able to care for her daughter.
The workers in Anadyr contacted Iowa’s own Dr. Jim Campbell, Director of the
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Russian Far East Task Force of the United Methodist and Moravian Churches. Would it
be possible to buy a plane ticket to bring this girl into the city and then provide the funding
for her to find a place to stay and start a new life?
At the time, the Task Force was stretched very thin and a plane ticket could buy a
whole lot of bread for a whole lot of other desperate children. Besides, this could establish
a precedent. There were a lot of other hungry kids who would like such a break. Jim sat at
his desk weighing the possibilities and then decided......go for it. Somehow they would find
the extra money. It came... and it came from Iowa.
So they brought this young girl into Anadyr. They had every reason to be worried that
if they did not help her then she would have been vulnerable to the worst kinds of
exploitation of young women. Instead they found her a home and got her into school.........
AND, now four years later, on the 25th of this month.....Elya is graduating from nurses
school and will continue on to the University to become a doctor.
Who paid for the ticket out of the village? About 20 Iowa churches, large to the
smallest, that extended "hospitality" beyond their horizon to a young girl they will never
meet... and to all the patients she will some day care for... patients who for us will be lost in
the blur of humanity.....except unto God... who won’t forget that once upon a time, this
hungry, 16 year old girl needed help and it came........ from the United Methodist Churches
of the farm lands of Iowa.
Don’t you love being a United Methodist? What a privilege to be part of a body of
people who truly are sharing the love of Christ with the world. Elya’s story is just one of
many. In the next few days we will hear many others... a new church reaching out
especially to the unchurched under age 30... Hispanic outreach missions... contemporary
worship services... skate churches... language schools... a church that not only sponsors a
pastor in India but has also helped start 4 new churches there... prayer communities...
house churches in jails... After School Programs for children creating stories like this one ~
A 7 year old girl went home and asked her mother if she knew what Easter was all about.
When the mother answered, "the Easter bunny," the little girl replied back, "No, it’s about
the resurrection of Jesus." Through her own child, a mother’s eyes have been opened to
the truth of Christ.
And this comes to us from the Corning United Methodist Church... “We are now on
the move with the love of Jesus in our hearts. Yes, we were the church people that came
to church on Sunday and sat in the pew for an hour. We at one time thought if we had 7580 people in worship that was wonderful. But now 150 plus on Sundays is normal
attendance. We went from no children in Sunday school and wanting to close the upstairs,
to air conditioning all the upstairs because the rooms now are full of kids... one adult
Sunday school class to adding another that is outgrowing its room... no youth group to now
a community group from 11 churches with as many as 55 youth in attendance. We have
gone from one worship service to three. And we started a church lock-in for kids in
February with 100 plus, to now offering two lock-ins with 100 at each one. God is good!
Bishop Palmer has called us to create “Audacious Communities of Witness, Service,
Hospitality and Transformation” through Spiritual Growth, Evangelization, Outreach,
Hospitality, Leadership and Development, and Financial Stewardship. Great goals... but
HOW can we make that happen?
Last February I was privileged to attend the international meeting of Conference Lay
Leaders with Dennis Bell, our Conference Lay Leader. Our workshop teacher was Dr. Roy
Trueblood, a United Methodist pastor who now devotes his ministry to training laity and
clergy to work together... partners in ministry.
If this is to happen he believes we must work under 2 basic assumptions: 1- ALL
baptized Christians are called into ministry, and 2- There are no levels of leadership in the
church, only different functions depending on personal gifts and graces, the call of God,
and the confirmation of the church. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, probably the most famous recent
Methodist missionary, said, “The laity must come out of the stands as spectators, and take
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the field as players. And the clergy must get off the field as players and get on the sideline
as coaches!”
Sounds like good United Methodist theology, doesn’t it? It sounds great in ideology
BUT how do we make it more than an assumption? How would our world be different if
EVERY ONE of us and every person in our congregations at home served our Lord with a
ministry?
I believe it can happen if we follow Bishop Palmer’s simple path...
SPIRITUAL GROWTH... Make our relationships with God first priority through DAILY
prayer and Bible study. God will speak to us.
EVANGELIZATION... Share the Good News of Jesus and His unconditional love in our
towns, state, nation, and world.
OUTREACH... Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, care for the sick, visit those in prison.
HOSPITALITY... Become a welcoming person AND a welcoming church. Offer alternative
ways of worship for the unchurched, looking at their needs and not just our own.
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT... Grow! Do the thing you think you cannot do.
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP... Tithe, and then give some more. You will find nothing in
this world that will give you greater joy than giving for the Lord’s work. And I haven’t found
a person yet who could out-give God!
And to add to Bishop Palmer’s outline, it wouldn’t hurt.. if all of us would smile more!
When this session ends this morning... and when we go home Sunday at the end of
Conference, each of us will have a clear and simple choice to make. We can go home,
turn inward, and reminisce... or complain... about the 4 days we have spent together. OR
we can make the decision to find the ministry God is calling us to... and do it!
Each of you is unique with special talents and abilities God has given you. God has a
special purpose for each of you. There is no other person exactly like you on this earth;
only you can share what God has given you. If you don’t share your unique love for Christ,
it will be lost. No one else can give what you have to give.
The world we see today is not a world of people living in peace and harmony... even
in the church. In the news media we constantly see people in conflict. The average teen
has seen thousands of murders on television and in movies. Crime, divorce, hunger, and
hate leave broken homes and people hurting. Wars are rupturing countries. In Africa,
every 14 seconds a child loses a parent because of AIDS. By the year 2010 it is predicted
there will be 30 million orphans in Africa alone.
Two BILLION people live without the opportunity to hear about Christ. While ten
thousand people groups have no access to information about Jesus, only 1 in 20,000
Christians goes to tell the Good News... and most of our offerings to God go to meet our
own needs.
This weekend we can pass all the resolutions time will allow but if we are to truly
“Journey with Jesus and Transform the World” EVERY ONE of us, clergy AND laity, must
examine our hearts and answer God’s call to ministry.
I believe it IS possible to change the world... possible because of people like you...
possible because of United Methodist Churches like those in Iowa... possible because our
Lord Jesus commands us to... “Go therefore and make disciples of ALL nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the
age.”
May God bless you abundantly as you discover your ministry and take it into all the
world. Amen.
CCMC Coordinated Funding Process - 2004
Time line
(revised March 2003)
March 25
Distribution of application package to every clergy, lay leader, agency
director, prior applicants and those requesting applications.
May 15
Applications due in District offices.
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May 15 - Sept. 1 District site teams, discuss, pray about, and comment on applications.
District teams send acknowledgments to applicants.
Applications refined and re-written as needed.
September 1
Immediately after
Sept. 1
Completed and signed applications due in Conference Connectional
Ministries Council office. Districts Receive acknowledgments.
District offices, field staff, DCMC Chair and District Parish Development
Chairs will receive a spreadsheet displaying all applications received
from that district.
Between Sept. 1
and Oct. 15
Steering group meets to assign applications to funding groups.
Letter sent to each applicant with the following information:
- Confirmation of receipt of application
- Date application will be reviewed
- Funding group to which application has been assigned will initially
review
- Contact person for the funding group
- Date by which applicant will receive notification of disposition, whether
application is funded or not
Between Sept. 20
and Nov. 1
All funding groups will meet and make funding decisions.
Any applications having to do with youth ministry but unfunded through
the Coordinated process will be referred to the Youth Service Fund and
the applicant will be notified of this, including the date on which the
Conference Council on Youth Ministry will review the application for
possible YSF funding.
About Nov. 15
Letters from the funding groups will be sent to all applicants stating:
Amounts to be granted.
Or
Reasons for declining to fund the application.
Copies of all letters will be provided to and retained by Conference
Connectional Ministries Council.
About Nov. 15
District offices and connectional ministers will receive spreadsheets
showing the disposition of all applications.
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XII. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF ORDER
(Editor’s note: Where the ¶ symbol occurs the reference is to a paragraph number in The Book
of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000.)
1 I.
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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Regular and special sessions of the Iowa Annual Conference of The United
Methodist Church shall be held at such times and places as shall be
determined in the manner prescribed in The Book of Discipline of The United
Methodist Church.
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Opening and Daily Sessions. The organization and program of these
sessions shall be the responsibility of the Annual Conference Session
Planning Committee.
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Clergy Session. (¶605.6) The Annual Conference Session Planning
Committee shall recommend to the annual conference the place for the
session.
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Lay Session. A meeting of the lay members of the conference may be
held during the annual conference session as arranged by the Board of
Laity. It shall communicate its request for such a meeting to the Annual
Conference Session Planning Committee in order that a time and a place
may be provided.
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Roll Call and Attendance.
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a. Attendance (¶ 602.7 & 8). All members, lay and clergy, shall attend the
daily session of the conference unless excused by submitting a request
in writing to the conference secretary or by turning in to the conference
secretary’s office an excuse from attendance card signed by the district
superintendent.
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b. Roll call shall be taken at the annual conference session as follows:
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(1) A registration card shall be mailed to and returned by each
member of the annual conference.
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Planning Committee.
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Report of the Conference Treasurer, Statistician, and The Council on
Finance and Administration.
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a. At the first business session of the regular session, as one of the early
items of business, there shall be a report of the conference statistician,
the conference treasurer, and the proposed conference budget. The
proposed budget shall be received without debate as the working budget
for the coming calendar year.
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b. Any legislation coming before the conference which would require a
change in the proposed budget shall be handled in the following manner:
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(1) The conference shall consider the item on its merits. If the
conference approves the item and wishes to request additional
funding, it can recommend the item for funding through the Council
on Finance and Administration. All items shall be held for final action
until all budget adjustment requests have been heard by the Council
on Finance and Administration. The Council on Finance and
Administration shall consider all additional requests in relationship
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I.A.5.b.(1).
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to the total budget and bring a composite report, including the
revised budget, proposed for conference action.
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request for budget change, shall be considered for final action in
accordance with the recommended funding of the Council on
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Pre-Conference Preparation.
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Pre-Conference Manual. The projected report of the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council, other preliminary reports, the conference
program, and such other information as may be pertinent to the orderly
conduct of the conference sessions shall appear in a Pre-Conference
Manual which shall be distributed to members of the annual conference
not later than twenty days before the first day of the conference session
and shall be published under the direction of the Sub-Committee on
Journal Publication. (See II.B.9.c.(3), page 237)
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Conference Orientation Events. Following distribution of the PreConference Manual in the spring, annual conference orientation events
shall be held in each district for the purpose of providing an overview of
the annual conference session and to discuss proposed legislation.
These events shall be coordinated by the cabinet and the Annual
Conference Session Planning Committee. The orientation events may, or
may not, be combined with the annual district conference. Any
amendments suggested at the district events would have to be proposed
at the legislative committee at annual conference by a member of that
committee.
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Offerings. Offerings shall be received during the Covenant Eucharist Service
and the Commissioning and Ordination Service and shall be directed to such
projects as determined by the bishop and the Administrative Cabinet and
announced to the session of the conference.
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Legislative Committees.
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There shall be legislative committees, as may be determined by the
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee on recommendation of
the Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
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The committee chairpersons and secretaries shall be selected by the
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee in consultation with the
bishop. No person shall serve as chairperson and/or secretary for more
than four consecutive years.
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The members of the annual conference shall be assigned to legislative
committees which shall consist, as nearly as possible, of equal numbers
of clergy and lay members. The chairperson or designee of each
conference agency shall be assigned to the legislative committee which
will deal with the agency’s work. The members of the Program Review
Committee shall be assigned among the legislative committees as
resource persons concerning the program proposals recommended to the
annual conference by the Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
The rest of the conference members shall be assigned at random by the
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee. Each charge shall be
advised in advance as to the legislative committee to which its lay and
clergy member(s) are assigned.
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The Annual Conference Session Planning Committee shall assign the
reports, recommendations, proposals and resolutions of the agencies and
institutions of the conference to the proper legislative committees where
they shall be considered at least twelve (12) hours before being
presented on the floor of the conference; provided, however, that neither
this nor any other business procedure shall preclude the presentation of
new materials by individual members of the annual conference in
legislative committees or at any session of the annual conference.
Reports, recommendations, proposals and resolutions of the Board of
Pensions will be assigned to the appropriate legislative committee for
informational purposes only. Conference directed items shall go, in their
entirety, to the annual conference for action.
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When the legislative committees report their recommendations to the
annual conference, a representative of the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council will be available to speak on behalf of its coordinated
program.
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The legislative committees may amend or revise sections of the reports
projecting programs and proposals and shall report to the conference on
all matters assigned to them.
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Consent Calendars. When the reports of the legislative committees are
made to the annual conference, those items which have gone through the
legislative process without substantive changes may be placed on the
appropriate consent calendar by majority vote of the legislative
committee.
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a. Common Consent Calendar: Items requiring a majority vote will be
listed on the Common Consent Calendar. Adoption of the Common
Consent Calendar will require a majority vote of the annual conference.
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b. Standing Resolution Consent Calendar. In annual conference
sessions during which resolutions are considered, standing resolutions
which are being reauthorized for a new four-year term, and which have
not been substantively changed by the legislative process, will be listed
on the Standing Resolution Consent Calendar. In addition, unchanged
biennial resolutions recommended for “standing” status may be placed on
this consent calendar. Adoption of the Standing Resolution Consent
Calendar will require a two-thirds vote of the annual conference.
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c. Printing the Consent Calendars: Each consent calendar will identify
the items placed on it by listing the item numbers in order. The Common
Consent Calendar will be printed at the beginning of each legislative
committee’s printed report. In annual conference sessions during which
resolutions are considered, the Standing Resolutions Consent Calendar
will be printed in the legislative committee’s report immediately following
the Common Consent Calendar.
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by vote without reading or discussion. The Common Consent Calendar
will be adopted upon a majority vote of the annual conference. The
Standing Resolution Consent Calendar will be adopted upon a two-thirds
vote of the annual conference.
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move that an item be lifted from either consent calendar. If that motion is
seconded and if at least 25 members vote to have it removed, it will be
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removed and considered in it’s numerical sequence with the rest of the
report.
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Defeated Items. When the reports of the legislative committees and other
reports are made to the annual conference, those items which have gone
through the legislative process and have been defeated will be placed on
a list to be reported to the conference as ‘Item defeated.’ All defeated
items will be listed and identified by number at the beginning of each
legislative committee report, and may be reconsidered in numerical
sequence by an affirmative vote by at least 25 members of the plenary.
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Matters requiring legislative action shall be given priority within a
legislative committee’s scheduled time. Informational reports not
completed in the allotted time shall be presented as miscellaneous
business on the final day of the conference session or at such times as
may be possible.
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members of the legislative committee.
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achievements shall be accepted for printing in the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal without being read to the conference.
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changes from the Pre-Conference Manual shall be prepared in printed
form and distributed to the conference before consideration.
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legislative committee may be called only by a majority vote of the annual
conference.
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Equalization of Conference Membership Between Laity and Clergy.
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Lay members of the Iowa Annual Conference shall be members of a
United Methodist church within the Iowa Annual Conference. (¶30)
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Those filling the following positions, if lay persons, shall be equalization
members of the Iowa Annual Conference: (¶30)
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a. Conference Lay Leadership
(1) Conference Secretary
(2) Conference Chancellor
(3) Conference Treasurer
(4) Members of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council
staff.
(5) Conference Coordinator of Youth Ministry
(6) The Editor and Editorial Staff of the Iowa Annual Conference
Journal
(7) Elected leadership of Conference Council on Youth Ministry
(8) Additional district youth members
(9) The president, vice presidents, secretary and treasurer of the
Conference United Methodist Men.
(10) Elected leadership of United Methodist Women as defined by
the Women’s Division
(11) Chairpersons of conference agencies as defined in IV.C.1,
page 267, of this Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
(12) Board of Laity elected leadership
(13) Thanksgiving Ingathering chairperson
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I.E.2.a.(14).
(14) The Deans of each School of Lay Ministry and one
representative of the School of Lay Ministry Commission
(15) Conference Secretary of Global Ministries
(16) Members of the Council on Finance and Administration
(17) Members of the Committee on Rules of Order
(18) Members of the Resolutions Committee
(19) Members of the Conference Session Planning Committee
(20) Executive Secretary of the Conference Nominating
Coordinating Committee
(21) Members of the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee.
(22) Members of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council’
Program Review Committee
(23) Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences who shall
serve for the quadrennium following the conference for which they
are elected
(24) Members of General and Jurisdictional agencies
(25) Chair of the Iowa United Methodist Student Movement
(26) One student representative from each of the four United
Methodist church-related colleges in Iowa, to be selected by the
president of the college in consultation with the district
superintendent
(27) One student representative from each Wesley Foundation in
Iowa, to be selected by the student governing board
(28) Active and retired diaconal ministers who have local church
membership in Iowa
(29) Church and Community Workers and deaconesses who are
members of a United Methodist Church in Iowa.
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The Iowa Annual Conference Secretary shall determine by September 1
of each year, the number of additional lay members needed for the next
annual conference to be equal to the number of clergy members of the
Iowa Annual Conference and shall certify this number to the bishop.
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The Iowa Annual Conference Secretary shall determine the ratio of
members to clergy members of the annual conference (as defined in
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The additional lay members needed to bring equalization shall be
assigned by the Iowa Annual Conference Secretary as follows:
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a. One-half of the additional lay members needed to bring equalization
shall be assigned to the districts in equal numbers, and each district
conference shall elect upon nomination by the District Nominating
Committee, said additional lay members to the Iowa Annual Conference;
provided, however, that if one-half of the additional lay members is not
exactly divisible by the number of districts, then the remainder shall be
added to the number of lay members assigned to the local charges as
hereinafter provided.
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any remainder not assigned to the districts shall be assigned by the Iowa
Annual Conference Secretary to the charges having the highest ratio of
members to clergy members of the annual conference in descending
order. Those churches whose ratio is twice the number of members needed to bring equalization under this subsection, shall be assigned two lay
equalization members. If the ratio is three times the number, three lay
members shall be assigned. In case of tie, eligibility shall be determined
by lot.
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All computations shall be based on the statistical tables of the Iowa
Annual Conference Journal of the immediately preceding annual
conference.
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All lay members selected under the above provisions shall be entitled to
the same mileage payments as other members of the annual conference.
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The district superintendent and other persons responsible for
determining the lay members of annual conference in the process defined
above are encouraged to make certain, insofar as possible, that there are
young adults represented in the selection.
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Organization Definitions
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a. Agency: a regularly established board, commission, council, standing
committee or committee which has been constituted by the annual
conference. (See IV.C.1, p. 267 for definition as related to nominations.)
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b. Council: an organization created by the annual conference to perform
defined responsibilities of review and oversight on behalf of the annual
conference in relation to other agencies and to perform other assigned
functions. Councils are amenable and accountable to the annual
conference and report to it.
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c. Board: a multi-function organization accountable to the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council and/or the annual conference, as
provided in The Book of Discipline. A board may have subgroups for
which it is responsible and accountable.
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d. Committee: a body, either temporary or permanent, created to carry
out certain functions of mission, study, oversight, or review. It is amenable
to its parent body. Committees may be created by the annual conference
and/or its agencies.
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e. Commission: an organization established by the annual conference for
the fulfillment of a specific function.
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f. Standing Committee: a subgroup of an agency with a specific purpose,
accountable to the agency of which it is a part. A standing committee may
be initiated when one or more of the following criteria are met:
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(2) Program is to be implemented over a period longer than five
years.
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Discipline, or requested by the annual conference.
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adequately administered on a quarterly basis by the parent agency.
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advisory committee.
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g. Task Force: an organization with one objective, which will be
accomplished in no more than five years, and whose membership
numbers no more than fifteen.
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h. Task Group: an organization with one objective, which will be
accomplished in no more than two years, and whose membership
numbers no more than seven.
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i. Network: The formation of program networks will focus on services
which require large numbers of people to make personal or resourcing
contacts. There are no limits on the number of persons associated with
networking. Networks are established when cross-conference programs
are approved for implementation. A network shall be accountable to one
or more conference agencies.
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a. Ex-Officio: full voting members, by virtue of office, of an agency of the
annual conference with all rights, unless indicated otherwise.
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b. Consultants: those persons who by virtue of their position, knowledge,
and/or expertise are appointed to an agency. They have the privilege of
speaking but not making motions or voting. They are expected to be
present at the meetings of the groups for which they are consultants.
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c. Cabinet and Staff Consultants: District superintendents and staff of the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council, Administrative Services, and
Episcopal Office may serve as consultants to agencies of the annual
conference. The Bishop, Dean of the Cabinet, the Director of
Connectional Ministries, and the Conference Director of Administrative
Services shall assign cabinet and staff consultants to agencies of the
Annual Conference on an annual basis. Cabinet and staff consultants will
be listed in the Organizational Structure printed in the Journal of the Iowa
Annual Conference for that year.
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d. Resource Persons: called upon from time to time because of expertise
needed by a group at a particular time. They do not have the privilege of
making motions or voting.
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e. Ecumenical Partner: a member of another denomination, serving as
an ecumenical liaison. They have the privilege of speaking and, where
The Book of Discipline allows, of making motions and voting.
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Administration. The officers, boards, commissions, councils, and standing
committees of the Iowa Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church
shall be those herein listed and such others as are, or hereafter shall be,
provided by The Book of Discipline or by action of the Conference.
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Officers.
a. Presiding Officer (¶ 603.6)
b. Assistant to the Bishop, appointed by the bishop.
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c. District Superintendents (¶ 403, 404.2)
d. Conference Connectional Ministries Council Director
e. Conference Secretary (¶ 603.7)
f. Treasurer (¶ 617)
g. Chancellor (¶ 603.8)
h. President of the Board of Trustees (¶2512.2)
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General/Jurisdictional Agency Members. Persons of the annual
conference who are elected members of a jurisdictional or general
agency of The United Methodist Church shall be members with vote of
the corresponding Iowa Annual Conference agency. Expense allowances
for conference agency meetings of such members living in Iowa shall be
the responsibility of the annual conference agencies.
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Annual Conference Administrative Coordinating Council.
a. Membership: (45)
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(1) The membership shall consist of the chairs and one additional
member of each of the following: Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, Conference Council on Finance and
Administration, Conference Board of Trustees, Board of Pensions,
Human Resources Committee, Annual Conference Session
Planning Committee, Rules of Order Committee, Resolutions
Committee, Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee and
Conference Leadership Development Coordinating Committee.
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(2) The chair of the Annual Conference Administrative Coordinating
Council shall be the bishop or bishop’s designee.
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(1) Meetings of the council shall be scheduled to ensure
accountability, communication, clarity and shared purpose related
to the common work of the Annual Conference Session Planning
Committee, Annual Conference Human Resources Committee,
Rules of Order Committee, Resolutions Committee, Conference
Nominations Coordinating Committee and Conference Leadership
Development Coordinating Committee.
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theme for the annual conference sessions.
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Conference Communications Services and Resources. Conference
Communications Services and Resources shall be located within the
Episcopal Office. Its purpose is to provide consultation, service, product
and process development and production, technical assistance, and
advice to all ministries of the Iowa Annual Conference, including local
church, appointive, program, and administrative ministries. Specifically,
Conference Communications Services and Resources will be responsible
for strategic planning across all aspects of communications; public
relations, including media relations, issues management, and advertising;
crisis management, including maintaining an updated conference crisis
management plan, training key persons, and guiding the conference
response to crises; on-going communications, including editing and
publishing printed and electronic communications tools for the
conference; and technical support to local churches, boards and
agencies, and clergy and lay persons in the area of communications.
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a. The Communications Advisory Team (¶643)
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(a) There will be nine members selected for their content
expertise in a variety of communication areas. Members will be
appointed by the bishop to 3-year terms with one-third rotating
off each year.
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(b) The chairperson will be appointed by the bishop and will
serve a one-year term.
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(a) The team will meet quarterly to advise the Director of
Communications Services and Resources, and to assist with
strategic planning.
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(b) The Team will serve as the Commission on
Communications as required by ¶643, 2000 Book of Discipline.
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(3) Staff: There will be a Director of Communications Services and
Resources who shall be employed through a process designed and
managed by the Conference Human Resources Committee and
who shall be amenable to the Bishop of the Iowa Area. The Director
of Communications Services and Resources will relate directly to
the Communications Advisory Team, and will be an ex officio
member of the Annual Conference Session Planning Committee.
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Council on Finance and Administration (¶ 609- 617) (Also, see VI,
pages 273-277)
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a. Membership: Six clergy, seven laity, and two youth. At least one
clergy and one laity must be from churches under 200 members. It is
strongly recommended that at least three of the laity be women, one
person be from an ethnic group, and one person be under age twentyfive, with the goal of having membership from each district.
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b. There shall be a Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative
Services, elected by the annual conference on nomination of the Council
on Finance and Administration, responsible for all fiscal matters, and
directly amenable to the Council on Finance and Administration.
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c. Ex officio members of the council are: (¶610.2.b.)
(1) the conference treasurer/director of administrative services,
without vote;
(2) the presiding bishop, without vote;
(3) a district superintendent chosen by the cabinet, without vote;
(4) the director of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council,
without vote.
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d. There shall be a Conference Statistician who shall be nominated by
the Council on Finance and Administration and elected by the annual
conference. The statistician shall be related to the Council on Finance
and Administration for evaluation, accountability, support and budget.
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(1) Administrative, shall oversee audits; review personnel and
organization, insurance and bonding; and recommend policy with
regard to conference computer services.
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(2) Apportionments, shall research and recommend formulas, relief,
adjustments, and method of apportioning to the local churches.
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(3) Budget, shall research, plan and devise the amounts, size,
component parts, format, and funding levels of the conference
budget.
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(4) Special Financial Askings, shall oversee research, planning,
and coordination of all special fund raising askings of the conference
including, but not limited to, capital fund drives and district askings.
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and shall perform the functions of ¶611.4.
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f. The following conference administrative agencies and offices will be
accountable to the Council on Finance and Administration for budgeting
and all fiscal matters related to the discharge of their functions:
Administrative and Appointive Cabinets
Annual Conference Administrative Coordinating Council
Annual Conference Human Resources Committee
Assistant to the Bishop’s Office
Board of Pensions
Board of Trustees
Committee on Episcopacy
Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling
Committee on Investigation
Conference Connectional Ministries Council Administrative Fund
Conference Leadership Development Coordinating Committee
Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services
Episcopal Office (for funds received from the Annual Conference)
Joint Committee on Disability
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g. The council shall be responsible for reviewing, evaluating and
coordinating all budget proposals from the agencies and offices. The
council shall schedule a time each year, sometime after the Program
Review Committee has met, to allow the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council the opportunity to represent the needs of the agencies
before the council. The Council on Finance and Administration shall
recommend to the annual conference for its action and determination
budgets of anticipated income and proposed expenditures.
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Board of Trustees. ¶2512 and 637.
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a. The board shall appoint from its membership one consultant to each
District Board of Church Location and Building and shall assume the
expenses of sending the representatives to the respective boards.
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b. The Board of Trustees has jurisdiction of the Iowa United Methodist
Conference Center, but, in order to coordinate functions within the
conference center, a Conference Center Administrative Council may be
established.
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Board of Pensions ¶636.
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a. Membership: shall consist of not more than 24 persons. Each member
shall be elected for a term of eight years. The membership shall be in four
classes with a new class being elected every two years. The conference
treasurer shall be an ex officio member without vote of the executive
committee (¶636.3). A representative of the Council on Finance and
Administration shall be a consultant.
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b. Organization: The board shall be organized as a corporation under
Chapter 504A of the 1991 Code of Iowa and subject to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Iowa Annual Conference of The United Methodist
Church, the by-laws of said corporation, specific directives by the Iowa
Annual Conference and any applicable requirements contained in The
Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church.
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Commission on Equitable Compensation. (¶623) The Commission on
Equitable Compensation shall consist of ten persons plus one district
superintendent named by the cabinet (¶623.1). It is recommended that
membership include two laymen, two lay women, one youth and five
clergy. A member of the Council on Finance and Administration may
serve as consultant.
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Annual Conference Session Planning Committee.
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a. Membership:
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(1) Fourteen at-large members nominated by the District
Nominations Committees, including at least one person from each
of the districts, and one youth nominated by the Conference Council
on Youth Ministries, elected by the annual conference.
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(2) Ex-officio members shall be the bishop, assistant to the bishop,
Director of Connectional Ministries, Director of Communications
Services and Resources, a representative of the appointive cabinet,
the conference lay leader, the conference secretary, a
representative from the Commission on Religion and Race, and the
chair of the sub-committee on Business and Agenda.
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(3) The chair of the Annual Conference Session Planning
Committee shall be the bishop or the bishop’s designee.
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(1) Shall consist of at least three sub-committees, Conference
Arrangements, Business and Agenda , and Journal Publication. The
chair of the sub-committee on Conference Arrangements shall be
the bishop or the bishop’s designee. The chair of the sub-committee
on Business and Agenda shall be nominated by the bishop and
elected by the Annual Conference Session Planning Committee.
The conference secretary shall be the chair of the Journal
Publication sub-committee.
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(2) Shall meet at least two times a year. Meetings shall be
scheduled in a manner which facilitates the planning and work of the
annual conference session.
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(3) May select additional persons from outside its membership to
perform various functions for the conference session. The work of
these persons is subject to the approval of the committee.
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c. Function: Shall assist the annual conference in fulfilling its purpose as
defined by The Book of Discipline (Section IX) and the annual conference
mission statement through the following sub-committees:
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(1) The Sub-committee on Business and Agenda shall consist of
the chair and six members of the Annual Conference Session
Planning Committee. The sub-committee shall:
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(a) Prepare an Order of Business for the official session of the
conference for inclusion in the printed program.
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(b) Furnish to the presiding officer, at the opening of each
business session of the conference, a list of the items of
business and reports which are ready for action.
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(c) Furnish to the presiding officer the names of those allotted
time to represent certain interests, together with the time given
to each speaker.
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(d) Help guide the order by attending to the relative
importance of different aspects of business, worship, learning,
inspiration and promotion of the life of the annual conference
session.
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(e) Consult with and advise the chairpersons and secretaries
of the legislative committees as to procedure in presenting
reports and other business of the conference.
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(f) Recommend which matters of courtesy, privilege, and
special orders may come before the conference.
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(2) The Sub-committee on Conference Arrangements shall consist
of the chair and six members of the Annual Conference Session
Planning Committee. The sub-committee shall:
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(a) Recommend to the annual conference the location of the
conference session, at least two years in advance.
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(b) Implement the theme, as determined by the Annual
Conference Administrative Coordinating Council, for the
annual conference session.
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(c) Plan for conference session worship services and
ceremonies.
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(d) Prepare and mail registration, information materials and
the Pre-Conference Manual to the annual conference
members in advance of the session. The Pre-Conference
Manual shall include reports and proposed programs and
budgets requiring annual conference approval.
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(e) Make recommendations each year regarding provision for
travel, lodging, and meal expenses for clergy and lay members
for the annual conference session.
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(f) Provide for a variety of support functions and amenities for
the smooth flow of activities during the annual conference
session, including but not limited to a sergeant at arms and
director of pages.
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Conference Book of Resolutions shall consist of the conference
secretary who shall be the chairperson and three members of the
Annual Conference Session Planning Committee.
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(a) The Journal of the conference signed by the presiding
bishop and the secretary, with all reports authorized for
publication, (together with memoirs and established historical
records) when printed shall constitute the official Journal of the
conference. The Journal Editor shall be responsible for
preparing the memoirs appearing in the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal.
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(b) Business of the Annual Conference: The questions shall be
answered and recorded on the forms provided by the
Committee on Official Forms and Records of the General
Council on Finance and Administration. (¶ 805.4.c.)
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(c) The Journal Publication Committee shall be responsible for
the publication and distribution of the Iowa Annual Conference
Journal and such other duties as the conference may assign.
The Iowa Annual Conference Journal may be printed in more
than one volume.
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(d) The Iowa Annual Conference Journal and Book of
Resolutions shall be distributed to the charges on a basis
recommended by the Journal Publication Committee and
approved by the conference. The Iowa Annual Conference
Journal and Book of Resolutions will be available to individuals
and churches at cost of printing and mailing. Order blanks for
the Iowa Annual Conference Journal and Book of Resolutions
will be included in the pre-conference mailing and orders will
be due to the journal editor by the last day of annual
conference.
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(e) Information reports covering the calendar year shall be
submitted each year to the editor of the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal by all agencies and institutions of the
Conference in accordance with the schedule established by
the Journal Publication Committee. The deadline date for
these reports is January 20 for statistical reports and March 15
for information reports.
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(f) All matters intended for publication in the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal shall be typewritten in duplicate, on one
side of paper 8 1/2 x 11 inches, lines double-spaced (except
for reports of the statistician and treasurer made upon “form”
blanks, and reports of the Conference Nominating and
Leadership Development Committee) and shall be submitted
to the editor according to the schedule printed by the Journal
Publication Committee.
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(g) Except as may be otherwise provided for in these rules or
in The Book of Discipline reports of proposed conference
action shall be included in the Pre-Conference Manual with
only goal statements and budget summaries printed in the
Iowa Annual Conference Journal. The complete official record
of conference actions will be maintained by the conference
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Connectional Ministries Council office on request.
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(h) Printing of additional reports shall be limited to the Laity
Address and the District Superintendents’ report, neither of
which shall exceed 2,500 words.
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as may be established by the Journal Publication Committee.
The number of words in such unified and other reports shall be
computed on the basis of recognized rules of five spaces per
word, plus two additional spaces per line.
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10. Annual Conference Human Resources Committee.
a. Membership:
(1) The membership shall include:
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(a) Twelve members whose nominations shall be coordinated
by the Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee
through the district nominations committees and elected by the
annual conference, with one representative per district, and
one youth. In the selection of these persons, consideration
shall be given to expertise in personnel related issues and
policies.
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(b) The Appointive Cabinet, the Council on Finance and
Administration and the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council shall each appoint a representative to be a member of
the committee.
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(c) The Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities,
the Commission on Religion and Race and the Commission on
Status and Role of Women shall each appoint one
representative to be a member of this committee.
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(d) The agency involved may select a representative(s) from
its agency when a personnel issue related to that agency is
before the committee.
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(2) Officers of the Annual Conference Human Resources
Committee shall be the chair, the vice-chair and secretary, all to be
elected from the membership of the committee.
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(3) No employee or family member of an employee of the Iowa
Annual Conference, with the exception of the Appointive Cabinet
representative and the ex-officio member, may serve on the
committee. If a family member of a committee member is being
considered for employment, the committee member must excuse
himself/herself from any and all of the process used in securing
someone for the position to be filled. If a family member of a
committee member is hired, the latter must immediately resign from
the committee with the exception of the ex-officio member who must
refrain from involvement in any matters for which the committee has
responsibility in relationship to the family member employed.
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consultant(s) specializing in personnel matters.
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b. Function: The role of the Annual Conference Human Resources
Committee shall vary depending on the agency or employing body’s
relationship to the annual conference. The functions of the Annual
Conference Human Resources Committee shall be as follows in
relationship to the categories listed:
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(1) The first category is that of annual conference professional staff
whose salary is paid directly from the annual conference treasury.
The Annual Conference Human Resources Committee shall:
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(a) Provide a professional staff employment policy handbook
that covers such employment issues as sick leave, vacation,
and other pertinent items unless The Book of Discipline directs
otherwise, or the staff member is a clergy person where other
annual conference rules of order apply.
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(b) In the case of a vacancy, three members from the Annual
Conference Human Resources Committee and four members
from the agency shall form a search committee. The search
committee shall advertise, interview and recommend to the
appropriate agency a person to fill the vacancy. If a search is
being conducted for the Director of Connectional Ministries or
the Conference Treasurer / Director of Administrative Services,
the bishop or his/her designee shall be a member of the
search committee.
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(c) Make salary and benefit recommendations to the annual
conference for the professional staff.
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(d) Work with the appropriate employing agency or body to
evaluate the work of the individual professional staff member.
This work shall include but not be limited to developing an
evaluative tool, requiring a written report as a part of the
committee’s permanent files and monitoring remedial actions
when it is determined that such actions are necessary.
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(e) Establish hiring, dismissal and grievance procedures that
the appropriate employing agency or body shall follow when
the need arises.
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(2) The second category is that of annual conference support staff
whose salary is paid directly from the annual conference treasury.
The Annual Conference Human Resources Committee shall:
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(a) Provide a conference support staff employment policy
handbook that covers such employment issues as sick leave,
vacation and other pertinent items.
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(b) Establish hiring, evaluation, dismissal and grievance
procedures for the conference support staff and assist the
director of the agency in implementing these procedures.
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(c) Establish job classifications and salary levels for each
classification and monitor agencies for compliance.
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(d) Assist each agency in establishing job descriptions and
evaluating the need for each position.
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(3) The third category is that of an incorporated agency which
receives 50% or more of its annual funding through apportionments
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or fees collected by the annual conference. The Annual Conference
Human Resources Committee shall:
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(a) Require the agency to have written personnel policies and
shall review these policies to ensure they are in compliance
with Iowa Annual Conference legislation and applicable state
and federal laws.
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(b) Assist the agency in developing hiring, evaluation,
grievance, and dismissal procedures when requested by the
employing agency.
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(c) Consult with the agency to ensure compliance with the
agency’s own personnel policies.
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(d) Provide training for agency directors and boards in matters
related to personnel issues.
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(4) The fourth category is that of an unincorporated employing
agency which receives 50% or more of its annual funding from
apportionments and fees collected by the annual conference or an
agency which is incorporated and for whom the central treasury of
the annual conference writes the payroll checks.
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(a) The Annual Conference Human Resources Committee
shall require the unincorporated agency to have written
employment policies for the latter’s professional and support
staff. These policies shall include hiring, evaluation, grievance
and dismissal procedures. Employment policies shall be
monitored by the Annual Conference Human Resources
Committee.
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(b) The Annual Conference Human Resources Committee
shall require an incorporated agency for whom the central
treasury of the Iowa Annual Conference writes the payroll
checks to have written employment policies for professional
and support staff. These policies shall include hiring,
evaluation, grievance and dismissal procedures. Employment
policies shall be monitored by the Annual Conference Human
Resources Committee.
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11. Committee on the Episcopacy (¶634). The committee will have 15
members, including the Conference Lay Leader, Iowa's representatives
on the Jurisdictional Episcopacy Committee, one youth elected by the
Conference Council on Youth Ministry and three members named by the
bishop. The additional members will be nominated by districts according
to the matrix provided by the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee and elected by the annual conference, immediately following
General Conference, for a term of four years, as specified by The Book
of Discipline.
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13. Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling.
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a. The committee shall have primary responsibility for the programs and
functions of the Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling of the Iowa
Annual Conference. The committee shall be composed of six members
elected for four-year terms in two classes, and one youth.
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b. The Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling will be responsible to
the Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling.
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c. The office will be located outside the conference center for purposes
of confidentiality. Office equipment and furnishings shall be the
responsibility of the Conference Board of Trustees through the
administrative council of the conference center.
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d. Responsibilities and duties of the Director of Pastoral Care and
Counseling shall be:
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(1) To assess the needs of the ministry professionals and their
immediate families of the Iowa Annual Conference.
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(2) To establish a significant trust level with the ministry
professionals and their immediate families.
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(3) To serve as a resource person in designing and implementing
programs to creatively meet those assessed needs.
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(4) To provide counseling for ministry professionals and their
immediate families or make referral to other appropriate
professionals.
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(5) To establish relationships for adequate consultation with
psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, social workers
and other appropriate persons.
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(6) To be available to travel to various parts of the state of Iowa to
set up and staff consultation centers where ministry professionals
can drive a reasonable distance to receive consultation on
counseling they are doing as well as serving as a resource person
for retreats and workshops.
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(1) The director will relate to the Committee on Pastoral Care and
Counseling and to ministry professionals and their immediate
families.
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(2) The director will establish relationships with the bishop and the
appointive cabinet so as to be available for referrals and
consultation. However, in the interest of confidentiality, the director
shall not give any reports on specific counseling relationships to the
bishop and/or appointive cabinet unless it is seen as appropriate by
both the director and the counselee(s).
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(3) The director will establish relationships with existing conference
groups such as the Conference Connectional Ministries Council and
the Board of Ordained Ministry with the objective of cooperation and
the avoidance of duplicated efforts. Continuing education done by
the director is expected to be in terms of serving as a resource
person for workshops and retreats along with the consultation with
ministry professionals on their counseling, as time is available.
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(4) The director will establish relationships with existing mental
health organizations and personnel so that appropriate use can be
made of such resources.
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14. Conference Leadership Development Coordinating Committee.
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a. Membership:
(1) Shall consist of one person from each of the twelve districts
nominated by the district nominations committee and elected at the
district conferences, and one representative each from the
Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, the
Commission on Religion and Race and the Commission on Status
and Role of Women, and one youth. The chair shall be elected from
within the committee.
b. Functions:
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(1) Have responsibility for coordinating the development of
leadership for annual conference boards, agencies, commissions,
committees and positions in accordance with The Book of Discipline
and/or the Iowa Annual Conference Rules of Order.
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(2) Be aware of and give support to the leadership development
being done in the annual conference by groups such as districts,
boards, councils, commissions, committees, and conference lay
organizations.
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(3) Evaluate the leadership development opportunities available
both within and outside the church to discover the gaps and
overlaps and propose ways to have a full and complete program of
leadership development.
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(4) Ensure that agencies initiate and develop continuing leadership
programs which shall include:
(a) Enabling a gift discovery process.
(b) Clear descriptions of leadership positions.
(c) Training.
(d) Support.
(e) Evaluation.
(f) Exiting.
(g) Working with and managing volunteers.
(h) Group dynamics and effective leadership of a group.
(i) Alternate ways of doing business in order to hold fewer
face-to-face meetings with the attendant travel costs.
(j) Learn how to plan the optimum number of programs which
can be accomplished effectively.
(k) Learn how to write good program proposals.
(l) Program planning and management.
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(5) Distribute listings of current leadership
opportunities both within and outside the church.
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(6) Maintain a record of leadership development opportunities
completed by individuals. Make this record available to district
agency and local church nominations committees. A system of
recording Continuing Education Units (CEUs) might be developed.
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(7) Help groups do leadership development at their regular
meetings or retreat settings.
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(8) Coordinate, with the twelve District Councils on Ministries, the
development of a design for leadership development and the
implementation of this design within the districts to assist local
churches in making disciples.
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(9) Assist district Leadership Development and Nominations
Committees in securing information concerning the interest,
experience, and competency of individuals who are willing to serve
on specific conference agencies prior to nomination to a conference
agency. This information shall serve only as a guide in the selection
of nominees and in no way shall it bind the district committees on
nominations in making their selection of nominees.
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(10) Initiate efforts to coordinate the work of the committee with the
leadership development efforts of the Board of Ordained Ministry,
Order of Elders, Order of Deacons, the School for Ministry
Commission and the Board of Laity and other agencies working with
leadership development.
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a. Membership:
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(1) Shall consist of one person from each of the twelve districts
nominated by the district nominations committee and elected at the
district conferences, and one representative each from the
Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, the
Commission on Religion and Race, and the Commission on the
Status and Role of Women, and one youth. The chair shall be
elected from within the committee.
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(2) There shall be an Executive Secretary of the Conference
Nominations Coordinating Committee who shall have the
responsibility of keeping a database for the leadership pool,
providing an annual update for nominations matrices, keeping
service records for clergy and laity, receiving nominations reports
from district nominating committees, preparing the ballot for annual
conference elections, preparing selected Journal pages
(Organizational Structure and Laity directories) for print, and
receiving updates and changes to be communicated to appropriate
bodies. The executive secretary shall not be a voting member of the
Conference Nominations and Coordinating Committee.
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(3) No current member of the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee may be nominated for any annual conference agency or
position for which the committee has coordinating responsibility until
one year has elapsed since the person left the membership of the
committee.
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(4) No members of the same family shall serve concurrently as
members of the Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee.
No person or immediate family member of a person employed as a
staff member of the annual conference or in any capacity by an
agency of the annual conference, nor any person holding
membership on any conference agency, shall be eligible for
membership on the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee. If a member of the committee is appointed to the
superintendency or the position of Assistant to the Bishop,
Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services or the
Director of Connectional Ministries, he/she shall cease being a
member of the committee.
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(1) Coordinate nominations for annual conference boards, agencies,
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(2) Serve as a clearing house and coordinating committee for all
nominations that involve election by the annual conference and
present to the annual conference session a ballot containing the
names of all persons nominated for positions which require annual
conference election. The Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee shall present a comprehensive written report of
nominations to the annual conference at least 12 hours before
election and cause the election report to be printed in the Iowa
Annual Conference Journal.
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(3) Serve as a resource to the district nominations committees who
will nominate persons for membership on agencies not otherwise
provided for in The Book of Discipline or the Annual Conference
Rules of Order. In resourcing the district nominations committees,
the Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee will develop
a matrix for district committees so as to ensure that membership for
agencies for which the district committees have nominating
responsibility, be sensitive to gender, ethnicity, persons with
disabilities, age, district equity, clergy who have been members of
the annual conference for less than ten years, and lay persons who
have demonstrated leadership on a district or local church level.
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(4) Expedite the process of nominations on district and conference
levels, providing an efficient method of gathering data, keeping
records, disseminating information to districts and to other persons
or groups involved in nominations, and facilitating the process of
reporting back to the annual conference the nominations from
various sources.
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(5) Receive from district nominations committees a list of nominees
for conference agencies and elected members.
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(6) Establish, on an annual basis, a process for addressing
contingencies which arise from variations in district nominations
committees’ ability to meet their nominating responsibilities.
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(7) Consult with district nominations committees concerning the
rules (See IV.C on pages 267-269) which are to be used in the
selection of nominees for membership on standing annual
conference agencies.
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(8) Shall provide the names of members of the conference agencies
and the tenure of each member for printing in the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal.
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(9) When revisions or additions to agencies need to be made
following the closing session of the annual conference, interim
elections (for the remainder of the conference year only) shall take
place as follows:
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(a) Elections necessary to provide district representation on an
agency shall be made by the District Council on Ministries in
consultation with the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee.
commissions, committees and positions in accordance with The Book
of Discipline and/or the Iowa Annual Conference Rules of Order.
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(b) When vacancies occur in the general or at-large
membership of an agency, the appropriate body or the
Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee shall seek
nominations from the pertinent district committee on
nominations and submit to the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council a nomination for each vacancy. If necessary,
the election may take place by mailed ballot to the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council members. After 15 days from
such mailing, a majority vote by return ballots shall constitute
an interim election.
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(c) When interim vacancies are filled by conference agencies
in accord with The Book of Discipline, the names of all persons
involved shall be cleared through the Conference Nominations
Coordinating Committee to determine eligibility and to adjust
records.
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(10) Shall request annually from the secretary of each of the
agencies a report on the attendance record of members. The
secretary of each agency shall contact in writing each member of
the agency who has missed two consecutive meetings calling
attention to the absences and request a response on a return card
within 15 days indicating a desire to remain as a member of that
agency. If there is not a request for continuing membership, the
office shall be declared vacant. The vacancy shall be filled in
accordance with the Rules of Order.
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(11) Coordinate nominations from the annual conference floor:
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(a) Members who wish to make nominations from the floor
following the first report of the Conference Nominations
Coordinating Committee shall file within twenty-four (24) hours
a completed form available from a Page.
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(b) The person being nominated must have given his/her
consent.
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(c) The Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee
shall check to see if the nomination would violate any
conference Rules of Order and shall have a copy of this form
returned to the nominator prior to the voting, so marked to
indicate that the nominee is eligible, or reason he/she is
ineligible for election.
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(d) When the second Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee report is given, members will be given the
opportunity to make nominations from the floor of persons who
have been determined by the committee as eligible to serve.
In most cases, the member making the nomination will have to
state not only the agency in which they would have their
nominee serve, but also the position and term of office for
which the person is being nominated.
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(e) As each nomination from the floor is made, a vote will be
taken for that particular position. When all nominations from
the floor are finished, a vote on the entire Conference
Nominations Coordinating Committee report will be taken.
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16. Conference Resolutions Committee
a. Members:
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(1) shall consist of seven members of whom at least one clergy and
one laity must be from churches under 200 members, and one must
be a youth.
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(2) It is recommended that two additional persons who are
members of the state legislature, one from each major party, shall
be consultants.
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b. Functions: (See VIII.J through VIII.K.8, pages 279-282.)
17. Committee on Rules of Order.
a. Membership:
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(1) The membership shall consist of nine members including one
youth, one young adult, and one ethnic minority.
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(2) Consultative members shall be: the conference secretary and
the conference parliamentarian.
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b. Functions:
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(1) Be the primary steward of the Iowa Annual Conference Plan of
Organization and Rules of Order and of the Standing Items.
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(2) Receive and review proposed changes and/or additions to the
Plan of Organization and Rules of Order.
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(3) Report to the annual conference recommended changes to the
Plan of Organization and Rules of Order to keep them in compliance
with The Book of Discipline.
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election of General and Jurisdictional delegates.
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submitting General Conference petitions to the annual conference
for consideration.
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(6) Following the annual conference session, edit and reconcile the
Rules of Order to be in compliance with the Book of Discipline and
annual conference action and to reduce duplication.
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(7) Standing Items.
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(a) A decision of the annual conference which has influence
on, or implications for, the on-going life of the annual
conference, its agencies, and/or its churches may be a
standing item.
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(b) A report to the annual conference which is intended to give
guidance to future decision-making by the conference, its
agencies, and/or its churches may be a standing item.
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(c) The Rules of Order committee shall review the actions of
the annual conference and determine the list of standing items
each year. Standing items shall be printed each year in the
Journal. The list of standing items shall be reported to the next
annual conference. Any standing item may be amended by
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19. Committee on Investigation (Ordained Ministry). (¶2703.2) This
committee shall be elected at the beginning of each quadrennium, for a
four-year term.
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20. Committee on Investigation (Diaconal Ministry). (¶2703.3) This
committee shall be elected at the beginning of each quadrennium, for a
four-year term.
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21. Administrative Review Committee. (¶633)
22. Committee on Ministerial Ethics.
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a. Membership: A representative of the bishop, the director of Pastoral
Care and Counseling, one representative each from the Division of
Elders, the Division of Deacons, the Appointive Cabinet, the Board of
Laity, two at-large members appointed by the bishop to ensure
inclusiveness, and one youth of at least 16 years of age. The bishop’s
representative shall convene the committee.
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b. Functions: To review annually for revisions and updates any policies
related to ministerial ethics; to recruit, train and support personnel who
carry out various functions allowed for in any such policies; to evaluate
such personnel; to provide ongoing training throughout the annual
conference on ministerial ethics issues, and to provide annual training for
new professionals in ministry.
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23. Conference Secretary. (¶603.7) Nominated by the bishop in consultation
with the district superintendents and elected by the annual conference.
The election shall be for the quadrennium. The conference secretary shall
be related to the episcopal office, which shall be responsible for
evaluation, accountability, support and budget.
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24. Conference Parliamentarian.
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a. The Bishop shall name for the quadrennium a conference
parliamentarian who shall study carefully the Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order of the Iowa Annual Conference, the General Conference
rules and Robert’s Rules of Order and advise the appropriate conference
agencies and leaders regarding these rules.
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b. The conference parliamentarian, in consultation with the bishop, shall
name a pool of parliamentarians and shall train and coordinate the pool,
whose tasks shall be as follows:
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(1) Act as consultants for each legislative committee meeting; and
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(2) Assist the conference parliamentarian during the annual
conference sessions.
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C.
Conference Benevolence Program
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There shall be a Conference Connectional Ministries Council.
a. Function. The Conference Connectional Ministries Council through its
agencies, task forces, and task groups is a channel for the redeeming
and creating process in our time. The Council is responsible, in
relationship to, and cooperation with, other entities within the Annual
Conference for carrying out the responsibilities identified in ¶607 of the
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2000 Book of Discipline. Further functions of the council are to:
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(1) Receive program recommendations from the local churches, the
charge conferences, the district agencies, the annual conference
agencies, and the Jurisdictional and General Councils on Ministries.
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(2) Plan and develop these recommendations into a coordinated
program to be recommended to the annual conference for
consideration, amendment, and adoption as the annual conference
program.
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(3) Provide implementation for and administration of coordinated
program as adopted by the conference.
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(4) Evaluate programs of the conference.
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b. Membership:
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(1) Officers of the council shall be the chairperson, vice
chairperson/financial secretary and secretary. They shall be elected
by the council upon nomination of the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council Nominating Committee at the beginning of each
quadrennium. Council officers’ tenure shall be limited to no more
than eight years. The nominees do not need to be members of the
council at the time of their election. If already members of the
council at the time of their election, they will be replaced as the
representative of their respective district or agency.
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(2) Members of the executive committee shall be the officers, bishop,
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The executive committee shall review the progress of and
possible revisions in the program adopted by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council and receive reports from, and
counsel with, the employed conference program staff. The
committee shall act as the finance committee unless responsibility
is assigned to some other committee.
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(3) The general membership of the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council shall include the chairpersons of the twelve
District Councils on Ministries, chairpersons of the eight conference
program boards, chairpersons of the two age level councils,
chairpersons of the five commissions, chairpersons of the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council committees, twelve
district superintendents, presidents of the United Methodist Women
and the United Methodist Men, conference secretary, the
Conference Secretary of Global Ministries, one additional
representative from each of the following: youth council, United
Methodist Women and United Methodist Men, and two young adults
selected by the Conference Connectional Ministries Council
nominating committee.
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(4) Consultants shall be the president of Council on Finance and
assistant to the bishop, one district superintendent chosen by the
cabinet, conference lay leader, Director of Connectional Ministries, and
the elected representative of the General Council on Ministries.
Approximately one-half of the members of the executive committee shall
be lay persons. The president of the Council on Finance and
Administration and the chairperson of the Program Review Committee
shall be consultants.
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Administration, Iowa Annual Conference representative to
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa, chairperson of the Conference
Nominations Coordinating Committee and the Conference
Leadership Development Coordinating Committee and the
Ecumenical Partners. Tenure on the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council shall not apply to the chairpersons of the District
Councils on Ministries.
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c. Programming groups: The ministry support tasks of the program
agencies of the annual conference are quite broad in nature. Task forces,
task groups, networks and, when needed, standing committees may be
established by the agencies on a short-term basis. The membership of
most agencies will consist of an executive committee and general
member representatives from each district. These rules do not list which
sub-groups an agency will form.
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(1) Program Standing Committees: Accountable to a Conference
Connectional Ministries Council agency. May be initiated if one or
more of the following criteria are met:
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(a) Mandated by the The Book of Discipline and/or the annual
conference Rules of Order.
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(b) Program is to be implemented over a period longer than
five years.
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(c) Membership appointed by the bishop, as mandated by the
The Book of Discipline, or requested by the annual conference.
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(d) Program budget is larger than $50,000 and cannot be
adequately administered on a quarterly basis by the parent
agency.
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(e) Program staffing requires a long-term (five years or more)
advisory committee.
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(2) Program Task Forces: A program related task force of no more
than 15 members may be formed, when an annual conference
program item(s) requires full implementation which is not otherwise
provided by the parent Conference Connectional Ministries Council
agency. It is recommended that program related task forces be
initiated only when a program item(s) has been clearly prioritized as
one to be fully implemented. A priority program item would include
all of the following characteristics:
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(a) Related agency clearly has asked and listened to the
customer requesting resource support.
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(b) Program has been scheduled for implementation.
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(c) Related agency has no other means of implementing the
program.
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(d) Program has adequate funding.
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(e) Personnel has been recruited.
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(3) Program Task Groups: The formation of a program related task
group will follow the same concepts as a task force, except that it
will have no more than seven members and may include only two of
the five characteristics for a priority item.
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(a) Related agency clearly has asked and listened to the
customer requesting resource support.
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(b) Program has been scheduled for implementation.
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(c) Related agency has no other means of implementing the
program.
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(d) Program has adequate funding.
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(e) Personnel have been recruited.
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(4) Networks: The formation of program networks will focus on
services which require large numbers of persons to make personal
or resourcing contacts. There are no limits on the number of
persons associated with networking. Networks are established when
cross-conference programs are approved for implementation.
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(5) Organizations Related to the Iowa Annual Conference: The
annual conference is related to a number of organizations (as
provided in II.E.). Each is organized for a specific function. It is
recommended that these organizations report their purpose,
function, and any program to the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council annually. Programs planned and implemented by
these organizations may be communicated to the Program Review
Committee for the purpose of coordination.
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d. Committees: It is strongly recommended that the voting membership
of the committees hereinafter named consist of one-third laywomen, onethird laymen and one-third clergy. It is further recommended that, with the
exception of the executive committee, the chairpersons be selected on
the same ratio, with one laywoman, one layman and one clergy as
nominees for chairperson and from these persons the council nominating
committee shall nominate chairpersons to be elected by the council. In
making appointments to these committees, careful attention shall be
given to the possible need to include a representative number of women,
young adults, college or university students, youth, persons over sixtyfour years of age, persons with disabilities, and ethnics. Membership on
the committees shall be limited to no more than eight years.
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One person selected from each of the twelve
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ii) Ex-officio members shall be:
a) One representative from each of the following
commissions:
- COSROW (shall be a woman).
- Ministry With Persons With Disabilities (shall
be a person with a disability).
- CORR (shall be an ethnic person).
b) One representative from the following councils:
- Age Level Council.
- Youth Council.
c) The assistant to the bishop.
d) Cabinet representative.
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reviewing, evaluating, and coordinating all program plans
(activities, calendar and budgets) developed and implemented
under the direction of the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council. The committee should strive to maximize the
effectiveness of the conference program and to support and
enhance district programming. Program plans and budget
proposals will normally come to the Program Review
Committee through the conference agencies but may also
come directly from District Councils on Ministries, charge
conferences, churches or individuals. If necessary, the
committee may refer proposals back to the executive
committees of specific agencies for reconsideration and
modification. Program events planned at the annual
conference level, whether conference-wide, district oriented,
or local church oriented, shall be scheduled on the conference
calendar only after approval by the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council. The committee will normally meet twice
each year to fulfill its responsibilities.
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(c) Program proposals which have not been considered by the
Program Review Committee and the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council and published in the Pre-Conference
Manual, may be brought to the appropriate legislative
committee, with adequate copies for distribution there, and, if
adopted, made a part of the legislative committee’s printed
report to the annual conference.
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(d) Program proposals or changes to be brought directly to the
conference floor shall be:
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Printed only by order of the annual conference.
ii) Referred to the Program Review Committee.
iii) Distributed to the conference members at least 24
hours before the stated adjournment time.
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(e) When a new program which has not been presented to the
Program Review Committee or the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, and which requires the employment of
salaried leadership, is presented to the annual conference
session, it may be considered by the conference only after
receiving a 2/3rds majority vote to consider.
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(f) When a program proposal is presented to the annual
conference which requires the employment of salaried
leadership and which has been rejected by the Program
Review Committee or the Council on Ministries, the
chairperson of the Program Review Committee or the Director
of Connectional Ministries shall inform the conference of the
reasons for the rejection.
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(a) Membership shall be the chairperson and six members
selected for their expertise. The vice chairperson/financial
secretary and secretary shall be selected from the
membership.
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Assist research activities,
Conduct research for the church and its agencies,
Develop, organize and maintain an information
base,
Assist the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council and agencies of the conference in their
planning processes,
Recommend research initiatives to the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council, and
Fund research projects.
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(3) Nominating Committee: Membership shall be the chairperson
selected from the membership of the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council and four general members selected by the
executive committee of the council, with the approval of the council.
They shall prepare nominations for membership on the committees
of the council and nominate the chairpersons for the committees
from the nominees prepared by the various committees.
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members representing the ethnic membership of Iowa United
Methodist churches. The vice chairperson/financial secretary
and secretary shall be selected from the general membership.
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composed of the membership and officers of the Hispanic Ministries
Standing Committee of the Conference Board of Global Ministries.
The chairperson of the committee will be a member of the
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shall be the chairperson and six at-large members. The vice chairperson/financial secretary and secretary shall be selected from the
general membership.
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groups, and consultants as may be deemed essential to the
effective discharging of its responsibilities.
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(1) There shall be a Director of Connectional Ministries, who shall
be the executive responsible for carrying out the decisions of the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council, and for providing
leadership in the manner described in ¶607 of the 2000 Book of
Discipline.
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(2) There shall be six associate directors of the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council who shall serve as field staff, under
the direction of the Director of Connectional Ministries.
(a) Each field staff associate council director will be assigned
to reside in and work as local church specialists in a bi-district
area.
(b) The primary task of the field staff is to explore needs with
local churches to offer program resourcing to the local churches and the districts they serve. In carrying out this task, they
would both initiate contacts and respond to requests from the
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churches in their districts.
(c) The field staff associate director, the district
superintendents, and the district administrative secretaries in
the bi-district area will work as a ministry team in a collegial
manner.
(d) Each field staff associate director may relate to one annual
conference agency, as assigned by the Director of
Connectional Ministries.
(e) There shall be an Advisory Committee for each field staff
position, composed of the two district superintendents, two lay
persons from each district (selected by the district
superintendent), and one representative from the assigned
annual conference agency.
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(3) There shall be an associate council director for Camp,
Conference and Retreat Ministries who shall be employed by,
directed by, and amenable to the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, under the direction of the Director of
Connectional Ministries in cooperation with the Board of Camp,
Conference and Retreat Ministries. The associate council director
for Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries, as the staff person
related to the Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries,
will be the administrator of the conference’s camping program and
the campsites.
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(4) There shall be an associate council director for Youth and Young
Adult Ministry who shall be employed by, directed by, and amenable
to the Conference Connectional Ministries Council, under the
direction of the Director of Connectional Ministries in cooperation
with the Conference Council on Youth Ministry. The associate
council director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry will be
responsible for the programs of the Conference Council on Youth
Ministry, including Youth Annual Conference, and will relate to the
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.
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(5) For a person to be considered as a member of the conference
program staff three criteria must be met. Such a person must:
(a) meet the standards established by and be elected by the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council,
(b) be serving as either a volunteer or paid person on at least
a half-time basis, and
(c) be amenable through the Director of Connectional
Ministries to the Conference Human Resources Committee
and work cooperatively in accepting assignments under the
leadership of the Director of Connectional Ministries.
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f. Meetings: The regular meeting dates of the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council should be set and publicized in advance, to assist
member agencies in planning. It shall hold at least three meetings a year;
one of these shall be not later than March 15, to prepare the correlated
annual conference program; another shall be held after the annual
conference session not later than the end of September; another shall be
held by January 31. Additional meetings may be called by the executive
committee or by the bishop. A copy of the correlated annual conference
program (insofar as financial matters are involved), together with the
proposed budget of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council, shall
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be sent to the Council on Finance and Administration as promptly as
possible, in order that the council may do its work in preparation for the
annual conference session. Other copies shall be sent to the district
superintendents for consideration by the District Councils on Ministries.
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Ministries Council shall have the following relationships and
responsibilities including the amenabilities indicated:
(1) Because the local church is central to the life and mission of The
United Methodist Church and the connectional system is meant to
serve the local church, the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council’s most important relationship is to the local church, and its
most important responsibility is to resource the program of the local
church.
(2) All annual conference program agencies shall cooperate with
and be amenable, between sessions of the annual conference, to
the Conference Connectional Ministries Council of the annual
conference in matters relating to the development, implementation
and administration of the program.
(3) To study and coordinate the budget askings of the conference
agencies and the District Council on Ministries as they relate to local
church revitalization in consultation with the Council on Finance and
Administration.
(4) To interpret to local church communities of faithful disciples the
connectional covenant of mission in which they are bound together
and are instruments of God’s world encompassing work with a view
to gaining the financial support needed in order to implement that
connectional mission.
(5) To develop and/or coordinate leadership training enterprises
throughout the conference.
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Program Boards. There shall be six program boards in the annual
conference whose members shall be elected for four year terms. These
shall relate to the work areas in the local church and district and to the
program boards of the general church, as specified by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council. The boards shall submit the elements of
program which are to be promoted in, supported by, or implemented by
the district councils and local churches of the conference to the council
for consideration and calendaring, prior to presentation to the local
churches.
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The boards are organized in accordance with the provisions of ¶ 608 of
The Book of Discipline and the names used here are not to be construed
as necessarily the annual conference counterparts of similarly named
general church boards. The disciplinary provisions and functions which
apply to these boards shall be limited to those indicated in this plan of
organization. Other necessary functions will be fulfilled through the
organizational structures developed by the boards. It is strongly
recommended that the board sub-groups represented on the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council shall select chairpersons on the 1/3, 1/3,
1/3 ratio insofar as possible.
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a. Board Membership
(1) The Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee, in
consultation with the district superintendents, shall design a system
to ensure, insofar as possible, a balanced membership on
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conference boards. It is strongly recommended that the members be
1/3 clergy, 1/3 lay women, and 1/3 lay men, and that there be
persons named from each of the following groups:
(a) young adults;
(b) ethnics;
(c) over 64 years of age;
(d) advocates for persons with disabilities.
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(2) All conference agencies, with the exception of those precluded
by The Book of Discipline, shall include a youth member The
Conference Council on Youth Ministry will nominate youth members
to administrative agencies to be elected at annual conference and
elect youth members to benevolence agencies.
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(3) The chairperson of each board shall be nominated and elected
by the board. Nominees do not have to be members of the board at
the time of their nomination. The board chairpersons are members
of the Conference Connectional Ministries Council
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(4) Members of General and Jurisdictional agencies are ex-officio
members of the corresponding conference agencies. Affected
conference agencies will be increased in membership accordingly
in such cases.
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b. Standing Committee Membership: No person shall serve more than
eight consecutive years on a standing committee. The number of years
a member of an agency may serve on a standing committee shall not
exceed the number of years remaining in one’s tenure on the agency. If
a new standing committee is established by the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, membership on a previous standing committee shall
be counted as tenure limitations.
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(1) Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries (15
members).
(a) Responsibilities:
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Establish a vision, a direction for the ministry, and
monitor the progress to assure that the organization
is carrying it out.
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Be the link between the sites and annual
conference (agencies and congregations), assuring
that the agencies’ and churches’ needs and issues
are understood by the Camp, Conference, and
Retreat Ministries leaders, and that the Camp,
Conference and Retreat Ministries’ needs and
issues are understood by the churches and annual
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Establish standards of quality for carrying out all
aspects of the ministry with systems of accountability
for assuring that the standards are maintained.
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Set annual goals which are attainable and
measurable, and establish a regular system of
accountability and feedback to assure that the goals
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Oversee the management of the sites, programs and
personnel to assure fiscal responsibility, stewardship of
property, quality of programming, fairness in staff
relations, and practices which reduce the exposure of
risk in the annual conference.
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(b) Officers of the board and members of the executive
committee shall be the chairperson, vice chairperson and
secretary. The officers may be selected from outside the board
membership.
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(c) The Board will have 16 members: 4 lay, 4 clergy, 4 persons
with special expertise, one youth, and 3 officers. There shall be
a goal of having membership which will represent each of the
districts.
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(2) Board of Church and Society, with functions as outlined in The
Book of Discipline, (¶ 627). (19 members)
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(a) Officers of the board and members of the executive
committee shall be the chairperson, vice-chairperson/financial
secretary and secretary. The officers may be selected from
outside the membership of the board.
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(b) Membership shall include the officers, one person from
each of the twelve districts, the chairpersons of the Advocacy
and Resolutions Standing Committees, and one youth. The
Mission Coordinator for Christian Social Action for the Iowa
Conference of the United Methodist Women shall be an exofficio member.
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(c) The Iowa Conference Legislative Advocate shall participate
as a Conference Connectional Ministries Council staff liaison.
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(d) The board shall have two standing committees: Advocacy
and Resolutions.
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(3) Board of Discipleship with functions as outlined in The Book
of Discipline (¶ 628). (21 members)
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(b) Membership shall include one person from each of the
twelve districts, one youth, and five at-large members each of
whom shall advocate on behalf of one of the following five
areas of ministry:
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Education
ii) Evangelism
iii) Spiritual Formation
iv) Stewardship
v) Worship
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committee shall be: chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary
and financial secretary. The officers may be selected from
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twelve districts, the Conference Secretary of Global Ministries
who will chair the Mission Education standing committee, the
chairpersons of the three remaining standing committees, and
one youth.
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(c) The executive committee of the Conference Board of
Global Ministries shall appoint a Conference Disaster
chairperson.
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(d) The Mission Coordinator for Education and Interpretation
of the Iowa Conference United Methodist Women shall be an
ex-officio member.
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(e) The board shall have the following standing committees:
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Parish Development Ministries
ii) Community and Institutional Ministries
iii) Mission Education
iv) Hispanic Ministries.
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(5) Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry with
functions as outlined in The Book of Discipline (¶ 631). (17
members)
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(c) Consultants may be the presidents of the Iowa United
Methodist-related colleges or their designees, and a
representative from each of the Wesley Foundations, which
may be the director or a designee. Where community college
ministries are viable, an advocate may be added to the board
as a consultant.
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(6) Board of Laity, with functions as outlined in The Book of
Discipline (¶629). (24 members)
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committee shall be the chairperson (Conference Lay Leader),
vice-chairperson/financial secretary (Associate Conference
Lay Leader) [see ¶603.c], secretary, and Conference Director
of Lay Speaking Ministries. The Conference Lay Leader shall
be elected quadrennially on nomination of the Board of Laity.
A person who has served on the Board of Laity for the
maximum eight years tenure allowed agency members may
have an additional four years of tenure, if elected Conference
Lay Leader. (Exception to tenure rule IV.C.7.a., page 268)
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(c) Ex-officio members shall be the presidents of Conference
United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men, the
chairperson of the Conference Council on Youth Ministries,
representative of Heifer Project International, representative of
the School for Lay Ministry, representative of Thanksgiving
Ingathering, Conference Director of Lay Speaking Ministries,
and the Liaison to Ministerial Ethics and Conflict Ministries.
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Board of Ordained Ministry, with functions as outlined in The Book of
Discipline, ¶ 632. (70 members) (Also, see. V, pages 270-273.)
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a. Officers of the board shall be the chairperson, vice-chairperson (in
charge of interview teams), registrar, secretary, and financial secretary.
Members of the executive committee shall also include the chairs of the
Order of Elders, the Order of Deacons, the committee on conference
relations, the committee on recruitment and enlistment, the residency in
ministry committee, the loans and grants committee, the committee on
certification and diaconal ministers, and the candidacy committee, as well
as one district superintendent and one member at large.
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b. Membership shall consist of seventy (effective at the 2004 annual
conference) persons nominated by the bishop and elected by the annual
conference for a term of four years. At least one-fifth of the board shall be
lay persons, which may include diaconal ministers. Board membership
shall include at least one ordained clergy person in retired relationship,
at least one ordained clergy person in extension ministry, and two district
superintendents who are to represent the cabinet. Two associate
members or local pastors who have completed the course of study shall
be members of the board with voice but without vote.
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Conference Council on Youth Ministry. (¶ 646). (41 members)
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a. The officers and executive committee shall be the chairperson,
chairperson-elect and secretary who shall be selected at-large by the
Youth Annual Conference.
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b. Membership shall include two youth selected from each of the twelve
districts; twelve District Youth Coordinators, and the representatives to (1)
United Methodist Youth Organization (UMYO) and (2) Jurisdictional Youth
Ministry Organization (JYMO).
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d. The Conference Connectional Ministries Council, in consultation with
the Conference Council on Youth Ministry, shall nominate annually a
Conference Coordinator of Youth Ministry to be elected by the annual
conference.
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e. The council shall have a single standing committee to manage the
Youth Annual Conference (YAC) program.
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Age Level Council. (17 members)
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a. Officers and members of the executive committee shall be the
chairperson, the vice chairperson/financial secretary and secretary. The
vice chairperson/secretary and the secretary shall be selected from the
general membership.
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twelve districts, one youth, and three at-large members, each of whom
will advocate on behalf of one of the following three specific groups:
(1) Children
(2) Adults
(3) Family
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Archives and History Commission (¶638). (7 members). Membership
shall be the chairperson, six at-large persons selected for their expertise
and interest, and one youth. The vice chairperson/financial secretary and
secretary shall be selected from the general membership.
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Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns Commission (¶639) (17
members)
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a. Membership shall be the chairperson, one person selected from each
of the twelve districts, and one youth. The vice chairperson/financial
secretary and secretary shall be selected from within the membership.
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b. Ex-officio members shall be the Ecumenical Partner, representative to
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa and the United Methodist Women
representative to Church Women United.
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Advocacy Commissions. The purpose of the following listed
commissions which will relate directly to the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, will be to advocate, monitor, and serve as catalysts to
insure that the concerns of their constituents are adequately represented
in conference programming. They are not to be programming groups in
and of themselves, but rather they shall encourage other agencies to
program with their concerns in mind. Their functions may include:
collecting and assessing information, interpreting needs, providing
resources and consultative services.
a. Religion and Race (¶640) (25 members)
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(1) The officers of the commission and members of the executive
committee shall be the chairperson, vice chairperson/financial
secretary and secretary. The vice chairperson/financial secretary
and secretary shall be selected from the general membership.
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(2) Membership shall include one person selected from each of the
twelve districts, one youth, one young adult, and six ethnic
fellowship group representatives each of whom will advocate on
behalf of one of the following conference ethnic fellowships:
(a) Asian
(b) African-American
(c) Native American
(d) Hispanic
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(f) Korean
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(a) African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)
(b) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ)
(c) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME)
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b. Status and Role of Women (¶641) (20 members)
(1) Membership shall include one person selected from each of the
twelve districts, one youth, and six at-large members. The vice
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chairperson/financial secretary and secretary shall be selected from
the membership.
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Methodist Women shall be an ex-officio member.
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c. Ministry With Persons With Disabilities (¶649) (14 members).
Membership shall be the chairperson, one youth, and one person
selected from each of the twelve districts. The vice-chairperson/financial
secretary and secretary shall be selected from the membership. At least
one-half of the members of this commission shall be persons having
disabilities.
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a. A proposal for an annual conference task group shall include budget
provisions for the work of the task group.
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b. When the annual conference approves a motion for a new task group,
the motion shall be referred to the Executive Committee of the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council for its recommendation as to
possible assignment to an existing agency. The Conference Connectional
Ministries Council Executive Committee shall report back to the same
annual conference session for its vote on the recommendation.
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10. Sunset Rule. When a new study committee, task group, or similar group
is authorized by the annual conference, there shall be included the date
when the work of the group is to be completed and the group disbanded.
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Conference Lay Organizations.
1. United Methodist Women (¶ 644).
2. United Methodist Men (¶ 645).
3. Council on Youth Ministry (¶ 646)
4. Iowa United Methodist Student Movement.
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Organizations Related to the Iowa Annual Conference:
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Covenant Organizations. The annual conference may recognize as
covenant organizations:
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a. Associate organizations: educational, health care, and charitable
organizations and institutions which are, or traditionally have been,
associated with the Iowa Annual Conference and its predecessor
conferences, but which receive less than one-half of their funding from
the Iowa Annual Conference. The Iowa Annual Conference assumes no
pension liability for Associate organizations.
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b. Affiliate organizations: organizations engaged in mission and
ministry which are, or traditionally have been, affiliated with the Iowa
Annual Conference and its predecessor conferences, and which receive
at least one-half of their funding from the Iowa Annual Conference.
Affiliate organizations have, or could have, a relationship with the Board
of Pensions of the Iowa Annual Conference.
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c. Associate and Affiliate Covenants: Covenants describing the
relationship between an Associate or Affiliate organization and the Iowa
Annual Conference will be reviewed every four years by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council, and a recommendation regarding the
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renewal of the covenant will be made to the annual conference.
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Coalitions and Caucuses: organizations created for fellowship or for
education regarding issues or causes related to the United Methodist
Church and its ministry. Coalitions and caucuses are not created by, nor
officially related to, the Iowa Annual Conference, nor to a conference
program agency. In order to be recognized by the Iowa Annual
Conference, a coalition or caucus:
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a valid relationship to the program and activities of the annual conference;
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Connectional Ministries Council;
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c. shall not take positions in the name of either an annual conference
program agency or the annual conference;
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d. shall, when referring to the United Methodist Church or a part of it,
indicate that it is not speaking on behalf of the annual conference, one of
its program agencies, or United Methodists in general;
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e. shall be made up primarily of persons who are members of the Iowa
Annual Conference, or local churches of the Iowa Annual Conference;
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f. shall receive little or no funding from the Iowa Annual Conference;
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g. shall deal with issues, not engage in attacks on individuals, and shall
at all times use civil discourse and courtesy in communication and
relationships; and
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h. may promote the change of Disciplinary provisions, but shall not seek
to undermine the authority of the Book of Discipline.
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Associations or fellowships: Organizations intended to provide
professional relationships and the sharing of professional techniques and
information for groups within the annual conference or the general
church. They are not created by, nor officially related to, the annual
conference or program agencies of the annual conference.
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Organizations related to the Iowa Annual Conference:
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Annual Conference Journal, and on the official web page of the Iowa
Annual Conference;
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c. May participate in the calendaring process of the annual conference;
and/or
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d. May request mailing labels for clergy and local church officers of the
annual conference, and may request that a link to their own web page be
located on the official web page of the Iowa Annual Conference, subject
to the same costs and editorial judgments as conference agencies.
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The Conference Connectional Ministries Council shall consider
applications from organizations, coalitions, caucuses, associations, and
fellowships which seek to be related to the Iowa Annual Conference, and
which demonstrate to the Conference Connectional Ministries Council a
valid relationship to the program and activities of the annual conference.
The Conference Connectional Ministries Council shall made a
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among organizations related to the Iowa Annual Conference.
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Representation in Ecumenical Bodies.
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current list of all organizations related to the Iowa Annual Conference.
Each covenant organization’s relationship will be reviewed every four
years as provided in II.E.1.c (above). Coalitions, caucuses, associations,
and fellowships may be removed from the list by their own request or,
after due notice, by vote of the annual conference upon recommendation
by the Conference Connectional Ministries Council. Action of the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council, or its executive committee,
to recommend removal of a coalition, caucus, associate, or fellowship has
the effect of immediate suspension of the organization from its
relationship to the conference, pending action of the annual conference
on the recommendation.
Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa. The representatives of the Iowa Annual
Conference of the United Methodist Church, according to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa, shall be the bishop or
bishop’s designate, and one additional communion representative, lay or
clergy, who shall be appointed or elected annually to the board of
directors. Maximum term is six years. In addition, there shall be one lay
and one clergy representative appointed to each of the two commissions,
Justice and Unity. This shall be for a term of three years, not to exceed
two terms. These persons shall be appointed by the bishop and elected
by the annual conference.
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DISTRICT MINISTRIES
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District Conference. There shall be a district conference in each district.
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Membership. The district conference shall be composed of all the clergy,
diaconal ministers, deaconesses, the church lay leader, the president of
United Methodist Women, president of United Methodist Men, and
president of United Methodist Youth Fellowship from each local church,
the lay member(s) of the annual conference from each charge,
equalization lay members of the annual conference, the district lay leader
and associate district lay leaders, the president of the district United
Methodist Women, the president of the district United Methodist Men, the
district director of Age-Level Council, District Youth Ministries Council, all
district Council on Ministries members and such other persons as the
district conference may determine.
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The district conference may choose its own order of business. The
secretary duly elected shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings.
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The district superintendent shall be the presiding officer of the district
conference.
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The district conference, in consultation with the Council on Finance and
Administration may raise funds from the churches of the district for
experimental ministries within the district. Such funds shall be deposited
in the central treasury of the annual conference and disbursed on
voucher.
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conference session of the first year of the quadrennium, to elect members
of the conference program agencies and the Conference Nominations
Coordinating Committee and the Conference Leadership Development
Coordinating Committee, as designated by this plan.
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a. The District Council on Ministries chairperson who shall also be the
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to fill vacancies as they occur:
Board of Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries (This person
shall be the District Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries
Coordinator)
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministries
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c. One representative to the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee. (See II.B.15.a.(1), page 244.)
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d. One representative to the Conference Leadership Development
Coordinating Committee. (See II.B.14.a.(1), page 243.)
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e. District Coordinators of Age-Level Council, who shall represent their
district on the age-level council of the annual conference.
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District Councils on Ministries. There shall be in each district a Council on
Ministries elected by the district conference.
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Functions.
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a. To study the needs of the local churches in the district and help them
establish and provide more effective ministry in and through the churches.
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b. To exercise, in cooperation with the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, program initiating and correlating responsibilities for
district work areas related to the conference program boards and for any
other programming agencies of the church on the district level.
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c. To develop experimental types of ministry within the district, reporting
periodically results of its effort to the district and the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council. It may establish special purpose
committees, sub-district groups, and task groups from its own
membership for various aspects of ministry. When approved by the
district conference, the District Council on Ministries may meet as subdistrict councils, and as such transact such items of the District Council
on Ministries’ business as the council may direct.
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d. Where mission demands, the district superintendents and the District
Councils on Ministries are instructed and authorized to join in planning
and carrying out their work with adjoining districts without regard to district
boundaries.
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approaches to ministry.
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f. To serve as a two-way channel of communication between the local
churches and the annual conference and to assist local churches in
communication with each other.
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g. To review the work of the district in the past year and to propose
program and other recommendations for consideration by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council.
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h. Funds received from the annual conference and funds raised by the
district shall be administered by the District Council on Ministries. District
monies are intended for use in district programs and may not be used for
conference programs, unless the District Council on Ministries votes
district participation in those programs.
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Membership. The membership of the District Council on Ministries shall
consist of not less than thirty (30) persons. It is strongly recommended that
these members be elected so as to maintain a ratio of 1/3 laywomen, 1/3
laymen, and 1/3 clergy. District representatives to the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council shall be members of their respective district
councils. Membership may include district coordinators of Age-Level Council,
chairpersons or coordinators of work areas of Christian Unity and
Interreligious Concerns, Church and Society, Education, Evangelism, Higher
Education and Campus Ministry, Missions, Religion and Race, Status and
Role of Women, Stewardship, and Worship; representatives of all program
agencies (these might be the same persons as the chairpersons or
coordinators of work areas, just listed); the district lay leader, the district
president of United Methodist Women, the district president of United
Methodist Men, the elected district Youth Council president, representatives
of sub-district groups or clusters of churches, and such other persons as may
be deemed necessary. A member of the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council staff shall be included as a resource person in each district Council
on Ministries. It is strongly recommended that membership be chosen to
include representation of ethnics, youth, young adults, and those over 64
years of age. In accordance with the foregoing provisions, the district
conference shall determine and elect the membership of the district Council
on Ministries. Where there are District Executive Councils there should be a
least one youth member.
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The District Council on Ministries shall represent the interest of and
develop a correlated program for the district groups including district
functions of the Board of Laity and the program calendar for United
Methodist Women. Because of their specialized functions, the District
Committee on Ordained Ministry and the District Board of Church
Location and Building shall be continued as separate agencies. No district
agency shall be able to bypass or contravene the decision of the District
Council on Ministries as all district programs are to be coordinated
through the council.
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The district and sub-district youth organizations, through proper
representatives, shall be invited to submit to the District Council on
Ministries a budget request which would include the expenses of the
district and sub-district Youth Coordinators.
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The officers of the council shall be the administrative director (who shall
be the district superintendent), a lay chairperson, a secretary and a
treasurer, if needed, elected by the council.
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There may be an executive committee consisting of the officers and such
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other persons as may be determined by the council. Members shall be
elected from the membership of the council. It is strongly recommended
that these members be selected in such manner that the ratio of 1/3 lay
women, 1/3 lay men, and 1/3 clergy shall be maintained with special
consideration being given to the inclusion of age and minority group
representation. When an executive committee is selected, it shall have
the responsibility of acting for the District Council on Ministries between
its sessions.
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The District Council on Ministries shall meet at least three times a year
and such other times as shall be necessary. Meeting dates may be
determined by the District Council on Ministries or the executive
committee, or on call of the district superintendent.
NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
A. The Local Church Committee on Nominations and Personnel.
1. This committee shall prepare a list of names of local church persons as
suggested nominees for district and conference positions. These names
shall be presented to the district superintendent as a part of the regular
charge conference report to the district superintendent.
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The term of office for elected personnel in local churches by the charge
conference or annual church conference shall be from January 1 through
December 31. The lay member of the Annual Conference may be elected
annually or quadrennially by the charge conference next preceding the
regular meeting of the General Conference, as each charge conference
so decides.
District Nominations Committee
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Membership. The District Nominations Committee is nominated and
elected by the district conference, by written ballot and majority vote and
shall be composed of twelve members and the district representatives to
the Commission on the Status and Role of Women and the Commission
on Religion and Race, or their designees, plus one youth member, which
shall be elected at Youth Annual Conference. It is strongly recommended
that the membership consist of four laywomen, four laymen, and four
clergy, with sensitivity to gender, ethnicity, persons with disabilities, age
(including youth), geography, clergy who have been members of the
annual conference for less than ten years, and lay persons who have
demonstrated local church leadership. These persons shall serve a four
year term of office and cannot serve more than eight consecutive years
or a major part of two terms, except for the first election, at which time the
terms of office may be shortened to set up the rotating pattern. In the
event a person moves from the district which elected him or her, he or
she shall not continue on the District Nominations Committee, and the
district shall provide for another person to fill the unexpired term. It is
strongly recommended that the election shall take place so that one
clergy, one layman, and one laywoman shall rotate off each year. After
such service, four years shall elapse before a person shall be eligible for
membership on the District Nominations Committee. The district
superintendent shall be a consultative member of the District Nominations
Committee without vote.
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Officers. It is strongly recommended that one clergy, one layman, and
one laywoman elected by the district conference serve as the officers.
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a. Nominate for district responsibilities as determined by the district
conference, The Book of Discipline, and the annual conference Rules of
Order.
b. Provide nominees for election by district conference to membership on
c. Submit to the Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee a list
of persons to be nominated for other conference agencies according to
the matrix provided by the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee.
d. Channel all information for conference elections, including those made
by districts, and Iowa Annual Conference Journal records through the
Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee.
e. Adhere to the conference-determined guidelines (See IV.C., p 267)
f. Nominate for vacancies between district conference sessions by
submitting one or more nominees for each vacancy for election by the
District Council on Ministries, including those vacancies created by
persons moving from the district.
g. Cooperate fully with the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee in keeping accurate and systematic records of all transactions.
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Term of Office shall begin at the conclusion of the morning session of the
last day of Annual Conference and be for a four year term with a
maximum of two terms, unless otherwise provided by Articles of
Incorporation or proper authority.
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Conference Nominations and Elections Rules.
1. For the purposes of nominations and elections the following definition
shall apply in reference to the term “annual conference agencies.” The
agencies of the Iowa Annual Conference are the regularly established
boards, commissions, councils, standing committees, and committees.
Not included are: the Conference Connectional Ministries Council and its
subcommittees, Conference Council on Youth Ministry, Annual
Conference Administrative Coordinating Council, Committees on
Investigation, Joint Committee on Disability, the Committee on the
Episcopacy, task forces or task groups, ecumenical groups, or
committees related to the conduct of the annual sessions of the
conference. Chairpersons of standing committees are eligible to be
members of the standing committee’s respective agency.
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Only active members in The United Methodist Church shall be eligible for
nomination unless The Book of Discipline or the Iowa Annual Conference
Rules of Order specifically provide for ecumenical representation.
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If a person nominated is a family member of a member on the district
committee, the latter must refrain from any involvement in decision
making about the position for which nominations are being sought and
recommended. No member of a district committee may nominate a
member of his or her family for membership on any annual conference
agency or position for which the district committee has nominating
responsibility.
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An employed staff member of the annual conference shall not be eligible
for any agency membership.
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district superintendent shall not be the chairperson of any agency; neither
shall a clergy person continue as a chairperson if he/she is appointed
district superintendent.
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The term of office for members of agencies of the conference are for four
years. If the election occurs at annual conference, the term of office shall
begin at the conclusion of the morning session of the last day of annual
conference, unless otherwise provided by Articles of Incorporation or
proper authority.
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Tenure:
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a. There shall be an eight year tenure limitation for members of
conference agencies unless a lesser number of years is specified
elsewhere, including elective and ex-officio district representation.
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shall be counted as tenure limitations.
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c. Regardless of previous positions held on the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council, no person (except the bishop, members of the
appointive cabinet, the conference secretary and assistant to the bishop)
shall serve as a voting member of the Conference Connectional Ministries
Council for more than eight consecutive years.
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d. A person whose tenure has expired may not be re-elected to that
agency until being off for four years.
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to the term of office of the preceding member. This applies also to a
district representative on a conference agency.
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f. No person shall serve more than sixteen consecutive years on two or
more conference agencies. After reaching the sixteen year limit, a person
will not be eligible for membership on any conference agency, until four
years have elapsed. Ex officio service shall not be subject to this
limitation.
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The Conference Nominations Coordinating Committee shall encourage
the district committees on nomination to be reasonably certain that the
persons they nominate are:
a. Competent to represent the church in this particular field.
b. Willing to make an effort to attend meetings.
c. Willing to do a reasonable amount of home work on committee
assignments for the agency.
d. Active members of a local United Methodist Church.
e. Able to demonstrate a commitment to the United Methodist
connection, the biblical and historical foundations of the United Methodist
Church and the good stewardship of annual conference resources.
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No person may be an elective member of more than one annual
conference agency, including those nominated for district representation.
However, ethnic persons may serve on one agency in addition to the
Commission on Religion and Race; persons with disabilities may serve
on one agency in addition to the Commission on Ministry with Persons
with Disabilities.
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permitted elective membership on any other conference agency or any
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Election of Officers of Agencies.
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Officers of agencies shall be elected from within the membership of the
agency unless otherwise exempt in the Rules of Order. They shall be
elected for a quadrennium, unless the Articles of Incorporation, The Book
of Discipline, or these Rules of Order state otherwise. The officers shall
assume their duties upon their election unless the Articles of
Incorporation or The Book of Discipline state otherwise. The choice of a
date for the election of agency officers, age-level and group
representatives, and members-at-large shall be determined by the
conference agency prior to the last annual conference session of a
quadrennium, as follows:
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a. The meeting may be held at annual conference, after action has been
taken on the report of the Conference Nominations Coordinating
Committee, at a time set in the conference agenda.
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but no later than July 1.
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If the agency has been organized in the quadrennium which is ending, the
chairperson in office shall convene the meeting.
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If the agency has not been organized in the quadrennium which is ending,
it shall be convened by the Cabinet or the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council staff representative to the agency.
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If the meeting is held after annual conference, the previous officers shall
maintain the functions of the agency and plan for and carry out the
meeting in which the elections are held. These officers have a vote only
if they are continuing as members of the agency. The report of these
elections will be distributed to the members of the annual conference.
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At least twenty-four hours prior to the organizational meeting the
chairperson in consultation with the staff person related to the agency
shall appoint a nominating committee of not less than three nor more than
five members, from the members nominated to serve in the coming
quadrennium. Or, by prior decision, the agency may proceed with the
plans for nominations by the committee of the whole of the agency. The
members elected of the agency shall receive the report by either method
and shall elect by written ballot or show of hands and majority vote a
chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary and financial secretary of the
agency. The vice chairperson and financial secretary may be the same
person. An agency may elect co-chairpersons in place of a chairperson
and a vice chairperson, provided such an election does not increase the
total number of persons on the executive committee to more than four or
is not in conflict with The Book of Discipline or other conference rules of
order.
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If the person elected chairperson of an agency or a division of an agency
is a district representative, that person becomes an at-large member. The
district formerly represented by the newly elected chairperson shall
choose another representative. Board members elected to any other
officer position by their board are also to be replaced as district
representative by the district which elected them. For commissions and
the age level council, only the chairpersons elected from the membership
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are to be replaced by the districts which elected them.
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In accordance with ¶30 of The Book of Discipline, two annual conference
members who shall be of middle school/junior high/senior high age at the
time of election, shall be elected by district caucuses during Youth Annual
Conference (YAC).
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Two persons out of high school and under twenty-five years of age shall
be elected by each district to serve as post-high annual conference
members.
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General and Jurisdictional Conference Elections. (See 2002 IACJ, page
160.) The second and third alternates elected to the General Conference shall
be reimbursed by the annual conference at the same rate as those elected to
General Conference. The second and third alternates elected to Jurisdictional
Conference shall be reimbursed by the annual conference at the same rate as
those elected to the Jurisdictional Conference.
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Nomination of Person(s) for the Office of Bishop. The annual conference,
at the session immediately prior to the next regular session of the Jurisdictional
Conference, may nominate a person or persons for the office of bishop
(¶406.1). The clergy members elected to the General Conference delegation
and any clergy members nominated from the floor will constitute the ballot on
which all lay members and all clergy members may vote to select the
conference’s nominee. If the annual conference chooses to have more than
one nominee, then subsequent ballots shall be taken to select them.
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MINISTERIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND RELATIONS
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Approval or Admission.
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Candidates seeking admission as associate, probationary, or full
members shall submit all required documents to the Board of Ordained
Ministry by February 1 of the year in which they seek admission.
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All persons who will be appointed for the first time as full-time Local
Pastors shall be interviewed and must be approved by a Board of
Ordained Ministry interview team by the close of annual conference.
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All persons seeking to be licensed local pastors (full-time, part-time or
student) shall furnish the Board of Ordained Ministry with a medical report
on the form provided.
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Candidate Assessment.
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The Board of Ordained Ministry shall establish and administer a
psychological assessment program for the purpose of ascertaining
candidates’ strengths or weaknesses which would enhance or hinder
effectiveness in ministry. Psychological assessment shall be required of
the following persons:
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b. Persons seeking probationary or associate membership who have not
received psychological assessment.
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The Board of Ordained Ministry, through its appropriate committees, may
require further assessment of persons seeking probationary, associate or
full membership.
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An assessment deemed to be equivalent by the Board of Ordained
Ministry or its consultant may fulfill this requirement.
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No candidate will be recommended or rejected solely on the results of
psychological assessment.
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Education and Service Requirements.
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Those persons seeking full membership as elders (¶326) in the Iowa
Annual Conference shall be expected to exhibit competency in the
following areas:
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Biblical studies, theology, church history, homiletics, Christian
education, pastoral care, social ethics, worship, administration, spiritual
formation, evangelism, and mission.
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equivalent program approved in advance by the Board of Ordained
Ministry.
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a. All matters relating to admission shall be referred to the Board of
Ordained Ministry. Educational requirements for pastors from other
denominations shall be the same as required of other candidates seeking
membership in the Iowa Annual Conference.
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b. Those coming from other Christian denominations shall be required to
provide the Board of Ordained Ministry with a copy of their credentials
and a letter from the proper judicatory authority verifying their good
standing as a pastor in that denomination prior to any recommendation
for admission into membership in the Iowa Annual Conference.
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probationary members under the 1992 Book of Discipline shall serve a
minimum of two years of probationary membership. Ordained ministers
from other Christian denominations who became probationary members
under the 1996 Book of Discipline shall serve a minimum of three years
of probationary membership. They shall meet all of the requirements for
probationary membership except candidacy.
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Methodist churches must complete a minimum of two semester hours or
three quarter hours in each of the fields of United Methodist history,
doctrine, and polity by June 30, 2002, or within three years of the time
they begin to serve in the Iowa Annual Conference. This requirement may
be met by undertaking an independent study program provided and
administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
(See ¶326, The Book of Discipline, 2000.) This requirement does not
apply to ministers of other denominations who are serving a United
Methodist church because of a yoked or shared connection.
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Probationary members under the 1992 Book of Discipline must serve two
years full time in parish ministry after graduation from seminary before
becoming a full member. A probationary member under the 1996 Book
of Discipline (¶315) seeking elder’s orders must serve three years fulltime in a parish ministry after graduation from seminary before becoming
a full member. The last year of probationary membership must be served
within the geographical bounds of the Iowa Annual Conference. This rule
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shall also apply to those transferring to the Iowa Annual Conference as
probationers. The Board of Ordained Ministry may make exceptions for
persons appointed to extension ministries.
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All persons on the elders orders track who request reinstatement to
probationary membership after having been discontinued shall serve a
minimum of two years as a local pastor in the Iowa Annual Conference.
Conference Relations.
In addition to the duties prescribed by The Book of Discipline for the Board of
Ministry, the following are added:
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Unless otherwise disposed of by the Conference, all matters pertaining
to the subject of conference relations shall be referred to this board,
which shall investigate the same and report its finds and
recommendations to the conference.
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Any member applying for disability leave shall be required to present to
the board a physician’s certificate or report as to his/her physical
condition.
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Those members who are in the retired or leave of absence relationship
or on disability leave shall be considered by this board each year without
formal reference.
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All requests for change of relationship, reinstatement or restoration of
credentials shall be referred to the Board of Ordained Ministry and no
action shall be taken by the conference until the Board has made its
report and recommendation.
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Finance. The Board of Ordained Ministry shall perfect internal organization for
the adequate administration of all available funds having to do with ministerial
education and recruitment for the ordained ministry.
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Earnings accrued from unexpended money in the Ministerial Education Fund
shall be credited to the same.
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Financial Obligation.
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Percentage payments. Amounts in default, at time of union and thereafter
with simple interest at three percent from the time of union, shall
constitute a lien on the defaulting clergy person’s annuity, and upon his
retirement or death the Conference Board of Pensions shall recover the
shortage by appropriating the amount of the lien from the annuity of the
involved, subject to the regulations and limitations prescribed by The
Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church.
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Proportional payments (¶620, 636.4). The Conference Board of Pensions
shall keep a complete record of all church failures to pay their Ministerial
Support Apportionment in full. The Board shall engage in appropriate
educational efforts to inform local church treasurers and pastors of their
responsibility to implement proportional payments of pastoral
compensation when the Ministerial Support Apportionment is not paid in
full. This same principle shall apply to district superintendents in regard
to the total for the district to which they are assigned.
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Moral and Official Conduct of Clergy. The method of approval of the moral
and official conduct of the clergy members of the conference shall be by means
of the Board of Ordained Ministry making inquiry of each district superintendent
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each district superintendent, and one report being made by the Board of
Ordained Ministry to the bishop and the conference. (¶ 604.4 and 605.6).
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Pastoral Appointments. The relationship of pastor and charge shall begin
immediately on the effective date of appointment and shall continue until the
appointment of a successor, unless terminated or altered by episcopal
authority or permission. Each charge conference shall set the salary and other
remuneration of the pastor for the period January 1 through December 31.
Each local church is responsible for the pastor’s support from July 1 through
June 30.
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Retiring clergy and diaconal ministers shall submit to the Conference Archives
a brief autobiography of their active ministry or complete a biographical data
form supplied by the Commission on Archives and History.
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REPORTS, FINANCE AND PROPERTY
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Fiscal and Statistical Year. The fiscal and statistical year of the annual
conference shall be from January 1, to December 31.
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The Council on Finance and Administration will determine the date(s)
when expenditures and receipts shall be received by the conference
treasurer for credit for that fiscal year.
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The conference statistical reports shall be mailed to the person(s)
designated by the conference statistician by a date set by the statistician
-- but no later than March 1.
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The Conference Treasurer’s record of monies sent by churches shall
become the official report on these items to the annual conference.
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Central Treasury. There shall be a central treasury of the Iowa Annual
Conference.Each annual conference agency receiving funds through the
conference budget shall have a credit account with the conference treasurer,
against which vouchers shall be drawn by the person so authorized by the
agency; checks shall be drawn directly to the credit of the payee. Other annual
conference organizations shall be urged to use this central treasury for
handling of their funds.
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Rules established by the annual conference for the guidance of the
conference treasurer shall be as follows:
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a. The treasurer shall serve as the fiscal agent (not the treasurer) of each
of the several agencies. This means that the treasurer shall not be
considered an ex-officio member of that board or commission, but will
simply handle the funds, and be properly bonded for the same.
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sub-accounts for special purposes tied in with the budget of the agency
to facilitate reporting to the agency.
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c. A statement of each account shall be prepared at least quarterly.
Copies of the financial statements shall be distributed annually to the
pertinent agency, the Council on Finance and Administration, and the
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the person or persons having the right to draw the vouchers.
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aren’t sufficient funds, the treasurer will notify the agency involved and
hold payment until funds are available. The treasurer shall notify the
agency chair or the Director of Connectional Ministries in the event of
vouchers which seem to be in violation of conference rules or good
accounting practice.
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have a second signature. The signature would be that of the chairperson
of the parent agency or the conference staff person relating to the
committee or office in question.
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The conference treasurer shall be responsible for the employment of the
person or persons who work as assistants in the treasurer’s office, in
consultation with the chairperson of the Council on Finance and
Administration. The same rules as to vacation, sick leave, etc., shall apply
to such employees as apply to all other employees in the Conference
Center.
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The central treasury shall be authorized to receive and disburse funds
and subsidies on behalf of and at the request of district superintendents.
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Each District Council on Ministries shall deposit all funds received for
district program work with the central treasury and shall use that facility
as its disbursing agency. The central treasury shall be authorized to
receive and disburse other district funds; this shall be the recommended
pattern. The Committee on Camp, Conference and Retreat Ministries
may utilize the services of the central treasury and, in consultation with
the Council on Finance and Administration, the procedure for receiving
and disbursing related funds shall be determined.
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The Annual Conference, through the Council on Finance and
Administration shall cover directly the cost of operating the treasurer’s
office and require all annual conference agencies to use its services. No
charge shall be made by the central treasury to an annual conference or
district agency or to a district superintendent for handling such accounts.
However, corresponding adjustments shall be made in agency budgets
if they have previously maintained their own treasury.
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Apportionments.
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Any proposal or amendment brought to the conference floor which affects the
apportionment formula shall be referred to Council on Finance and Administration
for its response before final action is taken by the conference.
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Records Center.
The bishop’s office shall be the center for keeping permanent biographical and
personnel files for all pastors of the Iowa Annual Conference.
The Conference Director of Administrative Services office shall be the center
for keeping service records and vital statistics for all pastors of the Iowa Annual
Conference and their families. This same office shall be the repository for property
records.
Bonding.
1. The president of the Council on Finance and Administration shall annually
arrange for the bonding of the conference treasurer and all other persons
who are responsible for funds of the Iowa Annual Conference. The
conference treasurer shall be bonded for $100,000 and the treasurer’s
office staff shall be bonded for $100,000. All other persons responsible
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for funds of the Iowa Annual Conference shall be bonded up to the
amount of $20,000. These bonds are to be retained by the president of
the Council on Finance and Administration.
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The president of the Council on Finance and Administration shall annually
arrange for the bonding of all persons who are responsible for funds in
the several churches making up the Iowa Conference. This to be a
blanket bond extending coverage to each of these persons to a maximum
amount of $10,000, the cost of which will become an item of
administrative expense.
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Audit. Any board, commission, committee, or institution program group that
receives $10,000 or more from the Iowa Annual Conference and is related to
the Iowa Annual Conference, and that maintains funds into which it receives
and dispenses money in an amount in excess of $20,000 annually, shall have
its accounts audited and report this audit annually by March 1 of each calendar
year to the Council on Finance and Administration.
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Funding of New Program. Any motion or report that calls for the adoption of
a new conference program requiring an increased conference budget and/or
increased appropriation of monies or any new or increased apportionment, or
any proposed fund raising program by any institution, shall be printed in the
Pre-Conference Manual under the section having to do with the board,
commission, committee, or institution making the request, if it is for a sum in
excess of $10,000. If such a resolution or report is not printed in the PreConference Manual, it may be considered by the conference only after
receiving a two-thirds majority vote for consideration. In the event the
conference votes to hear the resolution or report, twenty-four hours must
elapse before the vote for adoption is taken. If adopted, all such funding
requests must be referred to the Council on Finance and Administration
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Moving Policy. There shall be a moving policy recommended by the Council
on Finance and Administration to the annual conference.
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Sustentation Fund. There shall be a Sustentation Fund. (¶624)
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Fund Balances and Conference Unrestricted Reserve.
1. All debit balances (deficits) in any conference board or agency account
shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year. All credit balances
(surpluses) in any conference board or agency account shall, at year end,
be credited to the conference’s Unrestricted Reserve Fund. This rule
does not apply to:
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b. Any conference board or agency account in deficit at year end may be
approved to close such deficit to the conference’s Unrestricted Reserve
by the Council on Finance and Administration.
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c. Administrative agency accounts with surpluses may be approved for
carryover into the next fiscal year by the Council on Finance and
Administration.
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d. Program and benevolence agency accounts with surpluses may be
approved for carryover into the next fiscal year by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council upon recommendation of the Program
Review Committee and approval of the Council on Finance and
Administration.
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The Council on Finance and Administration may also set policies for carryover of deficit and credit accounts, so that the treasurer may do so
without annual action by the Council on Finance and Administration. If the
funds are in a program area, the recommendation will come to the
Council on Finance and Administration from the Conference Connectional
Ministries Council. All standing carryover funds must be reviewed at least
once each quadrennium.
Policy on Interest Payments on Funds Held by the Conference Treasurer.
The conference treasurer will credit interest payments quarterly on capital
funds held by the treasurer for conference agencies.
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No interest will be paid on funds apportioned by the annual conference.
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The rate paid will be 1/2 of 1% below the average rate being earned by
the conference during the quarter.
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Any operation deficits carried by the agency will be deducted from the
balances before interest is calculated.
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The Council on Finance and Administration at its December meeting each
year shall designate which funds are to be eligible for interest payments
in the ensuing year.
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Miscellaneous.
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For needs of conference causes greater than $300, the Council on
Finance and Administration shall receive 35 detailed copies of the proposed budget, together with 35 copies of the latest itemized financial
statement, printed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper at least ten days prior to the
budget hearing.
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Each fall the Council on Finance and Administration, based on the fouryear average of previous years’ apportionment receipts and projection of
the current year’s apportionment receipts, will instruct each agency to
prioritize its spending for the next year and submit the revised spending
budget to the Council on Finance and Administration. If the agency has
a program that needs to be funded at 100%, the balance of the remaining
programs shall be funded at a ratio of the remaining budget. Agencies
may adjust their own budget line items to attain the spending limits with
benevolence budgets receiving the consent of the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council and the Council on Finance and
Administration and other agencies receiving consent of the Council on
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There shall be an annual report from each church to the annual
conference as to its total indebtedness for current expenses and capital
expenditures.
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All expense allowances to pastors, including travel, utilities, fuel, social
security, pensions, and hospitalization, shall be reported in the expense
columns in the Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
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Funds in any conference budget may not be used to initiate new
programs or transfer funds without the consent of the Program Review
Committee and Conference Connectional Ministries Council. When a
request for a transfer of funds is made when no regular Program Review
Committee is scheduled, the committee shall act on the request by phone
consultation, mail and/or special meeting.
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If the memberships of more than one pastoral charge are to be solicited
in any financial campaign or program initiated by any agency or institution
owned by or related to the annual conference, or receiving annual
conference funds, or any entity outside the Iowa Annual Conference other
than the General Conference, the approval of the Council on Finance and
Administration and/or Annual Conference shall be required.
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The Council on Finance and Administration shall make recommendations
each year regarding provision for travel, lodging, and meal expenses for
ministerial and lay members for the annual conference session.
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There shall be a listing of all abandoned church properties of The United
Methodist Church in Iowa filed with the report of the Conference Board of
Trustees and printed each year in the Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
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Approval for funding mission appeals may be granted after consultation
among and approval of the office of the resident bishop, chairperson of
the Iowa Board of Global Ministries, chairperson of Council on Finance
and Administration, and chairperson(s) of other mission related agencies.
The chairperson of the Board of Global Ministries is to convene the
consultation process.
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10. Persons or immediate family members who relate to programs that
receive program funds from the Iowa Annual Conference are required to
refrain from voting on proposals as the budget is developed in the
program agency of the annual conference.
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12. Vouchers for Special Gifts. Gifts of any sort received as a result of direct
solicitation on the part of any conference institution, when such gifts do
not pass through the hands of the treasurer of a local church nor apply on
any apportionment to a local church, shall be considered as Special Gifts.
All such annual totals shall be reported to the conference treasurer for
recording in the Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
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13. Each conference corporation shall provide a summarized financial report
for printing in the Iowa Annual Conference Journal.
Federated churches, involving United Methodists, shall be apportioned
on the same basis and in the same manner as United Methodist
churches, requiring requested reports from the pastor for Iowa Annual
Conference Journal records needed for such determinations as voted by
the annual conference. The Iowa Annual Conference Journal records
shall show the numbers as applicable to United Methodists only or where
this can not be resolved, satisfactory percentages of all totals shall be
made by the local church in consultation with the district superintendent
of the United Methodist Church.
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There shall be a Central Services Department maintained at the United
Methodist Conference Center. This department shall be responsible to the
director of Administrative Services.
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The equipment for the department shall be owned in the name of the Iowa
Annual Conference. The director of Administrative Services, in consultation
with the Conference Board of Trustees, shall make the decisions concerning
the adding of new equipment as well as the replacement of present equipment.
The cost of the maintenance, repair, replacement and addition of equipment
shall come from the Conference Center equipment funds.
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The director of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Conference
Board of Trustees, shall develop and maintain the guidelines regarding the
operation and funding of the Central Services Department.
4 VIII. PARLIAMENTARY RULES OF ORDER
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Parliamentary Rules. The annual conference shall follow Robert’s Rules of
Order, except when Robert’s differs from the rules of the Iowa Annual
Conference. Robert’s Rules and not printed here.
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Quorum. The members present at any duly called sessions of the annual
conference shall constitute a quorum.
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Voting Area. At the opening of the session, the voting area of the conference
shall be fixed. A member of the conference shall be within the prescribed area
in order to participate in discussion or to vote except when official
responsibilities require his/her absence.
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Voting Procedure.
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When resolutions, petitions and program items come before the annual
conference from the legislative committees, the vote of the conference
shall be on the substance of the item rather than on the recommendation
of the legislative committee.
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Voting shall be done by show of hands or electronic devices unless
otherwise ordered by the conference. If voting by show of hands, a vote
by secret ballot or a count vote may be ordered on call of any member,
supported by one-third of the members present and voting.
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Reports. No report shall be presented to the conference unless adopted by
the designated quorum at a properly constituted and publicized session of the
agency making the report.
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Privilege of Speaking. Lay and clergy members of agencies, elected by the
conference or appointed by order of the conference, or in pursuance of
provisions in The Book of Discipline, who are not members of the conference
may be granted the privilege of speaking, on matters relating to the reports of
the respective agencies of which they are members.
Persons not officially connected with the Iowa Annual Conference may not
address the conference at a business session without first obtaining the
approval of the Committee on Business and Agenda, which committee shall
fix a definite time to be allotted to such persons and, if approval is given, only
under circumstances of extreme urgency shall this time exceed five minutes.
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Authority of the Chairperson. The presiding officer—usually the
bishop—shall be the legal chairperson of the conference. He/she shall decide
points of order raised by the members, and shall rule on points of order not
raised by the members, as he/she deems necessary to conform to the Rules
of Order; subject to an appeal to the conference by any member without
debate. When any member raises a point of order he/she shall cite the rule
he/she adjudges to have been violated.
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At such time as the bishop is unable to preside, the provisions of ¶603.6
of The Book of Discipline shall be followed.
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If no other bishop is available, the assistant to the bishop shall convene
the session and the annual conference shall elect a president pro
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Speaking. When a member speaks to the conference the member shall give
her/his: name, charge and whether they are clergy or lay.
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Motions Written.
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All motions shall be written and presented to the conference secretary in
triplicate, and any which exceed 80 words shall be printed and distributed
to the members of the conference prior to consideration.
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Before any materials may be distributed on the conference floor,
approval must be granted by the Sub-Committee on Business and
Agenda. All such legislative materials shall carry the name of the person
or agency preparing the material. Any conference member who has been
denied permission to distribute materials to the conference floor by the
above committee shall have the right to make appeal to the annual
conference with not more than one person speaking for the distribution
and not more than one speaking against, after which a vote shall be
taken.
Resolutions.
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Resolutions are motions which are intended to cause the annual
conference to express its mind on some matter of concern. A resolution
might, also, cause the altering of some aspect of conference procedure.
Resolutions are distinguished from program proposals in that resolutions
do not cause the expenditure of money or a significant amount of staff
time, the holding of meetings, nor the conducting of studies.
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The committee will receive all resolutions submitted to the annual
conference in the form specified by the Conference Resolutions
Committee.
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Resolutions pertaining to issues of church and society shall be prepared
for odd-year conference sessions, except when emerging situations
warrant consideration at even-year sessions.
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a. Each resolution adopted by an odd-year annual conference shall have
a term of two years unless it is discontinued by the subsequent annual
conference.
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b. Each resolution adopted by an even-year annual conference shall
have a term of one year.
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Individuals, congregations, or districts may submit resolutions to the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council office by September 1 each
year for referral to the appropriate conference organization. Or, if these
resolutions have been developed after September 1, they may be
submitted directly to the Resolutions Committee.
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Conference organizations shall submit their resolutions proposals to the
Conference Connectional Ministries Council office by the date in
February or March announced each year by the Conference
Connectional Ministries Council, and these resolutions are printed and
referred to the Resolutions Committee.
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The Resolutions Committee shall:
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a. Review and study each resolution to determine accuracy, duplication,
and previous conference action. Resolutions which are not in proper
order will be returned to the maker with a statement indicating what must
be done to put the resolution in proper form and what procedure must be
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followed to place the resolution before the proper legislative committee.
Resolutions will be returned to the maker if:
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incorrect, or apparently misleading.
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Standing Resolution.
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reviewed by the Resolutions Committee.
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(6) The resolution is in conflict with The Book of Discipline of The
United Methodist Church.
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conference to vote approval of a portion of the Book of Discipline.
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b. Submit the resolutions in proper form to the editor of the PreConference Manual. Printing in the Pre-Conference Manual will indicate
only that the resolutions are in proper form. The Resolutions Committee
will express no opinion on the substantive content of the resolutions.
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c. Instruct the editor of the Pre-Conference Manual to coordinate related
program items and resolutions in the manual and in assignment to the
legislative committees so that they are presented and debated
sequentially.
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conference.
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After the submission dates, resolutions may be brought to the
appropriate legislative committee, with adequate copies for distribution
there, and if adopted, referred to the Resolutions Committee for review
prior to being made a part of the legislative committee’s report to the
annual conference.
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A resolution may be brought directly to the conference floor as follows:
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12:00 p.m. (noon) on the first full day of annual conference.
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b. The Resolutions Committee shall review the resolution to determine
accuracy, possible duplication and previous conference action. The
committee shall report to the annual conference and recommend whether
the conference should consider the resolution but shall express no
opinion on the subject or substantive content of the resolution.
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resolution.
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d. Resolutions which the annual conference has voted to consider shall
be printed and distributed by the Annual Conference Session Planning
Committee as soon as possible, but not later than the final morning of the
annual conference and scheduled for presentation to the session by the
Business and Agenda Sub-Committee.
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Resolutions adopted by a session of the Iowa Annual Conference shall
be published in the Daily Proceedings for even numbered years. The
Resolutions Committee shall be responsible for the content of a biennial
Book of Resolutions for odd-numbered years in conjunction with the Iowa
Annual Conference Journal. Prior to the publication, each resolution will
be assigned a final number by the Resolutions Committee consistent with
other resolutions of the general category.
10. The Resolutions Committee shall also process petitions to General
Conference that are submitted for annual conference approval. The
committee shall collate petitions and assign them to the proper legislative
committee for discussion, vote and referral to the annual conference.
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K.
Standing Resolutions.
1.
A resolution which has been approved by the annual conference during
an odd-numbered year shall become a Standing Resolution for a term of
four years by a two-thirds vote of the annual conference. All current
standing resolution terms scheduled to expire in an even numbered year
will be extended one year so that standing resolutions are only voted
upon during odd-numbered years.
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2.
Standing Resolutions become part of the record of the annual conference
and shall be published, with an expiration date, in an biennial Book of
Resolutions printed in conjunction with the Iowa Annual Conference
Journal. Prior to publication, each Standing Resolution shall be assigned
a final number by the Resolutions Committee consistent with other
standing resolutions of the same general category.
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3.
The motion for a resolution to become a Standing Resolution shall be
made immediately following the conference’s action on the resolution.
The motion is undebatable.
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Any Standing Resolution is subject to change or discontinuation by twothirds vote of a subsequent annual conference.
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5.
An amendment to a Standing Resolution that is to be brought directly to
the conference floor shall be:
a. Considered only by a majority vote of the annual conference.
b. Printed only by order of the annual conference.
c. Referred to the Resolutions Committee.
d. Distributed to the conference members at least 24 hours before the
stated adjournment time.
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6.
The Resolutions Committee shall make editorial changes in the Standing
Resolutions that do not change their substance upon recommendation
from the appropriate conference agencies. All such editorial changes
shall be reported to the annual conference.
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7.
In the conference year prior to the expiration date of a Standing
Resolution, the Resolutions Committee shall assign the Standing
Resolution to the appropriate annual conference agency for review. The
agency shall recommend whether a given Standing Resolution shall be:
a. Republished without change;
b. Revised and republished; or
c. Discontinued.
To reinstate an expiring Standing Resolution, the sponsoring agency must
resubmit that Standing Resolution at the annual conference session during the
expiration year.
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Standing Resolutions which are recommended for republishing without
change shall be placed on the consent calendar. Any Standing
Resolution not specifically re-enacted by the annual conference shall be
considered discontinued.
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L.
Unlawful Motion After Speech. It shall not be in order for a member
immediately after discussing a pending question and before relinquishing the
floor to make a motion which, if adopted, would limit or stop debate.
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Limitation on Speaking. No person shall speak more than twice on the same
question, nor for more than three minutes at a time without the consent of the
conference, nor more than once until every member desiring to speak has
spoken. This three minute limit may be reduced by a two-thirds vote without
debate, at any time, and for any period of duration.
Insofar as possible, lay members and clergy members shall be given equal
opportunity to speak on a question.
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Speakers For and Against.
1.
When the report of a committee is under consideration, it shall be
entitled to speak before there is further debate from the floor.
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2.
When a member from the floor moves to amend a report or a proposal
before the conference, the person presenting the report or proposal that
is being amended or his/her designee, shall be entitled to speak before
there is further debate from the floor.
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The presiding officer will ascertain, when recognizing a member of the
conference, on which side the member proposes to speak and not assign
the floor to any member proposing to speak on the same side of the
pending question as the speaker immediately preceding if any member
desires to speak on the other side.
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Except for undebatable motions, no report shall be adopted or question
relating to the same decided without opportunity having been given for
at least two speeches for and two against the said proposal, provided
that right is claimed before the chairperson or duly authorized member
representing the committee’s report, if there be such, is presented to
close the debate.
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When all have spoken who desire to do so, or if the previous question
has been ordered, the maker of the motion shall be entitled to speak,
then the chairperson and/or duly authorized member or members
presenting the committee’s report shall be entitled to speak, after which
the vote is taken.
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Suspension of Rules. Any of these Rules of Order, except those rules related
to amending the Rules of Order, may be suspended for the immediate
business under consideration by a two-thirds majority vote.
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Amendments. The Plan of Organization and Rules of Order may be amended
at any session of the annual conference by a vote of two-thirds of members
present and voting, providing that one day’s notice has been given and the
proposed change or amendment has been submitted in writing, and a report
has been given thereon by the Committee on Rules of Order.
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BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
XIII. THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Minutes of the Iowa Annual Conference held in Ames, Iowa from June 12, through
June15, 2003, Bishop Gregory V. Palmer presiding. Date When Organized: August 14, 1844.
Number of This Session: 160th.
PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS
1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 617):
Secretary?
Susan Ney
Mailing Address: 506 S. Portland St., Bancroft, IA 50517-8004
Telephone: 515-885-0268
Statistician?
Charles W. Smith
Mailing Address: 500 E. Court Ave Suite C, Des Moines, IA 50309-2019
Telephone: 515-283-1991
Treasurer?
Charles W. Smith
Mailing Address: 500 E. Court Ave Suite C, Des Moines, IA 50309-2019
Telephone: 515-283-1991
2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? Yes. The Iowa Annual Conference of
The United Methodist Church
3. Bonding and auditing:
a) What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what
amounts (¶¶616, 2511)?
The Conference Staff and Treasurer’s Office - $1,000,000 through the General
Council on Finance and Administration plus $500,000 through the Conference
insurance program.
b) Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶615, 2511)? Yes.
(Contact the Conference Treasurer’s Office for audit reports. Final copies of audit
reports are not completed in time to meet the deadline for printing in the Iowa Annual
Conference Journal).
4. What agencies have been appointed or elected?
a) Answer Yes or No for each of the councils, boards, commissions, or committees listed:
(1) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶632)?
Yes.
(2) Board of Pensions (¶636)?
Yes. (Incorporated separately)
(3) Board of Trustees of the Annual
(4) Committee on Episcopacy
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Conference (¶2512)? Yes.
(¶634)?
Yes.
(5) Committees on Investigation (¶2703.2, 3)? (6) Administrative Review
Yes.
Committee (¶633)? Yes.
b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) in your annual conference which is (are)
responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies
(¶608.1):
(1) General Council on Finance and Administration?
Conference Council on Finance and Administration
(2) General Council on Ministries?
(3) General Board of Church and Society?
Conference Board of Church and Society
(4) General Board of Discipleship?
Conference Board of Discipleship
(5) General Board of Global Ministries?
Conference Board of Global Ministries
(6) Higher Education and Campus Ministry?
Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
(7) General Commission on Archives and History?
Conference Commission on Archives and History
(8) General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns?
Conference Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
(9) General Commission on Religion and Race?
Conference Commission on Religion and Race
(10) General Commission on the Status and Role of Women?
Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women
(11) United Methodist Communications?
Conference Communications Services and Resources
c) Indicate the conference agencies which have responsibilities for the following
functions:
(1) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶652)?
(2) Disability Concerns (¶649)?
Commission on Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
(3) Equitable Compensation (¶623)?
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(4) Laity (¶629)?
Conference Board of Laity
(5) Native American Ministry (¶650)?
Conference Connectional Ministries Council Native American Committee
(6) Small Membership Church (¶642)?
d) Answer Yes or No for each of the following conference or district organizations:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Conference United Methodist Women (¶644)? Yes.
Conference United Methodist Men (¶645)? Yes.
Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶646)? Yes.
Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶647)? No.
District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518)? Yes.
Committees on District Superintendency (¶663)? Yes.
District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶660)? Yes.
e) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or
elected in the annual conference?
Age-Level Council
Annual Conference Administrative Coordinating Council
Annual Conference Human Resources Committee
Board of Camp, Conference & Retreat Ministries
Committee on Pastoral Care and Counseling
Committee on Rules of Order
Conference Leadership Development Coordinating Committee
Conference Resolutions Committee
5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept their respective records according
to the prescribed forms (¶606.8)? Yes.
6. What is the report of the statistician? (See Statistical Tables back pages of this Journal)
7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report, page 216 of Journal)
8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their
districts? (See report, page 218 of Journal)
9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for pastors for the ensuing year
(¶¶333, 623.3)? (See Reports of Conference Action, Item 804, page 181 of Journal)
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 (¶612.1a)?
$2,547,620
11. 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 (¶¶612.1d, 1507)? $2,074,180
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12. What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year:
a)
b)
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d)
e)
f)
g)
For the World Service Fund? $1,128,038
For the Ministerial Education Fund? $458,087
For the Black College Fund? $182,688
For the Africa University Fund? $40,881
For the Episcopal Fund? $269,128
For the General Administration Fund? $107,466
For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $34,340
13. If the annual conference apportions to the local church a fund that combines two or more
general apportioned funds with one another, or that combines one or more general
apportioned funds with funds other than a general apportioned fund, list below for each
combined fund: a) the name and amount of each general fund included in the
apportionment; b) the percentage of the combined fund total that corresponds to each
general fund apportionment (¶¶612.3d, 613.4).
World Service
Ministerial Education Fund
Episcopal Fund
Black College Fund
Africa University
Gen. Administration Fund
Interdenominational Coop Fund
19.87%
7.44%
4.37%
81.71%
18.29%
3.89%
1.24%
Conference Benevolence
Ministerial Support
Ministerial Support
Other Ministries
Other Ministries
Administrative Min.
Administrative Min.
80.13%
92.56%
95.63%
18.29%
81.71%
96.11%
98.76%
14. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 655):
a) Conference lay leader: Name: Dennis Bell
Mailing Address: 1016 Ridge Rd, Denison, IA 51442-1124
Ph: 712-263-2384
b) Associate conference lay leaders: Norma Morrison, 2117 Americana Ave., Muscatine,
IA 52761
c) District and associate district lay leaders:
Cedar Rapids District: Rudy Huffman, 402 W. First St., Mechanicsville, IA 52306
Council Bluffs District: Arnold Kenyon, 5987 Main St., Audubon, IA 50025
Creston District: Rachel Kelsey, 415 Condit Dr., Lamoni, IA 50140
Des Moines District:
Dubuque District: Pat Ritter, 545 James St., Arlington, IA 50606
Fort Dodge District: Evelyn Farnham, 3239 Garfield Ave., Gowrie, IA 50543
Mason City District: Hugh Mackintosh, 2979 310th St., Sumner 50674-9141
Muscatine District: Harry Knutsen, 308 N. Main St., Walcott, IA 52773
Ottumwa District: Dick Cook, PO Box 116, Blakesburg, IA 52536
Sioux City District: Barbara Joy, 705 Fir St., Correctionville, IA 51016
Spencer District: Hess Roorda, 1200 10th St., Rock Valley, IA 51247
Waterloo District: Ron Borton, 5191 11th Ave., La Porte City, IA 50651
15.
What local churches have been:
a) Organized (¶259)? None.
b) Merged (¶¶254 5, 2546)? None.
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1) United Methodist with United Methodist Name of 1st church
Name of 2nd church
Name of merged church
Name of 2nd church
Name of merged church
2) Other mergers Name of 1st church
c) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶228, 332.2, 2548)?
(State which for each church listed.)
Ottumwa District:
Three Rivers Parish: North English-Millersburg remain
South English Union abandoned August 25, 2002
Spencer District:
Doan December 31, 2002 discontinued
d) Relocated and to what address? None.
e) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity") None.
f)
Former Name
Dubuque, Grandview Avenue
New Name
Dubuque, Grand View
Address
3343 John Wesley Dr.
Dubuque, IA 52002
Sioux City, National Hispanic
Ministries
Matthew 25 Hispanic
1601 Grandview Blvd #4
Sioux City, IA 51103
Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s)
and with what membership (¶¶39, 260)? None.
Conference from which
Name
Membership
transferred
g) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? None.
16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines?
District: None.
Charges:
Council Bluffs District:
Council Bluffs, Trinity-Carter Lake separate. Carter Lake becomes a charge and
Council Bluffs, Fifth Avenue-Trinity become a charge
Des Moines Gatchel and Des Moines, Jordan become a charge
Des Moines, Gatchel-Jordan
Dubuque District:
Wyoming-Baldwin-Monmouth Faith become two charges
Wyoming and Baldwin-Monmouth Faith
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Ottumwa District:
Attica-Olive Chapel-Pershing, Zion (Add Pershing which was omitted one year
ago in the appointments)
Waterloo District:
Chelsea-Meskwaki Settlement Ministry of Presence separate and now become
Chelsea and Meskwaki Settlement Ministry of Presence
Waterloo, Linden-East Janesville become separate charges
Waterloo, Linden and East Janesville
PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED MINISTERS AND LOCAL PASTORS
(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 twothirds or three-fourths majority vote is required.)
17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official
administration (¶¶604.4, 605.6)?
Yes, attested to by means of signed statements from the District Superintendents which
will be submitted to the Board of Ordained Ministry; and also signed by Bishop Gregory V.
Palmer, attesting to the conduct of the District Superintendents signed below.
We, the bishop and superintendents, take very seriously the call to moral excellence in
the lives of pastors. We humbly offer our signatures to answer this question, knowing that
only by the grace of God can any of us be blameless in our life and official administration.
Obviously, we make no judgment about the moral character of pastors who are involved
in supervisory correction or involved in judicial or administrative complaint processes.
Signed June 12, 2003:
Barrie Tritle, Richard Sebeniecher, Charles Luers, David Stout, Ron Kramer, Gary
Armstrong, Emmanuel Tabelisma, Judith Miller, Charles Kellogg, James Hanke, Marcia
Sangel, Deborah Kiesey and Bishop Gregory V. Palmer
18. Who constitute:
a) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703.2)? (v)
Elders: Charles E. Curl (1998), Philip J. Webb (2000), Emmanuel R. Dass (2000), M.
Scott Hibben (2000), Lon L. Lewis (2000), Beverlee A. Bell (2000), one vacancy
Lay Observers: Sue Mullins (2000), Jo Ann Orthel (2000)
Elder Alternates: Allen D. Call (1996), Neva Thorn Perdue (2000), Thelma C.
Subramanian (2000)
b) The Administrative Review Committee (¶633)? (v)
Curtis DeVance (2001), Karen Nichols Dungan (2000), Rudolf Trusheim (1995)
Alternates: Rose M. Blank (2001), Mark A. Young (2000)
19. Who have received the certificate of candidacy for ordained ministry? (¶¶306, 307 Include the names and year of certificate of all candidates for ordained ministry who have
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been certified or approved for continuance by the district committee on ordained ministry.)
Lois L. Abel (1992)
John T. Abraham (2000)
Michael T. Agnew (2003)
Sheryl J. Alexander (1997)
Renata B. Alexandre (1997)
Douglas L. Amis (2003)
Jay C. Amundson (1999)
Leo Andersen (2002)
Enna S. Antunez (2003)
Paul A. “Andy” Baldwin (2001)
Courtney Ball (2003)
Constance A. Beck (1997)
Nancy M. Bender (2001)
Janice A. Bennett (2001)
Norman L. Bennett (1994)
Ruth E. Blayer (2001)
Crystal J. Boardman (2002)
James D. Boardman (2002)
Steve M. Braudt (2002)
Elizabeth A. Briggs (1997)
John C. Brockschink (2003)
M. Dianne Brokken (2003)
Frederick W. Bryson (2001)
Paul I. Burrow (2001)
Elliott A. Butler III (1995)
Candraeah P. Carey (2002)
Janice M. “Neicey” Carlton (1999)
Benjamin E. Carter-Allen (2002)
Jerry E. Chase (1999)
Richard R. Cobb (2002)
Jay E. Coble (1999)
Patricia I. Connor (2002)
Kathleen J. Cramer (2003)
Sheryl K. Donahue Daylong (1999)
Pamela S. Deeds (2003)
Judith R. DePue (2002)
Brent A. de Silva (2002)
Ann E. Donat (2003)
Robert L. Dvorak (2003)
Patricia M. Eastman (1999)
Peggy J. Egbert (1993)
Michael D. Ellson (1997)
Jeffrey L. Flagg (1995)
Sue Ferguson Johnson (2002)
Dennis A.P. Fox (1980)
Esta Fraley (2002)
Nathan N. Frazee (1991)
Donald J. Frizzell (1989)
Sandra K. Fousek (2003)
Len Garrison (1998)
Dorothy C. Gerr (2002)
Dallas Gilreath (2001)
John Greenlee (2002)
Patricia S. Guenther (2000)
Jason K. Gutzmer (2003)
Garold H. Hansen (2002)
Glen C. Hanson (2001)
Kenneth J. Hartman, Sr. (1992)
Frederick C. “Rick” Hawkins (2000)
Linda D. Heinrich (2002)
Anthony N. Hershey (NA)
Cynthia Hickman (2003)
David R. Hobbs (2001)
Jerry E. Hoff (1999)
Karen S. Hoff (2001)
Jack D. Hofmockel (2002)
Carolyn J. Hollar (2001)
Todd L. Holman (2001)
Vincent D. Homan (1991)
Dennis R. Hopes (1997)
Mary B. Horras (2001)
Glen E. Houts, Jr. (1999)
John D. Howerton (1997)
Christine L. Humrichouse (2002)
Marlene Janssen (2000)
Wendy J. Trone Johannesen (1997)
Amy M. Johnson (2001)
Charles J. Johnson (2003)
Jaye J Johnson (2001)
Jessica J. Johnston (2002)
Barbara J. Jones (2001)
Barbara Joy (2002)
Mary M. Kenyon (2001)
Robert E. Kersten (1998)
James P. King (NA)
Patricia A. King (1998)
Beatrice S. Kinzler (2001)
Andrea M. Kraushaar (2003)
Barbara J. Krueger (2002)
John O. Kult (2001)
Bud Lane (2003)
Jason P. Larson (2002)
Richard D. Latta (1995)
Goldie L. Laymon (2000)
Evelyn D. Lewiston (2001)
Debra Lincoln (1991)
Sheryl C. Lohman (2002)
Barbara Losey (2002)
D. Renee’ Lunemann (1999)
Jill A. Mack (2002)
Jimmie W. Matheney (1994)
Julie A. May (2001)
Mary C. McAtee (2001)
Steven McElroy (2003)
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Randall E. McNeer (2001)
Jeffrey A. McPheron (1997)
Sean McRoberts (2002)
Susan K. Meade (1995)
John R. Meister (1999)
Charles Miller (1996)
Noreen F. Miller (1998)
Diane K. Mitchell (1997)
Robert D. Morris (NA)
Jon C. Moss (1996)
Sue B. Mullins (2002)
Carol E. Myers (1997)
Nicholas N. Needham (2001)
Betsey Neipert (2001)
Donald N. Nelson (1984)
James R. Newman (2003)
Brian K. Oliver (2002)
Kathy J. Olson (1997)
Synthia Osborne (2003)
Charles E. Panzer (2002)
Geneva R. Parsons (1988)
Robert L. Patton (2001)
E. Christine Pauley (2001)
Leroy F. Perkins (1987)
Bonnie Peterson (2001)
Carl F. Phillips (2002)
Andrea M. Poland (2002)
Jason L. Princer (2003)
Richard A. Purcell (2001)
Stephen J. Ransom (2003)
Nancy K. Renfro (2000)
Michael D. Renken (2002)
Douglas E. Reynolds (1995)
Ronald C. Rice (2003)
Ward C. Richards, Jr. (2003)
Ronald G. Ridgway (2001)
Daniel V. Ridnouer (2000)
Jerry E. Rigdon (2003)
Thomas J. Rimmer (1998)
James H. Roth (2000)
Charles D. (Skip) Rushing (1997)
Jodi S. Rushing (2002)
Steve K. Satre (1995)
Lee A. Schott (2002)
Gordon M. Scott (2001)
Virgil L. Scott (2001)
Steve Shelley (NA)
Dennis J. Shepherd (1999)
Jane E. Shepherd (1999)
Marvin D. Siems (2001)
David L. Siler (1999)
Duane E. “Doc” Skidmore (1997)
Patricia Slater (1994)
A. Joyce Smith (1994)
Sandra J. Smith (1997)
Scott Smith (2000)
Trevor J. Soderstrum (1995)
Boyd A. Sparks (1996)
Clifford W. Speck (2002)
Vickie L. Steffes (2001)
Naomi J. “Tootie” Stepanek (2002)
Michael D. Stevens (2002)
James F. Stout (1995)
Linda T. Stueve (2001)
Carmen Swanson (2002)
Stephen A. Taylor (2001)
Robin L. Thomas (1999)
Charles W. Thompson (1988)
Diane Townsley (1999)
Sharon B. Trealor (1998)
Pamela K. Ulffers (1998)
Cathy J. Van Gundy (2002)
Daniel R. Voss (2001)
Harry J. Wach (2001)
Judy A. Wadding (1994)
Janet L. Wearda (1996)
Maria D. Wiblin (2001)
Gayle M. Wilcox (2001)
E. Lee Williamson (1992)
Jessica B. Wimmer (1996)
Judy M. Winkelpleck (1998)
David W. Wise (1994)
Deborah L.C. Wise (2003)
I. Charlene Wolfe (2002)
Donald M. Wood (2001)
Lynn B. Wyatt (1992)
Ruth Lingxin Yan (2002)
Audrey H. Westendorf Young (1996)
Jennifer J. Zirbel (1999)
20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are
not now appointed? (¶340. - Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.):
Sheryl J. Alexander (2001
Renata B. Alexandre (1997)
Constance A. Beck (2000)
Crystal J. Boardman (2002)
Jay E. Coble (1999)
Peggy J. Ebert (1993)
Dennis A.P. Fox (1998)
Dallas E. Gilreath (2002)
Patricia A. King (2000)
Debra Lincoln (1994)
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Jill A. Mack (2002)
Noreen F. Miller (1998)
Sue B. Mullins (2002)
Robert L. Patton (2002)
Bonnie Peterson (2001)
Thomas J. Rimmer (1998)
Clifford W. Speck (2002)
David W. Wise (1995)
Deborah L.C. Wise (2003)
21. Who are approved and appointed as: (indicate for each person the first year the license
was awarded. (v)
a) Full-time local pastors (¶343.1) and what progress has each made in the course of
study? (Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of
study or the M.Div. - ¶344.4):
Jay C. Amundson (1999, 3 yrs.)
Paul A. (Andy) Baldwin (2002)
Janice A. Bennett (2001)
Norman L. Bennett (1994, 4 yrs.)
Elliott A. Butler III (1997 needs cred.
for M. Div.)
Candraeah P. Carey (2002)
Benjamin E. Carter-Allen* (2003)
Dianne B. Christopher (FD) (1997,
3 3/4yrs.)
Patricia I. Connor* (2002)
Sheryl K. Donahue Daylong (2000,
1 ½ yrs.)
Pamela S. Deeds (2003)
Robert L. Dvorak (2003)
Patricia M. Eastman (1999, ½ yr.)
Michael D. Ellson (1999, 2 yrs.)
Jeffrey L. Flagg* (1998)
Donald J. Frizzell* (1999)
Len Garrison (1998, 4 yrs.)
Jason K. Gutzmer (2003, MAR)
Glen C. Hanson (2002)
Kenneth J. Hartman, Sr. (1993, 3 yrs.)
Anthony N. Hershey* (2002)
David R. Hobbs* (2003)
Jerry E. Hoff (2001, 1 yr.)
Karen S. Hoff (2001, 1 yr.)
Carolyn J. Hollar (2001, 2 ½ yrs.)
Todd L. Holman (2001)
Dennis R. Hopes* (1997)
Mary B. Horras (2001, 1 yr.)
Jessica J. Johnston* (2002)
Robert E. Kersten (1999, 2 ½ yrs.)
James P. King (2000, 4 yrs.)
Barbara J. Krueger (2002)
John O. Kult (2001, ½ yr.)
Richard D. Latta (1995, 4 3/4 yrs.)
Evelyn D. Lewiston (2001, 1 ½ yrs.)
Julie A. May (2001, ½ yr.)
Mary C. McAtee* (2001)
John R. Meister (1999, 2 yr.)
Diane K. Mitchell (1997, 1 yr.)
Robert D. Morris (1985, needs 6 hrs.
M.Div.)
Nicholas N. Needham (2001, ½ yr.)
Betsey S. Neipert (2001, 1 yr.)
Brian K. Oliver (2002)
Charles E. Panzer (2003)
Geneva R. Parsons* (2000)
Ashok N. Patet (2001)
E. Christine Pauley (2001, 1 yr.)
Carl F. Phillips (2002)
Keith E. Putney (2000, 3 yrs.)
Michael D. Renken (2002)
Douglas E. Reynolds (1996, 4 3/4
yrs.)
Ronald G. Ridgway (2001, 1 yr.)
Daniel V. Ridnouer (2000, 2 1/2 yr.)
James H. Roth* (2000)
Charles D. “Skip” Rushing (1998, 3½
yrs.)
Jodi S. Rushing (2002)
Marvin D. Siems (2001)
Sandra J. Smith (1997, 3 yrs.)
Vickie L. Steffes (2001, 1 yr.)
Prince D. Swamickan (1999, 4½ yrs.)
Robin L. Thomas (2001, 1 ½ yrs.)
Cathy J. Van Gundy (2002)
Daniel R. Voss (2001, 1 yr.)
Harry J. Wach (2001, ½ yr.)
Judy A. Wadding* (1994)
Janet L. Wearda* (1996)
Maria D. Wiblin (2002, MRE)
Daniel R. Wiebesiek* (1999)
Gayle M. Wilcox (2002)
Jessica B. Wimmer (1998, 1 ½ yr.)
Bryon L. Wixom (2002, 4 1/4 yrs.)
Lynn B. Wyatt (1992, 4 1/2 yrs.)
Audrey H. Westendorf Young* (1996)
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b) Part-time local pastors (¶343.2) and what progress has each made in the course of
study? (Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of
study or the M. Div. - ¶344.4):
Lois L. Abel (1992, 3½ yrs.)
John T. Abraham (2000, 4 1/4 yrs.)
Leo E. Andersen (2002)
Kenneth R. Baughman* (1999)
Ruth E. Blayer (2002, ½ yr.)
James D. Boardman (2002)
Steven M. Braudt (2002)
Elizabeth A. Briggs (2000, 1 ½ yr.)
Fred W. Bryson (2001, ½ yr.)
Paul I. Burrow (2001, 2 yrs.)
Janice M. “Neicey” Carlton (1999,
1 yr.)
Judith R. DePue (2002)
Esta M. Fraley (2002)
Dorothy C. Gerr* (2003)
Garold H. Hansen (2002)
Frederick C. “Rick” Hawkins
(2000)
Vincent Homan* (1993)
John D. Howerton (1997, ½ yr.)
Marlene Janssen (2000, 1/4 yr.)
Mary M. Kenyon (2001)
Goldie L. Laymon (2000, 1 yr.)
Sheryl C. Lohman (2002, ½ yr.)
Barbara Losey (2002)
D. Renee’ Lunemann (1999, 2 yrs.)
Jimmie W. Matheney (1994)
Randall E. McNeer (2001, 1/4 yr.)
Jeffrey A. McPheron (1997, 1½
yrs.)
Susan K. Meade (1995, 4 1/4 yrs.)
Charles Miller (2000, 4 ½ yrs.)
Jon C. Moss (2000)
Donald N. Nelson* (1984)
Jerry D. Oliver* (1964)
Leroy F. Perkins* (1987)
Richard A. Purcell (2001)
Stephen J. Ransom (2003)
Steve K. Satre (1997)
Gordon M. Scott (2001, ½ yr.)
Virgil L. Scott (2001, 1/4 yr.)
Duane E. “Doc” Skidmore (1997)
Patricia Slater (1995, 4 yrs.)
A. Joyce Smith (1994, 3 ½ yrs.)
Trevor J. Soderstrum* (1996)
Boyd A. Sparks (1996, 1 yr.)
Naomi J. “Tootie” Stepanek (2002)
Michael D. Stevens (2002)
James F. Stout (1995, 1 yr.)
Stephen A. Taylor (2001, 1/4 yr.)
Diane Townsley (2001, ½ yr.)
Sharon B. Treloar* (1999)
Pamela K. Ulffers (1998, 1 yr.)
E. Lee Williamson (1992, 1 yr.)
Judy M. Winkelpleck (1998,
1 1/4 yr.)
I. Charlene Wolfe (2002)
Donald M. Wood (2001)
c) Student local pastors (¶343.3), and in what schools are they enrolled?
Enna S. Antunez (2003, UDTS)
Nancy M. Bender (2003, UDTS)
Jerry E. Chase (2001, UDTS)
Brent A. de Silva (2002, UDTS)
Cynthia Hickman (2003, Saint Paul)
Jack D. Hofmockel (2003, Saint
Paul)
Wendy J. Trone Johannesen
(1997, United Theological/Twin
Cities)
Amy M. Johnson (2001, UDTS)
Jaye J Johnson (2001, UDTS)
Barbara J. Jones (2001, Saint Paul)
Beatrice S. Kinzler (2002, Saint
Paul)
Jason P. Larson (2002, North
American Baptist)
Carol E. Myers (1997, Saint Paul)
James R. Newman (2003, Saint
Paul)
Kathy J. Olson (2002, Saint Paul)
Nancy K. Renfro (2000, UDTS)
Dennis J. Shepherd (1999, Saint Paul)
David L. Siler (2000, Saint Paul)
Scott Smith (2000, UDTS)
Linda T. Stueve (2002, Saint Paul)
Charles W. Thompson (1989, UDTS)
d) Students of other denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school of
theology listed by the University Senate (¶343.4)? None.
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e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership
(¶¶361.4, 362, 364.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where
serving.) None.
f) (Iowa Conference Question only) Persons who will be eligible for appointment
contingent upon their completion of candidacy requirements and the School for
License as Local Pastor?
Michael T. Agnew
Douglas L. Amis
John C. Brockshink
M. Dianne Brokken
Richard R. Cobb
Charles J. Johnson
Bud Lane
Steven McElroy
Steven McKinney
Catie Malone Newman
Synthia Osborne
Jill Osenbaugh
Timothy Preston
Jason L. Princer
Ronald C. Rice
Ward C. Richards, Jr.
Lee A. Schott
Sharon K. Squires
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶346.1)?
Jerry Burrow
Nathan N. Frazee
Linda G. Newlon
23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶346.4)? None.
24. What ordained ministers from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations are
approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or
denominational membership (¶¶322.8, 337.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual
Conference or denomination where membership is held.)
Hyun-Jun Cho (Korean Methodist)
Moody Colorado (Philippines)
Elmer Colyer (Wisconsin)-secondary
appointment
Frederick T. Darbonne (PE) (Kan. E.)
Judy E. Flanegin (California-Pacific)
Angela Gafford (Texas)
Elliott C. George (Minnesota)
Carol L. James (AM) (Nebraska)
Phil Jamieson (East Ohio) - secondary
appointment
David Kwangki Kim (Korean Methodist)
David W. Mixon (Illinois Great Rivers)secondary appointment
Solomon K. Odoom (African Methodist
Episcopal Zion)
Glenn Dale Ray (Mississippi)
Victoria Roller (Pacific Northwest)
Fernando Romero (Methodist Church
of Mexico)
Kwang-Seok Song (Korean Methodist)
Cheri J.D. Whisler (Desert Southwest)
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 (¶¶322.8, 337.2)? (v) (Designate with an
asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference.)
Norman G. Anderson* (Evangelical
Friends)
Diane Bishop (Presbyterian USA)
Gene Burry* (Church of the Brethren)
Connie Chartier (Disciples of Christ)
Tamara En Tin* (Presbyterian USA)
Pamela J. Flanigan (Salvation Army)
Carol Gailey* (Presbyterian USA)
Sarah (Sallie) Graves* (Presby. USA)
Sharon S. Guffey-Lewis* (UCC)
Karl L. Harman (American Baptist)
LaTonya P. Harrell (Progressive
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National Baptist)
Karen A. Handke (UCC)
John Jewell* (UCC)
Katherine “Kate” Lambertson* (UCC)
Benjamin S. Meeks III (Am. Baptist)
Martha “Marti” Montovani*
(Presbyterian USA)
Susan “Suzie” Moore* (Disciples of
Christ)
Virginia Moore* (UCC)
Edwin Moreano* (UCC)
Scott Alan Nesbitt* (Presbyterian USA)
Lyndon Roesler* (Evangelical Church
Alliance)
Linda “Kitch” Shatzer* (Presbyterian
USA)
Marjorie Smalley (Church of the
Brethren)
Darold V. Snow* (Disciples of Christ)
Jean Sullivan* (UCC)
Dwight D. Webster* (National Baptist
Convention)
Betty Weidert* (Presbyterian USA)
Stephen T. Whisler* (Christian
Churches and Churches of Christ)
Joan White (Disciples)
Alecia R. Williams* (Southern Baptist)
Jack Wolgamuth* (Church of the
Nazarene)
26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or
denomination where membership is held.)
a) With vote (¶559.4 [v])? None.
b) Without vote (¶¶325.4, 335.4)? (v 2/3)
James H. Davis (RFE)
Areleon Kelly (RFE)
Donna Meinhard (RFE)
David W. Mixon (FE)
Greater New Jersey
North Central New York
Troy
Illinois Great Rivers
NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another
conference, list these persons in Question 44 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained
by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in
Questions 27-43, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating
conference.
27. Who are elected as Associate Members (¶420 [1992]? (v) (List alphabetically - see note
preceding Question 27):
Fred Pilecki
28. Who are elected and commissioned as Probationary Members (under ¶¶315,316)? (v)
a) Licensed for the ministry of the Deacon in preparation for ordination? (PD) (Indicate
the area of specialized ministry.)
Daniel James Schott (Evangelism)
b) Licensed for pastoral ministry in preparation for ordination? (PE)
Terra Lynne Amundson
Kimberly Ann Bowles
Rose Marie Calderon-Khan
Barbara J. Elder Dinnen
Vicki Lynn Fisher
John L. Hall
Jeffrey Joseph Kodis
Elizabeth Eve Piette
Jane Ellen Shepherd
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29. Who are elected as Probationary Members under the 1992 Discipline?
alphabetically - see note preceding Question 27.)
a) Under the provisions of ¶415 (1992)? (v)
(List
Lynn Carol Zimmerman
b) Under the provisions of ¶416.1 (1992)? (v 3/4)
None.
c) Under the provisions of ¶¶416.2, 421 (1992)? (v 3/4)
None.
30. Who are continued as commissioned Probationary Members, and in what year were they
admitted to Probationary Membership (¶317)?
a) In preparation for ordination as a Deacon? (¶317.1)
Elaine G. Jones (2002)
Cynthia J. O’Brien McKee (2002)
b) In preparation for ordination as an Elder? (¶317.2)
Emily S. Allen (2002)
Daniel J. Ashton (2000)
Leila M. Blackburn (2001)
Melisa M. Bracht-Wagner (2001)
Jackie L. Bradford (2001)
Marjorie “Missy” L. Brown (2000)
Matthew C. Conover (2001)
James R. Davis (2002)
Craig A. Finnestad (2001)
Karen Garrison (2001)
Kim A. Gates (2000)
Brenda K. Goodall (2001)
Valerie A. Heller (2002)
Chad E. Jennings (2002)
Karen M. Larson (2002)
Beverly S. Marshall-Goodell (2001)
Karen S. Nelson (2002)
David J. Peterson (2001)
Arnette M. Pint (2002)
Lanette L. Pollock-Plambeck (2002)
Rhoda E. Preston (2001)
Sarah J. Rohret Odoom (2001)
Medea A. Saunders (2001)
Judson J. Stover (2002)
Beth M. Straw (2001)
Christian L. Thomas (2000)
Walker-Walker (2002) (Has been ordained Elder by other Methodist Denomination)
Dana K. Williams (2002)
31. Who are continued as Probationary Members under the 1992 Discipline, what progress
have they made in their ministerial studies, and in what year were they admitted to
Probationary Membership (¶365.1; ¶¶417, 424 [1992] ):
a) As students in approved schools of theology? (¶417(1) [1992] - Indicate for each
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person the number of years completed and the year admitted to Probationary
Membership):
None.
b) In the advanced ministerial course of study? (¶417(2) [1992] - Indicate for each person
the number of years completed and the year admitted to Probationary Membership):
None.
c) Following completion of their educational requirements? (¶424(1) [1992] - Indicate for
each person the year admitted to Probationary Membership):
Carolyn L.R. Bittner (2000)
Sandra L. Mercer Burns (1995)
(incapacity leave)
Peggy A. Ellingson (2000)
Robert L. Koepcke, Jr. (1999)
Ekoka A. Molindo (1995)
Aleta C. Valdez (1991)
32. Who have been received from other Christian denominations (¶338.3) (List alphabetically
- see note preceding Question 27):
a) As Probationary Members (¶338.3a,b)? (v)
William Oden Porter III (United Church of Christ)
b) As Local Pastors (¶338.3a)? (v) Ashok N. Patet (Church of Scotland [The Scots’
Kirk]) - retroactive to 2-1-2001
33. 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 34-35 or 37, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were
recognized on question 43 in a previous year.):
a) Deacons: None.
b) Elders:
Marjolein Anderson
Reva Kay Rimmer
Marion Gustav Sindt
Ted Wayne Stowers
Linda Lee Stransky
Douglas Evan Williams (Recog. of orders)
34. Who are elected for ordination as Deacons in Full Connection: (List alphabetically - see
note preceding Question 27):
a) Under the transitional provisions for diaconal ministers (¶366.3)? (v 2/3) None.
b) After probationary membership (¶321)? (v 2/3)
None.
c) Transfer from elder in full connection (Under the provisions of the 1996 or 2000
Discipline)? (v 2/3) None.
35. Who are elected for ordination as Elders?
a) Under the transitional provisions for associate members (¶366.2)? (v 2/3)
b) After probationary membership under the 1996 Discipline (¶326)? (v 2/3)
None.
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Marjolein Anderson
Reva Kay Rimmer
Marion Gustav Sindt
Ted Wayne Stowers
Linda Lee Stransky
Douglas Evan Williams (Recog. of orders)
c) Transfer from deacon in full connection? None.
36. Who have been elected and ordained deacons under the 1992 Discipline (¶366.1;
¶434[1992])? (v) (List alphabetically - see note preceding Question 27. Indicate by an
asterisk the names of persons elected but not ordained.)
a) As Associate Members (¶434.1 [1992])?
Fred Pilecki
b) As Probationary Members (¶434.2 [1992])? Lynn Carol Zimmerman
37. Who have been elected and ordained elders under the 1992 Discipline (¶366.1; ¶435
[1992])? (v) (List alphabetically - see note preceding Question 27. Indicate by an asterisk
the names of persons elected but not ordained.)
a) As theological graduates (¶435.1 [1992])?
b) As Probationary Members previously Associate Members (¶435.2 [1992])? None.
38. What Probationary Members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶360)? (v)
None.
39. Who are readmitted (¶¶361-363 [v], ¶364 [v 2/3]):
a) As Associate Members? None.
b) As Members in Full Connection? None.
40. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶356.7): (v)
a) As Associate Members? None.
b) As Probationary Members? None.
c) As Members in Full Connection? None.
41. Who have been received by transfer from other Annual Conferences of The United
Methodist Church (¶¶338.1, 416.5, 632.2m)? (List alphabetically. If Probationary Member
or Associate Member, so indicate. See note preceding Question 27.)
Name
Danilo G. Fernandez (FE)
Jo Frahm Watkins (FE)
R. Karl Watkins (FE)
Catherine W. Whitlatch (FE)
Conference
Philippines
Dakotas
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain
Date
07-01-2003
07-01-2003
07-01-2003
07-01-2003
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42. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶338.2)? (List alphabetically.
If Probationary Member or Local Pastor, so indicate.)
Name
John P. Dodds (FE)
43. What clergy, coming from
recognized (¶339): (v)
Denomination
Free Methodist
Date
07-01-2003
other Christian denominations, have had their orders
a) As deacons? None.
b) As elders? William Oden Porter III
44. 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 under 1996 Discipline? None.
b) Deacons under 1992 Discipline? None.
c) Elders under 1996 Discipline? None.
d) Elders under 1992 Discipline? None.
45. Who have been transferred out to other Annual Conferences of The United Methodist
Church (¶416.5)? (List alphabetically. If Probationary Member or Associate Member, so
indicate. See note preceding Question 27.)
Name
Tae Joon Cho (FE)
Heeyoung Kim (FE)
Hee Soon Kwon (FE)
Theresa A. Mastrogiovanni (PE)
James A. Noseworthy (FE)
Joel W. Parke (PE)
Rex E. Piercy (FE)
Conference
California-Nevada
Western North Carolina
Seoul South, Korean Methodist
Alabama-West Florida
Holston
New England
Northern Illinois
Date
07-01-2003
06-08-2003
03-01-2003
07-01-2003
06-11-2003
07-01-2002
07-01-2003
46. Who are discontinued as Probationary Members (¶318.6)? (v)
Karen S. Dorgan Broudhecker
47. Who are on location?
a) Who have been granted honorable location (¶357.1)? (If Associate Member, so
indicate. Give date when this action became effective. Record Charge Conference where
membership is held):
1) This year? (v)
Timothy A. Ellsworth
2) Previously? See 2002 Iowa Annual Conference Journal, pp. 411-412.
b) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359.3c)? (If Associate Member, so
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indicate. Give Date when this action became effective. Record Charge conference
where membership is held):
1) This year? (v) None.
2) Previously? Timothy Tennant-Jayne
48. Who have been granted the status of honorable location - retired (¶357.3)? (Record
Charge Conference where membership is held.)
a) This year? (v)
Dwight P. Bonham (retroactive to 07-01-2001)
Nevada, First
b) Previously? See 2002 Iowa Annual Conference Journal, p. 412
49. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶357.2)? (v)
(Give date when this action became effective.) None.
50. Who have had their conference membership terminated? (If Associate Member, so
indicate. Give date when this action became effective.)
a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶358.1,.4)? (v)
B. Dean Hokel (FE) (United Church of Christ)
b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶358.2,.4)? (v)
Jeffrey A. Dahlin (FE)
06-11-2003
Jani L. Dahlin (FE)
06-11-2003
c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶358.3,.4; 2719.2)? (v)
Gary L. Bird (RFE)
09-25-2002
d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry
(¶352.5)? (v) None.
e) By trial (¶2713)? (v) None.
51. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶359.1c, 2704.2b or ¶2711.3a,b?
(Give effective dates.)
Name
Michael W. Elmore (AM)
Effective Dates
04-05-2003 to 06-05-2003
52. Deceased (List alphabetically in the spaces provided):
a) What Associate Members have died during the year? None.
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
John H. Ackerman
Willis E. Grant
Date of Birth
08-14-1915
01-01-1928
Date of Death
02-05-2003
12-03-2002
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b) What Probationary Members have died during the year? None.
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
c) What Members in Full Connection have died during the year?
Effective:
Name
Jennifer Christine Corley
Dean Henry Fullerton
Frank Henry Schultz
Date of Birth
04-13-1972
02-26-1941
10-15-1945
Date of Death
03-02-2003
05-08-2003
11-12-2002
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
04-28-1918
06-24-1911
07-23-1908
04-20-1919
07-27-1929
04-17-1924
02-20-1910
09-21-1914
04-24-1931
08-30-1928
11-03-1917
09-11-1911
11-24-1936
08-09-2002
02-23-2003
03-21-2003
01-07-2003
06-04-2003
11-09-2002
02-17-2003
10-15-2002
03-26-2003
05-10-2003
01-29-2003
08-13-2002
10-06-2002
James Elbert Albertson
Harold Dean Butts
Walter Fritz Dimmlich
Leonard Harold Fugate
Stanley Chester Kennedy
Clair Walter Kerns
Charles Edwin Mason
Harvey Glenwood Quandt
Stephen Robine Root, Jr.
John Raymond Schlosser
George Arthur Sheils, Jr.
Francis Warren Shreve
Donald Edward Strickler
d) What local pastors have died during the year? None.
Active:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
53. What probationary or ordained members have received appointments in other Annual
Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this
Annual Conference (¶¶322.8, 337.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference
where appointed. Indicate whether Deacon in Full Connection, Elder in Full Connection,
Probationary, or Associate Member.)
Marjolein Anderson (PE)
Daniel J. Ashton (PE)
James A. Campbell (FE)
Jeffrey M. Dadisman (FE)
Josue L. Florendo (FE)
Mary Alice Gran (FD)
Cynthia J. McKee (PD)
Yellowstone
Alaska Missionary
Nebraska
California-Nevada
Tennessee
Minnesota
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A. Neil Platon III (FE)
J. David Raines (FE)
Kathy L. Raines (FE)
Janet Rieckhoff-Faris (FE)
Consorcia A. Sanchez (FE)
James F. Schutter (FE)
Thomas R. Shaw (FE)
California-Pacific
Oregon-Idaho
Oregon-Idaho
New England
California-Pacific
New England
East Ohio
54. Who are the probationary or ordained members on leave of absence and for what number
of years consecutively has each held this relation (¶352)? (If Probationary Member or
Associate Member, so indicate. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.)
Name
Number of Years
a) Voluntary? (v; v 2/3 after 5 years)
Michael G. Bell (FD)
Michael W. Elmore (AM)
(pending incapacity)
Chrisa L. Ferguson (FE)
Kalen K. Fristad (FE)
Mark A. Haverland (FE)
Susan M. May (FE)
Richard J. Nissen (FE)
Alan J. Rusk (FE)
James J. Seeber (FE)
O. Dean Shelly (AM) (pending incapacity)
Kirk D. Stump (FE) (pending incapacity)
Charge Conference
2
1
Iowa City, First
Living Faith Parish
1
Carroll
1
1
2
1
4
4
1
1
Newton, St. Luke
Polk City
West Des Moines
Hansell-West Fork
Clearfield-Sharpsburg
Sigourney
Hawarden-Ireton
Faith (Humboldt)
b) Involuntary? (v 2/3)
c) Who have been placed on leave of absence since the last session of the Annual
Conference (ad interim)?:
Name
(1) Voluntary?
Michael G. Bell (FD)
Mark D. Heath (FE)
Susan M. May (FE)
Michael L. Owens, Sr. (FE)
Dale A. Reisner (AM)
Ellen L. Samuels (PM)
William J. Van Dam (FE)
Effective Date
Charge Conference
08-11-2002
10-01-2002
Iowa City, First
Carroll
05-01-2003
04-01-2003
West Des Moines
Hamburg
03-01-2003
LuVerne-Livermore
07-01-2002
01-01-2003
Newton, First
(2) Involuntary? None.
d) Who on leave of absence have had their leaves terminated since the last session of
the Annual Conference (ad interim)?
Name
Kathryn F. Bell (FE)
Effective Date
08-01-2002
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Marjorie M. Bradshaw (FE)
Mark D. Heath (FE)
07-01-2002 (retroactive)
55. Who have been granted family leave, and for what number of years consecutively has
each held this relation (¶353)? (v; v 2/3 after 5 years)
a) At this session of the Annual Conference (include names of persons listed in Question
55b, if their leaves are continuing)?
Name
Effective Date
Lorinda H.M. Hoover (FE)
07-01-2003
Scott E. Lothe (FE)
07-01-2001
Carol Swanson Poston (FE)
07-01-1999
07-01-2003 (pending discontinuance hearing)
b) Since the last session of the Annual Conference (ad interim)? None.
Name
Effective Date
c) Who have had their family leave terminated since the last session of the Annual
Conference (ad interim)?
Name
Jani L. Dahlin (FE)
Lexie A. Kirkpatrick (FE)
Effective Date
06-11-2003
04-01-2003
56. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶350)? (v) (Give date when this relation became
effective; if Associate Member, so indicate.) None.
57. What actions have been taken concerning disabled probationary or ordained ministers
and full-time local pastors (¶355)? NOTE: Incapacity leave is a relationship that must be
granted annually by action of the Annual Conference. If the incapacity leave of persons
listed in question 57a) is continuing, list their names also in question 57c). Persons listed
here should not be listed as retired under Questions 58, 59, 60, or 61.) (v)
a) Who were granted incapacity leave since the last Annual Conference session
(¶355.2)? (Give effective dates and indicate if Probationary Member, Associate
Member, or Full-time Local Pastor):
Marjorie M. Bradshaw (FE)
Pamela J. Farren (AM)
Pamela J. Flanigan (ODM)
Mark D. Heath (FE)
Marilyn C. Winch (FE)
07-01-2002
10-01-2002
10-01-2002
04-01-2003
03-01-2003
b) Who have had their incapacity leave terminated since the last conference session
(¶355.3)? (Give effective dates of terminations):
Karen S. Dorgan Broudhecker (PM) 07-01-2003
07-01-2002
c) Who are granted incapacity leave at this session (¶355.1)? (If Probationary Member,
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Associate Member, or Full-time Local Pastor, so indicate.)
Manzel O. Berlin (FE) (2000)
Marjorie M. Bradshaw (FE) (2002)
Sandra L. Mercer Burns (PM)
(1999)
Richard R. Dunn (FE) (2000)
Pamela J. Farren (AM) (2002)
Pamela J. Flanigan (ODM) (2002)
Mark D. Heath (FE) (2002)
Diane B. Jones (FE) (1999)
Leroy W. Kelderman (FE) (2001)
Dean J. Kelly (FE) (2001)
Rodger N. McKinney (FE) (1997)
Karen E.H. Merrill (FE) (2002)
Michael L. Owens, Sr. (FE) (2003)
Dale A. Reisner (AM) (2003)
Kenneth D. Suetterlin (FE) (2001)
Jerry L. Ulin (AM) (1992)
Marilyn C. Winch (FE) (2003)
58. What Members in Full Connection have been retired (¶356): (List alphabetically giving full
name--first, middle, last--in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference
sessions (¶356.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶356.1, no vote
required; under ¶356.2, v; under ¶356.3 v 2/3)
Deacons
a) This year?
Marilyn C. Henrichs
Ruth Ann Scott
Linda J. Vogel
b) Previously? See 2002 Iowa Annual Conference Journal, p. 301
Elders
a) This year?
William E. Ballard
Ronald G. Blix (02-01-2003)
Allen D. Call
Marvin D. Cleair
Philip L. Clinton
Robert F. Cooper
Daniel J. Herndon
James N. Louk
Jeanne L. Martin
Ruth A. Melick
James R. Nelson
Clair D. Odell
Paul D. Pennington
James C. Riley
William J. Van Dam
Dwight W. Vogel
L. Scott Woodworth
b) Previously?
Merlin J. Ackerson
Louis A. Aitken
Duane L. Anderson
ellis e. andrews
Byron W. Ayers
Harlan F. Babcock
Thomas R. Balm
Romaine H. Barber
Donald N. Bardole
Robert W. Barnett
William E. Barrick
Kenneth D. Barringer
Wayne L. Bartruff
Harold V. Bartz
Ernest E. Basye
Leroy E. Bauman
Robert G. Beard
Walter F. Beck
John L. Beebout
Wendel R. Begg
Robert M. Bell
Richard A. Bentzinger
Marcos V. Berbano
Roger G. Betsworth
Henry J. Bevel
Roy A. Biesemeyer
Charles L. Birchmier
Hugh S. Bird
Beverly J.I. Birtcher
John G. Bissett
Harold D. Bonath
Elmer C. Boom
Paul G. Bousfield
Arthur E. Brent
George W. Brighton
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
Myron W. Brockmeyer
304
Carroll D. Brown
Jerry D. Brown
Preston C. Brown
J. Elmer Brunk
Everett K. Burham
Wendell L. Burroughs
Robert D. Butler
Gregory G. Caldwell
Donald O. Callen
Pacifico G. Camarin, Jr.
Donald L. Campbell
Dora D. Campbell
Kenneth D. Cannaday
Lanny R. Carlson
Donald Carver
Donald T. Caspers
Edward J. Cass
Marvin E. Ceynar
Dale W. Church
L. Duane Churchman
Kathleen Clark
Kenneth I. Clawson
Donald L. Colburn
J. Preston Cole, Jr.
LeRoy Collins
G. Clive Cook
John D. Cornish
William L. Cotten
William D. Cotton
Charles E. Cowell, Jr.
Holman Cowherd
Gene E. Crossett, Jr.
Robert A. Crum
S. Willard Cunningham
Chester E. Custer
James S. Dale
Christopher J. Daniel
John W. Darlington
Bob D. Davis
Chester L. Davis
Delbert H. Dawes
Gilbert H. Dawes
Harrison G. Dawes
Richard S. Dee
Harold W. Dellit
George W. Den Hartog
Robert A. Dennert, Jr.
Paul M. Dietterich
Robert T. Dodder
John A. Dowd
Darrel L. Draper
Warren W. Duit
Allen C. Eastland
Richard L. Eis
Howard J. Eldrenkamp
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Dale E. Ellsworth
Denton W. Ericson
Leland C. Eyres
Robert G. Farr
Gilbert M. Field
Kenneth A. Fineran
C.J. Fix
James M. Ford
James W. Fouke
Robert Fowler
Herbert H. Foxworthy
Donald D. Frank
Maurice M. Frevert
J. Winton Gable
Robert H. Gamble
Stanley A. Ganzel
Homer E. Gardiner
C. Dendy Garrett
Laurence L. Garrett
Milton L. Geisler
Egon W.D. Gerdes
George E. Gibson
Karl J. Giese
Charles D. Gilbert
Robert V. Gildner
Wayne R. Gjerde
Herbert R. Gould
Merton B. Green
Frank L. Greenwood
Don E. Griffin
Robert A. Griffin
John L. Groves
Chester L. Guinn
P. Kirby Gull
Samuel J. Hahn
Clifford R. Haider
Max I. Hall
Scott C. Hall
Keith E. Hamilton
Marilyn L. Hamilton
Eugene H. Hancock
Jack T. Hanford
Penny K.W. Hansel
E. Paul Hansen
Norris P. Hanson
John P. Hantla
Frederic G. Harris
Lawrence J. Hartley
Paul F. Hasel
Charles S. Henry
Donald R. Hensen
Arnold J. Herbst
305
Dave L. Higdon
Arthur L. Hill
Donald G. Hobson
K. Wayne Hoehns
David R. Holmes
Scott G. Holmes
Jack R. Hooten
Joan S. Hoover
Robert W. Hoover, Jr.
Thomas E. Hotle
Merlen F. Howe
Ray C. Howland
Lowell E. Hoyle
Henry W. Huddleston, Jr.
Marvin L. Hulse
Clifford E. Isaacson
Vincent L. James
Carlos C. Jayne, Jr.
William Jenkins
Carl O. Jensen
Donald J. Johnson
Loyd E. Johnson
William R. Johnson
Harold E. Jones
Larry W. Jones
L. Robert Keck
Ron Kerr
W. Morris Kildal
James W. King
Alvern J. Kinrade
H. Ronald Kinzler
Ralph D. Kitterman
Carl E. Klein
Norman L. Knight
C. Eugene Koth
Richard E. Kretzschmar
George E. LaMore, Jr.
Gerald C. LaMotte
Everett Laning
Ernest W. Larson
Lloyd A. Latta
Clarence Lautt
Larry D. LaVelle
Forest M. Lay
Matt W. Leach
J. Artley Leatherman
Robert W. Lemmerman
John Q. Lesher
Robert E. Leverenz
LeRoy B. Lewis
Lyle W. Lieder
John C.S. Ling
Rex V. Logan
Howard J. Lord
Raymond C. Lott, Jr.
Donald W. MacPeek
Charlotte A. Murren Mallott
Sheridan M. Mallott
Duane R. Manning
Donald F. Maple
James R. Marks
Ray I. Martin
Robert P. Martin
Howard H. Marty
P. Boyd Mather
Gene E. Matthews
William E. McAlpine
Robert A. McBlain
Robert E. McBride
Warren J. McFate
Gerald D. McGee
Paul F. McKinley
Charles R. Mehaffey
Bonifacio B. Mequi, Jr.
Edward C. Meyer
Robert S. Michaelson
Eugene L. Miller
Harold S. Miller
J. Heber Miller
Melvin B. Miller
Paul L. Miller
R. Martin Miller
William T. Miller
Paul S. Minear
Darrell V. Mitchell
Harold D. Mitchell
John K. Moore
Leroy W. Moore
Lester L. Moore
Raymond D. Moore
Milo E. Morris
Clarence M. Morrison
Henry N. Muller
Floyd T. Newbrough
Frank A. Nichols
Dennis D. Nicholson
James B. Nicholson
Eldon G. Nolte
David J. Ohrt
William E. Olmsted
Bernard G. Olson
Rollin G. Oswald
Duane H. O'Tool
B. Gordon Packard
Max E. Paige
Warren S. Paige
Daryl W. Pals
Wallace A. Parmer
306
Robert M. Parris
Glenn R. Parrott
George W. Paterson
Richard M. Paulus
Richard L. Pearson
Galen E. Peckham
James R. Pemble
Prentiss C. Penticoff
Kenneth D. Peterson
Ronald D. Petrak
L. Vernon Peverill
Paul O. Pfaltzgraff
Richard C. Pfaltzgraff
Walter B. Phelps
Edward Philgreen
Edward P. Phillips
Robert P. Phillips
Fred P. Pierce
Lloyd G. Pimlott
Orrin T. Potter
James V. Poulsen
David J. Powell
Richard C. Quinlan
Alfred E. Rau
Melvin W. Reth
Allen D. Ricks
Joseph G. Ricks
John L. Riebhoff
William G. Rieckhoff
Henry W. Riegel
Larry Riegel
C.B. Riggs
Charles T. Rinkel, Jr.
R. Roland Ritter
Donald F. Roberts
Carroll E. Robinson
John A. Robinson, Jr.
Robert P. Robinson
Leonard L. Root
John W. Rosenberger
Kenneth D. Royar
James E. Rozendaal
Shirley Rozendaal
Robert N. Ruleman
Robert H. Ruppert
James P. Russell
Raymond L. Russell
David E. Schar
Adrian Schoenmaker
David L. Schuldt
Leland C. Schwarz
Keith L. Scott
Ray K. Seney
Herbert C. Shaffer
Harold L. Sherman
Eldon K. Shickell
Wayne E. Shoemaker
Robert W. Shreve
Walter L. Sieck
Peter Siemens
Merrill L. Siler
Robert L. Smith
Theodore Solomon
Larry W. Sonner
Vernon M. Sorensen
A. Harold Sparks
Clyde G. Sparks
John R. Squire
Otto S. Steele, Jr.
Robert J. Stemme
Harlan A. Stenberg
Carl F. Stiefel
David E. Streyffeler
Laurice D. Streyffeler
Russell C. Striffler
Edward L. Sullivan
Jerrold W. Swinton
Lawrence V. Tagg
Calvin T. Teasdale
R. Douglas Tharpe
Richard H. Thomas
Donald L. Thompson
William B. Tomlinson
John R. Tisdale
Rolland C. Towell
William C. Trembly
Rudolf Trusheim
Wilbert Trusheim
Donald R. Turkelson
Lee Underhill
Ronald M. Unser
Worthie K. Usher
J. Larry Vallery
Harold A. Varce
Gordon K. Vickery
Richard G. Viney
Duane R. Voas
Harold E. Wagner
Charles Q. Wallace
Leon V. Wallace
Alex T. Washington
Wayne E. Wasta
David P. Waterman
J. Ellis Webb
Warren S. Webb
307
Harold J. Wells
Nova L. Wells
Mark E. Weston
Weldon A. Whitenack
Wilbur F. Wilcox
Alferd E. Wilken
Larry G. Willey
Dale J. Williams
Robert D. Williams
Paul D. Williamson
Russell L. Wilson
Robert B. Winter
Stanley F. Woeste
Gerald B. Wolcott
Thomas W. Woodin
George I. Yetter
D. Ward Young
J. Eugene Young
Robert W. Young
Carryl R. Ziettlow
59. What Associate Members have been retired (¶356): (List alphabetically giving full
name--first, middle, last--in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference
sessions (¶356.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶356.1, no vote
required; under ¶356.2, v; under ¶356.3 v 2/3)
a) This year?
A. David Arulnathan
Robert A. Hary
Edythe J. Nichols Hill
Larry R. Prosser (03-01-2003)
Stanley S. Wierson
b) Previously?
Gerald T. Armstrong
Robert R. Barrick
Frederick E. Brown
Leslie H. Calhoun
Priscilla J. Camarin
A. Robert Cocke, Jr.
Robert L. Connor, Sr.
John D. Crosswhite
James A. Davidson
Russell Eldridge
C. Lucille Elrick
Gordon G. Elrick
Joan Erbe
Duane U. Ferguson
Robert D. Foster
Kermit C. Gladfelder
Dale E. Gray
Harold Harryman
Roy A. Hjelmaas
Richard T. Hohl
Jane I. Jordan
Jack D. Kendall
H. Wallace Kinzler
Richard E. Krambeck
Clarence H. Landis
Zona L. Lautt
Wauneita McConnell
Cleta M. McQuerry
Daniel P. Miller
Charles A. Morrow
M. Catherine “Kay” Roath
James E. Seibert
Lavina M. Shoffner
JoAn Lent Skyrme
Ray E. Stauffer
L. Dean Surface
Lanny L. Tuttle
Norman P. Walter
60. What Probationary Members have been retired (¶356): (If retiring in the interim between
conference sessions (¶356.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶356.1,
no vote required; under ¶356.2, v; under ¶356.3 v 2/3)
a) This year? None.
b) Previously? None.
61. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶346.5):
a) This year?
Darleen F. Fletcher
308
Wilbur L. Morfitt
Charles G. Tefft
Gerald E. “Bud” Wiser
b) Previously?
Hermina J. Amoroso, Helen L. Brown, Donald G. Carlson, Orris L. Drake, Forrest L.
Durham, Vern D. Elder, Thomas D. Hersey, Lester R. Hesseltine, Harry L. Imlay,
Lowell G. Schaaf, Charles Sloca, Delbert B. Story, Verdon M. Swenson, Penelope M.
Thacker
62. Changes in clergy membership: What is the number of ordained ministers: (NOTE: The
numbers in parenthesis following each category listing are the question numbers in this
report form where ministers in that category are listed. The number reported below should
agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions.)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
Elected as Associate Members? (27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Elected as Probationary Members? (28a,b;29a,b,c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Elected as Deacons in Full Connection? (33a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Elected as Elders in Full Connection? (33b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Readmitted? (38, 39a, b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Retired made effective? (40a,b,c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Transferred in? (32a,41,42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Transferred out? (45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Discontinued as Probationary Members? (46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Honorably located this year? (47a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Administratively located this year (47b1)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Withdrawn? (50a,b,c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Termination of orders? (50d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Terminated by trial? (50e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Deceased? (52a,b,c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
63. What is the number of:
a)
b)
Pastoral charges? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Local churches? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854
64. 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, please report as follows:
¶335.1a, c): the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist
connectional structures, including district superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency.
¶335.1b, c): 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.
¶335.1d): the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed
by a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference.
See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these
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appointment categories.)
Categories
Deacons
in Full
Pastors and
Deacons
whose primary
appointment
is to a Local
Church
(¶¶322.1c,330)
7
Elders
in Full
315
Deacons (in full
connection and
probationary)
serving Beyond
the Local
Church
(¶322.1a, b) (86) 5
Appointments
to Extension
Ministries
(¶335.1a c)
(87a)
0
Probationary Associate Full-time
Members
Members & Local
Affiliate
Pastors
Members
37
32
0
43
4
0
Appointments
to Extension
Ministries
(¶335.1b,c)
(87b)
21
1
0
Appointments
to Extension
Ministries
(¶335.1d) (87c)
19
0
0
Appointments
to Attend
School (88)
0
6
1
0
Appointed
to Other
Annual
Conferences
(53)
0
12
1
0
On Leave
of Absence or
Suspended
(51, 54a, 54b)
1
10
0
1
72
Part-time
Local
Pastors
54
310
On Family
Leave (55a)
0
3
1
0
On Sabbatical
Leave (56)
0
0
0
0
On Incapacity
Leave (57c)
0
12
1
3
Retired
(58, 59, 60)
4
397
0
43
17
838
46
79
Total Number,
Clergy
Members
72
54
Grand Total,
All Conference
Clergy
Members
1,106
b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 64 for
guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)
Categories
Deacons
in Full
Female
14
Male
3
Total Number,
Clergy Members*17
Elders Probationary Associate Full-time Part-time
in Full Members
Members & Local
Local
Affiliate
Pastors Pastors
Members
with Vote
132
706
30
16
20
59
28
44
22
32
838
46
79
72
54
25
2
2
2
0
6
1
0
0
806
3
0
0
0
41
1
0
1
0
75
1
0
0
0
69
1
0
0
0
53
838
46
79
72
54
Grand Total,
All Conference
Clergy
Members*
1,106
Asian
1
African
American/Black 0
Hispanic
0
Native American 0
Pacific Islander 0
White
16
Total Number,
Clergy Members*17
Grand Total,
All Conference
Clergy
Members*
311
1,106
*The totals entered in these spaces should agree with the comparable totals in the bottom
two lines of question 64a).
PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY
(¶632.2t, The Book of Discipline)
65. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?
Camping and Retreat Ministries
Deke Rider
Christian Education
Christine Humrichouse, Paul Swick, Connie Wesley
Music
Gayle M. Wilcox
Spiritual Formation
Anita A. Bane, Sheryl K. Donahue Daylong, Sue Ferguson Johnson, Medea A. Saunders
66. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate
by an asterisk those certified this year.)
Christian Education
William E. Ballard, Sharon E. Cates, Diane Wasson Eberhart, Judith Rogula Eilders,
Timothy R. Gosset, J. Elaine Gould, Mary Alice Donovan Gran, Mary Kathryn Green,
Marilyn C. Henrichs, Brenda Hunter Hobson, Ruth Jackson, Frederick J. Lewis, Catherine
A. Luck, Barbara K. Mittman, Sue J. Mutchler, Karen Reede*, Ruth Ann Scott, Carol L.
Seebach, Linda Jane Vogel, Gayle M. Wilcox, Alaire Bornholtz Willits, Karen K. Young
Music
Delpha Brockmeyer, Elizabeth Brown, Mark L. Mayer
Youth Ministry
Timothy R. Gossett, Barbara K. Mittman
Church Business Administration
Doris Eklund, Paul Lundy
Secretary
Barbara J. Krueger, Carolyn LeMaster, Linda Peters, Beverly Zuch
67. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry? None.
68. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry? None.
69. Who have been removed as a certified persons in specialized ministry?
Mary B. Pope
PART IV DIACONAL MINISTERS
(Paragraph numbers in questions 70-81 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline)
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70. Who constitute the Committee on Investigation (¶2625.4)? (v)
Because the Iowa Conference has a very small number of Diaconal Ministers, in case a
Committee on Investigation is needed, we will exercise the provision in the Discipline
allowing us to borrow Diaconal Ministers from other conferences to constitute said
committee.
71. Who are the candidates for diaconal ministry (¶304-305)?
Paul Lundy
72. Who are consecrated this year as diaconal ministers (¶307)? (v) (List alphabetically):
None.
73. Who are reinstated as diaconal ministers (¶313.3c)? (v) None.
74. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? None.
Name
Conference
Date
75. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? None.
Name
Conference
Date
76. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual
Conference action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.2a, no vote; under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)
Denise Walters
77. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? None.
a)
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
b)
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Date of Death
78. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a,c,d)
(disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v)
a)
Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):
None.
b)
At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in
Question 78a, if their leaves of absence are continuing):
79. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):
a)
Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):
None.
b)
At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in
Question 79a, if their leaves of absence are continuing): None.
80. Who have returned to active status:
a)
From disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave of absence (¶313.1a,c,d)?
None.
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b)
From extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v) None.
81. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers
(¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)
a)
This year? None.
b)
Previously?
Rosalie J. Bentzinger
Linnea Erickson Carlson
Myrna Irene Carter
Bernice Dvorak
Jimmie Ellsworth
David M. Ferrell
Coy Payne Howe
John L. Howe, Jr.
Rachel I. Ireland
David R. Noble
Carol Seebach
Evelyn Blakely Wiley
PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS
82. What Associate members, Elders and Probationary Members (1992) 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 service (in
one-quarter increments) is approval granted (for purposes of equitable compensation
claim and pension credit) (¶¶322.7, 329.2, 333.2, 1506.4b) (v 3/4):
Carolyn L.R. Bittner (PM)
Marilyn R. Buchanan (FE)
Thomas G. Carsner (FE)
Rebecca S.C. Carver (FE)
Kristine A. Molle Frank (FE)
Jaymee L. Glenn-Burns (FE)
Karl E. Goodfellow (FE)
Lexie A. Kirkpatrick (FE)
Steven P. Melby (FE)
Barbara K. Mittman (FD)
Sue J. Mutchler (FD)
Neva Thorn Perdue (FE)
Daniel J. Schott (PD)
James L. Schweizer (FE)
Jane E. Shepherd (PE)
John F. Tunnicliff (FE)
Michelle L. Williamson (FE)
Janet L. Ziskovsky (FE)
83.
Years
4
6
12
1
1
4
3
1
21
2
3
1
1
13
1
7
1
1
Fraction
3/4
1/2
1/4
1/2
3/4
1/2
3/4
3/4
1/2
1/4
1/4
1/2
1/2
3/4
1/2
1/4
1/2
3/4
Who have been appointed as Interim Pastors under the provisions of ¶329.3 since the
last session of the annual conference, and for what period of time?
Charge
Creston District:
Bedford
Russell, Faith-Bethel
Des Moines, Staves
Des Moines, Union Park
Pastor
Jerry White (OCE-RM)
L. Duane Churchman (RM)
Rudolf Trusheim (RM)
Clifford Haider (RM)
Date
03-15-03 to 6-30-03
03-01-03 to 8-31-03
05-01-03 to 06-30-03
02-01-03 to 06-30-03
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84.
Granger
Mingo-Farrar
James P. Russell (RM)
Eldon Nolte (RM)
11-03-02 01-19-03 -
Fort Dodge District:
Boone, First
Larry LaVelle (RM)
06-15-03 to 08-31-03
Mason City District:
FredericksburgWilliamstown
Robert L. Connor (RAM)
01-15-03 to 06-30-03
Muscatine District:
Crawfordsville, United
Church of (UM-PCUSA
Union
Diane Bishop (ODM)
Waterloo District:
Hudson
Merrill Siler (RM)
08-01-02 -
09-15-02- to 06-30-03
What changes have been made in appointments since the last Annual Conference
session? (Attach list. Include Appointments Beyond the Local Church and
Appointments to Extension Ministries and give effective dates of all changes.)
Charge
Cedar Rapids District:
Center Point-Alice-Urbana
Pastor
Date
Leo E. Andersen (PLP)
09-01-03
Council Bluffs District:
Braddyville-Shambaugh
Coin-Norwich
Council Bluffs, Hazel Dell
Council Bluffs, St. Mark
Emerson-Wesley Chapel
Northboro-Blanchard
Red Oak, First
Michael Stevens (PLP)
Carl Phillips (FLP)
James Newman (TPS)
Constance Beck (PLP)
Cliff Speck (PLP)
Beatrice Kinzler (SLP)
Nancy Schultz (FE)
09-01-02
09-01-02
11-01-02
11-01-02
12-01-02
09-01-02
12-01-02
Creston District:
Bedford
Milo-Green Plain-Liberty Center
Tingley-Wishard Chapel-Ellston
Jerry White (OCE-RM)
Jodi Rushing (FLP)
Brian Oliver (FLP)
03-15-03
09-01-02
09-01-02
Granger
Dallas Gilreath (FLP)
08-26-02
Dubuque District:
Hazelton
Strawberry Point
Jerry Chase (SLP)
Ron G. Blix (RM)
11-01-02
02-02-03
Fort Dodge District:
Gowrie
Victoria Roller (TPS)
01-01-03
Mason City District:
Charles City, Associate
Chester
Lime Springs
Gayle Wilcox (FLP)
Candraeah P. Carey (PLP)
Timothy J. Walker (FE)
09-01-02
10-01-02
10-01-02
LuVerne-Livermore
Muscatine District:
Columbus Junction-Columbus City
Crawfordsville, United Church
of (UM-PCUSA Union)
Nichols-Cedar Valley-Conesville
Ottumwa District:
Birmingham-Stockport
Three Rivers Parish:
North English-Millersburg
(South English closed 01-09-02)
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Joseph Needham (TPS)
03-01-03
Robert Patton (FLP)
12-06-02
Diane Bishop (INT-ODM)
Betsey Neipert (FLP)
08-01-02
12/15/2002
Mike Renken (FLP)
09-01-02
Mary C. McAtee (FLP)
09-01-02
Sioux City District:
Carroll
Sioux City, Church of All Nations
Sioux City, First, Assoc.
Kenneth M. Ferguson (FE)
Merrill G. Muller (Extension Min.)
Donald M. Wood (PLP)
10-01-02
10-01-02
10-01-02
Spencer District:
Titonka
(Doan Church closed 12-31-02)
Timm Wilkin (FE)
01-01-03
Waterloo District:
Garwin
Harry Wach (FLP)
01-01-03
Appointments to Other Annual Conferences, Other Methodist and Christian Denominations:
Appointed under Par. 337.1:
Appointed under Par. 336:
Appointments to Extension Ministries:
Appointed under Par. 335.1a:
Kathryn F. Bell, Chaplain, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
James A. Noseworthy, President, Hiwassee College, Madisonville, Tenn.
Lanette L. Pollock-Plambeck, Campus Minister/Director of Church
Relations, Morningside College
Appointed under Par. 335.1b:
Daniel G. Jenks, Chaplain, U.S. Army
William J. Van Dam - Leave of absence
Appointed under Par. 335.1d:
Mary M. Johnston, Chaplain, Iowa City Hospice, Iowa City
Roxanne Miller-Sinclair, Pastoral Counselor, Heritage Behavioral
Health Center, Inc., Decatur, Illinois
08-01-02
02-22-03
08-20-02
01-19-03
01-01-03
10-16-02
07-08-02
85.
Who are appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the
ensuing year? (Attach a list. Include: Elders, Deacons, Associates, Local Pastors, and
Probationary Members.) See Appointments
86.
What Deacons in Full Connection are appointed beyond the local church for the ensuing
316
year? (¶322.1a, b) (Attach a list. Include: Deacons in full connection and probationary.)
See Appointments
87.
Who are appointed to extension ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list. Include:
Elders, and Probationary Members.)
a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶335.1a,c)?
See Appointments
b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (¶335.1b,c)?
See Appointments
c)
88.
To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶335.1d? ( v 2/3)
Arthur L. Allen, Director, Re-Creation Ministries, Indianola
Lyle G. Ball, Executive Director, Home Recycling Exchange, Inc., Des Moines
Florentino R. (Jun) Caole, Jr., Chaplain, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
Betty G. Carlson, Director, Hidden Spring Ministries, Madison, WI
M. Wayne Clark, Executive Director, Samaritan Counseling Center of Lincoln, NE
Larry W. Conrad, Chaplain, Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines
Robert D. Culbertson, Chaplain, Door of Faith Mission, Des Moines
Phillip D. Dicks, Chaplain, Snow Mountain Ranch-YMCA of the Rockies, Winter
Park, CO
Edgar R. Elliott, Chaplain, Linn County Correctional Facility, Cedar Rapids
Barbara R. Furman, Mission of Hope, Cedar Rapids
Mary M. Johnston, Chaplain and Director of Religious Life, Coe College,
Cedar Rapids
Roxanne Miller-Sinclair, Pastoral Counselor, Moultrie County Counseling Center,
Sullivan, IL
Merrill G. Muller, Director of Development and Church Relations, Wall Street
Mission/Goodwill Industries, Sioux City
Poston, Paul Edward, Reference & Instructional Librarian, Berea College,
Berea, KY
Jerry L. Richards, Director of Planned Giving, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire,
WI
Donald M. Scheller, Linguist/Translator, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer
Institute of Linguistics
Paul J. Wehner, Clinical Coordinator/Readjustment Counselor, Readjustment
Counseling Services of Central Region, Springfield, IL
Robert F. Weir, Professor of Pediatrics/Religion and Director, Program on
Biomedical Ethics, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime
appointment is to attend school.)
Associate Members: None.
Probationary Members: None.
Members in Full Connection:
Sharon L. Betsworth
Craig A. Finnestad
Henrietta Klarenbeek
John H. Moorlach
Christopher M. Myers
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Rosemary Rohde
Rhonda A. Schultz
89.
Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310)[1992
Discipline]? (Attach list) See Appointments
90.
What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in
pension credit (¶1506.6), 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.)
1. Kathryn L. Spracklin is now Kathryn M. Spracklin
2. Rita Johnson (NA-SCLS) is now Rita Schmitt
3. Wendy Trone (SLP) is now Wendy Trone Johannesen (SLP)
91.
Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.3)?
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa June 10-13, 2004
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XIV. 2003 Alphabetical Listing of Churches
Editor’s Note: If churches have merged together their name still appears in the Alphabetical
Listing as reference.
A
Ackley-Geneva
Adair-Casey
Adaville (Merrill)
Adel
Afton-Jerusalem
Agency-Eldon
Ainsworth Community
(UM-PCUSA Union)
Akron
Albia
Albion (Beaman)
Alburnett-Prairie Chapel
Alden-Popejoy-Williams
Aldersgate (Urbandale)
Alexander (Dows)
Algona
Alice (Center Point)
Allerton-Clio-Lineville
Alpha (Circle of Hope Parish)
Alta
Altoona
Ames:
Calvary
Collegiate
First
Korean
Amish Circuit:
Champion Hill-FranklinPleasant Hill
Anamosa
Anita-Wiota
Ankeny:
First (First, Faith Center)
Anthon-Rock Branch
Archer
Aredale (New Hope)
Arispe (Diagonal)
Arlington-Volga
Armstrong-Dolliver
Arnold's Park, Calvary
Arthur (Odebolt)
Asbury (Bettendorf)
Asbury (Burlington)
Asbury (Cedar Rapids)
Asbury (Webster City)
Atlantic
Attica-Olive Chapel-Zion
M.C.
Cres.
S.C.
D.M.
Cres.
Ott.
Musc.
S.C.
Ott.
Wloo.
C.R.
M.C.
D.M.
M.C.
Spen.
C.R.
Cres.
Dub.
Spen.
D.M.
F.D.
C.R.
Dub.
C.B.
D.M.
S.C.
Spen.
M.C.
Cres.
Dub.
Spen.
Spen.
S.C.
Musc.
Musc.
C.R.
F.D.
C.B.
Ott.
Audubon
Aurelia
Aurora (Lamont)
Avery
Avondale (Massena)
Ayrshire (Ruthven)
C.B.
S.C.
Dub.
Ott.
Cres.
Spen.
B
Bagley (Hope Parish)
Baldwin/Monmouth Faith
Barnes City
Batavia (Libertyville,
Faith)
Bayard-Wichita
Beacon-Eddyville
Beaconsfield (Kellerton)
Beaman-Albion
Beaver Yoke (UM-Br.)
Bedford
Belle Plaine
Belmond
Bertram-Buffalo (Cedar Rapids)
Bethany (Marshalltown)
Bethel (Keota)
Bethel (Russell)
Bettendorf:
Asbury
Community of Joy
Quad-Cities Korean
Blairstown (Peace U.M. Parish)
Blakesburg-ChristiansburgMt. Zion
Blanchard (Northboro)
Bloomfield (Des Moines)
Bloomfield-Drakesville
Bolan (Manly)
Bonaparte Yoke (UM-PCUSA)
(Farmington)
Boone:
First
Marion Street (Ogden)
Booneville (Van Meter)
Bowman Chapel
(Guthrie Center)
Boxholm-Pilot Mound
Bradford (Morgan)
F.D.
Dub.
Ott.
Ott.
S.C.
Ott.
Cres.
Wloo.
F.D.
Cres.
C.R.
M.C.
C.R.
Wloo.
Ott.
Cres.
Musc.
Ott.
C.R.
Ott.
C.B.
D.M.
Ott.
M.C.
Ott.
F.D.
D.M.
Cres.
F.D.
C.B.
M.C.
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CHURCHES
Brandon-Mount Auburn
Bridgewater (Massena)
Brighton United (UM-PCUSA)
Bristow (New Hope)
Britt
Broadway (Council Bluffs)
Brooklyn
Brooks-Carbon-Carl
Buck Creek (Delhi)
Buck Creek (Marne)
Buffalo (C.R., Bertram)
Buffalo Center
Burlington:
Asbury
First
Grace
Spring Grove
West Hill
Burns (Des Moines)
Burr Oak (Calmar)
Burt (Fenton)
Bussey-Hamilton-Lovilia
Wloo.
Cres.
Musc.
M.C.
M.C.
C.B.
C.R.
Cres.
Dub.
C.B.
C.R.
M.C.
Musc.
D.M.
Dub.
Spen.
Ott.
C
Calamus-Grand Mound
Calmar-Burr Oak
Calvary (Ames)
Calvary (LeMars)
Calvary (Waterloo)
Camanche (Living Faith U.M.
Parish)
Cambridge (Huxley)
Cantril (Fox River Parish)
Capitol Heights (Des Moines)
Carbon (Brooks)
Carl (Brooks)
Carlisle
Carroll
Carson-Mount Hope
Carter Lake
Casey (Adair)
Castalia
Cedar (Fremont)
Cedar Falls:
First
Prairie Springs
St. Timothy's
Washington Chapel
Cedar Rapids:
Asbury
Bertram-Buffalo
Crosswinds
Faith
Musc.
Dub.
F.D.
S.C.
Wloo.
Musc.
F.D.
Ott.
D.M.
Cres.
Cres.
D.M.
S.C.
C.B.
C.B.
Cres.
Dub.
Ott.
Wloo.
C.R.
Kenwood Park
Living Water
Lovely Lane
New Creation
St. James
St. Mark's
St. Paul's
Salem
Sharon
Trinity
Cedar Valley (Nichols)
Center Chapel-Farmers'
Chapel (Indianola)
Center Chapel (Keosauqua)
Center Grove-Rockdale (Dub.)
Centerville
Central City
Champion Hill (Amish
Circuit)
Chapin (Sheffield, First)
Chariton
Charles City
Charter Oak-Ute
Chelsea
Cherokee
Chester (Lime Springs)
Christ (Des Moines)
Christ (Davenport)
Christ Community (Marion)
Christiansburg (Blakesburg)
Church of All Nations
(Sioux City)
Churdan (Paton)
Cincinnati-Unionville
Circle of Hope Parish: HawkeyeAlpha-Union-Randalia-Maynard
Clarence
Clarinda, First
Clarion
Clarksville Community
Clear Lake
Climax (Red Oak Circuit)
Clinton, First
Clinton, Lyons (Living Faith U.M.
Parish)
Clinton, Trinity (Living Faith U.M.
Parish)
Clio (Allerton)
Clover Ridge (Fairfax-WalfordColony)
Coggon United Parish (UM-D)
Coin-Norwich
Musc.
D.M.
Ott.
Dub.
C.R.
Ott.
C.R.
C.R.
M.C.
Cres.
M.C.
S.C.
Wloo.
S.C.
M.C.
D.M.
Musc.
C.R.
Ott.
S.C.
F.D.
Ott.
Dub.
C.R.
C.B.
M.C.
Wloo.
M.C.
Cres.
C.B.
Musc.
Musc.
Musc.
Cres.
C.R.
C.R.
C.B.
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Colesburg
Collegiate (Ames)
Colfax
Collins-Loring
Colo
Colony (Clover Ridge)
Columbia
Columbus City (Columbus Jct.)
Columbus Junction-Columbus
City
Community of Joy (Bettendorf)
Conesville (Nichols)
Conrad
Coon Rapids
Cooper (Hope Parish)
Coralville
Coralville, New Horizons
Corning
Correctionville-Cushing
Corwith-Wesley
Corydon-Millerton-SewalNew Zion
Cottonwood (New Life Parish)
Council Bluffs:
Broadway
Epworth
Fifth Avenue-Trinity
Hazel Dell
Salem
St. Mark
Crawfordsville, United Church of
(UM-PCUSA Union)
Crescent Park (Sioux City)
Cresco-Zion
Creston
Crosswinds (Cedar Rapids)
Crystal Lake (Forest City)
Cumberland-Pine Grove
Cushing (Correctionville)
Dub.
F.D.
D.M.
F.D.
F.D.
C.R.
Ott.
Musc.
Musc.
Musc.
Musc.
Wloo.
S.C.
F.D.
C.R.
C.R.
Cres.
S.C.
M.C.
Cres.
Musc.
C.B.
Musc.
S.C.
M.C.
Cres.
C.R.
M.C.
Cres.
S.C.
D
Dallas Center
D.M.
Danbury
S.C.
Danville-Long Creek
Musc.
Davenport:
Musc.
Christ
St. John's
West Davenport Alliance: Faith-Grace
Davis City (Lamoni)
Cres.
Dawson (Hope Parish)
F.D.
Dayton-Harcourt
F.D.
Decatur (Lamoni)
Cres.
Decorah
Dub.
Deep River (U.Ch. of Deep River)
(UM-PCUSA)
Defiance (Irwin)
Delhi-Buck Creek
Delmar-Elwood
Delta (What Cheer)
Denison
Des Moines:
Burns
Easton Place
Epworth
First
Fort Des Moines
Gatchel-Jordan
Grace
Immanuel
Korean
Las Americas
Marquisville-Christ
Miller
New Hope
St. John's
Sheridan Park-Capitol Heights
Simpson
Staves
Trinity
Union Park
Wesley-Bloomfield
Windsor
DeSoto
DeWitt
Dexter-Redfield
Diagonal (UM-D-PCUSA Fed.)Arispe-Shannon City Yoke
Dickens (Webb)
Dike
Dolliver (Armstrong)
Donnellson-Embury
Doon, First (Inwood)
Douds-Lebanon-Selma
Dow City (Dunlap)
Dows-Alexander-Dows Presby.
(UM-PCUSA Yoke)
Drakesville (Bloomfield)
Dubuque:
Faith
Center Grove-Rockdale
East Dubuque, Wesley
Faith
Grandview
St. Luke's
Dumont (New Hope)
Duncombe (Stratford)
Dunkerton-Mt. Hope
Ott.
C.B.
Dub.
Dub.
Ott.
S.C.
D.M.
D.M.
Musc.
Cres.
Cres.
Spen.
Wloo.
Spen.
Musc.
Spen.
Ott.
S.C.
M.C.
Ott.
Dub.
M.C.
F.D.
Wloo.
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Dunlap-Dow City
Dysart
S.C.
Wloo.
E
Eagle Grove
Earlham-WorthingtonPenn Center
Earlville United Parish (UM-UCC)
Early-Nemaha
East Dubuque, Wesley (Dubuque)
East Janesville
Easton Place (Des Moines)
Eddyville (Beacon)
Edgewood
Elberon (Peace UM Parish)
Eldon (Agency)
Eldora
Eldridge
Elgin-Illyria Community
Elliott-Pilot Grove
Ellis
Ellston (Tingley)
Ellsworth (Radcliffe)
Elma
Elwood (Delmar)
Emmanuel (Granger)
Emmanuel (Keokuk)
Embury (Donnellson)
Emerson-Wesley Chapel
Emmetsburg
Epworth
Epworth (Council Bluffs)
Epworth (Des Moines)
Epworth (Fort Dodge)
Estherville
Evansdale, St. Mark’s (Waterloo,
Calvary)
Everly-Spencer, Zion
Excelsior
F.D.
Cres.
Dub.
S.C.
Dub.
Wloo.
D.M.
Ott.
Dub.
C.R.
Ott.
Wloo.
Musc.
Dub.
C.B.
M.C.
Cres.
F.D.
M.C.
Dub.
D.M.
Musc.
Musc.
C.B.
Spen.
Dub.
C.B.
D.M.
F.D.
Spen.
Wloo.
Spen.
Spen.
F
Fairbank-Oran
Fairfax (Clover Ridge)
Fairfield
Fairview (Perry)
Faith (Gilmore City, Humboldt,
Rutland)
Faith (Cedar Rapids)
Faith (Dubuque)
Faith (Libertyville)
Faith (Webster City)
Farmers' Chapel (Indianola)
Wloo.
C.R.
Ott.
F.D.
F.D.
C.R.
Dub.
Ott.
F.D.
D.M.
Farmington-Bonaparte Yoke
(UM-PCUSA)
Farnhamville United (UMUCC)-Somers
Farragut-Summit
Farrar (Mingo)
Fayette
Fellowship UMC (Muscatine)
Fenton-Good Hope-Burt
Fifth Avenue (Council Bluffs)
Finley Chapel (New Life Parish)
First (Ames)
First (Ankeny)
First (Boone)
First (Burlington)
First (Cedar Falls)
First (Clarinda)
First (Clinton, Living Faith Parish)
First (Des Moines)
First (Doon)
First (Dunkerton)
First (Fort Dodge)
First (Fort Madison)
First (Indianola)
First (Iowa City)
First (LeMars)
First (Marion)
First (Mason City)
First (Marshalltown)
First (Mount Pleasant)
First (Newton)
First (Ottumwa)
First (Sioux City)
First (Waterloo)
Floyd-West St. Charles
Fontanelle-Highland
Forest City-Crystal Lake
Forest Mills (Waukon)
Fort Des Moines (Des Moines)
Fort Dodge:
Epworth
First
Riverside
Trinity
Fort Madison:
First
Santa Fe
Fostoria
Fox River Parish: Milton-CantrilMt. Sterling
Franklin (Amish Circuit)
FredericksburgWilliamstown
Frederika
Ott.
F.D.
C.B.
D.M.
Dub.
Mus.
Spen.
C.B.
Musc.
F.D.
D.M.
F.D.
Musc.
Wloo.
C.B.
Musc.
D.M.
Spen.
Wloo.
F.D.
Musc.
D.M.
C.R.
S.C.
C.R.
M.C.
Wloo.
Musc.
D.M.
Ott.
S.C.
Wloo.
M.C.
Cres.
M.C.
Dub.
D.M.
F.D.
Musc.
Spen.
Ott.
C.R.
M.C.
Wloo.
322
Fremont-Cedar
Ott.
G
Galva-Silver Creek
Garner
Garrison (Vinton, Stewart
Memorial)
Garwin-Garwin Disciples
Gatchel (Des Moines)
Geneseo
Geneva (Ackley)
Giard (Monona)
Gifford
Gillette Grove (Webb)
Gilman
Gilmore City (Faith)
Gladbrook
Gladbrook Chapel
Glenwood
Glidden
Goldfield (Renwick)
Good Hope (Fenton)
Goodell (Klemme)
Gowrie
Grace (Burlington)
Grace (Des Moines)
Grace (Mason City)
Grace (Marshalltown)
Grace (Sioux City)
Grace (Spencer)
Graettinger
Grand Junction
Grand Mound (Calamus)
Grand River (Kellerton)
Grandview (Dubuque)
Granger, Emmanuel
Grant (Noble)
Gray (Ross)
Greeley
Green Plain (Milo)
Greenbrier (Scranton)
Greene Yoke (UM-Br.)
Greenfield
Grimes
Grinnell
Griswold
Grundy Center
Guernsey (New Covenant
Parish)
Guthrie Center-Bowman Chap.
Guttenberg
H
S.C.
M.C.
Wloo.
Wloo.
D.M.
Wloo.
M.C.
Dub.
Wloo.
Spen.
Wloo.
F.D.
Wloo.
Wloo.
C.B.
S.C.
M.C.
Spen.
M.C.
F.D.
Musc.
D.M.
M.C.
Wloo.
S.C.
Spen.
Spen.
F.D.
Musc.
Cres.
Dub.
D.M.
C.B.
C.B.
Dub.
Cres.
F.D.
M.C.
Cres.
D.M.
D.M.
C.B.
Wloo.
C.R.
Hamburg
Hamilton (Bussey)
Hampton
Hancock (Silver Creek)
Hansell-West Fork
Harcourt (Dayton)
Harlan-Monroe Chapel
Harris-Lake Park
Hartley
Harvey-Tracy
Hastings
Havelock (Hope Parish)
Hawarden-Ireton
Hawkeye (Circle of Hope Parish)
Hawthorne (Red Oak Circuit)
Hazel Dell (Council Bluffs)
Hazleton
Hebron (Macksburg)
Hedrick/Martinsburg
Henderson (Macedonia)
Heritage (Waverly)
High Point (Town & Country
Parish)
High Prairie (Fellowship UMC)
Highland (Fontanelle)
Hillsdale (Silver City)
Hinton-Merrill, Melbourne
Holstein
Homer (Stratford)
Hope (Iowa City)
Hope (Marshalltown)
Hope Parish:
Bagley-Yale-Jamaica
Linden-Prairie Center-DawsonCooper
Hope Parish (Pocahontas,
Havelock, Plover)
Hopeville-Lacelle (Pleasant
Valley Christian Yoke)
Hopkins Grove
Hopkinton Yoke (UM-PCUSA)
Hornick
Hubbard
Hudson
Humboldt (Faith)
Humeston (United Trinity Par.)
Huntington
Huxley-Cambridge
C.B.
Ott.
M.C.
C.B.
M.C.
F.D.
C.B.
Spen.
Spen.
Ott.
C.B.
Spen.
S.C.
Dub.
C.B.
C.B.
Dub.
Cres.
Ott.
C.B.
Wloo.
Cres.
Musc.
Cres.
C.B.
S.C.
S.C.
F.D.
C.R.
Wloo.
F.D.
Spen.
Cres.
D.M.
Dub.
S.C.
F.D.
Wloo.
F.D.
Cres.
Spen.
F.D.
I
Cres.
Dub.
Iconium
Ida Grove
Illyria Community (Elgin)
Ott.
S.C.
Dub.
323
Immanuel (Des Moines)
Independence
Indianola:
Center Chapel-Farmers' Chapel
First
Inwood-Doon, First
Iowa City:
First
Hope
Korean
St. Mark's
Iowa Falls
Ira Community Church
Ireton (Hawarden)
Irwin-Defiance-Kirkman
Island (Letts)
Ivy, Centennial
D.M.
Dub.
D.M.
Spen.
C.R.
M.C.
D.M.
S.C.
C.B.
Musc.
D.M.
F.D.
Wloo.
F.D.
Cres.
Ott.
Cres.
Wloo.
F.D.
D.M.
D.M.
Wloo.
K
Kalona
Kalona, Sharon Center
Kamrar (Webster City, Faith)
Kanawha
Kellerton-BeaconsfieldGrand River
Kellogg-Pleasant View
Kenwood Park (Cedar Rapids)
Keokuk:
Emmanuel-Melrose-Sandusky
Trinity
Keosauqua-Center Chapel
Keota United Church of Faith
(UM-PCUSA)-Bethel
Keswick-Thornburg-Webster
Killduff-Reasnor
Kimball Ave. (Waterloo)
Kingsley
Kingston
Kirkman (Irwin)
Ott.
M.C.
Ott.
F.D.
Musc.
D.M.
C.R.
C.R.
L
J
Jamaica (Hope Parish)
Janesville
Jefferson
Jefferson Center (Stuart/Mt. V.)
Jerome
Jerusalem (Afton)
Jesup
Jolley (Rockwell City)
Jordan (Des Moines, Gatchel)
Jordan Creek (West Des Moines)
Jubilee (Waterloo)
Kirkville
Klemme-Goodell
Knoxville
Korean (Ames)
Korean (Bettendorf)
Korean (Des Moines)
Korean (Iowa City)
Koszta (New Covenant Par.)
C.R.
C.R.
F.D.
M.C.
Cres.
D.M.
C.R.
Musc.
Ott.
Ott.
Ott.
D.M.
Wloo.
S.C.
Musc.
C.B.
Lacelle (Hopeville)
Lacey
Lacona
Ladora (New Covenant Par.)
Lafayette, Salem
Lake City Union (UM-PCUSA)
Lake Mills
Lake Park (Harris)
Lakes
Lamoni-Decatur-Davis City
Lamont-Aurora
Lanesboro (Lohrville)
Langdon (Terril)
Lansing-New Albin
LaPorte City
Larrabee (Sutherland)
Laurel
Laurens
Lebanon (Douds)
Lee Center (Morgan)
Lehigh-Otho
LeMars:
Calvary-Seney
First
Lenox-Mercer Center
Leon (Town & Country Parish)
Lester
Letts-Island
Lewis United (UCC-UM)
Liberty Center (Milo)
Libertyville-Batavia
Lime Springs-Chester
Lincoln Center (Noble)
Linden (Hope Parish)
Linden (Waterloo)
Lineville (Allerton)
Linn Grove
Lisbon
Little Cedar (St. Ansgar)
Little Sioux (Pisgah)
Livermore (LuVerne)
Living Faith U.M. Parish:
Clinton, Lyons-Camanche-
Cres.
Ott.
Cres.
C.R.
C.R.
F.D.
M.C.
Spen.
S.C.
Cres.
Dub.
F.D.
Spen.
Dub.
Wloo.
Spen.
Wloo.
Spen.
Ott.
M.C.
F.D.
S.C.
Cres.
Cres.
Spen.
Musc.
C.B.
Cres.
Ott.
M.C.
C.B.
F.D.
Wloo.
Cres.
D.M.
C.R.
M.C.
C.B.
M.C.
Musc.
324
Low Moor-Clinton, Trinity
Living Water (Cedar Rapids)
Locust Grove (Riverton)
Logan-Magnolia
Lohrville-Lanesboro
Long Creek (Danville)
Lorimor (Macksburg)
Loring (Collins)
Lovilia (Bussey)
Lovely Lane (Cedar Rapids)
Low Moor (Living Faith U.M.
Parish)
LuVerne-Livermore
Lyons (Living Faith Parish)
C.R.
C.B.
C.B.
F.D.
Musc.
Cres.
F.D.
Ott.
C.R.
Musc.
M.C.
Musc.
M
Macedonia-Henderson
(Wheeler Grove UCC Yoke)
Mackey
Macksburg-Hebron-Lorimor
Magnolia (Logan)
Malcom-Sheridan
Mallard (West Bend)
Malvern-Strahan
Manchester
Manilla United Church
(UM-PCUSA)
Manly-Bolan
Manning
Manson
(Our Saviour UMC)
Maple Grove
Maple Grove (W. Des Moines)
Mapleton-Ticonic
Maquoketa
Marathon
Marble Rock (Rockford)
Marcus
Marengo
Marion
Christ Community
First
Marion Street (Ogden)
Marne-Buck Creek
Marshalltown:
Bethany
First
Grace
Hope
Morrow Memorial
Martinsburg (Hedrick)
Martelle
Marquisville-Christ (Des Moines)
C.B.
F.D.
Cres.
C.B.
C.R.
Spen.
C.B.
Dub.
S.C.
M.C.
S.C.
F.D.
C.B.
D.M.
S.C.
Dub.
Spen.
M.C.
S.C.
C.R.
C.R.
F.D.
C.B.
Wloo.
Ott.
C.R.
D.M.
Mason City:
First
Grace
Wesley
Massena-Bridgewater-Avondale
Maxwell-Peoria
Maynard (Circle of Hope
Parish)
McCausland-Park View
McGregor
McIntire (Riceville)
Meadow Star (Pierson)
Mechanicsville-Morley, First
Mediapolis-Sperry
Medora (New Virginia)
Melbourne, New Horizons
(State Center)
Melcher/Dallas (Pleasantville)
Melrose (Keokuk)
Melvin (Sanborn)
Menlo (Stuart/Mount Veron)
Mercer Center (Lenox)
Merrill-Adaville
Merrill, Melbourne (Hinton)
Meservey-Thornton
Metro Parish (Dubuque): Center
Grove-Rockdale-Sherrill
Middle Fork (Mt. Ayr)
Milford Union (UM-UCC Fed.)
Miller (Des Moines)
Millersburg (Three Rivers
Parish)
Millerton (Corydon)
Milo-Green Plain-Liberty
Center
Milton (Fox River Parish)
Minburn
Minerva
Mingo-Farrar
Missouri Valley-Modale
Mitchellville-Santiago
Modale (Missouri Valley)
Mondamin (Pisgah)
Monona-Giard
Monroe
Monroe Chapel (Harlan)
Montezuma
Monticello Yoke (UM-UCC)
Montrose
Moravia
Morgan-Bradford-Lee Center
Morley, Faith (Wapsie Valley
Parish)
Morley, First (Mechanicsville)
M.C.
Cres.
F.D.
Dub.
Musc.
Dub.
M.C.
S.C.
C.R.
Musc.
Cres.
Wloo.
Ott.
Musc.
Spen.
Cres.
Cres.
S.C.
S.C.
M.C.
Dub.
Cres.
Spen.
D.M.
Ott.
Cres.
Cres.
Ott.
D.M.
Wloo.
D.M.
C.B.
D.M.
C.B.
C.B.
Dub.
D.M.
C.B.
Ott.
Dub.
Musc.
Ott.
M.C.
C.R.
C.R.
325
Morning Sun (Southeast
Musc.
Louisa County Parish)
Morrow Memorial (Marshalltown) Wloo.
Moscow
Musc.
Moulton
Ott.
Mount Auburn (Brandon)
Wloo.
Mount Ayr-Redding-Middle Fork Cres.
(Mount Ayr Parish)
Mount Hope (Carson)
C.B.
Mount Hope (Dunkerton)
Wloo.
Mount Pleasant, First
Musc.
Mount Sterling
Ott.
Mount Union-Wesley Chapel
Musc.
Mount Vernon
C.R.
Mount Vernon (Stuart)
Cres.
Mount Zion (Blakesburg)
Ott.
Moville
S.C.
Murray
Cres.
Muscatine:
Musc.
Fellowship UMC (MusservilleSpangler Chapel- Sweetland-High
Prairie-St. Paul Hispanic)
New Hope
Peace
Wesley
Musserville (Fellowship UMC)
Musc.
N
Napier
Nashua-Republic
Nemaha (Early)
Nevada
New Albin (Lansing)
New Covenant Parish: VictorLadora-Guernsey-Ohio-Koszta
New Creation (Cedar Rapids)
New Hampton
New Hartford
New Hope (Des Moines)
New Hope (Dumont, Aredale,
Bristow)
New Hope (Muscatine)
New Horizons (State Center)
New Life Parish: WaylandCottonwood-Finley Chapel
New London
New Market
New Sharon
New Sweden
New Virginia-Medora
New Zion (Corydon)
Newell
Newton:
F.D.
Wloo.
S.C.
F.D.
Dub.
C.R.
C.R.
M.C.
Wloo.
D.M.
M.C.
Musc.
Wloo.
Musc.
Musc.
C.B.
Ott.
Ott.
Cres.
Cres.
Spen.
D.M.
First
St. Luke
Nichols-Cedar ValleyConesville
Noble-Grant-Lincoln Center
Nodaway (Villisca)
Nora Springs (Shell Rock
Valley)
Northboro-Blanchard
North English (Three
Rivers Parish)
North Liberty
Northboro-Blanchard
Northwood
Norwalk
Norway (Peace UM Parish)
Norwich (Coin)
Norwood-Pleasant Prairie
Musc.
C.B.
C.B.
M.C.
C.B.
Ott.
C.R.
C.B.
M.C.
D.M.
C.R.
C.B.
Cres.
O
Oakland
Oakville (Southeast Louisa
County Parish)
Oakwood (Pleasant Hill)
Ocheyedan (Sibley)
Odebolt-Arthur
Oelwein
Ogden-Boone, Marion Street
Ohio (New Covenant Par.)
Olin United (Wapsie Valley
Parish)
Olin, St. Paul’s (Wapsie Valley
Parish)
Olive Chapel (Attica)
Onawa-Turin
Oran (Fairbank)
Orient-Hill of Zion
Yoke (UM-Christian)
Osage
Osceola
Oskaloosa, Central
Otho (Lehigh)
Ottumwa:
First
Riverview
Wesley
Willard Street
Our Saviour UMC (Manson,
Pomeroy)
Owasa
Oxford
Oxford Junction (Wapsie
Valley Parish)
C.B.
Musc.
D.M.
Spen.
S.C.
Dub.
F.D.
C.R.
C.R.
C.R.
Ott.
S.C.
Wloo.
Cres.
M.C.
Cres.
Ott.
F.D.
Ott.
F.D.
Wloo.
C.R.
C.R.
326
R
P
Pacific Junction (Silver City)
Palo
Panora
Park View (McCausland)
Parkersburg-Pleasant Valley
Paton-Churdan
Patterson (Winterset)
Peace (Muscatine)
Peace U.M. Parish: Van Horne
Elberon-Blairstown-Norway
Pella
Penn Center (Earlham)
Peoria (Maxwell)
Perry-Rippey-Fairview
Persia (Shelby)
Peru (Truro)
Peterson-Royal
Pierson-Meadow Star
Pilot Grove (Elliott)
Pilot Mound (Boxholm)
Pine Grove (Cumberland)
Pisgah-Mondamin-Little
Sioux
Plainfield
Pleasant Hill (Amish Cir.)
Pleasant Hill (Prairie City)
Pleasant Hill, Oakwood
Pleasant Prairie (Norwood)
Pleasant Valley (Parkersburg)
Pleasant View (Kellogg)
Pleasantville-Melcher/Dallas
Plover (Hope Parish)
Plymouth (Shell Rock Valley)
Pocahontas (Hope Parish)
Polk City
Pomeroy (Our Saviour UMC)
Popejoy (Alden)
Prairie Center (Hope Parish)
Prairie Chapel (Alburnett)
Prairie City-Pleasant Hill
Prairie Springs (Cedar Falls)
Prairie View
Preston-Sabula
Primghar (UM-UCC Union)
Promise City (Seymour)
Pulaski-Troy
C.B.
C.R.
F.D.
Mus.
Wloo.
F.D.
Cres.
Musc.
C.R.
Ott.
Cres.
F.D.
F.D.
C.B.
Cres.
Spen.
S.C.
C.B.
F.D.
Cres.
C.B.
Wloo.
C.R.
D.M.
D.M.
Cre.
Wloo.
D.M.
Ott.
Spen.
M.C.
Spen.
D.M.
F.D.
M.C.
F.D.
C.R.
D.M.
Wloo.
Ott.
Dub.
Spen.
Cres.
Ott.
Radcliffe-Ellsworth
Randalia (Circle of Hope Parish)
Randolph (Tabor)
Raymond (Waterloo, Calvary)
Reasnor (Killduff)
Redding (Mt. Ayr )
Redfield (Dexter)
Red Oak Circuit: ClimaxHawthorne-Stratton
Red Oak, First
Reinbeck
Rembrandt (Sioux Rapids)
Renwick-Goldfield
Republic (Nashua)
Rhodes (State Center)
Riceville-McIntire
Richland
Rippey (Perry)
Riverside
Riverside (Fort Dodge)
Riverside (Sioux City)
Riverton-Locust Grove
Riverview (Ottuwma)
Rochester (South Bethel)
Rock Branch (Anthon)
Rock Falls (Shell Rock
Valley)
Rock Rapids
Rock Valley
Rockdale (Dubuque, United
Community Ministries)
Rockford-Marble Rock
Rockwell-Swaledale
Rockwell City-Jolley
Rolfe, Shared Ministry of
(UM-PC)
Ross-Gray
Rowan Yoke (UM-UCC)
Rowley-North Linn-Silver Creek
Royal (Peterson)
Rudd (Shell Rock Valley)
Rustin Ave. (Sioux City)
Russell-Bethel
Ruthven-Ayrshire
Rutland (Faith)
F.D.
Dub.
C.B.
Wloo.
D.M.
Cres.
Cres.
C.B.
C.B.
Wloo.
Spen.
M.C.
Wloo.
Wloo.
M.C.
Ott.
F.D.
C.R.
F.D.
S.C.
C.B.
Ott.
C.R.
S.C.
M.C.
Spen.
Spen.
Dub.
M.C.
M.C.
F.D.
Spen.
C.B.
M.C.
Wloo.
Spen.
M.C.
S.C.
Cres.
Spen.
F.D.
S
Q
Quad-Cities Korean (Bettendorf)
Quimby-Washta
Musc.
S.C.
Sabula (Preston)
Sac City
St. Ansgar-Little Cedar
St. Charles (UM-D-Fed.)
Dub.
S.C.
M.C.
Cres.
327
St. James (Cedar Rapids)
St. James (Sioux City)
St. John’s (Davenport)
St. John’s (Des Moines)
St. Luke (Newton)
St. Luke’s (Dubuque)
St. Mark (Council Bluffs)
St. Mark’s (Cedar Rapids)
St. Mark’s (Iowa City)
St. Paul Hispanic (Fellowship)
St. Paul’s (Cedar Rapids)
St. Paul’s (Olin)
St. Paul’s (Waterloo)
St. Timothy’s (Cedar Falls)
Salem (Cedar Rapids)
Salem (Council Bluffs)
Salix (Sioux City)
Sanborn-Melvin
Sandusky (Keokuk, Melrose)
Santa Fe (Fort Madison)
Santiago (Mitchellville)
Schaller
Scranton-Greenbrier
Selma (Douds)
Seney (LeMars, Calvary)
Sergeant Bluff
Sewal (Corydon)
Seymour-Promise City
Shambaugh (Braddyville)
Shannon City (Diagonal)
Sharon (Cedar Rapids)
Sharpsburg (Clearfield)
Sheffield-Chapin
Shelby-Persia
Sheldahl (Slater)
Sheldon
Shell Rock
Shell Rock Valley: Nora Springs
Rudd-Plymouth-Rock Falls
Shenandoah
Sheridan (Malcom)
Sheridan Park (Des Moines)
Sherrill
Shueyville
Sibley-Ocheyedan
Sidney-Thurman
Sigourney
Silver City-Pacific JunctionHillsdale
Silver Creek (Galva)
Silver Creek (Rowley)
Silver Creek-Hancock
Simpson (Des Moines)
Sioux City:
C.R.
S.C.
Musc.
D.M.
D.M.
Dub.
C.B.
C.R.
C.R.
Musc.
C.R.
C.R.
Wloo.
Wloo.
C.R.
C.B.
S.C.
Spen.
Musc.
Musc.
D.M.
S.C.
F.D.
Ott.
S.C.
S.C.
Cres.
Cres.
C.B.
Cres.
C.R.
Cres.
M.C.
C.B.
F.D.
Spen.
Wloo.
M.C.
C.B.
C.R.
D.M.
Dub.
C.R.
Spen.
C.B.
Ott.
C.B.
S.C.
Wloo.
C.B.
D.M.
S.C.
Crescent Park
First
Grace
Riverside
Rustin Avenue-Salix
Singing Hills
St. James
Trimble
Wesley
Whitfield
Sioux Rapids (UM-UCC Union)Rembrandt
Slater-Sheldahl
Smithland-Rodney (UCC)Oto (UCC )
Solon
Somers (Farnhamville)
South Bethel-Rochester
South Marion (Stratford)
Southeast Louisa County
Parish: Wapello-Morning SunOakville
Spangler Chapel (Fellowship)
Spencer, Grace
Spencer, Zion (Everly)
Sperry (Mediapolis)
Spirit Lake
Spring Grove (Burlington)
Spring Run (Winfield)
Springdale
Springville
Stanhope Parish (UM-D)
Stanwood Union
State Center-RhodesNew Horizons (Melbourne)
Staves (Des Moines)
Stewart Memorial (Vinton)
Stockport (Birmingham)
Storm Lake
Story City
Strahan (Malvern)
Stratford-South MarionHomer-Duncombe-McGuire
Bend (United Brethren)
Stratton (Red Oak Circuit)
Strawberry Point
Stuart/Mt. Vernon-MenloJefferson Center
Summit (Farragut)
Sumner
Sutherland-Larabee
Swaledale (Rockwell)
Swea City
Spen.
F.D.
S.C.
C.R.
F.D.
C.R.
F.D.
Musc
Musc.
Spen.
Spen.
Musc.
Spen.
Musc.
Musc.
C.R.
C.R.
F.D.
C.R.
Wloo.
D.M.
Wloo.
Ott.
Spen.
F.D.
C.B.
F.D.
C.B.
Dub.
Cres.
C.B.
Wloo.
Spen.
M.C.
Spen.
328
Sweetland (Fellowship UMC)
Musc.
T
Tabor-Randolph
Tama, Living Faith
(Tama, Montour)
Tennant
Terrill-Langdon
Thompson
Thornburg (Keswick)
Thornton (Meservey)
Three Rivers Parish: North
English-Millersburg
Thurman (Sidney)
Ticonic (Mapleton)
Tiffin
Tingley-Wishard ChapelEllston
Tipton
Titonka
Toledo, Christ
Town & Country Parish: LeonHigh Point-Van Wert-Weldon
Tracy (Harvey)
Traer
Trenton
Trimble (Sioux City)
Trinity (Cedar Rapids)
Trinity (Council Bluffs, Fifth Ave.)
Trinity (Clinton)
Trinity (Des Moines)
Trinity (Fort Dodge)
Trinity (Keokuk)
Trinity (Waverly)
Troy (Pulaski)
Truro-Peru
Turin (Onawa)
C.B.
Wloo.
C.B.
Spen.
M.C.
Ott.
M.C.
Ott.
C.B.
S.C.
C.R.
Cres.
C.R.
Spen.
Wloo.
Cres.
Ott.
Wloo.
Musc.
S.C.
C.R.
C.B.
Musc.
D.M.
F.D.
Musc.
Wloo.
Ott.
Cres.
S.C.
U
Union (Circle of Hope
Parish)
Union Park (Des Moines)
Unionville (Cincinnati)
United Trinity Parish: HumestonLeroy Yoke (UM-D-PC)
Urbana (Center Point)
Urbandale
Aldersgate
Walnut Hills
Ute (Charter Oak)
V
Dub.
D.M.
Ott.
Cres.
C.R.
D.M.
S.C.
Valley (West Des Moines)
Van Horne (Peace UM Parish)
Van Meter-Booneville
Van Wert (Town & Country
Parish)
Varina
Ventura
Victor (New Covenant Par.)
Villisca-Nodaway
Vincent (Woolstock)
Vinton, Stewart MemorialGarrison
Vinton, Wesley
Viola
Volga (Arlington)
D.M.
C.R.
D.M.
Cres.
Spen.
M.C.
C.R.
C.B.
F.D.
Wloo.
Wloo.
C.R.
Dub.
W
Walcott
Musc.
Walford (Clover Ridge)
C.R.
Walker
Wloo.
Wall Lake (Lake View)
S.C.
Walnut Hills (Urbandale)
D.M.
Wapello (Southeast Louisa
Musc.
County Parish)
Wapsie Valley Parish: OlinC.R.
Olin, St. Paul’s-Morley, FaithOxford Junction
Washington
Musc.
Washington Chapel (Cedar Falls) Wloo.
Washta (Quimby)
S.C.
Waterloo:
Wloo.
Calvary-Evansdale, St. Mark’s-Raymond
First
Jubilee
Kimball Avenue
Linden
St. Paul’s
Waukee
D.M.
Waukon-Forest Mills
Dub.
Waverly, Heritage
Wloo.
Waverly, Trinity
Wloo.
Wayland (New Life Parish)
Musc.
Webb-Gillett Grove-Dickens
Spen.
Webster (Keswick)
Ott.
Webster City, Asbury
F.D.
Webster City, Faith-Kamrar
F.D.
Weldon (Town & Country
Cres.
Parish)
Wellman
C.R.
Wesley (Corwith)
M.C.
Wesley (Des Moines)
D.M.
Wesley (Mason City)
M.C.
Wesley (Muscatine)
Musc.
329
Wesley (Ottumwa)
Wesley (Sioux City)
Wesley (Vinton)
Wesley Chapel (Mt. Union)
Wesley Chapel (Emerson)
Ott.
S.C.
Wloo.
Musc.
C.B.
West Bend-Mallard
West Branch
West Burlington
West Chester
West Davenport Alliance:
Faith-Grace
West Des Moines:
Jordan Creek
Maple Grove
Valley
West Des Moines
West Fork (Hansell)
West Grove
West Hill (Burlington)
West Liberty
West St. Charles (Floyd)
West Union
Westgate (see Murphy)
What Cheer-Delta
Whitfield (Sioux City)
Wichita (Bayard)
Willard Street (Ottumwa)
Spen.
C.R.
Musc.
CR
Musc.
D.M.
M.C.
Ott.
Musc.
Musc.
M.C.
Dub.
Dub.
Ott.
S.C.
S.C.
Ott.
Williams (Alden)
Williamsburg
Williamstown (Fredericksburg)
Wilton
Windsor (Des Moines)
Winfield-Spring Run
Winterset-Patterson
Winthrop Church of Christ
United (UM-UCC)
Wiota (Anita)
Wishard Chapel (Tingley)
Woodbine
Woodburn
Woodward
Woolstock-Vincent
Worthington (Earlham)
Wyoming
M.C.
C.R.
M.C.
Musc.
D.M.
Musc.
Cres.
Dub.
C.B.
Cres.
C.B.
Cres.
D.M.
F.D.
Cres.
Dub.
Y
Yale (Hope Parish)
F.D.
Z
Zearing
Zion (Attica)
Zion (Cresco)
F.D.
Ott.
M.C.
330
XV. APPOINTMENTS (2003-2004)
(to be effective 7/1/03)
AF
AM
DM
FD
FE
PE
PM
PD
OCD
OCE
OCPM
ODM
FLP
PLP
SLP
RFD
RM
RAM
RLP
RODM
*
TPS
INT
PE-LFT
PM-LFT
PD-LFT
FD-LFT
FE-LFT
D.A.
O.D.M.
PA-1
PA-2
PA-3
NA-SCLS
NA-SLM
The following symbols apply throughout this report:
Affiliate Member
Associate Member
Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline)
Deacon in full connection
Elder in full connection
Probationary Elder
Probationary member (ordained under provisions of 1992 or earlier
Discipline)
Probationary Deacon
Deacon member of other U.M. conference
Elder member of other U.M. conference
Probationary member of other United Methodist Conference
Member of other denomination or other Methodist affiliated conference
Full time Local Pastor
Part time Local Pastor
Student Local Pastor
Retired Deacon in full connection
Retired full member
Retired Associate member
Retired Local Pastor
Retired Member of other denomination or other Methodist affiliated
conference
First year in this appointment
Temporary Pulpit Supply
Interim
Probationary Elder - less than full time
Probationary member (ordained under provisions of 1992 or earlier
Discipline)-less than full time
Probationary Deacon - less than full time
Deacon in full connection - less than full time
Elder in full connection - less than full time
Delayed appointment
Other denomination or other Methodist affiliated conference to supply.
Primary appointment to attend school
Primary appointment to extension ministries
Primary appointment to local church, also appointed to attend school
Supervised Certified Lay Speaker
Supervised Lay Missioner
CEDAR RAPIDS DISTRICT
Barrie M. Tritle (7), Superintendent
1035 3rd Ave. S.E. Suite 111, Cedar Rapids 52403-2463
Phone: 319-365-6273; FAX: 319-365-5310
e-mail: Barrie.Tritle@iaumc.org
Alburnett-Prairie Chapel
Amish Circuit: Champion Hill-FranklinPleasant Hill
Belle Plaine
Frederick T. Darbonne (OCPE)
3
Marlene Janssen (PLP)
David W. Crow
5
4
331
APPOINTMENTS
Brooklyn
*Associate
Cedar Rapids:
Asbury
Bertram-Buffalo
Crosswinds
Faith
*Kenwood Park
Living Water
Lovely Lane
Deacon
Associate
New Creation
Associate
*St. James
St. Mark's
Deacon
St. Paul's
Deacon
Associate
*Associate
Salem
Sharon
Trinity
Associate
Central City
*Clarence
Clover Ridge
Coggon United Parish (UM-D)
Coralville
Coralville, New Horizons
Iowa City:
First
Associate
Hope
Korean
David G. Rogula
Synthia Osborne (TPS)
Edmond O. Powers (AM)
4
Marilyn R. Buchanan (FE-LFT)
6
Kerrin A. Kirkpatrick
4
Kathleen R. Moore
3
Laura L. Smith
1
Martin R. Schuhmacher (AM)
7
Brian K. Milford
12
Karen K. Young (FD)
6
Clinton G. Twedt-Ball
2
Julia E. Fox Poulsen
13
Naomi J. “Tootie” Stepanek (PLP) 2
Susan E. Detwiler
1
Diana A. Hoover
6
Elaine G. Jones (PD)
2
J. Robert Burkhart
4
Judith Rogula Eilders (FD)
5
Kathleen R. Moore
3
Rebecca C. Carver (FE-LFT)
1
Linda H. Bibb
5
Gary H. Dobbins (AM)
6
Blair S. Frank
3
Michael D. Ellson (FLP)
5
Leo E. Andersen (PLP)
2
Nicholas N. Needham (FLP)
3
Karmen Jamison (NA-SCLS)
1
Michael F. Townsley (AM)
5
O.D.M.
Douglas E. Williams
3
Karen S. Nelson (PE)
2
(8-1)
St. Mark's
Associate
Kalona
(9-1)
Kalona, Sharon Center
Lafayette, Salem
Lisbon
Malcom-Sheridan
Associate
*Marengo
Marion:
Christ Community
*First
Associate
Martelle
Mechanicsville -Morley First
4
1
Paul L. Akin
Catherine A. Luck
James R. Davis (PE)
Hyo Nam Hwang
Kwang-Seok Song (ODM)
Harlan D. Gillespie
Maria D. Wiblin (FLP)
Michael L. Orthel
D.A.
Douglas C. Cue
Barbara Losey (PLP)
Thomas E. Mattson
Carol E. Myers (SLP)
Virgil L. Scott (PLP)
Morris C. Hurd
Richard F. Speight, Jr.
Michael L. Morgan
Melisa M. Bracht-Wagner (PE)
Jon C. Moss (PLP)
Linda L. Stransky
3
2
3
3
1
11
2
7
.
5
3
4
10
3
1
9
1
2
4
6
332
Mount Vernon
New Covenant Parish:
Victor-Ladora-Guernsey-Ohio-Koszta
North Liberty
Oxford
Palo
*Peace U.M. Parish: Van Horne* Elberon-Blairstown-Norway
*Riverside
Shueyville
Associate
Solon
Associate
Associate
South Bethel-Rochester
Springdale
Springville
*Stanwood Union (UM-PCUSA)
PA-2
Tiffin
Tipton
*Viola
Wapsie Valley Parish: Olin, UnitedOlin, St. Paul's-Morley, Faith-Oxford Junction
(Co-Pastors)
Wellman
West Branch
West Chester
Williamsburg
Frank D. Seydel
Reva K. Rimmer
Alecia R. Williams (ODM)
Diane Townsley (PLP)
John D. Howerton (PLP)
Norman L. Bennett (FLP)
John C. Brockschink (TPS)
Susan K. Meade (PLP)
Thomas L. Carver
Arnette M. Pint (PE)
Scott J. Meador
D. Renee Lunemann (PLP)
Sheryl C. Lohman (PLP)
Norman G. Anderson (ODM)
Ruth E. Blayer (PLP)
John A. Keizer
Edgar R. Elliott
Back Eun (Christina) Sung
DeLane D. Wright
Dorothy C. Gerr (PLP)
5
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
14
5
2
5
2
18
2
4
1
5
8
1
Patricia Slater (PLP)
9
Sharon B. Treloar (PLP)
2
Richard C. Pippert
2
Scot A. Patrick
4
Richard R. Dunn (FE-LFT-Incapacity Leave)4
Susen F. LeBlanc
2
COUNCIL BLUFFS DISTRICT
Richard L. Sebeniecher (6), Superintendent
101 E. Graham Ave., Suite 2, Council Bluffs 51503-6601
Phone: 712-322-1238; FAX: 712-322-4904
e-mail: RSebeniecher@iaumc.org
Anita-Wiota
Atlantic
(9-1)
Associate
Audubon
Carson-Mount Hope
*Carter Lake
Clarinda
Coin-Norwich
Council Bluffs:
Broadway
Epworth
Fifth Avenue-Trinity
Hazel Dell
Salem
*St. Mark
Elliott-Pilot Grove
Annette K. Ruhs Kruse
Tompsie K. Smith
D.A.
Karen S. Hoff (FLP)
Dwayne L. Ferguson
Michael D. Stevens (PLP)
Richard R. Russell (AM)
Scott E. Lothe (TPS)
Walden J. Paige
Carl F. Phillips (FLP)
3
3
2
7
3
7
1
6
2
Marvin D. Arnpriester
Kim A. Crummer
Edward G. Clevenger
James R. Newman (SLP)
David A. Weesner
Barbara J. Jones (SLP)
Gordon M. Scott (PLP)
9
3
6
2
4
1
3
333
APPOINTMENTS
Kristine A. Molle Frank (FE-LFT)
Moody M. Colorado (OCE)
Douglas R. Achterhof
Leila M. Blackburn (PE)
Sara B. Malone (AM)
Edward E. Frank
Steven McKinney (TPS)
Keith G. Pals
Sharon S. Guffey-Lewis (ODM)
Marvin D. Siems (FLP)
*Emerson-Wesley Chapel
Farragut-Summit
Glenwood
*Griswold
*Hamburg
Harlan-Monroe Chapel
Hastings
*Irwin-Defiance-Kirkman
Lewis United (UCC-UM)
Logan-Magnolia
Macedonia-Henderson (Wheeler
Grove UCC Yoke)
Malvern-Strahan
Maple Grove
Marne-Buck Creek
Missouri Valley-Modale
New Market
Noble-Grant-Lincoln Center
Northboro-Blanchard
Oakland
Pisgah-Mondamin-Little Sioux
Red Oak Circuit: Climax-Hawthorne-Stratton
Red Oak, First
Riverton-Locust Grove
Ross-Gray
Shelby-Persia
*Shenandoah
Sidney-Thurman
Silver City-Pacific Junction-Hillsdale
Silver Creek-Hancock
*Tabor-Randolph
Tennant
Villisca-Nodaway
Woodbine
1
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
7
4
Marlene K. Brown (AM)
4
David Kwangki Kim (ODM)
2
Lowell G. Schaaf (RLP)
7
Karen S. Hoff (FLP)
3
Robert J. Dagit
3
Daniel R. Wiebesiek (FLP)
7
Gerald E. “Bud” Wiser (RLP)
4
Beatrice S. Kinzler (SLP)
2
John D. Boatman
3
Dee Ann Klapp
7
Janice M. Carlton (PLP) 5
Nancy C. Schultz
3
Norman P. Walter (RAM)
4
Mary M. Kenyon (PLP)
5
Orris L. Drake (RLP)
3
James C. Gubser
1
Judith Ann Piper
2
Lynn C. Zimmerman (PM)
4
Judy E. Flanegin (OCE)
10
Jack D. Hofmockel (SLP)
1
James D. Boardman (PLP)
3
Erik E. Corley
3
Shurmaine K. McAlpine (AM)
3
CRESTON DISTRICT
*Melvin W. Ammon (1), Superintendent
113 Montgomery, Box 582, Creston 50801-0582
Phone: 641-782-4281; FAX: 641-782-5207
e-mail: Mel.Ammon@iaumc.org
Adair-Casey
Afton-Jerusalem
Allerton-Clio-Lineville
*Bedford
Brooks-Carbon-Carl
Chariton
(9-1)
Corning
*Corydon-Millerton-Sewal-New Zion
Creston
Lynn B. Wyatt (FLP)
A. Joyce Smith (PLP)
Leroy F. Perkins (PLP)
William E. Ballard (RM)
Fred W. Bryson (PLP)
Gary W. DeGeest
D.A.
Len Garrison (FLP)
Andrew L. Rubenking
Stephen T. Whisler (ODM)
Judy Jaeckel (NA-SCLS)
Clark L. Finehout
5
5
14
1
4
8
3
4
1
3
3
334
Cumberland-Pine Grove
Dexter-Redfield
Diagonal(UM-D-PCUSA Fed.)-ArispeShannon City Yoke
*Earlham-Worthington-Penn Center
Fontanelle-Highland
Greenfield
Guthrie Center-Bowman Chapel
Hopeville-Lacelle-(Pleasant Valley
Christian Yoke)
Kellerton-Beaconsfield-Grand River
Lacona
*Lamoni-Decatur-Davis City
Lenox-Mercer Center
Macksburg-Hebron-Lorimor
Massena-Bridgewater-Avondale
Milo-Green Plain-Liberty Center
Mount Ayr Larger Parish:
Mount Ayr-Redding-Middle Fork
Murray
New Virginia-Medora
*Norwood-Pleasant Prairie
Orient-Hill of Zion Yoke (UM-Christian)
3
2
Karen Garrison (PE)
Lisa L. Locoh
Jerry E.Hoff (FLP)
Chad E. Lierman
Lilian Gallo-Seagren
3
1
2
3
2
Dwayne Henrichs (TPS)
16
Frederick C. “Rick” Hawkins (PLP) 5
Jerry D. Oliver (PLP)
31
Steven McElroy (TPS)
1
Donald J. Frizzell (FLP)
4
Sandra J. Smith (FLP)
2
David L. Kruse
3
Jodi S. Rushing (FLP)
2
(9-1)
*Osceola
Russell-Bethel
*
(9-1)
St. Charles (UM-D Fed.)
Seymour-Promise City
Stuart/Mount Vernon-Menlo-Jefferson Center
Associate
Tingley-Wishard Chapel-Ellston
Town & Country Parish: Leon-High PointVan Wert -Weldon
Truro-Peru
United Trinity Parish
Humeston-Leroy Yoke (UM-D-PC)
Winterset-Patterson
Woodburn
Robert G. Beard (RM)
Kirk R. Seagren
Susan A. Thomas
John F. Tunnicliff (FE-LFT)
Charles D. “Skip” Rushing (FLP)
D.A.
Walter J. Bernard, Jr. (AM)
D.A.
Hugh R. Stone
L. Duane Churchman (RM)
Cheri J. D. Whisler (OCE)
Darold V. Snow (ODM)
Vickie L. Steffes (FLP)
Robert E. Kersten (FLP)
John O. Kult (FLP)
Brian K. Oliver (FLP)
1
2
1
4
3
5
3
2
Judson J Stover (PE)
Jim Lane (NA-SLM)
Dennis J. Shepherd (SLP)
2
2
5
Joan White (ODM)
Robert W. Barrick
Tom Murr (TPS)
3
6
5
3
5
5
13
DES MOINES DISTRICT
David B. Stout (6), Superintendent
500 East Court Ave., Suite C, Des Moines 50309-2019
Phone: 515-283-1991; FAX 515-288-1906
e-mail: David.Stout@iaumc.org
Adel
Altoona
Ankeny:
First (First, Faith Center)
Team Ministry
Associate (Faith Center)
Neil R. Montz
Mark L. Tuttle
5
8
Martha D. Ward
Robert B. Ward
Beverly S. Marshall-Goodell (PE)
5
5
3
335
APPOINTMENTS
Carlisle
Colfax
Dallas Center
Des Moines
Burns
Colony 320
Easton Place
Epworth
First
Fort Des Moines
Gatchel-Jordan
Grace
Associate
Immanuel
Associate
Korean
Las Americas (Hispanic Ministry)
Marquisville-Christ
Miller
New Hope
St. John's
Sheridan Park-Capitol Heights
Simpson
*Staves
Trinity
*Union Park
Wesley-Bloomfield
*Windsor
DeSoto
Granger
Grimes
Grinnell
Deacon
Hopkins Grove
Indianola
Center Chapel-Farmers Chapel
First
Associate
*Ira Community Church (UM-D)
Ivy, Centennial
*Kellogg-Pleasant View
Killduff-Reasnor
Linn Grove
Minburn
Mingo-Farrar
*Mitchellville-Santiago
Monroe
Newton:
First
Associate
*St. Luke
Norwalk
Pleasant Hill, Oakwood
Associate
Allen J. Wiese
Jill C. Flyr
John P. Scherb
4
9
3
Walker-Walker (PE)
4
John E. Louk
2
Gary L. VanWert
2
Reginald H. Merrill
4
Susan J. Bowman
7
Dianne B. Christopher (FD-FLP-INT) 2
John R. Meister (FLP)
4
William H. Steward
5
Jackie L. Bradford (PE)
3
Dana E. Wimmer
5
Linda T. Stueve (SLP)
3
Hyun-Jun Cho (ODM)
2
Barbara J. Dinnen (PE)
2
Jessica B. Wimmer (FLP)
3
Steven P. Melby (FE-LFT)
21
Neil H. Cross
7
Celestyne C. DeVance
3
Ronald E. Hall (AM)
6
John P. Dodds
6
LaVonne R. Kaasa
1
Dennis R. Coon
6
James N. Louk (RM)
1
Stephen A. Taylor (PLP)
3
Robert D. Culbertson
1
Randall E. McNeer (PLP)
3
James P. Russell (RM-INT)
2
Glenn Dale Ray (OCE)
3
Leonard M. Eberhart
2
Diane Wasson Eberhart(FD)
2
PA-1 Henrietta Klarenbeek
4
Ted J. Lyddon Hatten
David J. Clark
James A. Kledis
Richard R. Cobb (TPS)
William D. Cotton (RM)
Larry L. Pauley (AM)
Duane E. “Doc” Skidmore (PLP)
Jane E. Shepherd (PE-LFT)
Henry B. Grant, Jr.
Eldon G. Nolte (RM)(TPS)
E. Christine Pauley (FLP)
Harold W. Koughn
David R. Wendel
Mary J. Schnepf
Linda M. Butler
E. Dwayne Madsen (AM)
M. Scott Hibben
Glen C. Hanson (FLP)
5
3
3
1
2
1
7
5
3
2
1
3
4
4
1
25
14
2
336
*Polk City (co-pastors)
*
Prairie City-Pleasant Hill
Urbandale:
Aldersgate
Walnut Hills
Associate
*Associate
Van Meter-Booneville
*Waukee
West Des Moines:
Jordan Creek
Maple Grove
Valley (co-pastors)
West Des Moines
Associate
Associate
*Associate
Woodward
Lee A. Schott (TPS)
Daniel J. Schott (PD-LFT)
John N. Poe
1
1
4
David R. Shogren
Douglas A. Peters
Judy M. Winkelpleck (PLP)
Pamela S. Deeds (FLP)
Lane S. Riggle
Thomas C. Shinkle
2
2
6
1
5
1
Gary W. Hoyt
PA-2 Robert S. Crandall
Jon A. Disburg
Leila M. Disburg
Russell A. May
John D. Augspurger
Julie A. Wehner
(7-15) Cynthia Hickman (SLP)
Clarence G. DeBoef
7
9
6
4
6
6
3
1
5
DUBUQUE DISTRICT
Ronald E. Kramer (2), Superintendent
2728 Asbury Rd. Suite 515, Dubuque 52201-2971
Phone: 563-556-4286; FAX: 563-556-7816
e-mail: Ron.Kramer@iaumc.org
Anamosa
Arlington-Volga
*Baldwin/Monmouth Faith
*
Calmar-Burr Oak
(Calmar, Associate)
*Circle of Hope Parish: Hawkeye-Alpha-Union* Randalia-Maynard
Colesburg
Decorah
Associate
Delhi-Buck Creek
Delmar-Elwood
Dubuque
Center Grove-Rockdale
East Dubuque, Wesley
*
*
Faith
Grand View
Associate
St. Luke's
Earlville United Parish (UM-UCC)
(9-1)
Edgewood
Elgin-Illyria Community
Epworth
David H.Bracht-Wagner Jr.
Carroll E. Robinson (RM)
Merle Paulsen (NA-SCLS)
Judy Paulsen (NA-SCLS)
Anita A. Bane
Letha Rogers (NA-SCLS)
James P. King (FLP)
Robert W. Shreve (RM)
Sue-Ellen G. Sherman
Carol A. Kress
Anita A. Bane
Julie A. May (FLP)
Dawn E. Phares
3
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Melissa J. Warren Spoerl
Elmer Colyer (OCE-LFT)
John Jewell (ODM)
Phil Jamieson (OCE-LFT)
Melissa J. Warren Spoerl
James L. Dotson
Penelope M. Thacker (RLP)
Jerry E. Oakland
Lynn M. Patrick (AM)
O.D.M.
Brian J. Sherman
Arley Q. Ellingson
Richard Gould
2
3
1
1
3
16
6
4
9
2
7
2
337
APPOINTMENTS
Fayette
*Greeley
Guttenberg
Hazleton
Hopkinton, First United Church of
Independence
Lamont-Aurora
Lansing-New Albin
*Manchester
Associate
*Maquoketa
McGregor
Monona-Giard
Monticello Yoke (UM-UCC) Co-Pastors
Oelwein
Associate
Preston-Sabula
Sherrill
Strawberry Point
Waukon-Forest Mills
West Union
Winthrop Church of Christ United (UM-UCC)
*Wyoming
Peggy A. Ellingson (PM)
Nancy M. Bender (SLP)
J. Samuel Subramanian
Jerry E. Chase (SLP)
Martha Montovani ( ODM)
Dennis L. Bailey
Dwight D. Webster (ODM)
Keith E. Putney (FLP)
Roger B. Henry
Paul A. “Andy” Baldwin (FLP)
Melecio A. Valdez
J. Samuel Subramanian
Dennis L. Gilbert
Edwin Moreano (ODM)
Jean Sullivan (ODM)
Darwin L. Moore
Jerry E. Chase (SLP)
Karl E. Goodfellow (FE-LFT)
Judy A. Wadding (FLP)
Ronald G. Blix (RM)
Steven W. Campbell
Scott F. K. Kober
O.D.M.
Karmen Jamison (NA-SCLS)
3
1
2
3
4
7
3
3
1
3
1
2
6
5
5
3
3
3
2
2
8
3
1
FORT DODGE DISTRICT
Gary L. Armstrong (2), Superintendent
728 1st Ave. N., Fort Dodge 50501-3820
Phone: 515-576-2444; FAX: 515-576-1399
e-mail:Gary.Armstrong@iaumc.org
Ames:
Calvary
Collegiate-Director, Wesley Foundation
Associate-Assoc. Dir., Wesley Foundation
First
Associate
Korean
Beaver Yoke (UM-Br.)
*Boone, First
*
(9-1)
Associate
Boxholm-Pilot Mound
Collins-Loring
*Colo
Dayton-Harcourt
*Eagle Grove
Faith (Gilmore City, Humboldt, Rutland)
*Associate
Farnhamville United (UM-UCC)-Somers
Fort Dodge:
Epworth
First
Lynn B. Elrod (AM)
W Scott Grotewold
Cynthia M. McCalmont
Frederick J. Lewis
Charles D. Kelsey (AM)
Hyo-Sam Lee
Marjorie Smalley (ODM)
Larry D. LaVelle (RM)
Philip J. Webb
Jessica J. Johnston (FLP)
Jung-Sook Kim
Donald G. Carlson (RLP)
James H. Roth (FLP)
John J. Hembry (AM)
Mary K. Green
Edward A. Kail
David R. Hobbs (FLP)
Crystal A. Oberheu
Roger B. Kurtenbach (AM)
Gordon E. Watson
5
10
10
2
2
4
18
1
1
2
2
3
1
9
1
4
1
2
6
3
338
Associate
Riverside
*Trinity
*Gowrie
*Grand Junction
Hope Parish: Bagley-Yale-Jamaica-LindenPrairie Center-Dawson-Cooper
Associate
Associate
Associate
Hubbard
Huxley-Cambridge
Jefferson
Associate
Lake City Union (UM-PCUSA)
Lehigh-Otho
Lohrville-Lanesboro
Mackey
Maxwell-Peoria
Napier
Nevada
Ogden-Boone, Marion Street
Associate
Our Saviour (Manson, Pomeroy)
Panora
*Paton-Churdan
Perry-Rippey-Fairview
Associate
Radcliffe-Ellsworth
Rockwell City-Jolley
Scranton-Greenbrier
Slater-Sheldahl
Stanhope Parish (UM-D)
Story City
Deacon
Stratford-South Marion-Homer-DuncombeMcGuire Bend(United Brethren)
Webster City:
* Asbury
Faith-Kamrar
*Woolstock-Vincent
Associate
Zearing
Evelyn D. Lewiston (FLP)
Harry L. Imlay (RLP)
Stephen R. Peters
Victoria A. Roller (OCE)
Stephen J. Ransom (PLP-INT)
3
2
1
1
1
Cathy J. VanGundy (FLP)
I. Charlene Wolfe (PLP)
Garold H. Hansen (PLP)
Larry G. Monthei (TPS)
Ronald G. Ridgway (FLP)
Curtis DeVance
William B. Daylong
Sheryl K. Daylong (FLP)
Betty Weidert (ODM)
Bryon L. Wixom (FLP)
Dwight F. Grosvenor
Trevor J. Soderstrum (PLP)
Don W. Burket
Herbert H. Foxworthy (RM)
Steven C. Williams
Richard H. Boatman
Steve K. Satre (PLP)
Martha R. Bennett
Michael W. Bahde
A. David Arulnathan (RAM)
David G. Swinton
Marjorie “Missy” L. Brown (PE)
Dana K. Williams (PE)
Douglas P. Harding
Mary H. Shultz
Dale A. Schoening
Susan Moore (O.D.M.)
Brian S. McNamara
Barbara Kay Mittman (FD-LFT)
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
7
4
10
7
5
3
6
3
2
5
5
1
4
2
4
5
2
2
4
4
2
Kent R. Kastler
2
Douglas J. Anderson
Brian E. Carter
Lawrence J. Hartley (RM)
Oscar Davis (NA-SCLS)
Lynn D. Gunderson (AM)
1
7
1
7
7
MASON CITY DISTRICT
Emmanuel A. Tabelisma (6), Superintendent
5 North Federal Avenue, Suite 105, Mason City, IA 50401-3270
Phone: 641-423-5911; FAX: 641-424-5603
e-mail: Etabelisma@iaumc.org
Ackley-Geneva
Alden-Popejoy-Williams
Belmond
Patricia I. Connor (FLP)
Richard P. Layman
Michael P. Druhl
2
3
3
339
APPOINTMENTS
Britt
Buffalo Center
Charles City
Associate
*Clarion
Clear Lake
Corwith-Wesley
Cresco-Zion
Dows-Alexander-Dows Presbyterian
(UM-PCUSA Yoke)
Ellis
Elma
Floyd-West St. Charles
Forest City-Crystal Lake
Fredericksburg-Williamstown
*Garner
Greene Yoke (UM-Br.)
Hampton
Hansell-West Fork
Iowa Falls
Associate
*Kanawha
Klemme-Goodell
*Lake Mills
Lime Springs-Chester
*LuVerne-Livermore
Manly-Bolan
Mason City:
*First
*Associate
Grace
Hispanic Ministries
Wesley
Meservey-Thornton
Morgan-Bradford-Lee Center
New Hampton
*New Hope (Dumont, Aredale, Bristow)
Northwood
Osage
Renwick-Goldfield
Riceville-McIntire
Rockford-Marble Rock
Rockwell-Swaledale
Rowan Yoke (UM-UCC)
*Sheffield-Chapin
Shell Rock Valley:
*Nora Springs-Rudd-Plymouth-Rock Falls
*Associate
St. Ansgar-Little Cedar
Thompson
Ventura
Robert D. Dodge
Lois L. Abel (PLP)
Paul N. Wilcox
Gayle M. Wilcox (FLP)
W. Donovan Morrison
Janice R. Burnett
Danilo G. Fernandez
Lewis S. Flanigan (AM)
7
8
2
2
1
2
2
9
Anthony N. Hershey (FLP)
Gerald Caquelin (TPS)
Marshall L. Monthei
Solomon K. Odoom (ODM)
Gary A. Marzolf
Rose Marie Calderon-Khan (PE)
David H. Wagner, Sr.
Ashok N. Patet (FLP)
Jerry R. Miller
Julie M. Poore-Christensen
Don E. Preston
Rhoda E. Preston (PE)
Cynthia J. Morrison (AM)
Paddy L. Druhl (AM)
Audrey Westendorf Young (FLP)
Candraeah P. Carey (FLP)
Remigio P. Panlaqui
Robert M. Cumings
4
5
2
4
5
2
1
4
3
4
4
4
1
3
1
2
1
8
James W. Stiles
Jo Frahm Watkins
Sarah Rohret Odoom (PE)
Fernando Romero (ODM)
William W. Poland
Daniel R. Voss (FLP)
David L. Gobeli (AM)
Marshall L. Monthei
Terra L. Amundson (PE)
Richard S. Jensen
Karen Nichols Dungan
Karen G. Dearchs
Michael G. Carey
Kenneth N. Kent
Bruce E. Wittern
Janet L. Wearda (FLP)
R. Karl Watkins
1
1
3
3
5
3
6
2
1
8
4
8
4
2
7
3
1
James R. Turner
Timothy Preston (TPS)
Jay C. Amundson (FLP)
Wendy Trone Johannesen (SLP)
Audrey Westendorf Young (FLP)
1
1
3
7
2
340
MUSCATINE DISTRICT
Judith Miller (4), Superintendent
216 Sycamore St., Suite 508, Muscatine 52761-3809
Phone: 563-264-6836; FAX: 563-264-6838
e-mail: Judith.Miller@iaumc.org
Ainsworth Community (UM-PCUSA Union)
Bettendorf:
Asbury
Associate
Community of Joy
(9-1)
Quad-Cities, Korean
Brighton United (UM-PCUSA)
Burlington:
Asbury
First
Grace
Spring Grove
West Hill
Calamus-Grand Mound (co-pastors)
Clinton:
First
Living Faith Parish:
*Clinton, Lyons-Camanche-Low MoorClinton, Trinity
*Columbus Junction-Columbus City
Crawfordsville, United Church of
(UM-PCUSA Union)
Danville-Long Creek
Davenport:
Christ
West Davenport Alliance: Faith-Grace
St. John's
Associate
DeWitt
Donnellson-Embury
*Eldridge
Fort Madison:
First
*Santa Fe
Keokuk:
Emmanuel
Melrose-Sandusky
*Trinity
Kingston
Letts-Island
McCausland-Park View
Mediapolis-Sperry
Montrose
Moscow
Mount Pleasant
*Associate
Scott Alan Nesbitt (ODM)
6
Dale E. Batcheler
Lorraine J. Roth
Terri L. Elder
D.A.
Peter Chang
Linda “Kitch” Shatzer (ODM)
11
2
3
4
5
Richard A. Purcell (PLP)
Dennis G. Tevis
Trevor D. Davis
David W. Mixon (OCE-LFT)
William O. Porter, III (PE)
Amy M. Johnson (SLP)
Jaye J Johnson (SLP)
4
7
7
4
2
3
3
Herbert G. Shafer
6
Doresa K. Collogan
Scott Smith (SLP)
Catherine W. Whitlatch
1
4
1
Diane Bishop (ODM)
Richard D. Latta (FLP)
2
5
Craig A. Peters
Douglas E. Reynolds (FLP)
George A. White
Charles E. Klink
John M. Caldwell
Barbara J. Krueger (FLP)
Donna Hughes-Hargraves
Elliott C. George (OCE)
W. Michael Biklen
Goldie L. Laymon (PLP)
John T. Abraham (PLP)
Emmanuel R. Dass
Elizabeth A. Briggs (PLP)
Prince D. Swamickan (FLP)
Ruth Ann Scott (RFD-RLP)
John V. Gaulke (AM)
Elliott C. George (OCE)
Samuel J. Hahn (RM)
Edward R. Peterson
Kimberly A. Bowles (PE)
11
6
10
3
5
3
1
5
1
5
5
1
4
5
7
12
5
7
5
1
341
APPOINTMENTS
*Mount Union-Wesley Chapel
Michael L. Shaffer
Muscatine:
Fellowship UMC: Musserville-Spangler ChapelSweetland-High Prairie-St. Paul’s Hispanic
(co-pastor)
Gerry L. Kahler
(co-pastor)
Brenda K. Goodall (PE)
Enna Suyapa Antunez (SLP)
New Hope
Thomas R. Parrott
Peace
Nancy K. Renfro (SLP)
Wesley
Harold J. Green
New Life Parish:
Wayland-Cottonwood-Finley Chapel
Kenneth J. Hartman,Sr. (FLP)
New London
Matthew P. Miller
Nichols-Cedar Valley-Conesville
Betsey S. Neipert (FLP)
Southeast Louisa County Parish:
Wapello-Morning Sun-Oakville
Harlan W. Winter
Associate
Christan L.Thomas (PE)
Trenton
Jeffrey A. McPheron (PLP)
Walcott
Esther R. Barton
Washington
Donald L. Hodson
Associate
Mark A. Young
West Burlington
Jack Wolgamuth (ODM)
West Liberty
E. Jeanne Koughn
*Wilton
Thomas L. Zeleny
Winfield-Spring Run
Joann H. Hary
1
3
5
3
16
3
7
3
5
3
6
6
8
5
3
9
11
3
1
8
OTTUMWA DISTRICT
Charles B. Kellogg (3), Superintendent
227 W. 4th, Suite 1-D, Ottumwa 52501-2544;
Phone: 641-682-9655 FAX: 641-682-7455
e-mail: Chuck.Kellogg@iaumc.org
*Agency-Eldon
Albia
Attica-Olive Chapel-Pershing, Zion
Avery
Barnes City
Beacon-Eddyville
Blakesburg-Christiansburg-Mt. Zion
Bloomfield-Drakesville
Bussey-Hamilton-Lovilia
*Centerville
Cincinnati-Unionville
Columbia
Deep River (United Church of Deep River)
(UM-PCUSA)
Douds-Lebanon-Selma
Fairfield
Associate
Farmington-Bonaparte (UM-PCUSA)
Fox River Parish: Milton-Cantril-Mt. Sterling
Fremont-Cedar
Robert L. Dvorak (FLP)
Kevin M. Leveck
Stephen K. Bagby
Bud Lane (TPS)
Boyd A. Sparks (PLP)
Gary D. McDonough (AM)
Michael D. Renken (FLP)
Jimmie W. Matheney (PLP)
Kevin D. Gingerich
Jill S. Leveck
Laurie L. Riley
Joan Ervin (NA-SCLS)
Clyde G. Sparks (RM)
Boyd A. Sparks (PLP)
Connie S. Markle (AM)
Michael G. Metz
David J. Peterson (PE)
Catie M. Newman (NA-SCLS)
Raymond E. Doser (AM)
Todd L. Holman (FLP)
1
2
11
2
9
12
2
7
5
2
1
3
9
6
6
2
3
3
6
3
342
Harvey-Tracy
Hedrick/Martinsburg
Iconium
*Jerome
Keosauqua-Center Chapel
Keota United Church of Faith(UM-PCUSA)-Bethel
Keswick-Thornburg-Webster
(9-8)
Kirkville
Knoxville
Associate
Lacey
Libertyville-Batavia
Montezuma
*Moravia
Moulton
New Sharon
New Sweden
Oskaloosa
Central
Associate
Hispanic Ministry
Ottumwa:
First
Riverview
Wesley
Willard Street
Pella
Pleasantville-Melcher/Dallas
Prairie View
*Pulaski-Troy
*Richland
Sigourney
Three Rivers Parish: North EnglishMillersburg
What Cheer-Delta
*West Grove
Forrest L. Durham (RLP)
2
Kim A. Gates (PE)
2
Jerald L. Morrison (NA-SCLS)
3
Sharon K. Squires (TPS)
1
ellis e. andrews (RM)
4
Sarah “Sallie” Graves (ODM-INT) 2
James F. Stout (PLP)
10
D.A.
Paul I. Burrow (PLP)
5
Peter J. Peterson
4
Kathleen J. Sides
4
Daniel V. Ridnouer (FLP)
3
Thomas Raphael-Nakos
6
H. Burr Bryant, III
6
Geneva R. Parsons (FLP)
1
James L. Schweizer (FE-LFT)
14
Kevin J. Glesener
12
M. Dianne Brokken (TPS)
2
Robert W. Dean
Robert D. Morris (FLP)
Paul I. Burrow (PLP)
2
4
3
Lon L. Lewis
Tom Chenoweth (NA-SCLS)
Rita Schmitt (NA-SCLS)
Paul M. Smith
Stephanie L. Raphael-Nakos
James R. Beranek
Jeffrey L. Flagg (FLP)
Shirley L. Hoffmann Will
Jill Osenbaugh (NA-SCLS)
Mary B. Horras (FLP)
Dannel F. Lemons
7
3
3
4
6
7
2
4
1
1
16
Mary C. McAtee (FLP)
Vincent D. Homan (PLP)
Sharon K. Squires (TPS)
3
12
1
SIOUX CITY DISTRICT
James F. Hanke, Jr. (4), Superintendent
Olsen Student Center, Box 548, 3609 Peters, Sioux City 51106-1722
Phone: 712-274-5402; FAX: 712-274-5422
e-mail: Jim.Hanke@iaumc.org
Akron
Anthon-Rock Branch
Aurelia
Bayard-Wichita
Carroll
Charter Oak-Ute
Cherokee
Coon Rapids
Laurice D. Streyffeler (RM)
Karl L. Harman (ODM)
John O. Weida
Charles W. Thompson (SLP)
Kenneth M. Ferguson
Kenneth R. Baughman (PLP)
Raymond G. Hampton
Thomas A. Connors (AM)
2
2
7
8
2
6
2
2
343
APPOINTMENTS
Correctionville-Cushing
Danbury
*Denison
Dunlap-Dow City
Early-Nemaha
*Galva-Silver Creek
Glidden
*Hawarden-Ireton
*Hinton-Merrill, Melbourne
Holstein
Hornick
*Ida Grove
Kingsley
Lakes
LeMars,
*Calvary-Seney
First
Manilla United Church (UM-PCUSA)
Manning
Mapleton-Ticonic
*Marcus
Merrill-Adaville
*
Moville
Odebolt-Arthur
Onawa-Turin
Pierson-Meadow Star
Quimby-Washta
Sac City
Schaller
Sergeant Bluff
Sioux City:
Crescent Park
*First
Associate
Grace
Associate
*Matthew 25 Hispanic
Riverside
Rustin Avenue-Salix
St. James
Trimble
Wesley
*Whitfield
*
Smithland-Rodney (UCC)-Oto (UCC)
Sheryl K. Ashley (AM)
Kathy J. Olson (SLP)
Alberta K. Ervin
Judy A. Deweber
Karl F. Schiltz
Charles E. Panzer (FLP)
Chad E. Jennings (PE)
Timothy J. Walker
Jason K. Gutzmer (FLP)
Todd R. Schlitter
Carolyn L.R. Bittner (PM-LFT)
Russ L. Burnett
Paul H. Evans
Ricky K. Johnson
3
2
1
2
7
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
6
3
Michael D. Janes
Jason P. Larson (SLP)
O.D.M.
Larry L. McAlpine
Fred Pilecki (AM)
Timm A. Wilkin
Charles G. Tefft (RLP)
(7-15) Benjamin S. Meeks, III (ODM)
Harold E. Werley
Alton O'Bryan Milligan
Charles V. Layton
William L. Cotten (RM)
Carolyn J. Hollar (FLP)
Dean O. McPherson
Carol Gailey (ODM)
L. Paul Samuelson
1
2
10
2
1
3
1
8
5
3
3
3
3
5
10
PA-2 Merrill G. Muller
Henry N. Muller (RM)
Roger C. Madden
Donald M. Wood (PLP)
Jonathan D. Gaul
Valerie A. Heller (PE)
Neva Thorn Perdue (FE-LFT)
Janice A. Bennett (FLP)
Martha C. Anderson
Bernabe M. Colorado
Carol L. James (OCAM)
David A. Morris
E. Lee Williamson (PLP)
Michelle L. Williamson (FE-LFT)
Karen A. Handke (ODM)
2
2
1
2
3
3
1
3
10
4
3
6
1
1
8
SPENCER DISTRICT
Marcia F. Sangel (3), Superintendent
1012 W. 11th St., Spencer 51301-3146
Phone: 712-262-6269; FAX: 712-262-9843
e-mail: Marcia.Sangel@iaumc.org
344
Algona
*
*Alta
*Archer
Armstrong-Dolliver
Arnolds Park
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Everly-Spencer, Zion
Excelsior
Fenton-Good Hope-Burt
Fostoria
Graettinger
Harris-Lake Park
Hartley
Hope Parish (Pocahontas, Havelock, Plover)
Huntington
Inwood-Doon, First
Laurens
Lester
Marathon
Milford Union (UM-UCC Fed.)
*Newell
Peterson-Royal
Primghar (UM-UCC Union)
Rock Rapids
Rock Valley
Rolfe, Shared Ministry of (UM-PC)
Ruthven-Ayrshire
Sanborn-Melvin
*Sheldon
Sibley-Ocheyedan
Sioux Rapids (UM-UCC Union)-Rembrandt
Spencer, Grace
*Associate
*Spirit Lake
*Associate
Storm Lake
Associate
Sutherland-Larrabee
Swea City
Terril-Langdon
*Titonka
Webb-Gillett Grove-Dickens
West Bend-Mallard
Varina
(9-1)
Phillip J. Webb
9
Michael L. Orthel
1
Kathy L. Kluis
1
Doris H. Lindley (AM)
1
Lyndon W. Roesler (ODM)
3
Richard D. Streeter (AM)
4
Jim W. Morris
4
Lynn A. Potter
4
Karen M. Larson (PE)
2
Judith R. DePue (PLP)
2
Richard A. Iles
5
E. Paul Hansen (RM)
3
June Parker Goldman (NA-SCLS) 3
Vicki L. Fisher (PE)
5
Christopher E. Ebbers
7
Michael J. Willer
3
Thorne K. Wittstruck
3
Donald E. Johnson (RODM)
33
Ted W. Stowers
3
Tony L. Pulatie
4
Donald N. Nelson (PLP)
17
David P. Schumann
8
Katherine Lambertson (ODM)
6
Scott G. Holmes (RM)
1
Roger A. Maize
5
Virginia Moore (ODM)
4
Deborah J. Stowers
3
Jerry E. Robertson
6
Tamara En Tin (ODM)
3
James W. Gochenouer, Jr.
3
Sylvia A. Kennedy
3
Marvin G. Lindley (AM)
1
Paul E. Frederiksen
5
Emily S. Allen (PE)
3
Gary A. Nims
4
Benjamin E. Carter-Allen (FLP)
1
Kay Hooper
1
Jeffrey J. Kodis (PE)
1
Beverlee A. Bell
2
Jamie M. Cutler
2
Dennis R. Hopes (FLP)
3
Marilee A. "Wendi" Gillan
5
Kathryn M. Spracklin
2
Robin L. Thomas (FLP)
1
Elliott A. Butler, III (FLP)
4
Shirley A. Textor
2
Esta M. Fraley (PLP)
2
WATERLOO DISTRICT
Deborah L. Kiesey (3), Superintendent
614 Randolph, 50702-1591
Phone: 319-234-0077; FAX: 319-235-4391
345
APPOINTMENTS
e-mail: Deb.Kiesey@iaumc.org
Beaman-Albion
Brandon-Mount Auburn
Cedar Falls:
First
Associate
Prairie Springs
St. Timothys
Associate
Washington Chapel
Chelsea
Clarksville Community
*Conrad
Dike
Dunkerton-Mt. Hope
Dysart
*East Janesville
Eldora
*Fairbank-Oran
Frederika
Garwin-Garwin Disciples
Geneseo
Gifford
Gilman
*Gladbrook
Gladbrook Chapel
Grundy Center
*Hudson
Janesville
*Jesup
*LaPorte City
Laurel
Marshalltown:
Bethany
First
Associate
Deacon
Grace
Hope
Morrow Memorial
Meskwaki Settlement Ministry of Presence
Minerva
Nashua-Republic
New Hartford
*
(8-1)
Owasa
*Parkersburg-Pleasant Valley
Plainfield
Reinbeck
Rowley-Silver Creek
Shell Rock
State Center-Rhodes-New Horizons (Melbourne)
Sumner
John L. Hall (PE)
Julie D.McCullough
2
3
Bruce N. Ursin
6
Steven J. Hansen
6
Vicki Lindley Reece
4
Richard L. Clark
6
Jaymee L. Glenn-Burns (FE-LFT) 4
Sue J. Mutchler (FD-LFT)
5
Charles J. Johnson (TPS)
2
Allen M. Poore-Christensen
10
Sungjoon I. Park
1
Matthew C. Conover (PE)
3
Beth M. Straw (PE)
3
Donald A. Bogue
4
Maxine Gram (TPS)
1
F. Anne Lippincott
8
Jason L. Princer (TPS)
1
Hermina J. Amoroso (RLP)
7
Harry J. Wach (FLP)
2
Connie C. Chartier (ODM-LFT)
2
Steve M. Braudt (PLP)
3
Ronald C. Rice (NA-SCLS)
3
Roger A. White
1
Gene Burry (ODM)
4
Leland J. Webb
3
Beulah D.”Dot” Hasler
1
Diane K. Mitchell (FLP-INT)
2
Richard L. Jenkins
1
Stanley S. Wierson (RAM)
1
Kiboko I. Kiboko
2
Christopher J. Daniel (RM-LFT)
4
Jerald G. Swanberg
12
Jennifer E. Daniel
11
Paul I.D. Daniel (FD)
6
Jeffrey R. Frese
5
Charles E. Curl
5
Charles Miller (PLP)
5
D.A.
Brent A. deSilva (SLP)
5
Marion G. Sindt
4
Robert L. Koepcke (PM)
3
D.A.
Ward C. Richards Jr. (NA-SCLS)
3
Elizabeth E. Piette (PE)
1
R. Douglas Tharpe (RM)
4
David M. Nolte
3
Thelma C. Subramanian
2
Realff H. Ottesen
4
Elsa Lawry
2
John R. Battern
6
346
Tama Living Faith (Tama, Montour)
Toledo Christ
Traer
Vinton:
Stewart Memorial-Garrison
Wesley
Walker
Waterloo:
Calvary-Evansdale, St. Mark’s-Raymond
First
Associate
Jubilee
*Kimball Avenue
*Linden
St. Paul's
Waverly:
*Heritage
Trinity
Jerry L. Avise-Rouse
Francine J. Green
Anita M. Johnson
Janet L. Ziskovsky (FE-LFT)
Rose M. Blank
David L. Siler (SLP)
2
3
2
14
4
5
LaTonya P. Harrell (ODM)
Charles J. Downing
Pamela K. Ulffers (PLP)
Debra M. Burks
Charles E. Luers
Merrill L. Siler (RM)
Patricia M. Eastman (FLP)
2
3
5
6
1
1
5
Robert R. Holdorf
Tony R. Nester
1
4
Appointments to Other Annual Conferences, Other Methodist
and Christian Denominations:
Appointed under ¶337.1:
Anderson, Marjolein Pitka (3) Illinois Great Rivers
Ashton, Daniel J. (PE) (4), Yellowstone
*Campbell, James A. (1), Alaska Missionary Conference
Dadisman, Jeffrey M. (5), Nebraska
Florendo, Josue L (3), California-Nevada
*Mariya, Deborah L. (1), Baltimore-Washington
Platon, A. Neil G., III (2), California-Pacific
Raines, J. David (4), Oregon-Idaho
Raines, Kathy L. (4), Oregon-Idaho
Rieckhoff-Faris, Janet L. (4), New England
*Sanchez, Consorcia A. (1), California-Pacific
Schutter, James F. (2), New England
*Shaw, Thomas R. (1), East Ohio
Appointments to Extension Ministries
(Editor’s Note: The + sign before the name indicates pension paid from Annual Conference
apportionments)
Appointed under ¶335.1a:
Acord, Marsha A. (7), Associate Dir., Campus Minister-Wesley Foundation, University of
Iowa (Mount Vernon ($33,780)
+ Allen, Arthur L. (3), Director, Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center (Indianola, First)
($20,400)
+ Allen, Nancy L. (3), Director, Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center (Indianola, First)
($32,500)
* + Ammon, Melvin W. (1), Superintendent, Creston District ($63,722)
+ Armstrong, Gary L. (2), Superintendent, Fort Dodge District ($63,722)
+ Balm-Demmel, Darline D. (4), Assistant to Bishop (Cedar Falls, St. Timothys) ($63,722)
Beanblossom, Ronald E. (24), Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Ohio Northern
University (Our Saviour) ($56,789)
APPOINTMENTS
347
Bell, Kathryn F. (2), Chaplain, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (MalcolmSheridan) ($38,000)
Bunyi, Judith M. (4), President, Harris Memorial College, Philippines (Delhi-Buck Creek)
($10,000)
Caldwell, Alva R. (35), Librarian, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Little Sioux)
($ ) NO REPORT RECEIVED
Clapper, Gregory S. (6), Assoc. Professor, University of Indianapolis/Assoc. Dir., Lantz
Center for Christian Vocations (Waverly, Trinity) ($50,000 )
Crandall, Robert S. (11) Executive Director, Bidwell-Riverside Center (West Des Moines,
Maple Grove) ($40,000)
Daniel, Wesley S.K. (5), Director of Evangelism and International Church Development,
Discipleship Ministries Unit, General Board of Discipleship (Marshalltown, First)
($62,518)
Dietterich, Inagrace Thoms (18), Director of Theological Research, Center for Parish
Development (Dubuque, St. Luke's) ($52,470)
+ DiSilvestro, Martha Hill (2), Connectional Minister, Conference Connectional Ministries
Council, Des Moines/Fort Dodge (Des Moines, Grace) ($50,978)
+ Faris, Richard H. (12), Director of Camp, Conference & Retreat Ministry, Conference
Connectional Ministries Council (Des Moines, Grace) ($49,237)
+ Fraser, Mary L. (3) Director, Pastoral Care and Counseling (Urbandale, Walnut Hills)
($63,723)
Geiger, William F. (28), Associate Director of Financial Assistance, Simpson College
(Indianola, First) ($33,728)
Glenn-Burns, David M. (8), Director/Campus Minister, Wesley Foundation, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls (Cedar Falls, St. Timothys) ($35,844)
+ Guy, Eric P. (4) Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries, Conference Connectional
Ministries Council (Perry-Rippey-Fairview) ($51,076)
+ Hanke, James F. Jr. (4) Superintendent, Sioux City District ($63,722)
Hawley, Robert G., Jr. (10), Manager, International Conference Center, The Ecumenical
Institute (Des Moines Easton Place) ($ ) NO REPORT RECEIVED
+ Kellogg, Charles B. (3) Superintendent, Ottumwa District ($63,722)
+ Kiesey, Deborah L. (3) Superintendent, Waterloo District ($63,722)
Kisker, Scott T. (2) Professor of Evangelism, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington,
DC (Colesburg) ($ )
* Koepcke, Robert L., Jr. (PM)(1), Chaplain, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, IA
(8-1-03)
+ Kramer, Ronald E. (2), Superintendent, Dubuque District ($63,722)
Kuntz, J. Kenneth (37), Professor of Religion, School of Religion, University of Iowa (South
Bethel) ($63,000)
LaGree, R. Kevin (4), President, Simpson College (Indianola, First) ($166,897)
Longworth, Nicholas W. (11), Director Pastoral Care, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
(Lafayette, Salem) ($ ) NO REPORT RECEIVED
+ Miller, Judith (4), Superintendent, Muscatine District ($63,722)
+ Olson, Richard L. (14) Connectional Minister, Conference Connectional Ministries Council
-- Sioux City/Spencer Districts (Storm Lake) ($49,254)
Pollock-Plambeck, Lanette L. (PE) (2), Campus Minister/Director of Church Relations,
Morningside College, Sioux City (Sioux City, Grace) ($36,000)
Robbins, Vernon K. (20), Professor of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, GA ($109,000)
+ Sangel, Marcia F. (3), Superintendent, Spencer District ($63,722)
+ Sanders, Jill L. (5), Connectional Minister, Conference Connectional Ministries Council Cedar Rapids/Dubuque District (Iowa City, St. Mark’s) ($50,968)
* Saunders, Medea A. (PE) (1) Director/Campus Minister, Wesley Foundation, Drake
348
University (Indianola, First) ($29,725)
Schweiker, William A., III (14), Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics, University of
Chicago (Des Moines, Grace) ($101,000)
+ Sebeniecher, Richard L. (6), Superintendent, Council Bluffs District ($63,722)
Shirbroun, James B.(7), Campus Minister, Assoc. Dir., Wesley Foundation, Iowa State
University (Ames, Collegiate/Wesley Foundation) ($32,458)
Shopshire, James M. (28), Professor of Sociology of Religion and Urban Ministries, Wesley
Theological Seminary (Des Moines, Burns) ($70,791)
Shultz, Paul M. (5), Director/Campus Minister, Wesley Foundation, University of Iowa
(Mount Vernon) ($45,835)
+ Smith, Charles W. (9), IAC Director, Administrative Services/Conference
Treasurer/Benefits Officer/Statistician (Webster City, Faith) ($63,722)
+ Stout, David B. (6), Superintendent, Des Moines District ($63,722)
+ Tabelisma, Emmanuel A. (6), Superintendent, Mason City District ($63,722)
+ Tritle, Barrie M. (7), Superintendent, Cedar Rapids District ($63,722)
Waddle, Christopher (2), Chaplain and Director of Church Relations, Simpson College,
Indianola (Indianola, First) (42,114)
Appointed under ¶335.1b
Burns, Frederick A. “Rick”, Jr. (9), Director of Pastoral Care, Truman Medical Center
Lakewood, Kansas City, MO (Prairie City) ($56,160)
Carsner, Thomas G. (FE-LFT) (12) Chaplain, VA Medical Center, Iowa City (Iowa City, St.
Mark) ($3,460)
Cook, Robert D. (2), Chaplain, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines (Des Moines, Grace)
NO REPORT RECEIVED
Cree-Anthony, Melinda R. (6), Chaplain, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines (West Des
Moines, Maple Grove) ($36,108)
Davison, Timon W.(21), Chaplain Program Manager, Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Iowa City (Coralville) ($70,555)
Duke, Ellery H. (25), Executive Director, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center (Des
Moines, Grace) ($60,000)
Harmon, Roger Q. (16), Director of Education, Samaritan Center for Counseling and
Education, Houston, TX (Clear Lake, TX - Texas Conference) ($ )
Heck, Dennis R. (19), Manager of Pastoral Care, Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Crystal City,
MO (Cedar Rapids, Lovely Lane) ($51,000)
Hiebert, William J. (21), Executive Director, Marriage & Family Counseling Service and
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Counseling, University of Dubuque Theological SeminaryRock Island, IL (Davenport, St. John's) ($49,976)
Hofer, Maynard P (2), Staff Chaplain, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Racine, WI (Mason City,
First) ($36,000)
Jenks, Daniel G. (2) Chaplain, US Army (Mingo-Farrar)
King, Frank G. (23), Director of Pastoral Care, Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater,
FL (Cedar Rapids, Lovely Lane) ($78,125)
Kitterman, Ronald (14), Chaplain, Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge (Fort Dodge, Trinity)
($48,214)
Mather, Merlin R. (14), Pastoral Counselor, BroMenn Counseling Services, Normal, IL
(Humboldt, Faith) ($67,000)
McGraw, Douglas K. (6), Executive Officer, Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care, Des
Peres, MO (Muscatine, Wesley) ($33,000)
Pacholke, David A. (30), Director of Pastoral Care, Finley Hospital, Dubuque (Dubuque,
Grand View) ($31,844)
Pohlman, Steven H. (23), Manager of Chaplaincy and CPE Supervisor, St. Luke's Regional
APPOINTMENTS
349
Medical Center, Sioux City (Sioux City, First) ($62,505)
Reedy, Rommel C., (12), Chaplain, Wyoming State Hospital, Evanston, WY ($) NO REPORT
RECEIVED
Therkelsen, John J. (10), Staff Chaplain, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY
(Marshalltown, First) ($31,000)
Turner, Jay W. (4), Director of Pastoral Care & Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor,
Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME (Ankeny First) ($62,040)
Ulschak, Glennys M.P. (6), Director of Pastoral Care, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New
London, CT (Dubuque, Grand View) ($62,000)
Appointed under ¶335.1c
* Molindo, Ekoka A. (PM) (1), General Board of Global Ministries, Cameroon Mission Initiative
Perdue, James D. (3), Missionary to the United States, National Hispanic Ministries, Sioux
City ($30,000)
Appointed under ¶335.1d
Allen, Arthur L. (11), Director, Re-Creation Ministries (Indianola, First) ($2,000)
Ball, Lyle G. (12), Executive Director, Home Recycling Exchange, Inc. (Des Moines, Jordan)
($30,000)
Caole, Florentino R. “Jun”, Jr. (5), Staff Chaplain, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
(Strahan) ($49,596)
Carlson, Betty G. (12) Director, Hidden Spring Ministries (West Des Moines, Valley)
($9,000–based on fees)
Clark, M. Wayne (3), Executive Director, Samaritan Counseling Centers of the Midlands,
Lincoln, NE (Council Bluffs, Broadway) ($89,440)
Conrad, Larry W. (8), Chaplain, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines (Ankeny, First) ($40,975)
Dicks, Phillip D. (8), Chaplain, Snow Mountain Ranch-YMCA of the Rockies, Winter Park,
CO (Estherville) ($) NO REPORT RECEIVED
Elliott, Edgar R. (4) Chaplain, Linn County Correctional Facility, Cedar Rapids ($) NO
REPORT RECEIVED
Furman, Barbara R. (2) Mission of Hope, Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids, New Creation)
($5,200)
Johnston, Mary M. (2), Chaplain, Iowa City Hospice (Solon) ($38,690)
Miller-Sinclair, Roxanne (2), Pastoral Counselor, Heritage Behavioral Health Center, Inc.,
Decatur, IL (Plymouth) ($30,000)
Muller, Merrill G. (6), Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, Wall Street
Mission/Goodwill Industries, Sioux City (Sioux City, Rustin Avenue) ($47,000)
Poston, Paul Edward (3), Reference & Instructional Librarian, Berea College, Berea, KY
(Winterset) ($33,200)
Richards, Jerry L. (18), Director of Planned Giving, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
(Mt. Pleasant) ($73,000)
Scheller, Donald M. (18), Linguist/Translator, Wycliffe Bible Translators & Summer Institute
of Linguistics, Philippines (Grand Junction) ($46,619)
Wehner, Paul J. (5), Clinical Coordinator, V. A. Readjustment Counseling Services of Central
Region, Springfield, IL (Council Bluffs, St. Mark’s) ($53,800)
Weir, Robert F. (14), Director of Program on Biomedical Ethics, University of Iowa, Iowa City
(Iowa City, First) ($139,000)
Commissioned as Probationary Deacons under ¶317 (PD)
Jones, Elaine G. (2) Cedar Rapids St. Mark’s
McKee, Cynthia June (O’Brien) (2) Chaplain, Hospice of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
350
and Cross Winds UMC, Maple Grove, MN
* Schott, Daniel J. (1) Polk City
Commissioned as Probationary Elders under ¶317 (PE)
Allen, Emily Sue (3) Sioux Rapids (UM-UCC Union)
* Amundson, Terra L. (1) New Hope (Dumont, Aredale, Bristow)
Ashton, Daniel J. (4) Yellowstone Conference, Geraldine, Montana
Blackburn, Leila M. (3) Griswold
* Bowles, Kimberly A. (1) Mount Pleasant, Associate
Bracht-Wagner, Melisa M. (2) Marion, First
Bradford, Jackie Lynn (3) Des Moines Grace, Associate
Brown, Marjorie (Missy) Lynn (2) Perry-Rippey-Fairview
* Calderon-Khan, Rose Marie (1) Fredericksburg-Williamstown
Conover, Matthew Charles (3) Dike
Davis, James R. (3) Iowa City Hope
* Dinnen, Barbara J (1) Des Moines, Las Americas
Finnestad, Craig A. (3) Asbury Theological Seminary
* Fisher, Vicki L. (1) Graettinger
Garrison, Karen (3) Diagonal-Arispe-Shannon City
Gates, Kim Anne (2) Hedrick/Martinsburg
Goodall, Brenda K. (3) Muscatine Fellowship UMC
* Hall, John L. (1) Beaman-Albion
Heller, Valerie Ann (3) Sioux City Grace, Associate
Jennings, Chad Eric (2) Glidden
* Kodis, Jeffrey J. (1) Spirit Lake, Associate
Larson, Karen Marie (2) Everly-Spencer, Zion
Marshall-Goodell,Beverly Sue (3) Ankeny First, Associate
Nelson, Karen S. (2) Coralville New Horizons
Odoom, Sarah Rohret (3) Mason City Grace
Peterson, David J. (3) Fairfield, Associate
* Piette, Elizabeth E. (1) Parkersburg-Pleasant Valley
Pint, Arnette M. (5) Shueyville, Associate
Pollock-Plambeck, Lanette L. (4) Chaplain, Morningside College
Preston, Rhoda E. (3) Iowa Falls, Associate
Saunders, Medea A. (3) Director, Drake Wesley Foundation
* Shepherd, Jane E (1) Linn Grove
Stover, Judson J (2) Town & Country Parish
Straw, Beth M. (3) Dunkerton-Mt. Hope
Thomas, Christan Lowell (4) Southeast Louisa County Parish, Associate
Walker-Walker (4) Des Moines, Burns
Williams, Dana K. (4) Radcliffe-Ellsworth
Deacons in Full Connection under ¶322 (FD)
Bane, Bruce D. (5) Keystone Area Education Agency, Elkader (Decorah)
Bell, Michael Glen (5) Leave of Absence
Cates, Sharon Elaine (6) Director, Senior Helpmate Program of Lutheran Social Services of
Iowa, Sioux City (Sergeant Bluff)
Christopher, Dianne Elaine Bock (2) Des Moines, Fort Des Moines
Daniel, Paul I.D. (6) Marshalltown, First
Eberhart, Diane Grace Wasson (2) Grinnell
Eilders, Judith Rogula (4) Cedar Rapids, St. Paul’s
Gran, Mary Alice Donovan (7) Director, Children’s Ministries, General Board of Discipleship
APPOINTMENTS
351
Centerville)
Hobson, Brenda Hunter
Mittman, Barbara Kay Mengler (1) (LFT) Story City
Mutchler, Sue J. (5) (LFT) Waverly Preschool & Child Care and Cedar Falls, Washington
Chapel
Plocher, Robyn J. (6) Chaplain/Program Director, Rick’s House of Hope, Genesis Medical
Center, Davenport (Bettendorf, Asbury)
Votaw, Debra Ann Engelke (7) Director of Social Work, Great River Medical Center,
Burlington (Burlington, First)
Young, Karen K. (5) Director of Programming and Children Education, Cedar Rapids, Lovely
Lane
Appointed to ecumenical appointments under ¶336:
Bibb, Stephen J. (3) Northminister Presbyterian, Peoria, IL
Borg, Jeffrey A. (7) Fort Collins, Mennonite Fellowship
Kirkpatrick, Lexie A. (2) (FE-LFT) Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, Atkins, IA
Olson, Tamara Leigh (10) Fairlawn Heights United Church, United Church of Canada and
Glenview Presbyterian Church
Pope, Mary B. (3) Union Park Presbyterian Church, Des Moines
Appointed to attend school under ¶416.6:
Betsworth, Sharon L. (4) Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA
* Finnestad, Craig A. (PE) (1) Asbury Theological Seminary
* Klarenbeek, Henrietta (1) Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Moorlach, John H. (3) Drake University Law School
Myers, Christopher M. (5) University of Iowa
* Rohde, Rosemary (1) University of Northern Iowa
Schultz, Rhonda A. (2) St. Ambrose, Davenport
Serving as Diaconal Ministers:
Johansen-Werner, Bonnie (DM) Dubuque District Composer in Residence
Mayer, Mark L.(DM) Fairfield
Shin, Giehwa “Grace” (DM) Iowa City, Korean Baptist Church
Tritle, Kae E. (DM) Wellness Coordinator, Conference Board of Pensions
Willits, Alaire Bornholtz (DM) Director of Christian Education, First Congregational Church,
Sioux City
Serving as Deaconness
Reddick, Beverly A., General Board of Global Ministries, Church and Community Worker
352
XVI. ROLLS OF PERSONNEL
A. CLERGY MEMBERS
Mailing Addresses and Telephone Numbers
EDITOR'S NOTE: This directory is for informational purposes and is not to be considered
official. All addresses are in Iowa unless otherwise indicated. When two addresses and
phone numbers are listed the second one is the home address and phone. Post office box
numbers, when given, indicate mailing addresses. If a listing has the (mail) designation, use
that address for mailing. Please send corrections or additions to: Jill D. Stanton, Editor, 500
E. Court Ave., Suite C., Des Moines, IA 50309. A form is provided for your convenience inside
the back cover of this publication.
EMAIL addresses are not listed here due to space constraints. You can obtain a listing
of email addresses by emailing the Iowa Conference Computer at:
addresslist@iaumc.org
The following symbols apply throughout this report:
Affiliated member
Associate Member
Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline)
Deacon in full connection
Elder in full connection
Probationary Elder
Probationary member (ordained under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline)
Probationary Deacon
Deacon member of other U.M. Conference
Elder member of other U.M. Conference
Probationary member of other U.M. Conference (ordained under provisions of
1992 or earlier Discipline)
ODM
Member of other denomination or other Methodist affiliated conference
FLP
Full time Local Pastor
PLP
Part-time Local Pastor
SLP
Student Local Pastor
RFD
Retired Deacon in full connection
RM
Retired full member
RAM
Retired Associate Member
RLP
Retired Local Pastor
TPS
Temporary Pulpit Supply
INT
Interim
PE-LFT
Probationary Elder - less than full-time
PM-LFT
Probationary Member (ordained under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline) less than full-time
PD-LFT
Probationary Deacon - less than full-time
FD-LFT
Deacon in full connection - less than full-time
FE-LFT
Elder in full connection - less than full-time
NA-SCLS Supervised Certified Lay Speaker
NA-SLM Supervised Lay Missioner
AF
AM
DM
FD
FE
PE
PM
PD
OCD
OCE
OCPM
A
ABEL, Lois L. (PLP)
(Buffalo Center)
215 1st St NW PO Box 339
114 3rd Ave NW
Buffalo Center 50424
641-562-2251
641-562-2192
ROLLS
ABRAHAM, John T. (PLP) (Diane)
(Keokuk, Melrose-Sandusky)
ACHTERHOF, Douglas R. (FE) (Karen)
(Glenwood)
ACKERSON, Merlin J. (RM) (Helen)
ACORD, Marsha A. (FE)
(Robert Campagna)
(Extension ministries)
AITKEN, Louis A. (RM) (Norma)
AKIN, Paul L. (FE) (Marcia)
(Iowa City, First)
ALLEN, Arthur L. (FE-LFT) (Nancy)
(Extension Ministries)
ALLEN, Emily S. (PE)
(Sioux Rapids UM-UCC-Rembrandt)
ALLEN, Nancy L. (FE) (Arthur)
AMMON, Melvin W. (FE) (Terry)
(Superintendent, Creston District)
AMOROSO, Hermina J. (RLP) (Victor)
(Frederika)
AMUNDSON, Jay C. (FLP) (Terra)
(St. Ansgar-Little Cedar)
AMUNDSON, TERRA L. (PE) (Jay)
(New Hope, Dumont Aredale Bristow)
ANDERSEN, Leo E. (PLP) (Sharon)
(Center Point-Alice-Urbana, Assoc.)
ANDERSON, Douglas J. (FE) (Gayle)
(Webster City, Asbury)
ANDERSON, Duane L. (RM) (Gloria)
ANDERSON, Marjolein (FE) (Steve)
(Apptd. Illinois Great Rivers)
ANDERSON, Martha C. (FE) (Daniel)
(S.C., Rustin Ave.-Salix)
ANDERSON, Norman G. (ODM)
(Bonnie) (South Bethel-Rochester)
andrews, ellis e. (RM) (Beverly)
(Keosauqua-Center Chapel)
ANTUNEZ, Enna S. (SLP)
(Muscatine, Fellowship UMC, Assoc.)
ARMSTRONG, Gary L. (FE) (Laurel)
353
1595 N. County Rd. 900
217-847-2959
Hamilton, IL 62341-3056
112 N. Walnut St. PO Box 450
712-527-4607
110 N. Walnut St.
712-527-4714
Glenwood 51534
1707 Parkview Hts.
319-524-7818
Keokuk 52632-2921
120 N. Dubuque St.
319-338-1179
Iowa City 52245
1560 1st St. W.
319-895-6678
Mt. Vernon 52314-9698
13154 Oak Ave
712-889-2942
Castana 51010-8823
214 E. Jefferson
319-337-2857
3011 Pinecrest Rd.
319-337-4463
Iowa City 52245
10896 Nixon St.
515-961-4523
Indianola 50125-7226
515-961-3661
400 Thomas PO Box 373
712-283-2519
408 Thomas PO Box 61
712-283-2396
Sioux Rapids 50585
10896 Nixon St.
515-961-4523
515-961-3661
113 Montgomery PO Box 582
641-782-4281
302 S. Park St.
641-782-2906
Creston 50801
625 Rural St. PO Box 313
641-394-6401
New Hampton 50659-0313
510 W. 4th St.
641-713-4300
514 W. 4th St.
641-748-2493
St. Ansgar 50472
706 Locust PO Box 308
641-857-3753
Dumont 50625-0308
514 W. 4th St.
641-748-2493
St. Ansgar 50472
3109 Linn Buchanan Rd.
319-224-3287
Coggon 52218-9792
921 Des Moines St.
515-832-5369
1408 Elm St.
Webster City 50595-1827
404 Main St.
Gray 50110
1610 89th Ave. W.
Rock Island, IL 61201-7642
2901 Leech Ave.
712-276-3395
2909 Leech Ave.
712-276-6113
Sioux City 51106
Box 503
319-679-2684
Hills 52235-0503
26819 Route J40 Bentonsport Rd.319-293-3447
Keosauqua 52565
319-592-3533
1532 Magnolia St.
563-263-5077
Muscatine 52761-4943
728 1st Ave. N.
515-576-2444
354
1620 N. 23rd St.
515-576-2906
Fort Dodge 50501
FAX 515-576-1399
ARMSTRONG, Gerald T. (RAM)
601 N.E. Dodge St.
641-743-2156
(Phyllis)
Greenfield 50849-9516
ARNPRIESTER, Marvin D. (FE)
11 S. 1st St., 51503-4397
712-322-7741
(C.B., Broadway)
(Carolyn)
101 Sunny Ridge Dr.
712-322-6551
Council Bluffs 51503-1637
ARULNATHAN, A. David (RAM) (Vicky) 804 Head St. PO Box 156
515-389-3181
(Paton-Churdan)
507 School St. PO Box 156
515-389-3173
Churdan 50050-0156
ASHLEY, Sheryl K. (AM) (Brian) ch: 505 5th St. PO Box 424
712-372-4430
(Correctionville-Cushing)
ofc:
429 5th St.
712-372-4431
hm:
3376 170th St.
712-375-5485
Correctionville 51016
ASHTON, Daniel J. (PE)
PO Box 167
406-737-4475
(Apptd. Yellowstone Conference)
Geraldine, MT 59446-0167
AUGSPURGER, John D. (FE) (Deb)
720 Grand Ave., 50265
515-279-0826
(West Des Moines, Assoc.)
1245 65th St.
515-327-1697
West Des Moines 50266
AVISE-ROUSE, Jerry (FE) (Kathleen)
309 E. 11th St.
641-484-2204
(Tama Living Faith)
1201 Oswego St.
641-484-4685
Tama 52339
AYERS, Byron W. (RM) (Betty)
2701 E. Allred #201
480-844-1954
Mesa, AZ 85204-1609
(Superintendent, Fort Dodge District)
B
BABCOCK, Harlan F. (RM) (Betty)
BAGBY, Stephen (FE) (Elizabeth)
(Attica-Olive Ch.-Zion)
BAHDE, Michael W. (FE) (Barbara)
(Panora)
BAILEY, Dennis L. (FE) (Nancy)
(Independence)
BALDWIN, Paul A. “Andy” (FLP)
(Manchester, Assoc.)
(Collette)
BALL, Lyle G. (FE) (Trudy)
BALLARD, William E. (RM) (Sue)
(Bedford)
BALM-DEMMEL, Darline D. (FE)
(Gary Demmel)
(Assistant to the Bishop)
BALM, Thomas R. (RM) (Marilyn)
BANE, Anita A. (FE) (Bruce)
40821 County Road 225
Big Fork, MN 56628-4614
1733 S. Attica Rd.
Knoxville 50138-8975
119 E. Main St. PO Box 601
202 W. Jackson St.
Panora 50216
313 2nd St. SE
1205 3rd St. SE
Independence 50644
413 E. Butler St.
811 E. Union St.
Manchester 52057
103 E. Titus Ave.
505 Pearl St.
808 King St.
FAX
Bedford 50833
500 E. Court Ave.
2080 King Ave. Apt. 4
Des Moines 50320
3110 Center Lake Dr. (summer)
Spirit Lake 51360-7272
615 Ridge Terrace
Winter Haven, FL 33881 (winter)
302 W. Broadway St.
641-943-2330
641-943-2324
641-755-2655
641-755-2185
319-334-3689
319-334-3387
563-927-4439
563-927-2445
515-282-9296
712-523-2812
712-523-2987
712-523-2987
515-283-1991
515-288-1611
712-336-4603
863-292-9898
563-382-3835
355
ROLLS
(Decorah, Assoc. & Calmar-Burr Oak)
BANE, Bruce D. (FD) (Anita)
BARBER, Romaine H. (RM) (Arlene)
BARDOLE, Donald N. (RM) (Alice)
BARNETT, Robert W. (RM) (Barbara)
BARRICK, Robert R. (RAM) (Margaret)
BARRICK, Robert W. (FE) (Susan)
(Winterset-Patterson)
BARRICK, William E. (RM) (Jean)
BARRINGER, Kenneth D. (RM) (Joan)
BARTON, Esther R. (FE)
(Walcott)
BARTRUFF, Wayne L. (RM) (Phyllis)
BARTZ, Harold V. (RM)
BASYE, Ernest E. (RM) (Mary)
BATCHELER, Dale E. (FE) (Patricia)
(Bettendorf, Asbury)
BATTERN, John R. (FE) (Julie)
(Sumner)
BAUGHMAN, Kenneth R. (PLP)
(Charter Oak-Ute)
BAUMAN, Leroy E. (RM)
BEANBLOSSOM, Ronald E. (FE)
BEARD, Robert G. (RM) (Sandy)
(Cumberland-Pine Grove)
BECK, Walter F. (RM)
BEEBOUT, John L. (RM) (Ruth)
Deceased 8-12-2003
BEGG, Wendell R. (RM) (Constance)
BELL, Beverlee A. (FE)
404 Hillcrest Dr.
Decorah 52101
Keystone AEA Field Office
1400 2nd St. NW
Elkader 52043
404 Hillcrest Dr.
Decorah 52101-2508
4110 Shawnee Ave
2010 Lillie Ave
Davenport 52804-2039
6301 Devonshire Dr. N.E.
Cedar Rapids 52402-1604
1120 Chase St.
Osage 50461-1729
309 E. Jefferson St.
101 S. 4th St.
Winterset 50273
3801 Brookhollow Dr.
Abilene, TX 79605-6447
2325 Platinum Dr.
Sun City Center, FL 33573-6494
100 E. James St. PO Box 130
138 E. James St. PO Box 130
Walcott 52773
2 Ventnor Circle
Bella Vista, AR 72715-2330
West Friendship Haven
420 Kenyon Rd. #335
Fort Dodge 50501-5749
420 Kenyon Rd.
1809 Mississippi Blvd.
1400 Terrace Park Dr.
Bettendorf 52722
115 Pleasant St.
209 Chicago St.
Sumner 50674
124 2nd Ave. PO Box 153
Charter Oak 51439-0153
4831 71st St.
Urbandale 50322-1893
Ohio Northern University
Dept. Philosophy & Religion
Ada, OH 45810
200 E. 5th St.
Villisca 50864
3016 School St.
710 W Larson St.
12281 Avenida Consentido
San Diego, CA 92128-3282
211 E. 3rd St.
563-382-5190
563-245-1480
Ext. 449
563-382-5190
515-252-7403
563-324-8818
319-377-0415
641-732-5110
515-462-2912
515-462-4000
915-698-8994
563-284-6213
563-284-6724
501-855-9136
515-573-6917
319-355-5218
319-355-1353
563-578-3359
563-578-3350
712-678-3615
712-678-3872
419-772-2199
712-826-3758
515-255-2306
641-842-4825
619-451-3655
712-732-5458
356
(Storm Lake)
821 Angier Dr.
712-732-5371
Storm Lake 50588
BELL, Kathryn F. (FE) (David Houston) IPCM
315-443-5040
Hendricks Chapel (Lower level)
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1110
BELL, Michael G. (FD) (Nancy)
1813 G St.
319-351-7538
(Leave of absence)
Iowa City 52240-6116
BELL, Robert M. (RM) (Margaret)
2190 285th St.
319-653-6933
Washington 52353-9467
BENDER, Nancy M. (SLP)
201 N. Front St. PO Box 48
563-925-2006
(Greeley)
Greeley 52050-0048
BENNETT, Janice A. (FLP)
617 Wright Ave., 51109
712-233-2404
(S.C., Riverside)
3054 Myrtle St.
712-252-4315
Sioux City 51103
BENNETT, Martha R. (FE)
1130 11th St. PO Box 370
712-469-3510
(Our Saviour UMC)
1228 11th St. PO Box 833
712-469-2556
Manson 50563
BENNETT, Norman L. (FLP) (Althea)
203 3rd Ave. PO Box 337
319-228-8364
(Peace U.M. Parish)
Van Horne 52346-0337
319-228-8155
BENTZINGER, Richard A. (RM) (Ruth) 504 University St. # 83
319-835-9124
Donnellson 52625-9434
BERANEK, James R. (FE) (Jane)
1414 University St. PO Box 186 515-628-8711
(Pella)
204 Independence St.
515-628-4142
Pella 50219
BERBANO, Marcos V., Jr. (RM) (Lydia) 734 E. Essex St.
209-948-6842
Stockton, CA 95204
BERLIN, Manzel O. (FE)
1231 110th St.
712-379-3507
(Incapacity leave)
Essex 51638-6009
BERNARD, Walter J., Jr. (AM) (Verlee) 124 S. Maple St. PO Box 66
641-337-5512
(Orient-Hill of Zion)
(mail) 104 Sunshine Dr. PO Box 177
641-337-5200
Orient 50858
BETSWORTH, Roger G. (RM) (Joan)
1306 W. Detroit
515-961-7281
Indianola 50125
BETSWORTH, Sharon L. (FE)
7309 Ganges Ct.
510-965-9177
(School)
El Cerrito, CA 94530
BEVEL, Henry J. (RM) (Ann)
1610 8th St
515-280-7352
BIBB, Linda Hansen (FE) (Stephen)
225 1st Ave. S.W.
319-362-6178
(Cedar Rapids, Salem)
319-393-1236
BIBB, Stephen J. (FE) (Linda)
2042 Larry Dr. NE
319-393-1236
(Apptd. to serve other denomination)
BIESEMEYER, Roy A. (RM)
11160 Village North Dr. Apt. 209B
Saint Louis, MO 63136-6198
BIKLEN, W. Michael (FE) (Marcia)
2815 Avenue L
319-372-5143
(Fort Madison, Santa Fe)
2811 Avenue L
319-372-1257
Fort Madison 52627
BIRCHMIER, Charles L. (RM)
3540 McGowan Blvd.
319-377-9848
Marion 52302-6101
BIRD, Hugh S. (RM) (Shirley)
3613 E. 38th St.
515-262-6316
BIRTCHER, Beverly J.I. (RM)
10 Cherry Court Apt 2
319-665-5030
North Liberty 52317-9642
BISHOP, Diane (ODM)
105 N. Chestnut St. PO Box 95 319-658-2366
ROLLS
Crawfordsville 52621
2534 27th St. S.W.
Cedar Rapids 52404
BISSETT, John G. (RM)
2304 Mt. Vernon
Janesville, WI 53545-2133
BITTNER, Carolyn L.R. (PM-LFT)
411 5th St. PO Box 55
(Hornick)
516 4th Ave. PO Box 55
Hornick 51026
BLACKBURN, Leila M. (PE) (Jeff Leden) 100 Cass PO Box 549
(Griswold)
Griswold 51535-0549
BLANK, Rose M. (FE) (Jeffrey)
(Vinton, Wesley)
420 W. 15th St.
Vinton 52349
BLAYER, Ruth E. (PLP) (James)
4321 Pine Ridge Trl NE
(Springdale)
BLIX, Ronald G. (RM) (Marilyn)
PO Box 67
(Strawberry Point)
Strawberry Point 52076-0067
427 7th Ave. N.W.
Dyersville 52040-1165
BOARDMAN, James D. (PLP) (Crystal) 715 Fir Rd.
(Tennant)
Portsmouth 51565-3304
BOATMAN, John D. (FE) (Brenda)
200 N. Main St. PO Box 606
(Oakland)
831 Scenic Cir PO Box 606
Oakland 51560-0606
BOATMAN, Richard H. (FE) (Larae)
337 SW 2nd St. PO Box 759
(Ogden-Boone, Marion Street)
249 SW 2nd St. PO Box 759
Ogden 50212-0759
BOGUE, Donald A. (FE) (Susan)
602 Tilford St.
(Dysart)
506 Tilford St.
Dysart 52224
BONATH, Harold D. (RM) (Ruth)
100 Country Lane
Castroville, TX 78009-5011
BOOM, Elmer C. (RM)
Friendship Haven West
420 Kenyon Rd. Rm. 137
BORG, Jeffrey A. (FE)
219 West St.
(Ecumenical appointment)
Fort Collins, CO 80521-1854
BOUSFIELD, Paul G. (RM) (Mary)
1428 N. 11th St.
BOWLES, Kimberly A. (PE) (Jason)
309 N. Main St.
(Mount Pleasant, First, Assoc.)
104 W. Saunders St.
Mount Pleasant 52641
BOWMAN, Susan J. (FE)
1001 Pleasant St., 50309
(D.M., First)
3929 Muskogee Ave.
Des Moines 50312
BRACHT-WAGNER, David H., Jr. (FE) 201 S. Ford St.
(Anamosa)
(Melisa)
603 N. Linn St.
Anamosa 52205
BRACHT-WAGNER, Melisa (PE) (David) 1298 7th Ave.
(Marion, First, Assoc.)
Marion 52302-3405
603 N. Linn St.
Anamosa 52205
BRADFORD, Jackie L. (PE)
3700 Cottage Grove Ave.
357
(Crawfordsville)
319-396-3922
608-758-4295
712-874-3249
712-874-3247
712-778-4178
712-778-2341
319-472-2581
319-472-2174
319-338-9387
563-933-4746
563-875-9067
712-744-3617
712-482-5530
712-482-5539
515-275-4015
515-275-2392
319-476-2750
319-476-4175
830-931-2998
515-573-6887
970-416-1687
515-573-4019
319-385-1740
319-385-8481
515-244-6209
515-277-1601
319-462-3951
319-462-3450
319-377-4856
319-462-3450
515-255-2131
358
3916 48th St.
515-278-5928
Des Moines 50310
BRADSHAW, Marjorie M. (FE)
200 E. Jefferson
641-342-3351
(Incapacity leave)
Osceola 50213-1233
BRAUDT, Steve M. (PLP) (Anne
1415 12th St.
641-939-2057
(Gifford)
Lippincott)
1702 12th St.
641-939-2099
Eldora 50627
BRENT, Arthur E. (RM) (Doris)
2081 Highway 34
319-385-7387
Mt. Pleasant 52641-8438
BRIGGS, Elizabeth A. (PLP) (Don)
3032 Louisa Henry Ave.
319-257-3178
(Kingston)
Winfield 52659-9381
BRIGHTON, George W. (RM) (Norma)
518 N Fulton St
712-272-3710
Newell 50568-5064
BROCKMEYER, Lloyd E. (RM) (Mary)
706 Crystal Dr. N.E.
319-363-6379
BROCKMEYER, Myron W. (RM)
3454 Kingswood PL
319-236-3636
(Delpha)
Waterloo 50701
BROCKSCHINK, John (TPS) (Kara)
3267 Benton Iowa Rd.
319-227-7480
(Peace U.M. Parish)
Norway 52318-9529
BROKKEN, Dianne (TPS)
2998 239th St.
319-696-3450
(New Sweden)
Fairfield 52556-8521
BROWN, Carroll D. (RM) (Arlene)
1945 Daleview Dr.
319-447-4770
Marion 52302-5109
BROWN, Frederick E. (RAM) (Margaret) 409 Goudy Rd.
(April)
319-482-7251
Mt. Vernon 52314-9738
3401 Pecan Blvd Trlr 139 (Oct.) 956-631-6092
McAllen, TX 78501-6658
BROWN, Helen L. (RLP)
49 X St.
Lake Lotawana, MO 64086-9763
BROWN, Jerry D. (RM) (Alyce)
9845 Meadow Lane
Houghton, NY 14744-8705
BROWN, Marjorie L. “Missy” (PE)
103 Main St. PO Box 286
515-436-7731
(Perry-Rippey-Fairview, Assoc.)
104 Percival St. PO Box 286
515-436-8266
Rippey 50235
BROWN, Marlene (AM)
308 Evans St. PO Box 188
712-486-2266
(Macedonia-Henderson)
Macedonia 51549
712-486-2245
BROWN, Preston C. (RM) (Billie)
2702 Northbrook Dr.
605-721-9344
Rapids City, SD 57702-5042
BRUNK, J. Elmer (RM) (Cynthia)
2212 E 31st St
563-359-8776
Davenport 52807
BRYANT, H. Burr (FE) (Connie)
200 S. 4th St. PO Box 460
641-623-5410
(Montezuma)
204 S. 4th St. PO Box 118
641-623-3293
Montezuma 50171
BRYSON, Fred W. (PLP)
1109 6th St.
641-322-3651
(Brooks-Carbon-Carl)
Corning 50841-1543
BUCHANAN, Marilyn R. (FE-LFT)
211 Angle St. - Bertram
319-365-8077
(Cedar Rapids, Bertram-Buffalo)
Cedar Rapids 52403
216 A Ave. S. (mail)
319-895-6927
Mt. Vernon 52314-1551
BUNYI, Judith (FE)
PO Box 103 Q-Plaza
011-632-658-2797
Cainta, Rizal, Philippines 1900
BURHAM, Everett K. (RM) (Ione)
1022 S. Avenue B Apt. 3-A
319-653-5066
BURKET, Don W. (FE) (Patricia)
501 2nd St. PO Box 307
515-387-8594
(Des Moines, Grace, Assoc.)
359
ROLLS
623 6th St.
Maxwell 50161
BURKHART, J. Robert (FE) (Christine) 1340 3rd Ave SE PO Box 2065
(Cedar Rapids, St. Paul’s)
Cedar Rapids 52406
FAX
3127 Adirondack Dr. NE
BURKS, Debra M. (FE)
604 W. Allen St.
(Waterloo, Jubilee)
715 Lorraine Ave.
Waterloo 50702
BURNETT, Janice R. (FE)
508 2nd Ave. N.
(Clear Lake)
515 2nd Ave. N.
Clear Lake 50428
BURNETT, Russ L. (FE) (Karen)
312 S. Main PO Box 147
(Ida Grove)
1006 Park Lane PO Box 147
Ida Grove 51445
BURNS, Frederick (Rick), Jr. (FE) (Lori) 7900 Lee’s Summit Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64139-1246
2512 S.W. 10th Terrace
Lee’s Summit, MO 64081-3798
BURNS, Sandra Mercer (PM) (Alan)
3318C E. Kleindale Rd.
(Incapacity leave)
Tucson, AZ 85716-1332
BURROUGHS, Wendell (RM) (Rose)
312 4th Ave. N.W.
Waverly 50677-2523
BURROW, Paul I. (PLP) (Nancy)
2212 Lynndale Rd.
(Kirkville and Oskaloosa, Hispanic Min.) Oskaloosa 52577
BURRY, Gene (ODM) (Lenora)
3904 Knoll Cir.
(Gladbrook Chapel)
Waterloo 50701-9472
BUTLER, Elliott A., III (FLP) (Kathy)
(Webb-Gillett Grove-Dickens)
301 Church St.
Webb 51366
BUTLER, Linda M. (FE) (James Davis) 501 E. 19th St. N.
(Newton, St. Luke)
1810 N. 4th Ave. E.
Newton 50208
BUTLER, Robert D. (RM) (Larene)
55 W. Clifton Ave. Apt. 208
Sioux City 51104-2129
(Maxwell-Peoria)
515-387-1332
319-363-2058
319-363-6348
319-365-0640
319-234-5307
319-236-1947
641-357-5247
641-357-2724
712-364-2412
712-364-3301
816-373-4415
816-554-1246
520-319-6084
319-352-1570
641-673-4332
319-296-0914
712-838-4899
712-838-7705
641-792-5736
641-792-9062
712-258-6606
C
CALDERON-KAHN, Rose Marie (PE)
(Fredericksburg-Williamstown)
(Sarwat Kahn)
CALDWELL, Alva R. (FE) (Bonnie)
CALDWELL, Gregory G (RM) (Phyllis)
CALDWELL, John M. (FE) (Carol)
(DeWitt)
CALHOUN, Leslie H. (RAM) (Sheryl)
CALL, Allen D. (RM) (Sandra)
111 S. Hamilton PO Box 243
230 S. Hamilton
Fredericksburg 50630
Garrett-Evan. Theo. Sem.
2121 Sheridan Ave.
Evanston, IL 60201-2926
2025 Ash St.
Waukegan, IL 60087-5036
PO Box 52
Lohrville 51453-0052
222 12th St.
1103 3rd St.
DeWitt 52742
2471 Windover Dr.
Ankney 50021-4429
4721 Chatham Lane
563-237-5347
563-237-6153
312-866-3911
312-244-3328
563-659-5624
563-659-3519
515-963-7673
712-239-2200
360
Sioux City 51104
5928 44th Ave. N.W.
Rochester, MN 55901-8787
CAMARIN, Pacifico (RM) (Priscilla)
947 N. Walnut St.
CAMARIN, Priscilla (RAM) (Pacifico)
Olathe, KS 66061-6302
CAMPBELL, Donald L. (RM) (Dora)
PO Box 144
CAMPBELL, Dora D. (RM) (Donald)
Klemme 50449-0144
CAMPBELL, James A. (FE) (Margaret) 725 W. 9th Ave., 99501-3412
(Apptd. Alaska Missionary Conf.)
5410 Trena St.
Anchorage, AK 99507-1624
CAMPBELL, Steven W. (FE) (Cindy)
27 2nd Ave NW
(Waukon-Forest Mills)
25 2nd Ave NW
Waukon 52172
CANNADAY, Kenneth D. (RM)
139 Mountain Pointe Dr.
(Annette)
Dahlonega, GA 30533-4678
CAOLE, Jr. Florentino (FE)
943 Skyline Dr.
Ofc.
(Apptd. 335.1d)
Daly City, CA 94014
CAQUELIN, Gerald (TPS) (Darlene)
20542 Highway D25
(Ellis)
Iowa Falls 50126-8578
1017 Water St.
CAREY, Candraeah P. (FLP) (Michael) PO Box 270
(Lime Springs-Chester)
Riceville 50466
CAREY, Michael G. (FE) (Candie)
PO Box 270
(Riceville-McIntire)
Riceville 50466
CARLSON, Betty K. (FE) (David)
36820 Oasis Rd
Lindstrom, MN 55045-9653
CARLSON, Donald G. (RLP) (Carol)
407 S.E. Delaware Unit 308
(Collins-Loring)
Ankeny 50021-6403
CARLSON, Lanny R. (RM) (Connie)
220 W. 1st Ave. S.
Estherville 51334-2519
CARLTON, Janice M. “Neicey” (PLP)
39036 Aspen Rd. PO Box 175
(Red Oak Circuit)
(George) Macedonia 51549-0175
CARSNER, Thomas G. (FE-LFT)
1627 College Court PL
(Susan Ahrens) (Extension ministries) Iowa City 52245-4417
CARTER, Brian E. (FE) (Rita)
2020 Superior St., 50595-3172
(Webster City, Faith-Kamrar)
1015 Willson Ave.
CARTER-ALLEN, Benjamin E. (FLP)
311 2nd Ave. W.
(Spencer, Grace, Assoc.)
538 W. Lane
Spencer 51301
CARVER, Donald L. (RM) (Susan)
1628 E. Mitchell Ave.
Waterloo 50702-2539
CARVER, Rebecca S. C. (FE-LFT) (Phil) 2274 Holiday Rd.
(C.R., St. Paul’s, Assoc.)
Coralville 52241
CARVER, Thomas L. (FE) (Linda)
1195 Steeple Lane NE
(Shueyville)
2857 120th Street NE
Swisher 52338
CASPERS, Donald T. (RM) (Betty)
1224 13th St. N.W. Apt. 214
CASS, Edward J. (RM) (Marjorie)
405 E Water St. PO Box 527
Fayette 52142-0527
CATES, Sharon E. (FD)
4240 Hickory Ln Ste. 100
CALLEN, Donald O. (RM) (Claire)
507-252-1381
913-390-8628
641-587-3067
563-568-3678
563-568-3538
650-992-4000
641-648-2078
515-832-3337
641-985-2520
641-985-2066
641-985-2520
515-963-0647
712-362-4257
712-623-4144
712-486-2504
319-338-9335
515-832-4787
515-832-3387
712-262-5970
712-262-4555
319-232-3569
319-339-9869
319-848-7213
319-848-4033
319-365-9171
563-425-4555
712-276-1073
ROLLS
5740 Boone Pl N
New Hope, MN 55428-3101
CHANG, Peter (FE) (Hie Kyung)
2200 Central Ave.
(Bettendorf, Quad-Cities Korean)
1806 Elmwood Ave.
Bettendorf 52722
CHARTIER, Connie C. (ODM)
3127 115th St.
(Geneseo)
3129 115th St.
Buckingham 50612
CHASE, Jerry E. (SLP) (Julie)
209 1st St. NE PO Box 267
(Hazleton and Oelwein, Assoc.)
Hazleton 50641
CHENOWETH, Tom (NA-SCLS) (Janice) 8892 163rd Ave.
(Ottumwa, Riverview)
Ottumwa 52501-8887
CHO, Hyun-Jun (ODM)
1009 Guthrie Ave., 50316-1929
(Des Moines, Korean)
1212 Guthrie Ave.
CHRISTOPHER, Dianne B. (FD-FLP-INT) 6205 S.W. 9th St.
(Des Moines, Fort Des Moines)
1009 Leland Ave.
Des Moines 50315
CHURCH, Dale W. (RM) (Alice)
33 Eastview Dr.
CHURCHMAN, L. Duane (RM) (Darlene) 317 W. Jefferson
Osceola 50213-1161
CLAPPER, Gregory S. (FE) (Jody)
1400 E. Hanna Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46277
243 Hawthorne Ln
Greenwood, IN 46142-9434
CLARK, David J. (FE) (Dayna Kinkade) 301 W. Ashland PO Box 258
(Indianola, First)
302 W. Ashland
Indianola 50125
CLARK, Kathleen (RM)
2006 35th St.
CLARK, M. Wayne (FE) (Susan)
8650 Pioneers Blvd., 68520
3901 Spruce St.
FAX
Lincoln, NE 68516
CLARK, Richard L. (FE) (Linda)
3220 Terrace Dr.
(Cedar Falls, St. Timothy’s)
3212 Terrace Dr.
Cedar Falls 50613
CLAWSON, Kenneth I. (RM)
Diablo Lodge
950 Diablo Rd. Apt 274
Danville, CA 94526-1982
CLEAIR, Marvin D. (RM) (Carolyn)
3922 Carlton Dr.
Cedar Falls 50613-5768
CLEVENGER, Edward G. (FE) (Lois)
1800 5th Ave.
(Council Bluffs, Fifth Ave.-Trinity)
1616 5th Ave.
Council Bluffs 51501
CLINTON, Philip L. (RM) (Debbie)
361
CEYNAR, Marvin E. (RM) (Barbara)
563-359-4227
563-359-9825
319-478-8788
319-478-2807
319-636-2784
641-684-4557
515-261-0600
515-265-4018
515-285-6545
515-285-4961
712-274-7310
641-342-3634
317-788-3213
317-859-0843
515-961-5317
515-961-3345
515-274-1428
402-483-5117
402-483-5154
402-486-4393
319-266-0464
319-266-5933
510-856-1610
319-266-7602
712-323-7374
712-328-0733
COBB, Richard R. (PLP)
2523 Lynner Dr.
515-277-5794
(Ira Community Church)
COCKE, A. Robert, Jr. (RAM) (Dorothy) Gateway Terrace
1942 NE 6th Ct Apt I200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-3854
COLBURN, Donald L. (RM) (Lois)
4862 Rialto Ridge Dr.
362
COLE, J. Preston (RM) (Donna)
COLLINS, Lee Roy (RM) (Wilma)
COLLOGAN, Doresa K. (FE)
(Living Faith Parish)
COLORADO, Bernabe M. (FE) (Linda)
(S.C., St. James)
COLORADO, Moody M. (OCE)
(Farragut-Summit)
(Elizabeth)
COLYER, Elmer (OCE-LFT)
(E. Dub., Wesley)
CONNOR, Robert L. (RAM) (Patti)
CONNOR, Patricia I. (FLP) (Robert)
(Ackley-Geneva)
CONNORS, Thomas A. (AM) (Paula)
(Coon Rapids)
CONOVER, Matthew C. (PE) (Janice)
(Dike)
CONRAD, Larry W. (FE) (Mary Beth)
COOK, G. Clive (RM) (Mavis)
COOK, Robert D. (FE)
COON, Dennis R. (FE) (Patty)
(Des Moines, Trinity)
COOPER, Robert F. (RM) (Fran)
CORLEY, Erik E. (FE)
(Villisca-Nodaway)
CORNISH, John D. (RM) (Sandra)
COTTEN, William L. (RM) (Carol)
(Pierson-Meadow Star)
West Chester, OH 45069-7031
3403 Riverpointe Circle N.E.
109 Sand Lane NW
2118 N. 2nd St. PO Box 3081
1605 13th Ave. N.
Clinton 52732
2032 S. Cypress St.
5101 Sunnybrook Dr.
Sioux City 51106
PO Box 39
Farragut 51639-0039
1 Wesley Way
East Dubuque, IL 61025
8438 Hidden Valley Rd.
Dubuque 52003-9529
809 2nd Ave.
Ackley 50601
416 Hardin St.
809 2nd Ave.
Ackley 50601
726 4th Ave.
Coon Rapids 50058
439 Church St. PO Box 56
Dike 50624
1111 6th Ave
Des Moines 50314
613 Lincoln St.
Polk City 50226
1610 Douglas Ct.
Marion 52302-2300
1111 6th Ave.
Des Moines 50314
2559 Pine Circle
1548 8th St. PO Box 41005
Des Moines 50311
1438 11th St.
Des Moines 50314
Maple Village
308 S.E. Noble St. Apt. 54
203 S. 3rd Ave.
113 N. 3rd Ave.
Villisca 50864
FAX
103 Mango Cove
Leesburg, FL 34748-8608
Pierson 51048-0157
5309 Hwy 75 N. #91
319-396-6832
563-242-1439
563-242-2075
712-276-2667
712-276-6971
712-385-8352
712-385-8559
815-747-3324
563-582-4677
641-847-2871
641-847-3251
641-847-2871
712-684-5263
712-999-5292
319-989-2535
319-989-2557
515-247-4345
515-984-6021
319-373-8955
515-247-3034
515-274-9268
515-288-4056
515-288-2506
641-743-2993
712-826-3132
712-826-3142
630-604-3639
352-326-9250
712-375-5520
712-239-2274
363
ROLLS
1804 74th St.
4105 Fleetwood Dr.
Bartlesville, OK 74006-8310
COWHERD, Holman (RM) (Helen)
106 Twin Creeks Dr.
Campbellsville, KY 42718-9544
CRANDALL, Robert S. (FE) (Carol)
1203 Hartford, 50315-1450
(Extension ministries/DM, Maple Grove) 5424 SW 16th St.
CREE-ANTHONY, Melinda R. (FE)
3330 Franklin Ave.
(Charles) (Extension ministries)
Des Moines 50310
CROSS, Neil H. (FE) (Cheryl)
4525 Beaver Ave.
(D.M., New Hope)
4545 Beaver Ave.
Des Moines 50310
CROSSETT, Gene E., Jr. (RM) (Linda)
8056 Arrowwood Ct
Terre Haute, IN 47802-9129
CROSSWHITE, John D. (RAM) (Doris) 408 SE Linn Dr.
CROW, David W. (FE) (Beth)
708 15th St. PO Box 213
(Belle Plaine)
1508 Sunset Dr.
Belle Plaine 52208
CRUM, Robert A. (RM)
615 5th St
Weatherford, OK 73096-2817
CRUMMER, Kim A. (FE)
2447 Ave B
(C.B., Epworth)
2416 Ave A
CUE, Douglas C. (FE) (Jodie)
2804 520th St. S.W.
(Kalona, Sharon Center)
2824 520th St. S.W.
Kalona 52247-9211
CULBERTSON, Robert D. (FE) (Julia)
6222 University Ave.
(D.M., Windsor)
Des Moines 50311
1227 Cummins Pkwy
Des Moines 50311
CUMINGS, Robert M. (FE) (Rosamond) 503 E South St PO Box Q
(Manly-Bolan)
33 Circle Ter
Manly 50456
CUNNINGHAM, S. Willard (RM)
1720 Lynx Ave. Apt. 202
(Mildred)
Webster City 50595
CURL, Charles E. (FE)
2203 S. 3rd Ave.
(Marshalltown, Hope)
1403 S. 3rd Ave.
Marshalltown 50158
CUSTER, Chester E. (RM) (Elizabeth)
773 Eckrich PL
Webster Grove, MO 63119-4972
CUTLER, Jamie M. (FE) (Leslie)
211 E. 3rd St.
(Storm Lake, Assoc.)
203 E. 3rd St.
Storm Lake 50588
COTTON, William D. (RM) (Lillian)
(Ivy, Centennial)
COWELL, Charles E., Jr. (RM) (Irene)
515-254-0874
918-335-2171
502-465-2447
515-244-6251
515-287-1545
515-282-5726
515-255-6230
515-278-2097
515-251-7156
812-298-1919
319-444-2410
319-434-2408
580-774-0448
712-323-3124
712-322-9442
319-683-2564
319-683-2670
515-279-3629
515-279-4551
641-454-2427
641-454-2143
515-832-2696
641-752-5104
641-753-7427
314-963-7303
712-732-5458
712-732-2298
D
DADISMAN, Jeffrey M. (FE) (Susan)
(Appointed Nebraska Conference)
DAGIT, Robert J. (FE) (Joleen)
(Missouri Valley-Modale)
5522 Oak Hills Dr.
Omaha, NE 68137-3314
308 E. Superior PO Box 286
223 E. Superior
Missouri Valley 51555
402-895-3394
402-894-1309
712-642-3168
712-642-3334
364
DALE, James S. (RM) (Barbara)
909 Vernon St.
563-382-4693
Decorah 52101
DANIEL, Christopher J. (RM-LFT)
1915 S. 5th Ave.
641-753-0534
(Marshalltown, Bethany) (Hepzibah) Marshalltown 50158-5204
DANIEL, Jennifer W. (FE) (Paul)
209 Koeper Dr.
641-752-3668
(Marshalltown, First, assoc.)
Marshalltown 50158
641-752-0931
DANIEL, Paul I.D. (FD) (Jennifer)
209 Koeper Dr.
641-752-3668
(Marshalltown, First)
Marshalltown 50158
641-752-0931
DANIEL, Wesley S.K. (FE)
PO Box 340003
615-340-7049
Nashville, TN 37203-0003
DARBONNE, Frederick T. (OCPE)
109 2nd Ave. PO Box 280 (Alb.) 319-842-2388
(Alburnett-Prairie Chapel) (Rosemary) Alburnett 52202
(P.C.) 319-377-7506
319-842-3933
DARLINGTON, John W. (RM) (Caroline) 616 Broad St. Apt. P23
641-236-9052
Grinnell 50112-2297
DARTER, Sarah L. (FE)
907 Water St. PO Box 301
319-983-2322
(New Hartford 8-1-03)
1012 Beaver St. PO Box 101
319-983-2520
New Hartford 50660
DASS, Emmanuel R. (FE) (Tessie)
2330 Plank Rd.
319-524-1081
(Keokuk, Trinity)
939 Eicher St.
319-524-1986
Keokuk 52632
DAVIDSON, James A. (RAM) (Marjorie) 150 Sunken Forest Dr.
417-546-4256
Apt. 10-244
Forsyth, MO 65653-8175
DAVIS, Bob D. (RM)
2430 SE Leach Ave.
515-246-1549
DAVIS, Chester L. (RM) (Helen)
21318 Ridgeview Dr.
Garfield, AR 72732-9777
DAVIS, James R. (PE) (Connie)
2929 E. Court St., 52245
319-338-9865
(Iowa City, Hope)
1131 Wylde Green Rd.
Iowa City 52246
DAVIS, Oscar (NA-SCLS)
303 4th St. S.
515-604-6181
(Woolstock-Vincent, Assoc.)
Humboldt 50548-2149
DAVIS, Trevor (FE) (Linda)
1100 Angular St.
319-752-5152
(Burlington, Grace)
2504 Clearview Dr.
319-752-3419
Burlington 52601
DAVISON, Timon W. (FE) (Gail)
218 Buckeye Rd.
319-339-7129
West Liberty 52776-9016
319-643-5844
DAWES, Delbert H. (RM) (Carolyn)
830 Aspen Dr.
Grinnell 50112-2377
DAWES, Gilbert H. (RM) (Inez)
2443 Quail Ridge
515-462-1048
St. Charles 50240-8523
DAWES, Harrison G. (RM) (Donnis)
21269 215th Ave.
712-336-4790
Spirit Lake 51360
DAYLONG, SHERYL K. (FLP) (William) 307 S. Wilson St.
515-386-4411
(Jefferson, Assoc.)
701 S. Chestnut St.
515-386-2242
Jefferson 50129
DAYLONG, William B. (FE) (Sheri)
307 S. Wilson St.
515-386-4411
(Jefferson)
701 S. Chestnut St.
515-386-2242
Jefferson 50129
DEAN, Robert W. (FE) (Diane)
201 N. Market
641-672-2564
(Oskaloosa)
2452 Newport Circle
641-672-2886
Oskaloosa 52577
DEARCHS, Karen G. (FE)
PO Box 128
515-824-3359
ROLLS
(Renwick-Goldfield)
DE BOEF, Clarence G. (FE) (Marian)
(Woodward)
Renwick 50577-0128
108 5th St. W. PO Box 326
506 Maple Ave.
Woodward 50276
DEEDS, Pamela S. (FLP) (Larry)
12321 Hickman Rd.
Urbandale, Walnut Hills, Assoc.)
Urbandale 50323
3841 Amherst St.
Des Moines 50313
DEE, Richard S. (RM) (Teresa)
308 Lake Shore Dr.
Emmetsburg 50536-1427
DE GEEST, Gary W. (FE) (Marlene)
923 Roland Ave.
(Chariton)
1125 Lucas Ave.
Chariton 50049
DELLIT, Harold W. (RM) (Lucile)
3109 17th Ave. N.
DEN HARTOG, George W. (RM) (Clara) 211 N. 20th St.
DENNERT, Jr., Robert A. (RM) (Juanita) 1300 13th St. N.W. Apt. A-308
DE PUE, Judith R. (PLP) (William)
3632 520th Ave.
(Excelsior)
Cylinder 50528-8029
DE SILVA, Brent A. (SLP) (Janet)
209 N. 11th St.
(Minerva)
Marshalltown 50158
DETWILER, Susan E. (FE)
1430 Ellis Blvd. N.W.
(C.R., St. James)
1412 Ellis Blvd. N.W.
Cedar Rapids 52405
DE VANCE, Celestyne (FE) (Curtis)
4700 SW 14th St.
(D.M., St. John’s)
7704 Winston Ave.
DE VANCE, Curtis (FE) (Celestyne)
102 Lynwood PO Box 185
(Huxley-Cambridge)
Huxley 50125-0185
7704 Winston Ave.
DEWEBER, Judy A. (FE)
701 Eaton St. PO Box 6
(Dunlap-Dow City)
1007 Montague St.
Dunlap 51529
DICKS, Philip D. (FE) (Connie)
Snow Mountain Ranch (Extension ministries)
YMCA of the Rockies
PO Box 169
Winter Park, CO 80482-0169
DIETTERICH, Inagrace G. (FE) (Paul)
5201 S. Cornell Apt. 21C
Chicago, IL 60615
DIETTERICH, Paul M. (RM) (Inagrace)
5201 S. Cornell Apt. 21C
Chicago, IL 60615
DINNEN, Barbara J. (PE) (Stephen)
7105 Holcomb Ave.
(D.M., Las Americas)
DISBURG, Jon A. (FE) (Leila)
4201 Ashworth Rd., 50265
(West Des Moines, Valley)
1042 Belle Mar Dr.
DISBURG, Leila (FE) (Jon)
4201 Ashworth Rd., 50265
(West Des Moines, Valley)
1042 Belle Mar Dr.
Di SILVESTRO, Martha Hill (FE)
2409 Maple St.
365
515-824-3619
515-438-2007
515-438-2047
515-270-9226
515-246-9944
712-852-9079
641-774-5023
641-774-2489
515-573-5001
515-955-5432
319-366-2643
712-424-3890
641-753-5045
319-363-3119
319-362-3320
515-285-3983
515-278-0276
515-597-2625
515-278-0276
712-643-5612
712-643-5613
970-887-2152
Ext. 4003
970-887-1035
773-324-7164
773-324-7164
515-331-0371
515-225-8128
515-225-8676
515-225-8128
515-225-8676
515-267-0083
366
(Charles)
DOBBINS, Gary H. (AM) (Adrienne)
(Cedar Rapids, Sharon)
DODDER, Robert T. (RM) (Irene)
DODDS, John P. (FE) (Cindy)
(Des Moines, Simpson)
DODGE, Robert D. (FE) (Brenda)
(Britt)
DOSER, Raymond E. (AM) (Dola)
(Fox River Parish: Milton-CantrilMt. Sterling)
DOTSON, James L. (FE) (Rosemary)
(Dubuque, Grand View)
DOWD, John A. (RM)
DOWNING, Charles J. (FE) (Karlina)
(Waterloo, First)
DRAKE, Orris L. (RLP) (Reva Jean)
(Shelby-Persia)
DRAPER, Darrel L. (RM) (Ruth)
DRUHL, Michael P. (FE) (Paddy)
(Belmond)
DRUHL, Paddy L. (AM) (Michael)
(Klemme-Goodell)
DUIT, Warren W. (RM)
DUKE, Ellery H. (FE) (Marsha)
DUNGAN, Karen Nichols (FE)
(Osage)
(Douglass)
DUNN, Richard R. (FE)
(Incapacity leave/West Chester)
DURHAM, Forrest (RLP) (Ellen)
(Harvey-Tracy)
DVORAK, Robert L. (FLP) (Clara)
(Agency-Eldon)
West Des Moines 50265-62088
1809 9th St. S.W.
809 18th Ave. S.W.
Cedar Rapids 52404
216 Cloverdale Dr.
2600 Capitol Ave.
2543 Capitol Ave.
Des Moines 50317
707 4th St. SW
600 5th St. SW
Britt 50423
109 W. Oak St. PO Box 39
106 W. Oak St. PO Box 39
Milton 52570-0039
3342 John Wesley Dr., 52002
49 Cambridge Ct.
Dubuque 52001
1601 N. College Ave. Lot 305
Fort Collins, CO 80524-1233
614 Randolph St., 50702
930 Sunrise Blvd.
Waterloo 50701
237 Pearl St.
Walnut 51577-3007
1208 9th St.
Milford 51351-1617
1031 1st St. SE PO Box 194
Belmond 50421-0194
109 N. 3rd St. PO Box 288
Klemme 50449-0288
PO Box 222
Dumont 50625-0222
D.M. Past. Coun. Center
550 39th St. Suite 100
515 Glenview Dr.
Des Moines 50312
819 Main St.
821 Main St.
Osage 50461
PO Box 83
West Chester 52359-0083
PO Box 623
Oskaloosa 52577-0623
119 N. College PO Box 307
120 N. Wapello PO Box 377
Agency 52530
515-267-0065
319-364-3688
319-363-1016
712-328-3206
515-262-7518
515-265-1703
641-843-3523
641-843-3486
641-656-4280
641-656-4664
563-582-8875
563-582-8915
970-221-2454
319-235-7088
319-234-4565
712-784-3490
712-338-4924
641-444-3491
641-587-2540
641-444-3492
641-857-6205
515-274-4006
515-279-5408
641-732-4850
641-732-5167
319-698-7005
641-673-4562
641-937-5216
641-937-5202
E
EASTLAND, Allen C. (RM) (Louise)
EASTMAN, Patricia M. (FLP) (Larry)
(Waterloo, St. Paul’s)
9309 W. Glen Oaks Circle
Sun City, AZ 85351-1407
207 W. Louise St.
307 W. Louise St.
602-875-9220
319-232-4790
319-233-8257
ROLLS
Waterloo 50703
26 Ave B West PO Box 446
15 Arnolds Entrance Box 446
Lake Park 51347-0446
EBERHART, Diane (FD) (Leonard)
916 5th Ave.
(Grinnell)
110 14th Ave.
Grinnell 50112
EBERHART, Leonard M. (FE) (Diane)
916 5th Ave.
(Grinnell)
110 14th Ave.
Grinnell 50112
EILDERS, Judy (FD)
PO Box 2065
(Cedar Rapids, St. Paul’s, Assoc.)
Cedar Rapids 52406
2109 Ellis Rd. NW Apt. 3
Cedar Rapids 52405
EIS, Richard L. (RM) (Betty)
22489 Route W40
Bonaparte 52620-8045
ELDER, Terri L. (FE)
1330 Spruce Hills Dr.
(Bettendorf, Community of Joy)
Bettendorf 52722
3352 E. Kimberly Rd. Apt. 271
Davenport 52807
ELDER, Vern D. (RLP) (Lorene)
1 Pennslyvania PL Apt. 307
Ottumwa 52501-2177
ELDRENKAMP, Howard J. (RM)
3520 Grand Ave. Apt. 51B
(Florence)
ELDRIDGE, Russell D., Jr. (RAM) (Doris)2305 McKinley St.
Perry 50220-2020
ELLERBECK, Clifton W. (RM) (Marjorie) 2735 N 15th PL
ELLINGSON, Arley Q. (FE) (Peggy)
PO Box 37
(Elgin-Illyria Comm.)
Elgin 52141-0037
702 Lovers Lane Ct. PO Box 164
Fayette 52142
ELLINGSON, Peggy (PM) (Arley)
207 E. Clark St. PO Box 278
(Fayette)
702 Lovers Lane Ct. PO Box 164
Fayette 52142
ELLIOTT, Edgar R. (FE) (Jill)
PO Box 608
(Extension ministries/Stanwood Union) Cedar Rapids 52406-0608
308 N. Gill St.
Monticello 52310-1437
ELLSON, Michael D. (FLP) (Kristine)
823 Summit St. PO Box 283
(Center Point-Alice-Urbana)
809 Summit St.
Center Point 52213
ELLSWORTH, Dale E. (RM) (Jimmie)
2738 Clearview Dr.
Rock Face, GA 30740-9439
ELMORE, Michael (AM) (Coleen)
1433 Wilson Ave. S.W.
(Leave of absence pending incapacity)
ELRICK, Gordon G. (RAM) (Lucy)
1743 NW 103rd St.
Clive 50325
ELRICK, Lucy (RAM) (Gordon)
1743 NW 103rd St.
Clive 50325
ELROD, Lynn (AM) (Debra)
1403 24th St.
(Ames, Calvary)
2300 Fillmore Ave.
Ames 50010
EN TIN, Tamara (ODM)
509 Elm St.
EBBERS, Christopher E. (FE) (DeLyte)
(Harris-Lake Park)
367
712-832-3361
712-832-3261
641-236-3757
641-236-4990
641-236-3757
641-236-4990
319-363-2058
319-654-0118
319-592-3419
563-344-0974
563-355-3423
515-683-3273
515-271-6500
515-465-4894
515-955-8173
563-426-3151
563-425-3098
563-425-4126
563-425-3098
319-892-6301
319-849-2518
319-849-2142
319-363-6153
515-440-0438
515-440-0438
515-232-6329
515-232-4506
368
(Shared Ministry of Rolfe)
ERBE, Joan (RAM)
ERICSON, Denton W. (RM) (Elaine)
ERVIN, Alberta K. (FE)
(Denison)
ERVIN, Joan (TPS)
(Cincinnati-Unionville)
EVANS, Paul (FE) (Sandra)
(Kingsley)
EYRES, Leland C. (RM) (Marlene)
Rolfe 50581-1114
918 15th St. S.W.
Cedar Rapids 52404
762 40th St.
113 S. 14th St.
228 N. 12th St.
Denison 51442
508 E. Washington St. Apt. 4
Centerville 52544-1545
305 Barre St. PO Box 427
307 Barre St.
Kingsley 51028
2207 W. Hayes St.
319-363-7498
515-221-9786
712-263-2934
712-263-2929
641-856-4443
712-378-2743
712-378-2430
563-386-5737
F
FARIS, Richard H. (FE) (Janice)
FARR, Robert G. (RM) (Helen)
FARREN, Pamela J. (AM) (Dean)
(Incapacity leave)
FERGUSON, Chrisa L. (FE) (Kenneth)
(Leave of absence pending incapacity)
FERGUSON, Duane U. (RAM)
(Rose Marie)
FERGUSON, Dwayne L. (FE) (Janice)
(Audubon)
FERGUSON, Kenneth M. (FE) (Chrisa)
(Carroll)
FERNANDEZ, DANILO G. (FE)
(Corwith-Wesley)
(Rodilla)
FIELD, Gilbert M. (RM)
FINEHOUT, Clark L. (FE) (Susan)
(Creston)
FINERAN, Kenneth A. (RM) (Regina)
FINNESTAD, Craig A. (PE) (Amber)
(Appointed to school)
FISHER, Vicki L. (PE) (Mark)
(Graettinger)
FIX, Charles J. (RM) (Patricia)
FLAGG, Jeffrey L. (FLP) (Lynne)
(Pleasantville-Melcher/Dallas)
500 E. Court Ave. Ste. C
495 S. 51st St. Unit 14
837 330th St
Woodward 50276-8134
700 Knoll Ave.
Waterloo 50701
1717 N. Main St.
Carroll 51401-1531
131 E. 11th St.
428 Washington PO Box 29
308 Chicago
Audubon 50025
1717 N. Main St.
Carroll 51401-1531
214 Clinton St. PO Box 246
212 Clinton St. PO Box 191
Corwith 50430
7505 Parkview Dr.
Bonham, TX 75418-5277
400 N. Elm St. PO Box 265
1004 N. Vine St.
Creston 50801
1810 McKinley Dr.
Northfield, MN 55057-3047
204 N. Maple Apt. 2
Wilmore, KY 40390-1186
404 Robins St. PO Box 88
306 Brown St. PO Box 88
Graettinger 51342-0088
2513 Francis Sites Dr.
104 S. Columbus PO Box 187
205 N. Sunset Po Box 218
515-283-1991
515-224-5826
515-676-2472
319-226-5194
712-792-2255
319-465-5199
712-563-3342
712-563-2397
712-792-2255
515-583-2122
515-583-2142
214-583-8903
641-782-2427
641-782-7553
507-645-8437
712-859-3763
712-859-3875
515-848-5828
515-848-5529
ROLLS
369
Pleasantville 50225
36418 Pinoak Rd.
712-483-2990
36440 Pinoak Rd.
712-741-5683
Hancock 51536-4074
FLANIGAN, Lewis S. (AM) (Pamela)
310 N. Elm St.
563-547-2782
(Cresco-Zion)
Cresco 52136-1452
563-547-1174
FLETCHER, Darleen F. (RLP) (John)
2413 Avenue A
712-328-1389
FLORENDO, Josue L. (FE) (Norma)
Atwater UM Church
(Apptd. California-Nevada)
2550 Linden St.
Atwater, CA 95301-2896
FLYR, Jill C. Carlson (FE) (Al)
Locust & Division PO Box 125
515-674-3782
(Colfax)
15 S. Locust PO Box 125
515-674-3125
Colfax 50054-0125
FORD, James M. (RM) (Sally)
4800 McEachern Way
770-222-4759
Powder Springs, GA 30127-4745
FOSTER, Robert D. (RAM) (Kay)
2041 Corning/Carl Rd.
712-779-0102
PO Box 102
Corning 50841
FOUKE, James W. (RM) (June)
3030 Ensign Ave S
Saint Louis Park, MN 55426-2921
FOWLER, W. Robert (RM) (Ruth)
165 Blackwater Rd. Apt. 26
603-427-1323
Somersworth, NH 03878-1229
603-749-0170
FOXWORTHY, Herbert H. (RM) (Bonnie) 422 Cedar St.
515-432-0653
(Napier)
Boone 50036-3720
FRALEY, Esta M. (PLP) (Clint)
2360 490th St.
712-283-2588
(Varina)
Sioux Rapids 50585-7515
FRANK, Blair S. (FE) (Sue)
400 3rd Ave. S.W., 52404
319-362-5259
(Cedar Rapids, Trinity)
1276 Skylark Dr. S.E.
319-383-6213
Cedar Rapids 52403
FRANK, Donald D. (RM)
304 S 8th St
515-462-3290
(Apr-Oct)
Winterset 50273-2035
(Oct-Apr)
2300 E. Highway 83 #471
956-447-8399
Weslaco, TX 78596-8378
FRANK, Edward E. (FE) (Kristine)
712-755-5172
(Harlan-Monroe Chapel)
1609 22nd St.
712-733-8685
Harlan 51537
FRANK, Kristine A. Molle (FE-LFT)
801 Bradford PO Box 286
712-824-7368
(Emerson-Wesley Chapel) (Edward) Emerson 51533
1609 22nd St.
712-733-8685
Harlan 51537
FRASER, MARY (FE) (Paul)
1420 Woodland Ave.
515-244-2994
Des Moines 50309
8811 Hammontree Cir.
515-334-0217
Urbandale 50322
FREDERIKSEN, Paul E. (FE)
700 11th Ave. N.E. PO Box 10
712-754-2624
(Sibley-Ocheyedan)
(Jane Moen) Sibley 51249-0010
712-758-3152
1019 6th St. NE
712-754-3303
Sibley 51249
FRESE, Jeffrey R. (FE) (Millie)
9 N. 5th Ave.
641-752-0738
(Marshalltown, Grace)
1911 Edgebrook Dr.
641-753-5355
Marshalltown 50158
FREVERT, Maurice M. (RM) (Louise)
820 Bourland Ave.
319-235-8033
Waterloo 50702
FLANEGIN, Judy E. (OCE) (Mike)
(Silver Creek-Hancock)
370
1403 W. 2nd St. N.
Newton 50208
103 W. Michigan St.
101 W. Michigan St.
Lenox 50851
FURMAN, Barbara R. (FE-LFT) (James) 1548 Greens Way CT NE
(Mission of Hope, Cedar Rapids)
FRISTAD, Kalen K. (FE) (Darlene)
(Leave of absence)
FRIZZELL, Donald J. (FLP)
(Lenox-Mercer Center)
641-787-9040
641-521-9062
641-333-2860
641-333-2394
319-393-5765
G
GABLE, J. Winton (RM) (Virginia)
GAILEY, Carol (ODM) (Karl Schiltz)
(Schaller)
GALLO-SEAGREN, Lilian (FE) (Kirk)
(Guthrie Center-Bowman Chapel)
GAMBLE, Robert H. (RM) (Anita)
GANZEL, Stanley A. (RM)
(Martha Louise)
GARDINER, Homer E. (RM)
GARRETT, C. Dendy (RM) (Eleanor)
GARRETT, Laurence L. (RM)
GARRISON, Karen (PE) (Len)
(Diagonal-Arispe-Shannon City)
GARRISON, Len (FLP) (Karen)
(Clearfield-Sharpsburg)
GATES, Kim A. (PE)
(Hedrick/Martinsburg)
GAUL, Jonathan D. (FE) (Anita)
(S.C., Grace)
GAULKE, John V. (AM)
(Mediapolis-Sperry)
GEIGER, William F. (FE) (Mary)
GEISLER, Milton L. (RM)
GERDES, Egon W.D. (RM)
GERR, Dorothy C. (PLP)
(Viola)
GEORGE, Elliott C. (OCE)
(Fort Madison, First and Montrose)
PO Box 640
Las Vegas, NM 87701-0640
PO Box 116
712-275-4247
Early 50535-0116
712-273-5243
405 Prairie St.
641-747-3560
403 Prairie St.
641-747-3963
Guthrie Center 50115
595 S. 60th St.
515-267-1272
1485 S. Kittredge St.
Aurora, CO 80017-4057
Bldg. 2 Condo 303
1800 S.E. Saint Lucie Blvd.
Stuart, FL 34996-4292
Wesley Grand Apartments
515-271-6866
3524 Grand Ave. Apt. 301
Des Moines 50312
800 Morningside Dr.
319-753-9826
Burlington 52601-1508
400 Adams PO Box 74
641-734-5704
Diagonal 50845
641-336-2863
PO Box 88
641-336-2852
Clearfield 50840
641-336-2863
203 N. Spring PO Box 197
641-653-4477
308 N. Waugh St.
641-653-2442
Hedrick 52563
1735 Morningside Ave.
712-276-3452
3217 S. Cypress St.
712-276-8835
Sioux City 51106
601 North PO Box 38
319-394-3131
605 Columbia PO Box 38
319-394-3546
Mediapolis 52637-0038
Simpson College
515-961-1664
1311 E. Euclid
515-961-7641
Indianola 50125
6209 Mineral Point Rd. Apt. 321 608-230-3030
Madison, WI 53705-4550
12950 Meadow View Ct. Unit 205 847-961-5361
Huntley, IL 60142-8033
5440 Sioux Ave S.E.
319-339-4905
510 9th St.
319-372-6426
211 Crescent Ln
319-372-5017
Fort Madison 52627
ROLLS
GIBSON, George E. (RM) (Sally)
1393 S. 33rd Dr. (Oct.)
Yuma, AZ 85364-9137
929 28th St. (Apr.)
GIESE, Karl J. (RM) (Barbara)
410 Chavez Ln
Silver City, NM 88061-4651
GILBERT, Charles D. (RM) (Alta)
54 Hill Dr.
Milford 51351-9609
GILBERT, Dennis L. (FE)(Gayle Hartwig)702 S. Main PO Box 280
(Monona-Giard)
101 Howard St.
Monona 52159
GILDNER, Robert V. (RM) (Arlie)
5107 Fairfax Dr. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114-4307
GILLAN, Marilee “Wendi” (FE)
302 Cedar Ave. PO Box 575
(Swea City)
608 First Ave. PO Box 575
Swea City 50590-0575
GILLESPIE, Harlan D. (FE) (Deb)
2675 Washington St.
(Iowa City, St. Mark’s)
2625 Washington St.
GINGERICH, Kevin D. (FE) (Susan)
401 E. North St. PO Box 166
(Bloomfield-Drakesville)
422 N. Madison
Bloomfield 52537
GJERDE, Wayne R. (RM) (Helen)
304 Crane Ave.
Ames 50010-3419
GLADFELDER, Kermit C. (RAM)
210 W. Terry St.
(Rosalie)
GLENN-BURNS, David M. (FE) (Jaymee) 2422 College St
1902 W. 3rd St
Cedar Falls 50613
GLENN-BURNS, Jaymee L. (FE-LFT)
3220 Terrace Dr
(C.F., St. Timothy’s Assoc.)
(David) 1902 W 3rd St
Cedar Falls 50613
GLESENER, Kevin J. (FE) (Teresa)
200 E. Market St. PO Box 70
(New Sharon)
204 E. Market St.
New Sharon 50207
GOBELI, David L. (AM) (Sandra)
571 100th St.
(Morgan-Bradford-Lee Center)
Dows 50071-8027
GOCHENOUER, James W. (FE) (Myra) PO Box 368
(Ruthven-Ayrshire)
Ruthven 51358-0368
GOLDMAN, June (NA-SCLS)
24113 178th St.
(Fostoria)
(Karl Kiilsholm)
Okoboji 51355-2549
GOODALL, Brenda K. (PE)
1001 Oregon St.
(Muscatine, Fellowship UMC)
2407 57th St.
Muscatine 52761
GOODFELLOW, Karl E. (FE-LFT)
PO Box 236
(Preston-Sabula)
(Elizabeth)
Miles 52064
GOULD, Herbert R. (RM) (Dorothy)
1501 Cummins Pkwy
GOULD, Richard (FE) (Delores)
102 E. Main PO Box 56
(Epworth)
107 1st St. PO Box 56
Epworth 52045-0056
GRAM, Maxine (TPS)
802 9th Ave. N.W.
(East Janesville)
Waverly 50677-1406
GRAN, Mary Alice (FD)
PO Box 340003
371
928-539-0347
515-226-0675
505-534-4848
712-338-2941
563-539-2988
563-539-2225
505-898-0438
515-272-4260
515-272-4327
319-337-7201
319-338-5565
641-664-3206
641-664-2206
515-268-1983
641-856-6791
319-266-4071
319-268-0292
319-266-0464
319-268-0292
641-637-2561
641-637-4261
515-852-3394
515-852-4713
712-837-4623
712-837-4838
712-332-5811
563-263-1661
563-263-2718
563-682-7824
515-279-7595
563-876-3193
563-876-5524
319-352-4545
615-340-7143
372
1341 Timber Valley Dr.
GRANT, Henry B. (FE) (Georgia)
705 Chestnut PO Box 204
(Minburn)
722 Chestnut PO Box 185
Minburn 50167
GRAVES, Sarah “Sallie” (ODM-INT)
201 N. Ellis St. PO Box 208
(Keota United Church of Faith-Bethel)
Keota 52248-0208
GRAY, Dale E. (RAM) (Yvonne)
35 Friendly Lane
Ottumwa 52501-4509
GREEN, Francine J. (FE)
201 E. High St.
(Toledo Christ)
106 N. Elm St.
Toledo 52342
GREEN, Harold J. (FE) (Kathleen)
400 Iowa Ave., 52761-3820
(Muscatine, Wesley)
715 W. 3rd St.
GREEN, Mary K. (FE) (Fritz Kruger)
421 W. Broadway PO Box 101
(Eagle Grove)
1306 N.W. 1st St.
Eagle Grove 50533
GREEN, Merton B. (RM)
3520 Grand Ave. Apt C106
GREENWOOD, Frank L. (RM) (Priscilla) 114 Southfield Dr.
Webster City 50595
GRIFFIN, Don E. (RM) (Frances)
71213 Caron Dr.
Trenton, MO 64683-7560
GRIFFIN, Robert A. (RM) (Muriel)
410 N. K St.
GROSVENOR, Dwight F. (FE) (Cheryl) 500 3rd St. PO Box 275
(Lohrville-Lanesboro)
Lohrville 51453
GROTEWOLD, W Scott (FE) (Susan)
2622 Lincoln Way, 50014
(Ames, Collegiate-Wesley Found.)
5243 Thackeray Ave.
Ames 50010
GROVES, John L. (RM) (Virginia)
2025 E. Lincoln St. Apt. 2325
Bloomington, IL 61701-1995
GUBSER, James C. (FE) (Dorothy)
(Shenandoah)
505 5th Ave.
Shenandoah 51601
GUFFEY-LEWIS, Sharon S. (ODM)
(Steve Lewis) (Lewis United)
Lewis 51544
GUINN, Chester L. (RM)
1041 8th St.
GULL, P. Kirby (RM) (Rosanne)
5631 Kingman Ave.
GUNDERSON, Lynn (AM) (Rachel)
PO Box 202
(Zearing)
Zearing 50278-0202
GUTZMER, Jason K. (FLP) (Jennifer)
201 W. Grand St. PO Box 1017
(Hinton-Merrill, Melbourne)
203 S. 1st Ave.
Hinton 51024
GUY, Eric P. (FE) (Susan)
3205 89th St.
615-340-7143
515-677-2254
515-677-2320
641-636-3825
641-684-6734
641-484-3564
641-484-2965
563-263-1596
563-263-4383
515-448-4701
515-448-4702
515-271-6634
515-832-5009
660-789-3685
515-962-0755
712-465-2875
712-465-2885
515-292-6936
515-292-1731
309-664-2023
712-246-2081
712-246-4663
712-769-2549
712-769-2241
515-282-8054
515-274-3491
641-487-7313
641-487-7485
712-947-4553
712-947-4551
515-283-1991
515-331-1880
373
ROLLS
H
HAHN, Samuel J. (RM) (Juanita)
(Moscow)
HAIDER, Clifford R. (RM) (Jane)
423 Terrace Rd.
4415 Cameron Swing
Pleasant Hill 50327-0943
HALL, John L. (PE) (Linda)
304 McMartin PO Box 17
(Beaman-Albion)
310 McMartin PO Box 17
Beaman 50609
HALL, Max I. (RM) (Marylea)
2808 S. 13th St.
HALL, Ronald E. (AM) (Janet)
4100 E. Sheridan Ave.
(D.M., Sheridan Park-Capitol Heights)
4109 74th St.
Urbandale 50322
HALL, Scott C. (RM) (Phyllis)
5508 S 37th Terrace
Saint Joseph, MO 64503-2228
HAMILTON, Keith E. (RM) (Marilynn)
1070 W. Jefferson St.
HAMILTON, Marilynn L. (RM) (Keith)
Franklin, IN 46131-2179
HAMPTON, Raymond G. (FE) (Rhonda) 531 W. Main St.
(Cherokee)
111 Chief St.
Cherokee 51012
HANCOCK, Eugene H. (RM) (Marna)
310 5th Ave. S.E.
Independence 50644
HANDKE, Karen (ODM) (Tom)
3816 Danbury Blacktop
(Smithland-Rodney-Oto)
Mapleton 51034-8011
HANFORD, Jack T. (RM) (Marilyn)
17220 Valley
Big Rapids, MI 49307-9523
HANKE, James F., Jr. (FE) (Miriam)
Olsen Student Center Box 548
(Superintendent, Sioux City District)
3609 Peters Ave.
3308 Chalet Ct.
Sioux City 51106
HANSEL, Penny K.W. (RM) (Cletus)
1018 N. 3rd St.
Guttenberg 52052
HANSEN, E. Paul (RM) (Lucille)
531 West Lane
(Fostoria)
Spencer 51301-3063
HANSEN, Garold H. (PLP) (Nancy)
408 Main St.
(Hope Parish, Assoc.)
Bagley 50026-1000
HANSEN, Steven J. (FE) (Janet)
723 Washington St.
(Cedar Falls, First, Assoc.)
718 Clay St.
Cedar Falls 50613
FAX
HANSON, Glen C. (FLP)
400 N.E. 56th St.
(Pleasant Hill, Oakwood, Assoc.)
300 S. Hickory Blvd.
Pleasant Hill 50327
HANSON, Norris P. (RM) (Kathryn)
2708 1st St. SW
Mason City 50401-1533
HANTLA, John P., Jr. (RM) (Ruth)
33097 Gypsum Ave.
HARDING, Douglas P. (FE) (Linda)
333 Brower St., 50579-1703
(Rockwell City-Jolley)
216 E. Lake St.
Rockwell City 50579-1608
HARMAN, Karl (ODM)
401 E. Bridge St. PO Box L
(Anthon-Rock Branch)
405 E. Bridge St.
Anthon 51004-0602
319-351-1877
515-266-5371
641-366-2142
641-366-2602
712-323-1774
515-266-6404
515-278-0856
816-390-9237
317-736-1286
712-225-3955
712-225-1248
319-334-3851
712-827-4430
616-796-3202
712-274-5402
712-276-0391
563-252-2560
712-580-0109
641-427-5435
319-266-1713
319-266-6224
319-266-1715
515-262-6007
515-265-7862
641-424-9138
712-239-3495
712-297-7911
712-297-8543
712-373-5288
374
HARMON, Roger Q. (FE) (Judith)
Samaritan Counseling Center
17555 El Camino Real
Houston, TX 77058-3031
HARRELL, LaTonya P. (ODM)
1621 E. 4th St.
(Waterloo, Calvary-Evansdale,
Waterloo 50703-3008
St. Mark’s-Raymond)
737 1st St.
Evansdale 50707-2115
HARRIS, Frederic G. (RM) (Winifred)
1508A Orchard Meadow Dr
Burlington 52601
HARRYMAN, Harold E. (RAM) (Ethel)
13985 Elm St.
Douds 52551-8101
HARTLEY, Lawrence J. (RM) (Leanne) 1673 13th Ave. N.
(Woolstock-Vincent)
HARTMAN, Kenneth J., Sr. (FLP)
101 N. Pearl PO Box 26
(New Life Parish)
406 W. Mast St.
Wayland 52654
HARY, Joann H. Nielsen (FE) (Robert) 204 E Pine PO Box J
(Winfield-Spring Run)
402 S. Walnut PO Box J
Winfield 52659
HARY, Robert A. (AM) (Joann)
402 S. Walnut PO Box J
(Mt. Union-Wesley Chapel)
Winfield 52659
HASEL, Paul F. (RM) (Patricia)
2272 244th St.
Ventura 50482-8923
HASLER, Beulah D. “Dot” (FE)
(Hudson)
Hudson 50643-0146
HATTEN, Ted L. (FE) (Lana)
PO Box 518
(Indianola, Center Chapel-Farmers Ch.) 900 W. Iowa Ave.
Indianola 50125
HAVERLAND, Mark A. (FE)
3852 NW 90th Pl
(Leave of absence)
Polk City 50226
HAWKINS, Frederick C. (PLP) (Marilyn) 2645 210th St.
(Kellerton-Beaconsfield-Grand River)
Mount Ayr 50854-8810
HAWLEY, Robert G., Jr. (FE) (Barbara) 4750 N. Sheridan Rd., 60640
2137 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645-4914
HEATH, Mark D. (FE)
2103 N. 92nd Ave. Apt. 9
(Leave of absence)
Omaha, NE 68134-5933
HECK, Dennis R. (FE)
Jefferson Memorial Hosp.
Box 350 (mail)
Crystal City, MO 63019-0350
HELLER, Valarie A. (PE)
(Sioux City, Grace, Assoc.)
2517 S. Olive St.
Sioux City 51106
HEMBRY, John J. (AM) (Judy)
PO Box 571
(Dayton-Harcourt)
Dayton 50530-0571
HENRICHS, Dwayne (TPS) (Darlene)
2025 Velvet Ave
(Hopeville-Lacelle)
Thayer 50254-8306
HENRICHS, Marilyn (RFD)
222 N.W. Arlan Dr.
Ankeny 50221-2204
HENRY, Charles S. (RM) (Harriet)
3319 Vilura Pkwy
HENRY, Roger B. (FE) (Doris)
413 E. Butler Ave.
(Manchester)
722 E. Butler Ave.
281-480-7554
281-488-8453
319-233-5444
319-233-5444
319-753-6661
641-936-4461
515-576-8629
319-256-4291
319-256-6161
319-257-6741
319-257-3179
319-357-3179
641-829-4406
319-988-3776
319-988-4379
515-961-6637
515-961-0444
515-964-4000
641-783-2363
641-464-2597
773-769-6363
Ext. 204
773-274-5003
712-830-1767
314-933-1226
314-937-1293
712-276-3452
712-266-8442
515-547-2225
515-547-2390
515-338-2248
515-964-2858
515-255-6747
563-927-4439
563-927-6478
375
ROLLS
HENSEN, Donald R. (RM) (Dorothy)
HERBST, Arnold T. (RM)
HERNDON, Daniel J. (RM) (Cindy)
HERSEY, Thomas D. (RLP)
HERSHEY, Anthony N. (FLP)
(Dows-Alexander-Dows Presb.)
HESSELTINE, Lester R. (RLP) (Doris)
HIBBEN, M. Scott (FE) (Bess)
(Pleasant Hill, Oakwood)
HICKMAN, Cynthia (SLP) (David)
HIEBERT, William J. (FE)
HIGDON, Dave L. (RM) (Dorothy)
HILL, Arthur L. (RM) (Edythe)
HILL, Edythe (RAM) (Arthur)
HJELMAAS, Roy A. (RAM) (Cathy)
HOBBS, David R. (FLP)
(Faith, Assoc.)
HOBSON, Brenda Hunter (FD) (Keith)
(Not appointed)
HOBSON, Donald G. (RM) (Carol)
HODSON, Donald L. (FE) (Kathryn)
(Washington)
HOEHNS, K. Wayne (RM) (Esther)
HOFER, Maynard P. (FE) (Stephanie)
HOFF, Jerry E. (FLP) (Karen)
(Fontanelle-Highland)
HOFF, Karen S. (FLP) (Jerry)
(Atlantic, Assoc. & Marne-Buck Creek)
Manchester 52057
204 Evergreen St. (April)
Shenandoah 51601-1432
14751 Brookridge Blvd. (Oct.)
Brooksville, FL 34613
14 Eastview Dr.
225 Niagara Dr.
Waterloo 50701
712 W. North St.
Moravia 52571
PO Box 19
Dows 50071
912 Rapids St.
Adel 50003-1456
400 N.E. 56th St.
387 N. Hickory Blvd.
Pleasant Hill 50327
720 Grand Ave.
900 45th St.
1800 3rd Ave.
1450 18th Ave. Apt. C4
Rock Island, IL 61201
7035 Boxwood Ln N.E.
212 W. Marion St.
212 W. Marion St.
15332 3rd St.
Clear Lake 50428-9145
1199 N. Terry #156 (Oct.-Apr.)
Eugene, OR 97402-1434
311 1st Ave. N. PO Box 647
309 1st Ave. N.
Humboldt 50548
21101 620th Ave.
Nevada 50201
2391 Belleflower Dr.
Alliance, OH 44601-4839
206 W. 2nd St.
807 S. 13th Ave.
Washington 52353
1422 Cutler Ave.
St. Mary’s Medical Center
3801 Spring St.
Racine, WI 53405-1667
PO Box 256
204 Washington St. PO Box 306
Fontanelle 50846
%First UMC
800 Poplar St.
712-246-3090
352-597-1436
712-276-1008
319-239-1733
641-724-3433
515-852-3325
515-852-3566
515-993-4910
515-262-6007
515-266-9708
515-279-0826
515-224-7181
309-786-4491
309-788-0364
319-294-1161
641-828-2060
641-828-2060
641-357-3741
515-332-2083
515-332-2554
515-382-3341
216-823-7937
319-653-5446
319-653-6767
515-287-0712
262-687-4595
641-745-8981
641-745-4141
712-243-3156
712-745-4141
376
Atlantic 50022-1617
PO Box 370
Tabor 51653-0370
1209 Roosevelt Dr.
Atlantic 50022-2319
HOLDORF, Robert R. (FE) (Jacqueline) 1201 230th St. PO Box 234
(Waverly, Heritage)
310 Brown Lane
Waverly 50677
HOLLAR, Carolyn J. (FLP) (Gary)
300 Sellers St. PO Box 217
(Quimby-Washta)
306 Plain St. PO Box 217
Quimby 51049
HOLMAN, Todd L. (FLP) (Judy)
PO Box 18
(Fremont-Cedar)
Fremont 52561-0018
HOLMES, David R. (RM)
209 North Ave.
HOLMES, Scott G. (RM) (Carole)
PO Box 302
(Newell)
Newell 50568
2616 Center Lake Dr.
Spirit Lake 51360
HOMAN, Vincent D. (PLP) (Vicki)
PO Box 501
(What Cheer-Delta)
What Cheer 50268-0501
HOOPER, Kay (FE)
1812 Gary Ave.
(Spirit Lake)
2508 Jackson Circle
Spirit Lake 51360
HOOTEN, Jack R. (RM)
1575 W. Broadview Ct.
PO Box 254
Ely 52227
HOOVER, Diana (FE) (Lee)
4700 Johnson Ave. N.W.
(Cedar Rapids, St. Mark’s)
2813 Camelot Ave. N.W.
Cedar Rapids 52405
HOOVER, Joan S. (RM) (Robert)
2559 Quincy Rd. NE
Solon 52333-9680
HOOVER, Lorinda H.M. (FE)
415 6th St.
(Family Leave) (James A.H. Mossman) Rockwell City 50595-1350
HOOVER, Robert W., Jr. (RM) (Jo)
2559 Quincy Rd. NE
Solon 52333-9680
HOPES, Dennis R. (FLP) (Diana)
214 W. 2nd PO Box 176
(Sutherland-Larrabee)
304 W. 2nd PO Box 206
Sutherland 51058
HORRAS, Mary B. (FLP) (Donald)
106 W. South St. PO Box 152
(Richland)
104 W. South St. PO Box 152
Richland 52585
HOTLE, Thomas E. (RM) (Mildred)
407 Essex St.
HOWE, Merlen F. (RM) (Judy)
700 Jagged Rock
Cedar Park, TX 78613
HOWERTON, John D. (PLP)
1068 Rainbow Blvd.
(Palo)
Hiawatha 52233-1936
HOWLAND, Ray C. (RM)
853 Belton Dr.
(Renata Alexandre)
HOYLE, Lowell (RM) (Joyce)
805 N. Court
Toledo 52342
HOYT, Gary W. (FE) (Melanie)
475 68th St.
HOFMOCKEL, Jack D. (SLP) (Melissa)
(Tabor-Randolph)
HOHL, Richard T. (RAM) (Sara)
712-625-3811
712-243-4445
319-352-1776
319-352-0139
712-445-2253
712-445-2654
641-933-4731
641-933-4595
712-323-6781
712-272-3727
712-336-8490
641-634-2205
641-622-3274
712-336-3115
712-336-4343
319-848-8178
319-396-6361
319-396-2732
319-624-5078
712-297-8381
319-624-5078
712-446-3658
712-446-3655
319-456-2251
319-456-3105
712-276-9398
512-260-8276
319-491-8113
319-393-5029
615-279-6978
641-484-8126
515-537-5262
377
ROLLS
(West Des Moines, Jordan Creek)
HUDDLESTON, Henry W., Jr. (RM)
HUGHES-HARGRAVES, Donna (FE)
(Eldridge)
HULSE, Marvin L. (RM) (Jean)
HURD, Morris C. (FE)
(Marengo)
HWANG, Hyo Nam (FE)
210 Melrose Dr.
Waukee 50263
1742 Gard Ave.
Schaller 51053-7418
604 S. 2nd St. PO Box 78
212 W. Spring St.
Eldridge 52748
FAX
3127 18th Avenue N.
895 Court Ave
1215 Howard Ave. PO Box 211
Marengo 52301
4032 Rohret Rd.
Iowa City 52240
515-987-3210
712-275-4649
563-285-4314
563-508-7070
563-285-5548
515-955-4446
319-642-3146
319-642-3163
319-337-8397
I
ILES, Richard A. (FE) (Peggy)
(Fenton-Good Hope-Burt)
IMLAY, Harry L. (RLP) (Lois)
(Fort Dodge, Riverside)
ISAACSON, Clifford E. (RM) (Kathleen)
PO Box 24
Fenton 50539-0024
2935 Franklin Ave.
Eagle Grove 50533-8024
931 E. Oak
Algona 50511
515-889-2287
515-889-2373
515-448-4037
515-295-2563
J
JAECKEL, Judy (NA-SCLS)
(Millerton-Sewal-New Zion)
JAMES, Carol L. (OCAM)
(S.C., Trimble)
JAMES, Vincent L. (RM) (Amelia)
JAMIESON, Phil (OCE-LFT) (Janet)
(East Dubuque, Wesley)
JAMISON, Karmen (NA-SCLS) (John)
(Clarence and Wyoming)
JANES, Michael D. (FE) (Jen)
(LeMars, Calvary-Seney)
JANSSEN, Marlene (PLP)
(Amish Circuit)
JAYNE, Carlos C., Jr. (RM)
(Betsy Armstrong-Jayne)
JENKINS, J. Bill (RM) (Carol)
JENKINS, Richard L. (FE) (Pamela)
(Jesup)
JENKS, Daniel G. (FE) (Susan)
JENNINGS, Chad E. (PE) (Wendy)
(Glidden)
2196 Newton Rd.
Corydon 50060
1424 27th St.
1416 27th St.
Sioux City 51104
15310 4th St
1125 Victoria PL
Dubuque 52003-8724
9617 60th Ave.
Wyoming 52362-7602
901 3rd Ave. S.E.
418 Lee Dr.
Le Mars 51031
2320 Rice Ridge Ln N.E.
North Liberty 52317
3523 SW 37th St
PO Box 757
Marshall, MN 56258
645 Christopher Circle
Jesup 50648
541 Huebner Apt. 29
Fort Riley, KS 66442
110 E. Highway 30 PO Box 449
608 Colorado St.
712-252-2883
712-255-5766
641-357-3174
563-556-9241
563-488-2510
712-546-4037
712-546-6513
319-335-5253
515-285-5383
507-929-3683
319-827-1675
319-827-1138
785-784-1303
712-659-3807
712-659-3806
378
Glidden 51443
1200 2nd St. SW Apt 215
Clarion 50525-2084
JENSEN, Richard S. (FE) (Mary)
1000 1st Ave N PO Box 104
(Northwood)
1004 1st Ave N PO Box 104
Northwood 50459-0104
JEWELL, John (ODM) (Janell)
632 Crown Line Dr.
(East Dubuque Wesley)
Epworth 52045-9800
JOHANNESEN, Wendy Trone (SLP)
(Thompson)
(Bob)
Thompson 50478
1444 S.E. 7th St.
JOHNSON, Amy M. (SLP) (Jaye)
PO Box 135
(Calamus-Grand Mound)
PO Box 294
Grand Mound 52751
JOHNSON, Anita M. (FE)(Dave Gardner) 512 4th St.
(Traer)
506 5th St.
Traer 50675
JOHNSON, Charles J. (TPS)
1508 7th Ave.
(Chelsea)
Belle Plaine 52208-1545
JOHNSON, Donald E. (RODM) (Muriel) 1411 375 th Ave.
(Huntington)
Estherville 51334
JOHNSON, J. Donald (RM) (Marileen)
4657 Cordoba Way
Oceanside, CA 92056-5105
JOHNSON, Jaye J (SLP) (Amy)
PO Box 135
(Calamus-Grand Mound)
PO Box 294
Grand Mound 52751
JOHNSON, Loyd E. (RM) (Renee)
3331 Floyd Line St
Nashua 50658
JOHNSON, Ricky K. (FE) (Paula)
501 2nd PO Box 137
(Lakes)
312 Ash PO Box 137
Lake View 51450-137
JOHNSON, William R. (RM) (Ann)
5522 Sanibel Dr.
Minnetonka, MN 55343-4336
JOHNSTON, Jessica J. (FLP)
703 Arden St. PO Box 206
(Boone, First, Assoc.)
204 W. 8th St.
Boone 50036
FAX
JOHNSTON, Mary M. (FE)
1025 Wade St.
(Extension ministries) (Richard Hines) Iowa City 52240-6626
1758 Newberry Ave. NE
Solon 52333-8918
JONES, Barbara J. (SLP) (Stevan)
341 Worth St.
(C.B., St. Mark)
JONES, Diane B. (FE) (Larry)
630 Merlin Dr. Unit 108
(Incapacity leave)
Lafayette, CO 80026-2929
JONES, Elaine G. (PD)
4700 Johnson Ave. NW
(Cedar Rapids, St. Mark’s)
JONES, Harold E. (RM) (Marjorie)
410 E. 23rd St. SPC 64
Roswell, NM 88201-6435
JONES, Larry W. (RM) (Diane)
630 Merlin Dr. Unit 108
Lafayette, CO 80026-2929
JORDAN, Jane I. (RAM)
306 Mulberry St. PO Box 272
Richland 52585-0272
JENSEN, Carl O. (RM) (Maxine)
515-532-2153
641-324-1557
641-324-2922
563-876-9671
641-584-2944
641-424-0192
563-847-2101
563-847-2354
319-478-2013
319-478-2361
319-444-9982
712-362-2604
712-362-4093
563-847-2101
563-847-2354
641-435-2206
712-657-2972
712-657-8715
515-432-4660
515-432-7966
515-432-2322
319-351-5665
319-624-4110
712-322-2484
712-328-1893
720-890-7079
319-396-6361
319-654-8900
720-890-7079
319-456-3307
379
ROLLS
K
KAASA, LaVonne R. (FE) (Bruce)
(Des Moines, Staves)
KAHLER, Gerry L. (FE) (Jodi)
(Muscatine, Fellowship UMC)
KAIL, Edward A. (FE) (Myra)
(Faith)
KASTLER, Kent R. (FE)
(Stratford-S.M.-Homer-Duncombe
McGuire Bend)
KECK, L. Robert (RM) (Diane)
KEIZER, John A. (FE) (Judy)
(Springville)
KELDERMAN, LeRoy W. (FE) (Lois)
(Incapacity leave)
KELLOGG, Charles B (FE) (Holly)
(Superintendent, Ottumwa District)
KELLY, Dean J. (FE) (Marvalyn)
(Incapacity leave)
KELSEY, Charles D. (AM) (Sue)
(Ames, First, Assoc.)
KENDALL, Jack D. (RAM) (Marie)
KENNEDY, Sylvia A. (FE) (William)
(Sanborn-Melvin)
KENT, Kenneth N. (FE) (Linda)
(Rockford-Marble Rock)
KENYON, Mary M. (PLP) (Arnold)
(Ross-Gray)
KERR, Ronald R. (RM) (Joan)
KERSTEN, Robert E. (FLP) (Becky)
(Stuart/Mount Vernon-MenloJefferson Center)
KIBOKO, Kiboko I. (FE) (Betty)
(Laurel)
KIESEY, Deborah (FE) (Brad)
(Superintendent, Waterloo District)
KILDAL, W. Morris (RM) (Lela)
2747 E. Madison
2723 E. Madison
Des Moines 50317
1001 Oregon St.
1709 Sweetland Rd.
Muscatine 52761
311 1st Ave. N. PO Box 647
Humboldt 50548-0647
202 SE 2nd St. PO Box 273
Gilmore City 5054-0273
901 Moore St. PO Box 19
1025 Moore St. PO Box 19
Stratford 50249
PO Box 4589
Boulder, CO 80306-4589
169 Broadway PO Box 40
308 2nd Ave.
Springville 52336
2907 Ingersoll Ave.
Des Moines 50312
227 W. 4th St. Suite 1D
10 Brookwood Ct.
FAX
Ottumwa 52501
104 E. Ave. Apt. 2
Grundy Center 50638-1926
516 Kellogg Ave.
1102 Burnett Ave.
Ames 50010
537 32nd St. S.E.
604 Sunrise Ave.
602 Sunrise Ave.
Sanborn 51248
21 1st Ave. NW PO Box 556
205 1st Ave. NW PO Box 183
Rockford 50468
5995 Main St.
5987 Main St.
Audubon 50025-7462
4001 Anderson Rd.
219 NW 2nd St. PO Box 127
223 N. Harrison
Stuart 50250
209 S. Main St. PO Box 129
107 Burhow St. PO Box 129
Laurel 50141-0129
614 Randolph St.
Waterloo 50702-1591
FAX
5683 22nd Avenue Trl
Vinton 52349-9481
1317 E. Euclid PO Box 425
515-266-0265
515-262-1301
563-263-1661
563-263-5423
515-332-2083
515-373-6129
515-838-2325
515-838-2386
303-449-8412
319-854-7355
319-854-7454
515-210-1845
641-682-9655
641-682-7455
641-682-2157
319-825-4040
515-232-2750
515-232-2646
319-286-8547
712-729-3700
712-729-3521
641-756-2360
641-756-3415
712-563-2081
712-563-4597
615-361-3182
515-523-1078
515-523-1069
641-476-3417
641-476-3921
319-234-0077
319-235-4391
319-472-3860
515-961-6819
380
KIM, David Kwangki (ODM)
(Malvern-Strahan)
KIM, Jung Sook (FE)
(Boxholm-Pilot Mound)
KING, Frank G. (FE) (Judy)
KING, James P. (FLP)
(Circle of Hope Parish)
KING, James W. (RM) (Kathryn)
KINRADE, Alvern J. (RM) (Joan)
KINZLER, Beatrice S. (SLP)
(Northboro-Blanchard)
KINZLER, H. Ronald (RM) (Evon)
KINZLER, H. Wallace (RAM) (Betty)
KIRKPATRICK, Kerrin A. (FE) (Carl)
(C.R., Crosswinds)
KIRKPATRICK, Lexie A. (FE-LFT)
(Apptd. to other denomination)
KISKER, Scott T. (FE) (Roberta)
KITTERMAN, Ralph D. (RM)
KITTERMAN, Ronald R. (FE) (Mary)
KLAPP, Dee Ann (FE) (John)
(Pisgah-Mondamin-Little Sioux)
KLARENBEEK, Henrietta (FE-LFT)
(School (CPE)/Hopkins Grove)
KLEDIS, James A. (FE) (JoAnne)
(Indianola, First, Assoc.)
KLEIN, Carl E. (RM) (Sharon)
KLINK, Charles E. (FE) (Margaret)
(Davenport, St. John’s, Assoc.)
KLUIS, Kathy L. (FE)
(Alta)
201 E 5th St. PO Box 370
706 Kearney Ave. PO Box 37
Malvern 51551
303 3rd St. PO Box 37
Boxholm 50040
Mortin F. Plant Hospital
323 Jeffords St., 33756-3825
775 Casler Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33755-5504
201 E. Burger PO Box 97
209 E. Burger PO Box 97
Hawkeye 52147-0097
1386 Pecan Ave.
Bagley 50026-8513
408 N. State St. PO Box 16
Prairie City 50228
PO Box 117
Northboro 51647
416 S. 13th St. PO Box 243
Unionville, MO 63565
305 22nd St.
Ames 50010-4803
3349 Southgate Ct. SW
Cedar Rapids 52404
FAX
401 Center Ave. PO Box 28
Urbana 52345-0028
PO Box 295
Atkins 52206
Wesley Theological Seminary
4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington DC 20016-5690
420 Kenyon Rd.
Friendship Haven
420 Kenyon Rd.
1315 N. 19th St.
Fort Dodge 50501
420 Front St. PO Box 254
Pisgah 51564
1208 49th St. Unit 2
301 W. Ashland PO Box 258
1001 W. Euclid Ave.
Indianola 50125
309 19th St. PO Box 315
Spirit Lake 51360
109 E. 14th St.
Davenport 52803
2715 Avalon Dr.
Bettendorf 52722
218 Prospect St.
209 Prospect St.
712-624-8320
712-624-8573
515-846-6352
515-846-6494
813-441-1954
813-442-4447
563-427-5531
563-427-5523
641-427-5722
515-994-2827
712-534-2637
660-947-7030
515-663-0639
319-364-3961
319-364-3971
319-443-2332
515-573-6897
515-573-6005
515-955-1315
712-456-2813
712-456-2811
515-225-0615
515-961-5317
515-961-4651
712-336-0549
563-324-5278
563-355-0627
712-200-2304
712-200-3427
ROLLS
Alta 51002
1548 28th St.
KOBER, Scott F.K. (FE) (Karen)
301 Hanson Blvd.
(West Union)
506 Easy St.
West Union 52175
KODIS, Jeffrey J. (PE) (Anna)
1812 Gary Ave.
(Spirit Lake, Assoc.)
3226 Center Lake Dr.
Spirit Lake 51360
KOEPCKE, Jr., Robert L. (PM)
Iowa Wesleyan College
601 N. Main St.
KOTH, C. Eugene (RM) (Anne)
14136 Pinnacle Pointe Dr.
Clive 50325
KOUGHN, E. Jeanne (FE)
113 E. 5th St.
(West Liberty)
106 E. 7th St.
West Liberty 52776
KOUGHN, Harold W. (FE) (Marsha)
407 N. Monroe PO Box 628
(Monroe)
402 N. Monroe PO Box 344
Monroe 50170
KRAMBECK, Richard E. (RAM) (Elaine) 1208 Elm St.
Atlantic 50022
KRAMER, Ronald E. (FE) (Joyce)
2728 Asbury Rd. Ste. 515, 52001
(Superintendent, Dubuque District)
3473 Crestwood Dr.
Dubuque 52002-5118
FAX
KRESS, Carol A. (FE)
302 W. Broadway
(Decorah)
309 Mound St.
Decorah 52101
KRETZSCHMAR, Richard E. (RM)
205 9th Ave.
Osceola, WI 54020
KRUEGER, Barbara (FLP) (Don)
PO Box 58
(Donnellson-Embury)
411 Dewey Ave. PO Box 8
Donnellson 52625
KRUSE, Annette K. Ruhs (FE-LFT)
(Anita-Wiota)
(David)
408 Maple St.
Anita 50020
KRUSE, David L. (FE) (Annette)
108 W. 3rd St. PO Box 100
(Massena-Bridgewater-Avondale)
Massena 50853-0100
408 Maple St.
Anita 50020
KULT, John O. (FLP) (Ann)
(Stuart/Mt. Vernon-MenloMenlo 50164
Jefferson Center (Assoc.)
KUNTZ, J. Kenneth (FE) (Ruth)
School of Religion (mail)
Univ. of Iowa
Iowa City, 52242-1376
321 Koser Ave.
Iowa City 52246
KURTENBACH, Roger B. (AM)
2025 11th Ave. S.
(Fort Dodge, Epworth)
(Caroline)
2609 11th Ave. S.
Fort Dodge 50501
KNIGHT, Norman L. (RM) (Doris)
381
515-277-4719
563-422-5277
563-422-5357
712-336-3115
712-336-8902
319-385-8021
515-225-9250
319-627-2780
319-627-3362
641-259-2822
641-259-2219
712-243-7006
563-556-4286
563-582-0166
563-556-7816
563-382-3835
563-382-6459
715-294-3447
319-835-5083
319-835-5220
712-762-3869
712-762-3868
712-779-2270
712-762-3868
641-524-4970
319-335-2164
319-338-2762
515-573-4415
515-573-7810
382
L
LAMBERTSON, Katherine (ODM)
(Milford Union)
LA GREE, R. KEVIN (FE) (Patty)
LaMORE, George E., Jr. (RM) (Jane)
LaMOTTE, Gerald C. (RM) (Nancy)
LANDIS, Clarence H. (RAM) (Lillian)
LANE, Bud (TPS)
(Avery)
LANE, Jim (NA-SLM)
(Town & Country Parish)
LANING, Everett L. (RM) (Ruth)
LARSON, Ernest W. (RM) (Ruth)
LARSON, Jason P. (SLP)
(LeMars, First)
LARSON, Karen M. (PE)
(Everly-Spencer, Zion)
LATTA, Lloyd A. (RM) (Beulah)
LATTA, Richard D. (FLP) (Nelly)
(Danville-Long Creek)
LAUTT, Clarence N. (RM) (Zona)
LAUTT, Zona L. (RAM) (Clarence)
LaVELLE, Larry D. (RM) (Virginia)
LAWRY, Elsa (FE)
(State Center-Rhodes-New Horizons)
LAY, Forest M. (RM) (Dorothy)
LAYMAN, Richard P. (FE) (Lela Mae)
(Alden-Popejoy-Williams)
LAYMON, Goldie L. (PLP) (Ralph)
(Keokuk, Emmanuel)
LAYTON, Charles V. (FE)
(Onawa-Turin)
LEACH, Matt W. (RM) (Helen)
LEATHERMAN, J. Artley (RM) (Naomi)
LeBLANC, Susen F. (FE) (Ray)
805 Okoboji Ave.
712-338-4642
44 Westview Dr.
712-338-2429
Milford 51351
Simpson College
515-961-1566
701 N. C St.
FAX
515-961-1623
703 W. Ashland Ave.
515-961-3925
Indianola 50125
307 W. Pearl St.
319-385-4678
Mt. Pleasant 52641
1621 Linn St.
515-432-7233
Boone 50036
201 W. 14th St.
712-243-4025
Atlantic 50022
3194 Rutledge Ave.
641-933-4446
Cedar 52543-9736
502 N.W. White St.
641-446-4445
Leon 50144-1150
816 Robin Glen Ave.
515-962-5200
1300 13th St. N.W. Apt. B407
319-364-5433
535 Evelyn Dr.
712-546-5762
LeMars 51031
301 N. Ocheyedan Rd. PO Box 17 712-834-2501
210 S Adams PO Box 371
712-834-2398
Everly 51338
2521 Franklin Ave.
319-986-6445
Mt. Pleasant 52641
201 S. Main St. PO Box 187
319-392-4768
408 1st Ave. PO Box 187
319-392-4767
Danville 52623-0187
1044 S. Florence Dr.
Mesa, AZ 85208-5919
2509 Duff Ave.
515-233-1002
Ames 50010
402 2nd St. SE PO Box 430
641-483-2531
State Center 50247-0430
641-483-3003
601 S. Oswego St.
712-468-2762
Pomeroy 50575-1100
1512 W. Hardin PO Box 67
515-859-7338
1406 W. Hardin PO Box 67
515-859-7376
Alden 50006-0067
RR 1 Box 91
319-524-7717
Revere, MO 63465-9739
660-948-2716
1103 13th St. PO Box 57
712-423-1115
1114 Iowa Ave. PO Box 57
712-433-1071
Onawa 51050-0057
PO Box 92
641-942-7118
Milo 50166-0092
23245 Orchard Lane
219-875-1509
Goshen, IN 46526-9077
605 Court St. PO Box 559
319-668-2288
ROLLS
(Williamsburg)
607 Court St. PO Box 559
Williamsburg 52361
LEE, Hyo-Sam “Samuel” (FE)
6147 Highway 69
(Ames, Korean)
(Hyun Sook)
Ames 50010-9706
LEMMERMANN, Robert W. (RM)
214 N. George St.
Saint Ansgar 50472-1403
LEMONS, Dannel F. (FE) (Alana)
210 E. Spring
(Sigourney)
405 E. Spring
Sigourney 52591
LESHER, John Q. (RM) (Mary)
4871 S. Gloria View Ct
Green Valley, AZ 85614-5823
LEVECK, Jill S. (FE) (Kevin)
501 Edwards PO Box 100
(Bussey-Hamilton-Lovilia)
Bussey 50044-0100
222 N. 10th St.
Albia 52531
LEVECK, Kevin M. (FE) (Jill)
1117 Benton Ave. E.
(Albia)
222 N. 10th St.
Albia 52531
LEVERENZ, Robert E. (FE)
2727 S.E. Alder, 97214
1035 NE Going St
Portland, OR 97211-4539
LEWIS, Frederick J. (FE)
516 Kellogg Ave.
(Ames, First)
1321 Burnett Ave.
Ames 50010
LEWIS, LeRoy B. (RM) (Nancy)
PO Box 239
Galena, IL 61036
LEWIS, Lon L. (FE) (Nancy)
202 E. 4th St., 52501-2907
(Ottumwa, First)
5 Woodshire Dr.
Ottumwa 52501-1357
LEWISTON, Evelyn D. (FLP) (Bernard) 127 N. 10th St.
(Fort Dodge, First, Assoc.)
2723 18th Ave. N.
Fort Dodge 50501
LIEDER, Lyle W. (RM) (Betty)
15291 Park Ave.
LIERMAN, Chad E. (FE) (Joy)
108 SW 5th St.
(Greenfield)
605 Iowa St.
Greenfield 50849
LINDLEY, Doris H. (AM) (Marvin)
309 Harriman PO Box 18
(Archer)
Archer 51231-0018
505 8th St.
Sheldon 51201
LINDLEY, Marvin G. (AM) (Doris)
506 8th St.
(Sheldon)
505 8th St.
Sheldon 51201
LING, John C.S. (RM) (Bonnie)
2419 Franklin St.
Cedar Falls 50613
LIPPINCOTT, Anne (FE) (Steve Braudt) 1415 12th St
(Eldora)
1702 12th St
Eldora 50627
LOCOH, Lisa Luethye (FE) (Harvey)
145 N.E. Sycamore PO Box 338
(Earlham-Worthington-Penn Center)
510 N.E. Plum Ave. PO Box 338
Earlham 50072
LOGAN, Rex V. (RM) (Marion)
102 E. 21st St.
Grand Island, NE 68801-2323
383
319-668-1963
515-233-1063
515-232-4886
641-736-4940
641-622-2641
641-622-2229
641-944-5322
641-932-5243
641-932-7393
641-932-5243
503-234-0175
503-228-9573
515-232-2750
515-232-2635
815-777-2855
641-684-5451
641-684-4796
515-576-7586
515-955-7799
641-357-4333
641-743-2715
641-743-2752
712-723-5254
712-324-4391
712-324-4894
712-324-4391
319-377-5555
641-939-2057
641-939-2099
515-758-2568
515-758-2345
308-382-5616
384
LOHMAN, Sheryl C. (PLP) (David)
(Solon, Assoc.)
122 N. West St.
Solon 52333
438 Clark St.
Iowa City 52240
LONGWORTH, Nicholas S. (FE)
1026 A Avenue NE
PO Box 3026
1381 38th St. PL
Marion 52302
FAX
LORD, Howard J. (RM) (Wilma)
134 Lakeview Dr.
Montezuma 50171
LOSEY, Barb (PLP) (Glenn)
8307 Rolling Rd.
(Lafayette, Salem)
Toddville 52341-9785
LOTHE, Scott E. (FE) (Colette)
13404 Hickory Circle
(Family leave and Carter Lake)
Omaha, NE 68144
LOTT, Raymond C., Jr. (RM) (Nora Lee) 1930 West St.
Grinnell 50112-1113
LOUK, James N. (RM) (Lynn)
2305 E. 12th St.
(Des Moines, Union Park)
2300 E. 13th St.
Des Moines 50316
LOUK, John E. (FE) (Joy)
Colony 320
(New Church Start - D.M., Easter Lake) 1113 Army Post Rd., 50315
2405 E. Meadow Lane
Des Moines 50320
LUCK, Catherine A. (FE) (Mike Roth)
214 E. Jefferson St.
(Iowa City, First, Assoc.)
213 Woodridge Ave.
Iowa City 52245
LUERS, Charles E. (FE) (Cherie)
1207 Kimball Ave., 50702
(Waterloo, Kimball Ave.)
525 Sunset Rd.
Waterloo 50701
LUNEMANN, D. Renee (PLP) (David)
122 N. West St.
(Solon, Assoc.)
1642 Apache Dr. N.E.
Solon 52333
319-624-2288
319-351-1872
319-369-7211
319-447-9471
319-447-9617
641-623-3521
319-393-1311
402-334-3937
641-236-0427
515-262-2875
515-266-7413
515-287-3023
515-953-6366
319-338-5075
319-351-9252
319-232-4103
319-433-0535
319-624-2288
319-624-1342
M
MacPEEK, Donald W. (RM) (Ruth)
469 Stipe St.
North Fort Myers, FL 33903-4325
MADDEN, Roger C. (FE) (Amy)
1915 Nebraska St.
712-258-0119
(Sioux City, First)
3809 Douglas Ct.
Sioux City 51104
MADSEN, E. Dwayne (AM) (Bernadine) 1801 Sunset Dr.
515-981-4251
(Norwalk)
1016 Gordon Ave.
515-981-4585
Norwalk 50211
MAIZE, Roger A. (FE)
303 Pine St. PO Box 232
712-295-6592
(Peterson-Royal)
Peterson 51047-0232
712-295-6591
MALLOTT, Charlotte A. (RM) (Sheridan)13544 Ames Ave.
402-492-9661
MALLOTT, Sheridan M. (RM) (Charlotte)Omaha, NE 68164
MALONE, Sara B. (AM)
1200 Park St. PO Box 225
712-382-1468
(Hamburg)
119 Center St. PO Box 225
712-382-2469
Hamburg 51640
MANNING, Duane R. (RM)
6776 116th Ave.
319-652-6426
Maquoketa 52060
MAPLE, Donald F. (RM) (Bonnie)
13019 Old Hickory Rd.
713-469-2132
ROLLS
Cypress, TX 77429
1425 S. Eads St. Apt. 1106
Arlington, VA 22202-2851
14524 Highway 98
Douds 52551-8159
211 Badger Terrace
Bedford, MA 01730-1290
MARSHALL-GOODELL, Beverly S. (PE) 206 SW Walnut St.
(Ankeny, First, Assoc.) (Kim Goodell) 7384 NW 16th St.
Ankeny 50021
MARTIN, Jeanne L. (RM)
PO Box 65
Mabel, MN 55954-0065
MARTIN, Ray I. (RM) (MaryAnn)
2523 Sherwood Dr.
Des Moines 50310
MARTIN, Robert P. (RM) (Lois)
3124 16th Ave. N.
MARTY, Howard H. (RM) (Emogene)
Deceased 7-29-03
MARIYA, Deborah (FE)
(Apptd. Baltimore-Washington)
MARKLE, Connie S. (AM)
(Douds-Lebanon-Selma)
MARKS, James R. (RM)
MARZOLF, Gary A. (FE) (Jan)
(Forest City-Crystal Lake)
305 S. Clark St.
345 S. Clark St.
Forest City 50436
MATHENEY, Jim W. (PLP) (Judy)
12592 Hill Blvd.
(Blakesburg-Christiansburg-Mt. Zion)
Drakesville 52552-8605
MATHER, Merlin R. (FE) (Diane)
BroMan Pastoral Services
403 W. Virginia Ave.
Normal, IL 61761-3666
1308 Eastport Dr.
Bloomington, IL 61704-8145
MATHER, P. Boyd (RM) (Darlene)
5715 Walnut Hill Ave.
Des Moines 50312
MATTHEWS, Gene E. (RM) (Insook)
3413 E Court St.
MATTSON, Thomas E. (FE) (Janet)
200 E. Market St. PO Box 97
(Lisbon)
101 Alexander Ct.
Lisbon 52253
MAY, Julie A. (FLP) (Robert)
PO Box 247
(Delhi-Buck Creek)
506 6th St.
Delhi 52223
MAY, Russell A. (FE) (Susan)
720 Grand Ave.
(West Des Moines)
3105 EP True Pkwy Apt. 211
MAY, Susan M. (FE) (Russell)
4998 Bay Shore Dr.
(Leave of absence)
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-8982
McALPINE, Larry L. (FE) (Connie)
116 Center St.
(Manning)
615 2nd St.
Manning 51455
McALPINE, Shurmaine (AM) (William) 509 Lincolnway PO Box 137
(Woodbine)
63 8th St.
Woodbine 51579
McALPINE, William E. (RM) (Shurmaine) 63 8th St.
Woodbine 51579
McATEE, Mary C. (FLP) (Gene)
218 W. Oak St.
(Three Rivers Parish)
119 N. Howard PO Box 101
North English 52316
385
703-892-8979
641-936-4361
641-936-4362
515-964-4249
515-289-1435
515-288-9090
515-255-3877
515-576-0777
641-585-3281
641-585-2071
641-722-3870
309-827-4321
ext. 5839
309-663-1452
515-255-5730
319-358-9464
319-455-2000
319-455-2846
563-922-2791
563-922-9042
515-279-0826
515-327-0934
712-655-3928
712-655-3971
712-647-2304
712-647-2347
712-647-2347
319-664-3784
319-664-3644
386
McBLAIN, Robert A. (RM) (Stella)
405 37th St. Apt. 102
McBRIDE, Robert E. (RM)
669 Brook Dr.
Greenwood, IN 46143-8473
McCALMONT, Cynthia M. (FE) (Scott) 2622 Lincoln Way
(Ames, Collegiate, Assoc.)
3522 Annear St.
Ames 50014
McCONNELL, Wauneita R. (RAM)
509 N. 1st St. Apt. 102
McCULLOUGH, Julie D. (FE)
PO Box 125
(Brandon-Mt. Auburn)
Brandon 52210
McDONOUGH, Gary D. (AM) (Connie)
(Beacon-Eddyville)
Eddyville 52553
McELROY, Steve (TPS)
9th & Maple PO Box 68
(Lamoni-Decatur-Davis City)
303 N. Linden St.
Lamoni 50140
McFATE, Warren J. (RM) (Mildred)
1425 N. 6th Ave. E.
Newton 50208
McGEE, Gerald D. (RM) (Winonah)
818 E. 17th St. N.
Newton 50208-2433
McGRAW, Douglas K. (FE) (Cynthia)
1450 Central Parkway
Florissant, MO 63031
McKEE, Cynthia J. (O’Brien) (PD) (Tom) 13301 Maple Knoll Way
(Chaplin., Hospice of Twin Cities/UMC) Maple Grove, MN 55369
McKINLEY, PAUL F. (RM) (Leola)
W. Friendship Haven
420 Kenyon Rd.
McKINNEY, Rodger N. (FE) (Carole)
601 Pioneer Ave
(Incapacity leave)
Wiota 50274
McKINNEY, Steven (TPS)
902 2nd Ave.
(Hastings)
Malvern 51551
McNAMARA, Brian S. (FE) (Dee)
624 Elm Ave. PO Box 67
(Story City, Grace)
620 Elm Ave. PO Box 67
Story City 50248-0067
McNEER, Randall E. (PLP) (Linda)
124 E. Kenyon Ave.
(DeSoto)
Des Moines 50315
McPHERON, Jeffrey A. (PLP) (Sherri)
701 E. Alter Dr.
(Trenton)
Mt. Pleasant 52641
McPHERSON, Dean O. (FE) (Susan)
900 W. Main PO Box 327
(Sac City)
908 W. Main
Sac City 50583
McQUERRY, Cleta M. (RAM)
Des Moines 50309
MEADE, Susan K. (PLP) (Paul)
11 E. 2nd St. PO Box 238
(Riverside)
Riverside 52327-0238
2334 340th St. S.W.
Tiffin 52340
MEADOR, Scott J. (FE) (Heather)
122 N. West St.
(Solon)
130 N. West St.
Solon 52333
MEEKS, Benjamin (ODM)
PO Box 157
(Merrill-Adaville)
21212 C38
Merrill 51038
515-271-6735
515-292-6936
515-292-5013
515-961-8202
319-474-2362
641-969-4660
641-969-5320
641-784-6868
641-784-3765
641-792-9912
641-791-3494
314-878-4340
515-573-6986
712-783-4451
712-624-8340
515-733-4712
515-733-2192
515-834-2570
515-285-7614
319-986-5591
712-662-7436
712-662-4400
515-277-0562
319-648-3092
319-624-2288
319-624-2489
712-938-2548
712-568-2449
ROLLS
MEHAFFEY, Charles R. (RM) (Patricia)
1106 Ivanhoe Rd.
Mount Vernon 52314
MEISTER, John R. (FLP)
1909 Martin Luther King Jr.
(D.M., Gatchel-Jordan) (Lori Rinehart)
Pkwy
Des Moines 50314
1137 38th St.
MELBY, Steven P. (FE-LFT) (Kathy)
3016 E. 13th St.
(Des Moines, Miller)
Des Moines 50316
6685 N.W. 10th St.
Des Moines 50313
MELICK, Ruth A. (RM) (Keith)
PO Box 269
Jesup 50648-0269
MEQUI, Bonifacio B., Jr. (RM) (Dimitra) 5209 James Loop
Killeen, TX 76542-3844
MERRILL, Karen E.H. (FE) (Reginald)
4021 Clinton Ave.
(Incapacity leave)
Des Moines 50310
MERRILL, Reginald H. (FE) (Karen)
412 Euclid Ave.
(D.M., Epworth)
4021 Clinton Ave.
Des Moines 50310
METZ, Michael G. (FE) (DiAnn)
201 N. Court St.
(Fairfield)
205 N. Court St.
Fairfield 52556
MEYER, Edward C. (RM) (Ilse)
PO Box 236
Calmar 52132-0236
MICHAELSON, Robert S. (RM)
4513 Carriage Hill Dr.
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
MILFORD, Brian K. (FE)
2424 42nd St. N.E., 52402
(Cedar Rapids, Lovely Lane)
2304 Bever Ave. S.E.
Cedar Rapids 52403
MILLER, Charles (PLP) (Christine)
523 S. 5th St.
(Marshalltown, Morrow Memorial)
Marshalltown 50158
410 Adams St.
Waterloo 50703
MILLER, Daniel P. (RAM) (Noreen)
204 Eagle Dr.
McGregor 52157-8515
MILLER, Eugene L. (RM) (Doris)
2218 Spring Ct
Davenport 52803
MILLER, Harold S. (RM)
1231 Connie Ave.
Jackson, MI 49203-6082
MILLER, J. Heber (RM) (Virginia)
21350 N. Park Dr.
MILLER, Jerry R. (FE) (Amy)
100 Central Ave. E.
(Hampton)
PO Box 484
114 Central Ave. E.
Hampton 50441
MILLER, Judith (FE)
216 Sycamore St. Suite 508
(Superintendent, Muscatine District)
PO Box 1202
Muscatine 52761
MILLER, Matthew P. (FE) (Carol)
301 N. Walnut St.
(New London)
305 N. Walnut St.
New London 52645
MILLER, Melvin B. (RM) (Ruth)
17783 Hwy 99
Burlington 52601-9181
387
319-848-7526
515-288-7775
515-279-4757
515-266-3886
515-289-9821
319-827-3985
254-501-4741
515-633-0037
515-243-3817
515-633-0037
641-472-4303
641-472-5085
641-562-3126
319-393-6674
319-365-9956
641-753-7343
319-234-7927
563-873-1597
563-323-6512
712-336-3360
641-456-4238
641-456-3702
563-264-6836
563-263-2415
319-367-5642
319-367-2655
319-937-5880
388
MILLER, Paul L. (RM)
2320 E. MacArthur Rd. Lot G-10
Wichita, KS 67216-2671
MILLER, R. Martin (RM) (Eva Marie)
252 S. 22nd St.
Marion 52302
MILLER, William T. (RM) (Lois)
5412 Vista Drive
MILLER-SINCLAIR, Roxanne (FE)
151 N. Main St. PO Box 710
(Edward)
Decatur, IL 62525-0710
504 Cedar Dr
Clinton, IL 61727-2413
MILLIGAN, Al O. (FE) (Kate)
301 N. Walnut PO Box 459
(Odebolt-Arthur)
309 N. Walnut PO Box 459
Odebolt 51458
MINEAR, Paul S. (RM) (Glayds)
64 Farm View Dr.
Guilford, CT 06437
MITCHELL, Darrell V. (RM) (Eileen)
1403 Austin Pl
Marshalltown 50158-6002
MITCHELL, Diane K. (FLP-INT) (Craig) 424 Sycamore PO Box 358
(Janesville)
416 Sycamore PO box 358
Janesville 50647
MITCHELL, Harold D. (RM) (Beth)
Des Moines 50312
MITTMAN, Barbara K. (FD-LFT) (Robert) 1119 8th St.
(Story City)
Nevada 50201-1703
MIXON, David W. (OCE-LFT) (Rhonda) Great River Medical Center
(Burlington, Spring Grove)
1221 S. Gear Ave.
West Burlington 52655-1679
MOLINDO, Ekoka A. (PM)
PO Box 606
Bueg, Republic of Cameroon
MONTHEI, Larry (TPS)
1983 P Ave.
Jefferson 50129
MONTHEI, Marshall L. (FE) (Heather)
201 N. Locust Ave.
(New Hampton and Elma)
347 Fleur Dr.
New Hampton 50659
MONTOVANI, Martha (ODM)
PO Box 371
(Hopkinton)
Hopkinton 52237-0371
MONTZ, Neil R. (FE) (Debra)
115 S. 10th St.
(Adel)
606 N. 12th St.
Adel 50003
MOORE, Darwin L. (FE) (Pam)
(Oelwein)
1303 Elm St. SE
Oelwein 50662
FAX
MOORE, John K. (RM) (Betty)
855 Golden Bough Rd.
Lake Wales, FL 33898-9479
MOORE, Kathleen R. (FE)
PO Box 2065
(C.R., Faith and St. Paul’s, Assoc.)
735 35th St. NE
Cedar Rapids 52402
MOORE, Leroy W. (RM) (Kathryn)
1305 Wesley Lane
Indianola 50125
MOORE, Lester L. (RM) (Rosemary)
2003 Cessna
Ames 50010
MOORE, Raymond D. (RM) (Marjorie)
1406 N. Roche
Knoxville 50138
MOORE, Susan (ODM)
PO Box 65
319-377-4899
515-223-4519
217-420-4793
217-935-8782
712-668-4449
712-668-4440
641-752-7330
319-987-2596
319-987-2168
515-274-4918
515-382-5343
515-386-4584
641-394-2893
641-394-2249
563-926-9048
563-926-9053
515-993-3791
515-993-3903
319-283-3910
319-283-2384
319-283-1150
863-696-1401
319-363-2058
319-247-1295
515-961-0977
515-292-3816
641-842-6331
515-826-3367
ROLLS
(Stanhope Parish)
MOORE, Virginia (ODM) (Fred)
(Primghar)
Stanhope 50246-0065
465 N. Heritage PO Box 523
220 N. McCormick PO Box 481
Primghar 51245
MOORLACH, John H. (FE) (Kate)
400 E. 15th Ave.
(Apptd. to attend school)
Indianola 50125
MOREANO, Edwin (ODM) (Jean Sullivan)PO Box 523
(United Church of Monticello)
511 N. Arminda Ave.
Monticello 50213
MORFITT, Wilbur L. (RLP) (Vivian)
628 T Ave.
Nevada 50201-1016
MORGAN, Michael L. (FE) (Theresa)
1298 7th Ave.
(Marion, First)
5810 Robinwood Lane
Marion 52302
MORRIS, David A. (FE) (Lori)
3700 Indian Hills Dr., 51104
(Sioux City, Wesley)
3105 40th St.
Sioux City 51108
FAX
MORRIS, Jim W. (FE) (Mary)
(Emmetsburg)
2206 8th St.
Emmetsburg 50536
MORRIS, Milo E. (RM) (Carol)
1117 Lantern Square Apt. 4
Waterloo 50701-4760
MORRIS, Robert (FLP) (Denise)
201 N. Market St.
(Oskaloosa, Assoc.)
318 N D St.
Oskaloosa 52577
MORRISON, Clarence M. (RM)
564 E. 138th PL
(Esther Gene)
Glenpool, OK 74033-2831
MORRISON, Cynthia J. (AM) (W. Don) 402 N. Main St. PO Box 126
(Kanawha)
Kanawha 50447-0126
225 3rd Ave. N.E.
Clarion 50525
MORRISON, Jerald L. (NA-SCLS)
PO Box 487
(Iconium)
MORRISON, W. Don (FE) (Cynthia)
203 3rd Ave N.E.
(Clarion)
225 3rd Ave. N.E.
Clarion 50525
MORROW, Charlie A. (RAM) (Bonnie)
1302 Seymour
Tama 52339
MOSS, Jon C. (PLP) (Sharon)
107 South St. PO Box 66
(Martelle)
Martelle 52305-0066
2815 6th St.
Marion 52302-5699
MULLER, Henry N. (RM)
(Sioux City, Crescent Park)
Sioux City 51104
MULLER, Merrill G. (FE)
Goodwill Industries
(Extension ministries & S.C., Church
3100 W. 4th St. PO Box 1438
of All Nations)
4506 Manor Circle
Sioux City 51104
MURR, Tom (TPS) (Ann)
419 E. Clay St.
(Woodburn)
Osceola 50213-1331
MUTCHLER, Sue J. (FD-LFT) (Norman) 927 Harlington Pl
(C.F., Washington Chapel, Assoc)
Waverly 50677
MYERS, Carol E. (SLP)
928 High St.
(Malcom-Sheridan)
Grinnell 50112-2010
389
712-957-4960
712-957-6325
515-961-7500
319-465-3473
319-465-6304
319-377-4856
319-373-8546
712-239-2382
712-239-1349
712-239-1991
712-852-2154
712-852-3506
319-232-5574
641-672-2564
641-673-3238
918-291-8724
641-762-3315
515-532-3675
641-672-2187
641-673-5391
515-532-2845
515-532-3675
641-484-5012
319-482-3361
319-373-2799
712-279-9549
712-258-4511
712-239-7146
641-342-3368
319-352-5127
641-236-8971
390
MYERS, Christopher M. (FE)
(Appointed to School)
700 W. Ridgeway Ave. Trlr 823
319-939-8525
N
NEEDHAM, Nicholas N. (FLP) (Cass)
(Central City)
NEIPERT, Betsey S. (FLP) (Clifford)
(Nichols-Cedar Valley-Conesville)
NELSON, David L. (FE) (Rita)
NELSON, Donald N. (PLP) (Myra)
(Lester)
NELSON, James R. (RM) (Carolyn)
NELSON, Karen S. (PE) (Gary)
(Coralville, New Horizons)
NESBITT, Scott (ODM)
(Ainsworth)
NESTER, Tony R. (FE) (Evelyn)
(Waverly, Trinity)
NEWBROUGH, Floyd T. (RM)
NEWMAN, Catie Malone (NA-SCLS)
(Farmington-Bonaparte)
NEWMAN, James R. (SLP) (Mary)
(C.B., Hazel Dell)
NICHOLS, Frank A. (RM) (Aileen)
NICHOLSON, Dennis D. (RM) (Linda)
NICHOLSON, James B. (RM) (Hilda)
NIMS, Gary A. (FE) (Rita)
(Spencer)
NISSEN, Richard J. (FE) (Carol)
(Leave of absence)
NOLTE, David M. (FE) (Mari)
(Reinbeck)
NOLTE, Eldon G. (RM) (Lois)
NOSEK, Julie DeShaw (RFD)
216 N. Commercial St.
PO Box 399
606 Northview Dr.
Central City 52214
1118 120th St.
308 W. Washington St.
Port Washington, WI 53074-1839
608 Seefield St. PO Box 117
Alvord 51230-0117
675 48th St.
Des Moines 50312
2251 1st Ave.
Coralville 52241
135 Fairway Dr.
(mail)
Lisbon 52253
PO Box 40
Ainsworth 52201-0040
1400 W. Bremer Ave.
Waverly 50677
NBA Ramsey Home
1611 27th St. Rm. 18
PO Box 246
Farmington 52626
PO Box 271
Bonaparte 52620
21795 Vineyard Hills Dr.
1408 16th Ave. N.W.
Rochester, MN 55901
903 North C St.
1124 S. Avenue B Apt. 2G
311 2nd Ave. W.
222 W. 4th St.
Spencer 51301
5608 Schutta Rd.
Shoreview, MN 55126-4947
505 Spruce St.
904 West St.
Reinbeck 50669
2700 E. 39th St.
635 Gooseberry Dr. #2007
Longmont, CO 80503
319-438-1115
319-438-1329
319-627-2371
515-284-3008
712-473-2522
515-277-0041
319-351-2491
319-895-8182
319-657-3020
319-657-4214
319-352-2590
319-878-4140
319-836-2009
712-329-0759
507-280-0303
515-962-0289
319-653-9128
712-262-5970
712-262-7654
612-784-3022
319-788-2310
319-788-2643
515-262-7197
303-485-2470
391
ROLLS
O
OAKLAND, Jerry E. (FE) (Barbara)
(Dubuque, St. Luke’s)
OBERHEU, Crystal (FE)
(Farnhamville United-Somers)
ODELL, Clair D. (RM) (Alice)
ODOOM, Solomon K. (ODM) (Sarah)
(Floyd-West St. Charles)
ODOOM, Sarah J. Rohret (PE)
(Mason City, Grace)
(Solomon)
OHRT, David J. (RM) (Laura Connolly)
OLIVER, Brian K. (FLP) (Heather)
(Tingley-Wishard Chapel-Ellston)
OLIVER, Jerry D. (PLP) (Carol)
(Lacona)
OLMSTED, William E. (RM) (Becky)
OLSON, Bernard G. (RM) (June)
OLSON, Kathy J. (SLP) (Doug)
(Danbury)
OLSON, Richard L. (FE) (Kathy Reid)
OLSON, T. Leigh (FE-LFT)
(Randall Heskett)
(Ecumenical appointment)
ORTHEL, Michael L. (FE) (JoAnn)
(Kalona)
(9-1-03 Algona)
OSBORNE, Synthia (TPS)
(Brooklyn, Associate)
OSENBAUGH, Jill (TPS)
(Pulaski-Troy)
OSWALD, Rollin G. (RM) (Loraine)
O'TOOL, Duane H. (RM) (Juanita)
OTTESEN, Realff H. (FE) (Ann)
(Shell Rock)
OWENS, Michael L., Sr. (FE) (Janene)
(Incapacity leave)
1199 Main St.
1722 Churchill Dr.
Dubuque 52001
400 Garfield Ave. PO Box 205
605 Garfield Ave. PO Box 12
Farnhamville 50538
49 Parklane Circle
Bettendorf 52722-3640
605 2nd Ave.
Floyd 50435
200 14th St. NW
Mason City 50401
605 2nd Ave.
Floyd 50435
1217 W. Lincolnway St.
Jefferson 50129-1671
PO Box 96
Tingley 50863-0096
PO Box 185
Melcher 50163-0185
628 Franklin
Keokuk 52632
15290 Bashford Ave.
4029 Jefferson
711 8th Ave. N.
2-133 Snowdon Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N2B1
PO Box 1209
Kalona 52247-1209
201 E. Nebraska
20 Oakridge Dr.
Algona 50511
1631 Kent Church Rd.
Brooklyn 52211-8525
322 S. 2nd St.
Pulaski 52584-8115
2621 27th Ave.
Marion 52302
506 4th Ave
Coon Rapids 50058-1204
PO Box 117
PO Box 651
Shell Rock 50670
FAX
405 Jackson Blvd.
Tabor 51653
563-582-4543
563-583-2363
515-544-3347
515-467-5521
515-544-3605
563-823-1109
641-398-2855
641-398-2850
641-423-5727
641-398-2850
641-772-4757
641-772-4779
641-947-2751
319-524-4385
641-357-5525
712-239-1517
515-576-4679
416-486-9712
319-656-2642
319-656-3004
515-295-7241
515-295-9020
641-522-9607
319-377-2634
712-999-5189
319-885-4554
319-885-4114
319-885-4691
712-629-4803
392
P
PACHOLKE, David A. (FE) (Jan)
PACKARD, B. Gordon (RM) (Karen)
PAIGE, Max E. (RM) (Ruth)
PAIGE, Walden J. (FE) (Bonita)
(Clarinda)
PAIGE, Warren S. (RM) (Irene)
PALS, Daryl W. (RM) (Diana)
PALS, Keith G. (FE) (Kristine)
(Irwin-Defiance-Kirkman)
PANLAQUI, Remigio (FE) (Betty)
(LuVerne-Livermore)
PANZER, Charles E. (FLP)
(Galva-Silver Creek)
PARK, Sungjoon I. (FE) (Giehwa)
(Conrad)
PARMER, Wallace A. (RM) (Charlotte)
PARRIS, Robert M. (RM) (Bettie) (Apr)
(Nov)
PARROTT, Glenn R. (RM) (Mary)
PARROTT, Thomas R. (FE) (Mary)
(Muscatine, New Hope)
PARSONS, Geneva R. (FLP) (Eudean)
(Moravia)
PATERSON, George W. (RM) (Ida)
PATET, Ashok (FLP) (Pratibha)
(Greene Yoke)
PATRICK, Lynn (AM) (Shirley)
(Earlville United Parish)
PATRICK, Scot A. (PM) (Michelle)
(West Branch)
PAULSEN, Judy (NA-SCLS)
350 N. Grandview Ave.
898 Patricia Ann Dr.
Dubuque 52001
1810 Manor Dr.
Grinnell 50112-1122
406 G Ave.
Grundy Center 50638
223 W. Washington
209 W. Washington
Clarinda 51632-1553
W. Friendship Haven 440-42
420 Kenyon Rd.
103 N. Cherry St. PO Box 276
Shell Rock 50670-0276
301 Ada St. PO Box 296
303 Ada St. PO Box 296
Irwin 51446
LuVerne 50560-0039
300 Crawford PO Box 101
200 W. 1st St. PO Box 128
Galva 51020
206 E. Maple PO Box 370
202 E. Maple PO Box 370
Conrad 50621
302 Plaza Heights Rd. Apt. #3
Marshalltown 50158
28 4th Ave. S.W. PO Box 223
Wedowee, AL 36278
660 Sunset Cir. #P
Frostproof, FL 33843
516 W. 10th St.
Hugoton, KS 67951
1205 E. Washington St. Apt. 260
3215 Tipton Rd.
919 Fuller (mail)
Muscatine 52761
101 E. North PO Box 339
202 W. North PO Box 339
Moravia 52571-0339
1530 Muscatine
Iowa City 52240
121 N. Water PO Box 484
Greene 50636-0484
PO Box 308
Earlville 52041
203 N. Downey PO Box 750
115 E. Green PO Box 750
West Branch 52358
1025 210th Ave.
563-589-2534
563-556-7478
641-236-1086
319-824-3825
712-542-3719
712-542-3844
515-573-6972
319-885-6213
712-782-3270
515-882-3509
712-282-4361
712-282-4377
641-366-2324
641-366-2325
641-753-6347
205-357-4659
941-635-5570
563-263-9344
563-263-7469
515-724-3707
515-724-3549
319-338-3146
641-816-4256
563-923-5460
563-923-2312
319-643-5489
319-643-5633
563-652-3040
393
ROLLS
PAULSEN, Merle (NA-SCLS)
(Baldwin/Monmouth)
PAULEY, E. Christine (FLP) (Larry)
(Mitchellville-Santiago)
Maquoketa 52060-8509
200 2nd St. N.W. PO Box 386
515-967-3388
Mitchellville 50169-0386
423 2nd St.
641-526-3135
Kellogg 50135
PAULEY, Larry L. (AM) (E. Christine)
417 2nd St.
641-526-3184
(Kellogg-Pleasant View)
423 2nd St.
641-526-3135
Kellogg 50135
PAULUS, Richard M. (RM) (Ellyn)
169 Bickford Dr. PO Box 397
319-643-3285
West Branch 52358-0397
PEARSON, Richard L. (RM) (Ramalee) Monarch Cove
712-336-3283
15350 213 Ave.
PECKHAM, Galen E. (RM) (Patricia)
15 Bluff St.
319-342-4025
LaPorte City 50651-1147
PEMBLE, James R. (RM) (Muriel)
672 40th St.
515-255-8034
(cell) 515-250-5063
PENNINGTON, Paul D. (RM) (Sharon)
12452 County Road 4047
573-896-8512
Holts Summit, MO 65043-2086
PENTICOFF, Prentiss C. (RM) (Mary)
676 Santa Rosa Blvd Unit 6M
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548-6057
PERDUE, James D. (FE) (Neva)
1601 Grandview Blvd. Apt. 4
712-252-1915
PERDUE, Neva Thorn (FE) (James)
1601 Grandview Blvd. Apt. 4
712-252-1915
(S.C., Matthew 25 Hispanic)
PERKINS, Leroy F. (PLP) (Pat)
PO Box 237
641-873-4737
(Allerton-Lineville-Clio)
Allerton 50008-0237
PETERS, Craig A. (FE) (Lysia)
2330 W. 41st St.
563-391-5488
(Davenport, Christ)
3820 Cedar
563-391-8119
Davenport 52806
PETERS, Douglas A. (FE)
12321 Hickman Rd.
515-270-9226
(Urbandale, Walnut Hills) (Martha Schut) Urbandale 50323-1810
3917 Dakota Dr.
515-225-1522
PETERS, Stephen R. (FE) (Susan)
838 N. 25th St.
515-573-3419
(Fort Dodge, Trinity)
802 N. 25th St.
FAX 515-955-7426
Fort Dodge 50501
515-576-6911
PETERSON, David J. (PE) (Judy)
201 N. Court St.
641-472-4303
(Fairfield, Assoc.)
901 Liberty Dr.
641-472-4535
Fairfield 52556
PETERSON, Edward R. (FE) (Mary)
309 N. Main St.
319-385-1740
(Mount Pleasant)
401 N. Broadway St.
319-385-9506
PETERSON, Kenneth D. (RM) (Ruth)
1431 8th Ave.
Two Harbors, MN 55616-1116
PETERSON, Peter J. (FE) (Phyllis)
313 E. Montgomery
641-842-3712
(Knoxville)
PO Box 288
802 Merna Dr.
641-828-6257
Knoxville 50138
PETRAK, Ronald D. (RM) (Ruth Anne) 1507 Pennsylvania Ave.
515-262-3691
PEVERILL, L. Vernon (RM) (Eliza)
70 Meh Dr.
334-691-4314
Cottonwood, AL 36320
394
PFALTZGRAFF, Paul O. (RM) (JoAnn)
707 Robin Glen Apt. 410
515-961-0955
PFALTZGRAFF, Richard C. (RM)
405 37th St. Apt. 1
515-271-6812
Des Moines 50312
PHARES, Dawn (FE) (James)
PO Box 206
563-574-4679
(Delmar-Elwood)
Delmar 52037-0206
PHELPS, Walter B. (RM) (Margaret)
116 6th St. S.E.
319-352-3079
Waverly 50677-3607
PHILGREEN, E. Edward (RM) (Pauline) 1509 N. 3rd Ave.
319-653-2674
PHILLIPS, Carl F. (FLP) (Janice)
205 Crook St. PO Box 158
712-583-3334
(Coin-Norwich)
712-583-3553
Coin 51636
PHILLIPS, Edward P. (RM) (Joan)
PO Box 355
515-359-2654
Lehigh 50557
PHILLIPS, Robert P. (RM) (Anna)
21326 N. Park Dr.
712-336-2901
PIERCE, Fred P. (RM) (Churesa)
3201 Greenfield Rd.
563-332-2763
PIETTE, Elizabeth E. (PE)
502 Florence PO Box 507
319-346-1076
(Parkersburg-Pleasant Valley)
1101 4th Ave.
319-346-2359
Parkersburg 50665
PILECKI, Fred (AM) (Pam)
212 S. 7th St.
712-882-1936
(Mapleton-Ticonic)
12 Elmwood Dr.
712-882-1298
Mapleton 51034
PIMLOTT, L. George (RM) (Alberta)
164 Tiki Terrace
319-393-5878
Hiawatha 52233-1042
PINT, Arnette M. (PE) (Bernard)
1195 Steeple Ln NE
319-848-7213
(Shueyville, Assoc.)
Swisher 52338-9417
PIPER, Judith A. (FE)
909 Illinois St. PO Box 115
712-374-2521
(Sidney-Thurman)
705 Webster PO Box 562
712-374-3310
Sidney 51652
PIPPERT, Richard C. (FE) (Diane)
319-646-2417
(Wellman)
1116 9th Ave.
319-646-2734
Wellman 52356
PLATON, A. Neil G. III (FE) (Joy)
24512 Marbella Ave.
310-834-6834
(Apptd. California-Pacific)
Carson, CA 90745-6409
310-518-3253
PLOCHER, Robyn J. (FD) (Terry)
Rick’s House of Hope Grief Cen. 319-421-7970
Genesis Hospital Spiritual Care Dept.
1227 E. Rusholme
Davenport 52803
POE, John N. (FE) (Sylvia)
706 W. McMurray PO Box 577
515-994-2354
(Prairie City-Pleasant Hill)
301 S. Norris
515-994-9064
Prairie City 50228
POHLMAN, Steven H. (FE) (Nancy)
St. Luke's Reg. Med. Center
712-279-3816
2720 Stone Park Blvd.
2901 Sunset Circle
712-258-4420
Sioux City 51104
POLAND, William W. (FE) (Judy)
1405 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
641-423-6549
(Mason City, Wesley)
419 20th PL S.W.
641-424-4862
Mason City 50401
POLLOCK-PLAMBECK, Lanette (PE)
712-274-5000
Ext. 5148
POORE-CHRISTENSEN, Allen M. (FE) 301 W. Superior PO Box 416
319-278-4712
ROLLS
(Clarksville Community)
311 W. Superior PO Box 177
Clarksville 50619
POORE-CHRISTENSEN, Julie M. (FE)
2200 Tulip Ave.
(Hansell-West Fork)
Sheffield 50475-8113
311 W. Superior PO Box 177
Clarksville 50619
POPE, Mary B. (FE) (Charles)
671 18th St.
(Serving other denomination)
Des Moines 50314
PORTER, William O. (PE) (Kelly)
540 S. Leebrick St.
(Burlington, West Hill)
905 Easy St.
Burlington 52601
POSTON, Carol A. Swanson (FE)
217 Jackson St.
(Family Leave)
Berea, KY 40403-1717
POSTON, P. Edward, Jr. (FE)
217 Jackson St.
Berea, KY 40403-1717
POTTER, Lynn A. (FE) (Sally)
102 S. 8th
(Estherville)
120 S. 8th
Estherville 51334
FAX
POTTER, Orrin T. (RM) (Patricia)
912 Elm PO Box 748
Baldwin City, KS 66006
POULSEN, James V. (RM) (Judith)
POULSEN, Julia E. Fox (FE)
3715 33rd Ave. SW, 52404
(C.R., New Creation) (Dennis A.P. Fox) 1733 Woodside Ct. NW
Cedar Rapids 52405
POWELL, David J. (RM) (Joyce)
206 Grass Knoll Dr.
Lindale, TX 75771-5038
POWERS, Edmond O. (AM) (Jacque)
350 27th St. SW
(Cedar Rapids, Asbury)
336 27th St. SW
Cedar Rapids 52404
PRESTON, Don E. (FE) (Rhoda)
619 Main St.
(Iowa Falls)
625 Forest Dr.
Iowa Falls 50126
PRESTON, Rhoda (PE) (Don)
619 Main St.
(Iowa Falls, Assoc.)
625 Forest Dr.
Iowa Falls 50126
PRESTON, Timothy (TPS)
202 N. Hawkeye PO Box 627
(Shell Rock Valley, Assoc.)
Nora Springs 50458-0627
PRINCER, Jason L. (TPS)
107 2nd St. N. PO Box 424
(Fairbank-Oran)
201 Forest St. PO Box 424
Fairbank 50629-0424
PROSSER, Larry R. (RAM) (Sherrel)
414 E. South St.
Corydon 50060-1730
PULATIE, Nina L. (FE)
711 Broadway St.
(Incapacity leave)
Harlan 51537-1036
PULATIE, Tony (FE)
201 W. Main St.
(Laurens)
310 E. Arthur St.
Laurens 50554
FAX
PURCELL, Richard A. (PLP) (Carol)
2128 S. Main St.
(Burlington, Asbury)
421 N. 7th St.
Burlington 52601
PUTNEY, Keith E. (FLP) (Barbara)
490 Center St. PO Box 610
(Lansing-New Albin)
540 Center St.
Lansing 52151
395
319-278-4426
641-892-4666
319-278-4426
515-280-9269
319-754-7918
319-753-6605
859-985-5572
859-985-3172
859-985-5572
712-362-4886
712-362-5337
712-362-2357
515-277-1710
319-396-4366
319-396-2134
903-882-9804
319-364-3188
641-648-4607
641-648-9344
641-648-4607
641-648-9344
641-749-2216
319-635-2932
319-635-2606
641-872-3788
712-733-8544
712-841-4476
712-841-4537
712-841-4385
319-754-5044
319-752-8959
563-538-4352
563-538-3032
396
Q
QUINLAN, Richard C. (RM) (Yvonne)
1 Easely Loop
Greenwood, AR 72936-4455
June 1-Sept 1 10891 Pioneer Trl.
Boyne Falls, MI 49713
501-996-4993
R
RAINES, J. David (FE)
RAINES, Kathy L. (FE)
(Apptd. Oregon-Idaho Conf.)
RANSOM, Stephen J. (PLP-INT)
(Grand Junction)
(Marilyn)
RAPHAEL-NAKOS, Stephanie L. (FE)
(Tom) (Ottumwa, Willard Street)
700 N. Cascade Dr.
Woodburn, OR 97071-3145
Slater 50244-0401
175 N. Willard St.
1948 Gladstone
Ottumwa 52501
RAPHAEL-NAKOS, Thomas (FE)
PO Box 266
(Stephanie) (Libertyville-Batavia)
Libertyville 52567
1948 Gladstone
Ottumwa 52501
RAU, Alfred E. (RM) (Katherine)
805 Park Ave.
Story City 50248
RAY, Glenn D. (OCE) (Joyce)
13525 NW 70th Ave. Suite A
(Grimes)
Grimes 50111
5536 Westwood Dr.
REECE, Vicki Lindley (FE)
1402 Main St.
(C.F., Prairie Springs)
220 W. 8th St.
Cedar Falls 50613
REEDY, Rommel C. (FE) (Teresa)
Wyoming State Hospital
PO Box 177
Evanston, WY 82931-0177
REISNER, Dale A. (AM) (Mary)
703 2nd St.
(Incapacity leave)
Traer 50675
RENFRO, Nancy K. (SLP) (Jim)
1321 Highway 38
(Muscatine, Peace)
Wilton 52778
402 Evans St.
Muscatine 52761
RENKEN, Mike (FLP) (Linda)
214 N. Main PO Box 61
(S)
(Birmingham-Stockport)
413 N. Main PO Box 26 (home)
Stockport 52651
(B)
RETH, Melvin W. (RM) (Margaret)
1220 South First St.
REYNOLDS, Douglas E. (FLP) (Ethel)
2651 Telegraph Rd
(West Davenport Alliance: Faith-Grace) 3305 W. Rusholme St.
FAX
Davenport 52804
RICE, Ron (NA-SCLS) (Kathy)
409 Debra Dr.
(Gilman)
RICHARDS, Jerry L. (FE) (Sue)
1634 Skeels Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701-6627
RICHARDS, Ward (NA-SCLS)
405 C Ave
(Owasa)
(Lorraine)
Grundy Center 50638-1742
RICKS, Allen D. (RM) (Donna)
202 Sunset Rd. Box 268
503-982-2891
515-228-3584
641-682-5421
641-682-7443
641-693-3341
641-682-7443
515-733-2477
515-986-4036
515-440-2952
319-266-5500
319-266-3403
307-789-3464
563-732-2622
319-263-5083
319-796-4602
319-796-4403
319-498-4585
641-673-9596
563-326-5631
563-326-6484
563-386-4458
641-752-3368
715-834-0379
319-824-3824
319-988-3024
397
ROLLS
RICKS, Joseph G. (RM) (June)
RIDGWAY, Ronald G. (FLP) (Cheryl)
(Hubbard)
RIDNOUER, Daniel V. (FLP) (Valerie)
(Lacey)
RIEBHOFF, John L. (RM)
RIECKHOFF-FARIS, Janet (FE) (Tim)
(Apptd. New England Conf.)
RIECKHOFF, William G. (RM) (Lois)
RIEGEL, Henry W. (RM) (Emma)
RIEGEL, Larry (RM)
RIGGLE, Lane S. (FE) (Alice)
(Van Meter-Booneville)
RIGGS, Carl B. (RM)
RILEY, James C. (RM) (Martha)
RILEY, Laurie L. (FE)
(Centerville)
RIMMER, Reva K. (FE) (Tom)
(New Covenant Parish)
RINKEL, Charles T., Jr. (RM) (Nelda)
RITTER, R. Roland (RM) (Pauline)
ROATH, Kay (RAM) (William)
ROBBINS, Vernon K. (FE)
ROBERTS, Donald F. (RM)
ROBERTSON, Jerry E. (FE) (Betty)
(Rock Valley)
ROBINSON, Carroll E. (RM)
(Arlington-Volga)
ROBINSON, John A., Jr. (RM) (Alta)
ROBINSON, Robert P. (RM) (Marjorie)
Hudson 50643
401 W. Fountain St.
Brighton 52540-9645
115 S. Illinois PO Box 238
PO Box 541
Hubbard 50122
205 Broadway
301 Broadway
New Sharon 50207
405 S.W. Elm Apt. 404
Ankeny 50021
66 Upper New Hampton Rd.
Meredith, NH 03253-4218
3707 S.E. 24th Ct.
Des Moines 50320
600 E. 5th St. Apt. 508
2142 Watrous Ave.
100 Hazel PO Box 149
Van Meter 50261
4010 Clearview Dr.
17094 N. 4th St.
Galesville, WI 54630-8048
410 N. Main St.
20061 205th Ave.
Centerville 52544
606 W. Main St. PO Box 448
Victor 52347
5921 Winwood Dr. Apt. 215
Johnston 50131-1676
30130 400th Ave.
Aitken, MN 56431-4227
6935 Montana Highway 35
Bigfork, MT 59911-6113
Dept. of Religion
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
1634 Stonecliff Dr.
Decatur, GA 30033
The Florence Home
7915 N. 30th #215
Omaha, NE 68112-2418
1030 18th Ave.
1031 18th Ave.
Rock Valley 51247
Arlington 50606-0070
PO Box 711
Williamsburg 52361
10152 W. 113th St. N.
319-694-4810
641-864-2625
641-864-3551
641-673-8956
641-672-1253
515-964-7492
515-288-9403
515-243-1551
515-285-2365
515-996-2572
515-996-9001
319-277-5686
608-582-3618
641-856-3213
641-856-2838
319-647-2228
319-647-2266
515-334-5470
218-927-6431
406-755-9528
404-329-6466
404-982-0174
712-476-5634
712-476-5398
319-633-3675
319-662-3135
641-227-3316
398
Collins 50055-8544
ROESLER, Lyndon W. (ODM) (Cliftonia)708 2nd Ave. PO Box 198
712-864-3480
(Armstrong-Dolliver)
712-868-3292
Armstrong 50514-0198
ROGERS, Letha (NA-SCLS)
PO Box 816
(Calmar, Assoc.)
505 W. North PO Box 394
563-562-3396
Calmar 52132
ROGULA, David G. (FE) (Pam)
603 N. Clay PO Box 27
641-522-7754
(Brooklyn)
607 N. Clay PO Box 27
641-522-7753
Brooklyn 52211
ROHDE, Rosemary (FE)
1909 Blake Blvd. S.E.
319-247-0137
(School)
Cedar Rapids 52403
ROLLER, Victoria A. (OCE)
1306 Market St. PO Box 479
(Gowrie)
1107 3rd St. PO Box 479
Gowrie 50543-0479
ROMERO, Fernando (ODM) (Dunio)
233 E. 6th St.
641-762-3620
(Mason City, Hispanic Ministries)
Kanawha 50447-0097
ROOT, Leonard L. (RM) (Helen)
610 Briarstone Dr A-19
641-423-4207
ROSENBERGER, John W. (RM) (Lola) 584 Brantley Terrace Way
407-445-3361
Unit 104
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714-0829
ROTH, James H. (FLP) (Lou Ann)
641-377-2534
(Colo)
417 Voorhies St. PO Box 266
641-377-2570
Colo 50056-0266
ROTH, Lorraine J. (FE)
1809 Mississippi Blvd.
563-355-5218
(Bettendorf, Asbury, Assoc.)
3585 Sunny Hill Dr.
563-355-0725
Bettendorf 52722
ROYAR, Kenneth D. (RM) (Gayle)
3350 Kenruth Cir NE
319-466-9178
ROZENDAAL, James E. (RM) (Shirley) 913 5th St. S.W.
319-334-2934
(Hazleton)
Independence 50644-2370
ROZENDAAL, Shirley (RM) (James)
913 5th St. S.W.
319-334-2934
(Hazleton)
Independence 50644-2370
RUBENKING, Andrew L. (FE)
901 Nodaway PO Box 307
641-322-3312
(Corning)
2093 220th St.
641-322-5260
Corning 50841
RULEMAN, Robert N. (RM) (Freda)
3811 Madison Ave.
515-255-6270
Des Moines 50310
RUPPERT, Robert H. (RM) (Margaret)
1624 Hillside Dr. N.W.
319-390-4956
Cedar Rapids 52405
RUSHING, Charles D. (FLP) (Jodi)
PO Box 301
641-449-3779
(New Virginia-Medora)
New Virginia 50210
641-449-3544
RUSHING, Jodi S. (FLP) (Charles)
300 Spruce St. PO Box 93
641-942-7739
(Milo-Green Plain-Liberty Center)
Milo 50166
641-449-3544
RUSK, Alan J. (FE)
2463 Virginia Ave.
712-523-3158
(Leave of absence)
Bedford 50833-8371
RUSSELL, James P. (RM) (Rebecca)
PO Box 357
515-999-2215
(Granger)
Granger 50107-0357
1705 W. Wahkonsa Ave.
515-984-7684
Polk City 50226-1200
RUSSELL, Raymond L. (RM) (Helen)
310 24th St.
515-233-1488
Ames 50010
RUSSELL, Richard R. (AM) (Elizabeth) 302 Washington St. PO Box 87 712-484-2247
399
ROLLS
(Carson-Mount Hope)
SAMUELS, Ellen L. (PM)
(Family leave)
SAMUELSON, Lewis Paul (FE) (Mari)
(Sergeant Bluff)
SANCHEZ, Consorcia A. (FE) (Jaime)
(Apptd. California-Pacific)
SANDERS, Jill L. (FE)
SANGEL, Marcia F. (FE)
(Superintendent, Spencer District)
SATRE, Steve K. (PLP) (Ramona)
(Ogden-Boone, Marion St., Assoc.)
SAUNDERS, Medea A. (PE) (Scott)
(Extended ministries)
SCHAAF, Lowell G. (RLP) (Sylvia)
(Maple Grove)
SCHAR, David E. (RM) (Sharron)
SCHELLER, Donald M. (FE) (Brenda)
SCHERB, John P. (FE) (Carol)
(Dallas Center)
SCHILTZ, Karl F. (FE) (Carol Gailey)
(Early-Nemaha)
SCHLITTER, Todd R. (FE) (Lori)
(Holstein)
SCHMITT, Rita (NA-SCLS) (Ed)
(Ottumwa, Riverview)
SCHNEPF, Mary J. (FE)
(Newton, First Assoc.)
SCHOENING, Dale A. (FE) (Mitzi)
(Slater-Sheldahl)
SCHOENMAKER, Adrian (RM)
SCHOTT, Daniel J. (PD-LFT)
SCHOTT, Lee A. (TPS)
(Polk City)
SCHUHMACHER, Martin (AM)
(C.R., Living Water)
Carson 51525-0087
PO Box 803102
PO Box 661
201 C St. PO Box 661
Sergeant Bluff 51054
%Aldersgate UMC
1352 Liliha St., 96817
616 Hunapa a St.
Honolulu 96816
4520 Navajo Dr. N.E.
1012 W. 11th St.
Spencer 51301-3146
FAX
712-484-3663
773-486-2701
712-943 5488
712-943-5477
808-485-1039
808-732-3812
319-393-8332
712-262-6269
712-262-9843
712-262-8468
515-547-2242
2766 390th St.
Dayton 50530-7550
2718 University, 50311
515-274-3133
939 Leland Ave.
Des Moines 50315
1303 L Ave.
712-767-2506
Elliott 51532-5042
520 Chipping Ln
941-383-9830
Longboat Key, FL 34228-3518
S.I.L. Nasuli
(011) 63-88-828-3131
8700 Malaybalay City
Bukidnon, Philippines
1504 Walnut PO Box 177
515-992-3461
1709 Cherry PO Box 177
515-992-3591
Dallas Center 50063-0177
PO Box 66
712-273-5241
305 Walnut St. PO Box 116
712-273-5243
Early 50535
208 S. Kiel PO Box 97
712-368-2678
212 S. Kiel PO Box 113
712-368-4844
Holstein 51025
411 S. Tacoma Ave.
Ottumwa 52501-3547
210 N. 2nd Ave. E.
641-792-4648
205 E. 29th St. S.
641-791-9377
Newton 50208
401 Story St. PO Box 126
515-228-3241
515-228-3910
Slater 50244
27 Leamer Ct.
319-351-3774
Iowa City 52246
1421 W. Broadway PO Box 494 515-984-6274
1717 W. Wahkonsa Ave.
Polk City 50226
818 Dows Rd. S.E. Ste. 120
319-368-6418
PO Box 5765
2895 23rd Ave.
319-377-1421
400
Marion 52302
1709 12th Ave
Coralville 52241-1005
SCHULTZ, Nancy C. (FE)
600 E. Hammond St.
(Red Oak, First)
610 E. Hammond St.
Red Oak 51566
SCHULTZ, Rhonda A. (FE)
2539 Old Freeport Ct.
(School)
Bettendorf 52722
SCHUMANN, David P. (FE) (Christina) 301 W Athens PO Box 129
(Marathon-Laurens, Assoc.)
306 W Athens PO Box 128
Marathon 50565
SCHUTTER, James F. (FE) (Joyce)
1832 Main Rd. Po Box 465
(Apptd. New England)
Westport Point, MA 02791
SCHWARZ, Leland C. (RM) (Anne)
29 Sycamore Rd.
Jeffersonville, IN 47130-6830
SCHWEIKER, William A. (FE)
5635 S. Dorchester Ave #3
SCHWEIZER, James L. (FE-LFT)
201 E. 4th
(Elaine) (Moulton)
Moulton 52572
23113 217th Ave.
Centerville 52544
SCOTT, Gordon M. (PLP) (Michaele)
404 Lincoln Ave. PO Box 655
(Elliott-Pilot Grove)
Malvern 51551
SCOTT, Keith L. (RM) (Evelyn)
4560 Wesley Dr.
SCOTT, Ruth Ann (RFD-PLP) (Doug)
PO Box 244
(McCausland-Park View)
Eldridge 52748-0244
984 49th St.
Monmouth 52309-9452
SCOTT, Virgil L. (PLP) (Clara)
PO Box 89
(Malcolm-Sheridan, Assoc.)
Malcom 50157-0089
190 Horseshoe Dr.
Montezuma 50171
SEAGREN, Kirk R. (FE) (Lillian)
715 Jefferson St. PO Box 267
(Dexter-Redfield)
Redfield 50233
403 Prairie St.
Guthrie Center 50115
SEBENIECHER, Richard L. (FE) (Janice) 101 E. Graham Ave. Suite 2,
(Superintendent, Council Bluffs District)
51503-6601
101 Marlene Cir.
SEEBER, James J. (FE) (Lois June)
1010 N. Lloyd St.
(Leave of absence)
Aberdeen, SD 57401-2566
SEIBERT, James E. (RAM) (Sharon)
1310 N.W. 1st St.
Eagle Grove 50533-1611
SENEY, Ray K. (RM) (Sharon)
705 N. Main PO Box 901
Elkader 52043-0901
SEYDEL, Frank D. (FE) (Lynn)
304 1st St. W.
(Mount Vernon)
312 1st St. W.
Mount Vernon 52314
SHAFER, Herbert G. (FE) (Janice)
621 S. 3rd St.
(Clinton, First)
Clinton 52732
SHAFFER, Herbert C. (RM) (Sarah)
501 E. 10th
Vinton 52349
SCHULDT, David L. (RM) (Sandra)
319-351-5344
712-623-2101
712-623-2268
563-359-3508
712-289-4311
712-289-2621
508-636-8429
812-285-1362
641-642-3681
641-437-4271
712-624-9004
641-357-3345
563-285-7118
563-673-5011
641-623-2776
515-833-2946
641-747-3963
712-322-1238
712-328-9533
605-626-2601
605-225-3769
515-603-4756
319-245-2180
319-895-6286
319-895-8721
563-242-5868
319-472-5336
ROLLS
SHAFFER, Michael L. (FE)
(Mount Union-Wesley Chapel)
401
106 N. Roads St. PO Box 68
319-865-4521
102 N. Roads St. PO Box 68
319-865-4561
Mount Union 52644-0068
SHATZER, Linda “Kitch” (ODM)
PO Box 126
319-694-2470
(Brighton United)
Brighton 52540-0126
319-694-3706
SHAW, Thomas R. (FE) (Susan)
Church of the Cross UMC
330-345-6472
(Apptd. East Ohio)
5100 Cleveland Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
SHELLY, O. Dean (AM) (Donna)
309 S. Dickinson St.
712-472-4626
(Leave of absence pending incapacity) Rock Rapids 51246-1244
SHEPHERD, Dennis J. (SLP) (Jane)
130 N. West St. PO Box 68
641-765-4523
(Truro-Peru)
655 N West St. PO Box 68
641-765-4782
Truro 50257-0068
SHEPHERD, Jane E. (PE-LFT) (Dennis) 655 N West St.
641-765-4782
(Linn Grove)
Truro 50257-1004
SHERMAN, Brian (FE) (Sue-Ellen)
201 W. Madison PO Box 309
563-928-6823
(Edgewood)
Edgewood 52042
416 Jefferson St.
563-856-2105
Colesburg 52035
SHERMAN, Harold L. (RM) (Erna)
17109 Mercado
281-277-4160
Houston, TX 77083
SHERMAN, Sue-Ellen G. (FE) (Brian)
563-856-4145
(Colesburg)
416 Jefferson St.
563-856-2105
Colesburg 52035
SHICKELL, Eldon K. (RM)
540 Shickell Rd.
606-599-8372
Manchester, KY 40962-6051
SHINKLE, Thomas C. (FE) (Elana)
650 Ashworth Dr. PO Box 26
515-987-4531
(Waukee)
800 Locust St.
515-987-0875
Waukee 50263
SHIRBROUN, James B. (FE) (Beverly) 2622 Lincoln Way, 50014-7220 515-292-6936
420 E. 20th St.
515-233-3799
Ames 50010
SHOEMAKER, Wayne E. (RM) (Avis)
3423 48th PL
515-276-0013
SHOFFNER, Lavina M. (RAM)
265 Grillroyd Lane
011-44-1484-842625
Linthwaite, Hudderfield
HD7-5SS England
SHOGREN, David R. (FE) (Cherry)
3600 75th St.
515-278-0466
(Urbandale, Aldersgate)
4524 75th St.
515-276-1824
Urbandale 50322
SHOPSHIRE, James M. (FE) (Ramonia Wesley Theo. Seminary
202-885-8616
Lee)
4500 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, DC 20016-5690
5308 Manchester Dr.
301-899-6417
Suitland, MD 20746
FAX
301-899-6468
SHREVE, Robert W. (RM) (Marguerite) 801 E. 1st St.
563-578-1047
(Circle of Hope Parish)
Sumner 50674-1613
SHULTZ, Mary H. (FE)
1000 Lincoln St. PO Box 367
712-652-3610
(Scranton-Greenbrier)
504 Jefferson PO Box 367
712-652-3634
Scranton 51462-0367
SHULTZ, Paul M. (FE)
Wesley Foundation
319-338-1179
120 N. Dubuque
Iowa City 52245
610 4th Ave. S.
319-895-0462
402
SIDES, Kathleen J. (FE) (Earl)
(Knoxville, Assoc.)
SIECK, Walter L. (RM) (Elsina)
SIEMENS, Peter (RM) (Esther)
SIEMS, Marvin D. (FLP) (Connie Beck)
(Logan-Magnolia)
SILER, David L. (SLP) (Pam)
(Walker)
SILER, Merrill L. (RM) (Claudia)
(Waterloo, Linden)
SILLIMAN, Charles B. (RLP) (June)
SINDT, Marion G. (FE) (Sheryl)
(Nashua-Republic)
SKIDMORE, Duane E. (PLP) (Sheryll)
(Kilduff-Reasnor)
SKYRME, JoAn Lent (RAM)
SLATER, Pat (PLP) (John)
(Wapsie Valley Parish)
SLOCA, Charles (RLP) (Joan)
SMALLEY, Marjorie (ODM-LFT) (Dale)
(Beaver Yoke)
SMITH, Charles W. (FE) (Avis)
SMITH, A. Joyce (PLP) (Max)
(Afton-Jerusalem)
SMITH, Laura L. (FE) (Steven)
(C.R., Kenwood Park)
SMITH, Paul M. (FE) (Kathryn)
(Ottumwa, Wesley)
SMITH, Robert L. (RM) (Mary)
SMITH, Sandra J. (FLP) (Fred)
(Macksburg-Hebron-Lorimor)
SMITH, Scott (SLP)
(Clinton, Living Faith, Assoc.)
SMITH, Tompsie K. (FE)
(Atlantic)
Mt. Vernon 52314-1737
313 E. Montgomery
PO Box 288
413 Jackson St.
Knoxville 50138
1808 5th
Perry 50220
8405 E. 85th Terrace
Raytown, MO 64138-3024
302 E. 8th St.
Logan 51546-1414
PO Box 297
Walker 52352-0297
3820 Butternut Ln
Waterloo 50703-9445
2125 Norcor Ave. Apt. 4
Coralville 52241-9718
800 Greeley PO Box 485
Nashua 50658
318 E. Howard St.
Colfax 50054-1026
904 4th Ave. NE
Belmond 50421-1340
11557 Co. Rd. E-53
Olin 52320
PO Box 308
Fort Loudon, PA 17224
PO Box 145
Beaver 50031-0145
500 E Court Ave Suite C
Des Moines 50309
2109 Rodlyn Rd.
Webster City 50595
PO Box 136
Afton 50830-0136
205 Dunning Ave.
Mt. Ayr 50854
302 33rd St. N.E., 52402
Cedar Rapids 52403
430 E. 2nd St.
401 McCarroll Dr.
Ottumwa 52501
606 Carter Dr.
Red Oak 51566-2012
305 S. West St. PO Box 17
Macksburg 50155
511 W. Clanton St.
Saint Charles 50240
PO Box 3081
Clinton 52732
PO Box 62
Low Moor 52757
800 Poplar St.
1300 Roosevelt Dr.
641-842-3712
641-828-8608
515-465-2744
712-644-2592
712-644-3151
319-448-4689
319-833-7734
319-338-1979
641-435-4433
641-435-4094
515-674-4135
641-444-7007
319-484-2283
515-275-4387
515-283-1991
515-832-4287
641-347-8847
641-464-3442
319-365-6933
641-682-3731
641-682-5647
712-623-3673
641-768-2342
641-396-2596
319-242-1439
319-522-1402
712-243-3156
712-243-4492
ROLLS
Atlantic 50022
301 N. Clark St. PO Box 208
Saint Charles 50240-0208
PO Box 501
Roland 50236-0501
4248 North Dakota Ave.
Ames 50014-9005
SONG, Kwang-Seok (ODM)
4032 Rohret Rd.
(Iowa City, Korean)
SONNER, Larry W. (RM) (Sue)
6650 Sutton Dr
Urbandale 50322
SORENSEN, Vernon M. (RM) (Sylvia)
319 Windward Dr
League City, TX 77573-9219
SPARKS, A. Harold (RM) (Elizabeth)
500 1st St. N. Apt. 303
Newton 50208-3173
SPARKS, Boyd A. (PLP) (Jean)
502 E Clark St
(Barnes City & Deep River)
Montezuma 50171-1012
SPARKS, Clyde G. (RM) (Genevieve)
17847 465th St.
(Columbia)
Chariton 50049-7831
SPEIGHT, Richard F., Jr. (FE)(Kimberly) 3000 N. Alburnett Rd.
(Marion, Christ Community)
Marion 52302
214 Sussex Drive N.E.
Cedar Rapids 52402
SPRACKLIN, Kathryn M. (FE)
302 S. State St. PO Box 149
(Terrill-Langdon)
304 S. State St. PO Box 149
Terril 51364-0149
SQUIRE, John R. (RM) (Martha)
2319 Wakonda View Dr.
SQUIRES, Sharon K. (TPS)
13479 524th St.
(Jerome and West Grove)
STAUFFER, Ray E. (RAM) (Jan)
197 Vista Dr.
Westcliffe, CO 81252
STEELE, Otto S., Jr. (RM) (Mildred)
906 E. 3rd St.
Pella 50219-1431
STEFFES, Vickie L. (FLP) (Earl)
301 N. 5th St.
(Seymour-Promise City)
302 N. 5th St. (mail)
Seymour 52590
STEMME, Robert J. (RM) (Jan)
606 23rd St.
Aug-Mar
1401 S. Cage Blvd. #199
Pharr, TX 78577-6210
STENBERG, Harlan A. (RM) (Jean)
308 Orchard Lane
STEPANEK, Naomi J. “Tootie” (PLP)
3715 33rd Ave. SW
(Derald)
219 Ann St. SW
(Cedar Rapids, New Creation, Assoc.) Cedar Rapids 52404
STEVENS, Michael D. (PLP) (Denise)
91 Main St.
(Braddyville-Shambaugh)
Malvern 51551
STEWARD, William H. (FE) (Nancy)
3700 Cottage Grove, 50311
(Des Moines, Grace)
1070 37th St.
Des Moines 50310
FAX
STIEFEL, Carl (RM)
807 3rd St.
PO Box 148
Victor 52347
SNOW, Darold (ODM)
(St. Charles)
SODERSTRUM, Trevor J. (PLP)
(Mackey)
SOLOMON, Ted J. (RM) (Marian)
403
515-993-4895
515-388-4335
515-292-2081
319-337-8397
515-276-0282
281-334-0451
641-791-4647
641-623-3244
641-774-5917
319-373-1955
319-377-9797
712-853-6549
712-853-6395
515-287-2640
641-898-7786
719-783-0528
641-628-9744
641-898-2335
641-898-2916
712-336-6127
956-783-8910
641-357-6036
319-396-4366
319-390-0366
712-624-9146
515-255-2131
515-279-3096
515-255-6500
319-647-8166
404
STILES, James W. (FE) (Jeanette)
(Mason City, First)
119 S. Georgia Ave.
64 Circle Terrace
Mason City 50401
STONE, Hugh R. (FE) (Betty)
130 W. Grant St.
(Osceola)
531 S. Fillmore St.
Osceola 50213
STORY, Delbert B. (RLP) (Geraldine)
210 S. 21st St.
STOUT, David B. (FE) (Betty)
(Superintendent, Des Moines District)
1071 Belle Mar Dr.
STOUT, James F. (PLP) (Sharon)
PO Box 26
(Keswick-Thornburg-Webster)
Keswick 50136
405 S. Stuart
Sigourney 52591
STOVER, Judson J (PE) (Helen)
201 W. 1st St.
(Town & Country Parish)
313 N.W. 13th Dr.
Leon 50144
STOWERS, Deborah (FE) (Ted)
302 S. Carroll PO Box 69
(Rock Rapids)
Rock Rapids 51246-0069
STOWERS, Ted. W. (FE) (Deborah)
PO Box 299
(Inwood-Doon)
Inwood 51240-0299
Rock Rapids 51246-0069
STRANSKY, Linda L. (FE) (Mark)
307 E. 1st St.
(Mechanicsville-Morley, First)
411 W. 2nd St.
Mechanicsville 52306
STRAW, Beth M. (PE) (Jack)
(Dunkerton-Mt. Hope)
206 W. Dunkerton PO Box 59
Dunkerton 50626
STREETER, Richard D. (AM) (Delores) PO Box 280
(Arnolds Park)
Arnolds Park 51331-0280
STREYFFELER, David E. (RM) (Belva) 150 Winston Lane
Hollister, MO 65672-5343
STREYFFELER, Laurice D. (RM) (Gail) 2421 Pueblo Dr.
(Akron)
Sioux City 51104
STRIFFLER, Russell C. (RM) (June)
265 Dave Creek Pkwy Apt. 109
Fairfield Bay, AR 72088-3142
STUEVE, Linda (PLP) (Warren)
2900 49th St., DM 50310
(D.M., Immanuel Assoc.)
702 50th Ave.
Norwalk 50211
STUMP, Kirk D. (FE) (Jeanne)
140 N. 7th St.
(Leave of absence pending incapacity) Carlisle 50047
SUBRAMANIAN, Samuel (FE) Thelma 202 S. 1st St. PO Box 706
(Guttenberg and McGregor)
206 S. 1st St.
Guttenberg 52052
SUBRAMANIAN, Thelma Colorado (FE) 107 Rainbow Ave.
(Rowley-Silver Creek)
(Samuel)
Rowley 52329
SUETTERLIN, Kenneth D. (FE) (Bonnie) PO Box 300
(Incapacity leave)
St. Anthony 50239-0300
SULLIVAN, Edward L. (RM) (Doris)
613 W. Boone
Marshalltown 50158
SULLIVAN, Jean (ODM) (Edwin Moreano) PO Box 523
641-423-4905
641-424-5022
641-342-2830
641-342-2337
712-323-1024
515-283-1991
515-225-8832
319-738-3062
641-622-2247
641-446-7343
641-446-6300
712-472-2324
712-472-2770
712-753-2365
712-472-2770
563-432-7716
563-432-6432
319-822-4659
319-822-4618
712-332-2447
417-334-7869
712-239-5551
515-277-1100
515-981-0765
515-989-4498
563-252-2153
563-252-2905
319-938-2605
641-477-8302
641-753-3692
319-465-3473
405
ROLLS
(United Church of Monticello)
511 N. Arminda Ave.
Monticello 52310
SUNG, (Christina) Back Eun (FE)
300 W. Marengo Rd.
(Tiffin)
239 W. 2nd St.
Tiffin 52340
SURFACE, L. Dean (RAM) (Elizabeth)
806 Sherwood PO Box 247
Tabor 51653-0247
SWANBERG, Jerald G. (FE) (Wanda)
202 W. Main
(Marshallown, First)
1904 Edgebrook
Marshalltown 50158
SWAMICKAN, Prince D. (FLP) (Leela)
PO Box A
(Letts-Island)
PO Box 107
Letts 52754
SWENSON, Verdon M. (RLP)
576 Cherry Valley Dr
Postville 52162
SWINTON, David G. (FE) (Shari Stucker) 1100 3rd St. PO Box 237
(Perry-Rippey-Fairview)
824 8th St.
Perry 50220
SWINTON, Jerrold W. (RM) (Sherry)
2621 Moonlight Dr.
Des Moines 50320
319-465-6304
319-545-2281
319-545-2671
712-629-7515
641-752-3668
641-753-7535
319-726-3641
319-726-3741
319-864-3171
515-465-4178
515-465-2613
515-953-4122
T
TABELISMA, Emmanuel A. (FE) (Lucy) 5 N. Federal Ave. Suite 105
(Superintendent, Mason City District)
3428 Brandywine Rd.
Mason City 50401
TAGG, Lawrence V. (RM) (Donna)
9021 E. 5th St.
Tucson, AZ 85710-3043
TAYLOR, Stephen A. (PLP) (Jean)
800 E. 12th, 50316-4304
(D.M., Wesley-Bloomfield)
2216 E. Maish Ct.
Des Moines 50320
TEASDALE, Calvin T. (RM) (Gladys)
Friendship Haven W.
420 Kenyon Rd.
TEFFT, Charles G. (RLP) (Daphne)
601 S.E. Peterson Dr.
Ankeny 50021-3439
TEVIS, Dennis G. (FE) (Glenna)
(Burlington, First)
521 N. 6th St.
Burlington 52601
TEXTOR, Shirley A. (FE)
307 1st Ave. SW PO Box 27
(West Bend-Mallard)
305 1st Ave. SW Po Box 27
West Bend 50597
(Mallard)
THACKER, Penelope M. (RLP)
3342 John Wesley Dr.
(Dubuque, Grandview, Assoc.)
Dubuque 52001-6332
5245 Valley Forge Rd.
Dubuque 52002-2111
THARPE, R. Douglas (RM) (Joy)
21287 Birch Ave.
(Plainfield)
Dumont 50625-7635
THERKELSEN, John (FE) (Margaret)
1 St Joseph Dr, 40504-3754
52 Mentelle Park
Lexington, KY 40502
THOMAS, Christan L. (PE) (Barbara)
319 N. Main St.
(Southeast Louisa Co. Parish, Assoc.) Wapello 52653-1208
26914 Highway 99
641-423-5911
641-424-5602
520-885-7066
515-262-2024
515-288-1487
515-573-6967
515-964-1181
319-754-8421
319-752-4852
515-887-4422
515-887-6421
712-425-3424
319-582-8875
319-583-3719
641-857-3765
859-313-1781
859-266-8851
319-523-6941
319-766-2511
406
Oakville 52646-8000
418 A 2nd Ave. S.
Mt. Vernon 52314
THOMAS, Robin L. (FLP) (Richard)
348 Main St. N. PO Box 333
(Titonka)
635 Main St. N. PO Box 333
Titonka 50480
THOMAS, Susan (FE)
303 W. Madison
(Mount Ayr Larger Parish)
401 N. Hayes
Mount Ayr 50854
THOMPSON, Charles W. (SLP) (Karyl) 1475 265th St.
(Bayard-Wichita)
Jefferson 50129
THOMPSON, Donald L. (RM)
519 N. Calhoun St.
(Nov.-Apr.) 17A Lake Dr.
Winter Haven, FL 33881-9113
TISDALE, John R. (RM) (Beverly)
2983 Old Post Road
Slatington, PA 18080-3214
TOMLINSON, William B. (RM) (Eileen) 800 W. Boston Ave.
TOWELL, Rolland C. (RM) (Judy)
1029 74th St. NE
TOWNSLEY, Diane (PLP) (Michael)
PO Box 152
(Oxford)
Oxford 52322
430 B Ave. PO Box 441
Walford 52351
TOWNSLEY, Michael F. (AM) (Diane)
PO Box 87
(Clover Ridge)
430 B Ave. PO Box 441
Walford 52351
TRELOAR, Sharon B. (PLP) (Joe)
1511 Spruce St.
(Wapsi Valley Parish)
TREMBLY, William C., Jr. (RM) (Fran)
100 Hilltop Rd. Apt. A-1
TRITLE, Barrie M. (FE) (Kae)
1035 3rd Ave. S.E., Ste. 111
(Superintendent, Cedar Rapids District) Cedar Rapids 52403-2463
1501 Sierra Dr. N.E.
TRUSHEIM, Rudolf (RM) (Ruth)
7424 Hickory Lane
Urbandale 50322
TRUSHEIM, Wilbert R. (RM) (Jackie)
3905 Prairie Lane
TUNNICLIFF, John F. (FE-LFT) (Ann)
PO Box 14
(Murray)
Afton 50830
TURKELSON, Donald R. (RM) (Virginia) 6603 Crownpointe Dr. S.W.
Byron Center, MI 49315-8211
TURNER, James R. (FE) (Paula)
(Shell Rock Valley)
Nora Springs 50458-0627
TURNER, Jay W. (FE) (Marianne)
Lewiston, ME 04240
TUTTLE, Lanny L. (RAM) (Shirley)
1514 N. 4th Ave. E.
Newton 50208-3456
TUTTLE, Mark L. (FE) (Janet)
602 5th Ave SW
(Altoona)
606 5th Ave SW
Altoona 50009
THOMAS, Richard H. (RM) (Nancy)
319-895-8359
515-928-2525
515-928-2345
641-464-3636
641-464-3856
712-651-2307
515-386-4860
319-627-4889
863-956-5573
515-961-4438
319-373-8691
319-828-1005
319-846-2724
319-846-2349
319-846-2724
319-484-2137
319-341-8080
515-573-6020
319-365-6273
319-362-8140
515-254-9405
563-332-9790
641-347-8405
616-534-1261
641-749-2216
641-749-2273
207-795-2290
641-792-2274
515-967-2991
515-967-4930
407
ROLLS
TWEDT-BALL, Clint G. (FE) (Karla)
(Cedar Rapids, Lovely Lane, Assoc.)
2424 42nd St. NE
1533 Maplewood Dr. NE
Cedar Rapids 52402
319-393-6674
U
ULFFERS, Pamela K. (PLP) (Dick)
(Waterloo, First, Assoc.)
ULIN, Jerry L. (AM) (Judie)
(Incapacity Leave)
ULSCHAK, Glennys (FE)
UNDERHILL, Lee (RM) (Inez)
UNSER, Ronald M. (RM) (Linda)
URSIN, Bruce N. (FE) (Susan)
(Cedar Falls, First)
USHER, Worthie K. (RM) (Helen)
614 Randolph St.
Waterloo 50702-1522
238 Linwood Ave.
Waterloo 50702
21533 105th St.
North English 52316-9007
82 School St.
New London, CT 06320-4529
721 S. 1st Ave. Apt. 309
Hastings, NE 68901-6605
5846 E. Wind Dr.
Joplin, MO 64804-8887
723 Washington St.
803 Clay St.
FAX
Cedar Falls 50613
4446 Wescott Dr.
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-3540
319-235-7088
319-291-7060
319-738-2325
402-463-4944
417-623-6413
319-266-1713
319-266-1715
319-266-1519
972-264-3217
V
VALDEZ, Melecio A. (FE) (Aleta)
(Maquoketa)
VALLERY, J. Larry (RM) (Rita)
VAN DAM, William J. (RM) (Lorene)
VAN GUNDY, Cathy J. (FLP) (Kerry)
(Hope Parish)
VAN WERT, Gary L. (FE) (Kathy)
(Des Moines, Easton Place)
VARCE, Harold A. (RM) (Virginia)
VICKERY, Gordon K. (RM) (Gwen)
VINEY, Richard G. (RM) (Jan)
VOAS, Duane R. (RM) (Freda)
VOGEL, Dwight W. (RM) (Linda)
VOGEL, Linda J. (RFD) (Dwight)
VOSS, Daniel R. (FLP)
(Meservey-Thornton)
1019 Wesley Dr. PO Box 1268
430 Thomas Ave.
Maquoketa 52060
2818 Eisenhower Ave.
Ames 50010-4304
2477 Pioneer Rd.
Galena, MO 65656
2711 130th St.
Bagley 50026-8524
2412 Easton Blvd.
2666 Boyd St.
Des Moines 50317
6623 Forest Ct.
Des Moines 50311
19A Maple Ct.
Branson, MO 65616-2013
115 E. Burnsville Pkwy Apt. 318
Burnsville, MN 55337-7545
1605 W. Chase Ave. Apt. 1-W
1605 W. Chase Ave. Apt. 1-W
810 1st Ave.
(Thornton ph.)
PO Box 115
Meservey 50457
563-652-4420
563-652-4154
515-232-6413
417-425-0261
641-427-5258
515-266-8582
515-266-0118
515-255-1036
712-258-2509
417-334-6252
417-334-7685
612-894-5465
847-866-3940
773-761-6453
773-761-6453
641-998-2004
641-358-6107
408
VOTAW, Debra (FD) (Tim)
122 W. Van Weiss Blvd.
319-768-3551
319-752-4374
W
Garwin 50632-0010
107 Eastgate Dr.
Reinbeck 50669-1335
WADDING, Judy (FLP) (Kim)
4830 Ambassador Ct.
(Sherrill)
Dubuque 52002-2609
WADDLE, Christopher (FE)
701 N. C St.
705 N. D St.
Indianola 50125
WAGNER, Sr., David H. (FE) (Candace) 885 Maben Ave.
(Garner)
1245 Division Ave.
Garner 50438
WAGNER, Harold E. (RM) (Betty)
1245 Division Ave.
Garner 50438
WALKER, Timothy J. (FE) (Nancy)
803 13th St.
(Hawarden-Ireton)
1505 Central Ave.
Hawarden 51023
WALKER-WALKER (PE)
811 Crocker St.
(D.M., Burns)
Des Moines 50309
FAX
2100 Center St. (mail)
WALLACE, Charles Q. (RM) (Anne)
811 N. Madison
WALLACE, Leon V. (RM) (Lorna)
210 Elm St. PO Box 86
Moorhead 51558-0086
WALTER, Norman P. (RAM) (Gladys)
1807 Park St.
(Riverton-Locust Grove)
Hamburg 51640
WARD, Martha D. (FE) (Robert)
206 S.W. Walnut St.
WARD, Robert B. (FE) (Martha)
401 S.E. 4th St.
(Ankeny, First)
Ankeny 50021
FAX
WARREN SPOERL, Melissa J. (FE)
2501 Jackson St.
(Dubuque, Faith &
(Michael) Dubuque 52001
Center Grove-Rockdale)
5036 Sherrill Rd.
Sherrill 52073
WASHINGTON, Alex T. (RM) (Joy)
WASTA, Wayne E. (RM) (Phyllis)
310 Pleasant Hill Dr.
Decorah 52101-2209
WATERMAN, David P. (RM) (Arlene)
201 4th St. S.W.
Waverly 50677-3122
WATKINS, Jo Frahm (FE) (R. Karl)
119 S. Georgia Ave.
(Mason City, Assoc.)
Mason City 50401
WATKINS, R. Karl (FE) (Jo)
510 Thompson PO Box 460
(Sheffield-Chapin)
WATSON, Gordon E. (FE) (Jan)
127 N. 10th St.
(Fort Dodge, First)
1211 N. 11th St.
Fort Dodge 50501
WEARDA, Janet L. (FLP) (Charlie)
PO Box 38
(Rowan Yoke)
Rowan 50470-0038
WACH, Harry J. (FLP) (Rebecca)
(Garwin-Garwin Disciples)
641-499-2022
319-788-6558
563-556-6899
515-961-1684
515-962-9221
641-923-2191
641-923-3179
712-551-1807
712-551-2541
515-244-5883
515-244-6659
515-327-1159
641-424-9255
712-886-5554
712-382-2270
515-964-4249
515-964-0883
515-964-4392
563-583-4894
563-552-2866
712-274-1227
563-382-2096
319-352-3889
641-423-4905
641-892-4161
515-576-7586
515-573-4714
641-853-2264
409
ROLLS
1925 Hwy 65
WEBB, J. Ellis (RM) (Esther)
420 E. 11th St.
WEBB, Leland J. (FE) (Catherine)
707 6th St.
(Grundy Center)
903 12th St.
Grundy Center 50638
WEBB, Philip J. (FE) (Ellen)
201 E. Nebraska
(Algona)
20 Oakridge Dr.
Algona 50511
(9-1-03 Boone, First)
703 Arden St. PO Box 206
Boone 50036
WEBB, Warren S. (RM) (LuFern)
1771 Hickory Hill Drive
Eagan, MN 55122-2412
WEBSTER, Dwight D. (ODM) (Jonnie)
(Lamont-Aurora)
Lamont 50650
WEESNER, David A. (FE) (Cheryl)
14911 Somerset Ave.
(C.B., Salem)
14955 Somerset Ave.
WEHNER, Julie A. (FE)
720 Grand Ave.
1100 7th St.
WEHNER, Paul J. (FE) (Patricia)
2832 Crown Point
Springfield, IL 62704
WEIDA, John O. (FE) (Carol)
31 Valor Rd. PO Box 295
(Aurelia)
Aurelia 51005
WEIDERT, Betty (ODM)
206 W. Main St. PO Box 21
(Lake City Union)
120 N. Olive
Lake City 51449
WEIR, Robert F. (FE)
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Iowa City 52242
WELLS, Harold J. (RM)
2678 324th Way
Adel 50003-8020
WELLS, Nova L. (RM) (Carl)
5605 Atlantis Terrace
Arlington, TX 76016
WENDEL, David R. (FE) (Jane)
210 N. 2nd Ave. E.
(Newton, First)
1113 E. 16th St. S.
Newton 50208
WERLEY, Harold E. (FE) (Ruth French) 450 S First St PO Box B
(Moville)
419 S Pearl St PO Box B
Moville 51039
WESTON, Mark E. (RM) (Muriel)
Deceased 7-10-03
641-456-3964
WHISLER, Cheri J.D. (OCE) (Stephen)
(Russell-Bethel 9-1-03)
641-535-4592
WHISLER, Stephen T. (ODM) (Cheri)
(Corydon-Millerton-Sewell-New Zion)
WHITE, George A. (FE) (Martha)
115 Northumberland PO Box 486
Russell 50238-0486
210 W. Anthony
Corydon 50060
213 W. Jackson St.
210 W. Anthony
Corydon 50060
109 E. 14th St.
319-266-4279
319-825-5408
319-825-6316
515-295-7241
515-295-9020
515-432-4660
563-924-2870
563-924-2811
712-366-1408
712-366-0980
515-279-0826
515-226-0697
217-492-4955
217-726-6011
712-434-5994
712-434-5941
712-464-3221
712-464-7950
319-335-6706
319-338-6976
515-996-2829
641-792-4648
641-792-2510
712-873-5117
712-873-3678
641-872-1668
641-872-1569
641-872-1668
563-324-5278
410
(Davenport, St. John’s)
2237 Fairhaven Rd.
Davenport 52803
WHITE, Joan (ODM)
PO Box 218
(United Trinity Parish)
Humeston 50123
WHITE, Roger A. (FE) (Tamara)
Lincoln & Hwy 96 PO Box 218
(Gladbrook)
410 Garfield St. PO Box 218
Gladbrook 50635-0218
WHITENACK, Weldon A. (RM) (Marilyn) 627 W. Washington St.
WHITLATCH, Catherine (FE) (Ron)
517 2nd St.
(Columbus Junction-Columbus City)
Columbus Junction 52738-1107
WHITLACTH, Ron (OCE) (Catherine)
19734 160th St.
Columbus Junction 52738-9790
WIBLIN, Maria D. (FLP)
2675 E. Washington St.
(Iowa City, St. Mark’s, Assoc.)
Iowa City 52245
WIEBESIEK, Daniel R. (FLP) (Deborah) 510 N. Washington PO Box 367
(New Market)
508 N. Washington PO Box 367
New Market 51646-0367
WIERSON, Stanley S. (RAM)
501 Sycamore St. PO Box 187
(LaPorte City)
LaPorte City 50651
WIESE, Allen J. (FE) (Debbie)
405 School St.
(Carlisle)
135 N. 5th St.
Carlisle 50047
WILCOX, Gayle (FLP) (Paul)
601 Milwaukee St.
(Charles City, Assoc.)
709 2nd Ave.
Charles City 50616
WILCOX, Paul N. (FE) (Gayle)
601 Milwaukee St.
(Charles City)
709 2nd Ave.
Charles City 50616
WILCOX, Wilbur F. (RM) (Betty Jo)
911 18th St.
WILKEN, Alferd E. (RM) (Helen)
620 Summit Dr. Apt. 306
Fairmont, MN 56031
WILKIN, Timm A. (FE) (Bess)
303 E. Fenton PO Box 466
(Marcus)
301 S. Ridgeway PO Box 466
Marcus 51035-0466
WILL, Shirley Hoffmann (FE) (Gerold) 27131 Hwy 78 PO Box 115
(Prairie View)
Ollie 52576-0115
PO Box 916
Packwood 52580-0916
WILLER, Michael J. (FE) (Danelle)
361 N. 8th Ave. W.
(Hartley)
30 W. Maple St.
Hartley 51346
WILLEY, Larry G. (RM) (Marlene)
749 Ponderosa Ln.
Estes Park, CO 80517-7005
WILLIAMS, Alecia R. (ODM) (Douglas) 85 N. Jones Blvd. PO Box 36
(North Liberty)
North Liberty 52317-0036
812 14th Ave.
Coralville 52241
WILLIAMS, Dale J. (RM) (LaJeune)
707 Robin Glen Apt. 216
WILLIAMS, Dana K. (PE)
304 E. Newago PO Box 472
(Radcliffe-Ellsworth)
Radcliffe 50230-0472
WILLIAMS, Douglas E. (FE) (Alecia)
806 13th Ave.
563-359-0697
641-877-4641
641-877-6381
641-473-2025
641-473-2088
319-653-4891
319-728-2669
319-728-7052
319-337-7201
319-887-5553
712-585-3532
712-585-3255
319-342-2208
515-989-3552
515-989-0142
641-228-5368
641-228-5575
641-228-5368
641-228-5575
515-280-3961
507-235-8614
712-376-2639
712-376-2635
641-667-2502
319-695-3028
712-928-2649
712-928-2669
970-586-7997
319-626-2762
319-351-0777
515-961-0930
515-899-2327
515-899-2449
319-351-2446
ROLLS
812 14th Ave.
Coralville 52241
WILLIAMS, Robert D. (RM) (Kathryn)
2487 130th St.
Clarinda 51632-5007
WILLIAMS, Steven C. (FE) (Janet)
1036 7th St.
(Nevada)
709 K Ave.
Nevada 50201
WILLIAMSON, Ensworth Lee (PLP)
1319 W. 5th St.
(Sioux City, Whitfield)
(Michelle)
1307 W. 5th St.
Sioux City 51103
WILLIAMSON, Michelle L. (FE-LFT)
1319 W. 5th St.
(Sioux City, Whitfield) (Lee)
1307 W. 5th St.
Sioux City 51103
WILLIAMSON, Paul D. (RM) (Barbara)
10854 N.W. 103rd Ct.
Granger 50109
WILSON, Russell L. (RM) (June)
1342 73rd St.
Windsor Heights 50311-1318
WIMMER, Dana E. (FE) (Jessica)
2900 49th St.
(D.M., Immanuel)
Des Moines 50310-2599 FAX
8040 Cobblestone Rd.
WIMMER, Jessica B. (FLP) (Dana)
5723 Franklin Ave.
(D.M., Marquisville-Christ)
8040 Cobblestone Rd.
WINCH, Marilyn C. (FE)
702 W. 1st St.
(Incapacity leave)
WINKELPLECK, Judy M. (PLP)
12321 Hickman Rd.
(Urbandale, Walnut Hills)
14995 Woodcreek Lane
Clive 50325-4511
WINTER, Harlan W. (FE) (Sandra Jean) 319 N. Main St.
(Southeast Louisa Co. Parish)
231 S. 7th St.
Wapello 52653
WINTER, Robert B. (RM)
139 Mitchell St.
Conway, AR 72032
WISER, Gerald E. (RLP) (Thelma)
62999 Victoria Rd.
(Noble-Grant-Lincoln Center)
62988 Victoria Rd.
Griswold 51535
WITTERN, Bruce E. (FE) (Susan)
159 Westview Dr. PO Box 38
(Rockwell-Swaledale)
Rockwell 50469-0038
WITTSTRUCK, Thorne K. (FE) (Linda) 306 2nd Ave. NW PO Box 116
(Hope Parish)
320 Hudson St.
Pocahontas 50574
WIXOM, Bryon L. (FLP) (Beverly)
978 Cedar St. PO Box 108
(Lehigh-Otho)
Lehigh 50557
WOESTE, Stanley F. (RM) (Gretchen)
900 Washington Rd. Apt. 409
Pittsburgh, PA 15228-2033
WOLCOTT, Gerald B. (RM) (Ruth)
495 S. 51st St. Unit 5
WOLFE, I. Charlene (PLP) (Donald)
PO Box 236
Bagley 50026-0236
WOLGAMUTH, Jack (ODM)
308 Broadway
(West Burlington)
512 Spring St. (mail)
(Coralville)
411
319-351-0777
712-586-4536
515-382-6536
515-382-4448
712-252-3261
712-252-3261
515-999-9427
515-274-6013
515-277-1100
515-277-4371
515-277-5391
515-277-9464
515-277-5391
319-568-2734
515-270-9226
515-987-2404
319-523-6941
319-523-2762
501-450-3557
712-778-4433
712-778-4441
641-822-4833
641-822-3213
712-335-3663
712-335-4111
515-359-2243
515-359-2253
412-343-9639
515-440-3603
641-427-5474
319-752-0288
319-752-6896
412
WOOD, Donald M. (PLP) (Cheri)
(Sioux City, First, Assoc.)
WOODIN, Thomas W. (RM) (Roberta)
WOODWORTH, L. Scott (RM) (Fran)
WRIGHT, DeLane D. (FE) (Karen)
(Tipton)
WYATT, Lynn B. (FLP) (Patricia)
(Adair-Casey)
West Burlington 52655
1915 Nebraska St.
PO Box 818
Sergeant Bluff 51054-0818
1201 W Adams
Creston 50801
HC 69 Box 575
Beverly, KY 40913-9802
607 Lynn St
104 Meadow Ln
Tipton 52772
PO Box 165
Casey 50048-0165
403 Cass St.
Adair 50002-1131
712-258-0119
712-943-5821
641-782-5871
606-337-5394
563-886-2331
563-886-3402
641-746-2210
641-742-3614
Y
YETTER, George I. (RM) (Grace)
YOUNG, Audrey Westendorf (FLP)
(Ventura and Lake Mills)
(Mark)
YOUNG, D. Ward (RM) (Nancy)
YOUNG, J. Eugene (RM) (Caroline)
YOUNG, Karen K. (FD) (Michael)
(CR, Lovely Lane)
YOUNG, Mark A. (FE) (Janice)
(Washington, Assoc.)
YOUNG, Robert W. (RM) (Helen)
4301 N. 21st St. Unit 29
Phoenix, AZ 85016-5570
PO Box 137
Ventura 50482-0137
957 N. 8th St. W
Clear Lake 50428
309 Hill St.
Oakland 51560-4122
160 S. 19th St. Ct.
Marion 52302-4143
2424 42nd St. NE
Cedar Rapids 52402
206 W. 2nd St., 52353-1925
1516 N. Third St.
1400 Pleasant Dr.
641-829-3600
641-357-4884
712-482-3773
319-373-5053
319-393-6674
319-653-5446
319-653-7940
515-225-1160
Z
ZELENY, Thomas L. (FE) (Connie)
(Wilton)
ZIETTLOW, Carryl R. (RM) (Mary Ann)
ZIMMERMAN, Lynn C. (PM) (Wendell)
(Silver City-Pacific Junction-Hillsdale)
ZISKOVSKY, Janet L. (FE-LFT)
(Vinton, Stewart Mem.-Garrison)
1401 Maurer St. PO Box 57
563-732-2084
1301 Maurer St.
563-732-2484
Wilton 52778
FAX 563-732-2484
563-732-2036
42 Grisham Dr.
501-855-4530
Bella Vista, AR 72714
210 Oak St. PO Box 127
712-525-1057
Silver City 51571-0127
712-525-1146
216 E. 4th St.
319-472-2839
212 E. 4th St.
Vinton 52349
413
ROLLS
Name
James Davis (RM)
B. CLERGY IN AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
Address
Conference
1810 N. 4th Ave. E.
Greater New Jersey
Newton 50208
Areleon Kelly (RM)
North Central New York
Donna Meinhard (RM)
Troy
David W. Mixon
Great River Medical Center
1221 S. Gear Ave.
C. CLERGY ON HONORABLE LOCATION
Address
Charge Conference
510 N. Oakland Ave.
First, Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901-1374
Allen, James E.
706 Greenwood Rd.
Indianola
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Baker, John J.
1217 Ann Avenue
First, Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
Bartz, Harvey
2685 Bower Ct. E.
First, South St. Paul
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Christian, Clark C.
10329 W. St.
Omaha, NE 68127-3069
Dale, Jan
3320 Dartmoor Ln
Collegiate, Ames
Ames 50014-8403
Dolf, Gerald R.
420 N. Evans Rd.
Waterloo, First
Waterloo 50707
Donovan, Timothy J. II 1528 32nd St
DM, First
Durkee, Evelyn Mae
40074 Wallaby Rd.
First
Rice, MN 56367
Ellsworth, Timothy A.
3522 Route 9W Apt. C
Highland, NY 12528-1416
Haidle, Jerry W.
810 E. 2nd St. PO Box 486
Asbury, Webster City
Jones, Allan B.
722 Orchard St. Apt. 2
Christ, Santa Rosa, Cal.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Jones, Harold B.
2602 24th Ave.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mitchem, Donald D.
3302 Wakonda Dr.
Asbury, Bettendorf
Bettendorf 52722
Newcomer, David
241 Richardson Dr.
Mt. Tamalpais,
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Mill Valley, Cal.
Oren, John J.
109 Primrose Ln
La Porte City
La Porte City 50651-1126
Osburn, Edward E.
7235 Aspen Dr.
Valley View,
Kansas City, KS 66111
Overland Park, Kansas
Plocher, Terry L.
unlisted address
Richardson, Arthur W.
6317 Hyde Park Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73162-3214
Sears, Thomas A.
301 30th St. S.E.
St. Paul's, Cedar Rapids
Name
Allen, Harry A. Jr.
Year
1974
1974
1988
1971
2000
1984
2002
1996
1980
2003
1974
1988
1986
1974
2001
1982
1998
1999
1972
414
Williams, Loy A. (FE)
Wrider, Darrel L.
425 Maple Lane
Geneva, IL 60134-1151
3816 Wenig Rd. NE
1999
1979
Clergy Retired on Honorable Location:
Bonham, Dwight P.
PO Box 132, Nevada 50201
Nevada, First
Phillips, Herbert E.
837 Elmwood Ct. S.W., Altoona 50009-2479
Sheckler, James
367 Antler Ct., Marion 52302-9399
Simbro, William C.
PO Box 25068, West Des Moines 50265-9402
Zottnick, James W.
400 E. Colonial #607, Orlando, FL 32803
2001
1996
1997
1998
1993
D. ADMINISTRATIVE LOCATION
Tennant-Jayne, Timothy PO Box 2607 Loop Station, Minneapolis, MN 55402
1991
E. SURVIVING SPOUSES OF CLERGY
Name
Ackerman, Marlys (John)
Aitken, Shirley (Robert J.)
Andre, Doris (William)
Artman, Louise D. (Donald H.)
Arthur, Susan (Donald R.)
Ash, Dee (Mark Sullivan)
& David Ash)
Ballard, Letha (M. Stanley)
Bass, Frances A. (Dale A.)
Batho, Ada (Thomas)
Beck, Belva Harper (Edward H.)
Berreth, Lora (Eugene)
Bintz, Lorraine (Warren)
Bishop, Rachel (Cloyd)
Blakely, Erma E. (W.P. Gauer)
Blankers, Viola (Anthony)
Blomquist, Muriel (Elmer S.)
Bloodworth, Gladys (W. Marion)
Boysen, Sharon (Joseph)
Bressler, Cloris (Kenneth)
Brockman, Ruth (Francis L.)
Brown, Helen L. (LaMonte)
Brown, Margaret (Henry)
Bryant, Thelma (Herbert L.)
Bucklew, Althea L.
(Roy E. Gugeler)
Bugh, Lavonia C. (Sydney Sterett)
Buikema, Florence K. (James)
Burdette, Betty (Ralph)
Burns, Evelyn (Clarence)
Butts, Bertha (Harold)
Campney, JoAnne (Arthur B.)
Address
Fox Meadow, 715 Central Ave. Apt. 205,
Evansdale
no current address
3106 50th, Des Moines
8505 E Lowry Blvd. Ste. A313,
Denver, CO
1400 W. Norton, Muskegon, MI
1220 49th St. Unit 6, West Des Moines
50707-1602
50310
80230-7132
49442
50265-5439
no mail
719 Dodge, Keosauqua
52565
3100 N. Richardson Ave., Roswell, NM
88201-5822
1300 13th St. NW, Apt. A307, Cedar Rapids
52405
852 Breeze St., Craig, CO
81625-2410
403 Pine St., Rolfe
50581-1154
c/o David Bishop, PO Box 115, Rock Falls 50467-0115
14 Brookfield Dr., Cranston, RI
02920-1405
707 Robin Glen #312, Indianola
50125-1196
18602 Timbers Dr., Humble, TX
77346-2680
3524 Grand Ave. Apt. 306, Des Moines
50312-4341
1669 Fawn Rd., Deloit
51441-7516
519 E. 13th St. Spencer
51301
3520 Grand Ave. Apt. C415, Des Moines 50312-4364
49 X St., Lake Lotawana, MO
64086-9763
2747 Seventh Ave., Council Bluffs
51501
1605 C Avenue, Vinton
52349-1671
Wesley Acres, 3520 Grand Ave., Rm. 314
Des Moines
50312
425 Vermont St., Quincy, IL
62301
601 W. Sherman, Sellingrove, PA
17870
4010 Lakewood Blvd., Naples, FL
34112-6116
1080 29th St., Marion
52302
116 Winchester Ave., Interlachen, FL
32148-3620
741 16th St., Des Moines
50314-1614
ROLLS
Carbaugh, Esther (Harley)
Carlson, Virginia (Wayne)
415
710 Oak St., Story City
50248-1320
651 S.W. 6th St. #1709,
Pompano Beach, FL
33060-7740
Chitwood, Darlene(Quentin Lansman) no current address
Clark, Kathryn (Alfred)
509 Eighth St., Monett, MO
65708
Clements, Alice G. (Paul V.)
336 S.E. 192nd Ave., Portland, OR
97233
Clements, Wilma Phillips (Albert) 1124 Bobetta Ct., Clinton
52732-3405
Collier, Kathryn J. (Burton C.)
3520 Grand Ave. Apt. 5452, Des Moines 50312-4383
Considine, Carol (Frank)
111 Caymen St., Iowa City
52245-3957
Cooper, Anne (James)
908 16th St. N.E., Mason City
50401-1428
Corley, Erik (Jennifer)
113 N. 3rd St., Villisca
50864
Coughenour, Virginia (Newton)
%Holly Nystrom, 809 13th Ave. W., Spencer
51301
Crabtree, Juanita (Roger)
#7 Blackwood Lane, Meadow Village,
Sunriver, OR
97701
Crews, Phyllis (T. Ray)
817 Climer St., Muscatine
52761
Cripps, Olga (Floyd)
Indian Hills Rehab Center, 1800 Indian Hills Dr.,
Apt. E18, Sioux City
51104-1518
Curtis, Edna (Carlin)
120 Foster St., Mountain Home, AR
72653
Dailey, Margaret Ann (David)
259 Hudson Terrace, Augusta, GA
30907-3222
Dancel, Lucena (Jose A.)
103 Cor Maginoo & Masigla St.,
Diliman Quezon City, Philippines 1100
Dean, Ruth (Dwight G.)
2115 Clark Ave., Ames
50010
Deaver, Joycelyn (Leonard)
905 Melrose Dr., Cedar Falls
50613-4409
Delahooke, Pearl A. (James)
Friendship Haven W 357, 420 Kenyon Rd.
Fort Dodge
50501
Dendler, Alta M. Baker (James)
%Nancy Christensen, 17107 Orchard Ave.,
Omaha, NE
68135
Dilley, Cecelia (Russell)
110 Hall St., Humboldt
50548-1906
Dimmlich, Elizabeth (Walter F.)
%Carl Dimmlich, 6385 N. Ford Rd.,
Seales Mound, IL
61075-9522
Dimmit, Dean (George F.)
3100 Bracken Ct #2, Topeka, KS
66614
Dold, Elizabeth (Ronald)
c/o Vivian Rappeneker, 801 Blackhawk,
Burlington
52601-6615
Dunham, Mildred L. (Lyle S.)
1203 N. E St. Apt. 1214, Indianola
50125-3276
Ellis, Betty (Robert)
1432 Elm St., Grinnell
50112-1242
Erb, Elma (Earl)
1400 6th Ave. N. Apt. 108, Wellman
52356-9318
Eveland, Mary Ellen (J. Arthur)
821 E. Country View Cir., Fresno, CA
93720-0726
Everhart, Joyce (Donald C.)
806 S. Lincoln St., Knoxville
50138-3117
Fitch, Geraldine G. (Lloyd)
4126 E. 118th Ave., Thornton, CO
80233-5106
Forbes, Varena (Donald)
2108 Camanche Ave., Clinton
52732
Frankhauser, Anita (Arthur F.)
304 Colorado Rd., Cedar Falls
50613-5138
Freeburg, Rosanne (Gordon)
1255 W. Grangeville Blvd. Spc. 29,
Hanford, CA
93230-2545
Frohardt, Myra (Edwin W.)
830 S. 13th Ave. E., Newton
50208
Fugate, Judy (Leonard)
214 Peoria St., Waterloo
50701
Fullerton, Roberta (Dean)
511 S. Clinton St., Boone
50036-4915
Gant, Nina (Harland)
1217 Jefferson St., Ames
50010
Garlock, Amy (Brown)
107 N. Bashford, Winfield
52659-9507
Gaul, Shirley (Benjamin)
7625 E. Camelback Rd. Apt. A218
Scottsdale, AZ
85251-2116
Gilmore, Connie (Larry D.)
7254 Wilshire Blvd., Des Moines
50322
Goldman, June (Max)
24113 178th St., Okoboji
51355
Grant, Dorothy M. (Willis)
1003 E. 15th St. S., Newton
50208-5027
Green, Marcille A. (Wm. H.)
1705 Owen St., Charles City
50616-3911
416
Greenwood, Priscilla (Lloyd Bair)
Gruber, Lois (Donald M.)
Haar, Helen (Richard)
Hall, Lois (Lester)
Hang, Flora (Benjamin H.H.)
Hann, Eunice (Paul)
Harbour, Jane (Donald)
Hart, Mary E. (Russell L.)
Hauser, Charlotte (A. Keith)
Havighurst, Novelle (Lawrence D.)
Hawhee, Ruth (S.Gale)
Henderson, Marian (Milton)
Henline, Alice (Wendell)
Henry, Betty (Joseph)
Hill, Lois (M. Trevor Baskerville)
Hindman, Beulah (Ralph S.)
Hinshaw, Cresence (Floyd)
114 Southfield Dr., Webster City
50595
5850 Felber Cir., Ames
50010-9241
1024 Austin, Evanston, IL
60202
123 Alco, Maryville, MO
64468
305 Hibbard Rd., Wilmette, IL
60091
411 W. Court, Winterset
50273
1329 Woodstock Ave., Ames
50010-3856
3201 1st St., Emmetsburg
50536-2516
50312-4357
610 Park Lane, Madera, CA
93637
402 West St., PO Box 185, Cantril
52542-0185
800 Chestnut St. Apt. 303, Atlantic
50022-1665
3020 Yorkshire Dr. N.E., Cedar Rapids
52402
4591 Beck Lake Trl. Apt. 1, Melbourne, FL
32901
2063 Minburn Rd., Minburn
50167-8047
PO Box 1001, Deer Park, WA
99006-1001
%Duva E. Roth,
11023 W. Ventana Dr. S., Sun City, AZ
85373-2303
Holland, Jackie (Wayne Willcoxon) 1107 Oak Park Rd., Council Bluffs
51503
Ives, Rebecca (Edwin Van Holland)42755 310th Ave., Rolfe
50581-8581
John, Dorothy (Ralph)
43 Abbeyshire Lane, Berlin, MD
21811-1832
Jones, Anita (Donald)
808 Colorado St, Glidden
51443-1031
Jones, Flonda (Lawrence)
50312-4384
Kennedy, Esther C. (Stanley)
420 E. 11th St. Apt. 363, Cedar Falls
50613-3364
Kenyon, Mary (Gerald Allsup)
5987 Main St., Audubon
50025-7462
Kerns, Lily (Clair)
7 Wesley Ct., Marionville, MO
65705
King, Grace (Clyde)
1708 Harding St., Tama
52339-1028
King, Esther (Lynn)
5848 E. University Dr. Apt. 1034, Mesa, AZ
85205
Kinney, Marvina H. (John M.)
9918 E. 114th Place S., Bixby, OK
74008
Kleihauer, Dorothea (Thomas Doyle)1234 S. Park Blvd. #121, Freeport, IL
61032-4602
Koontz, Opal (Donald H.)
423 Idaho St., Prole
50229-9529
Krass, Janyce (Lester Hancock) 2637 Woodmans Hollow Rd., Otho
50569-7513
Lamb, Merle (Glen W.)
707 Robin Glen Apt. 306, Indianola
50125-1073
Larsen, Rosalie (Laurell)
1428 Whitcher Ave., Sioux City
51109
Latta, Fern (John M.)
1206 Parkway, Burlington
52601
Latta, Marjorie R. Wagner (Cecil) Deceased 7-4-03
Lippincott, Margery F. (John)
%Anne, Lippincott, 1702 12th St., Eldora
50627
Litty, Melva L. (Phillip Cline)
1209 Birch Court, Aurora, NE
68818
Long, Glenda (Stan)
3027 SE Turnberry Dr., Ankeny
50021-9591
Long, Lorene (Arthur V.)
50312
Lott, Betty (Clifford)
19534 Munsey Dr., Katy, TX
77449
MacCanon, Verla (Robert)
304 Nicholas Dr. Apt. C, Marshalltown
50158-4416
Malone, Sara B. (C. Fred)
PO Box 1017, Hinton
51024
Manimoi, Aurora (Kai)
169A Farnham Rd., Quaker Hill NSW 2763, Australia
Martin, Ruby M. (Ernest F.)
2423 Walden Rd. Apt. 101, Iowa City
52246-4104
Marty, Emogene (Howard)
2016 Terrace Dr., Cedar Falls
50613-5800
Mason, Helen (Charles)
2525 Nebraska St. Apt. 114, Sioux City
51104-3508
Mathwig, Hope F. (Cecil Wyant) 2440 Baton Rouge Ave., Lima, OH
45805-5104
Maus, Jane M. (Edward R.)
1222 B Ave NW, Cedar Rapids
52405-3923
McCallum, Doris (John)
PO Box 827, Penney Farms, FL
32079-9998
McClurken, Kathy (Scott Woeste) 2109 Van Buren Ave., Ames
50010-4517
McLaughlin, Irene (Willis M.)
712 E. Bremer Ave., Waverly
50677
McLaughlin, Janet Thompson
1901 Indian Hills Dr., Sioux City
51104
(Carroll)
ROLLS
417
McMullen, Margaret (George W.) 404 S. Logan St., Roland
50236-1044
McMurrin, Myrtle E. (Albert)
Friendship Village #4010,
5790 Denlinger Rd., Dayton, OH
45426
Metcalf, Eloise (Kenneth)
4331 Glenvale Ct., Bettendorf
52722
Miller, Hilda I. (Richard)
2922 Lake Valley Dr., Garland, TX
75040-2818
Mueller, Loraine (Stanley)
761 Center St., Tracy, MN
56175
Musser, Leora (Loyd L.)
600 Park Ln Apt. 140, Waterloo
50702-5274
Musson, Margaret (Wilbur)
125 E. Washington Apt. 17, Osceola
50213-1244
Nash, Berniece (M. Jack)
304 R St., Hamburg
51640
Nelson, Dorothy (Earl V.)
1123 Country Club Dr., Boone
50036
Nelson, Grace (Mervin)
1224 13th St. N.W., Cedar Rapids
52405-2404
Newlon, Linda (Kent)
PO Box 66, Laneville, TX
75667-0066
Norem, Harriet J. (C. Delbert Grim) No mail
Nothdurft, Bernyce (Milton H.)
8919 E. Navajo Ct., Prescott Valley, AZ
86312-8313
Olive, Susan (Lynn Ryon)
PO Box 123, Corning
50841-0123
Olson, Blanche E. (Clarence E.) 110 Gardner Dr. #108, Hilton Head, SC
29926
Ossman, Shirley (Robert)
1014 Finkle Ave., Marshalltown
50158-3322
Overhulser, Helene (Wm. F.)
1325 Coconino Rd. Apt. 223, Ames
50014-7936
Pacholke, Jean F. (Raymond)
%Marsha Koughn, PO Box 344, Monroe
50170
Pencook, Gertrude (Everett E.)
1005 N. 29th St., Fort Dodge
50501
Peterson, Louie M. (John W.)
3448 Maple Glen Dr., Bettendorf
52722-2899
Peterson, Nedra Finch (Willard O.) 1719 E. Bijou St. Apt. 604
Colorado Springs, CO
80909-5751
Pettersen, Irene (Clarence)
1712 Rainbow Dr., Waterloo
50701
Pierce, Ann (Darwin M.)
S2072 Hall Rd., Westby, WI
54667-8386
Pinnell, Barbara E. (Robert)
5138 Gallant Rd., Attalla, AL
35954
Pittman, Lois (James)
507 2nd Ave., Charles City
50616
Potter, Irene (Paul P.)
304 3rd St., Rockwell City
50579
Preul, Ferne M. (Louis H.)
Deceased 8-8-03
Primmer, Lois (Walter M. Cerka) 2120 18th St. S.W., Cedar Rapids
52404
Quandt, Mary Ellen (Harvey)
110 Leroy St., Audubon
50025-1235
Rees, Ida Mae (Oscar)
1809 Johnson St., Mission, TX
78572-8969
Reep, Louise B. (Ora L.)
PO Box 666, Cedar Falls
50613
Richardson, Leila M. (Fred)
950 Big Thompson Ave, Box 3830,
Estes Park, CO
80517
Root, Catherine (Stephen)
400 W. 8th St., Muscatine
52761-3315
Rose, Nora E. (Ivan D.)
716 Market St., Audubon
50025
Rosenberry, Margie D. (Paul)
RR 1 Box 45,Gilbert
50105
Rowley, Alice (Fred)
407 E. 6th St., Atlantic
50022-1545
Rowse, Vera May (W. Leonard)
West Friendship Haven, 420 Kenyon Rd.,
Fort Dodge
50501-5749
Rubey, Mildred J. (Ray)
PO Box 146, Montrose
52639
Rugger, Roberta Arline (Austin)
12063 Stoney Bridge, San Antonio, TX
78247-3984
Sasnett, Martena T. (J. Randolph) Valle Verde, B-311, 900 Calle De Los Amigos,
Santa Barbara, CA
93105
Schaller, Elizabeth (Edward)
808 2nd Ave. SW, Waverly
50677
Schlosser, Joan (John)
15111 Atlas Plaza, Omaha, NE
68137-1037
Schneck, Marie (Alfred F.)
404 E. 4th St., Gibson City, IL
60936
Schultz, Nancy C. (Frank)
610 E. Hammond, Red Oak
51566-1955
Schumacher, Lorene (Paul Textor) 217 Main St., Coon Rapids
50058-1605
Sheets, Elton
1920 Echo Ave., Britt
50423-8523
(Dolores Santos-Sheets)
Sheils, Doris (George)
2603 Orchard Dr. Apt. 103, Cedar Falls
50613-8600
Shickell, Jeanette (Virgil E.)
820 6th Apt. 2, Nevada
50201
418
Shultz, Helen (Fred)
Smith, Juanita (William C.)
Snyder, Ruth (George)
Somerville, Lefa (Paul)
Speer, Dorothy (Jack)
420 Kenyon Rd W436, Fort Dodge
50501-5749
1821 Westleigh Dr., Glenview, IL
60025-7611
1702 W. Mimosa St., Rogers, AR
72758-5733
1611 Lancaster Cir, Norman, OK
73609
c/o David Speer, 15617 Holmes Cir.
Omaha, NE
68135-1018
Spence, Marjorie (Wallace Stark) 682 Morris School Rd., Searcy, AR
72143
Spiker, Dorothy (Leo L.)
608 E. 16th St. N., Newton
50208
Staats, Elizabeth S. (Everett H.) 911 Ridgewood Dr. Apt. 111, Decorah
52101
Stewart, Maryann (R. Thomas)
4109 Lark Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids
52402-2689
Stewart-Morris, Violet May (Andrew) 12130 Skyline Blvd., Oakland, CA
94619-2423
Strickler, Nancy (Donald)
1705 Pleasant St. Apt. 1, Des Moines
50314-1053
Sullivan, Margaret B. (Brian)
2602 Grouse Valley Rd., Decorah
52101-7359
Surface, Marjorie (Byron)
8015 Goodman Dr., Urbandale
50322
Tan, Harriet (Edward H.)
JIn Sahti III 76, Kemanggisan,
Jakarta, 11480 Indonesia
Tappmeyer, Janice (Roger)
100 E 12th St, Hermann, MO
65041
Terry, Susan J. (Delbert V.)
741 16th St., Des Moines
50314-1614
Thompson, Dorothy (Clarence W.) 13516 Ashworth Ave. N., Seattle, WA
98133
Thurow, Alice (Willis)
5550 S. South Shore Dr. Apt. 814,
Chicago, IL
60637-5056
Tidball, Jeanette (Sherman)
1512 26th St., Rockford, IL
61108
Tinker, Lorena (Leonard)
267 County Road 301, Fayette, MO
65248-9452
Tschetter, Leoda (Edward)
1829 Spring View Drive, Mason City
50401-1634
Usher, Joan (Carroll)
1047 S. 13th Ave. Apt. 301, Blair, NE
68008-2268
Vanderhoef, June (Russell)
707 Robin Glen Apt. 414, Indianola
50125-1074
Wagoner, Rosina (John D.)
2156 Lynndale Ln, Oskaloosa
52577-9134
Walker, Florence (M. Ellsworth)
50312-4315
Walters, Louise (Dean)
2909 Woodland Ave. Apt. 218, Des Moines
50312
Watkins, Linda (Dick)
2017 Rochester Ave., Iowa City
52245
Watson, Myrtle (W. Ward)
505 N. Main, Denison
51442
Weitzel, Marcia D. (George)
225 S Tennessee Pl, Mason City
50401-4308
Wells, Janet Urbauer (Cecil A.)
1526 Stratford Ave., Ames
50010
Weston, Muriel (Mark)
3520 Grand Ave., Des Moines
50312-4357
Wilkins, Vera M. (Irvin G.)
500 W. Columbus St. Apt. 506, Mount Ayr 50854-1129
Wilson, Jennie A. (M.D. Smith)
Deceased 7-4-03
Woolard, L. Doris (Harold)
14300 Chenal Pkwy. #3212, Little Rock, AR
72211
Zarr, Marlene (Walter D.)
RR 2 Box 184, Mt. Ayr
50854
Zelley, Mary (Edward S.)
%Peter Pfaltzgraff, 1817 Royston Dr.,
San Diego, CA
92154-2856
Zischke, Elnora W. (Alton H.)
4564 32nd St., Dorr, MI
49323
419
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F. LAITY DIRECTORY
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following list includes all lay persons serving on Boards, Agencies, and
Committees of the Iowa Annual Conference as listed in the Organizational Structure. Not
included are those serving Organizations Associated with the Annual Conference (section E)
or on District Committees (section G).
Numbering indicates the position in which the person is serving, according to the numbering
of the Organizational Structure. In the case of two phone numbers, the first is an office
number and the second a home number.
Please report all corrections and updates to Jill Stanton at the Conference Center.
A
Adams, Elizabeth
C4
Adams, John
C3
Alford, Bob
C2(4)b
Allen, Phyllis
C1(1)
Anderson, Bill
C6,D2
Anderson, Greg
B10
Anderson, Jackie
C8a
Anderson, Phyllis
B14
Anderson, Richard T.
Appel, Gwenna
C2(4)c
Armstrong, Laurel
C8b
Astor, Gary
C5
114 N. 9th St
Osage 50461
125 E. Washington St.
Osceola 50213-1296
1608 134th Avenue
Castalia, IA 52133
17762 Fawn Ave
Akron 51001
103 E High St PO Box 51
Richland 52585-0051
3433 Lima Trail
Missouri Valley 51555
1105 N B
Indianola 50125
310 56th St
Des Moines 50312
911 N. 12th St.
Clarinda 51632
4395 460th St.
Curlew 50527-8516
1680 N. 23rd St
1646 N 23rd St
641-732-5940
641-342-8555
563-567-8651
712-568-3366
319-456-3911
712-642-4513
515-961-3496
515-279-4668
712-542-2581
712-855-2419
515-576-2906
515-573-2528
B
Bacon, Anne
C1,C2(4),C7
Bahr, Linda K.
C8a
Baier, Randall
C2(3)
Baker, Leann
C2(4)c
Balke, Shelly
C8c
Bardole, Andrew
C2(1)
Bark, Fred
411 W Church St
PO Box 97
Livermore 50558
71726 600th St
Griswold 51535-6664
2011 Vail Ave
Clearfield 50840-8011
221 Woodlawn St
Maxwell 50161
Box 611
Ogden 50212
403 Kingston Dr.
641-322-4700
641-752-4428
515-882-3509
515-379-1538
712-778-4604
641-336-2354
515-387-8519
515-275-4338
319-644-2558
420
C3
Barr, Jim
C2(1)
Barron, Mike
B5
Bauch, Jared
B6
Beichley, Randy
C7
Bell, Dennis
B9,B11,C1,C2(6),D2
Benge, Carl
C2(2)
Berbano, Orville
B14,C8a
Berbano, Samuel
B5
Bergeson, Jacob
C4
Berry, Lloyd
B15
Berryhill, Leroy
B13
Berryhill, Meredith
C3
Blaedel, Anna K.
Bolger, Janice
C2(4),c
Borgen, Margaret
B9
Borton, Ron
C2(6)
Borton, Melissa
C8c
Boston, Ila
C7
Bowman, Bill
B11
Braudt, Steve
C4
Brennecke, Al
D2
Brinkman, Harold
B6
Brockshink, John & Louise
C2(6)
Brotherton, Judy
C1,C2(4)/c
Brubaker, Marilyn
B13
Bryant, Becky
C1
Burk, Wayne
B7
Solon 52333-9703
PO Box 280
Kellogg 50135
725 Arlington Dr
Iowa City 52245
902 Mill
Traer 50675
1211 200th St.
Gladbrook 50635-9604
1016 Ridge Rd.
Dennison 51442-1124
11415 120th St
Selma 52588
2056 Quail Ridge Rd.
Ames 50010-9491
2056 Quail Ridge Rd.
Ames 50010-9491
750 1st St NE
Runnells 50237
1926 Maplewood Dr
Cedar Falls 50613
1030 N. 19th St.
Ft Dodge 50501-7705
1030 N. 19th St.
Ft Dodge 50501-7705
212 E. Bloomington St. Apt. 4
Iowa City 52245
912 Woodland View Dr.
2504 Forest Dr
Des Moines 50312
5191 11th Ave
La Porte City, IA 50651
307 West Julian
LeGrand 50142
2501 Tyler
Ames Iowa 50010
3929 Muskogee Ave
1702 12th St.
Eldora 50627-2039
PO Box 618
Marshalltown 50158
760 14th St Pl
Nevada 50201
614 Line St
Norway 52318
2512 Mulberry Ave.
4987 Oriole Ave
Paulina 51046
5969 V Ave
Aurelia 51005-7030
304 Allamakee St.
Waukon 52172-1348
641-526-8072
319-335-1548
319-338-3443
319-478-2847
641-473-3057
712-263-3157
641-936-4471
515-232-8662
515-232-8662
515-967-6445
319-277-4876
515-955-6021
515-955-6021
641-856-8251
515-243-2400
319-342-2284
641-479-2827
515-232-6690
515-277-1601
641-858-2099
641-752-4271
641-752-2577
515-382-6308
319-227-7512
563-264-5372
712-448-2498
712-434-5969
563-568-4387
421
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Burket, Trish
B14,C1,C1(1),C8c
Burns, Dorothy
D1
Burress, Alice
C4
Burress, Emily
B16,C4
Burress, Jenni
B4,C4
Burt, Effie
C1(4)
Butler, Ed
B5
Butler, Mike
B8
623 6th St 515-387-1332
Maxwell, IA 50161
2002 West Bay Dr
Muscatine 52761
1065 Polk Blvd
Des Moines 50311
1065 Polk Blvd
Des Moines 50311
1065 Polk Blvd
Des Moines 50311
626 Boston Ave
Waterloo 50703
130 Kaylin Dr
Waukee 50263-8500
1022 Washington St
Cedar Falls 50613
515-387-1332
563-263-2009
515-277-8829
515-277-8829
515-277-8829
319-236-2246
515-987-3041
319-277-1779
C
Cain, Jessica
C4
Campbell, Jamie
C4
Campbell, Mary
D1
Carter, Karen
C4
Carver, Phil
C1,C2(6),C8a,C8b,D2
Chambers, Dianne
C2(2),D1
Childs, Chris
C4
Christiansen, Kris
C2(3)
Clark, Alex
C4
Clark, Kristin
Clayton, Matt
B6
Cleair, Carolyn
C2(3)
Colorado, Neil
B4
Cochran, Charlie & Lois
C2(4)d
Cook, Dick
C2(6)
Cooper, Jane
B17
Coulson, Roger
C3
203 First Ave SW
West Bend 50597
704 1st Ave
Audobon 50025
308 Main St
Mediapolis 52637-9414
538 W Lane
2274 Holiday Rd
Coralville 52241
1409 230th Ave
Corwith 50430
727 Fox Run Dr
Oskaloosa 52577
PO Box 647
Humboldt 50548
411 W Church
Marshalltown 50158
500 E. Court Ave. Ste. C
420 S. West St.
Corydon 50060-1748
3922 Carlton Dr.
4150 Leyden Ave.
Des Moines 50317
2627 255th St
Marshalltown 50158
PO Box 116
Blakesburg 52536
25536 Cooper Lane
Holy Cross 52053
2160 Ashmore Dr
Ames 50014-7840
515-887-2246
712-563-2005
319-394-9640
712-262-4584
Ofc/FAX 319-339-9917
319-339-9869
515-583-2330
641-672-1326
515-332-2083
641-752-4428
515-283-1996
ext. 111
641-872-2151
641-872-2839
319-266-7602
515-266-1861
641-752-4985
641-938-2216
563-870-4545
515-292-9270
422
Cranke, Eloise
C2(2),b
Crawford, Avon
C2(6)
Creasman, Jan
C2(2)b
2222 E. 41st St.
5108 Westwood Dr.
3411 250th St
Logan 51546-5030
515-262-5974
515-225-2289
712-644-2659
D
Daniels, Lillian
C3
Dass, Tessie
C2(4),D1
Davies, Jon
C4a
Davis, Adin
C2(2)b
Davis, Derek
C4a
Davis, Jeanne
C2(5)
Davis, Leota
C1(4)
Dawes, Inez
C1,C1(4),C2(2),C2(4)/d
Dolecheck, Leola
C1
Donat, Ann
C2(4)
Duffy, Nick
C4,C4a
2723 Ave. C
Fort Madison 52627-2145
505 8th St
Sheldon 51201
304 Gilbert St
Coon Rapids 50058
1069 27th St Apt 2
Des Moines 52310
109 Lawton St, Box 45
Harris 51345
515 S Hayes Ave PO Box 432
Primghar 51245-0432
4605 Wakonda Pkwy
Des Moines 50321
2443 Quail Ridge Ave.
St Charles 50240-8523
1200 N West St
Mt Ayr 50854-1036
124 Blaine Rd.
Waterloo 50701
119 13th St NW
Cedar Rapids 52405
319-372-4664
712-324-4391
712-999-2449
515-274-5571
712-349-2325
712-757-3345
515-243-2993
515-462-4550
641-772-4707
319-232-7970
319-362-6414
E
Eason, Helen
C2(4)e
Ebbers, DeLyte
C2(4)b
Eckman, Mark
B7
Egbert, Peg
C2(4)a
Eichnor-Brown, Jill
B7
Engle, Marilyn
B7
Ervin, Joan
C5
Everhart Joyce
C2(3)
605 220th St.
Scranton 51462-7502
15 Arnolds Entrance
Lake Park 51347
2459 West Wind Ln
Cedar Rapids 52411
PO Box 204
Richland 52585-0204
1104 State Street
Dexter 50070
3624 Juniper Ct.
508 E Washington #7
Centerville 52544
806 S. Lincoln St.
712-652-3878
712-832-3261
319-393-3753
319-456-6661
515-789-4528
712-276-8531
641-856-4443
641-842-6466
F
Farnham, Dale
4924 Hemingway Dr.
515-268-3297
423
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C5
Farnham, Evelyn
C2(6)
Feldman, Cindy
B4.C1(2),C2(4),C2(5)
Felkner, Myrtle
C2(6)
Ferneau, Rita
C8b
Fields, Lowell
C2(4)d
Findley, Patricia
D1
Fink, Mackenzie
C1,(1),C2(6),C4,C4a
Finnemore, Faith
C2(2)a
Flanigan, Corri
B5
Foote, Shante
C4
Frauenholz, Ali Jo
C4
Frauenholz, Amanda
C7
Fredrickson, Mary
C5
Frese, Millie
B13
Fudge, Art
B8
Fulton, Ron
C2(2)
Furman, Megan
C4a
Ames 50014-6717
3239 Garfield Ave.
Gowrie 50543-7540
500 E Court Ste C
14578 Hwy 2
3348 Hwy 63
Malcom 50157
808 Northwestern Dr
Storm Lake 50588
PO Box 315
Lovilia50150-0315
305 22nd Ave SW
Altoona 50009
3312 Oakland St
Ames 50014
310 N Elm St
Cresco 52136-1452
209 E 4trh St
Spencer 51301
2228 Delta Ave
West Liberty 52776
2228 Delta Ave
West Liberty 52776
4001 Blairs Ferry Road NE
Cedar Rapids 52402
1911 Edgebrook Dr
Marshalltown 50158
PO Box 253
Edgewood 52042-0253
8804 Sunflower Circle
502 10th St SE
Hampton 50441
515-352-3986
515-283-1991
641-649-2451
641-528-5160
712-732-7783
641-946-7339
515-967-0922
515-292-5507
563-547-2044
712-264-3003
319-627-4718
319-627-4718
319-395-0152
641-752-5355
563-928-6841
563-928-7135
515-276-0401
641-456-5194
G
Gaumer, Rich
B14
Gibbs, Alexa
C4
Gleason, Ginny
D1
Glenn, Twila
B3/5/9/14/15/16/C1,C2(5),C3
Gobeli, Sandra
C2(5)
Goldman, June
B15
Gooden, Ruth Ann
C2(4)a
1734 N Elm
Ottumwa 52501
106 Millam Hts
Manchester 52057
2031 Quartz Ave
Manson 50563-7541
500 E Court Ave, Ste C
571 100th St
Dows 50071
24113 178th St
Okoboji 51355-2549
18938 X Ave.
Dike 50624-8023
641-682-0863
563-927-6613
712-469-3369
515-283-1996
ext 115
515-852-4713
712-332-5811
319-989-2059
424
Groom, Tom & Edna
C2(4)e
Guess, Autumn
C7
Gunzenhauser, Keith
B7
PO Box 164
Rowan 50479-0164
301 S Wilson
Jefferson 50129
2649 360th St
VanMeter 50261
641-853-2450
515-386-2666
515-996-2029
H
Hadley, Leonard
B11
Hall, Jan
C2(4)c
Hall, Marylea
C7
Harris, Delma
B5
Harris, Kristin Knudson
B3,B4,B5,B9,C1,C2(3),C2(4)c
Hattel, Sue
C2(4)c
Haw, Dr. Richard
B5
Hawkins, David
B17
Haynes, Karla
B4
Hedge, Alleen
B5
Heinrich, Shirley
B16
Henry, Mike
C8a
Hesebeck, Jennifer
C8b
Hess, Rosalind
B10
Heydon, Kate
C4
Higdon, Dorothy
C1,C2(2)
Hill, Gene
C2(4)d
Hillesland, Jon
B11
Hinke, Norlan
B13
Hinshaw, Russell
B5,B8,C1(1)
Hodges, Kathy
C1(2)
Holst, Nichole
C2(3)
Hoover, Lee
4890 Oak Grove Ct NE
Cedar Rapids 52411
4109 74th St
Urbandale 50322
2808 S 13th St.
800 Chestnut #405
Atlantic 50022
500 E Court Ste C
3070 Kane Ct.
Dubuque 52001-1557
PO Box 177
Sumner 50674-1352
10313 Nature Ave
Orange City 51041-8000
500 E Court Ste C
3208 335th St
Fremont 52561
825 Simms Ave.
222 E Market Suite #1
Iowa City 52245
1641 160th Ave
Lake Park IA 51347
614 Grand
Story City 50248
609 6th Ave
Coon Rapids 50058
7035 Boxwood Ln NE
2905 S Martha
Sioux City 51106
513 C Street
Leland 50453
4131 E. 60th St.
500 E Court Ave Suite C
108 Pike Ave
Carroll 51401
230 S Dubuque #1
Solon 52333
2813 Camelot Ave. NW
319-395-7893
515-278-0856
712-323-1774
712-243-5423
515-283-1991
563-556-1394
563-578-5137
712-562-6511
515-283-1991
641-933-4723
712-323-7253
319-358-9603
712-832-3087
515-733-2014
515-733-2489
712-999-9730
319-294-1161
712-276-2688
641-567-3633
563-359-9033
515-283-1991
712-792-9082
319-624-6126
319-396-2732
425
LAITY DIRECTORY
B10
Houston, Dan
C2(4)c/e,D2
Houston, Jean
C2(4)c/e
Howard, Doris
C2(2), C8b
Hoy, Rick
B9
Hueholt, Laverne H.
B8
Huffman, Rudy
C2(6)
Husted, Russ
C1
Cedar Rapids 52405
1530 Quill Ave.
Madrid 50156-7579
1530 Quill Ave.
Madrid 50156-7579
5339 Filmore Rd.
Elgin 52141-9482
1510 W South
Knoxville 50138
302 W Front St PO Box 292
Wayland 52654
402 West First St
Mechanicsville 52306
125 Birch Ct
North Liberty 52317
515-432-1226
515-432-1226
563-426-5278
641-842-4790
319-256-7206
319-432-7259
319-626-63

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