Clergy Session
Dakotas Conference The United Methodist Church May 25, 2021 Virtual Clergy Session
Table of Contents
Item Covening Agenda Rules for Clergy Session Hymn: Are We Yet Alive In Memorium Clergy Business of the Annual Conference
Biographies Provisional candidates biographies Full member candidates biographies
1-3 1-2 3 2
4-8 9-34 35-36
35 36
Recognition of Retirees Elders and deacons Local pastors
37-38 39
Ministry Appointments Northeast District Northwest District Southeast District Southwest District Extension ministry Other provisions
40-46 40 41 42 44 45 46
Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition
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Clergy Session Agenda Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Convene
Bishop Haller
Rules for Virtual Clergy Session (v) Opening Prayer
Val Reinhiller
*Hymn: “And Are We Yet Alive” (see other side) Remembrance of the Clergy Saints & Prayer Who may be present at clergy session (voice/vote)?
Val Reinhiller
Paragraphs 33, 368.1, 602, 605 (2016 BOD): Clergy membership consists of deacons and elders in full connection, provisional members, associate members, affiliate members, and local pastors under full-time and part-time appointment to a pastoral charge—all of whom have voice. (Exception: those clergy members who have been placed in involuntary retirement) Only the ordained clergy in full connection and the members of the Board of Ordained Ministry may vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy. Provisional Members, associate members, affiliate members, and local pastors may not vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy unless they are a member of the Conference BOM.
Character of Serving Clergy – Par. 604.4, 605.7 (Q17) Explanation of Process for voting on Candidates
Bob Ruedebusch Val Reinhiller
Candidates will come before the Clergy Session individually. They will introduce themselves and will briefly answer two questions relevant to their particular membership and ordination track. After responding to their questions, they will leave the room; an advocate from BOM will pray then we will vote.
Election for Provisional Membership on Elder and Deacon Track—Par. 324.4a, b (Q28b) (v) Elder Track: Michele Slott Quaya Ackerman Rodney Knock Julie Gregg Election as Elder in Full Connection (Q32b) (v 2/3) Autumn Krueger Valerie Hummel LaBounty Seth LaBounty Approve for Ordination as Elder (Q34a, b) (v 2/3) After provisional membership—Par. 335: Autumn Krueger Valerie Hummel LaBounty Seth LaBounty Approval of Appointments as FTLP & PTLP—Par. 318.1, 318.2 (Q21a, 21b) (v. within BAC) Acknowledgement of Retiring Licensed Local Pastors & Prayer
Val Reinhiller
Conference Relations Issues (All votes within BAC) Gary Ball-Kilbourne • Approval of Voluntary Leaves of Absence, Personal 5 Years or less—Par. 353.2a (Q50a) • Approval of Voluntary Leaves of Absence, Family 5 Years or less—Par. 353.2b (Q50a3) • Approval of Medical Leave—Par. 356 (Q52) • Approval for LTFT Service for AM, PE, FE—Par. 338.2, 342.2, 1506 (Q72a)
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Approval of Extension Ministry outside Conference bounds (Q76c) Approval of Retirements—Par. 357 (Q53)
Acknowledgement of Retirees & Prayer
Howard Grinager
Approval of ODs to Serve Appointments in DAC—Par. 331.8, 346 (Q25) (v. within BAC) Val Reinhiller Approval for Appointments to Other Vital Ministries under the Provisions of Par. 344.1d (Q76c) (v within BAC) Questions of BOM about BAC Report
Val Reinhiller
Final Approval of BAC Items Relating to Ordination, Clergy Membership, Conference Relations and Clergy Character
Val Reinhiller
Items from the Bishop
Bishop Haller
Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition
Bishop Haller
Closing Prayer –
Rod Gist
“And Are We Yet Alive” (vs. 1)
And are we yet alive, and see each other’s face? Glory and thanks to Jesus give for his almighty grace!
(vs. 2)
Preserved by power divine to full salvation here, again in Jesus’ praise we join, and in his sight appear.
(vs. 3) What troubles have we seen, what mighty conflicts past, fightings without, and fears within, since we assembled last! (vs. 4)
Yet out of all the Lord hath brought us by his love; and still he doth his help afford, and hides our life above.
(vs. 5) Then let us make our boast of his redeeming power, which saves us to the uttermost, till we can sin no more. (vs. 6)
Let us take up the cross till we the crown obtain, and gladly reckon all things loss so we may Jesus gain.
A COVENANT PRAYER IN THE WESLEYAN TRADITION
I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low by thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
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I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
2021 C lergy Session O rganizational R esolutions
The official agenda, proceedings, vote, and minutes are taking place digitally for the Clergy Session of the 28th Session of the Dakotas Conference for the safety and wellbeing of all of the members. Therefore, the Section 7: Rules of Order, as published in the 2020 Official Journal of the Dakotas Conference, will be replaced with the following procedures for this virtual clergy session: 1. The session will be a webinar format. Members’ presence will be noted by logging in on their individual device. 2. Voting will take place electronically through the polling feature, within the webinar platform, or through show of hands at each host site with numbers of yeah and neigh votes texted and reported to the presider. 3. Voice—questions, clarifications—of the members will take place through chat feature within the webinar platform. a. Moderators will bring questions to the attention of the presiding officer. b. When posting a question or item that needs clarification. Please state concisely and clearly your question or concern and refer to the agenda item. c. Members of the clergy body can request permission to speak to the body or may be requested to speak by the presiding officer. Speakers, when recognized must turn on their audio and may turn on their video.
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In Memoriam Norman Winkelman The Rev. Norman Winkelman, 88, of Jamestown, North Dakota, died of COVID on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at Ave Maria Village in Jamestown. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, no services were held. Graveside services were planned to bury Norman’s ashes at Lakeview Cemetery in Marion, North Dakota, after family and friends could gather safely, with Pastor Jennifer McDonald, of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Jamestown, officiating. Norman E. Winkelman was born on Oct. 14, 1932, to Erlene (Young) and Norman A. Winkelman at their farm home west of Marion. He attended school at Marion, graduating in 1950. He was on the Marion High School basketball team that placed second in the State Class C basketball tournament in 1949 and was selected to the all-tournament team. In 1953, as a ministerial student, Norman was licensed to preach and admitted as a probationary member of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He graduated from Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa, in 1954. He sang in the college traveling choir and in the church choirs all four years. Norman married his high school sweetheart, DeLette Berg, on June 3, 1955, at First Lutheran Church in Valley City, North Dakota, with the Rev. Marvin Scherbenske, pastor at the Marion EUB Church, officiating. Norman graduated from Evangelical Theological Seminary at Naperville, Illinois, in 1957, and was ordained elder and admitted to the itinerancy. Together, he and DeLette served EUB and then United Methodist churches in North Dakota at Bowbells-Coteau (1957-1961), Fargo Edgewood (1961-1968), Bismarck Calvary (1968-1979), Wahpeton-Great Bend (1979-1987), and Jamestown St. Paul’s (1987-1995). During his ministry, Norman served 20 years on the Dakota Conference Board of Pensions and was a trustee for many years. He served as a camp counselor from 1957-1987. The Winkelman family was at the first Trail Ride Family Camp that was started by members of the EUB Church in 1967 at Medora, North Dakota. In 1969, the camp relocated to the Little Missouri State Park near Killdeer, North Dakota, where it continues to this day. Norman was a longtime Kiwanis member and served as Division Lt. Governor for two years. He also served on the McCoy Radio Ministries radio program on KSJB-AM for about two years, beginning in 1992. He helped Mrs. McCoy during Rev. N.E. McCoy’s illness and death and served until Elmo and Arva Dell Tahran began operating the ministry. After retiring in 1995, Norman and DeLette bought a townhouse in Jamestown. In retirement, he served at Enderlin-Sheldon for six months in 1997, and at Montpelier Lutheran Church from 1997 to 2006. He was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 2003 for 50 years in ministry. Norman is survived by his wife, DeLette; two sons: Brent (Janice) Winkelman, of Bismarck, North Dakota; and Mark (Sue) Winkelman, of Fargo, North Dakota; one daughter, Darcy (Chris) Beaver, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; a brother, John (Karen) Winkelman; a sister, Teresa (Clayton) Scheaffer; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Patricia, and her husband, Wilfred Weight; a nephew; and a great-granddaughter.
Donald Greenough The Rev. Donald Greenough, 94, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, while residing at Bethany Home in Brandon, South Dakota. Due to the pandemic, private family graveside services were held at Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. A celebration of life service was planned for the summer. Donald Lee Greenough was born on April 16, 1926, in Salem, South Dakota, to Robert Lee and Astrid (Larson) Greenough. Donald was raised in Salem and graduated from Salem High School in 1945. While he was a college student in Sioux Falls, he served as student supply at Egan-Riverview (1951-1952) in
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the South Dakota Conference, and then for a year at the Methodist Church in Melvin, Iowa. He graduated from Augustana in 1953. Donald married Vivian J. Strom on Aug. 15, 1954, in Sioux Falls. He supplied Alpena-Virgil (1958-1962) and was admitted on trial and ordained deacon by the South Dakota Conference in 1962. The couple moved to Kansas, where Donald attended St. Paul’s School of Theology in Kansas City. He graduated in 1964 and was admitted as a full member and ordained elder. Together, Donald and Vivian served Methodist and United Methodist churches in the South Dakota Conference at Harrisburg (1964-1966), Harrisburg-Rowena-Ben Clare (1966-1968), Dell Rapids-Garretson (1968-1973), Miller-Greenleaf (19731982), Redfield-Ashton (1982-Aug. 30, 1985), and Elk Point United (Sept. 1, 1985-1991). After Donald’s retirement in 1991, he and Vivian moved to Akron, Iowa, where he served the Akron UMC part-time for five years. They moved to Sioux Falls in 1996 and were active at Asbury UMC. In 2001, Donald was honored as Jubilee Clergy for 50 years in ministry. Donald was blessed with a green thumb and enjoyed working in his garden and yard. He also enjoyed cheering on the Minnesota Vikings, watching NASCAR races, traveling to Washington State to visit his parents and siblings, caring for his many pets, and spending time with his family. Donald is survived by four children: Steve Greenough and his wife, Laurie, of Sioux Falls; Allison Tyler, of Longwood, Florida; Dwight Greenough and his wife, Sandra, of Miller, South Dakota; and Dawn Kunzmann, of Sioux Falls; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters: Wava Nichols and Doris Nelson, both of Washington; and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Vivian, on Sept. 17, 2017; his parents; two brothers: Russell and Wesley Greenough; and one sister, Mavis Peterson.
Elizabeth Conrad Smart The Rev. Elizabeth Conrad Smart, 77, of Milbank, South Dakota, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at Avantara-Milbank. Due to COVID-19 concerns, a family funeral service was held on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Parkview United Methodist Church in Milbank, with Pastor Barbara McKewin and Pastor Melanie Reiners officiating. A family graveside service was held on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Elizabeth Jean Bergland was born on Feb. 22, 1943, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Rowland and Edna (Dalseth) Bergland. She grew up in Big Stone City, South Dakota, and graduated from Big Stone School in 1960. A cute boy from Milbank, Arvin Conrad, caught her eye at the roller-skating rink in Milbank. They began dating and were married on Oct. 8, 1960, making their home at Milbank. She was employed as a secretary at Flannery Sausage Company, Milbank Central United Methodist Church, and the local insurance company. Beth always wanted to be a mother and missionary. After raising their family, the couple moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, so Beth could pursue further education. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sioux Falls College. Arvin passed away on Oct. 29, 1995. Beth was ordained deacon and probationary member by the Dakotas Conference in 1996 and supplied Brothersfield, South Dakota, UMC (1996-1997) as a seminary student. She graduated from North American Baptist Seminary with her Master of Divinity degree in 1997 and served the Dakotas Conference in North Dakota and South Dakota at Mandan First-Mandan Good Shepherd-Mandan Rural (1997-1999), Lisbon (1999-2005), and Milbank Parkview-Big Stone City (2005-2010). She retired in 2010. After being a widow for 17 years, Beth married Tim Smart on Nov. 12, 2012. They were married for almost four years before Tim passed away on Oct. 10, 2016. She enjoyed the annual Conrad family camping trips. Her travels included visiting the Holy Land, a mission trip to Bolivia, and Norway.
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Beth is survived by her children: Stephanie (Jim) Trevett of Corona, South Dakota; Julie (Dick) Schwandt of Big Stone City; Paul (Kathy) Conrad of Albany, Minnesota; Teresa (Jarrod) Stoddard of Big Stone City; and Nadine (Brian) Hogan of Stillwater, Minnesota; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; siblings: Sally (Ken) Fischer of Scottsdale, Arizona; Rodger (Judy) Bergland of Blaine, Minnesota; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law: Cheryl Conrad and Linda Conrad, both of Milbank; Mike Smart of Madison, Minnesota; Joan (Mel) Diers of Minot, North Dakota; Rowena (Mel) Diers of Aberdeen, South Dakota; and Barb Smart of Ottumwa, Iowa; four step-children; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Arvin and Tim; her parents; brothers-in-law Arlen Conrad and Darwin Conrad; and one nephew.
Steven Olson Rev. Steven Olson, 63, of Oakes, North Dakota, died Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. Memorial services were held Sunday, Dec. 27, and Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, at the Oakes United Methodist Church. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were required, attendance was limited, and the services were livestreamed. Steven Lee Olson was born on Oct. 3, 1957, to Ivy Hendrickson at Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was adopted by Henry and Emma Jean Olson on April 7, 1958, and raised on a farm near Reynolds, North Dakota. He graduated from Central Valley High School in 1976 and attended Hillcrest Christian College in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. On Aug. 13, 1977, Steve married Shirley Strobel in Ashley, North Dakota. They moved to Broadview, Montana, where he served as pastor of the Broadview Evangelical Church. He received a Bachelor of Religious Education degree in 1980 from Hillcrest Christian College. In 1981, Steve and Shirley moved to Portland, Oregon. While attending Western Evangelical Seminary in Portland, he worked at the UPS hub, a tree nursery, and Publisher Paper Lumber Company. He received a Master of Divinity Degree in May 1984. Steve served the Evangelical Church of North America at Beach, North Dakota (1984-1985). His orders were recognized by the South Dakota Conference of The United Methodist Church, and he served at McLaughlin-McLaughlin UCC (1985-1989). He then served the North Dakota and Dakotas conferences at Napoleon-Braddock, North Dakota (1989-1995); Claremont-Hecla, South Dakota (1995-1999); Belle Fourche, South Dakota (1999-2003); and Oakes-Cogswell (2003-2020). He served on the Dakotas Conference camping board, building site committee and district board of ordained ministry. He also served on the Oakes Ministerial Association as president, treasurer, and secretary at various times. A kid at heart, Steve could relate to the youth of the church. He provided entertainment when trying to keep up with the kids’ activities, such as skateboarding and snowboarding. Steve enjoyed woodworking, stargazing, reading, fishing, bowling, golfing, riding his motorcycle, and photography. Indoor hobbies included puzzles, video games, and collecting pop bottles, Legos, A&W mugs, figurines, and comic books. He cherished family vacations at the lake. Steve is survived by his wife of 43 years, Shirley; son Bryan (Samantha) Olson, of Chaplin, Minnesota; daughters Nicole Olson and Hope Olson, both of West Fargo, North Dakota, and Joy Olson, of Missoula, Montana; four grandchildren; sister Charlotte Holweger; brother Melvin (Gerri) Olson; nieces and nephews; birth mother Ivy and birth sister Debbie. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; a son Gary Paul; and brother-in-law Calvin.
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Raymond Earl Stucke The Rev. Earl Stucke, 91, of Rapid City, South Dakota, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at Monument Health in Rapid City, with family at his side. A memorial service was planned for June 24, 2021, at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church in Rapid City. Raymond Earl Stucke was born on April 21, 1929, in Gettysburg, South Dakota, to Joseph and Phebe (Sloat) Stucke. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Gettysburg High School as valedictorian in 1947. At South Dakota State College in Brookings, he met and dated Grace Hay of Lake Preston, South Dakota. He graduated in 1951 and attended Navy Officers’ Training School in Rhode Island. He was then assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles with the 7th Fleet. Later he received shore duty and took charge of the San Diego Recruit Rifle Range. Earl and Grace married in December 1953 and lived in San Diego. After Earl was honorably discharged from the service, they returned to Gettysburg to farm with Earl’s parents and start a family. In the fall of 1959, Earl heard the call to be a pastor. He and Grace moved their young family to New Jersey to attend Drew Seminary. He was ordained deacon and admitted on trial in 1960 by the South Dakota Conference of The Methodist Church. After his graduation from seminary in 1963, they returned to South Dakota, and Earl was admitted as a full member and ordained elder. Together they served Methodist and United Methodist churches in the South Dakota Conference at Colton-Chester (1963-1966), Tripp County Larger Parish, which included the Winner, Colome and Lakeview Methodist churches, Ideal Presbyterian, and Millboro and Wewela United Churches of Christ (1966-1972), Huron Riverview-Virgil (1972-1980), and Sioux Falls Hilltop (1980-1994). Earl served as conference secretary for 12 years, and he chaired the Dakotas Conference Board of Pensions for several years, until the merger with the North Dakota Conference. Earl retired in 1994, and he and Grace moved to Rapid City. In retirement, he served as interim pastor at First Congregational UCC and part-time pastor at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church. He was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 2010, for 50 years in ministry. Earl was involved with Kiwanis for 60 years and helped build homes with Habitat for Humanity. He loved reading, music, singing in the church choir, woodworking, camping trips with his family, and travel and mission projects with NOMADS. Earl is survived by his wife, Grace; five children and their spouses: Janet and Rob Young of Rapid City; Karen and John Stucke-Jungemann of Tempe, Arizona; Kathy and Mike Torgerson of Rapid City, David and Bea Stucke of Rapid City; and John and Lorie Stucke of Spokane, Washington; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one brother and sister-in-law, Lloyd and Dar Stucke of Mesa, Arizona
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Gustav Van Tassel The Rev. Gustav Van Tassel, 95, died on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Topeka, Kansas. A Celebration of Life was planned for July 2021. Gustav Keith Van Tassel was born at home on Jan. 25, 1926, to Charles M. and Pearl E. (Sims) Van Tassel, near the prairie town of Holabird, South Dakota, where his family farmed. The family moved to Clear Lake, South Dakota, due to the dry years of the Great Depression. “Van” graduated from high school at Clear Lake and then attended Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, for one year. He then taught school at Rutland, South Dakota, for one year to raise money. It was at Rutland where he met his future wife, Doretta “Sally” Fallang. He then returned to DWU, serving as student pulpit supply at Artesian-Farwell (1945-1949) and graduating in 1949. Van and Doretta “Sally” Fallang were married on June 29, 1949, by the Rev. Robert Wagner, pastor at the Methodist Church in Madison, South Dakota. He was received on trial by the South Dakota Conference of The Methodist Church in 1949 and served Rockham-Miranda-Carleton (1949-1951), while he taught school there. While attending Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, Van served a church at Matamoras, Pennsylvania, for more than three years. Van was ordained deacon in 1953 by the South Dakota Conference, admitted into full connection in 1954, and ordained elder in 1955. After receiving his master’s degree from Drew, Van and Sally returned to South Dakota and served at Iroquois-Esmond (19541957), where he helped organize the Iroquois Larger Parish, and served as its pastor for one year (1957-1958). He shepherded the building of a new church at Redfield (1958-1967), before serving at Watertown First (1967-1982). He was then appointed executive director of the United Methodist Foundation and director of stewardship and financial services for the South Dakota Conference (1982-1985). He continued as executive director of the UM Foundation until retiring in 1993. In 1970, Dakota Wesleyan bestowed upon him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. Van was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 1995, for 50 years in ministry. After retiring and moving to Lawrence, Kansas, Van served as a calling and caring minister and was described as a person with a giant loving heart. He was a saver of things: cardboard boxes, jokes, quotes, sayings, and articles of interest. He had a penchant for electronic gadgets, saving up for the latest invention. Van is survived by his wife of 72 years, Sally; two sons: Keith (Ann) Van Tassel and Jan Van Tassel; a daughter JoLynn (Timothy) Locke; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a young daughter, Deborah Sue, and his seven siblings.
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Dakotas Conference To be held in Sioux Falls June.11-12, 2021
With site locations in Rapid City, Bismarck, and Fargo And a Virtual Clergy Session occurring May 25, 2021 Bishop Laurie Haller Presiding Date when organized: January 1, 1994 Number of this session: Twenty-Eight
PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS – Questions 1-16 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)? Secretary: Amber Laffey Mailing Address: 1331 University Ave, Mitchell SD 57301 Telephone: 605-990-7799, Email: conference.secretary@dakotasumc.org Statistician: JoAnn Schlimgen Mailing Address: PO Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301 Telephone: 605-996-6552, Email: dakumcom@dakotasumc.org Treasurer: Jeff Pospisil Mailing Address: PO Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301 Telephone: 605-996-6552, Email: jeff.pospisil@dakotasumc.org 2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? Yes 3. Bonding and auditing: What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Name Position Amount Bonded N/A Employee dishonest coverage in the amount of $100,000 plus $1,000,000 for any natural person whether compensated or not who is an annual conference treasurer or trustee or a member of their staff who reports and is accountable to a conference treasurer or trustee and who receives or disperses, or handles funds which are the responsibility of the conference treasurer or trustee and any natural person, whether compensated or not, who is an annual conference president or chairperson of a conference council on finance and administration. Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? Yes (See report, page in this Journal.) 4. What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Council on Finance and Administration (¶611) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635) Board of Pensions (¶639) Board of Trustees of the Annual Conf. (¶2512) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)
Chair person Jeff Adel Val Reinhiller Elaine Roberts Dennis Holm Jennifer Larsen Stephen Perry
Mailing Address 204 S Platte St Gettysburg, SD 57442 325 9th St E Williston, ND 58801 2204 E 1st St Sioux Falls, SD 57103 PO Box 68, Cresbard, SD 57435 404 N Linwood Ct Sioux Falls, SD 57103 2200 N 2nd Ave #106 Anoka, MN 55303
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Phone Number
C: 605-350-5159 pastorjeffa@gmail.com O: 701-572-7694 vreinhiller@msn.com C: 701-426-5456 605-331-5788
ejroberts@sio.midco.net
605-324-3674
djh@venturecomm.net
605-359-6682
jlarsen@hwalaw.com
C: 605-450-5400 historian@centurylink.net H: 763-427-6080
b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): General Agency
Conference Agency
Chairperson
Mailing Address
General Board of Church and Society
Extending Missional Impact Link
Marty ToepkeFloyd
General Board of Discipleship
Developing Missional Leaders Extending Missional Impact Link
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501 621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
General Board of Global Ministries
Higher Education and Campus Ministry General Commission on Archives and History General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns General Commission on Religion and Race General Commission on the Status and Role of Women United Methodist Communications
Developing Missional Leaders Link Commission on Archives and History Extending Missional Impact Link Developing Missional Leaders Link Developing Missional Leaders Link Extending Missional Impact Link
Karl Kroger Clay Lundberg
Marty ToepkeFloyd
Phone Number
O: 701-952-3718 O: 701-255-1160 C: 605-830-1976
Email pastormarty@da ktel.com karlkroger@gm ail.com pastorclayumc@ hotmail.com
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501 621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
C: 605-830-1976
pastormarty@da ktel.com karlkroger@gm ail.com pastorclayumc@ hotmail.com
Duane Coates
101 4th Ave N. Hettinger, ND 58639
O: 701-567-2964 C: 605-695-5561
dcoates70@ yahoo.com
Marty ToepkeFloyd
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501 621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
C: 605-830-1976
pastormarty@da ktel.com karlkroger@gm ail.com pastorclayumc@ hotmail.com
Clay Lundberg
621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
C: 605-830-1976
pastorclayumc@ hotmail.com
Marty ToepkeFloyd
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501
Karl Kroger Clay Lundberg
Karl Kroger Clay Lundberg
Karl Kroger
O: 701-952-3718 O: 701-255-1160
O: 701-952-3718 O: 701-255-1160
O: 701-952-3718 O: 701-255-1160
pastormarty@da ktel.com karlkroger@gm ail.com
c) Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions: General Agency
Name of Agency
Chairperson
Mailing Address
Phone Number
Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)
Developing Missional Leaders Link Extending Missional Impact Link
Clay Lundberg
621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
Marty ToepkeFloyd Karl Kroger
Generating Missional Resources Link Developing Missional Leaders Link Extending Missional Impact Link
Barry Whipkey
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501 3507 Westridge Rd, Rapid City, SD 57702
pastorclayum c@hotmail.co m O: 701-952-3718 pastormarty @daktel.com O: 701-255-1160 karlkroger@g mail.com O: 605-342-4498 pastorbarry55 C: 605-270-2332 @ gmail.com
Disability Concerns (¶653) Equitable Compensation (¶625) Laity(¶631) Native American Ministry (¶654)
Clay Lundberg
621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
Marty ToepkeFloyd
210 15th Ave NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 1223 N 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58501
Karl Kroger
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C: 605-830-1976
pastorclayum c@hotmail.co m pastormarty O: 701-952-3718 @daktel.com O: 701-255-1160 karlkroger@g mail.com C: 605-830-1976
Small Membership Church (¶645)
d)
Developing Missional Leaders Link
Clay Lundberg
621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
C: 605-830-1976
pastorclayum c@hotm ail.com
Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations.
Organization
Name of Agency
Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)
Chairperson
Mailing Address
Marsha Timm 21645 485th Ave Elkton, SD 57026
Phone Number
C: 605-542-2241
edmatimm@ yahoo.com
Extending Conference United Missional Impact Methodist Men (¶648) Link Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649) Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)
e) Have (1) (2) (3)
CCYM
Jeff Lathrop
1371 S 38th St Grand Forks, ND 58201
O: 701-772-1869 jeff.lathrop@ C: 605-682-9447 midconetwork.c om
Developing Missional Leaders Link
Clay Lundberg
621 E 4th St Canton, SD 57013
C: 605-830-1976
pastorclayumc@ hot mail.com
persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no. District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? Yes Committees on District Superintendence (¶669)? Yes District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)? Yes
f) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? Structure
Chairperson
Common Table
Jeanne Sortland
Human Resources
Barry Whipkey
Committee on Nominations
Amber Laffey
Extended Cabinet
Bishop Haller
Camping and Retreat Ministry Records, Rules and Procedures
Tyrel Schlecht
Disaster Response
Lisa Johnsen
Sessions
Kay Braun
Journal Editorial
Rebecca Trefz
Resolutions and General Conference Petitions
Rebecca Trefz
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5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the prescribed formats? (¶606.8)? Yes 6. What is the report of the statistician? (See report printed in Journal.) 7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report printed in Journal.) 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report printed in Journal.)
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9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? For 2022 $45,809 for full-connection clergy; $43,695 for less than Full. UMPIP contribution: $2,267 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 (¶614.1a)? $693,000 11. a) 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 (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? For 2022 $0 b) 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 (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? For 2022 $0 c) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? 1) For the Ministerial Education Fund? .............................................................. For 2022 $117,647 2) For the Black College Fund? ........................................................................... For 2022 $54,369 3) For the Africa University Fund? ...................................................................... For 2022 $12,223 4) For the Episcopal Fund? ................................................................................. For 2022 $150,828 5) For the General Administration Fund? ............................................................ For 2022 $46,258 6) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? ............................................. For 2022 $1,626 7) For the World Service Fund? ............................................................................ For 2022 $375,628 12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? (See report printed in journal) 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660): a) Conference Co-lay leaders: Jane Hincks, 3408 Crocus Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501 To be filled b) Associate conference lay leader: n/a c) District and associate district lay leaders: Northeast: To be filled Southwest: Richard Wahlstrom, JoAnn Hipple Southeast: Nancy Hallenbeck, Val Melmer Northwest: To be filled 14. List local churches which have been: a) Organized or continued as New Church Starts (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) GCFA
Church Name
District
540414
Bismarck – Celebrate Grace
Northwest
005866
Fargo - Calvary African UMC
Northeast
Mailing Address 2222 East Broadway, Bismarck ND 58503 4575 45th St S Fargo, ND 58104
Phone
Date
701-202-2003
May 2020
701-232-5650
July 2015
b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) GCFA 546331
Church Name SE Pierre- Mission Congregation
District Southwest
Mailing Address PO Box 306 Pierre, SD 57501
Phone 605-494-0470
Date Launched June 2014- designated mission congregation
c) Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, c, d, or e) GCFA
Church Name
540312
Embrace - Online
540972
Embrace - Tea
Parent Church Sioux Falls Embrace
District Southeast
Sioux Falls Embrace
Southeast
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Mailing Address 2800 E 57th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57108 2800 E 57th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Date Launched Jan 2014 April 2014
540972 TBD
Embrace - Sertoma
Sioux Falls Embrace
Southeast
Legacy – South
Bismarck Legacy
Northwest
2800 E 57th St Sept 2016 Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Jan 2019
d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.d or e) GCFA N/A
Church Name
District
Mailing Address
Phone Number
Date Chartered
e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547) (1) United Methodist with United Methodist District Northeast
GCFA Number
Name of First Church
541167
Wyndmere
GCFA Number
540926
Name of Second Church
Milnor
GCFA Number
540926
Name of Merged Church
Milnor
Date Merged
12/20/20
(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination) District
Name of First Church
GCFA Number
GCFA Number
Name of Second Church
GCFA Number
Name of Merged Church
Date Merged
N/A
f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.) (1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3) GCFA Number N/A
Church Name
District
Location
Date Closed
District
Location
Date Closed
District
Location
Date Closed
District Northeast Northeast
Location Sheldon Cogswell
Date Closed 12/9/2020 5/5/2021
(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) GCFA Number N/A
(3)
Church Name
Satellite Congregation
GCFA Number
Church Name
(4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) GCFA Number 540436 542743
Church Name Sheldon Cogswell
g) Relocated and to what address GCFA Number N/A
Church Name
District
Mailing Address
Physical Location
Date Relocated
h) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity") GCFA Number 542845
Former Name Edgeley
New Name Edgeley Wesley
Address 305 5th Ave W Edgeley, ND 58433
District Northwest District
i) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)? GCFA Number N/A
Name
Membership
Sending Conference
j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206) GCFA Number N/A
Parish Name
Charge Name
Church Name
District
k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? N/A 15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) a) Federated church GCFA 344101 999476 542867
Name Beach Community Carrington Ellendale
District Northwest Northwest Northwest
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Other Denomination(s) UCC UCC PC-USA
999498 540700 548784 999487 549004 549243 548124
Grafton Hillsboro Hot Springs Park River Philip Timber Lake Woonsocket
Northeast Northeast Southwest Northeast Southwest Southwest Southeast
PC-USA UCC PC-USA, AB PC-USA PC-USA ELCA, AB ELCA
Name Alpena United Bottineau Canistota Edgemont Elk Point Elkton United Garretson Kimball Protestant Parish Rugby Emmanuel Tulare
District Southeast Northwest Southeast Southwest Southeast Southeast Southeast Southeast Northwest Southeast
Other Denomination(s) UCC PC-USA PC-USA UCC UCC UCC UCC ELCA, PC-USA PC-USA UCC
Name
District
Other Denomination(s)
b) Union Church GCFA 548000 541420 546967 548603 999818 545688 547324 547483 542220 546546
c) Merged Church GCFA Number N/A
d) Yoked Parish GCFA 548000
Name Alpena United, Wessington Springs
District Southeast
Other UCC
545267
Lake Preston UMC/UCC, Lake Preston UCC
Southeast
UCC
548443
Camp Crook UMC, Buffalo UCC
Southwest
UCC
542275
Elgin UMC, Ebenezer UCC
UCC
548682 999498 542696
Faith UMC, Marcus PC-USA Grafton Federated, Minto Knox PC-USA Holmes UMC, Sharon Trinity ELCA, Beaver Creek ELCA Lansford UMC, Lansford ELCA, Glenburn ELCA Larimore UMC, Arvilla PC-USA, Emerado PC-USA Leola UMC, Frederick UMC, Barnard UCC Lisbon UMC, Enderlin UMC, Lisbon PC-USA Oakes UMC/Oakes PC-USA Park River Federated, Fordville PC-USA Philip Federated, Interior PC-USA Timber Lake Federated, Isabell UCC Ellendale UMC-PCUSA, Ashley Emmanuel
Northwest Southwest Northeast Northeast Northwest Northeast Northeast Northeast Northeast Northeast Southwest Southwest Northwest
ELCA PC-USA UCC PC-USA PC-USA PC-USA PC-USA ELCA, UCC, AB PC-USA
541908 5480824 546147 540881 / 224162 543281 999487 549004 549243 542867 / 545234
PC-USA PC-USA ELCA
16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? -Edgemont and Pringle are now separate charges. -Hazen is now a separate charge. -Washburn/Center is a separate charge. -Ellendale UMC-PCUSA, Ashley Emmanuel is a new charge. -Esmond is a separate charge. -DeSmet/ Iroquois is a separate charge. - Ethan and Alexandria are now separate charges.
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PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY – Questions 17-57
(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 two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.)
17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4, 605.7)? None of us is blameless before God, all stand in need of the continual grace of God. We give thanks for the faithful ministries of the clergy members of the annual conference. The character and conference relations of all clergy members have been reviewed by the Cabinet and the Board of Ordained Ministry, and those clergy found to be in good standing are approved for annual appointment. All grievances and charges are resolved or are under supervisory care. 18. Who constitute: a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Stephen Perry/chair, Gary Rae; Alternates: Jeff Adel, Jerry Bass b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)? Gary Ball-Kilbourne/chair, Nancy Manning, vice chair, Ray Baker, Tom Dravland, Sara McManus, Marilyn Spurrell c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703) Clergy: Douglas Diehl, Jenene Earl, Penny Eberhart Lay: Kim Callies, Joanne Ottmar, Terry Pendergast Clergy alternates: Jerry Bass 19. Who are the certified candidates (¶ ¶ 310, 313, 314) (NOTE: Everyone who wants to become an LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate)? a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? Name Robert Blackburn Bryce Blank Tiana Bohn Natalie Buck Thanael Certa-Werner Annie Carlson Sandee Cole John Hale Kathy Hammond Taylor Johnson Barbara Krumm Jason Martens Mary Morgan Tiffany Ortman Alyssa Quade Cory Thrall Kara Togel Josh Willprecht
District Southeast Southeast Northeast Northeast Southeast Northwest Northeast Southwest Northwest Southeast Northwest Southeast Southeast Southeast Northwest Northwest Southwest Southeast
Date Certified 2021 2019 2019 2017 2019 2021 2018 2019 2004 2015 2021 2018 2020 2018 2013 2014 2018 2020
b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.) Name
Receiving Conference
Date Originally Certified Date Accepted by District in Other Conference
Jason Mehring
Florida
May 8, 2017
February 2021
Dan Fuchs
West Ohio
2011
3/17/2015
2011
2015
Nathaniel Mason Iowa
c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry? Name Dylan Dethlefsen Cory Enfield
District Southeast Southeast
Date Certified 2018 2017
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Date Discontinued 2020 2021
Lilian Jones Holly Sortland Justin Schnackenberg Jerry Stravia IV
Southeast Southwest Northwest Northwest
2019 2019 2012 2012
2020 2020 2021 2021
(Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, they are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they are appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part- time capacity.) 20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed? (¶315 Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): Name John Hale Kathy Hammond Taylor Johnson Jason Martens Alyssa Quade
District Southwest Northwest Southeast Southeast Northwest
Year Last Licensed 2020 2016 2015 2018 2018
21. Who are approved and appointed as? (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five-year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v) a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Name *Derek Baum Robert Blackburn
Years Completed with Course of Study *MDIV 2011
*John Britt *Jason Christensen *Rick Craig Brandon Dunham Andy Early Veronica Fleming *Mike Flowers Randy Hedge
First Year License Awarded 2009 2021 (contingent on successful completion of licensing school) 2012 2018 2004 2018 2017 2017 2011 2017
Kimberly Hipple *Delton Wayne Huber, Jr Justin Jenness *Laurie Kidd *Paul Kimball Amber Laffey Molly Leger *Manuel Loaeza Paul Manson Sandra Marquardt
2020 2005 (2011 PL to FL) 2017 (2020 PL to FL) 2005 2015 (2020 PL to FL) 2020 2018 2017 2017 2013
*Sharla McCaskell Charlie Moore *Kenneth Mund
2004 2015 (2017 PL to FL) 2006 (2017 PL to FL) (extensions granted in 2018, 2019 and 2020) 2020 2018 2018 2007
SFS-Kairos *Completed 2016 SFS-Kairos *Completed 2010 *MDiv 2019 SFS - Kairos 4 modules *MDIV 2000 SFS-Kairos 12 modules (2021 extension recommended) *Completed 2010 SFS-Kairos *Completed 2020
Teresa Person Brett Roes *Derek Runge *Marlin Sapp
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*Completed 2018 *MDiv 2021 *Completed 2009 SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos *Completed 2018 SFS-Kairos
SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos *MDiv 2020 *Completed 2014
Matthew Scherbenske *Mark Turner *Rodney Ulmer Mike Waldrop *Teresa Whetsel *Barry Whipkey
2020 (as of 9/1/2020) 2006 2001 (Ext. approved by BOM) 2017 2013 2004
*MDIV 2013 *Completed 2014 SFS - Kairos *MDIV 2021 *Completed 2010
b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (Fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) Name
First Year License Awarded
John E. Anderson Richard Andrus Tiana Bohn
2020 2017 2021 (contingent on successful
Fraction of full time to be served 3/4 3/4 1/4
completion of licensing school)
2020 2018
3/4 1/2 3/4
Chris Chase Rey Colon Jerry Densmore Don Dinger Krista Ducker Doug Duncan Connie Eichinger Tia Felberg Travis Finke *Brenda Goodman *Brian Gregg *Darla Hadrick Randy Harwood Goeff Hilton Susan Jennys
2021 (contingent on successful completion of licensing school) 2019 2018 2015 2007 2018 2017 2012 2020 (as of 10/1/2020) 2017 2018 2019 2017 2014 2019 2008
Zach Kingery Donna Kuper Barbara Krumm *Mary Morgan Taryn Ragels Brian Rock
2018 2018 2021 2020 (as of 9/17/2020) 2020 2019
3/4 1/4 ¾ 1/2 3/4 3/4
Judy Sayler *Charles Smith *Carli Steffes Kippy Udehn *Don Vanderlip Travis Voeltz Austin Walker Travis Waltner Brenda Wicks Josh Willprecht
2014 2017 2018 2016 2016 2019 2013 2014 2019 2021
3/4 3/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 1/4 1/4
Jordan Buchholz Christine Cappetta Annie Carlson
3/4 3/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 3/4 1/2 1/4 3/4 1/2 ¼ 3/4
Years Completed with Course of Study SFS-Kairos
SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos
SFS - Kairos SFS - Kairos 7 modules SFS - Kairos SFS - Kairos
*Nebraska Christian College
12 modules SFS-Kairos *MA at Bethel Seminary
*M.Div. 2000 *M.Div. 2015 SFS - Kairos 17 modules (2021 extension recommended) SFS-Kairos SFS *M.Div. 2019
*M.Div. 2021 SFS-Kairos 12 modules *M.Div. 2007 *M.Div. 2004 SFS-Kairos *M.Div. 2009 SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos
c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3,4)? Name N/A
First Year License Awarded
Seminary
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Home Conference
d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors in another annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name * Taylor Johnson
First Year License Awarded
2015
Years Completed in Course of Study
*MDIV 2020
e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367, 368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name N/A
Years Completed in Course of Study
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)? Name Corey Enfield Jeffrey Neuberger
Date discontinued 8/16/2020 7/1/2021
Jerry Stravia IV
7/1/2021
23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)? Name N/A
Years Completed in Course of Study
24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.) a) Annual Conferences Name Abigail Ozanne John Roberts
Clergy Status FE RE-LTFT
Home Conference Minnesota Minnesota
Clergy Status OE OE OE
Denomination Free Methodist Methodist Church of South Africa African Methodist Episcopal
b) Other Methodist Denominations Name Ray Sherwood Pete Grassow Tamba Clark
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 (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.) Name
Clergy Status
Denomination
Shawn Abbas Steven Anderson David Bambas Tim Bauer David Cook Robin Dill Martha HarriSon Lorah Houser-Jankord Ben Ingebretson *Daren Junker Rick Loewen *Warren Maxted Paul Rowenhorst *Ron Snethen *John Werth
OF OF OL OL OL OF OF OL OF OF OF OF OF OF OF
Reformed Church of America EC (Evangelical Covenant) UCC (United Church of Christ) UCC (United Church of Christ) PC USA (Presbyterian Church) PC USA (Presbyterian Church) ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) UCC (United Church of Christ) Reformed AB (American Baptist) CCCC (Conservative Congregational Christian Conference) AOG (Assemblies of God) Mennonite Brethren NAZ (Nazarene) EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church)
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26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])? Name N/A
Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) Name N/A
NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27): Name N/A
Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? ( ¶¶322.4, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v) Name N/A
Seminary
b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4) Name Quaya Ackerman Julie Gregg Rodney Knock Michele Slott
Seminary Kairos (Sioux Falls Seminary) MDiv completed MDiv. pending 5/31/21 MDiv completed
29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326)? *Seminary Graduate a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326) Name *Martin Avery *Jo Flesner * Jeff Lathrop *Jordan Louks *Jennifer McDonald *Matthew Morrison *Joleen Pietrzak *Jeanne Sortland *Thomas Sumers *Janice Thompson
Clergy Status (PD or PE) PE PD PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE
Date and Seminary 2015 2014 2019 2018 2019 2020 2020 2019 2017 2017
b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v) Name N/A
Original Year of Membership
c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year) Name N/A
Original Year of Membership
d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) Name N/A
Clergy Status (PD or PE)
Original Year of Membership
Previous Conference or Denomination
30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6): (v) A person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q.30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status.
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Name N/A
Clergy Status
Previous Denomination
31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status (PD or PE)
Date Received
Former Denomination
Clergy Status (FL or PL)
Date Received
Former Denomination
b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v) Name N/A
32. 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 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) (v 3/4): a) Deacons Name N/A
Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
b) Elders Name Autumn Krueger Valerie Hummel LaBounty Seth LaBounty
33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies? (List alphabetically-see note preceding question 27) a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) Name N/A
Seminary
b) Transfer from elder? (¶309) (v 3/4) Name N/A
Seminary
34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4) Name Autumn Krueger Valerie Hummel LaBounty Seth LaBounty
Seminary Candler Garrett-Evangelical Asbury
b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4) Name N/A
Seminary
35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted? (¶364)? (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
Year Previously Discontinued
36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3])? Name N/A
Clergy Status
Previous Status
37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement? (¶357.7): (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
Year Retired
38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of the United Methodist Church(¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v)
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Name Robert Moorlach
Clergy Status FE
Previous Conference Minnesota
Date of Transfer June 2021
39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.) Name N/A
Clergy Status
Previous Methodist Denomination
Date of Transfer
40. 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? Name N/A
Member Conference
b) Elders? Name N/A
Member Conference
41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name N/A
Clergy Status
New Conference
Date of Transfer
42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327) Name N/A
Clergy Status
b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7) Name N/A
Clergy Status
43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? i) This year? (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
Charge Conference Membership
Date Effective
ii) Previously? Name Mary Ann Bernard-FE Russell Whaley -FE
b)
Year Originally Granted 1998 2014
Charge Conference Membership Wahpeton Evergreen Grand Forks-Wesley
Year of Most Recent Report
Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and appointment.)
Name MaryAnn Bernard
Appointment Wahpeton Evergreen
Year Originally Granted Location 1998
c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? i) This year? (v) Name N/A
Date Effective
Charge Conference Membership
ii) Ad Interim Administrative Location? (v) Name N/A
Date Effective
Charge Conference Membership
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iii) Previously? Name N/A
Year Originally Placed
Year of Most Recent Report
Charge Conference Membership
44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3)? a) This year? (v) Name Perry Kimble
Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted FE 1996
Charge Conference Membership Bismarck-Legacy
b) Previously Name Elmer Brinkman Anne Geschwinder Stanley Haidle John Jarman Linda Renaud Daniel Rice Joel Rickenbach
Clergy Status RE RE RE RE RE RE RE
Year Honorable Location Originally Granted 1977 1986 2002 1992 2010 1977 1974
Charge Conference Watertown First N/A Mitchell Downtown First Fargo Faith Huron First Grand Forks Wesley Prairie View
45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v) Name N/A
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v) Name N/A
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v) Name
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)? Name
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶353.12)? (v) Name N/A
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
Date Effective
Prior Clergy Status
e) By trial (¶2713)? Name N/A
47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.) Name N/A
Date Effective
Clergy Status
48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active: Name N/A
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired: Name N/A
b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active: Name N/A
Date of Birth
Date of Death
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Retired: Name N/A
Date of Birth
Date of Death
c) What elders have died during the year? Active: Name Steve Olson
Date of Birth
Date of Death
10/03/1957
12/21/2020
Retired: Name Glen Lord Ken Oswald John Bushell Norman Winkelman Donald Greenough Elizabeth Conrad-Smart Earl Stucke Gustav K. VanTassel
Date of Birth 07/13/1930 08/13/1934 08/03/1935 10/14/1932 04/16/1926 02/22/1943 04/12/1929 1/25/1926
Date of Death 06/23/2020 07/17/2020 07/26/2020 11/06/2020 12/01/2020 12/07/2020 02/25/2021 04/23/2021
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Date of Birth
Date of Death
d) What deacons have died during the year? Active: Name N/A
Retired: Name N/A
e) What local pastors have died during the year? Active: Name N/A
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired: Name N/A
49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? Name Jennifer Anderson Dan Bader Andy Bartel Stan Bockwoldt Nicole Clade Joel Higgins Autumn Krueger Clifford Nelson Rich Zeck
Clergy Status FE FE FE FE FE FE FE RE FE
Conference Where Appointed Minnesota Minnesota Alaska Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Alaska Minnesota (1/2) Minnesota
Appointment 7/1/2017 7/1/2018 7/1/2015 7/1/2015 7/1/2020 7/1/2020 7/1/2017 6/1/2020 7/1/2015
50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.) a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v) Name Amy Atkins Mark Ehrmantraut Travis Krogman Dean Trapp
Clergy Status FE FE FE FE
Date Effective 7/21/2017 7/1/2019 7/1/2020 9/1/2019
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Charge Conference
(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3) Name
Clergy Status
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
Date Effective
Charge Conference
(3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
(4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3) Name N/A
Clergy Status
(5) Transitional (¶353.2c) Name
Justin Iverson
Clergy Status
FE
7/1/2021
b) (1) Involuntary (¶ 354)? (v 2/3) Name N/A
Clergy Status
(2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355)? (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v) Name N/A
Clergy Status
52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v) Name Howard Baird Lori Broschat Robert Duemig Kevin Kloster Glen Sayler
Clergy Status FE FE FE FE FE
Date Effective 5/4/2017 6/1/2021 12/1/2019 10/1/2020 1998
Charge Conference Grand Forks Wesley Rapid City Canyon Lake Hazen
53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357)? List alphabetically (If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement. ¶357.1, no vote required; ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3).
Deacons a) This year? Name N/A
Date Effective
b) Previously? Name N/A
Date Effective
Elders c) This year? Name David Motta Rick Pittenger Rodney Tkach
d)
Date Effective July 1, 2021 July 1, 2021 July 1, 2021
Previously? Name Darrel J. Aleson Dennis E. Aleson Peder O. Anderson *David A. Andrews *Donald E. Andrews Royal Archer Gail L. Arnold
Date Effective 2011 2009 2014 2008 2007 2020 2011
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Linda Baldock Deborah Ball-Killbourne Gary Lee Ball-Kilbourne Judy Banwart Gerald R. Bass *William L. Bates, Jr. Hazel Behrens Steve Behrens Darlis A. Berkenpas *Boyd Ardell Blumer Laura Borman Dick Willard Boyd *Allan R. Brockway Jeri Burns Chet William Cataldo Roy B. Caudill Arlyn Coalter *J. Edwin Coates Donald C. Crippen Randolph Cross Kermit Culver Douglas E. Diehl *Theodore F. Dockter *Emil H. Eberhart Penelope V. Eberhart *Donald Elmer *Dale R. Emery *John T. “Jack” Erickson *Duane A. Ewers *Gerald A. Fike *Richard W. Fisher *Bruce Forbes Richard N. Fossum Lee H. Gale Dennis R. Gellhaus *Rodney R. Gist *William Gran *Bruce C. Gray Eric Grinager Howard L. Grinager Edward Tom Haggar *Leonard K. Haggin Mina Hall Brian Hazard Rick Hazen *David Heetland *Gordon F. Higgins *John W. Hisel Bill Hoffman Mark Holland F. Eve Hook *John A. Jacoway Elizabeth Jassmann Massingill Linova L. Jennewein *Cameron W. Johnson
2017 2016 2013 2016 2013 2012 2018 2018 2011 1997 2016 2012 1989 2016 2011 2015 2020 2005 2012 2020 2020 2014 1996 2005 2005 2008 2004 2006 2006 2000 2001 2018 2014 2015 2015 1989 2016 1998 2018 2012 2014 1996 2018 2018 2017 2020 1997 2012 2020 2017 2007 1996 2017 2001 1994
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Ronald Johnson Steven Claire Johnson J. Sue Kana-Mackey John C. Katter Elizabeth Kelsey *Peggy J. Kieras Genie H. Kistler Donna S. Kjonaas Darwin R. Kopfmann *Henry K. Kor Iva Laudermith Thomas Edward Lavery Mary-Lee Lint *Phillip E. Lint *Richard A. Lutz *David E. Mack Deborah A. Mack Randy Maddox Gwen Mader Nancy Manning Anthony Russell Masartis Richard M. Mayer Frank McKeehan *Wayne M. McKirdy John McKnight, Jr. Donna J. McLaird *Dwight L. Meier *Mark W. Meier *Max E. Meier Patricia L. Mersch *Peter W. Moe *Lionel P.A. Muthiah Clifford Nelson Morris E. Nelson Julie Nygaard Susan K. O’Connell James D. Patrick *Edward E. Pease Kenrad V. Pederson *Russell M. Peirce E. Stephen Perry *Calvin L. Petersen John Price Lucian F. Prohaska *Gary W. Rae *Eldon H. Reich Warren Rhodes Sheila B. Richards Dick Rinearson Penelope J. Ritter Val Rush Sunandkumar D. Samuel *Arthur H. Scanson Perry Schnabel *Walter J. Schott
2020 2013 2009 2006 2014 2012 2010 2009 2015 2009 2017 2013 2015 2006 2003 2000 2011 2018 2019 2017 2018 2002 2018 1991 2017 2004 2002 2010 1999 2014 1998 1992 2017 2011 2016 2013 2008 2006 2015 1994 2014 1998 2019 2000 2011 2014 2016 2006 2019 2010 2016 2013 2010 2019 1995
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*DeVern E. Schwenn Jeanne Gaard Semrad Robert J. Semrad Mary Ann Sheldon Gail L. Shlanta-Peasley Lyla E. Siebrecht *Robert L. Simmons *Roger A. Smith *Charles R. Sommers Randall Spahr Roger Spahr Marilyn Spurrell *K. James Stein Donna M. Stewart Gerald Alvin Stolp *Richard Sykes Wayne L. Tieszen *James G. Towler *Richard A. Unkenholz Albartus Lee VanEssen Cori Waisanen Donald A. Watt *Warren L. Wenzel *A. Julian Wigen *Peary A. Wilson *David C. Wu Peggy Ann Zerface Steven Ziebarth
2000 2010 2005 2012 1997 1998 2004 1989 1999 2020 2020 2017 1995 1999 2013 2000 2003 1994 1993 2013 2014 2011 2001 2003 2006 2005 2013 2020
54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) e) This year? Name N/A
Date Effective
f) Previously? Name David Birkeland Muriel A. Oates Marvin Winstryg
Date Effective 2018 2003 2010
55.What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)? Name N/A
Date Effective
56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year? Name Ken Ballard
Date Effective July 1, 2021
b) Previously? Name Fern M. Bailey John Bergh Martha Brandt Larry N. Guenther Becky Holten
Date Effective 2013 2016 2019 2007 2018
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Gary H. Johnson James Konsor Marlyn Kuper Kris Larson Tom C Petersen Jan C. Price Melanie Reiners Grace C. Rhodes David Severtson Raenelle Sorensen Rae L. Speiser Jeff Vore
2016 2019 2001 July 1, 2020 2015 2012 2018 2012 2019 2018 2011 Nov. 1, 2019
57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference? g) By appointment category and conference relationship? NOTES: i) 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. ii) For the three categories of Appointments to Extension Ministries, report as follows: ¶344.1a, c): the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist connectional structures, including district superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency. ¶344.1b): 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. ¶344.1d): the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed by a two- thirds vote of the Annual Conference. Note: Report those in extension ministry in one category only. (See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories.) Note: Those approved to serve as a local pastor, but not currently under appointment, are not counted as clergy members of the conference.
Categories Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (75, 77b) Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b) Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a,c)(76a) Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b) Appointments to Extension Ministries(¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c) Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (78) Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49) On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2) On Family Leave (50a3, a4) On Sabbatical Leave (51) On Medical Leave (52)
Deacons in Elders in Provisional Provisional Full Full Connection Connection Deacons Elders
Associate Members Part-time & Affiliate Members Full-time Local & Associate Local Pastors Pastors Members With Vote
4
45
0
12
1
31
35
2
xxxxxx
1
xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxx
13
xxxxxx
0
0
1
1
xxxxxx
3
xxxxxx
0
0
0
0
xxxxxx
10
xxxxxx
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
0
9
0
0
0
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
0
4
0
0
0
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
0 0 0
0 0 5
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
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On Transitional Leave (50a5) Retired (53, 54, 55)
0
1
0
0
0
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
0
148
0
0
3
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
Total Number, Clergy Members Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members
6
1
13
4
33
37
238
332
h) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.) Clergy Demographics Categories Asian Black Hispanic Native American Pacific Islander White Multi-Racial Total Number Clergy Members Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members*
Deacons in Full Connection Male
0 0 0
Elders in Full Provisional Connection Deacons
Associate Provisional Members & Elders Affiliate Members with Vote
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Full time Local Pastors
Part–time Local Pastors
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 4 2
0 2 0
0 2 0
0 23 0
0 9 0
0 19 0
0 16 0
7
2
2
9
20
17
0 0 0
4 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1 0
0 5 0
1 166 3
0 62 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 5 1
1
5
176
62
0
1
6
0 0 0
0 0 1
24
0 0 0
0 0 1
1 0 0
332
PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY – Questions 58-62 Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry? Name Marilyn Spurrell
Clergy/Lay Status RE
Specialized Ministry Spiritual Formation
59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certified this year.) Name Michelle Brennan Debra Ball-Kilbourne Duane Ewers Carolyn Knight Valerie Reinhiller Pat Unkenholz
Clergy/Lay Status FD RE RE Lay FD DR
Specialized Ministry Associate in Christian Education Minister in Christian Education Minister in Christian Education Associate in Christian Education Minister in Christian Education Associate in Music
60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry? Name N/A
Clergy/Lay Status
Specialized Ministry
Sending Conference
61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry? Name N/A
Clergy/Lay Status
Specialized Ministry
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Receiving Conference
62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry? Name N/A
Clergy/Lay Status
Specialized Ministry
PART IV CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY – Questions 63 (¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district) Name Sharon DuVal Pam Karlen Becky Krause Janet Madsen Anne Osborne Justin Trent Richard Wahlstrom Blaine Wilson
District Northwest Southeast Northeast Southwest Northwest Southwest Southwest Southeast
PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS – Questions 64-71 (¶ 64-71 refer to the 1992 Book of Discipline)
64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? Name N/A
Previous Annual Conference
Date
65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? Name N/A
Previous Annual Conference
Date
66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3) Name N/A
Date Effective
67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a. Effective: Name N/A
b.
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired: Name N/A
Date of Birth
Date of Death
68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) Name N/A
Type of Leave
Date Originally Granted
69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e): Name N/A
Date Originally Granted
70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)? Name N/A
Date Originally Granted
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71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3) a. This year? Name N/A
b.
Date Effective
Previously? Name Pat Unkenholz
Date Effective 7/1/1993
PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS – Questions 72-81 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a. What associate members, provisional, or full elders 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 onequarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v ¾): Name Julie Gregg Jennifer Hallenbeck-Orr Ron Olson Tim Vorlage
Appointment Garretson Bismarck McCabe Hurley Broadland UMC
Fraction of Full-Time Service ¼ time, 1st year ¾ time, 4th year ¾-time, 4th year ¼-time, 6th year
b. What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full- time service (¶331.7)? Name Melissa Gall Luke Smith
Appointment Milbank Parkview Watertown Cornerstone
Fraction of Full-Time Service ½ time,3rd year ¼-time, 7th year
73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual conference, and for what period of time? Name Roy Caudill DeAnn Eidem John Bergh Warren Wenzel
Appointment Brandon Celebration (1/4) Rapid City Canyon Lake Oakes/ Cogswell (1/4) Langdon (1/2)
Start Date 4/12/2021 10/1/2020 1/1/2021 10/1/2020
End Date 6/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021
74. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include and identify Appointments beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes. Date 8/1/2020 8/1/2020 8/16/2020 8/31/2020
Name Jordan Louks Denise VanMeter Corey Enfield Mark Ellingson
Status PE SY PL FE
9/1/2020
Tamba Clark
OE
9/1/2020 9/1/2020 9/1/2020 10/1/2020
Arlyn Coalter Matthew Scherbenske DeAnn Eidem Raenelle Sorensen
RE FL FE RL
10/1/2020 10/1/2020 10/1/2020 10/1/2020
Mary Morgan Tia Felberg Kevin Kloster DeAnn Eidem
PL PL FE FE
11/10/2020 Jeffrey Neuberger
PL
12/1/2020
FE
Theta Miller
From (Appointment/District) Alexandria/ Ethan None Yankton First / Gayville-Volin EXT 344.1.b - Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND Fargo Calvary African - new church start (1/2) Retirement Minot Vincent as Lay Supply RC Canyon Lake (14) Larimore, Arvilla, Emerado PCUSA (3/4) White/ Sterling (1/2) Lay Supply DeSmet/ Iroquois (3/4) Lay Supply Rapid City Canyon Lake Family Leave
To (Appointment/District) Ethan (1/2) Alexandria (1/4) - Interim None EXT 344.1.d – LifeSource Organ Donation Fargo Calvary African - new church start (1/4) Olivet (1/2) Minot Vincent as LLP Family Leave Larimore, Arvilla (1/2)
White/ Sterling (1/2) as PL DeSmet/ Iroquois (3/4) as PL Medical Leave RC Canyon Lake – Interim Lead pastor Park River Federated/ Fordville (3.4) Extension St.Mary’s Hospital, Pierre as Chaplain (1/2) Family Leave Extension 344.1(d) Clarkville TN
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1/1/2021 2/1/2021 4/1/2021
John Bergh Jason Martens Rodney Tkach
RL FL FE
4/12/2021
Roy Caudill
RE
4/15/2021
Jason Martens
PL
6/1/2021 6/1/2021 6/1/2021 6/1/2021
Addy Kenkel Josh Willprecht Lori Broschat Mike Flowers
SY PL FE FL
6/15/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021
John Hale DeAnn Eidem David Motta Henry Jenkins Jordan Louks Taylor Johnson Justin Trent Jerry Simmons Robert Blackburn Steve Wynkoop Jesse Irvine
FL FE FE FE PE PL CLM SY FL SY SY
7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021
Tiana Bohn Seth Duncan Robert Moorlach Abigail Ozanne
PL SY FE OE
7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021
Travis Voeltz Rick Pittenger Teri Johnson Cory Thrall
PL FE FE FL
7/1/2021 7/1/2021
Annie Carlson Barbara Krumm
PL PL
7/1/2021
Dave Anderson
SY
7/1/2021 7/1/2021 7/1/2021
Shawn Abbas Rod Tkach Chet Cataldo
OF FE RE
7/1/2021
Jeffrey Neuberger
PL
7/1/2021
Justin Iverson
FE
7/1/2021
Jerry Stravia IV
FL
Retirement Brandon Celebration Extension Holsten Conference
Oakes/ Cogswell (1/4) interim Brandon Celebration (1/4) Transitional Leave until his retirement 7/1/2021 Retirement Brandon Celebration (1/4) interim Brandon Celebration (1/4) No appointment (remains a certified candidate) No appointment (Lschool 2021) Brandon Celebration (3/4) No Appointment Brandon Celebration (1/4) Devils Lake First Medical Leave Extension Spirit Lake Ext. Spirit Lake (1/2) and Devils Lake (1/2) Cresbard/Tolstoy No appointment (cert. candidate) RC Canyon Lake Interim RC Canyon Lake Lead Pastor Fargo Calvary Retirement Ext 344.1(b) Creech AFB Chaplain Fargo Calvary Ethan (1/2) Sioux Falls First – Associate Pastor Sioux Falls First Associate (3/4) No appointment Fairburn (1/4) No appointment No appointment (Lschool 2021) Fairburn (1/4) No appointment (Lschool 2021) Langdon No appointment (Lschool 2021) Cavalier Trinity No appointment (Lschool 2021) Park River Federated/ Fordville PCUSA (LTFT) No appointment (Lschool 2021) Milnor (1/4) No appointment (Lschool 2021) Cresbard/ Tolstoy (3/4) Jackson/ Lakefield (MN) Oakes UMC/ Oakes PCUSA Browns Valley (MN) MN Extension to Watertown First as Associate Pastor Luke 10 Team (1/4) Edgeley Wesley (1/4) Milnor, Wyndmere, Sheldon (3/4) Retirement Extension (1/2) and Vermillion (1/2) Extension 344.1.d) SDSU fulltime Washburn/ Center/ Hazen No Appointment (certified candidate) No appointment (Lschool 2021) Washburn/ Center (3/4) Luke 10 Team serving Edgeley/ Ellendale Presbyterian UMC and Ashley Emmanuel/ Lehr and Ashley Emmanuel UMC (3/4) Ellendale Presbyterian UMC/ PCUSA (3/4) None Ethan (LTFT) supervised by Mitchell Fusion None Eureka Transitional Leave Retirement Luke 10 Team Leader for Edgeley/ Luke 10 Team Leader for Lehr Lehr/ Ashley/ Ellendale Presbyterian (1/4) (1/4) Extension St.Mary’s Hospital, Pierre Mandatory retirement as Chaplain (1/2) Extension to Illinois Great Rivers Conf Transitional Leave, Para. 353.2c (Wesley UMC, Bloomington), para 346.1. Dickinson Prairie Winds No appointment
75. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) SEE MINISTRY APPOINTMENTS 76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list) a. Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?
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Name
Clergy Status
Joel Allen Neil Blair Chris Chase Rebecca Eberhart Timothy Eberhart
FE FE PL FE FE
Mike Flowers
FL
David Jacobsen Paul Lint Kris Mutzenberger Bob Ruedebusch Keihwan Ryoo
FE FE FE FE FE
Rebecca Trefz
FE
Steve Trefz Eric VanMeter Joel Winckler
FE FE FE
Date Effective 2013 2011 2019 2010 2012
Charge Member Conference
Extension Ministry Assignment
Dakota Wesleyan, Mitchell SD School of Theology ST Paul Kansas MO New Church Start Bismarck Celebrate Grace (3/4) GETS, Evanston IL GETS, Evanston IL Children of the Harvest/Spirit Lake Ministry 2014 Center, Sheyenne ND (1/2) 8/1/2011 Boston University School of Theology, Boston MA 5/10/2016 Wesley Acres Camp 7/1/2020 Northeast District Superintendent 7/1/2020 Southwest District Superintendent 7/1/2017 Korean Ministry Plan Missionary, GBGM, Los Angeles CA 7/1/2020 Executive Director of Ministries and Southeast District Superintendent 5/1/2016 Sioux Falls Seminary, Sioux Falls SD 2016 Chaplain, DWU Campus 7/1/2020 Northwest District Superintendent
Mitchell Fusion Mitchell Downtown First Mitchell Downtown First Mitchell Downtown First Fargo First Pierre First Valley City Epworth
Fargo First
Rapid City Canyon Lake
Rapid City First Mitchell Fusion Mitchell Fusion Mitchell Fusion Mandan
b. To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)? Name
Clergy Status
Date Effective
Paul Budd
FE
1985
Bradley Kattelmann
FE
7/21/19
Randall Phillips
FE
8/01/05
Extension Ministry Assignment John Knox Village, Lee’s Summit MO Army Chaplain, Fort Benning, GA Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
c. To other vital ministries under the provisions of 344.1d? (v2/3) Name Martin Avery Mark Ellingson
Clergy Status PE FE
Date Effective 2/3/2019 8/31/2020
Dan Freed
FE
2/15/2019
Teri Johnson Paul Kimball Jeanine Kersey-Russell Shelly Matthews
FE FL FE FE
7/1/2020 7/1/2019 2018 8/1/2011
Theta Miller
FE
12/1/2020
Leisa Richards
FE
2005
Matthew Richards
FE
2/15/2020
Carlisha Steffes
PL
2018
Craig Vondergeest Gary Walters
FE FE
2005 2019
Extension Ministry Assignment Canaan Moravian, ND LifeSource Avera Heart Hospital Chaplaincy, Sioux Falls SD SDSU Brookings, SD Platte Student Ministries ND State Penitentiary Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth TX First Christian Church, Clarkville, TN Leisa Richards Law PC Albuquerque NM Avera@Home/ Chaplain and Mitchell Congregational UCC
Charge Member Conference Watertown First Brookings First Sturgis Charge Member Conference
Holmes
Grand Forks Wesley
Aberdeen North Highland
Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls Sioux Falls First SD Presbyterian College, Clinton SC Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City SD
77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) a. Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)? Name Jo Flesner
Clergy Status PD
Date Extension Ministry Assignment Effective 2/25/2020 Counselor Anchorage School District, AK
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Charge Member Conference Sioux Falls Asbury
Melissa Gall
FD
8/1/2018
Laura Walters
FD
7/1/2019
Primary-Milbank School District, SecondaryMilbank Parkview UMC New Underwood School District
Milbank Parkview
b. Through United Methodist Church-related agencies, schools, within a local congregation, charge, or cooperative parish within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b,c)? Name
Clergy Status
Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment
Charge Member Conference
Michelle Brennan Valerie Reinhiller
FD FD
10/1/2008 7/1/2016
Jamestown First Williston Faith
Jamestown First Williston Faith
Luke Smith Joy Tracy
FD FD
7/1/2014 7/1/2014
Watertown Cornerstone Clark
Watertown Cornerstone
78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.) Name N/A
Clergy Status
School
79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) N/A 80. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.5), 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.) - Joel Higgins – change to Extension 346.1 Iowa Conference as of 7/1/2020 - Matthew Scherbenske – change of status as from SY to FL as of 9/1/2020 - Holly Sortland – discontinued as a certified candidate as of 6/17/2020 - Jason Martens was listed as a PL in Q19. He should have been listed as an FL - In Q21b, Krista Wisener’s fraction of full-time to be served should have been ¾. Krista Wisener is now Krista Ducker. - Nicole (Anderson) Clade is now Nicole Clade. - Janice (Antrim) Thompson is now Janice Thompson. - Dylan Dethlefsen was certified as a candidate for ministry by the Southeast District in 2018, was listed in the 2019 Journal but not in the 2020 Journal. His certification has subsequently lapsed. He not currently in seminary. - Lilian Jones was certified as a candidate for ministry by the Southeast District in August of 2019, but not listed in the 2020 Journal. Her certification has subsequently lapsed. - First United Methodist Church (Elkton) dissolved in 1999, and the United Parish of Elkton was formed. Since the 2009 Journal (when the question first appeared), that church should have been listed in Q15b as a union church. - Bethlehem United Church of Christ (Alpena) closed on May 23, 1997, and those members united their membership with United Methodists in Alpena. Yet that union church continues to relate to two denominations. Since the 2009 Journal (when the question first appeared), Alpena United should have been listed in Q15b as a union church.
-First Methodist Church of Lake Preston changed its name to an entity known as Lake Preston UMC/UCC after Oct. 28, 2003. Members of that church share a pastor, building and worship with members of a church known as United Church of Christ (Lake Preston). Since the 2009 Journal (when the question first appeared), the answer to Q15d (yoked parish) should have included an entry for Lake Preston UMC/UCC, Lake Preston UCC. - Bradley Kattelmann, FE, was appointed 7/21/19 from Ext. 344.1b Army Chaplain at Fort Carson to Ext. 344.1b Army Chaplain at Fort Benning, Georgia. 81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? Bismarck, ND June 9-11, 2022
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Candidates for Provisionl Membership Quaya Ackerman
Quaya Ackerman describes Exodus 3:1-17 as a scripture that has shaped her ministry journey as “the burning bush that almost burned up.” She shares that she was hesitant, resistant, and ignorant of her true calling. A fourth generation United Methodist, she is grateful to my parents who strongly encouraged, but didn’t force attendance at church and Sunday School. This year Quaya completed a Master of Divinity degree through the Kairos program at Sioux Falls Seminary. She also holds a master’s degree in health administration. She served 12 years in the Army National Guard. Her undergraduate degree is in Exercise Science. Before entering ministry, Ackerman was a project manager with Sanford Health. For multiple summers, she attended and later became a counselor in training at Wesley Acres Camp. She previously was a member of Flame of Faith United Methodist Church in West Fargo, North Dakota where she served in several leadership roles, including sometimes leading worship. Ackerman served as the Dakotas Conference Co-Lay Leader before entering ministry. She currently serves at The United Methodist Church in Arthur, North Dakota. Quaya’s husband Matt works in landscaping. Her parents live in Elgin, North Dakota.
Julie Gregg
A scripture verse that speaks to Julie Gregg is John 3:16, ““For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” Julie completed Master of Divinity at Fuller University in California. She holds a master’s degree in counseling from Trinity Evangelical Seminary. Julie earned a bachelor’s degree at Emory University in Mathematics and Science. She has worked as a youth minister, hospital chaplain, youth ministry internship coordinator at the University of Sioux Falls. Gregg is currently a practicing spiritual director and serving United Church in Garretson, South Dakota. Julie and her husband Brian have two teenage children, a daughter and a son. Brian also serves at the United Church in Garretson.
Rodney Knock
John 11:35, “Jesus began to weep,” has become one of Rodney Knock’s favorite scripture verses. He shares that this verse is extraordinarily beautiful. It expresses a depth of caring and the fullness of humanity expressed in this verse is extraordinarily beautiful. Rodney has completed his Master of Divinity through the Kairos Program at Sioux Falls Seminary. He has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and theater from South Dakota State University. Knock previously served as an educator in the Harrisburg and Sioux Falls School Districts as a technology coordinator. He currently serves the congregations of the United Methodist Churches in Plankinton and White Lake, South Dakota. He is married to Janette and has two sons Isaac and Caleb.
Michele Slott
Michele Slott credits her mother’s strong and active faith as a great influence on her spiritual faith. Michele leaned into pastoral ministry after hearing the clear voice of God calling her to ministry. Slott completed her Master of Divinity from Sioux Falls Seminary through the Kairos program. Her undergraduate degree is from South Dakota State University in graphic design, communication studies, and theater. She currently serves three-quarters time as associate pastor at First United Methodist Church and one-quarter time at Open Heart United Methodist Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has been a long-time member of First United Methodist Church, serving as the associate pastor since 2018. Previously she worked as a graphic designer. She is married to Rodger. They live in Rapid City with their two sons.
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Candidates for Full Membership Autumn Krueger Autumn Krueger was nurtured in her faith growing up in Harrisburg, South Dakota at The United Methodist Church. The pastor encouraged her to draw and hung-up Autumn’s art for everyone to see. She would listen to sermons and draw what she was hearing and feeling. At Harrisburg UMC, she was invited to serve as a liturgist, serve on committees, work in the tech booth, and help with skits and plays for special services. Autumn completed her bachelor’s degree at Dakota Wesleyan University where she was active in Student Ministry Council. She has served as a camp counselor and camp dean at Wesley Acres. Her ministry experience includes serving as a youth ministry leader at Mitchell Downtown First UMC, helping with the launch of Fusion UMC, and serving as an Elisha intern at Harrisburg UMC. She completed her Master of Divinity at Candler School of Theology. She currently serves as the Pastor of Student and Family Ministry at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Autumn first fell in love with Alaska while working at Birchwood Camp, responding to a lifelong longing for Alaska and a deep passion for working with young people.
Valerie Hummel LaBounty Valerie was surrounded by strong women who fed her faith, especially her mother and grandmother. She would find herself at the United Methodist Church in Yankton with these women and was involved in Sunday School, after school programs, and youth group at her local church. She also attended camp and youth rallies. She attended Dakota Wesleyan University, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Religion and Philosophy. At DWU she was active in Student Ministry Council, mission trips, and working at Wesley Acres Camp. Valerie attended Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary for her Master of Divinity degree. While at Garrett, she interned at a church in Glencore, Illinois. Valerie’s first appointment was to Southeast Pierre United Methodist Church and Community Center. She currently serves at Montrose United Methodist Church. She is married to her best friend Seth LaBounty, who is also a pastor. Her parents, who live in Utica, South Dakota, and brother who lives in Wyoming provide her great support in her ministry journey.
Seth LaBounty Faith has always been a regular part of Seth’s life. He would attend church, go to Vacation Bible School, church camp, and other church activities his parent wanted him to do. Seth found himself attending and learning but not in love with his faith and God. While on a mission trip to Mexico, he truly opened his heart to God He attended Dakota Wesleyan University majoring in Religion and Philosphy. He took a work-study job with Campus Ministries and become active in the Student Ministry Council, serving as the president his senior year. At DWU, Seth came to appreciate John Wesley’s ministry. Seth received his Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. After graduation he accepted an appointment at Union Grove United Methodist Church in Wisconsin, where he served for two years. He was appointed to First United Methodist Church in Pierre, South Dakota where he served as associate pastor one year and the solo pastor the second year. He now serves the United Methodist Church in Hartford, South Dakota. He is married to Valerie, also a pastor. They are expecting their first child.
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Retiring Elders and Deacons Rev. Dave Motta My faith has not changed but has grown. My faith is based on the word of God that doesn’t change, but we change. I have learned some lessons the hard way. I have more grace and compassion for all people,” says Rev. Dave Motta, who will retire after serving the Dakotas Conference for 38 years. Rev. Dave Motta grew up in Illinois going to an Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB). He knew a lot about God but didn’t make a commitment to God until the age of 17. It was his brother Gary who led him on a path to follow Christ and be in ministry. He was a model. Gary is a retired United Methodist minister. Motta attended Westmar College in Iowa on a wrestling scholarship. At Westmar, he found good fellowship in bible study, groups that shared testimony, sang at churches and helped with summer camps. Pastor Dave obtained a degree in secondary education and wanted to coach wrestling. He couldn’t find teaching jobs. A youth worker job was open, but Dave didn’t feel the job was a good match. Then Pastor Sam Graff drove from Milbank, South Dakota, to Wesmar in LeMars, Iowa, to talk to him about the job. Graff asked that Mott interview for the job. “Sam seemed Godly and different than me. He was in a nice suit and put together. I was wearing baggy pants and didn’t even have my shirt tucked in. But Sam accepted me for who I was.” said Motta. Graff convinced him to apply, and Motta spent three years in Milbank. After seminary, Pastor Dave was appointed to Stickney, South Dakota. In 1991 he was appointed as the associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Then in May of 1996, he was appointed to serve Calvary United Methodist Church in Fargo, North Dakota. In retirement, he plans to move to a cabin in Finlayson, Minnesota. Dave and his wife Mary purchased the cabin a few years ago.
Rev. Rick Pittenger “Don’t seek to live someone else’s life. It is just not you. You have no right to put on a false face and pretend you are someone you are not. Instead, when you meet someone new, figure instead, I will bring something new into this person’s life. Because he or she has never met anyone like me, nor will he or she ever meet anyone quite like me. For in the eyes of God, I am unique and irreplaceable.” This is the mantra of Rev. Rick Pittenger, who will retire after serving 40 years in ministry. A family of pastors surrounded Pittenger. His dad was a United Methodist pastor. His mother was a deacon in The United Methodist Church. Rick’s aunt married a Methodist pastor. His mother’s dad was also a Methodist pastor. Sitting in the pew as a pastor’s kid was not what led him to become an ordained elder. It was his spiritual journey at Dakota Wesleyan. At DWU, he becomes involved in campus ministry with the encouragement of Rev. Bob Ruedeusch. “I thought I was headed to South Dakota State University to be a Jackrabbit fan. My dad and sister attended SDSU, so that was my plan also. I had even registered for classes,” said Rick. “I was in a singing group with Bob Ruedebusch, The All American Bi-Centennial Singing Group. I worked at a shoe store and thought I would take a year before I headed to college. Bob invited me to come to Dakota Wesleyan. He said they were looking for a bass, which I sing. I got into DWU Highlanders as the bass. We went all over with the president of DWU, Rev. Don Messer, and would sing where he spoke.” Pettinger’s junior year of college, he responded to a call to serve as a youth pastor in Claremont, Hecla, Houghton, South Dakota, for the summer with Rev. Bob Brown. Rev. Brown took a leave for three months, so Rick ended up as the lone pastor. “I had my first funeral that summer as a pastor. I didn’t know anything about funerals. So I called my dad. He wrote ten pages of written notes of everything he did from the time he got the call from the family through the completion of the burial. To this day, I use his graveside service liturgy,” said Pastor Rick. He spent two summers serving at Claremont, Hecla, and Houghton. The second summer, he was driving through the rain, he asked God for a sign about what was next. He came over a hill. The sun was shining on the highway. “I was dating Becky, who was in Sioux Falls. So I spent a lot of time traveling between Sioux Falls and Claremont, South Dakota. I knew
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this was only for the summer. I had just graduated from college. I was asking God for a sign. I was driving through this rainstorm, talking to God. I came over the hill and saw the sun. I felt that God was telling me you are on the right path,” said Rick. “I knew at that moment God was calling me to be a pastor.” Rev. Pitternger has served the Dakotas Conference at Arlington and Lake Preston; Harrisburg; Minot Vincent; Fargo Faith; Avera Sacred Heart chaplaincy; Vermillon and Gayville; and Milnor, Sheldon, and Wyndmere. After 20 moves and 40 years of ministry, Rick and Becky plan to retire at their home in Fargo, North Dakota, and spend time traveling and connecting with family. He always plans to have his camera nearby today and, in the days, to come.
Rev. Rod Tkach When it comes to characterizing his ministry, Rev. Rod Tkach will tell you that, “It is as much about the head as it is the heart. It’s not only important that people know what they believe about Jesus, but why they believe it.” Rod grew up in McClusky, North Dakota, in a family known as sidewalk farmers. That is, they lived in town and drove out to the farm. Through his involvement in the Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB), God began to expand his world beyond McClusky. He was heavily involved with the United Methodist Youth Fellowship and was instrumental in providing leadership for a community-wide youth rally. The speakers were from Briercrest Bible College in Canada. His mom’s faith continues to inspire him. Now in her nineties, the days of working the fields and writing Christmas programs are in the past. But her vibrant faith and desire to grow in wisdom and knowledge remain. Rod’s love of reading, learning, and writing can be traced to her. The tenacity of faith, the commitment to stay close to Jesus, in spite of the circumstances, and Rod’s work ethic can be traced to his dad. Pastor Rod went to Jamestown College (now Jamestown University) where he got a dose of reality when it came to pastoral ministry. In college he shadowed the pastor of his home church, was involved with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, served as a student pastor at Jud, North Dakota. Pastor Rod said, “I just tired of trying to outrun God. Wherever I went to get away from him, he was already there!” He completed his Master of Divinity degree at Asbury Theological Seminary and returned to the Dakotas Conference to serve at Elgin and Bowman, North Dakota. He then returned to Asbury earning a doctoral degree in preaching before returning to serve Washburn and Center; Wesley United Methodist Church in Grand Forks, and Faith United Methodist Church in Williston. Pastor Rod plans to retire to Starkville, Mississippi. Time will tell how long he can resist the call of the mountains! In the meantime, Rod plans to continue to write, hopefully adding to what’s been published.
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Retiring Local Pastors Rev. Ken Ballard Ken Ballard never dreamed he would end up being a pastor. He spent several years working as a heavy equipment operator. Then he became a gunsmith. He was getting set to open up a gunsmith shop, but God had other plans. “God called me to lead with my heart. I am to love His people. I feel what they feel. I celebrate with them. I cry with them. That is how I lead. That is what I am called to do,” said Pastor Ken.As a child, he grew up Episcopalian. Ballard remembers his desire to serve the church as an acolyte. Being an acolyte required being confirmed and trained. That happened for Ballard, and that seemed to satisfy his call from God.
Joyce.
As he went through his high school years, he struggled to keep his connection with God. He ended up going to a youth group with a girlfriend at a United Methodist Church, led by former Bishop Edward Paup. He married his high school sweetheart
One day the pastor at UMC in Cedaredge, Colorado, approached Ballard and asked him to think about his call to pastoral ministry. “It was at that point I decided to stop negotiating with God and just listen,” said Ballard. The answer came that he was being called into pastoral ministry. “I wondered, how is this going to happen? I don’t have an undergraduate degree. I have a wife and kids to support. God was calling me back to the United Methodist Church,” said Pastor Ken. “I just turned it over to God. I then learned about the licensed local pastor process.” He has served the Dakotas Conference at Edgeley, Kulm, and Nortonville in North Dakota ; Sundance, Wyoming; Webster; Eureka in South Dakota. In retirement he plans to enjoy his 60-acre farm in Merricourt, North Dakota
Rev. Jeffrey Nueberger When Jeffrey Nueberger retired from his work with the federal government, he answered God’s call to ministry. He accepted a position working at the Care Center in Strasburg, North Dakota. Nueberger found himself filling in for pastors. He also conducted services at the Strasburg Care Center. Pastor Marlin Sapp encouraged his call and he soon found himself leading adult and youth Sunday School programs, working with the food pantry, participating in the ministerial group, and working with the Kid’s Club at the United Methodist Church. The path God had placed on his heart became very real, “I am extremely excited about my calling and I will do everything I can to serve God,” said Neuberger. He entered the process to become a licensed local pastor and was assigned to serve at Park River and Fordsville Churches in North Dakota. Pastor Jeffrey is now serving as at St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre, South Dakota.
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IV. MINISTRY APPOINTMENTS *Ministry Appointments as of July 1, 2021
AF AM DC DM DR FD FE FL LM LTFT
OA OD OE OF
The following code system has been adopted to designate the status of the ministers appointed: Affiliate member-Par. 334.5, 344.4, 586.4 OL Other Local Pastor Associate member-Par. 322, 369.1, 635.2h OP Provisional Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1 Deaconess – Par.1913.2 OR Retired Member of other Ann. Conf. Diaconal Minister - Par. 369.1 (2004 Discipline) PD Provisional Deacon-Par. 324, 325 PE Provisional Elder-Par. 324, 325 Retired Diaconal Minister – Par. 357 (1992 Discipline) Deacon in full connection-Par. 330 PL Part-time Local Pastor-Par. 318.2 Elder in full connection-Par. 335 RA Retired Associate Member-Par. 357 Full time Local Pastor-Par. 318.1 RD Retired Deacon in full connection-Par. 357 Certified Lay Minister-Par. 268 RE Retired Full Elder-Par. 357 RL Retired Local Pastor-Par. 320.5, 327.7 Less than full time-Par. 331.7, 338.2b, 428.7 Associate Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1 SP Student Local Pastor-Par. 318.3 Deacon Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 331.8 SY Other Supplies – Used by GCFA for assigned pastors TBS To be supplied Elder Member of other Ann. Conf. or other Methodist denomination-Par. 346.1 Full Member of other Denomination-Par. 346.2
NORTHEAST (NE) DISTRICT – Superintendent Kris Mutzenberger DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 54
TOTAL CHARGES: 40
ABERDEEN Area Total UM Churches: 14 ABERDEEN FAITH ABERDEEN FIRST
Total Charges: 9 Jack Erickson Derek Baum – Senior Pastor Mike Waldrop – Associate Lou Whitmer Loren and Pat Siefken Rodney Ulmer Brandon Dunham Don Peck Doug Duncan Molly Leger
ABERDEEN NORTH HIGHLAND BATH BRITTON / CLAREMONT / HECLA GROTON / CONDE LEOLA / FREDERICK / BARNARD UCC MELETTE NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER / BRISTOL-BUTLER WATERTOWN Area Total UM Churches: 11 CLARK/ GARDEN CITY / HENRY / KELLERTON
FL FL AM SY FL FL SY PL FL
Years 13 8 5 9 11 5 4 27 5 3
Status FD FE FL FE OA (Minn.) FD
Years 10 8 2 7 3 4
Steven Anderson (effective 4/1/16) Luke Smith ¾ Jen Tyler Abigail Ozanne
OF (EC) FD FE OE
7 7 2 1
Total Charges: 6 Mark Gronseth Mark Britton Becky Holten – pulpit coordinator Tiana Bohn Robert Moorlach MaryAnn Bernard
Status FE FE RL
Years 9 6 2
PL FE FL
1 1 2
Total Charges: 6 Joy Tracy (for Clark) Mark Tracy (for all) Sandy Marquardt Thomas Bowsher Barbara J. McKewin
CLEAR LAKE / GARY MILBANK CENTRAL MILBANK PARKVIEW / BIG STONE CITY/ ORTONVILLE, MN
Status
2
LTFT RE
½
¾
Melissa Gall (secondary – effective 8/1/18)
WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE WATERTOWN FIRST WAHPETON Area Total UM Churches: 8 FAIRMOUNT / BRECKENRIDGE MN KINDRED CALVARY / WALCOTT ZION LISBON/ ENDERLIN / LISBON PC-USA MILNOR OAKES UMC / OAKES PCUSA WAHPETON EVERGREEN
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1/4 1/4
FARGO Area Total UM Churches: 8 ARTHUR CASSELTON
Total Charges: 8 Quaya Ackerman Randy Harwood
FARGO CALVARY FARGO FAITH FARGO FIRST
Henry Jenkins Ray Baker Ryan Mutzenberger (Lead Pastor) John Roberts Tamba Clark (4/17/19) (see also
FARGO CALVARY AFRICAN (new church start)
Status PE 1/2 PL
¾ ¼
Extension Ministry)
HILLSBORO UNITED-UMC/UCC WEST FARGO FLAME OF FAITH
Served by UCC – Tim Bauer Sara McManus
UPPER VALLEY Area Total UM Churches: 13 CAVALIER TRINITY ST. THOMAS CRYSTAL DRAYTON / PEMBINA / HUMBOLDT MN (Upper Red River Valley Parish) GRAFTON FED UMC/PCUSA / MINTO KNOX PCUSA (Northern Valley Parish) GRAND FORKS WESLEY GRAND FORKS ZION HAMILTON
Total Charges: 11 Steve Wynkoop Jerry Bass Margaret Smith Gary Johnson
¼
Robin Dill (effective 6/6/16)
Jeff Lathrop Chang Yi John Werth HOLMES/ SHARON TRINITY ELCA/ BEAVER CREEK ELCA Rob Salmonson LARIMORE / ARVILLA Raenelle Sorensen PARK RIVER FEDERATED-UMC/PCUSA / FORDVILLE PCUSA Jesse Irvine
Years 5 7
FE FE FE OR OE (AME)
1 5 5 9 3
FE
7
Status
Years
SY
1
½
RE SY RL
2 16 3
¾
OF (PCUSA) 7
PE FE OF (EPC) FE 1/2 RL LTFT SY
4 10 20 3 14 1
NORTHWEST (NW) DISTRICT– Superintendent Joel Winckler DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 59
2
TOTAL CHARGES: 43
JAMESTOWN Area Total UM Churches: 16 CLEVELAND EDGELEY WESLEY
Total Charges: 11 Darrell Losing (effective 10/1/16) Travis Voeltz
¼ ¼
Status SY PL
Years 6 4
ELLENDALE UNITED UMC /PCUSA / ASHLEY EMMANUEL JAMESTOWN FIRST
Barbara Krumm
¾
PL
1
FE FD PE
2 14 2
(CLM Luke 10 team 2018-2021)
MARION / DICKEY / JUD NORTONVILLE MEDINA / TAPPEN VALLEY CITY EPWORTH WIMBLEDON / KENSAL
Marty Toepke-Floyd Michelle Brennan Jennifer McDonald Luke 10 team (Chet Cataldo, Jodi Cataldo Val Wagner) Mark Turner Pulpit supply Brenda Goodman Dayne Zachrison Jeanne Sortland
SPIRIT LAKE Area Total UM Churches: 6 CANDO / ROCK LAKE / ROLLA CARRINGTON FEDERATED-UMC/UCC DEVILS LAKE
Total Charges: 4 Richard Craig Served by UCC -Rick Loewen Mike Flowers (also see Extension to 1/2
Status FL OF (CCCC) FL
Years 14 5 2
Robert Blackburn
FL
1
JAMESTOWN ST PAUL’S LEHR
Spirit Lake (1/2) (effective 06/01/2021)
LANGDON
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FE (Chet) SY (Jodi) LTFT SY
1 1 2
½
PL FE PE
4 10 4
¼
FL
½
7
DICKINSON Area Total UM Churches: 6 BEACH COMMUNITY FEDERATED -UMC/UCC BOWMAN DICKINSON PRAIRIE WINDS ELGIN / EBENEZER UCC HAZEN HETTINGER
Total Charges: 6 Warren Maxted Ray Sherwood TBS TBS TBS R. Duane Coates
MINOT Area Total UM Churches: 13 BOTTINEAU UNITED-UMC / PCUSA
Total Charges: 10 Supplied by PCUSA BOWBELLS / SHERWOOD (North Prairie Parish) Veronica Fleming KENMARE RENEW Veronica Fleming MARTIN / DRAKE Pulpit Supply LANSFORD / LANSFORD ELCA / GLENBURN ELCA Martha HarriSon MINOT FAITH / DES LACS Kenneth Mund MINOT VINCENT Matthew Scherbenske TBS by PCUSA Geoff Hilton
FE
6
Status
Years
FL
5
FL
3
OF (ELCA) 7 FL 3 FL 2 ¼
PL
18
FE FD
6 6
Status
Years
FE PL FL FE
7 6 4 8
3/4
FE PL FL FE RE
2 3 8 10 12
3/4
FE RA
2 4
3/4
PL
1
(Lay Supply 7/1/04-6/30/19)
WILLISTON
BISMARCK MCCABE
Years 21 4
(effective 9/1/2020)
RUGBY EMMANUEL UNITED UMC/PCUSA VELVA
BISMARCK Area Total UM Churches: 18 BISMARCK CALVARY BISMARCK LEGACY
Status OF (AOG) OE (FM)
Ross Reinhiller Val Reinhiller Total Charges: 12 Pulpit supply Brandon Vetter (Senior Pastor) Don Dinger (Associate Pastor) Legacy South Andy Early (effective 1/1/18) Jennifer Hallenbeck Orr (Worship) (effective 1/1/18)
Karl Kroger Chris Chase (see Extension Ministry) Marlin Sapp Bruce Adams Warren Rhodes Served by Bismarck-Legacy Juwle Nagbe Marvin Winstryg Pulpit supply Annie Carlson
BISMARCK CELEBRATE GRACE (new church start) LINTON / STERLING MANDAN MCCLUSKY / GOODRICH / CHASELEY MOFFIT NAPOLEON / STREETER STEELE / TUTTLE TURTLE LAKE WASHBURN / CENTER
¾ ¾ ¾
SOUTHEAST (SE) DISTRICT – Superintendent Rebecca Trefz DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 68
2
TOTAL CHARGES: 59
BROOKINGS Area Total UM Churches: 14 ARLINGTON AURORA IMPACT BROOKINGS FIRST CANISTOTA UNITED UMC/PCUSA COLTON / CHESTER DELL RAPIDS ELKTON UNITED UMC/UCC HARTFORD HOWARD BEACH LAKE PRESTON UMC/UCC, Lake Preston UCC MADISON WHITE / STERLING
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Total Charges: 12 Joleen Pietrzak Donna Kuper Pete Grassow (effective 2/10/20)
Status Years PE 3 1/4 PL 4 OE (MC of 3
Krista Ducker Served by PCUSA (Jerry Bertelson) effective 8/1/2019 Susan Jennys Jan Gross Daren Junker Seth LaBounty Kimberly Hipple Kris Larson Randy Hedge Mary Morgan (effective 10/1/2020)
3/4
S. Africa)
PL
2
3/4 PL FE OF(AB) FE FL 1/2 RL FL 1/2 PL
8 3 19 3 2 2 3 2
HURON Area Total UM Churches: 16 BROADLAND CARPENTER DESMET / IROQUOIS (West Kingsbury Parish)
Total Charges: 12 Tim Vorlage (effective 2/1/16) Brenda Wicks Tia Felberg (effective 10/1/2020)
DOLAND
Eldon Reich Ministry Team Leader Pulpit supply Steve Behrens Paul Manson (effective 8/1/2017) Rey Colon (effective 7/15/18) Teresa Person Paul Rowenhorst Lorah Houser Jankord Zach Kingery John E. Anderson
ESMOND HITCHCOCK HURON FIRST HURON RIVERVIEW / VIRGIL REDFIELD / FRANKFORT TULARE UNITED-UMC/UCC WESSINGTON SPRINGS / ALPENA UNITED UMC/UCC WOONSOCKET SPIRIT OF FAITH UMC/ELCA SIOUX FALLS Area Total UM Churches: 12 BEN CLARE BRANDON CELEBRATION FLANDREAU GARRETSON UNITED UMC/UCC HARRISBURG SIOUX FALLS ASBURY SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE
SIOUX FALLS FIRST SIOUX FALLS HILLTOP SIOUX FALLS SOUTHERN HILLS SIOUX FALLS SUNNYCREST SIOUX FALLS WESLEY
Total Charges: 12 Bill Bates Addy Kenkel (effective 6/1/21) Josh Willprecht (effective 6/1/21) Amber Laffey Brian Gregg Julie Gregg (Both lay supply 4/15/19-6/30/19) Kyle Reinhiller Kip Roozen Matt Morrison (Associate) Adam Weber (Lead Pastor) (St Croix Campus) Austin Walker (effective 1/1/15) (Tea Campus) Travis Waltner Chuck Smith (effective 1/1/17) (57th Street Campus) Brian Rock (Lay supply 4/15/19-6/30/19) (Sertoma Campus) Travis Finke Sara Nelson Jordan Louks Justin Jenness Don Vanderlip Charles Moore Manuel Loaeza (effective 4/1/17)
MITCHELL Area Total UM Churches: 14 ALEXANDRIA
Total Charges: 12 TBS
ETHAN
Supervised by Mitchell Fusion Davis Anderson Wayne Huber Derek Runge Keith Nelson Taryn Ragels Arlyn Coalter (effective 9/1/20) Rod Knock Valerie Hummel LaBounty Jordan Buchholz (effective 5/15/20) Bill Hoffman Laurie Kidd
GEDDES KIMBALL PROTESTANT PARISH MITCHELL DOWNTOWN FIRST MITCHELL FUSION OLIVET PLANKINTON / WHITE LAKE MONTROSE SALEM UNITE STICKNEY WAGNER / TYNDALL
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1/4 1/4 3/4
Status FE PL PL
Years 10 3 2
1/4
RE
2
3/4
RE FL PL FL OF OL(UCC) PL PL
4 5 4 2 2 13 6 3
3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4
3/4 1/4
Status RE SY PL
Years 10 2 2 2
1/4 1/4
FL PL PE FE FE PE FE PL PL PL PL PL FE PE FL PL FL FL
11 15 5 15 8 9 6 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 6
Status
Years
1/4
3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4
3/4
LTFT SY
3/4 1/2
3/4 1/2
FL FL FE PL RE PE FE PL RE FL
4 4
1 11 4 6 2 2 3 3 3 2 8
YANKTON Area Total UM Churches: 12 BERESFORD ZION CANTON ELK POINT UNITED UMC/UCC GAYVILLE-VOLIN HURLEY NORTH SIOUX CITY ARK
Total Charges: 11 Janice Thompson Clay Lundberg Dave Bambas TBS Ron Olson Christine Cappetta
PARKER VERMILLION WAKONDA / IRENE VIBORG YANKTON FIRST
Rick Andrus TBS Judy Sayler Val Rush Katie Ricke
(Lay supply 10/1/18-6/30/19)
Status PE FE OL(UCC)
Years 2 2 11
3/4 1/2
FE PL
3 4
3/4
PL
5
3/4 1/4
PL RE FE
8 6 2
SOUTHWEST (SW) – Superintendent Robert Ruedebusch DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 48
2
Total Charges: 36
PRAIRIE HARVESTER Area Total UM Churches: 11 CRESBARD / TOLSTOY EUREKA FAULKTON GETTYSBURG / ONIDA / AGAR (Wheatland Parish)
Total Charges: 7 Seth Duncan Shawn Abbas Thomas Sumers Jeff Adel Janet Madsen MILLER Teresa Whetsel SELBY / MOBRIDGE Darla Hadrick TIMBER LAKE FEDERATED–UMC/ELCA/AB / ISABEL Served by ELCA (Teri Gayer) UCC NORTHERN HILLS Area Total UM Churches: 7 BELLE FOURCHE CAMP CROOK / BUFFALO UCC FAITH/ MARCUS PCUSA LEAD TRINITY PIEDMONT GRACE SPEARFISH STURGIS
Total Charges: 7 Cheryl Fadley Jerry Densmore Connie Eichinger Peggy (Stempson) Hanson John Britt Scott McKirdy Jenene Earl
WINNER Area Total UM Churches: 7 BURKE / HERRICK (United in Faith Parish) COLOME GREGORY MURDO / DRAPER WINNER
Total Charges: 5 Sarah Herman Ron Snethen Elmo Herman Mark Phillips John Price Royal Archer
PIERRE Area Total UM Churches: 10 HIGHMORE / HARROLD / BLUNT PIERRE FIRST PIERRE SOUTHEAST PRESHO / KENNEBEC / RELIANCE
Total Charges: 5 Kippy Udehn (effective 9/1/17) Greg Kroger TBS Tom Dravland (pulpit supply) Beata Ferris (admin. Leader)
WHITE RIVER / MISSION (Todd-Mellette Parish)
Jason Christensen
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3/4
3/4
1/4 1/2
Status SY OF PE FE CLM FL PL
Years 1 1 3 11 8 4 5
Status FE PL PL FE FL FE FE
Years 3 7 10 5 2 11 11
Status FE 1/4
3/4 1/4 3/4
Years 2 OF (NAZ) 30 FE 2 FE 5 RE 2 RE 2 Status PL FE
Years 5 3
1/4 1/4
2 2 4
FL
RUSHMORE Area Total UM Churches: 13 EDGEMONT UNITED UMC-UCC FAIRBURN (Supervised by Ed Coates) HOT SPRINGS FEDERATED-UMC/AB/PCUSA PHILIP UNITED UMC/PCUSA / INTERIOR PCUSA PRAIRIE VIEW PRINGLE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE
Status
Years
Jerry Simmons 1/4 Served by PC-USA (David Cook) Kathy Chesney Kori Lehrkamp 1/4 John McKnight DeAnn Eidem (lead pastor) 3/4 Brett Roes (teaching pastor)
SY
1
FE FE RE FE PL
14 3 2 10 4
Barry Whipkey, Senior Pastor Michele Slott, Associate Pastor
FL PE
3 4
FL PE FE RE
11 2 3 7
Status FE FE
Years 9 6 3 4
GETS Seminary, Evanston, IL
PL OE (AME) FE
12
GETS Seminary, Evanston, IL
FE
10
Children of the Harvest/ Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Sheyenne, ND (1/2) (and see Devils Lake (1/2)) Director of New Church Development (effective 1/1/16) Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA Wesley Acres Camp Director (effective 5/10/16) Northeast District Superintendent Southwest District Superintendent
FL
11
OF (REF) FE FE FE FE
6 10 6 2 2
Executive Director of Ministries and Southeast District Superintendent Garrett-Evangelical (1/4) and Sioux Falls Seminary (1/2) Chaplain, DWU Campus Northwest District Superintendent
FE
8 2 6 6 2
RAPID CITY FIRST
Total Charges: 12 TBS
(effective 8/1/18)
RAPID CITY KNOLLWOOD HEIGHTS RAPID CITY OPEN HEART RAPID VALLEY WALL / WASTA
Sharla McCaskell Michele Slott Mark Johnsen Russell Masartis
3/4 1/4 1/2
APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES (¶344) (1a) Appointments within the Connectional Structures of United Methodism Allen, Joel -- CC Mitchell Fusion DWU, Mitchell, SD Blair, Neil -- CC Mitchell Downtown St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO First Chase, Chris Chase New Church Plant Bismarck Celebrate Grace Clark, Tamba New Church Plant Fargo Calvary African (effective 4/15/19) Eberhart, Rebecca -- CC Mitchell Downtown First Eberhart, Timothy -- CC Mitchell Downtown First Flowers, Mike -- CC Fargo-First Ingebretson, Ben Jacobsen, David -- CC Vermillion Lint, Paul Mutzenberger, Kris -- CC Fargo First Ruedebusch, Robert – CC Rapid City Canyon Lake Trefz, Rebecca -- CC Mitchell Fusion Trefz, Steven – CC Mitchell Fusion Van Meter, Eric – CC Mitchell Fusion Winckler, Joel -- CC Mandan
3/4 1/4
3/4
FE FE FE
(1b) Under Endorsement by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Budd, Paul -- CC Watertown First John Knox Village, Lee's Summit, MO Kattelmann, Brad -- CC Brookings Army Chaplain, Fort Benning GA Phillips, Randall -- CC Sturgis Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Status FE FE FE
Years 37 3 17
(1c) Elders in Service Under the General Board of Global Ministries Ryoo, Keihwan – CC Rapid City First Korean Ministry Plan Missionary
Status FE
Years 5
(1d) Other Extension Ministries Avery, Martin – CC Fargo Faith Ellingson, Mark -- CC Holmes Freed, Dan Johnson, Teri Kersey-Russell, Jeanine Kimball, Paul Matthews, Shelly -- CC Grand Forks Wesley
Status PE FE FE FE FE FL FE
Years 4 2 3 2 4 3 10
Canaan Moravian (effective 2/3/19) LifeSource (effective 8/31/2020) Avery Heart Hospital Chaplaincy, Sioux Falls SDSU, Brookings SD ND State Penitentiary Platte Student Ministries, SD Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth, TX
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Miller, Theta Richards, Leisa -- CC Aberdeen North Highland Richards, Matthew
First Christian Church, Clarksville, TN (effective 12/1/20) Leisa Richards Law, P.C., Albuquerque, NM
FE FE
2 10
Avera@Home as Hospice Chaplain and Mitchell Congregational UCC Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls SD (effective 5/1/18) Presbyterian College -- Clinton, SC and ½ time Pastor at Lupo Memorial, Clinton, SC (effective 11/1/17) Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City, SD
FE
2
PL FE
4 17/5
FE
3
Appointments Under the Provisions of ¶331 (Deacons and Provisional Deacons to Various Ministries) Flesner, Jo – CC Sioux Falls Asbury Anchorage School District, AK (effective 2/25/20) Gall, Melissa Milbank Public School District Walters, Laura New Underwood School District
Status PD FD FD
Years 3 4 3
Appointments Under the Provisions of ¶345 – NONE (Ecumenical Shared Ministries)
Status
Years
Appointments Under the Provisions of ¶346.1 (other AC or Methodist Denominations) Anderson, Jennifer Minnesota Conference Bader, Dan Minnesota Conference Bartel, Andrew Alaska Conference Birkeland, David Minnesota Conference Bockwoldt, Stan Wisconsin Conference Clade, Nicole Minnesota Conference Higgins, Joel Iowa Conference Krueger, Autumn Alaska Conference Nelson, Cliff Minnesota Conference (effective 6/1/20) Zeck, Rich Minnesota Conference
Status FE FE FE RA FE FE FE FE RE FE
Years 5 4 7 2 7 2 3 5 2 7
Status
Years
Status FE FE FE FE
Years 5 3 2 3
Family Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.b) -- NONE
Status
Years
Transitional Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.c) Iverson, Justin
Status FE
Years 1
Status FE FE FE FE FE Status
Years 6 2 3 2 24 Years
Status
Years
Steffes, Carli – CC Sioux Falls First Vondergeest, Craig -- CC Grand Forks Wesley Walters, Gary
1/4
APPOINTMENTS UNDER PROVISIONS
Sabbatical Leave ¶351 – NONE Voluntary Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.a) Atkins, Amy Ehrmantraut, Mark Krogman, Travis Trapp, Dean
Medical Leave ¶356 Baird, Howard Broschat, Lori Duemig, Robert Kloster, Kevin Sayler, Glen – CC Hazen Deaconesses ¶415.7 – NONE
5th year (effective 7/21/17) 3rd year 2nd year 3rd year (effective 9/1/19)
6th year (effective 5/4/2017) 2nd year (effective 6/1/2021) 3rd year (effective 12/1/2019) 2nd year (effective 10/1/2020) 24th year
Appointments to Attend School ¶416.6 – NONE
1/4
Certified Candidates for Ministry – Not Appointed Northeast District Natalie Buck, Sandee Cole Kathy Hammond, Cory Thrall, Alyssa Quade Northwest District Southeast District Bryce Blank, Thanael Certa-Werner, Taylor Johnson, Jason Martens, Tiffany Ortman Southwest District John Hale, Kara Togel
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