ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 18, 2003 ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Board, Committee Members 03-CWA-57-KK/JB MILWAUKEE (ELCA) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected leaders to serve on the Church Council, churchwide boards and committees Aug. 15 and 16 at the 2003 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, met here Aug. 11-17 at the Midwest Airlines Center. There were about 2,100 people participating, including 1,030 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly was "Making Christ Known: For the Healing of the World." Members of the nominating committee selected the slate of candidates from applicants. Most of those elected will serve six- year terms on ELCA boards, committees and the Church Council. Elections results were: ELCA Church Council Judith Anne Bunker, Miami, Fla. Mary T. Froehlig, Manhattan Beach, Calif. Norma J. Hirsch, Des Moines, Iowa The Rev. David E. Jensen, Minocqua, Wis. William R. Lloyd Jr., Somerset, Pa. The Rev. J. Paul Rajashekar, Penndel, Pa. The Rev. John C. Richter, Wyomissing, Pa. ` The Rev. Jennifer J. Thomas, Milwaukee Richard L. Wahl, Severna Park, Md. Phyllis L. Wallace, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Gary Wipperman, Waverly, Iowa Board of the ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries: Dora Johnson, Washington, D.C. The Rev. Sarah M. Lee-Faulkner, Grafton, W.Va. The Rev. Jonathan W. Linman, New York, N.Y. Lindsey G. McCracken, Ulen, Minn. Marilyn Miller, Milwaukee Robert 'Rob' Stuberg, Helena, Mont. Mi'eessaa D. Yaachis, Minneapolis Board of the ELCA Division for Ministry: The Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Reading, Pa. Gwen Byrd, Irvine, Calif. Jan L. Elsasser, Allentown, Pa. Dale Kvittem-Barr, Glendale, Ariz. The Rev. Mario C. Miranda, San Juan, Puerto Rico John J. Schwepe, Arcadia, Ohio Carolyn Wright, Fargo, N.D. Board of the ELCA Division for Outreach: Mary S. Anderson, Kennewick, Wash. The Rev. Pamela R. Fickenscher, Edina, Minn. Steven E. Koenig, Eustis, Neb. The Rev. Donald E. Liles, Las Vegas, Nev. Francis Ramos, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Luz E. Rubert-Lopez, Bridgeport, Conn. The Rev. Gerald E. Wahl, Mound, Minn. Board of the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools: The Rev. Christopher J. Chantelau, Towson, Md. Kathryn L. Johnson, Louisville, Ky. John D. Litke, Huntington Station, N.Y. Linda Norman, Houston Dale E. Soden, Spokane, Wash. The Rev. Nelson T. Strobert, Gettysburg, Pa. Jonathan Vehar, Albuquerque, N.M. Board of the ELCA Division for Church in Society: Katy S. Abdallah, Hammond, Ind. The Rev. Ellen J. Arthur, Valley City, N.D. Y.T. Chiu Jr., Youngstown, Ohio Heather L. Feltman, Columbia, S.C. The Rev. Alexander F. "Alex" Schmidt, Leavenworth, Wash. Michael D. Swenson, Nome, Alaska The Rev. Roger A. Thompson, Phoenix Board of the ELCA Division for Global Mission: The Rev. Shauna K. Hannan, Moorhead, Minn. Kamy Moghbeli, Baldwin, N.Y. Vincent Peters, Minneapolis Brooke Peterson, Traverse City, Mich. Cari L. Skogberg, Sioux Falls, S.D. The Rev. Frederick Strickert, Waverly, Iowa The Rev. Mari L. Thorkelson, Lodi, Calif. Board of Trustees, Augsburg Fortress, Publishing House of the ELCA: Michael D. Bash, Long Lake, Minn. Debra M. Jacobs Buttaggi, Sarasota, Fla. Paul Carlson, Lincoln, Neb. Linda Chinnia, Baltimore Richard L. McAuliffe, Glen Ellyn, Ill. The Rev. Lee M. Miller, Syracuse, N.Y. The Rev. Kwanza Yu, Edina, Minn. Board of Trustees, ELCA Board of Pensions: Charlotte E. Carlson, Northfield, Minn. Emried D. Cole Jr., Baltimore Louise Evenson, Lafayette, Calif. The Rev. Jon R. Lee, Dallas Warren Luckner, Lincoln, Neb. James R. Penner, Helena, Mont. The Rev. Marcia B. Strahl, Chadwick, Ill. ELCA Nominating Committee: David H. Black, Concord., N.C. The Rev. Daniel B. Bollman, Highlands Ranch, Colo. Rita J. Dudley, Manchester, Iowa Virginia K. Frantz, Selinsgrove, Pa. The Rev. Charles R. Lane, Wadena, Minn. The Rev. Raymond A. Miller, Quakertown, Pa. ELCA Committee on Discipline: Aurea F. Andino, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico The Rev. Jon S. Enslin, Madison, Wis. George E. Friedline, New Martinsville, W.Va. Kathryn J. Nelson, Fircrest, Wash. The Rev. Fred S. Opalinski, Latrobe, Pa. Brian D. Rude, Coon Valley, Wis. The Rev. Guy H. Shealy, Rock Hill, S.C. Sally Young, Cedar Falls, Iowa ELCA Committee on Appeals: The Rev. Daryl S. Everett, Columbia, S.C. Heidi E. Murtonen, Duluth, Minn. The Rev. Glenn W. Nycklemoe, Rochester, Minn. Charles F. Ruthroff, Oakland, Calif. -- -- -- Information about the ELCA Churchwide Assembly can be found at http://www.elca.org/assembly/03 on the Web. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news