ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 26, 2009 ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Committee, Board Members 09-CWA-51-CD* MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) -- Voting members of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected lay leaders and clergy to serve on the ELCA Church Council, churchwide committees and boards. The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, met here Aug. 17-23 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. About 2,000 people participated, including 1,045 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly was "God's work. Our hands." The ELCA Nominating Committee determines nominees for the voting members. Most elected will serve six-year terms. Election results are: ELCA Church Council The Rev. Michael J. Schmidt, Sioux City, Iowa The Rev. Raymond A. Miller, Quakertown, Pa. The Rev. Kathryn A. Tiede, Lino Lakes, Minn. The Rev. Amsalu T. Geleta, Springfield, Va. Rebecca D. Carlson, Cumberland, Wis. Susan W. McArver, Columbia, S.C. Louise A. Hemstead, Cashton, Wis. Judith E. Barlow-Roberts, Windsor, Conn. Ivan A. Perez, Chicago Blaire P. Smith, Erie, Pa. William B. Horne II, Clearwater, Fla. ELCA Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission Program Committee The Rev. Erik T. Samuelson, Spokane, Wash. Janet A. Peters, Flemington, N.J. Paul H. Lewellan, Davenport, Iowa The Rev. Lori Ann Strang, Toledo, Ohio Emried D. Cole, Baltimore ELCA Global Mission Program Committee The Rev. Lisa A. Smith, Anchorage, Alaska Martha R. Norat, Dorado, Puerto Rico R. Timothy Muth, Brookfield, Wis. The Rev. Douglas S. Cox, Excelsior, Minn. Amanda F. Tompkins, Tannersville, Pa. ELCA Vocation and Education Program Committee The Rev. John I. Rollefson, Los Angeles Alicia R. Anderson, Boalsburg, Pa. David M. Blomquist, Iron Mountain, Mich. The Rev. Lamont A. Wells, Philadelphia Kari A. Lipke, St. Peter, Minn. ELCA Church in Society Program Committee The Rev. William S. Maxon, Emmaus, Pa. Siri J. Fiebiger, Moorhead, Minn. Angela Ellis, Baltimore The Rev. Khader N. El-Yateem, Brooklyn, N.Y. The Rev. Kevin R. Maly, Denver ELCA Multicultural Ministries Program Committee The Rev. Susan L. Gamelin, High Point, N.C. Jonathan G. Gomez, Phoenix, Ariz. The Rev. Herbert G. Wounded Head III, Brookings, S.D. Rose Oundjian, Las Vegas Nathaniel P. Viets-VanLear, Chicago Publishing House of the ELCA Board of Trustees The Rev. Winston D. Persaud, Dubuque, Iowa Rosemary R. Ohles, Lincoln, Neb. Brilsford "Bril" B. Flint, Austin, Texas Timothy I. Maudlin, Edina, Minn. The Rev. Brian C. King, Iowa Falls, Iowa ELCA Mission Investment Fund Board of Trustees The Rev. Lorenz "Larry" W. Lutey, Naperville, Ill. Kendra D. Brodin, Fridley, Minn. Warren W. Hanson, Minneapolis Judy L. Conklin, Crystal Lake, Ill. Daniel M. Bringman, Gettysburg, Pa. ELCA Board of Pensions Board of Trustees The Rev. Jeffrey D. Thiemann, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jill A. Schumann, Gettysburg, Pa. Lisa Ann Kro, Plymouth, Minn. Kathleen K. Mooney, Cold Spring, Minn. Kevin D. Anderson, Gaithersburg, Md. ELCA Nominating Committee The Rev. Herbert E. Anderson, Berkeley, Calif. The Rev. Kathie Bender Schwich, Park Ridge, Ill. Kathy J. Magnus, Edina, Minn. Judith A. Tutt-Starr, Los Angeles Ken F. Aicher, Tampa, Fla. Brandon W. Huston, Hamilton, Ohio ELCA Committee on Discipline: The Rev. Michel D. Clark, Knoxville, Ill. The Rev. Joyce L. Piper, Willmar, Minn. The Rev. Andrea L. Walker, Summit, N.J. Kathryn L. Baerwald, Washington, D.C. Joanne Chadwick, San Francisco Janice M. Quirl, Austin, Texas Arthur E. Murphy, Bellaire, Texas Miguel A. Hernandez, El Paso, Texas ELCA Committee on Appeals The Rev. Philip L. Hougen, West Branch, Iowa The Rev. Matthew L. Riegel, Morgantown, W.Va. Madelyn H Busse, Denver George C. Watson, Port Huron, Mich. --- Information on the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly is at http://www.ELCA.org/assembly on the Web. * Carrie L. Draeger is a senior communication major with a concentration in journalism at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash. This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog