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News from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America June 6, 1996 Title: BISHOP MILLER RE-ELECTED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK The Rev. Lee M. Miller, 57, was re-elected to a six-year term as bishop of the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on June 2. He received 333 of 424 votes to win re-election on the first ballot taken during the synod's annual assembly at the State University of New York at Oswego. The synod used a nominating process that placed four names on that ballot. In addition to Miller, the Rev. James H. Slater III, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Valatie, N.Y., received 42 votes; the Rev. Dennis R. Meyer, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Scotia, N.Y., 25 votes; and the Rev. Peter S. Klotz, St. Peter Lutheran Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., 23 votes. Miller was first elected bishop in 1992. He was an assistant to the bishop and a mission director for the synod. Miller has served as pastor of First Lutheran Church, Jamestown, N.Y., and First English Lutheran Church, Lockport, N.Y., and as dean of education for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. [ELCA News and Information: 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631; phone 312/380-2963]