INDIANAPOLIS (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Church Council elected four people to the Advisory Committee for the ELCA Department of Communication and two people to the Steering Committee for the ELCA Commission for Women. The Church Council met August 7-8 at the Westin Indianapolis Hotel.
Elected to the Department for Communication Advisory Committee were:
+ The Rev. Kathleen O. Reed, ELCA New England Synod. She was elected to a six-year term as clergy member of the committee. Reed is the pastor at Christ Lutheran Church, Natick, Mass.
+ Mary L. Butler, ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Durango, Colo., was reelected to another six-year term as lay female. She has been part of the advisory committee for three years. Butler is contractor to the director of broadcast communication with the National Council of Churches.
+ Gregory D. Schieferstein, ELCA Montana Synod, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Missoula, Mont., was elected to a six-year term on the committee. Schieferstein is news director for Evening Post Television, KPAX-TV.
+ Frank Ramos, Caribbean Synod, San Marcos Lutheran Church, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico was elected to a four-year term as lay male for the advisory committee. Ramos is a self-employed owner of a communications/consulting firm.
Elected to the Steering Committee of the Commission for Women were:
+ The Rev. Mia J. Baumgartner, ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod, Fullness of God Lutheran Church, Chelan, Wash., was elected to a four-year term as clergy. Baumgartner is past village pastor of Holden Village.
+ Sarah Verke, ELCA Saint Paul Area Synod, Incarnation Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minn., was elected to a two-year term as lay female for the steering committee. Verke works for Jewish Family and Children's Services as development assistant.
The Church Council is the ELCA's board of directors. Between meetings of the Churchwide Assembly, the Church Council is responsible for electing people to churchwide boards, steering committees of churchwide commissions and certain advisory committees.
The 2001 ELCA Churchwide Assembly -- the highest legislative body of the church -- will meet Aug. 8-14 at the Indiana Convention Center. -- -- -- *Michelle T. Mills is a senior at Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. This summer she is an intern with ELCA News & Information.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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