2019 Journal

Dakotas Conference The United Methodist Church

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2019

Journal 2019 Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church June 6-8, 2019, Bismarck, N.D. 1

The Dakotas Annual Conference Official Journal

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THE TWENTY SIXTH SESSION June 6-8, 2019 Bismarck, North Dakota Future Conferences June 11-13, 2020 Sioux Falls, South Dakota June 10-12, 2021 Bismarck, North Dakota

Edited and Published by the Journal Editing Committee Duane Coates, Jane Hazen and Janelle Jones, Editors Kristen Krogman, Conference Secretary Dylan Dethlefsen, Doreen Gosmire, Amber Laffey, Laurie Langland, Susan Punt, JoAnn Schlimgen, Bea Stucke, David Stucke, Leana Stunes, Rebecca Trefz 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS DAKOTAS - MINNESOTA EPISCOPAL AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv DARE TO REACH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v I. BISHOP, CABINET AND OTHER LEADERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II.

ELECTED LEADERSHIP

III.

BUSINESS

IV.

MINISTRY APPOINTMENTS

V.

REPORTS

+Common Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 + Extended Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 + Developing Missional Leaders Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 + Equipping Missional Congregations Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 + Extending Missional Impact Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 + Generating Missional Resources Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 + Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 + District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 + Related Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

+Daily Proceedings / Annual Conference Minutes / Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 +Legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

+Consent Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

+Business of the Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

+Appointments to Local Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 +Extension Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 +Other Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 +Clergy Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

+Common Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

+Commission on Archives and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

+Executive Director of Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 +Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 +Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

+Developing Missional Leaders

Developing Missional Leaders Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Board of Ordained Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Camp and Retreat Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Conference Council on Youth Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Lay Servant Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Dakotas United Methodist Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Young Adult and Campus Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

+Equipping Missional Congregations

Equipping Missional Congregations Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

New Church Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

+Extending Missional Impact

Extending Missional Impact Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bakken Oil Rush Ministry - Out in Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bakken Oil Rush Ministry - Watford City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Disaster Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

The HOPE Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Open Door Community Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Solar Oven Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Southeast Pierre Mission UMC and Community Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Spirit Lake Ministry/Children of the Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Tree of Life Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Generating Missional Resources

Builders Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Conference Council on Finance and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Dakotas United Methodist Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Board of Pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Board of Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 ii

VI.

FINANCES AND BUDGET

+ Audited Financial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

+ Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 +Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

VII. HISTORICAL

+Record of Annual Conference Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 +General Conference Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

VIII. IN MEMORIAM

+Roll of Deceased Clergy, Clergy Spouses, and Other Deceased Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

IX.

PASTORAL RECORD

X.

RULES AND POLICIES

+Retiring Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

+Newly Ordained and Commissioned Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

+Service Records — Full, Probationary, Retired, Associate, Local Pastors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

+Other Clergy Serving Dakotas Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 +Deaconesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

+Jubilee Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

XI.

+Structure and Rules of Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 +Council on Finance and Administration Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 +Apportionment Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 +Mission Congregation Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 +Salary Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 +Equitable Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 +Pension Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 +Guidelines for Applying for Disability Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 +Vacation Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 +Clergy Continuing Education Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 +Student Aid Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 +Clergy Ethics — Retired Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 +Clergy Ethics — Appointed Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 +Sexual Misconduct Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 +Separation /Divorce Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 +Short-Term Leave Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 +Parsonage Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 +Moving Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 +Clergy Effectiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 +Crisis Management Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 +Disaster Response Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

STATISTICS

+District and Conference Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 +Membership and Participation (Items 1-23). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 +Assets and Expenses Part I (Items 24-46). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 +Assets and Participation Part II (Items 47-54c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 QUICK REFERENCE MISSION MINISTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover Photos for the 2019 Journal are by Joni Rassmussen of jlynn studios.

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Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church

Bruce R. Ough

Sheilah Kyburz

Presiding Bishop

Administrative Assistant

Come, Holy Spirit. Come and fill your servants, your chosen, baptized, called leaders of The United Methodist Church in the Dakotas. Come, Holy Spirit. Fill your beloved people with your very presence. Work through them to accomplish your purposes – your miraculous, mysterious, magnificent purposes – for the sake of Christ and the sake of the world. May it be so! Amen!

We are on a shared journey. It is a Journey Toward Vitality. For the past seven years we have been aligning all the Dakotas Conference resources – leadership, staff, financial, programs, structures – toward our ultimate goal to increase the vitality and missional impact of each existing and newly formed congregation in the Dakotas Conference.

We believe God’s preferred future – God’s vision – for every congregation in the Dakotas is to be giving all-out, fully-mature expression to Jesus’ core missional imperatives: to love God and neighbor,,to reach new people, and to heal a broken world. Congregations that are continuously building capacity in these imperatives invariably fulfill our mission of “making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”

Throughout this current 2017-2020 quadrennial, each of our annual conference themes addresses an element of our vision. We began in 2017 with the theme of Encounter the Spirit: Live Expectantly! We explored the nature of the primitive church recorded for us in Acts, chapter 2. The dynamics of these Pentecost-born and Spirit-led churches embody our vision and lay the foundation for exploring Jesus’ gospel imperatives throughout the remainder of this quadrennial.

The theme for 2018 was Discover Joy: Live Deeply! We took a deeper dive into Jesus’ imperative to grow in love of God and neighbor. In 2019, our theme, Dare to Reach: Love Boldly! we focused on the Great Commission and Jesus’ imperative to reach new people. In 2020, we will utilize the theme Be the Light: Live Hope! to explore Jesus’ imperative to heal a broken world.

Our Journey Toward Vitality is producing much kingdom fruit. In looking at 2018 data, there is evidence that being intentional about these imperatives is bearing fruit within our conference: • For the second year in a row, the Dakotas Conference had an increase in total professing membership.

• We had a 31% increase in the number of persons age 13 and older being baptized.

• Our membership is clearly becoming more diverse. All nonwhite ethnicities – Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander and multiracial – grew by double-digit percentages.

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• The number of non-member constituents involved in our congregations grew by 8% to nearly 11,000.

• The number of youth participating in Christian formation groups such as Sunday school and youth groups increased by 6% to nearly 3,200.The number of persons served by our community ministries of outreach, justice and mercy continues to grow with a 29% increase over 2018 to 251,031 persons.

• The number of Volunteer in Mission teams sent out by our churches increased 75% to 63 in 2018.

• Perhaps the most impressive evidence of our reaching new people is the 17 current church plants or multiplication projects across the Dakotas Conference.

I love the powerful story about Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Friends, this is a conversation that should never have taken place! I believe that is precisely why this story is recorded for us in John’s Gospel.

Jesus consistently entered into conversations and relationships that should never have taken place because he had the rear view – he recognized and sought out the sin-sick, the poor, those beaten down by life and oppressive systems. Jesus is still seeking today. And, he commissions us to go into the world as servant leaders, with humility, compassion, a rear view, and initiate conversations and relationships that others – perhaps including some of our own church members – think should never happen.

I invite each of you to pray daily with me the 2019 Breakthrough Prayer. Let us pray for God to embolden us to reach new people and boldly share Christ’s love.

Bishop Bruce R. Ough

Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church 122 W. Franklin Ave., Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-4007 Bruce R. Ough, Presiding Bishop bishop@dkmnareaumc.org Sheilah Kyburz, Administrative Assistant sheilah.kyburz@dkmnareaumc.org

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Journey Toward Vitality Mission To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Vision For every congregation to become a vital expression of the scriptural imperatives to grow in love of God and neighbor, reach new people, and heal a broken world.

Vision Pathways To increase the capacity of the Dakotas Conference, districts, and local churches by: developing missional leaders, equipping missional congregations, extending missional impact and generating missional resources.

Developing Missional Leaders

Equipping Missional Congregations

Outcomes: Effective leadership cultivated, recruited and/ or developed for the future. Increased number of young clergy. Empowered clergy with a clear understanding of their leadership and disciple-making abilities who are implementing individual plans for growth. A Culture of Call infused in United Methodists across the Dakotas as they articulate how they have seen God at work in their lives and are responding to God’s calling. Laity trained, equipped and empowered to serve in vital ministry positions throughout the conference.

Outcomes: Ten to twenty congregations assessed annually and taking the next steps toward vitality. New spaces for new people to worship. Effective leadership for new ministries and/or new life cycles of ministry.

Strategies: Elisha and Samuel Internship programs, children's and youth ministry cohort, compass group cohorts,Higher Ground Initiative clergy effectiveness processes, continued education that champions clergy self-care of body, mind and spirit, discernment retreats, camping programming with focused outcomes and evaluations, preaching retreat, training workshops.

Strategies: Missional Church Consultation Initiative (MCCI) cohort and Journey Renewal partnership process.

New church, second site and second service starts.

Multiplication cohorts. Ministry grants for new ministries.

Compass groups, planter assessments and ongoing breakthrough workshops, youth ministry cohort. Children and youth ministry cohort.

Extending Missional Impact

Generating Missional Resources

Outcomes: Churches equipped to understand and positively impact their local “mission field”. Churches partnering with schools in their community to reach children and youth. Churches engaging in active partnership with at least one conference-supported mission: Tree of Life, Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Solar Oven Partners, Bakken area.

Individuals and congregations who are healing a broken world through global missions and ministries.

Outcomes: Congregations who understand, trust and partner with the Conference vision. Churches with an abundance mindset and effective discipleship through Christian stewardship. A greater financial capacity to support initiatives to make new disciples through leadership and congregational development. An increased number of donors and gift cultivation, as well as local church connections with the Dakotas United Methodist Foundation.

Strategies: Mission InSite and outreach planning workshops, Breakthrough ministry grants including school partnership, culture of cal, young adult / campus ministry, and technology grants in partnership with Dakotas Foundation, marketing for conference missions.

Strategies: Treasurer training, stewardship training, Builders Club, Thrive, Dakotas-Minnesota Lilly grant for clergy financial health.

www.dakotasumc.org P.O. Box 460 |1331 University Ave | Mitchell, SD 57301 Phone: 605-996-6552 | Fax: 605-996-1766

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I. BISHOP, CABINET AND OTHER LEADERS OFFICERS

President Bishop Bruce R. Ough 122 W. Franklin Ave., Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55404

bishop@dkmnareaumc.org

Executive Director of Ministries Rev. Rebecca Trefz 1331 W. University Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301

rebecca.trefz@dakotasumc.org

Conference Co-Lay Leaders Jane Hincks 3408 Crocus Ave., Bismarck, ND 58501

janehincks@hotmail.com Myrna Hill 2408 Fox Road, Sturgis, SD 57785

myrnajhill@yahoo.com

Conference Secretary Amber Laffey PO Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301

conference.secretary@dakotasumc.org

Conference Statistician JoAnn Schlimgen 1331 W. University Ave., P.O. 460, Mitchell, SD 57301

joann.schlimgen@dakotasumc.org DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS (see back cover for more information)

Northeast Superintendent Randy Cross

randy.cross@dakotasumc.org

Northwest Superintendent Kermit Culver

kermit.culver@dakotasumc.org

Southeast Superintendent Roger Spahr

roger.spahr@dakotasumc.org

Southwest Superintendent Kevin Kloster

kevin.kloster@dakotasumc.org Conference LEADERS (see back cover for more information)

Executive Director, Finance & Administrative Services, Jeff Pospisil

jeff.pospisil@dakotasumc.org

Executive Director, Dakotas United Methodist Foundation, Sheri Meister 1331 W. University, PO Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301

sheri.meister@dakotsumf.org, Fax: 605- 996-1766

Director of Leadership Development Deb Kjerstad Email: deb.kjerstad@dakotasumc.org

Director of Communication Doreen Gosmire

doreen.gosmire@dakotasumc.org

Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry Keith Shew

keith.shew@dkmnareaumc.org

Area Director of New Church Development Ben Ingebretson

ben.ingebretson@dkmnareaumc.org

Area Program Director, Lilly Grant Initiative, Diane Owen

diane.owen@dkmnareaumc.org

United Methodist Women President Marsha Timm 21645 485th Ave., Elkton, SD 57026, edmatimm@yahoo.com

Conference Historian Cheryl Finney 235 S. Hawthorne Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104, fcheryl6@aol.com 1

612-870-4007 605- 990-7781

701-202-5456 605-490-0109 605-990-7799 605-990-7787

701-639-0317 701-391-2340 605-334-5248 605-580-5049

605-990-7786 605-990-7789 605-990-7796 605-990-7794 605-990-7780 616-481-7566 612-230-6129 605-695-9368 605-332-9959

Extended Cabinet

Bishop Bruce R. Ough Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area 612-870-4007

Doreen Gosmire

Director of Communication 605-990-7794

Deb Kjerstad

Rev. Randy Cross

Myrna Hill

Chair of the Dakotas Common Table 605-949-0660

Jane Hincks

Rev. Ben Ingebretson

Conference Co-Lay Leader 701-202-5456

Rev. Kevin Kloster

Sheri Meister

Southwest Superintendent 605-580-5049

Jeff Pospisil

Keith Shew

President/CEO Dakotas United Methodist Foundation 605-990-7789

Area Director Camp and Retreat Ministry 612-230-6130 2

Sheila Dailie

Northwest Superintendent 701-391-2340

Conference Co-Lay Leader 605-490-0109

Director of Leadership Development 605-990-7796

Executive Director Finance and Administrative Services 605-990-7786

Rev. Kermit Culver

Northeast Superintendent 701-639-0317

Rev. Roger Spahr

Southeast Superintendent 605-334-5248

Area Director New Church Development 616-481-7566

Diane Owen

Area Program Director Lilly Grant Initiative 612-230-6129

Rev. Rebecca Trefz

Executive Director of Ministries 605- 990-7781

Conference Staff

Dana Bassett

Accounting Clerk 605-990-7782

Kelsey Morgan

Stacey Edwards

Beata Ferris

Area Coordinator Camp and Retreat Ministries 855-622-1973

Area Project Coordinator Camp and Retreat Ministries 605-990-7783

Susan Punt

JoAnn Schlimgen

Office Assistant Dakotas United Methodist Foundation 605-990-7797

Financial Assistant 605-990-7782

Assistant Director of Finance and Administrative Services 605-990-7787

David Stucke

Leana Stunes

Donor Relations and Development Coordinator Dakotas United Methodist Foundation 605-990-7780

Communications Associate 605-990-7795

Diane Weller

Conference Benefits Officer 605-990-7785

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Amber Laffey

Program Assistant Higher Ground Lilly Initiative 605-990-7799

Bea Stucke

Coordinator of Ministry Operations 605-990-7791

II. ELECTED LEADERSHIP

*Year and class information can be obtained at the conference office or from the nominations chair.

Names in italics indicate laity.

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III. BUSINESS ANNUAL CONFERENCE MINUTES—2019 WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2019 Wellness screenings and conference registration began. Many boards and agencies held pre-conference meetings.

Six pre-conference workshops offered: “Reach! Replay: Revitalizing the Rural Church” with Rev. Cory Thrall, Bismarck Legacy and Rev. Jason “Marty” Martens, Salem Unite; “New Worship Styles to Reach New People” with Chris Chase, Bismarck Celebrate Grace, Rev. Matt Morrison, Sioux Falls Asbury, Rev. Taylor Johnson, Sioux Falls First, Rev. Val Reinhiller, Williston Faith UMC, Rev. Holly Sortland, Rapid City Open Heart, Sandee Cole, Watertown First, and Rev. Ross Reinhiller, Williston Faith UMC; “Reach! Play: A Learner’s Guide to Evangelism” with Rev. Fred Vanderwerf, Southern Prairie District Superintendent, Minnesota Conference; “Missional Living” with Gina Mueller, 3D Movements; “The Power of Breakthrough Prayer” with Rev. Rebecca Trefz, Executive Director of Ministries, and Jane Hincks, Conference Co-Lay Leader, and “Reaching the Next Generation” with Stephanie Caro, Ministry Architects, Rev. Holly Sortland, Rapid City Open Heart, Rev. Karl Kroger, Piedmont Grace, Vicky Vetter, Bismarck Legacy, Kristi Liebe, Milbank Central, Mark Tracy, Clark UMC, Michelle Brennan, Jamestown First.

In the evening, several organizations held receptions and dinner meetings. The Extending Missional Impact Link hosted a dinner with speaker at McCabe UMC from Earthkeepers Movement of the General Board of Global Ministries, Isaiah Friezen, a member of the Minnesota Conference staff.

THURSDAY, June 6, 2019 Wellness screenings took place from 6-9 am and registration continued at 7 am. Prayer room opened for duration of conference.

Special Breakfasts

A fellowship breakfast was hosted for laity by the conference lay leaders, Myrna Hill and Jane Hincks. The Board of Pensions hosted a health presentation by Theresa Porter, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW, MSW) on the topic of compassion fatigue.

Clergy and Laity Sessions

In addition to the usual reports and business, each group voted on new delegates to the General Conference 2020 and Jurisdictional Conferences, according to conference rules.

Gina Mueller, Regional Director, 3D Movements, spoke to the laity on “Living the Ways of Jesus,” about how to seek out and develop relationships with people of peace in their communities.

Minutes of the clergy and laity sessions are on file.

Break

Attendees browsed the informational displays and Cokesbury offerings in the Exhibit Hall. Representatives from the General Conference 2020 host team were present to recruit volunteers.

Opening Worship

Rev. Dan Weigel, Bismarck Legacy, and his band led music throughout the Annual Conference Session. Bishop Ough preached the episcopal address, entitled “What Are You Thirsty For?” about the thirst we all have; is it for Jesus? We should return to the well of the Lord to quench our thirst every day and to lead others to the well to share the living water. We engaged in a remembrance of our baptism.

Rev. Roger Spahr, Southeast District Superintendent, offered the blessing.

Lunch Lunch & Learn sessions offered: “A Legacy of Giving,” by the Dakotas UM Foundation “Social Media for Churches,” by UM Communications or “Talking Circle: Decolonization and Church Revitalization” by Rev. Susan Jennys and MorningStar Fellowship.

Seminaries, youth cohort, clergy spouses and extension ministry lunches were offered as well.

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY The 26th Session of the Dakotas Annual Conference was opened by Bishop Ough at 2:07 pm. Bishop Ough shared thoughts from Bishop Rueben Job (deceased) as an opening prayer.

Organizational Resolutions

Conference secretary, Kristen Krogman, presented the organizational resolutions and moved them. Passed.

Editorial correction to conference workbook addressed; on page 21 in the “Eligible for Election as Clergy Delegates” section, the year should reflect the current year, 2019. The first line should read, “Deacons and Elders in full connection, active or retired; those elected to full connection during or before the 2019 Clergy Session are eligible to vote and to serve as delegates, even if they have not yet been ordained.”

Point of Personal Privilege

Rev. Kermit Culver, Northwest District Superintendent, asked for more teams to sign up for cornhole tournament at Festival in the Park.

Rev. Rebecca Trefz, introduced Mentimeter, a polling website at www.menti.com. Several polls were demonstrated by participation.

Bishop Ough presented the results from the ballots taken in clergy and laity sessions: Clergy Ballot #1: 125 votes received, 1 invalid. 63 needed to elect. Rev. Rebecca Trefz (54), Rev. Roger Spahr (29), Rev. Ray Baker (5). Rev. Sara Nelson (5) No election.

Clergy Ballot #2: 125 votes received. 125 votes received, 2 invalid. 63 needed to elect. Rev. Rebecca Trefz (68), Rev. Roger Spahr (47), Rev. Ray Baker (5). Rev. Rebecca Trefz elected.

Laity Ballot #1: 199 votes received, 2 invalid. 100 votes needed to elect. Kara Togel (54), Beata Farris (51), Jodi Cataldo (37), Sheila Dailie (31), Jane Hincks (12), Tanner Carlson (12) No election.

Laity Ballot #2: 202 votes received. 102 votes needed to elect. Kara Togel (81), Beata Ferris (50), Jodi Cataldo (34), Sheila Dailie (30). No election.

Laity Ballot #3: 204 votes received, 3 invalid. 103 votes needed to elect. Kara Togel (105), Beata Ferris (39), Sheila Dailie (29), Jodi Cataldo (28). Kara Togel was elected.

The next ballot was cast.

Bishop Ough introduced the Extended Cabinet and Rev. Rebecca Trefz introduced the Conference staff.

Common Table Report

Sheila Dailie, Milbank Central UMC, Common Table chair, introduced the 2018-2019 Missional Report—DARE, REACH, LOVE AND BE BOLD. The report was distributed to the conference. How God is working in and through the people called United Methodists in the Dakotas was the focus of the report. Videos shared during the conference were focused on the various ways God is being served in the conference.

Missional report presenters included: Landon Brown, Milbank Central UMC; Bailey Wieseler, Yankton UMC; Rev. Mark Tracy, Clark/Garden City/Henry/Kellerton; Rev. Jeanne Sortland, Wimbeldon/Kensal; Tiana Bohn, Wahpeton Evergreen UMC; Rev. Andy Early, Bismarck Legacy; Tyrel Schlect, Jamestown First UMC; Beata Ferris, Pierre First UMC; Shawn Culey, Higher Ground Steering Team; Diane Weller, Dakotas UM Foundation; Erin Woods, Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC; Tiffany Ortman, Canistota UMC; Chuck Von Eschnen, Beresford Zion; and Rev. Jerry Stravia, Mitchell First UMC.

Missional Report- DARE

Landon and Bailey from the Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) led table discussions. The presenters recognized those who came to ministry as second careers, from another conference or from another denomination. They expressed appreciation to those who have served as mentors or have found unique ways to do ministry. The group explored churches’ innovations in reaching their communities with the help of Journey Renewal and Missional Church Consultation Initiative (MCCI). A video was shown focusing on Plankinton UMC and their “Champions for Jesus.”

Laity Report

Myrna Hill, Sturgis UMC and Jane Hincks, Bismarck Legacy UMC, conference co-lay leaders, recognized the lay leaders that served their communities and reported that the conference enjoyed a 30 percent growth in lay leader workshop attendance. More opportunities are in the works for the next year. District co-lay leaders and the conference director of lay servant ministries were presented and thanked.

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Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) Rev. Bob Ruedebusch, Sioux Falls First UMC, chair of Conference Council on Finance Administration, shared the 2019-2020 budget, projecting 1 percent increase in expenses, particularly in pensions and insurance. Apportionments were up over 5-year average. Jeff Pospisil, executive director of finance and administration, displayed several graphs that demonstrated the Dakotas conference growth in many measures as compared to the US average and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in the Dakotas. Apportionments will continue to hold at 16 percent of local church operating revenue.

Dakotas United Methodist Foundation

Sheri Meister, president/CEO of the Foundation, presented a report on the ministry of the Foundation. Meister shared that the Foundation’s assets exceeded $29 million, and reinvested $1 million into the conference, including $100,000 in seminary scholarships. The plan for the Dakotas and Minnesota Foundations to begin to collaborate July 1 was explained.

Nominations Report

Rev. Dave Severtson, Dell Rapids UMC, chair of the Nominations Committee, announced changes to the nominations committee report. Voting for the entire slate of nominees will occur on Saturday, June 8.

Because of a career change, Kristen Krogman will be stepping down as conference secretary before completing her term. Amber Laffey was lifted for election as interim conference secretary. Election affirmed.

Dwayne Keener was introduced as new director of Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City.

Stretch break with Dr. Shawn Culey, Dakotas Wholeness Task Force on the Conference Board of Pensions.

Break Bishop Ough presented the results from the previous ballots taken at 2:30 pm.

Clergy Ballot #3: 121 votes received, 1 invalid. 62 needed to elect. Rev. Roger Spahr (54), Rev. Ray Baker (30), Rev. Sara Nelson (30). No election.

Laity Ballot #4: 212 votes received. 107 Needed to elect. Beata Ferris (114), Jodi Cataldo (48), Sheila Dailie (46). Beata Ferris elected as General Conference reserve delegate / Jurisdictional Conference second delegate.

Next ballot taken.

Special Session GC 2019 Recap

General Conference 2019 delegates, Rev. Rebecca Trefz, Beata Ferris, Rev. Roger Spahr, and Matt Bader shared their experiences at the General Conference Special Session in St. Louis. They presented the subjects that were decided during the Special Session and what solutions were settled. We are called to continue to make connections as we navigate the reaction and responses to the decisions.

Bishop Ough discussed some of the continuing conversations that have been “bubbling up from the grassroots.” These conversations include: • UMCNext which is committed to a Wesleyan vision of Christianity.

• A New Form of Unity which desires to disband the UMC and form 3 new churches: progressive, traditional, and moderate, in order to discontinue spending time on the issue of human sexuality.

• Renewal and Reform Coalition that explores two pathways; to either strengthen traditionalist plan or allow traditional and progressive congregations to split away from a moderate UMC. • New Global Structure. That allows the UMC in the US to have more autonomy.

• Annual Conference expressions who encourages Annual Conferences to create their own way forward, focuses on the “basic body in the Church” that is the Annual Conference • Our Movement Forward which intends to bring more marginalized voices to the table.

• Currently, none of these groups have drafted any legislation for GC 2020. The contact information for some of these groups was shared and some groups were scheduled to be available for discussions during breaks and lunches.

Rev. Trefz invited the conference to engage in discussions at their tables regarding the John Wesley’s “Three Simple Rules”: Do no harm, Do good and Stay in love with God by attending to the ordinances of God in regards to how we move forward after the decisions of the 2019 General Session Special Session.

Rev. Trefz invited attendees to participate in Menti polls regarding how the conference members identify regarding their place on the spectrum of traditional to progressive. Beata Ferris asked for participation on the question “What are the good things about 15

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Bishop Ough presented the results from the ballots taken at 4:15 pm: Clergy Ballot #4: 115 ballots received, 1 invalid. 59 votes needed to elect. Rev. Roger Spahr (54), Rev. Sara Nelson (41), Rev. Ray Baker (19). No election.

Laity Ballot #5: 209 ballots received, 1 invalid. 106 votes needed for election. Jane Hincks (175), Jodi Cataldo (163), Tanner Carlson (143), Sheila Dailie (130), Richard Wahlstrom (7). Jane Hincks, Jodi Cataldo, and Tanner Carlson were elected as alternates to Jurisdictional Conference.

Point of personal privilege granted to, Rev. Ray Baker who asked to be removed from the ballot for this vote only. Clergy ballot #5 taken.

Bishop Ough remembered Rev. Janet Miller who passed away June 2, five months short of her 100th birthday.

Supper Ministry Festival in the Park

Conference attendees gathered to eat, play games and celebrate at Festival in the Park at Sertoma Park. A cookout supper was served

by Bismarck Legacy UMC, then a team cornhole (beanbag) tournament was played. The Southeast District team of Rev. Steve Trefz, Mitchell Fusion/Garrett-Evangelical Seminary/Sioux Falls Seminary and Rev. Andrew Gross, Madison, won the tournament.

FRIDAY, June 7, 2019 Wellness screenings took place 6-9 am. The registration and information desk was open from 7 am to 5 pm.

Special Breakfast

Breakfast fellowships included United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men. A health presentation by Theresa Porter MSW, LICSW, was offered with breakfast, on the topic “Build your Resilience.”

Worship Service and Miracle Offering

Friday morning worship was about evangelism and lessons that can be learned from the blind man Jesus healed, as recounted in John 9:1-34. Attendees were advised to remember how God has worked in their lives and share it without worrying; know your story, it is enough. Rev. Katie Ricke, Beresford Zion, preached the sermon. #FilltheGap Miracle Offering was taken. The money was designated to support the Endowment Fund for Theological Education in the Central Conferences and undergraduate scholarships in the Dakotas Conference. Names were also lifted up that will be reached out to with the Good News of Christ.

FRIDAY MORNING PLENARY Welcome to General Conference 2020

Rev. Jim Haun, retired-MN Conference and Jan Russell, volunteer coordinator GC 2020, represented the Minnesota Conference host team in recounting the preparations for GC 2020 in Minneapolis. Becky Boland, a lay member of the Minnesota Conference, thanked those who donated purple scarves to the Lydia projects. Matt Bader, Pierre First UMC, shared his plans to serve as a volunteer at GC 2020 and encouraged others to join him. A video shared the ways people can help with General Conference 2020 and shared the volunteer app information.

Bishop Ough expressed thanks to all Bismarck and Mandan churches for their hospitality during this conference.

Bishop Ough announced the results from the ballot taken Thursday at 5:30 pm: Clergy Ballot #5: 115 votes received, 1 invalid. 59 votes needed to elect. Rev. Sara Nelson (62), Rev. Roger Spahr (52). Rev. Sara Nelson elected second General Conference delegate. Clergy Ballot #6 taken.

Break Teaching Session I

Rev. Dr. Mark Teasdale, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Professor of Evangelism, taught about evangelism for the non-evangelist, helping attendees identify their evangelism style and how to feed and utilize that in their service.

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Board of Ordained Ministry Report

Rev. Val Reinhiller, Williston Faith UMC and chair of the Board of Ordained Ministry, introduced the retiring clergy. Those in attendance addressed the conference: Reverends James Konsor, Gwen Mader (not present), John Price, Richard Rinearson, Perry Schnabel, Dave Severtson.

Rev. Duane Coates, Hettinger UMC, chair of the Conference Commission on Archives and History, presented the Jubilee Clergy awards to those who have served for 50 years: Reverends Peggy Kieras and Eldon Reich.

Bishop Ough asked the historical questions of Jeff Lathrop, Grand Forks Wesley; Jennifer McDonald, Minot Vincent; and Jeanne Sortland, Wimbelton/Kensal, being brought as provisional members. Bishop Ough also asked the historical questions of elder candidates, Reverends Nicole Anderson, Vermillion; Juwle S. Nagbe, Lisbon/Enderlin/Lisbon PC-USA; and Mark Tracy, Clarck/Garden City/Henry/Kellerton ; as well as deacons Melissa Gall, Milbank School District/Milbank Parkview; Luke Smith, Watertown Cornerstone; and Joy Tracy, Clark/Garden City/Henry/Kellerton, being brought as full members.

Bishop Ough presented the results of the clergy vote at 10 am: Clergy Ballot #6: 115 votes received, 7 invalid. 59 votes to elect. Rev. Ray Baker (63), Rev. Roger Spahr (55), Rev. Jenny Hallenback Orr (40), Rev. Jen Tyler (36), Rev. Kermit Culver (12), Rev. Karl Kroger (11), Rev. Nicole Anderson (8), Rev. Ross Reinhiller (8), Rev. Thom Bowsher (7), Rev. Brandon Vetter (7), Rev. Adam Weber (7), Rev. Bob Ruedebusch (6), Rev. Randy Cross (5). Rev. Ray Baker was elected as first alternate delegate to Jurisdictional Conference.

Point of personal privilege granted to Rev. Nicole Anderson and Rev. Karl Kroger who requested that their names be removed from the running.

Ballot #7 was taken.

Dr. Shawn Culey, Dakotas Wholeness Task Force, led the conference attendees in some stretching.

Rev. Jennifer McDonald, Minot Vincent, offered the blessing.

Lunch Two lunch and learn sessions were conducted: “Internal Church Communications” presented by UM Communications and “Talking Circle: Decolonization and Church Revitalization” presented by Rev. Susan Jennys and MorningStar Fellowship. Lunches were held for Retired Clergy, Ordinands, Commissionees, Licensed Local Pastors and Certified Lay Ministers.

Teaching Session II

Conference speaker Rev. Dr. Mark Teasdale taught on the theme of staying authentic and faithful while evangelizing by building relationships and tapping the strengths inherent in yourself.

Stretch break led by Dr. Culey, Dakotas Wholeness Taskforce

FRIDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY Bishop Ough presented the results from the clergy ballot taken at noon: Clergy ballot #7: 114 votes received, 4 invalid. 58 votes to elect. Rev. Roger Spahr (58), Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck-Orr (55), Rev. Jen Tyler (47), Rev. Kermit Culver (25), Rev. Ross Reinhiller (9), Rev. Thom Bowsher (9), Rev. Adam Weber (6). Clergy elected Rev. Roger Spahr as second alternate to Jurisdictional Conference.

Ballot #8 taken.

Harry Denman Evangelism Award

Harry Denman Evangelism Award, offered by the Foundation for Evangelism, was introduced by Bishop Ough and presented by Rev. Kermit Culver. Rev. James and Kathy Konsor, Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City, were awarded the clergy and lay awards.

Richard Wahlstrom, Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC, moved that rules 7.5.2 and 7.5.4 be suspended in order to introduce a resolution. Passed.

The resolution was presented as follows: “We the Members of the Dakotas Annual Conference, come together today in love with God and each other. We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide us to embrace diversity and differences of opinion, while liberating individual members to be fully themselves before God.

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With that in mind: 1. We affirm the sacred worth of all persons, including our LGBTQ siblings, celebrate their gifts, and commit to being in ministry with them. And therefore, 2. We will work to eliminate all discriminatory language, restrictions, and penalties in the Discipline regarding LGBTQ persons.

In response to a question for clarification, Wahlstrom explained that the resolution is aspirational and that is intended as guidance for those elected to General Conference.

Rev. Duane Coates, Hettinger UMC was recognized to call the question and it was seconded. Passed.

Bishop Ough recognized Wahlstrom as the maker of the motion to make final statement.

Vote was cast by ballot.

Missional Report—REACH

The Missional Report continued with discussions of how Jesus reached out to make disciples. The group celebrated churches and people that are trying new things, attending trainings to learn how to reach out in new ways and are starting anew to reach new people. A video was shared that showed the way that The Journey at Spirit Lake, a new church start, is reaching out in new ways.

One Matters Award

Jodi Cataldo, Lehr UMC, introduced the award from Discipleship Ministries recognizing churches who have gone from a pattern of zero to at least one profession of faith and/or baptism in the past year. The award includes a $1,000 gift and a plaque. Rev. Rick Craig, Cando/Rock Lake/Rolla, pastor of last year’s recipient, presented the award to Colome (SD) UMC. Rev. Kevin Kloster, Southwest District Superintendent, accepted for them.

Multiplying Matters Award

Rev. Ben Ingebretson, area director of new church development, presented Multiplying Matters Award to Chris Chase and Bismarck McCabe UMC. Celebrate Grace, a new church plant headed by Chase and 12 other leaders, led 63 people to professions of faith and five to baptism. Ingebretson also announced a partnership with Sioux Falls Embrace to launch a residency program to bring up new leadership.

Missional Report—LOVE The Missional Report continued with a focus on how Jesus showed love. The presenters discussed how our conference shows love by encouraging clergy to recharge with the help of the Thriving in Ministry grant, a Lilly Endowment grant. The Foundation tangibly expresses this love by partnering with the Conference to support churches and leaders. Ministries with children and youth demonstrate the selfless love shown by so many in the Dakotas.

A video was shown that shared the stories of several Elisha interns and how the experience has impacted them in their exploration of the call.

Bishop Ough shared the results from the clergy ballots cast at 3:30 pm: Clergy Ballot #8: 97 votes received, 1 invalid. 50 votes to elect. Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck Orr (48), Rev. Kermit Culver (23), Rev. Jen Tyler (18). No election.

Point of personal privilege granted to Rev. Jen Tyler who asked to be removed from the ballot. Rev. Duane Coates asked to confirm that the threshold needed to elect was not reached. It was not.

Clergy Ballot #9 cast.

Bishop Ough shared the results of the Wahlstrom Resolution vote: 356 votes received. 179 votes needed to pass. Yes (220), No (136). Resolution passed.

Rev. Dayne Zachrinson, Valley City, Epworth UMC offered a prayer.

Supper Celebration of Life in Ministry

Celebration of Life in Ministry service was held at Bismarck Legacy UMC.

Rev. Dr. John Floberg, Rector of St Lukes, St James, and Church of the Cross, Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota, brought an

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ecumenical greeting.

A memorial for those clergy and spouses who have passed in the last year was observed: Rev. Grace E. Huck, Rev. Dave Knecht, Rev. James Waisanen, Rev. Minoru Tsukamoto, Rev. Francis Kinzler, Rev. Michael A. Ward, Rev. Robert Roth, Rev. Marilyn Nelson, Marion Muthiah, Joy Custer, Frances Wagner, Karla Leach Archer and Melba Brown.

Retiring clergy were recognized, including Reverends James Konsor, Gwen Mader, John Price, Richard Rinearson, Perry Schnabel, Dave Severtson.

New licensed clergy were recognized and blessed.

Bishop Ough preached “Prisoners of Hope” on scriptures from Zechariah, Hebrews and John.

Pastors Jeff Lathrop, Jennifer McDonald and Jeanne Sortland were commissioned as provisional elders. Reverends Nicole Anderson, Juwle S. Nagbe and Mark Tracy were ordained as elders. Reverends Melissa Gall, Luke Smith, and Joy Tracy were ordained as deacons.

An invitation to servant ministry was offered to those gathered. Many came forward to pray with and be prayed for by representatives of the Board of Ordained Ministry and other clergy.

Rev. Dr. Floberg shared thoughts about what it means to be ecumenical and how the invitation to servant ministry moved him.

SATURDAY, June 8, 2019 Dan Weigel, Bismarck Legacy, offered opening music and prayer.

Dedication of Lydia scarves for General Conference 2020

Char Ough, Dakotas-Minnesota Area, and Maryanne Korsch, Minnesota Conference, recounted the story of Lydia in Acts 16 who offered hospitality in the early church. About 3000 purple scarves from the Dakotas Conference were dedicated for GC 2020.

Bishop Ough shared the results from the clergy ballots cast at 5:00 pm Friday: Clergy Ballot #9: 92 votes received, 4 invalid. 47 votes to elect. Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck Orr (61), Rev. Kermit Culver (26). Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck Orr elected third Jurisdictional Conference reserve delegate.

SATURDAY MORNING PLENARY Missional Report—BOLD

The final segment of the Missional Report recounted the bold response the woman at the well had after the interaction with Jesus.

The young clergy and the programs that encourage youth to explore their call and to equip clergy in new ways were celebrated. They introduced a goal of three percent annual multiplication rate. The church starts who dared to try but did not thrive were recognized for the fruits of their labor and the risks they accepted.

A video was shown about Bismarck Recovery Ministry. It detailed new ways those in recovery are coming to know Jesus and being trained to take leadership roles through Celebrate Recovery at Bismarck McCabe.

Harry Denman Youth Evangelism Award

Deb Kjerstad, director of leadership development, presented the award to Andrea Hult, Brookings First UMC, current president of CCYM.

Youth Awards

CCYM president, Andrea Hult presented the Youth Worker Hall of Fame award to Rev. Paul Lint, Wesley Acres Camp. The Darrel Leach Youth Worker of the Year award was presented to Jerry Simmons of Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC.

Dakota Wesleyan University

A video was shared that recounted the ways that Dakota Wesleyan University is creating community among the students there, focusing on their motto “take care of each other.”

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Rev. Val Reinhiller, Williston Faith UMC, chair of the Board of Ordained Ministry, brought the remainder of the Board of Ordained Ministry Report.

Samuel and Elisha interns, seminary students, Course of Study students and Kairos students were introduced. Lillian Jones, a Global Missions Fellow with the General Board of Global Missions, preparing to enter the mission field in Northern Ireland with “the Surf Project,” shared her plans (her advanced special number is #3022525 if one wishes to donate to her mission). Bishop offered prayers for these students.

UMW 150th anniversary presentation and video

Marsha Timm, President, Dakotas United Methodist Women, shared her story of growing and learning through her involvement in UMW. A video shared the 150 year history of how UMW has and is continuing to change the world.

Consent Calendar Vote

No items were lifted from the consent calendar. Kristen Krogman moved the Consent Calendar be approved and seconded. Passed.

Nominations Report

Rev. Dave Severtson offered additional changes to the Nominations Report, then moved the report. The Nominations Report will be printed in the 2019 Journal in Section II: Elected Leadership. It was adopted as corrected.

Break Kay Braun, Chair of Annual Conference Sessions Committee, invited all attendees to Sioux Falls for the Dakotas Annual Conference 2020, which will be held June 10-13, 2020. A portion of this conference will be combined with the Minnesota Annual Conference. A video, Welcome to AC 2020, shared some of the plans for this experience.

Braun presented the conference location site proposal for 2021-2024. The conference sites for next quadrennium are proposed to be in Bismarck at the Event Center in 2021 and 2023, and in Sioux Falls at Sanford Center in 2022 and 2024. The proposal was adopted.

Pensions Report Elaine Roberts, Sioux Falls Wesley, chair of the Board of Pensions, opened the corporate session. Roberts recognized the Foundation and others who make the pension program strong and thanked Rev. Peary Wilson, Edgemont/Pringle, for serving on the BOP as he completed his term. Roberts shared a poem from “Fly While you Still Have Wings,” by Joyce Robt.

Leana Stunes, conference benefits officer, presented Pensions report as printed in the reports section of the 2019 Conference workbook. Health care coverage has moved to Wespath exchange, the Medicare rate for surviving spouses has been raised, the Virgin Pulse Walking Program has been expanded to include part-time clergy, and the pensions’ apportionment was reduced from $98,000 to $0.

Stunes brought the nominations report of the Board of Pensions as presented in the nominations report as printed in the Elected Leadership section of the 2019 Conference workbook.

Stunes moved the Pensions Report on behalf of the Board of Pensions. Passed.

Thank you from Alaska Missionary Conference

Jeff Pospisil was granted point of personal privilege. Presented Rev. Autumn Krueger, Extension Ministries, from the Alaska Missionary Conference. Krueger shared a message from the leadership of AK conference expressing thanks for the gifts our conference have contributed to them.

Corporate Session of Pensions closed by Elaine Roberts.

Budget

Rev. Bob Ruedebusch, thanked the church treasurers and financial secretaries for their work. Ruedebusch presented the budget for approval on behalf of CCFA. Jodi Cataldo, lay equalization, Standing Committee for Central Conference Matters, moved to request a referral. Item held pending budget approval.

Budget approved.

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Cataldo presented the following motion: “I move to refer to CCFA to bring a plan/report to the 2020 Dakotas Annual Conference regarding if and how to get to 10 percent apportioned giving by 2023.” Seconded.

Rev. Arlyn Coalter, Sioux Falls Hilltop UMC, moved to call the question. Seconded. Passed.

Motion defeated.

Cabinet Report

Rev. Roger Spahr, southeast district superintendent, asked for suspension of rules to introduce church closings that were omitted from the report. Seconded. Passed.

Rev. Spahr presented a celebration of the completed ministry of Cavalier First, Hebron, Mt. Vernon, Mohall, and Underwood. The ministries of these congregations were lifted in prayer.

Spahr presented Marla Eggler, Stickney, who shared a letter from Mt. Vernon who made a commitment to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their building to the purchase of land for Embrace to expand in Tea, SD. Rev. Adam Weber, Sioux Falls Embrace, accepted the donation and the letter.

Rev. Kevin Kloster, southwest district superintendent, shared the ways the Southwest District has been answering the call to love boldly. Open Heart UMC has been reaching youth and struggling families through service. Miller UMC feeds those in need and coordinates with Feeding South Dakota. Sturgis blesses a different business each month and partners with schools to support teachers and students. Gettysburg started a new service on Sunday nights.

Rev. Randy Cross, northeast district superintendent, shared ways the Northeast District is loving boldly. Aberdeen North Highland gives away winter clothes. Pembina UMC with 15 people raised funds to support feeding and supporting their communities in many ways. Clark UMC is remodeling to support a daycare center because a local one closed. Rev. Jason Mehring, Mission Fargo, was invited to share about his experiences about how he started a new ministry at Mission Fargo and asked for support from the conference.

Rev. Kermit Culver, northwest district superintendent, reflected that last year he said that after the Special Conference, the church of Jesus will be fine, and the United Methodist Church would be different. He shared about one of his pastors, who reassured Culver about his churches, which are growing, and the community bible studies and the young people who are being called to serve the Lord. That pastor, Rev. Warren Rhodes, McClusky/Goodrich/Chaseley, introduced Miguel Wolt who is discerning God’s call on his life.

Rev. Spahr moved to approve the closure of Hebron and Underwood. Seconded. Passed.

Thank You and Recognition Bishop Ough and Rev. Rebecca Trefz thanked everyone who has contributed to the success of the conference and hosted or served at it.

Rev. Peary Wilson, Edgemont/Pringle, offered a blessing over those who were chosen to serve as General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference delegates and reserve delegates.

A video was shared that told the impact the Samuel project has made on the lives of those in it.

Closing Worship with Communion Rev. Brandon Vetter, Bismarck Legacy UMC, preached on John 4:27-30, 39-42 with the theme of leading questionable lives for Jesus, going outside the norm to reach people to share the good news. Communion was served to conference attendees.

Fixing of Appointments

Bishop Ough fixed the appointments as read by district superintendents Reverends Randy Cross, northeast district superintendent, Roger Spahr, southeast district superintendent, Kevin Kloster, southwest district superintendent, and Kermit Culver, northwest district superintendent.

Special Offering was taken to support Conference Youth Mission trip to Kansas City.

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With no other business to come before the conference, Bishop Ough closed the conference with prayer.

Excused Absences: Peder Anderson Greg Kroger Val Rush Dale Emery David Mack Ray Sherwood Travis Finke Gwen Mader Roger A. Smith Jo Flesner Shelly Matthews Carli Steffes Bill Gran Pat Mersch Dick Unkenholz Randy Harwood Sara Nelson Jeff Vore David Heetland Randal Phillips Gary Walters Bill Hoffman Leisa Richards Lou Whitmer Justin Iverson Ross Reinhiller Chang Yi

GCSRQ monitor report—Rev. Melissa Gall

6-6-19: Presenters—F-11, M-9; Clergy-8, Lay-12; REP-1; White-19; Y/YA-2; OA-2 6-7-19: Presenters—F-7, M-9; Clergy-4, Lay-11; White-16; Y/YA-4

Discussion—F-4, M-10; Clergy-7, Lay-7; White-14; OA-8 6-8-19: Presenters—F-10, M-7; Clergy-8, Lay-9; White-17; Y/YA-5; OA-6

Discussions—F-3, M-10; Clergy-9, Lay-4; White-13; Y/YA-1; OA-3 F: Female, M:Male, REP: Racial Ethnic Person, Y/YA: Youth/Young Adult, OA: Older Adult

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Harry Denman Awards for Evangelism The Denman awards honor United Methodist clergy, laity and youth in each annual conference who have exhibited outstanding efforts in Wesleyan evangelism by faithfully carrying out the mission of “making disciples of Jesus Christ.”

The following awards were presented at the Dakotas Annual Conference June 6-8, 2019.

Top left photo—The Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and The Foundation for Evangelism presented the 2019 Harry Denman Evangelism Clergy and Lay Awards to Pastor Jim and Kathy Konsor.

Jim and Kathy founded and led the Bakken Oil Rush Ministry at Watford City from 2013-2019.

Second from the top, left photo—The Harry Denman Award for Evangelism for Youth was presented to Andrea Hult, a member of Brookings First United Methodist Church, Brookings, SD. Andrea just completed her term as the president of the Dakotas Conference Council on Youth Ministries and will enroll at Dakota Wesleyan University in the Fall.

Youth Awards Third from the top, left, photo—CCYM President, Andrea Hult, presented the Youth Worker Hall of Fame award to Rev. Paul Lint, Wesley Acres Camp.

Bottom left photo—he Darrel Leach Youth Worker of the Year award was presented to Jerry Simmons of Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC.

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LEGISLATION Organizational Resolutions for Dakotas Annual Conference 26th Session 1. The online agenda is the official agenda. Adjustments are made throughout the session as necessary.

All requests for additional items to be placed on the agenda shall be given to the agenda coordinator, Duane Coates.

2. There will be seating assigned on the conference floor for clergy and lay members of Annual Conference. There is also a designated area for guests and visitors.

3. The boundaries of the Annual Conference shall be the round tables marked for clergy and lay members. Voting members only are to be seated in this area. During Plenary Sessions all non-voting persons, including spouses of clergy and lay members, are to be seated in the area designated for visitors.

Exceptions shall be made for lay representatives from non-chartered new church starts, Elisha and Samuel Project interns (who are not lay members), new clergy who will be beginning their appointment on or before July 1, 2019, and special guests of the Bishop. These persons shall not have voice or vote.

4. The District Superintendents shall receive and relay to the presiding officer all requests of members to be excused from the Annual Conference Session. Those names will be printed in the journal.

5. Requests for personal points of privilege shall be submitted to the agenda coordinator.

6. The following persons shall be given the privilege of voice and vote on the Conference floor: i. Clergy persons related to other annual conferences or denominations but who serve United Methodist churches or who are affiliate members of the Dakotas Conference. Such clergy shall be granted the same rights and privileges as associate members of the annual conference. ii. Laypersons who are members of United Methodist churches or who are affiliate members of the Dakotas Conference. iii. Associate Members of the annual conference.

7. Retired clergy persons who have served churches of the Dakotas Conference but who are members of other annual conferences shall have privilege of the floor without vote.

8. Announcements shall be written legibly and submitted to the registration desk.

9. All reports from conference and other related agencies are published in the conference workbook.

Advance permission must be secured from the agenda coordinator before any other printed materials may be distributed.

10. The consent calendar shall be those items listed on the consent calendar Section 2 of the conference workbook. Requests to lift an item from the consent calendar must be submitted, in writing and have the signatures of 15 voting members, to the conference secretary by noon on Friday. A petition form to remove an item from the consent calendar is available at the registration desk.

11. Lay and clergy members shall confirm directory information for journal records. Any changes in directory information for laity, clergy, or church can be made at the registration desk.

12. If there are proposed changes in any form to the legislation, such as amendments, they must be submitted in writing to the conference secretary, using the strike through feature for removing information from the legislation and underlining new items that are being placed in proposed legislation.

13. To be recognized during plenary, you must move to a microphone. Select a card hanging from the microphone that represents your position on the item being considered—green card is an affirmative position, red card is a negative position, white card is a question

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14. When you are speaking, please state your name, church or organization and relationship to the body— “Sally Jones, Sioux Falls First UMC, lay member.” You will have three minutes to speak.

Annual Conference site proposal 2021-2024 In preparation for the next quadrennium, the Sessions Committee recommends annual conference locations for the years 2021-2024. At the Annual Conference 2016 it was decided to alternate between two locations Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Bismarck, North Dakota, for the years 2017-2020. Previous to 2017, the practice was to schedule annual conference in a different location each year, according to districts.

The decision in 2016 was, in part, connected to moving away from the traditional ballroom setting in a hotel to accessing an event center that can accommodate the rising technological demands of the plenary and worship production. This change fulfilled five main criteria that were voted on by clergy at the fall leadership event 2015: 1.

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Large open and flexible space for plenary sessions Space that allows for use of multimedia technology Adequate and easily accessible space for workshops, clergy session and various luncheons Cohesive space that flows and keeps the event in one area Adequate bathroom facilities

Consequently, the 2017 Annual Conference took place at the Bismarck Event Center and the 2018 Annual Conference was held at the Sanford Event Center in Sioux Falls. The 2019 Annual Conference will take place in Bismarck and the 2020 Annual Conference will take place in Sioux Falls.

The post-event evaluations affirmed the importance of sufficient space in the plenary and worship area, as well as the easy access to the surrounding meeting room spaces. This convenience led to another positive change in 2018, lunch was provided on Thursday and Friday for all registered attendees in buffet style. The availability of lunch for all attendees on site, allowed for the use of lunch time for fellowship, participating in one of the lunch and learn sessions, or attending one of the various special luncheons that were scheduled. The change was made possible because of the availability of space in the event center setting. This criterion was added to the search.

The same criteria, plus space for lunches, were again applied during the search for annual conference locations for the next quadrennium 2021-2024. Members of the Sessions Committee conducted site visits to Fargo and Rapid City as alternative locations to Bismarck and Sioux Falls.

Other sites considered included Jamestown, North Dakota, and Watertown, South Dakota. However, site visits were not conducted as Jamestown and Watertown both failed to meet the criteria. In general, the event space is either outdated (Jamestown) or too tight (Watertown) to comply with size and needs of our group. Also, the newer, smaller locations that we had not considered in 2015 such as Aberdeen (DEC Center) and Mitchell (Highland Conference Center) were immediately disqualified because of their space limitations as well.

THEREFORE, the Sessions Committee recommends that: Annual Conferences for 2021-2024 will be held at the same two locations as in the previous quadrennium as follows: 2021 and 2023 in Bismarck, North Dakota at the Bismarck Event Center 2022 and 2024 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the Sanford Event Center WHEREAS, rotating to each district would provide a level of geographic “fairness,” it would reduce the quality of the event due to facility limitations in Fargo and Rapid City. Additionally, it may have financial and logistical effects on contract negotiations of working with a venue only every four years versus every two.

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Resolution regarding LGBTQ persons We the members of the Dakotas Annual Conference, come together today in love with God and each other. We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide us to embrace diversity and differences of opinion, while liberating individual members to be fully themselves before God. With that in mind: We affirm the sacred worth of all persons, including our LGBTQ siblings, celebrate their gifts, and commit to being in ministry with them. And therefore, We will work to eliminate all discriminatory language, restrictions, and penalties in the Discipline regarding LGBTQ persons.

Submitted by Richard Wahlstrom Canyon Lake United Methodist Church Rapid City, South Dakota

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CONSENT CALENDAR Cabinet Resolutions 1. WHEREAS the following congregations have voted to recommend dissolution as a United Methodist congregation; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that these congregations be recognized with thanks to God for their faithful service, and that they be officially discontinued under the provisions of The Book of Discipline, paragraph 2549 by the Dakotas Annual Conference: Northeast: Cavalier First Northwest: Mohall Southeast: Mt. Vernon Southwest: 2. THAT July 1, 2019, be designated as the beginning of all new appointments for 2019-2020, unless prior arrangements have been made. The moving pastor’s current charge shall pay the compensation, health, pension and other benefits through June 30, 2019.

3. THAT the moving schedule be flexible enough to consider the need of the pastors and the families, and that the parish would have sufficient time to prepare the parsonage for the arrival of the incoming pastor. Moves shall be scheduled to occur between June 15 and July 15. If a move is scheduled to happen prior to the last Sunday in June, compensation shall still be paid by the current charge through the end of the month.

4. THAT both congregations and pastors be sensitive and respectful as to the transition of pastoral leadership in a charge. Negotiations between the Staff-Parish Relations chair, and the incoming and outgoing pastor as to first Sunday and care for priestly functions shall be done on a case-by-case basis. July 1 shall be the start date for all incoming pastors unless other arrangements have been made.

5. THAT consideration be given by the congregation to the incoming pastor to have his/her first Sunday serve as a welcoming Sunday, and that formal preaching and worship leadership responsibilities begin the following Sunday.

Equitable Compensation Calculation The purpose of Equitable Compensation is to work with the District Superintendents in the effort to support congregations as they strive to become viable (Rule 1.4). This is done by A) providing salary support grants to churches/ charges served by a full-time United Methodist pastor and B) making an annual recommendation of the minimum compensation needed by pastors to allow them to focus their efforts on the ministry instead of seeking secondary employment.

ANNUAL RECOMMENDATION OF MINIMUM COMPENSATION The Base Cash Salary for each year: 65% of the Conference Average Compensation for Full Connection Clergy; 62% of the Conference Average Compensation for Less than Full Connection Clergy.

The Base Cash Salary for both clergy groups listed in paragraph #1 shall include any personal tax deferred annuities, personal IRA’s paid by the local church, or personal pension plan in addition to the recommended contribution to the Pension program (UMPIP).

The pastor shall receive the following in addition to minimum compensation. A) Pension Program Contribution (UMPIP) equal to 3% of the Denominational Average Compensation; B) Continuing Education allowance (minimum of $150); C) Travel Allowance by voucher at the current IRS rate; D) Utilities paid in full (minimum of heat, electricity, local phone service, water, garbage service, and internet); E) Accountable Reimbursement Plan (minimum of $500).

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SALARY SUPPORT GRANTS The following requests will be considered: Strategic Appointment Grant – Available when a new appointment results in significantly increased costs to the church/charge. These increased costs will be so burdensome that it is unlikely that the Church/Charge will have adequate resources available to take the necessary steps to becoming viable without outside assistance. The purpose of this grant is to assist the church/charge in its transition to being able to fully support the newly appointed pastor. The Church/Charge shall provide monthly written status reports to the District Superintendent and Conference Treasurer.

Status reports shall at a minimum report progress towards benchmarks.

Discernment Grant – Available when a Church/Charge has declined in its ability to support a full-time United Methodist pastor to the point where it is unlikely to be able to provide the recommended minimum compensation. The purpose of this grant is to provide time for the Church/Charge and District Superintendent to evaluate the viability of the congregation and decide upon a ministry plan that is appropriate for the Church/Charge. The District Superintendent shall provide a report on the viability and the ministry plan at the next Equitable Compensation meeting.

Depending on the ministry plan adopted by the District Superintendent and the Church/Charge, it may be appropriate for the Church/Charge to provide monthly written status reports to the District Superintendent and Conference Treasurer.

Emergency Grant – Available when a Church/Charge provides evidence that they will not be able to provide their fulltime United Methodist pastor with the recommended minimum compensation. The purpose of this grant is to ensure that the pastor is properly cared for.

Churches/Charges shall pay their apportionments in full during the years they receive salary support grant payments.

Churches/Charges that do not comply with this shall not be considered for a Salary Support Grant the following year with the exception of Emergency Grants.

The maximum amount to be paid for Strategic Appointment Grants and Discernment Grants shall be $5,400 annually. Grant payments to Churches/Charges shall be made monthly. A Church/Charge shall not receive Salary Support Grant payments for more than 36 consecutive months.

Salary Support Grant requests shall be submitted in writing to the District Superintendent and the Conference Treasurer. In order for Salary Support Grant payments to continue into a new calendar year, the written request must be updated and resubmitted.

The Churches/Charges receiving support will be listed in the Conference Journal.

Equitable Compensation Calculation: The Commission calculates the Equitable Compensation amount based on the Conference Average Compensation. See calculations below: Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Full Connection Clergy 67,573 x 65% = 43,922 66,035 x 65% = 42,923 63,616 x 65% = 41,350 62,799 x 65% = 40,819 61,169 x 65% = 39,760

Less than Full Connection Clergy 67,573 x 62% = 41,895 66,035 x 62% = 40,942 63,616 x 62% = 39,442 62,799 x 62% = 38,935 61,169 x 62% = 37,925

The charges which received Equitable Compensation support in 2018 were: Bottineau, Burke/Herrrick, Jamestown Regional Parish, Kindred/Walcott, Lisbon/Enderlin, Murdo/Draper, Prairie View, Presho/Kennebec/Reliance, and Williston

Housing/Parsonage Allowance for Ordained or Licensed Conference Staff and District Superintendents WHEREAS, section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code permits a minister of the gospel to exclude from gross income the rental value of a parsonage furnished to the minister; WHEREAS, a minister is also allowed to exclude from gross income the amount paid to him/her as a properly desig28

nated parsonage allowance to the extent used for actual expenses incurred in maintaining a parsonage; WHEREAS, a minister is also allowed to exclude from gross income the amount paid to him/her in lieu of a parsonage when properly designated as a housing allowance to the extent used for actual housing expenses not to exceed the fair rental value of the home (including furnishing and appurtenances such as a garage, plus the cost of utilities); WHEREAS the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is the qualified organization for the designation of housing and parsonage allowances for all ordained or licensed persons who serve as District Superintendents, as paid officers of the conference or as members of the conference staff; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that of the cash salary paid to the following persons the following housing exclusions are hereby designated for the calendar year 2020 and for all future years unless otherwise provided: • • • • • • • •

Dakotas-Minnesota Area Director of New Church Development - $33,500 Executive Director of Ministries- $25,000 Fargo Area new church start pastor - $5,000 Northeast District Superintendent - $30,000 Northwest District Superintendent - $8,800 Southeast District Superintendent- $30,000 Spirit Lake Ministry Director - $7,000 Wesley Acres Camp Director - $7,000

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in addition to cash salary, the following person(s) will be paid the following amount instead of being furnished a parsonage in which to live, and this additional amount is hereby designated as a housing allowance for the calendar year 2020 and all future years unless otherwise provided: • • • •

Executive Director of Ministries - $20,335 Fargo area new church start pastor - $10,235 Northeast District Superintendent - $20,335 Southeast District Superintendent- $20,335

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, during the interim between meetings, the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church authorizes the Conference Human Resources Committee to designate housing and parsonage allowances in accordance with section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code. Such designations are to be recorded in the official minutes of that Committee.

Pensions & Health Actions of the 2019 Annual Conference The Budget: The Board recommends that the 2020 Board of Pensions Budget be adopted as proposed in the 2020 budget.

Resolution relating to rental/housing allowances for active, retired, disabled, or former clergy persons of the Dakotas Conference found in the 2018 Jounral, p. 32“Consent Calendar” section of the 2018 Journal, the Board recommends adoption of the same resolutions for calendar year 2020.

Submitted by Leana Stunes, Conference Benefits Officer

Affirmation of reports of the agencies, boards and committees for 2019 WHEREAS the Conference Secretary has called for each agency, board and committee of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church that performed duties throughout 2018-2019 as requested by the membership of the conference and 25th session: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the reports submitted by such agencies, boards and committees are affirmed as listed in Section 4.

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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Held in Bismarck, North Dakota From June 6 through June 8, 2019 Bishop Bruce R. Ough Presiding Date when organized: January 1, 1994 Number of this session: Twenty-sixth

PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 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 Conference (¶2512) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)

Chair person Bob Ruedebusch Val Reinhiller Elaine Roberts

Mailing Address

Phone Number

401 S Spring Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57104 325 9th St E Williston, ND 58801 2204 E 1st St Sioux Falls, SD 57103

O: 605-336-3652 C: 605-484-1502 O: 701-572-7694 C: 701-426-5456

Dennis Holm

PO Box 68, Cresbard, SD 57435

Jennifer Larsen Stephen Perry

404 N Linwood Ct Sioux Falls, SD 57103 2200 N 2nd Ave #106 Anoka, MN 55303

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Email pastorbob@sfumc.org vreinhiller@msn.com

605-331-5788

ejroberts@sio.midco.net

605-324-3674

djh@venturecomm.net

605-359-6682

jlarsen@hwalaw.com

C: 605-450-5400 H: 763-427-6080

historian@centurylink.net

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): Conference Agency Extending General Board of Missional Church and Society Impact Link Developing General Board of Missional Discipleship Leaders Extending General Board of Missional Global Ministries Impact Link Developing Higher Education and Missional Campus Ministry Leaders Link General Commission Commission on Archives and on Archives and History History General Commission Extending on Christian Unity Missional and Inter-religious Impact Link Concerns Developing General Commission Missional on Religion and Race Leaders Link General Commission Developing on the Status and Role Missional of Women Leaders Link Extending United Methodist Missional Communications Impact Link General Agency

Chair person

Mailing Address

Phone Number

Email

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

ronolson58@

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Duane Coates

101 4th Ave N. Hettinger, ND 58639

O: 701-567-2964 C: 605-695-5561

dcoates70@ yahoo.com

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

ronolson58@ gmail.com

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

gmail.com bkferris05@ msn.com ronolson58@ gmail.com

ronolson58@ gmail.com

c)Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions: General Agency Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657) Disability Concerns (¶653) Equitable Compensation (¶625) Laity(¶631) Native American Ministry (¶654) Small Membership Church (¶645)

Name of Agency Developing Missional Leaders Link Extending Missional Impact Link Generating Missional Resources Link Developing Missional Leaders Link Extending Missional Impact Link Developing Missional Leaders Link

Chair person

Mailing Address

Phone Number

Email

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

ronolson58@ gmail.com

3507 Westridge Rd, Rapid Barry City, SD 57702 Whipkey

O: 605-342-4498 C: 605-270-2332

pastorbarry55@ gmail.com

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

ronolson58@ gmail.com

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

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d)

Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations.

Name of Agency

Chair person

Mailing Address

Phone Number

Email

Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)

Marsha Timm

21645 485th Ave Elkton, SD 57026

C: 605-542-2241

edmatimm@ yahoo.com

Extending Conference United Missional Methodist Men (¶648) Impact Link

Ron Olson

2100 S Alpine Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57110

O: 605-297-4910 C: 701-440-1102

ronolson58@ gmail.com

CCYM

Jeff Lathrop

1371 S 38th St Grand Forks, ND 58201

O: 701-772-1869 C: 605-682-9447

jeff.lathrop@ midconetwork.com

Developing Missional Leaders Link

Beata Ferris

2540 Kingsway Rd, Pierre, SD 57501

C: 605-222-8284

bkferris05@ msn.com

Organization

Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649) Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)

e) Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no.

(1) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? Yes (2) Committees on District Superintendence (¶669)? Yes (3) 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

Sheilah Dailie

Human Resources

Barry Whipkey

Mailing Address 47533 152nd St Milbank, SD 57252 3507 Westridge Rd. Rapid City SD 57702

Phone Number P:605-949-0660 C: 605-270-2332

Email skdailie@ gmail.com pastorbarry55@ gmail.com

Committee on Nominations Extended Cabinet Camping and Retreat Ministry Records, Rules and Procedures

Bishop Ough Nicole Anderson Rebecca Trefz

Disaster Response

Rick Craig

Sessions

Kay Braun

Journal Editorial

Rebecca Trefz

Resolutions and General Conference Petitions

Rebecca Trefz

PO Box 460 Mitchell, SD 57301 806 Valley View Dr Vermillion, SD 57069 PO Box 460 Mitchell, SD 57301 PO Box 212 Cando, ND 58324 607 Hackberry Dr. S, Fargo, ND 58104 PO Box 460 Mitchell, SD 57301 PO Box 460 Mitchell, SD 57301

O: 612-230-3334 O: 605-624-2179 O: 605-996-6552 O: 701-968-3361 C: 701-329-1810 C: 701-232-1915 O: 605-996-6552 O: 605-996-6552

bishop@ dkmnareaumc.org nianders.89@ gmail.com rebecca.trefz@ dakotasumc.org imrickcraig@ icloud.com braunk@ cableone.net rebecca.trefz@ dakotasumc.org rebecca.trefz@ dakotasumc.org

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.)

9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? $43,922 for full-connection clergy; $41,895 for less than Full. UMPIP contribution: $2,179

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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)? $761,504 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)? $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)? $0 c) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year?

1) For the Ministerial Education Fund?............................................................

2) For the Black College Fund?.........................................................................

3) For the Africa University Fund?....................................................................

4) For the Episcopal Fund?...............................................................................

5) For the General Administration Fund?..........................................................

6) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund?...........................................

7) For the World Service Fund?..........................................................................

$175,399 $69,965 $15,658 $153,789 $61,664 $13,717 $519,311

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 Myrna Hill, 2408 Fox Rd, Sturgis, SD 57785 b) Associate conference lay leader: n/a c) District and associate district lay leaders: Northeast: Steve Schlasner, Don Fox Southwest: Richard Wahlstrom, Julia Jones Southeast: Nancy Hallenbeck, Val Melmer Northwest: Barb Owen, Annie Carlson 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

005866

Fargo - First African UMC

Northeast

No number available

Fargo – Mission to Fargo

Northeast

Mailing Address 4575 45th St S Fargo, ND 58104

Phone

Date

701-232-5650

July 2015

507-259-0970

Jan. 2019

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

Parent Church Sioux Falls Embrace

District

540972

Embrace - Online

540972

Embrace - Tea

Sioux Falls Embrace

Southeast

540972

Embrace - Sertoma

Sioux Falls Embrace

Southeast

Southeast

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Mailing Address 2800 E 57th St.

Sioux Falls, SD 57108 2800 E 57th St. Sioux Falls, SD 57108 2800 E 57th St Sioux Falls, SD 57108

Date Launched Jan 2014 April 2014 Sept 2016

No number available No number available

McCabe – Celebrate Grace Legacy – South

Bismarck McCabe Bismarck Legacy

1200 Durango Dr Bismarck, ND 58503

Northwest

Feb 2019

Northwest

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 GCFA Number

District

Name of First Church

GCFA Number

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

N/A

(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination) GCFA Number

District

Name of First Church

GCFA Number

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 005855

Church Name The Bridge

District Southeast

Location Box Elder, SD

Date Closed Jan 2019

District

Location

Date Closed

District Northeast Southeast

Location Watertown, SD Sioux Falls, SD

Date Closed March 3, 2019 Sept. 2, 2018

District Northeast Northwest Northwest Southeast Northwest

Location Cavalier Hebron Mohall Mt. Vernon Underwood

Date Closed 2019 2018 2019 2019 2019

(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) GCFA Number N/A

(3)

Church Name

Satellite Congregation

GCFA Number 540356 No number available

Church Name Watertown Encounter Embrace Downtown

(4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) GCFA Number 540323 542674 542025 547585 543463

Church Name Cavalier First Hebron Mohall Mt. Vernon Underwood

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

Former Name

547541

Mitchell First

545303

Aurora

New Name Mitchell Downtown First Aurora Impact

Address 310 N Rowley St Mitchell, SD 57301 201 Pine St Aurora, SD 57002

District Southeast Southeast

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

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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 999498

Name Beach Community Carrington Ellendale Grafton

District Northwest Northwest Northwest Northeast

Other Denomination(s) UCC UCC PC-USA PC-USA

540700

Hillsboro

Northeast

UCC

548784

Hot Springs

Southwest

PC-USA, AB

999487

Park River

Northeast

PC-USA

549004

Philip

Southwest

PC-USA

549243

Timber Lake

Southwest

ELCA, AB

548124

Woonsocket

Southeast

ELCA

GCFA 541420 546967 548603 999818 547324 547483

Name Bottineau Canistota Edgemont Elk Point Garretson Kimball Protestant Parish

Other Denomination(s) PC-USA PC-USA UCC UCC UCC ELCA, PC-USA

542220 546546

Rugby Emmanuel Tulare

District Northwest Southeast Southwest Southeast Southeast Southeast Northwest Southeast

Name

District

Other Denomination(s)

b) Union Church

PC-USA UCC

c) Merged Church GCFA Number N/A

d)Yoked Parish GCFA 548000

Name Alpena UMC, Alpena UCC, Wessington Springs

District Southeast

Other UCC

545267

Arlington UMC, Lake Preston UMC, Lake Preston UCC

Southeast

UCC

548443

Camp Crook UMC, Buffalo UCC

Southwest

UCC

548603

Edgemont United, Pringle UMC

Southwest

UCC

542275

Elgin UMC, Ebenezer UCC Elkton United/Elkton UCC 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

999487 549004 549243

Park River Federated, Fordville PC-USA Philip Federated, Interior PC-USA Timber Lake Federated, Isabell UCC

Northwest Southeast Southwest Northeast Northeast Northwest Northeast Northeast Northeast Northeast Southwest Southwest

UCC

545688 548682 999498 542696 541908 5480824 546147 540881 / 224162

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UCC PC-USA PC-USA ELCA ELCA PC-USA UCC PC-USA PC-USA PC-USA ELCA, UCC, AB

16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? o Cavalier Trinity (542116)/Cavalier First (540323) is now Cavalier Trinity/St. Thomas (541021) in the Northeast District. o St. Thomas left the St. Thomas/ Drayton (540403)/Pembina (541008)/Humboldt MN (642923) [Upper Red River Valley Parish] in the Northeast District. o Parker (547448)/Hurley (547621) in the Southeast District is now the two separate charges of Parker and Hurley. o Ellendale United UMC/PCUSA in the Northwest District is now part of the Luke 10 team along with the Edgeley/Ashley/Lehr charge in the Northwest District.

PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (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, Michelle Brennan, Dean Trapp, Sara McManus, Tom Dravland 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 Natalie Buck Christine Cappetta Chris Chase Sandee Cole Rey Colon Brian Gregg Julie Gregg John Hale Chris Haugan Geoff Hilton Rodney Knock Jason Mehring Tiffany Ortman Teresa Person Joleen Pietrzak Alyssa Quade Brian Rock

District Northeast Southeast Northwest Northeast Southeast Southeast Southeast Southwest Southeast Northwest Southeast Northeast Southeast Southeast Southeast Northwest Southeast

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Date Certified 2017 2019 2019 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2015 2019 2019 2019 2018 2018 2019 2015 2019

Dillan Sterud Abednego Thomas Kara Togel Travis Voeltz Brenda Wicks Josh Wilprecht

Southeast Northeast Southwest Northwest Southeast Southeast

2018 2014 2018 2019 2019 2018

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

Sarah Beth Green Suzie (Grote) Larson

Minnesota Iowa

2014 2003

2019 2019

Arlene Jackson

Florida

2015

March 2016

c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?

Name Thomas Carlson Nancy Ellis Barry Hoag Joddy Meidinger Dan Weigl

District Northwest Prairie Hills Eastern Sunrise Northwest Northwest

Date Certified 2014 2015 2014 2012 2014

Dan Weigel

Northwest

2014

Date Discontinued 2019 October 2016 2017 2019 2019 2019

(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 parttime 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 Kathy Hammond Dave DeVries

District Northwest Southeast

Year Last Licensed 2016 2017

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 Quaya Ackerman *Ken Ballard *Derek Baum *John Britt Jason Christensen *Rick Craig Brandon Dunham Andy Early Veronica Fleming *Mike Flowers John Hale

First Year License Awarded 2017 2006 2009 2012 2018 2004 2018 2017 2017 2011 2019

Years Completed with Course of Study SFS-Kairos *Completed 2005 *MDIV 2011 *Completed 2018 *Completed 2009 SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos *Completed 2018 Asbury Theological

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Randy Hedge Geoff Hilton

2017 2019 (Contingent on successful completion of the

SFS-Kairos

next licensing school and a clean psychological assessment and background check.)

Delton Wayne Huber, Jr 2005 (2011 PL to FL) *Completed 2016 *Laurie Kidd 2005 *Completed 2010 2019 (Contingent on successful completion of next Rodney Knock licensing school)

*Kris Larson Molly Leger *Manuel Loaeza Paul Manson Sandra Marquardt *Sharla McCaskell Charlie Moore Matthew Morrison

1997 2018 2017 2017 2013 2004 2015 (2017 PL to FL) 2013

Kenneth Mund

2006 (2017 PL to FL)

*Joleen Pietrzak

2019

Brett Roes

2018

Derek Runge *Marlin Sapp Justin Schnackenberg *Michele Slott Jerry Stravia IV Cory Thrall *Mark Turner *Rodney Ulmer Mike Waldrop Teresa Whetsel *Barry Whipkey

2018 2007 2011 (2016 PL to FL) 2018 2017 (2019 PL to FL) 2014 2006 2001 (Ext. approved by BOM) 2017 2013 2004

*Completed 2005 *MDIV 2000 SFS-Kairos 10 modules *Completed 2010 SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos 18 modules (2018 extension granted) *MDIV 2018 10 modules COS 4 modules ACOS SFS-Kairos *Completed 2014 11 Modules MDIV. 2019 SFS-Kairos 11 modules *MDIV 2013 *Completed 2014 SFS - Kairos SFS - Kairos *Completed 2010

b) Part-time local pastors? (Âś318.2) (Fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) Name

First Year License Awarded

Richard Andrus

2017

Fraction of full time to be served 3/4

Christine Cappetta

2018

1/2

Chris Chase

2019 (Contingent on successful completion of the next licensing school and a clean psychological assessment and background check.)

3/4

Rey Colon Jerry Densmore Don Dinger Doug Duncan Connie Eichinger Corey Enfield Travis Finke Brenda Goodman *Brian Gregg *Julie Gregg Andrew Gross *Darla Hadrick Randy Harwood

2018 2015 2007 2017 2012 2017 2017 2018 2019 2019 2017 2017 2014

3/4 1/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 1/2

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Years Completed with Course of Study SFS-Kairos

4 modules SFS - Kairos 9 modules SFS - Kairos

*M.Div. 2000 *M.Div. 2000 *M.Div. 2015 SFS - Kairos

Justin Jenness Susan Jennys Gary Johnson Taylor Johnson Paul Kimball Zach Kingery Donna Kuper Jason Martens Jason Mehring Jeffrey Neuberger Brian Rock Judy Sayler *Charles Smith Raenelle Sorensen Holly Sortland *Carli Steffes Kippy Udehn *Don Vanderlip Travis Voeltz Jeff Vore Austin Walker Travis Waltner Brenda Wicks Krista Wisener

2017 2008 2019 2015 2015 2018 2018 2018 2019 2018 2019 (Contingent on successful completion

3/4 3/4 1/2 3/4 3/4 3/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4

2014 2017 2008 2014 2018 2016 2016 2019 2011 2013 2014 2019 (Contingent on successful completion

3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4

2018

1/4

9 modules Retired LLP SFS-Kairos SFS--Kairos

SFS-Kairos Asbury Theological

of next licensing school)

of next licensing school)

9 modules *M.Div. 2007 16 modules SFS – Kairos *M.Div. 2004 SFS-Kairos *M.Div. 2009 6 modules SFS-Kairos SFS-Kairos

1/4

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

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 N/A

First Year License Awarded

Years Completed in Course of Study

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 Thomas Carlson Chris Haugan Joddy Meidinger Alyssa Quade Abednego Thomas Dan Weigel

Date discontinued 02/2019 03/2019 2019 04/2019 01/2019 2019

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

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(¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.) a) Annual Conferences Name John Roberts

Clergy Status RE-LTFT

Home Conference 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 Steven Anderson Charles Asche David Bambas Robin Dill Paul Gunderson Martha HarriSon Lorah Houser-Jankord Ben Ingebretson *Daren Junker Barb Koenig Rick Loewen *Warren Maxted John Pehrson *Karen Sherin *Kenneth Sherin *Ron Snethen *John Werth

Clergy Status OF OF OL OF OL OF OL OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF

Denomination EC (Evangelical Covenant) EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church) UCC (United Church of Christ) PC USA (Presbyterian Church) ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) UCC (United Church of Christ) Reformed AB (American Baptist) UCC (United Church of Christ) CCCC (Conservative Congregational Christian Conference) AOG (Assemblies of God) PC-USA (Presbyterian) CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) NAZ (Nazarene) EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church)

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

b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) Name N/A

Member Conference/Denomination

First Year of Affiliation

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

28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4, 324, 325)

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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 Jeff Lathrop Jennifer McDonald Jeanne Sortland

Seminary

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 *Janice Antrim *Martin Avery *Jo Flesner *Valerie Hummel LaBounty *Henry Jenkins *Autumn Krueger *Seth LaBounty *Jordan Louks *Walter Jay Moon *Thomas Sumers

Clergy Status (PD or PE) PE PE PD PE PE PE PE PE PD PE

Date and Seminary 2017 2015 2014 2017 2012 2017 2015 2018 2012 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

Clergy Status (PD or PE) Original Year of Membership

Previous Conference or Denomination

N/A

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.

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

Date Received

Former Denomination

b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v) Name N/A

Clergy Status (FL or PL)

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):

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a)Deacons Name Melissa Gall Joy Tracy Luke Smith

b) Elders Name Nicole Anderson Juwle Nagbe Mark Tracy

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 Melissa Gall Luke Smith Joy Tracy

Seminary G-ETS SFS SFS

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 Nicole Anderson Juwle Nagbe Mark Tracy

Seminary Garret-Evangelical Duke Divinity Sioux Falls Seminary

b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4) Name NA

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) Name N/A

Clergy Status

Previous Conference

Date of Transfer

39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)

Name N/A

Clergy Status

Previous Methodist Denomination

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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)?

(1) This year? (v) Name N/A

Clergy Status

Charge Conference Membership

Date Effective

(2) Previously?

Name Mary Ann Bernard-FE Perry Kimble-FE Russell Whaley -FE

Year Originally Granted 1998 1996 2014

Charge Conference Membership

Year of Most Recent Report

Bismarck-Legacy Grand Forks-Wesley

b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and appointment.)

Name N/A

Appointment

Year Originally Granted Location

c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)?

(1) This year? (v) Name N/A

Date Effective

Charge Conference Membership

(2) Ad Interim Administrative Location? (v) Name N/A

Date Effective

Charge Conference Membership

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(3) Previously?

Name N/A

Year Originally Placed

Charge Conference Membership

Year of Most Recent Report

44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3)? a) This year? (v) Name Elmer Brinkman Stanley Haidle Linda Renaud

Clergy Status FE FE FE

Year Honorable Location Originally Granted 1977 2002 2010

Charge Conference Membership Watertown First Mitchell Downtown First Huron First

b)Previously Name Anne Geschwinder John Jarman Daniel Rice Joel Rickenbach Robert Wall

Clergy Status RE RE FE FE RE

Year Honorable Location Originally Granted 1986 1992 1977 1974 2002

Charge Conference N/A Fargo Faith Grand Forks Wesley Prairie View Rapid City First

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 Cody J. Schuler

Date Effective 2/26/2019

Prior Clergy Status FE

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

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Date of Death

Retired: Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.)

Active: Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Retired: Name N/A

c) What elders have died during the year?

Active: Name Michael Ward

Date of Birth

Date of Death

09/04/1957

03/14/2019

Date of Birth 06/27/1916 08/26/1926 01/15/1951 12/27/1925 06/24/1927 03/10/1931 06/16/1934 6/18/1924

Date of Death 08/12/2018 9/11/2018 11/04/2018 12/17/2018 01/08/2019 03/16/2019 04/07/2019 5/17/2019

Retired: Name Grace E Huck David Knecht James Waisanen Minoru Tsukamoto Francis Kinzler Robert Roth Marilyn “Lyn” Nelson William Cascini

d) What deacons have died during the year?

Active: Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Retired:

e) What local pastors have died during the year?

Active: Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Name N/A

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Retired:

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 Rick Fossum Bill Hoffman Justin Iverson Autumn Krueger

Clergy Status FE FE FE FE RE FE FE PE

Conference Where Appointed Minnesota Minnesota Alaska Wisconsin Minnesota Minnesota Illinois Great Rivers Alaska

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Appointment 7/1/2017 7/1/2018 7/1/2015 7/1/2015 1/1/2016 7/1/2018 7/1/2017 7/1/2017

Rod Tkach Rich Zeck

FE FE

Holsten Minnesota

7/1/2014 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 Robert Duemig Mark Ehrmantraut

Clergy Status FE FE FE

Date Effective 7/21/2017 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Charge Conference

Date Effective 8/11/2014

Charge Conference

Date Effective 3/6/2019

Charge Conference

Clergy Status

Date Effective

Charge Conference

Clergy Status

Date Effective

Charge Conference

Date Effective

Charge Conference

Date Effective

Charge Conference

Date Effective

Charge Conference

(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3) Name Teri Johnson

Clergy Status FE

(3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v) Name Theta Miller

Clergy Status FE

(4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3) Name N/A

(5) Transitional (¶353.2c) Name N/A

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 Glen Sayler Howard Baird Matthew Richards

Clergy Status FE FE FE

Date Effective 1998 5/4/2017 1/30/2018

Charge Conference Hazen Grand Forks Wesley

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

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b) Previously?

Name N/A

Date Effective

Elders c) This year?

Name Gwen Mader John Price Dick Rinearson Perry Schnabel

Date Effective July 1, 2019 July 1, 2019 July 1, 2019 July 1, 2019

d) Previously?

Name Darrel J . Aleson Dennis E. Aleson Peder O. Anderson *David A. Andrews *Donald E. Andrews Gail L. Arnold 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 John R. Bushell Chet William Cataldo Roy B. Caudill *J. Edwin Coates Elizabeth “Beth” Conrad Smart Donald C. Crippen 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 *R. John Gibson

Date Effective 2011 2009 2014 2008 2007 2011 2017 2016 2013 2016 2013 2012 2018 2018 2011 1997 2016 2012 1989 2016 1990 2011 2015 2005 2010 2012 2014 1996 2005 2005 2008 2004 2006 2006 2000 2001 2018 2014 2015 2015 1995

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*Rodney R. Gist William Gran *Bruce C. Gray *Donald L. Greenough Eric Grinager Howard L. Grinager Edward Tom Haggar *Leonard K. Haggin Mina Hall Brian Hazard Rick Hazen *Gordon F. Higgins *John W. Hisel Mark Holland F. Eve Hook *John A. Jacoway Elizabeth Jassmann Massingill Linova L. Jennewein *Cameron W. 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 *Donald D. Lagge Iva Laudermith Thomas Edward Lavery Mary-Lee Lint *Phillip E. Lint *Glenn I. Lord *Richard A. Lutz *David E. Mack Deborah A. Mack Randy Maddox 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

1989 2016 1998 1991 2018 2012 2014 1996 2018 2018 2017 1997 2012 2017 2007 1996 2017 2001 1994 2013 2009 2006 2014 2012 2010 2009 2015 2009 2000 2017 2013 2015 2006 1994 2003 2000 2011 2018 2017 2018 2002 2018 1991 2017 2004 2002 2010 1999 2014 1998 1992 2017 2011 2016

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Susan K. O’Connell *Kenneth G. Oswald James D. Patrick *Edward E. Pease Kenrad V. Pederson *Russell M. Peirce E. Stephen Perry James B. Persons *Calvin L. Petersen Lucian F. Prohaska Gary W. Rae *Eldon H. Reich Warren Rhodes Sheila B. Richards Penelope J. Ritter Val Rush Sunandkumar D. Samuel *Arthur H. Scanson Perry Schnabel *Walter J. Schott *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 Marilyn Spurrell *K. James Stein Donna M. Stewart Gerald Alvin Stolp *R. Earl Stucke Richard Sykes Wayne L. Tieszen *James G. Towler *Richard A. Unkenholz Albartus Lee VanEssen *Gustav K. VanTassel Cori Waisanen Donald A. Watt *Warren L. Wenzel *A. Julian Wigen *Peary A. Wilson *Norman E. Winkelman *David C. Wu Peggy Ann Zerface

2013 2000 2008 2006 2015 1994 2014 2012 1998 2000 2011 2014 2016 2006 2010 2016 2013 2010 2019 1995 2000 2010 2005 2012 1997 1998 2004 1989 1999 2017 1995 1999 2013 1994 2000 2003 1994 1993 2013 1993 2014 2011 2001 2003 2006 1995 2005 2013

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)

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a) This year?

Name N/A

Date Effective July 1, 2018

b) 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 James Konsor David Severtson

Date Effective July 1, 2019 July 1, 2019

b) Previously?

Name Fern M. Bailey John Bergh Martha Brandt Larry N. Guenther Becky Holten Gary H. Johnson Marlyn Kuper Tom C Petersen Jan C. Price Melanie Reiners Grace C. Rhodes Raenelle Sorensen Rae L. Speiser

Date Effective 2013 2016 2018 2007 2018 2016 2001 2015 2012 2018 2012 2018 2011

57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference? a) By appointment category and conference relationship?

NOTES: (1) 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.

(2) 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.

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Deacons in Elders in Provisional Provisional Full Full Connection Connection Deacons Elders

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) On Transitional Leave (50a5) Retired (53, 54, 55)

Associate Members Part-time & Affiliate Members Full-time Local & Associate Local Pastors Pastors Members With Vote

4

56

0

8

1

37

37

2

xxxxxx

2

xxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

15

xxxxxx

0

0

1

2

xxxxxx

4

xxxxxx

1

0

0

0

xxxxxx

8

xxxxxx

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

0

8

0

1

0

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

0

4

0

0

0

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

0 0 0

1 0 3

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

0

0

0

0

0

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

0

146

0

0

3

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

2

11

4

38

40

Total Number, Clergy Members Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members

6

245

346

b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)

Categories

Clergy Demographics Deacons in Elders in Full Provisional Provisional Associate Members & Full Affiliate Members Connection Deacons Elders Connection with Vote Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male

Asian Black Hispanic Native American Pacific Islander White Multi-Racial Total Number, Clergy Members Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members*

Full time Local Pastors

Female

Male

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 5 0

4 1 0 0 1 175 3

0 0 0 0 0 61 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 4 1

0 0 0 0 0 5 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 1 0 0 28 0

1

5

184

61

1

1

6

5

2

2

346

51

29

Part–time Local Pastors

Female Male Female

0 0 0 0 0 8 1

0 0 1 0 0 25 0

1 0 0 0 0 13 0

9

26

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PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY

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

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 (¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63.Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 267, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district) Name Pam Karlen Janet Madsen Laura Nordlund Justin Trent Richard Wahlstrom Blaine Wilson

District Southeast Southwest Southeast Southwest Southwest Southeast

PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 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

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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

Date of Birth

Date of Death

b) 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

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

Date Effective

b) Previously?

Name Pat Unkenholz

Date Effective 7/1/1993

PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS

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 one-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v ¾): Name Deann Eidem Jennifer Hallenbeck-Orr Ron Olson Rick Pittenger Tim Vorlage

Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC ½-time, 7th year Bismarck McCabe ¾ time, 3rd year Hurley ¾-time, 2nd year Milnor/Wyndmere/Sheldon UMC ¾-time, 4th year Broadland UMC ¼-time, 4th year

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b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than fulltime service (¶331.7)?

Name Melissa Gall Luke Smith

Appointment Milbank Parkview Watertown Cornerstone

Fraction of Full-Time Service ½ time, 1st year ¼-time, 5th 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 Howard Grinager

Appointment Brookings First

Start Date 04/08/2019

End Date 6/30/2019

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 7/15/18

Name Rey Colon

Status From (Appointment/District) PL Certified Candidate

8/15/18

Melissa Gall

PD

Transitional Leave

10/1/18 10/1/18 10/1/18

Christine Cappetta Mina Hall Dan Weigel

PL RE PL

Lay Supply Personal Leave Bismarck Legacy (1/4)

1/1/2019

Jason Mehring

PL

MN Conference

1/15/2019

Brian Gregg

SY

No appointment

2/1/2019

Kori Lehrkamp

FE

2/3/2019

Martin Avery

PE

2/7/2019

Thomas Carlson

FL

2/15/2019

Dan Freed

FE

2/26/2019

Cody J. Schuler

FE

3/1/2019

Chris Haugan

PL

3/6/2019 4/7/2019 4/8/2019 4/11/2019 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 4/15/2019

Theta Miller Wade Miller Howard Grinager Alyssa Quade Julie Gregg Brian Gregg Brian Rock

FE OF RE PL PL PL PL

4/15/2019

Tamba Clark

OE

5/1/2019

Matt Gauger

SY

6/1/2019

Barbara Krumm

SY

7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Howard Grinager Jason Martens Gwen Mader Barry Whipkey

RE FL FE FL

7/1/2019

Cheryl Fadley

FE

To (Appointment/District) Huron First Associate (3/4) Primary – Milbank School District, Secondary – Milbank Parkview North Sioux City ARK (1/2) Retirement No appointment – termination Fargo New Church Plant (Ext.344.1(a) (3/4) Qualified lay person assigned to Garretson United Parish (¼) Ext.344.1(d) Rapid City Regional Hospital, SD

Ext.344.1(a) The Bridge-New Church Start Ext.344.1(d) Richland/Colfax Our Ext.344.1(d) Canaan Moravian Savior’s Lutheran, ELCA Cresbard / Tolstoy No Appointment Ext. 344.1(d) Avera Heart Hospital Leave of Absence Chaplaincy Ext.344.1(d) Fargo Morehead Withdrawal of credentials Coalition for Homeless Persons th Sioux Falls Embrace 57 Street No appointment campus Brookings First Associate Family Leave of Absence Brookings First Lead Pastor Back to Disciples of Christ Retirement Brookings First Interim (1/2) Ext. Watford City Lutheran Certified Candidate Lay Supply Garretson United Parish (1/4) Lay Supply Garretson United Parish (1/4) Lay Supply Embrace-57th St. Campus (3/4) Fargo First African (new church No Appointment start) (1/2) Aurora Impact No appointment or assignment Ashley (Luke 10 Team) and Ellendale Ashley (Luke 10 Team) ½ Presbyterian / UMC (3/4) Brookings First Interim Retirement Salem Unite (3/4) Brandon Celebration Leave of Absence Retirement Madison Rapid City First Holmes UMC/Sharon Trinity Belle Fourche ELCA/Beaver Creek ELCA

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7/1/2019

Robert Duemig

FE

7/1/2019

Jerry Stravia

FL

7/1/2019

Gary Walters

FE

Rapid Valley

7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Mark Johnsen Jan Gross Randy Hedge David Severtson Ken Ballard Thomas Sumers Pete Grassow

FE FE FL FL FL PE OE

7/1/2019

Kori Lehrkamp

FE

7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Molly Leger Perry Schnabel Rick Andrus Ron Olson

FL FE PL FE

Prairie View Hartford Plankinton/ White Lake Dell Rapids Webster/ Bristol Minot Faith / Des Lacs Methodist Church of South Africa Ext.344.1(d) Rapid City Regional Hospital, SD Arlington / Lake Preston Bismarck Calvary Parker/ Hurley Montrose (3/4)

7/1/2019

Barbara J. McKewin

OA

MN Conference

7/1/2019

Sandra Marquardt

FL

Cavalier First/ Cavalier Trinity

7/1/2019

Gary Johnson

PL

None (RL)

7/1/2019

Ken Mund

FL

Bottineau United Parish

7/1/2019

Rob Salmonson

FE

Leave of Absence

7/1/2019

RE

Clear Lake/ Gary (3/4)

PE

Pierre Southeast

Montrose

7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Frank McKeehan Valerie Hummel LaBounty Seth LaBounty Gregory Kroger Rod Knock

Webster / Bristol-Butler Retirement Parker (3/4) Hurley (3/4) Milbank Parkview/ Big Stone City/ Ortonville, MN Cavalier Trinity / St. Thomas (Parish realignment) Upper Valley Parish (Drayton/ Humboldt / Pembina) (1/2) Des Lacs/ Minot Faith Holmes/ Sharon Lutheran/ Beaver Creek Lutheran Clear Lake/ Gary (1/4)

PE FE FL

7/1/2019

Veronica Fleming

FL

7/1/2019 7/1/2019

John Hale Brenda Wicks

FL PL

Pierre First Associate Rapid City First New LLP Mohall, Bowbells and Sherwood UMC (North Prairie Parish) New LLP New LLP

7/1/2019

Mark Tracy

FE

Clark/Garden City

7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019 7/1/2019

Mark Ehrmantraut Joleen Pietrza Geoff Hilton Travis Voeltz

FE FL PL PL

Bismarck McCabe New LLP Velva (SY) SY Edgeley (Luke 10 Team) ½

7/1/2019

Chris Chase

PL

New LLP

7/1/2019

Melanie Reiners

RL

7/1/2019

Dale Emery

RE

Milbank Parkview/ Tabor/ Ortonville (3/4) Hillsboro (1/4)

7/1/2019

Laura Walters

FD

Rapid Valley

7/1/2019

Joel Higgins

FE

Brandon Celebration

Extension SD Air National Guard

7/1/2019

Don Dinger

PL

Bismarck Legacy (½)

Bismarck Legacy (½), Bismarck Calvary (¼)

7/1/2019

Belle Fourche Mitchell Downtown First – Associate

Voluntary Leave of Absence Dickinson Prairie Winds – Lead Ext.344.1(d) Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City, SD Rapid Valley Dell Rapids Madison Retirement Eureka Faulkton Brookings First Prairie View

Hartford Pierre First Plankinton / White Lake Kenmare ReNew, Bowbells and Sherwood UMC Cresbard/ Tolstoy Carpenter (1/4) Doland Team Supervisor and Clark/Garden City Voluntary personal leave of absence Arlington/ Lake Preston Velva (1/4) Edgeley (Luke 10 Team) (1/2) Extension New Church Start: Bismarck Celebrate Grace (3/4) No Appointment No Appointment Extension New Underwood School District

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

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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)?

Clergy Status Joel Allen FE Neil Blair FE Chris Chase PL Randy Cross FE Kermit Culver FE Rebecca Eberhart FE Timothy FE Eberhart Name

Mike Flowers

FL

David Heetland David Jacobsen Kevin Kloster Paul Lint Jason Mehring

FE FE FE FE PL

Keihwan Ryoo

FE

Roger Spahr Rebecca Trefz

FE FE

Steve Trefz

FE

Eric VanMeter

FE

Date Effective 2013 2011 2019 7/1/2015 7/1/2016 2010 2012

Charge Member Conference Mitchell Fusion Mitchell Downtown First

Extension Ministry Assignment

Dakota Wesleyan, Mitchell SD School of Theology ST Paul Kansas MO New Church Start Bismarck Celebrate Grace (3/4) Northeast DS Northwest DS Bismarck Legacy GETS, Evanston IL Mitchell Downtown First GETS, Evanston IL

Mitchell Downtown First

Children of the Harvest/Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Sheyenne ND 1983 GETS, Evanston IL 8/1/2011 Boston University School of Theology, Boston MA 7/1/2015 Southwest DS 5/10/2016 Wesley Acres Camp 1/1/2019 Fargo New Church Plant (3/4) Korean Ministry Plan Missionary, GBGM, Los 7/1/2017 Angeles CA 7/1/2015 Southeast DS 7/1/2014 Executive Director of Ministries DWU Mitchell SD, Sioux Falls Seminary, Sioux 5/1/2016 Falls SD, Garrett-Evangelical, Evanston, IL 2014

2016

Chaplain, DWU Campus

Fargo First Mitchell Downtown First Pierre First Rapid City Canyon Lake

Rapid City First Tolstoy Tolstoy Mitchell Fusion

b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?

Name

Clergy Status

Date Effective

Paul Budd

FE

1985

Mark Ellingson

FE

6/1/2015

Henry Jenkins Bradley Kattelmann Randall Phillips

PE FE FE

7/1/2017 2015 8/1/2005

Extension Ministry Assignment John Knox Village, Lee’s Summit MO Altru Health Systems Grand Forks ND Creech AFB, NV Army Chaplain, Scott AFB, IL Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

Charge Member Conference Watertown First Holmes Rapid City First Brookings First Sturgis First

c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3) Clergy Status Martin Avery PE Dan Freed FE Jeanine Kersey-Russell FE Shelly Matthews FE Leisa Richards FE Randall Spahr FE Carlisha Steffes PL Craig Vondergeest FE Gary Walters FE Joel Higgins FE Name

Date Effective 2/3/2019 2/15/2019 2018 8/1/2011 2005 2006 2018 2005 2019 2019

Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Member Conference

Canaan Moravian, ND Avera Heart Hospital Chaplaincy, Sioux Falls SD ND State Penitentiary Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth TX Leisa Richards Law PC Albuquerque MN Hospice of the Red River Valley, Fargo ND Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls SD Presbyterian College, Clinton SC Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City SD SD Air National Guard

Grand Forks Wesley Aberdeen North Highland Fargo-Calvary Sioux Falls First

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Grand Forks Wesley

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

Clergy Status

Date Effective

Jo Flesner

PD

2015

Melissa Gall

FD

8/1/2018

Jay Moon Laura Walters

PD FD

2013 7/1/2019

Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Member Conference

Sioux Falls Psychological Services/Children and Adolescent Clinic Primary-Milbank School District, SecondaryMilbank Parkview UMC Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore KY New Underwood School District

Sioux Falls Asbury Milbank Parkview Sioux Falls Sunnycrest

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.) − Hebron UMC in the Northwest District was not properly closed in 2018, as reported in Q14f(4). − Q19a of the 2018 BAC, Dylan Dethlefsen was listed in error. He has not been certified. − Q41 Eugene Moeller and Marilyn, should have been listed in Q19b. They were originally certified in 2008 and were accepted by the Missouri Conference on July 1, 2017. − Brenda Goodman – appointed July 2018 as SY but was PL, added to Q 21b, added to count Q 57. − Barbara Krumm should not have been listed in Question 21b) in the 2018 Journal. Subtracted from the count Q57. − Autumn Krueger’s appointment in Q49 started on 7/1/2017. Both 2017 and 2018 should have reflected that. − Suzi Grote, approved for a license, but not appointed, in the 2018 questions is now Suzi Larson. − In Q57a, Melanie Reiners and Raenelle Sorensen, two white female part-time local pastors appointed to the local church, were omitted. Considering this and the Goodman and Krumm errors, that brings the total number of PL in that category to 35 and the total number of PL to 38. − In Q57a, Robert Salmonson, FE, was appointed to leave of absence. He was listed both there and as an elder in full connection appointed to a local church. − In Q57a, Steven Trefz, FE, was appointed to extension (Q76a). He was counted here among those FE appointed to local churches and among those appointed to extension ministries. So, the category for FE appointed to local churches should have totaled 59, considering the Salmonson and Trefz errors. That makes the total of FE 253. − In Q57a, Michele Slott, an FL appointed to a local church, was omitted. That changes the number of FL appointed to the local church to 36. That makes the total of FL 38. Considering the above errors in Q57a, the total of all clergy in Q57a should have been 352. − In Q57b, Robert Salmonson, FE, is mixed race. He was listed both there and in the category for white male FE. That makes the total of white male FE 181 and the grand total of male FE 190. − In Q57b, Kori Lehrkamp, a white female FE, was counted twice. That makes the box for white female FE 63, the

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− − − − −

column for total female FE 63 and the total of all FE 253.

In Q57b, Michele Slott, a white female FL, was omitted. That makes that number 8 and the grand total of female FLs 9.

In Q57b, Reiners and Sorensen, the white female PLs omitted in Q57a, should be added to the total of white female PLs, bringing that to 14 and the total of all female PLs to 14, also.

Considering the above errors in Q57b, brings the total clergy members in Q57b to 352, matching the Q57a total.

Peggy Kieras – listed under Extension Ministries but is retired since 2012, removed from Q.76b Henry Jenkins – Q 76b should have read Creech AFB, NV

81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? Sioux Falls, SD June 11-13, 2020

Bishop Ough preached at the Celebration of Life in Ministry Service. His sermon, “Prisoners of Hope,” based on scriptures from Zechariah, Hebrews and John, inspired and challenged the congregation to not give up hope even when things are challenging.

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IV. MINISTRY APPOINTMENTS IV. MINISTRY APPOINTMENTS *Ministry Appointments as of July 1, 2019 Ministry Appointments as of July 1, 2019

The following code system has been adopted to designate the status of the ministers appointed: OL Other Local Pastor Affiliate member-Par. 334.5, 344.4, 586.4 OP Provisional Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1 Associate member-Par. 322, 369.1, 635.2h OR Retired Member of other Ann. Conf.

Deaconess – Par.1913.2 PD Provisional Deacon-Par. 324, 325 Diaconal Minister - Par. 369.1 (2004 Discipline) PE Provisional Elder-Par. 324, 325 Retired Diaconal Minister – Par. 357 (1992 Discipline) PL Part-time Local Pastor-Par. 318.2 Deacon in full connection-Par. 330 RA Retired Associate Member-Par. 357 Elder in full connection-Par. 335 RD Retired Deacon in full connection-Par. 357 Full time Local Pastor-Par. 318.1 RE Retired Full Elder-Par. 357 Certified Lay Minister-Par. 268 LTFT Less than full time-Par. 331.7, 338.2b, 428.7 RL Retired Local Pastor-Par. 320.5, 327.7 OA Associate Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1 SP Student Local Pastor-Par. 318.3 OD Deacon Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 331.8 SY Other Supplies – Used by GCFA for assigned pastors OE Elder Member of other Ann. Conf. or other Methodist TBS To be supplied denomination-Par. 346.1 OF Full Member of other Denomination-Par. 346.2 AF AM DC DM DR FD FE FL LM

NORTHEAST (NE) DISTRICT – Randy Cross, Superintendent DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 56

TOTAL CHARGES: 38

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

5 Status

1/2

Total Charges: 6 Joy Tracy (for Clark) Mark Tracy (for all) Frank McKeehan Thomas Bowsher Barbara J. McKewin Melissa Gall (secondary –

1/4

WATERTOWN FIRST

Steven Anderson (effective 4/1/16) Luke Smith Paul Kimball (effective 5/15/15) Sara Nelson

3/4 3/4

WAHPETON Area Total UM Churches: 11 FAIRMOUNT/ /BRECKENRIDGE MN KINDRED CALVARY/ WALCOTT ZION LISBON/ ENDERLIN/ LISBON PC-USA MILNOR/ WYNDMERE/ SHELDON OAKES/ COGSWELL WAHPETON EVERGREEN

Total Charges: 6 Mark Gronseth Mark Britton Juwle Nagbe Rick Pittenger Steven Olson Jennifer Tyler

CLEAR LAKE/ GARY MILBANK CENTRAL MILBANK PARKVIEW/ BIG STONE CITY/ ORTONVILLE, MN WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE

3/4

effective8/1/18)

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FL FL AM SY FL FL SY PL FL

Years 11 4 3 7 10 3 2 25 3 1

Status FD FE RE FE OA FD

Years 8 6 10 5 1 2

OF (EC) FD PL FE

5 5 6 10

LTFT RE

3/4

Status FE FE FE FE FE FE

Years 7 4 7 4 17 6

FARGO Area Total UM Churches: 7 ARTHUR CASSELTON FARGO CALVARY FARGO FAITH FARGO FIRST

Total Charges: 7 Quaya Ackerman Randy Harwood 1/2 David Motta Ray Baker Ryan Mutzenberger (Lead Pastor) Kris Mutzenberger John Roberts 3/4 Tamba Clark (4/17/19) (see also 1/2

Status FL PL FE FE FE FE OR OE (AME)

Years 3 5 24 3 3 3 7 1

PL

1

TBS Sara McManus

FE

5

UPPER VALLEY Area Total UM Churches: 13 CAVALIER TRINITY/ ST. THOMAS CRYSTAL DRAYTON/ PEMBINA/ HUMBOLDT MN (Upper Red River Valley Parish)

Total Charges: 10 Sandra Marquardt Margaret Smith Gary Johnson

1/2

Status FL SY RL

Years 7 14 1

GRAFTON FED UMC/PCUSA/ MINTO KNOX PCUSA (Northern Valley Parish) GRAND FORKS WESLEY GRAND FORKS ZION HAMILTON

Robin Dill (effective 6/6/16)

3/4

OF (PCUSA) 5

3/4 3/4

PE FE OF (EPC) FE PL PL

FARGO FIRST AFRICAN (new church start)

Extension Ministry) Jason Mehring (see also Extension 3/4 Ministry)

FARGO MISSION TO FARGO (new church start) HILLSBORO UNITED-UMC/UCC WEST FARGO FLAME OF FAITH

Jeff Lathrop Chang Yi John Werth HOLMES/ SHARON TRINITY ELCA/ BEAVER CREEK ELCA Rob Salmonson LARIMORE/ ARVILLA PCUSA/ EMERADO PCUSA Raenelle Sorensen PARK RIVER FEDERATED-UMC/PCUSA/ FORDVILLE Jeffrey Neuberger

(Lay Supply 5/1-7/1/18)

PCUSA

2 8 18 1 12 3

NORTHWEST (NW) DISTRICT – Kermit Culver, Superintendent DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 61

4

TOTAL CHARGES: 41

JAMESTOWN Area Total UM Churches: 16 CLEVELAND EDGELEY/ ASHLEY EMMANUEL / LEHR

Total Charges: 10 Darrell Losing (effective 10/1/16) Chet Cataldo (Luke10 team leader) Barbara Krumm Jodi Cataldo Travis Voeltz Barbara Krumm (effective

ELLENDALE UNITED UMC/PCUSA

06/01/19)

JAMESTOWN FIRST JAMESTOWN ST PAUL’S MARION/ DICKEY/ JUD NORTONVILLE MEDINA/ TAPPEN VALLEY CITY EPWORTH WIMBLEDON/ KENSAL

Elmo Herman Michelle Brennan Joel Winckler Mark Turner TBS Brenda Goodman Dayne Zachrison Jeanne Sortland

SPIRIT LAKE Area Total UM Churches: 6 CANDO/ ROCK LAKE/ ROLLA CARRINGTON FEDERATED-UMC/UCC DEVILS LAKE LANGDON

Total Charges: 4 Richard Craig Served by UCC -Rick Loewen Lori Broschat Justin Schnackenberg

DICKINSON Area Total UM Churches: 7 BEACH COMMUNITY FEDERATED -UMC/UCC BOWMAN

Total Charges: 6 Warren Maxted Ray Sherwood

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1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4

1/2 1/2

Status SY RE SY SY PL SY

Years 4 2 2 2 2 2

FE FD FE FL

7 12 4 5

PL FE PE

2 8 2

Status FL OF (CCCC) FE FL

Years 12 3 7 4

Status OF (AOG) OE (FM)

Years 19 2

DICKINSON PRAIRIE WINDS ELGIN/ EBENEZER UCC HAZEN/ BEULAH HETTINGER

Jerry Stravia Served by UCC - Barb Koenig Served by Bismarck Legacy R. Duane Coates

MINOT Area Total UM Churches: 13 BOTTINEAU UNITED-UMC / PCUSA KENMARE RENEW MARTIN/ DRAKE LANSFORD/ LANSFORD ELCA/ GLENBURN ELCA MINOT FAITH/ DES LACS MINOT VINCENT SHERWOOD/ BOWBELLS (North Prairie Parish) RUGBY EMMANUEL UNITED UMC/PCUSA VELVA

Total Charges: 10 Supplied by PCUSA Veronica Fleming Paul Gunderson Martha HarriSon Kenneth Mund Jennifer McDonald Veronica Fleming Donald Andrews Geoff Hilton

3/4

FL 1 OF (UCC) 3 FE

4

Status

Years

FL OL OF (ELCA) FL PE FL LTFT RE 1/4 PL 1/4

1 4 5 1 2 3 17 16

(Lay Supply 7/1/04-6/30/19)

WILLISTON

Ross Reinhiller Val Reinhiller

BISMARCK Area Total UM Churches: 19 BISMARCK CALVARY BISMARCK LEGACY (Legacy South) (Hazen/Beulah and Washburn/ Center/Turtle Lake) (Hazen/Beulah and Washburn/ Center/Turtle Lake) BISMARCK MCCABE

Total Charges: 11 Don Dinger Brandon Vetter (Senior Pastor) Don Dinger (Associate Pastor) Andy Early (effective 1/1/18) Cory Thrall Kayla Buckley Jennifer Hallenbeck Orr (Worship)

Celebrate Grace (new church start) HAZEN/BEULAH LINTON/ STERLING MANDAN MCCLUSKY/ GOODRICH/ CHASELEY MOFFIT NAPOLEON/ STREETER STEELE/ TUTTLE WASHBURN/ CENTER/ TURTLE LAKE

TBS Chris Chase (see Extension Ministry) Served by Bismarck Legacy Marlin Sapp Bruce Adams Warren Rhodes Served by Bismarck-Legacy Sarah Herman Marvin Winstryg Served by Bismarck Legacy

(effective 1/1/18)

FE FD

4 4

1/2 3/4

Status PL FE PL FL FL SY FE

Years 1 5 4 2 6 3 6

3/4

PL

1

3/4

FL FE RE

6 8 10

3/4

FE RA

6 2

¼ 1/2

SOUTHEAST (SE) DISTRICT – Roger Spahr, Superintendent DISTRIST TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 69

BROOKINGS Area Total UM Churches: 15 Total Charges: 12 ARLINGTON/ LAKE PRESTON/ LAKE PRESTON UCC Joleen Pietrzak AURORA IMPACT Donna Kuper BROOKINGS FIRST Pete Grassow Howard Grinager (interim 4/9/19CANISTOTA UNITED UMC/PCUSA COLTON/ CHESTER DELL RAPIDS ELKTON UNITED/ ELKTON UCC EGAN HARTFORD HOWARD BEACH MADISON WHITE/ STERLING

5

TOTAL CHARGES: 55 Status FL 1/4 PL OF 1/2 RE

Years 1 2 1 1

3/4 PL FE OF(AB) CLM PE PE FL 3/4 PL 1/4 PL 1/4 SY

6 1 17 2 1 5 1 3 2 2

6/30/19)

TBS Susan Jennys Jan Gross Daren Junker Supervised by Blaine Wilson Seth LaBounty Janice Antrim Randy Hedge Andrew Gross (effective 1/1/18) Krista Wisener Dillan Sterud

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HURON Area Total UM Churches: 16 ALPENA/ ALPENA UCC/ WESSINGTON SPRINGS CARPENTER BROADLAND HITCHCOCK DOLAND HURON FIRST HURON RIVERVIEW/ VIRGIL IROQUOIS/ ESMOND/ DESMET (West Kingsbury Parish) REDFIELD/ FRANKFORT TULARE UNITED-UMC/UCC WOONSOCKET SPIRIT OF FAITH UMC/ELCA

Total Charges: 11 Zach Kingery Brenda Wicks Tim Vorlage (effective 2/1/16) Steve Behrens Mark Tracy supervising Paul Manson (effective 8/1/2017) Rey Colon (effective 7/15/18) Dean Trapp Kris Larson Martin Toepke-Floyd Lorah Houser Jankord TBS

SIOUX FALLS Area Total UM Churches: 12 BEN CLARE BRANDON CELEBRATION

Total Charges: 11 Bill Bates Jason Martens

GARRETSON UNITED UMC/UCC

Brian Gregg Julie Gregg (Both lay supply 4/15/19-6/30/19) Kyle Reinhiller Kip Roozen Matt Morrison (Associate) Adam Weber (Lead Pastor) Austin Walker (effective 1/1/15) Travis Waltner Chuck Smith (effective 1/1/17) Brian Rock (Lay supply 4/15/19-6/30/19) Travis Finke Robert Ruedebusch Taylor Johnson (effective 11/1/15) Arlyn Coalter Don Vanderlip Justin Jenness (Associate) (effective

HARRISBURG SIOUX FALLS ASBURY SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE (St Croix Campus) (Tea Campus) (57th Street Campus) (Sertoma Campus) SIOUX FALLS FIRST SIOUX FALLS HILLTOP SIOUX FALLS SOUTHERN HILLS/ FLANDREAU

8/1/17)

3/4 1/4 1/4

3/4

Status PL PL FE RE FE FL PL FE FL FE OL(UCC)

Years 4 1 8 2 1 3 2 7 20 6 11

1/4

Status RE FL

Years 8 1

1/4 1/4

PL PL

2 2

FE FE FL FE PL PL PL PL PL FE PL FE PL PL

9 13 3 13 6 7 4 2 3 8 5 4 3 3 3 4

3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4

SIOUX FALLS SUNNYCREST SIOUX FALLS WESLEY

Charles Moore Manuel Loaeza (effective 4/1/17)

FL FL

MITCHELL Area Total UM Churches: 14 ALEXANDRIA/ ETHAN GEDDES KIMBALL PROTESTANT PARISH MITCHELL DOWNTOWN FIRST MITCHELL FUSION OLIVET PLANKINTON/ WHITE LAKE MONTROSE SALEM UNITE STICKNEY WAGNER/ TYNDALL

Total Charges: 11 Jordan Louks Wayne Huber Derek Runge Keith Nelson Steve Trefz Charles Asche (effective 9/1/15) Rod Knock Valerie Hummel LaBounty Jordan Buchholz Kenneth Sherin (effective 10/26/14) Karen Sherin Laurie Kidd

Status PE FL FL FE FE OF(EPC) FL PE SY OF(CBF) OF(CBF) FL

Years 2 9 2 4 3 5 1 1 1 6 5 6

YANKTON Area Total UM Churches: 12 BERESFORD ZION CANTON ELK POINT UNITED UMC/UCC HURLEY

Total Charges: 10 Katie Ricke Steve Ziebarth Dave Bambas Ron Olson

Status FE FE OL(UCC) FE

Years 4 10 9 1

62

1/4 1/2

3/4 1/4 1/4

3/4

NORTH SIOUX CITY ARK

Jeff Vore Christine Cappetta

1/4 1/2

PL PL

9 2

PARKER VERMILLION WAKONDA/ IRENE VIBORG

Rick Andrus Nicole Anderson Judy Sayler Val Rush

3/4

3 4 6 4

YANKTON FIRST/ GAYVILLE-VOLIN

Ronald Johnson Corey Enfield (effective 11/5/17)

PL FE PL RE FE PL

(Lay supply 10/1/18-6/30/19)

3/4 1/4 3/4

SOUTHWEST (SW) – Kevin Kloster, Superintendent DISTRICT TOTAL UM CHURCHES: 48

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Total Charges: 35

Total Charges: 7 John Hale Ken Ballard Thomas Sumers Jeff Adel Janet Madsen MILLER Teresa Whetsel SELBY/ MOBRIDGE Darla Hadrick TIMBER LAKE FEDERATED–UMC/ELCA/AB/ ISABEL TBS UCC

PRAIRIE HARVESTER Area Total UM Churches: 11 CRESBARD/ TOLSTOY EUREKA FAULKTON GETTYSBURG/ ONIDA/ AGAR (Wheatland Parish)

3/4

NORTHERN HILLS Area Total UM Churches: 7 BELLE FOURCHE CAMP CROOK/ BUFFALO UCC FAITH/ MARCUS PCUSA LEAD-DEADWOOD TRINITY PIEDMONT GRACE SPEARFISH STURGIS

Total Charges: 7 Cheryl Fadley Jerry Densmore Connie Eichinger Peggy (Stempson) Hanson Karl Kroger Scott McKirdy Jenene Earl

WINNER Area Total UM Churches: 7 BURKE/ HERRICK (United in Faith Parish) COLOME GREGORY MURDO/ DRAPER WINNER

Total Charges: 5 Clay Lundberg Ron Snethen Royal Archer Mark Phillips John Britt

PIERRE Area Total UM Churches: 10 HIGHMORE/ HARROLD/ BLUNT

Total Charges: 5 Kippy Udehn (effective 9/1/17)

PIERRE FIRST PIERRE SOUTHEAST PRESHO/ KENNEBEC/ RELIANCE WHITE RIVER/ MISSION (Todd-Mellette Parish)

Greg Kroger TBS Travis Krogman Jason Christensen

RUSHMORE Area Total UM Churches: 13 EDGEMONT UNITED UMC-UCC/ PRINGLE FAIRBURN (Supervised by Ed Coates) HOT SPRINGS FEDERATED-UMC/AB/PCUSA

Total Charges: 11 Peary Wilson (effective 9/1/17) 1/2 Justin Trent 1/4 Served by PC-USA (John Pherson as interim) Kathy Chesney Kori Lehrkamp Kevin Kloster DeAnn Eidem 1/2 Brett Roes (teaching pastor)

PHILIP UNITED UMC/PCUSA/ INTERIOR PCUSA PRAIRIE VIEW RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE

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10 2

1/4 1/2

1/4

3/4

Status FL FL PE FE CLM FL PL

Years 1 1 1 9 6 2 3

Status FE PL PL FE FE FE FE

Years 1 5 8 3 7 9 9

Status FE OF (NAZ) FE FE FL

Years 5 28 15 3 4

Status PL FE

Years 3 1

FE FL

6 2

Status RE CLM

Years 3 9

FE FE FE FE FL

12 1 2 8 2

Barry Whipkey, Senior Pastor Michelle Slott (effective 8/1/18) Associate Pastor Sharla McCaskell Holly Sortland Mark Johnsen Russell Masartis

FL FL

1 2

FL PL FE RE

9 3 1 5

Status FE FE

Years 7 4

PL OE (AME) FE FE FE

1 2 5 4 10

FE

8

FL

9

FE

37

OF (REF) FE FE

4 8 5/2

FE PL FE FE FE FE

4 1 5 6 4 4

(1b) Under Endorsement by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Budd, Paul -- CC Watertown First John Knox Village, Lee's Summit, MO Ellingson, Mark -- CC Holmes Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND Jenkins, Henry -- CC Rapid City First Creech AFB, NV Kattelmann, Brad -- CC Brookings Army Chaplain, Scott AFB, IL Phillips, Randall -- CC Sturgis Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Status FE FE PE FE FE

Years 35 8 3 5 15

(1c) Elders in Service Under the General Board of Global Ministries Ryoo, Keihwan – CC Rapid City First Korean Ministry Plan Missionary

Status FE

Years 3

(1d) Other Extension Ministries Avery, Martin – CC Fargo Faith Freed, Dan Kersey-Russell, Jeanine Higgins, Joel Matthews, Shelly -- CC Grand Forks Wesley Richards, Leisa -- CC Aberdeen North Highland Spahr, Randall -- Fargo Calvary Steffes, Carli – CC Sioux Falls First Vondergeest, Craig -- CC Grand Forks Wesley Walters, Gary

Canaan Moravian (effective 2/3/19) Avery Heart Hospital Chaplaincy, Sioux Falls ND State Penitentiary SD Air National Guard Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth, TX

Status PE FE FE FE FE

Years 2 1 2 1 8

Leisa Richards Law, P.C., Albuquerque, NM

FE

8

FE PL FE

14 2 15/3

FE

1

RAPID CITY FIRST RAPID CITY KNOLLWOOD HEIGHTS RAPID CITY OPEN HEART RAPID VALLEY WALL/ WASTA

3/4 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 Chris Chase New Church Plant Bismarck Celebrate Grace Tamba Clark New Church Plant Fargo First African (effective 4/15/19) Cross, Randy Northeast DS Culver, Kermit – CC Bismarck Legacy Northwest DS Eberhart, Rebecca -- CC Mitchell GETS Seminary, Evanston, IL Downtown First Eberhart, Timothy -- CC Mitchell GETS Seminary, Evanston, IL Downtown First Children of the Harvest/ Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Flowers, Mike -- CC Fargo-First Sheyenne, ND Heetland, David -- CC Mitchell GETS Seminary, Evanston, IL Downtown First Ingebretson, Ben Director of New Church Development (effective 1/1/16) Jacobsen, David -- CC Vermillion Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA Kloster, Kevin – CC Rapid City Southwest DS (and appointed to RC Canyon Lake UMC) CLUMC Lint, Paul Wesley Acres Camp Director (effective 5/10/16) Mehring, Jason New Church Plant Fargo Mission to Fargo Spahr, Roger Southeast DS Trefz, Rebecca – CC Mitchell Fusion Executive Director of Ministries Trefz, Steven – CC Mitchell Fusion Garrett-Evangelical (1/4) and Sioux Falls Seminary (1/2) Van Meter, Eric – CC Mitchell Fusion Chaplain, DWU Campus

Hospice of the Red River Valley, Fargo, ND 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

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3/4 1/2

3/4

3/4

1/4

APPOINTMENTS UNDER PROVISIONS Appointments Under the Provisions of ¶331 (Deacons and Provisional Deacons to Various Ministries) Flesner, Jo – CC Sioux Falls Asbury Sioux Falls Psychological Services/ Children and Adolescent Clinic, Sioux Falls SD Gall, Melissa Milbank Public School District Moon, Jay -- CC Sioux Falls Sunnycrest Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, KY Walters, Laura New Underwood School District

Status PD

Years 5

FD PD FD

2 8 1

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 Bockwoldt, Stan Wisconsin Conference Fossum, Rick Minnesota Conference Hoffman, Bill Minnesota Conference Iverson, Justin Illinois Great Rivers Conference Krueger, Autumn Alaska Conference Tkach, Rod Holsten Conference Zeck, Rich Minnesota Conference

Status FE FE FE FE RE FE FE PE FE FE

Years 3 2 5 5 4 2 3 3 6 5

Sabbatical Leave ¶351 – NONE

Status

Years

Status FE FE FE FE

Years 3 1 1 6

Family Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.b) -- NONE Miller, Theta (effective 3/6/2019)

Status FE

Years 2

Transitional Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.c)

Status

Years

Status FE FE FE

Years 4 3 22

Deaconesses ¶415.7 – NONE

Status

Years

Appointments to Attend School ¶416.6 – NONE

Status

Years

Voluntary Leave of Absence ¶353 (2.a) Atkins, Amy Duemig, Bob Ehrmantraut, Mark Johnson, Teri

Medical Leave ¶356 Baird, Howard Richards, Matthew Sayler, Glen – CC Hazen

3rd year (effective 7/21/17) 1st year 1st year 6th year

4th year (effective 5/4/2017) 3rd year 22nd year

Certified Candidates for Ministry – Not Appointed Northeast District Natalie Buck, Sandee Cole, Abednego Thomas Northwest District Alyssa Quade Southeast District Dave DeVries, Chris Haugan, Tiffany Ortman, Teresa Person Southwest District Kara Togel

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CLERGY COMPENSATION BY APPOINTMENT July 2019 Parish

ABERDEEN FAITH ABERDEEN FIRST - ASSOCIATE PASTOR ABERDEEN FIRST - SENIOR PASTOR ABERDEEN NORTH HIGHLAND ALEXANDRIA/ETHAN ALPENA UNITED-UMC/UCC/WESSINGTON SPRINGS ARLINGTON/LAKE PRESTON UNITED-UMC/UCC ARTHUR AURORA IMPACT BATH BEACH COMMUNITY FEDERATED-UMC/UCC BELLE FOURCHE BEN CLARE BERESFORD ZION BISMARCK LEGACY - BISMARCK CALVARY BISMARCK LEGACY - HAZEN/BEULAH & WASHBURN/ CENTER/TURTLE LAKE BISMARCK LEGACY - HAZEN/BEULAH & WASHBURN/ CENTER/TURTLE LAKE BISMARCK LEGACY - LEGACY SOUTH BISMARCK LEGACY - SENIOR PASTOR BISMARCK MCCABE - WORSHIP BOWBELLS/SHERWOOD/KENMARE RENEW BOWMAN BRANDON CELEBRATION BRITTON/CLAREMONT/HECLA BROADLAND BROOKINGS FIRST BURKE/HERRICK CAMP CROOK/BUFFALO UCC CANDO/ROCK LAKE/ROLLA CANTON CARPENTER CARRINGTON FEDERATED-UMC/UCC CASSELTON CAVALIER TRINITY/ST THOMAS CLARK/GARDEN CITY/HENRY/KELLERTON CLARK/GARDEN CITY/HENRY/KELLERTON CLEAR LAKE/GARY CLEVELAND COLOME COLTON/CHESTER CRESBARD/TOLSTOY CRYSTAL DELL RAPIDS DEVILS LAKE DICKINSON PRAIRIE WINDS DOLAND DRAYTON/PEMBINA/HUMBOLDT MN EDGEMONT UNITED UMC-UCC/PRINGLE ELGIN/EBENEZER UCC ELK POINT UNITED UMC/UCC ELKTON UNITED-UMC/UCC

Base Other Parsonage Cash Salary Comp Allowance 21,000 No 42,068 7,464 No 21,000 72,141 7,464 Yes 48,586 Yes 40,944 Yes 39,500 8,000 Yes 43,923 Yes 44,000 Yes 5,200 No Not Reporting Not Reporting 51,000 Yes 17,710 600 No 47,000 Yes 34,000 No 53,813

Yes

Not Reporting 41,800 No 20,000 66,200 Yes 48,500 Yes 41,200 Yes 45,000 Yes 55,000 Yes 50,000 3,500 Yes Not Reporting 73,000 No 25,000 46,500 Yes 19,740 No 48,030 Yes 63,000 Yes 3,500 No Not Reporting 22,855 No 43,921 Yes 42,923 Yes 12 No 44,625 Yes 18,000 No 5,940 5,440 39,442 3,378 Yes 41,000 Yes Not Reporting 45,000 Yes 51,974 Yes 48,500 Yes Not Reporting 25,000 No 24,000 No Not Reporting Not Reporting Not Reporting 66

ARP 7,800 3,500 6,000 1,500 5,500 2,900 2,000 6,000 3,400

5,000 15,000 3,200 3,200 3,000 8,250 4,000 12,000 3,375 2,000 12,130 8,200 3,000 3,000 6,000 8,000 9,000 3,000 3,000 10,000 4,800

Parish

EUREKA FAIRBURN FAIRMOUNT/BRECKENRIDGE MN FAITH/MARCUS PCUSA FARGO CALVARY FARGO FAITH FARGO FIRST FARGO FIRST FARGO FIRST - LEAD PASTOR FARGO FIRST AFRICAN FAULKTON GARRETSON UNITED UMC/UCC GARRETSON UNITED UMC/UCC GEDDES GETTYSBURG/ONIDA/AGAR GETTYSBURG/ONIDA/AGAR GRAFTON FED UMC/PCUSA/MINTO KNOX PCUSA GRAND FORKS WESLEY GRAND FORKS ZION GREGORY GROTON/CONDE HAMILTON HARRISBURG HARTFORD HETTINGER HIGHMORE/HARROLD/BLUNT HILLSBORO UNITED-UMC/UCC HITCHCOCK HOLMES/SHARON TRINITY ELCA/BEAVER CREEK ELCA HOT SPRINGS FEDERATED-UMC/AB/PCUSA HOWARD BEACH HURLEY HURON FIRST HURON FIRST HURON RIVERVIEW/VIRGIL IROQUOIS/ESMOND/DE SMET JAMESTOWN FIRST JAMESTOWN FIRST JAMESTOWN ST PAUL'S KIMBALL PROTESTANT PARISH KINDRED CALVARY/WALCOTT ZION LANGDON LANSFORD/LANSFORD ELCA/GLENBURN ELCA LARIMORE/ARVILLA PCUSA/EMERADO PCUSA LEAD-DEADWOOD TRINITY LEOLA/FREDERICK/BARNARD UCC LINTON/STERLING LISBON/ENDERLIN/LISBON PC-USA LUKE 10 TEAM - Serving ASHLEY/EDGELEY/ELLENDALE/LEHR LUKE 10 TEAM - Serving ASHLEY/EDGELEY/ELLENDALE/LEHR LUKE 10 TEAM - Serving ASHLEY/EDGELEY/ELLENDALE/LEHR LUKE 10 TEAM - Serving ASHLEY/EDGELEY/ELLENDALE/LEHR MADISON MADISON MANDAN MARION/DICKEY/JUD MARTIN/DRAKE

Base Salary

Other Parsonage Cash Comp Allowance

45,000 Yes 13,000 No 44,906 Yes 24,024 No 75,785 Yes 53,060 Yes 43,000 No 38,000 No 56,100 Yes 20,000 No 10,000 49,000 Yes 9,500 9,500 50,200 Yes 51,773 1,500 Yes Not Reporting Not Reporting 54,500 Yes 58,054 3,000 Yes 58,000 Yes 40,942 Yes Not Reporting 58,000 No 19,596 50,000 Yes 51,000 Yes 40,942 7,500 Yes 27,660 6,000 No 49,000 Yes 42,923 Yes Not Reporting 41,000 Yes 40,500 No 12,000 39,442 No 11,250 68,052 900 No 19,500 54,790 Yes 34,943 9,600 No 8,400 46,816 3,600 No 63,404 Yes 67,830 Yes 40,942 Yes 52,530 Yes 39,463 Yes Not Reporting Not Reporting 49,303 Yes Not Reporting 48,500 Yes 42,923 Yes 12,000 918 No 18,000 1,377 No 14,000 No 12,000 No 29,000 3,000 No 59,000 Yes 61,837 Yes 46,000 Yes Not Reporting 67

ARP

300 3,500 4,000 3,500

2,200 2,200 7,500 6,500 4,000 4,500 8,500

3,000 2,500 10,000 2,200 4,000 4,800 5,500 1,400 4,000 6,000 6,800 850 6,000 5,000 3,000 6,000 7,500 4,800 8,500 5,500

3,500 4,000 4,791

Parish

Base Salary

MCCLUSKY/GOODRICH/CHASELEY MEDINA /TAPPEN MELLETTE NORTHWESTERN MILBANK CENTRAL MILBANK PARKVIEW/BIG STONE CITY/ORTONVILLE, MN MILLER MILNOR/WYNDMERE/SHELDON MINOT FAITH/DES LACS MINOT VINCENT MITCHELL DOWNTOWN FIRST MITCHELL FUSION MONTROSE MURDO/DRAPER NAPOLEON/STREETER NORTH SIOUX CITY ARK NORTH SIOUX CITY ARK OAKES/COGSWELL OLIVET PARK RIVER FEDERATED-UMC/PCUSA/FORDVILLE PCUSA PARKER PHILIP UNITED UMC/PCUSA/INTERIOR PCUSA PIEDMONT GRACE PIERRE FIRST PLANKINTON/WHITE LAKE PRAIRIE VIEW PRESHO/KENNEBEC/RELIANCE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE RAPID CITY FIRST RAPID CITY FIRST - ASSOCIATE PASTOR RAPID CITY KNOLLWOOD HEIGHTS RAPID CITY OPEN HEART RAPID VALLEY REDFIELD/FRANKFORT RUGBY EMMANUEL UNITED UMC/PCUSA SALEM UNITE SELBY/MOBRIDGE SIOUX FALLS ASBURY SIOUX FALLS ASBURY - ASSOCIATE SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - 57TH STREET CAMPUS SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - 57TH STREET CAMPUS SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - LEAD PASTOR SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - SERTOMA CAMPUS SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - ST CROIX CAMPUS SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - TEA CAMPUS SIOUX FALLS FIRST SIOUX FALLS FIRST SIOUX FALLS HILLTOP SIOUX FALLS SOUTHERN HILLS/FLANDREAU SIOUX FALLS SOUTHERN HILLS/FLANDREAU - ASSOCIATE SIOUX FALLS SUNNYCREST SIOUX FALLS WESLEY SPEARFISH STEELE/TUTTLE STICKNEY STICKNEY 68

Other Parsonage Cash Comp Allowance

Not Reporting 28,000 No 13,520 No 12,520 73,903 Yes Not Reporting 42,360 Yes 43,450 Yes 45,900 Yes 46,875 Yes 72,800 No 20,000 7,200 No 41,000 Yes 52,600 Yes 43,500 Yes 22,440 No 20,000 10,000 No 43,188 Yes Not Reporting 34,200 Yes 41,000 Yes 43,260 Yes 45,839 Yes 75,000 Yes 41,000 Yes 45,000 No 10,000 42,923 Yes 41,000 No 10,250 38,105 No 4,763 82,574 No 20,644 74,000 Yes 45,000 No 18,000 46,704 No 12,000 40,942 4,812 No 16,800 52,500 No 17,400 48,000 Yes Not Reporting 40,000 8,000 Yes 42,451 7,600 Yes 61,473 No 18,500 45,061 No 18,500 43,085 No 70,000 No 104,000 No 20,000 72,600 No 67,395 No 70,297 No 42,896 No 7,200 87,143 No 22,000 64,505 No 18,360 52,100 5,400 No 10,000 48,400 No 57,644 Yes 57,000 Yes 64,374 Yes 42,000 Yes Not Reporting Not Reporting

ARP

2,500 6,300 12,100 3,000 4,500 2,000 3,500 6,000 14,500 2,500 2,000 4,200 3,200 900 5,000 3,000 5,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 3,000 2,000 5,000 2,000 10,000 6,000 1,500 3,000

6,000 1,650 3,000 3,000 2,000 6,000 8,000 10,000

Parish

Base Salary

Other Parsonage Cash Comp Allowance

ARP

STURGIS 51,000 Yes 3,500 TULARE UNITED-UMC/UCC Not Reporting UNDERWOOD Not Reporting VALLEY CITY EPWORTH 54,366 4,077 Yes 4,500 VELVA 17,400 Yes VERMILLION 46,000 Yes 4,000 VIBORG 15,000 No 5,000 WAGNER/TYNDALL 46,789 Yes 8,000 WAHPETON EVERGREEN 50,750 Yes 6,000 WAKONDA/IRENE 31,442 3,170 No 10,000 4,050 WALL/WASTA 26,000 No 700 WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE 81,276 No 16,000 2,719 WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE 45,852 1,793 No 20,000 1,584 WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE 30,005 1,793 No 20,000 1,584 WATERTOWN FIRST 69,433 No 19,200 5,000 WEBSTER/BRISTOL-BUTLER 41,200 Yes WEST FARGO FLAME OF FAITH 46,600 Yes 3,000 WHITE RIVER/MISSION 40,942 Yes 6,100 WHITE/STERLING 15,750 No 5,000 WHITE/STERLING 6,300 Yes WILLISTON 76,108 Yes 5,300 WILLISTON 53,742 Yes 5,300 WIMBLEDON/KENSAL 20,471 1,024 Yes 8,500 WINNER 56,000 Yes 4,500 YANKTON FIRST/GAYVILLE-VOLIN 47,500 No 4,500 YANKTON FIRST/GAYVILLE-VOLIN 75,750 Yes 4,500

Extension Ministry Para. 344.1 (a)-Northeast DS 79,758 No 19,940 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Southeast DS 79,758 No 19,940 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Northwest DS 79,758 Yes 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Executive Director of Ministries 79,758 No 19,940 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Director of New Church Development 84,986 No 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Children of the Harvest/Spirit Lake Ministry Center 40,942 Yes 1,000 Para. 344.1 (a)-Bismarck Celebrate Grace 30,000 No Para. 344.1 (a)-Fargo Mission to Fargo 40,942 No 10,235 2,500 Para. 346.1 (a)-Wesley Acres Camp Director 46,107 Yes 1,000

Salaries for District Superintendents and Conference Executive Directors shall be equal to the average salary of the top five salaries paid to Conference pastors in churches who pay 100% of their apportionments. The top five salaries for 2018 were: $85,434, $80,325, $80,098, $79,294, and $73,638. The average is $79,758.

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V. REPORTS Common Table The Common Table continues to partner with the Extended Cabinet in stewarding and implementing the vision of the Dakotas Annual Conference. In the past year, our conversations and decision-making have centered around several topics and areas of focus.

Our fall Leadership event has been a key strategy of the Common Table as a way to re-energize and re-focus our efforts going into a new year. For 2018, we chose to unite with the Minnesota Conference for a joint event called Reach! This conference, held at Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, focused on reaching new people for Christ. Keynote speakers including Adam Weber, Jacob Armstrong, Debi Nixon, Roz Picardo, and Bishop Ough, as well as various workshop speakers, fueled more than 500 attendees with inspiration and strategies to expand their local ministries.

In Fall of 2017, we raised the question, “How can the Conference better support churches in developing ministries with children?” This led to some intentional shifts and plans to integrate this focus into our Conference ministries. Our work with Stephanie Caro and Ministry Architects expanded beyond youth ministry into cohort training to include children’s ministry as well. Caro was also our speaker for laity session to share with all churches the importance of reaching the next generation. For Annual Conference 2019, we will include a workshop on how churches are doing this in unique ways.

Additionally, we continue to explore how we might develop a conference-wide initiative to focus on ministry with kids.

The Common Table joined the rest of the conference in conversations around a Way Forward for The United Methodist Church. One of the most vital initiatives that has emerged to support this effort is our focus on breakthrough prayer.

Our Conference Co-lay Leaders, Myrna Hill and Jane Hincks, have been diligent in expanding our Breakthrough Prayer training efforts utilizing the resources from Rev. Sue Nilson Kibbey.

As we look to 2020 and the retirement of Bishop Ough, a task force has been put together to better help us prepare for these transitions and help ensure systems are in place to help us navigate the change. As a way to celebrate Bishop Ough’s ministry, as well as the collaborative work with the Minnesota Conference that has developed under his leadership, we are planning our 2020 Annual Conference to overlap with Minnesota’s, both held in Sioux Falls.

Submitted by Sheila Dailie, Chair, Common Table

Conference Commission on Archives and History (CAH) Whatever your opinion of the 2019 General Conference, I think it’s clear we are living in historic times. People in the present are looking to how our denomination and its predecessors handled previous challenges to denominational unity.

To determine that, they use the records people in the past preserved for such future study. No doubt future historians, church politicians and perhaps even people in the pews will wonder, “How did we get here?” To answer that, they will need to access not only the opinions of past leaders, but also the facts of what transpired.

Also, you may have noticed that efforts at congregational renewal in our conference begin with the understanding that all organizations, including churches, have earthly life cycles. They are born and they die at some point. Researchers have found that the way to prolong life for the organization is to remember and re-enact its vision and put that in the driver’s seat. In some churches, there is no vision, and so the church needs to discern one together, based on long-held shared values, traditions and aspirations. In other churches, creating a new life cycle means recapturing the missionary zeal with which the church was chartered. Both activities involve reviewing the past in order to give the church a brighter future.

Your Commission on Archives and History can assist with that life-giving ministry.

When church life cycles do come to an end, faithful members of those churches may wonder, “Where does the memory of my church go once it ceases to exist in this denomination?” The answer is that it goes to the archives. The historical presence of each discontinued church is carefully preserved and is accessible in our conference archives.

Your Commission on Archives and History (CAH) participates in the present mission and future vision of our conference by taking seriously and personally our General Conference mandate “to collect, preserve, and make accessible the historically significant records of the annual conference and its agencies.” We also stand ready “to encourage and assist the local churches in preserving their records, compiling their histories, and celebrating their heritage” and “to provide for the permanent safekeeping of the historical records of all abandoned or discontinued churches in the bounds of the annual conference and its antecedents.” (¶641.1 of the 2016 Book of Discipline) 70

To equip local churches in their historic-preservation tasks, we offer guidelines on which artifacts, records and/or documents to preserve and for how long. Those are accessible here: https://www.dakotasumc.org/media/files/old/00/ Conference/Finance/Legal/RecordRetention.pdf for a summary related to some of the more common records. For a more extensive listing, see http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcah.org/Resources/Guidelines_Publications/LocalChurchSched-2017.pdf Our conference’s items of historic significance are maintained in a high-quality archival space within the George and Eleanor McGovern Library on the campus of Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD, To appropriately archive those materials and assist researchers in accessing them, your conference apportionments fund half the cost of employing the archivist we share with DWU, Dr. Laurie Langland. These two items of archives and personnel, the highest of our priorities, consumed 94.7% of our 2018 apportionment expenditures and represent 84.6% of our 2020 apportionment request. We are now in our second 10-year agreement with DWU that freezes the cost of renting that space at the 2008 level until 2027.

You may notice a $400 decrease in the budget. That does not represent any decrease in quality or services. We are just getting better at stewardship and predicting certain costs based on our spending history.

We will maintain the ability to equip local churches with grants. We will again make available $2,500 in 2020 for matching grants to local churches. Churches willing to invest in preserving the DNA necessary for reproduction of their organizations will find the commission a willing partner in that effort with up to $500 per project. In fact, you can apply for those grants in 2019, as well. Go to: https://www.dakotasumc.org/media/library/fluid-mod-page/137/documents/ Kuhler-Grant-Application-2017-081916.pdf Your CAH participates in the conference mission of “providing a connection beyond the local church” through its involvement in both the Historical Society of The United Methodist Church and the North Central Jurisdiction Commission on Archives and History (NCJCAH). The NCJCAH comprises members of the GCAH from this jurisdiction as well as three additional voting delegates from each of the jurisdiction’s 10 annual conferences. It meets annually to promote historical projects within the jurisdiction, provide a forum for the exchange of historical information, consider nominations for historic sites or heritage landmarks within the jurisdiction and set collection policies for the jurisdictional archives. The site of the annual meeting rotates through the jurisdiction’s episcopal areas. At each meeting, each conference commission reports on how its mission is fulfilled there. General Commission staff also make live reports. I am in my fourth year as the chair of the jurisdictional commission, giving me an ex-officio seat on the General Commission on Archives and History.

Your CAH, comprising eight voting and one non-voting member, met three times in the past year (twice in person and once by conference call) in pursuit of our 12 mandated Disciplinary provisions. (¶641) At each meeting, CAH takes a tithe of its scheduled meeting time to pray and stay in love with God. Here are some of our activities the past year: Jubilee Clergy: We designate those clergy members of our conference with 50 years or more of pastoral service as “jubilee clergy.” We collect short essays from recipients describing their lives and ministries since retirement. We recognized the following persons as jubilee clergy: Eldon Reich and Peggy Kieras. Look for their reflections in Section IX of the 2019 Conference Journal.

Grave markers: From a large supply purchased more than a decade ago, your CAH provides the Cabinet with clergy grave markers presented at the individual memorial or funeral service of each of our deceased clergy.

Update to conference history publication: Our project historian, the Rev. Dr. Stephen Perry, is in his 16th year of researching and writing this. In the past year, he completed a draft of the third chapter of an expected seven-chapter book we hope to publish by 2024. That chapter can be found at the following website: https://dakotahistorianblog.wordpress. com/2019/02/16/chapter-3-of-dakotas-conference-history-posted/ Submitted by R. Duane Coates, Chair, Dakotas Conference Commission on Archives and History

Executive Director of Ministries We continue focus and work on the Culture Shifts of Calling, Multiplication and Generosity. These align with our three 71

missional imperatives (Grow in Love of God and Neighbor, Reach New People and Heal a Broken World) as well as our Strategic Pathways (Developing Missional Leaders, Equipping Missional Congregations, Extending Missional Impact and Generating Missional Resources) to fulfill our mission to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.

2018 was marked by some significant ministry developments made possible by strategic visioning and plan development as well as by the generosity of Lilly Endowment. Spurred on by the DK-MN Area Lilly Grant for Clergy Financial Health, the non-profit church leadership certificate program was developed and enrolled its first cohort—eight pastors from the Dakotas and ten from Minnesota. This program is another example of the fruit born out of the ongoing partnership with Dakota Wesleyan University as well as our collaboration with the Minnesota Conference. Through this program, clergy are being equipped with skills, knowledge and experiences to effectively lead their churches in the stewarding of vision and resources.

In August, we also received word that the Dakotas Conference and Foundation had received a $926,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment Thriving in Ministry program. This money will underwrite the launching of our Higher Ground Initiative. This two-part initiative addresses the issues of clergy burnout as well as the need for coming alongside clergy leadership to equip and empower them to thrive personally and professionally and thereby be enabled to lead their congregations to thriving ministry.

Our first ever Reach! Conference infused the conference with a spirit of multiplication and outward-focus. I am appreciative for the partnership of the Minnesota Conference and Embrace Church in making that event an impactful experience.

I am also grateful for the hands-on work I am blessed to continue to do through the Journey Renewal Partnership (JRP) process. Although we held off on starting a new cohort, I continue to meet with nine pastors of JRP churches—quarterly as a learning cohort and every six-weeks through one-on-one support conversations. The work of changing leadership is challenging and often isolating so we are seeking to counteract that through this continued connection.

The evolutions and expansions in our Missional Impact Ministries are testaments to the growing Culture of Generosity of time, talent and treasure to Heal a Broken World. Those breakthroughs include: Solar Oven Partners developing new partnerships in Sierra Leone and Native American tribes in the Desert Southwest; Tree of Life partnering with non-profit “No Means No” as well as exploring the possibilities of opening a satellite thrift store in White River; the continued development of a new church start at the Spirit Lake Ministry Center; and continued growth in impact through Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Williston Out in Faith reaching new people as well as Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City laying the ground work for continued impact even as they prepare for leadership transition with the retirement of Jim and Kathy Konsor.

Navigating the challenges of our denominational struggles can often be draining. Yet, it is the people of the Dakotas and their innovative, connectional spirit that continues to remind me of God’s faithfulness and fruitfulness among us. I am grateful for the privilege of serving God and the Dakotas Conference in this capacity.

Submitted by Rev. Rebecca Trefz, Executive Director of Ministries

Communication Communications continue to tell the story of the ministries of the Dakotas Conference. The website, www.dakotausmc. org, which serves as the home base for all communications, grew in usage and efficiencies. This Week @ Dakotas—weekly video announcements gained momentum, social media presence increased, the number of subscribers to Mondays @ Dakotas—e-news grew, and video storytelling continued.

The conference website, www.dakotasumc.org, is the place where you will find all news, events, and announcements. The website is a partnership with camping—www.dakcamps.org, foundation— www.dakotasumf.org, and youth—www. dakyouth.org. There are daily updates with an emphasis on visuals, including photos, graphics, and video. The result is increased traffic of 22%.

This Week @ Dakotas, weekly video announcements, provides a venue to share upcoming events, ministry announcements, and resources with local churches. Each Tuesday, a local pastor or lay leader, records a 3-4-minute video of the latest happenings across the conference and the denomination. Each week, there is an average of 2,500 viewers, through the website, e-mail, or on social media.

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The social media presence of the Dakotas Conference continues to grow. Daily posts and tweets continue through HootSuite. Engagement has increased by 25% through shares on Facebook and retweets on Twitter. Facebook is the most popular channel with 575 average daily views.

Video contributes to telling the ministry story. This past year, the communications team produced more than 40 hours of video for the Dakotas-Minnesota area with more than 35,000 shares and views.

Mondays @ Dakotas remains a popular format for sharing the ministry and telling the story of the Dakotas Conference.

Mondays @ Dakotas continues to reach an average of 1,300 viewers per week.

UMConnect continues to be a resource and tool for Conference ministries and churches. Enhanced features include the ability to join from any computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Video conferencing is used an average of 10 hours each week with over 60 users per week.

The United Methodist Association of Communicators recognized the Dakotas Conference communications team with five awards. First place video for Everybody Goes to Sunday School in Kensal. Second place for website design. Third place in video for Creating a Culture of Call. Third place in video series for Called: One Word, Many Ways. Internet communications, third place for Mondays @ Dakotas.

The communication team is thankful to tell the story of United Methodists across the Dakotas who are passionate about making disciples.

Submitted by Doreen Gosmire, Director of Communication

Sessions Committee In addition to planning the 2019 Annual Conference, planning is underway for the 2020 Annual Conference in Sioux Falls, SD, on June 11-13. It will be held in the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The theme, Be the Light: Live Hope, was set by the Sessions Committee in partnership with the Minnesota Conference Sessions Committee based on our Missional imperatives.

The 2020 Annual Conference is being planned so that the schedule of events overlaps with the Minnesota Annual Conference. This was affirmed by the members of the 2018 Annual Conferences of both the Dakotas and Minnesota Conferences. It allows for celebration of our joint ministry. It will also be a time to recognize and give thanks to Bishop Ough for his leadership of our two conferences as he prepares to retire.

A reminder notice was sent to churches which are served by retired pastors that each church is responsible for their pastor’s expenses to attend annual conference.

Submitted by Kay Braun, Chair, Sessions Committee

DEVELOPING MISSIONAL LEADERS Developing Missional Leaders Link The Developing Missional Leaders Link lives boldly into the words of Jesus recorded in John 4:1-26 by offering the love of Jesus and bringing forth springs of the water of life bubbling out of all the ministry areas connected to this link.

Through these ministries we are able to offer the bold love and grace of Jesus Christ to our neighbors and to make new disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our work in the various branches of this link connects us to many people in the Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church who are reaching out of comfortable ministry areas and encountering others where they are in their faith journey. Our work strives to boldly share the love of God that quenches even the deepest thirst and changes lives by bringing others into a deep, loving relationship with Jesus. Some of the highlights of our work this year are shared in this report.

Lay Servant Ministries is comprised of district and conference co-leaders that seek to empower laity by providing training opportunities to equip them to answer the call God has placed on their hearts. Through classes such as Laity Discernment, participants discover their spiritual gifts and follow Wesleyan doctrine to use these gifts to serve and disciple.

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Breakthrough Prayer training engages wide swaths of the congregation to pray for God-sized breakthroughs in their lives, churches and communities. Our primary focus will continue to be inspiring churches and laity to lead and share their story to raise up the next generation of leaders through our Culture of Call employing the mantra of We Are ALL Called!

Lay Servant Ministries dares to reach local church lay persons and empower them to love boldly in their communities.

Dakotas-Minnesota Area Camp and Retreat Ministries, boldly lead by Keith Shew, continues to reach out to our neighbors through opportunities to encounter Christ in creation. Dakotas camping was blessed to end 2018 operations financially in the black. There has been a lot going on camping ministries over the past few months. UMC Camping Executives National Summit was hosted at Storm Mountain Center. Levi and Lara Ziegler joined our team as new co-directors at Storm Mountain Center. Dakotas-Minnesota Area Camp and Retreat Ministries has hired a new Marketing and Outreach Project Manager, Beata Ferris. In February 2019, 17 staff from the Dakotas and Minnesota attended our denomination’s top camping training and networking event in Florida. In March, volunteers from churches and local communities helped prepare the lower part of Lake Poinsett for potential flooding. Through camping we dare to reach the next person for Jesus and love boldly all who join us at camp this summer!

Conference Council of Youth Ministries (CCYM) in the Dakotas continues to dare to reach the young people of the Dakotas through engaging ministry and mission opportunities. Through the loving and bold leadership of Jeff Lathrop, Dakotas Conference ministry to youth is flourishing. Leadership Training Camp, DakYouth, and Winter Connection are youth led events that empower our youth to discover how God may be calling them to reach out and boldly love their peers. The youth lead, not only through the ministries of CCYM, they are also leaders within their local churches and communities. The impact they are making is being experienced throughout the Dakotas. This past year, we have witnessed an increase in attendance for conference youth events and growth in energy and drive to make a difference.

CCYM, youth and adults, challenge one another to grow in their discipleship, to live out their faith, and to recklessly love, striving to serve those on the margins. The ministries of CCYM are dynamic and relevant, connecting with the youth of today.

The Young Adult and Campus Ministries group, under the loving leadership of Melissa Gall, continues to support and strengthen ministries in churches and on campuses across the Dakotas that create, foster, nurture, and equip younger adults to be bold missional leaders and disciples of Christ. Young Adult and Campus Ministries Team continues to ensure that grant funds are used in fruitful and powerful ways through annual reports, site visits, and open communication with the churches/campuses/ministry settings involved. The Young Adult and Campus Ministries Team works with the Board of Ordained Ministry to help connect the young adult lay members to Annual Conference, as well as those who are candidates for ministry. This year the Young Adult Ministry Grants application process was streamlined to work jointly with Culture of Call grants and technology grants. Those wishing to apply for grants need only complete one application and committee members filter the applications received to the appropriate committees. The application process is now a rolling submission date, so grant applications will be accepted quarterly. The hope is to make the application process as smooth and as inviting as possible. Young adult groups are supported in their daring outreach in their areas and ministry dreams are brought to life!

Dakota Wesleyan University Campus Ministry continues to thrive under the bold, loving leadership of Eric Van Meter, with approximately 175 participants and 38 student leaders in 2018-19. Three students have been certified as candidates for ministry this year and there will be at least four working in United Methodist camps this summer. This year, student leaders also began Age to Age, which brings DWU students into area nursing homes to lead programming.

In addition to weekly worship, Bible studies, and service projects, DWU Student Ministries led retreats for area youth groups and sent students into local churches to lead music and to preach. As a university, DWU continues to provide educational opportunities and ministry scholarships for undergraduates from across the Dakotas. DWU dares to reach the next generation through developing today’s young Christian leaders.

As we enter into another season of ministry in the Dakotas, the Developing Missional Leaders Link will continue to dare to reach and to love boldly through our ministry areas. We will continue to tell the stories of how our ministries have brought the thirst quenching radical love of God to our neighbors. We will think outside of our comfortable ministry activities and explore new ways to invite our neighbors to drink from the well so that their thirst may be quenched. We will strive to follow Jesus’ directive: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19) Submitted by Beata Ferris, Chair, Developing Missional Leaders Link

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The Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) has become increasingly intentional about our work and mission. We are all disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. God is moving in the hearts of people of all ages.

We as a board are blessed with the task of building a culture of call throughout the Dakotas, nurturing people through the candidacy and ordination process, training new clergy and lay leaders in the Dakotas, creating and maintaining standards for clergy effectiveness throughout a clergy member’s life of service, and honoring the service of our clergy members at pivotal transition points. This is quite a task, but each of us take it seriously. We pray and seek God’s guidance as we work with each person.

We are excited to be once again offering the Elisha and Samuel Projects. College students may apply to participate in the Elisha Project. A team of clergy and laity select interns for host churches from the pool of applicants.

Elisha Interns for 2019-2020 approved by BOM: Tanner Carlson—former CCYM, University of Oklahoma, home church Legacy-matched with Rapid City Canyon Lake UMC, Rev Kevin Kloster, mentor.

Allison Galbreath—University of Jamestown- home church Steele, ND ,matched with Sioux Falls First UMC, Rev. Bob Ruedebush, mentor.

Zach Gors—camp dean at Storm Mountain,DWU student, home church is in Tea, SD, matched with DWU/Fusion Church, Rev. Eric Van Meter, mentor and Rev. Steve Trefz. This will be a yearlong internship at DWU/Fusion beginning in the fall.

Allison Jensen—former CCYM, SDSU student, home church is Beresford, SD, matched with Spearfish UMC, Rev. Scott McKirdy, mentor.

Samuel Project Intern is designed for a high school senior with a plan to enter ministry. We approved one candidate, Grady Maland from Watertown First UMC, who will work with Rev. Sara Nelson.

The Board of Ordained Ministry worked with a class from Dakota Wesleyan University regarding a Mandatory Reporter bill. The class was taught by a Board member, Professor Alisha Vincent. The students in conjunction with Professor Vincent and Board members, drafted the South Dakota House Bill 1230. HB1230 was an Act to add Clergy to the list of Mandatory Reporters in the state of South Dakota. HB1230 was endorsed by Bishop Ough and the Dakotas Board of Ordained Ministry. HB1230 was eventually defeated.

We continue to offer events and opportunities in the Dakotas Conference: Licensing and Certified Lay Ministry School, pre-conference gatherings for seminary students and young adult members of the annual conference, facilitate groups at the various denominational events, such as Exploration, and the Clergy Leadership Academy (CLA) gatherings for provisional members and licensed local pastors.

We urge all clergy and churches to prayerfully consider God’s leading and be aware of God’s call on people’s lives. Each Christian has a call and ministry which is God-given. Some have a call to pastoral ministry (whether Licensed Local Pastor or Ordained Clergy). If you have a call to pastoral ministry, please seek out your pastor or District Superintendent and share your call.

Submitted by Val Reinhiller, Chair, Dakotas Board of Ordained Ministry

Camp and Retreat Ministries Staffing Transitions and Celebrations —Thank you to Sean Binder for his leadership as Director of Storm Mountain Center. Sean moved on in the fall of 2018. Welcome Levi and Lara Ziegler as new co-directors of Storm Mountain Center and began their ministry in January 2019. Welcome Beata Ferris as Area Marketing and Outreach Project Coordinator, Eric Reshley as Maintenance and Facilities Director at Koronis, Kevin Albers as Maintenance and Facilities Director at Storm Mountain, and Diane Hepburn as Food Service Director at Storm Mountain.

Operations ending in black—For the fourth year in a row in Minnesota, and for the third year in a row in the Dakotas, your camp and retreat program ended financially in the black. Success is attributed to unified financial system, newly established financial controls and review process, staff management, review and establishing rates based on actual costs, 75

and real-time access to accurate data and information Camp Ambassador outreach—In March of 2019, the area camping ministry hired Beata Ferris as Area Marketing and Outreach Coordinator. Beata works in collaboration with camping central office staff, campsite directors, and the Area Camp and Retreat Ministry Director, to lead and implement an updated and enhanced outreach that helps identify and strengthen relationships with local church representatives (Camp Ambassadors) who encourage their churches and communities to attend an Area United Methodist Camp. With the timing of Beata’s hire, our outreach to Camp Ambassadors was later than anticipated. However, Beata is quickly making up for lost time and has been connecting with our local church leaders.

Strategic Ministry Plan updates: Dakotas—Lake Poinsett: construction of new maintenance shop set to begin summer, 2019. Addition of children’s park, play area, and welcome pavilion – anticipated fall 2019 Lake Poinsett was named as the primary beneficiary of the James “Jim” Larson Estate. Jim was a longtime volunteer and supporter of camping ministry and Lake Poinsett Camp. Dakotas camping established “James Larson Endowment” in 2019 to help fund site maintenance and improvements into the future.

Minnesota – Koronis: $1.75M committed to project including funds raised though Koronis capital campaign, “Give S’more for Camp," and camp sale proceeds with an anticipated ground breaking of early summer, 2019.

Other site additions and improvements—Wesley Acres: Nnew pontoon boat, new truck/plow, Updated zipline. Storm Mountain Center new directors house roof, updated internet/wifi. Northern Pines: Red Pine Dining Hall flooring replaced, roofs for new Wesley cabin, two tree houses, and the block house, dining hall alarm system upgrade, fan and lighting upgrades to lodge, purchased new truck. Kowakan Adventures: new Kevlar canoes.

Updates and reminders: Shared area mission, core values, outcomes—Mission: Helping campers and guests to experience Christ, Creation, and Community through camp and retreat ministries. Core values: Providing sacred places apart, nurturing Christian faith and discipleship, teaching creation care and appreciation, partnering with United Methodist churches and agencies, extending Christian hospitality and community, developing principled spiritual leaders, and inspiring and equipping lives for love and justice. Outcomes: Disciples and leaders who hear and respond to God’s call to share their faith, love and accept everyone, serve others, and trust God. Site Advisory Teams—Campsites continue to develop and strengthen their site advisory teams/councils/These teams allow volunteers an opportunity to participate in the camping ministry in the areas they love most, provide direct feedback to our site directors and staff, and extend the reach of each site. People interested in serving on a site team should contact the director of the site.

Dakotas-Minnesota Area Alignment—All Dakotas-Minnesota staff, including site directors and central office staff, continue to meet and plan consistently together. Governance, since 2016, the Dakotas and Minnesota conferences’ camp and retreat ministries have combined their strengths and leadership and have come together to form a joint governance council. This arrangement expands the camping-related offerings for United Methodists in each conference as well as sharing of best practices to create the strongest possible area camp and retreat ministry. The Camp and Retreat Council is made up of equal representation from each conference and meets quarterly. In addition, since 2017 Dakotas-Minnesota Camp and Retreat Ministries has served our area churches, clergy, and staff through a centralized administration office.

Dakotas—Living into a sustainable operating model. Apportionment neutral in camp operations - Dakotas Camps are committed to becoming apportionment neutral, in the funding of the camping operations only, by 2021. Camps will continue to receive apportionment support in the areas of capital development and maintenance, central office staff support, property taxes, and insurance. Annual Fund Development - The camp and retreat ministry has partnered with the Dakotas Foundation to develop an annual fund campaign to provide financial support and long-range sustainability with a goal of increasing giving as apportionment funds are reduced. Fee/Rate Review – A comprehensive review of all fees and rates for camps and retreats was completed in 2016. A phased multi-year plan to adjust rates was implemented in 2017. Each site develops a monthly spending plan based on prior year’s actuals. Monthly conversation and review of any variances on established spending plans helps ensure real-time management and course correction as needed with a goal of no new deficits.

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Wesley Acres Camp joined Koronis, Northern Pines, and Kowakan as fully accredited operations through the American Camp Association, the national accrediting body for camping programs. Storm Mountain Center will seek accreditation in 2019. To earn accreditation, camps must comply with hundreds of health, safety, and program quality standards. Only one in five camps nationwide achieves this distinction.

Current staffing—Dakotas: Christy Heflin, director, Lake Poinsett Camp; Levi and Lara Ziegler, co-directos,, Storm Mountain Center; Paul and Brenda Lint, co-directors, Wesley Acres Camp. Minnesota: Leslie Hobson, director, Northern Pines Camp; Dan Ziegler, director, Koronis Ministries and Kowakan Adventures. Central Camping Office: Stacey Edwards, camping coordinator; Linda Bowers, camping assistant; Beata Ferris, marketing and outreach project coordinator; Susan Shellberg, camping accountant; Keith Shew, executive director.

Thank you for your continued support of your camp and retreat ministries in the Dakotas and Minnesota Annual Conferences. Thank you for making sure that the children, youth, families, and adults in your church and community know about camping opportunities! Your support and encouragement helps ensure that Lake Poinsett, Koronis, Storm Mountain Center, Wesley Acres, Northern Pines, Kowakan, and many off-site programs and events can continue to be places where God meets with people. An experience at one of your Dakotas and Minnesota United Methodist Camps has changed the lives of generations of our Annual Conferences’ leadership. Thank you! “Camp Gives Kids a World of Good!” American Camp Association Submitted by Keith Shew, Area Director, Camp and Retreat Ministries

Conference Council on Youth Ministry “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” -Roy T. Bennett The Dakotas Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM) continues to refine and make changes to the youth ministry program. God continues to move in our Conference! DAKYOUTH 2018 was hosted at the Aberdeen Recreational and Cultural Center. We had 400 participants and our hope is to continue building upon what God has started and nurtured in our midst. We plan to improve our overall engagement throughout the Conference and hope that the lives of the youth who attend leave empowered and energized to engage the world around them, whether in youth group, local church, school, or home.

Training, supporting and equipping the paid and volunteer youth workers across our conference is a recognized and valuable part of our ministry.

Our annual training event for pastors and youth workers, Youthworker Academy, was held, April 26-28 at Lake Poinsett Camp. Our guest presenter was Jeff Dunn-Rankin, executive vice president of Ministry Architects, a regular columnist for Group Magazine. He has co-written three books with Mark DeVries: Before You Hire a Youth Pastor, The Indispensable Youth Pastor, and Training on the Go (volume 2).

Our CCYM election process was solidified this past year. Applications were made available online back in January with a deadline of May 1st. Current CCYM leadership selected participants based on their gifts and potential to serve within the Dakotas Conference.

Leadership Training Camp continues to offer the opportunity for elected youth leaders to practice leadership. Staffed by CCYM adults and other conference leaders, the youth in attendance select classes to attend daily, learn about, plan, and lead worship, enjoy fun and fellowship, and build lasting friendships. They study biblical themes each day in large and small groups. This year’s theme was “Ripples” from Psalm 147:15 and our guest was Andrew Root, professor of youth and family ministries.

We continue to promote our events through Mondays @ Dakotas, special e-mails, Facebook, text, paper mailings and continual revisions and additions to our website: www.dakyouth.org. To receive text updates text “DAKYOUTH” to 40650.

The CCYM continues to be an important area in which young leaders discern a call to ordained ministry. As leaders, we take this responsibility seriously, as well as the responsibility to educate and nurture leaders for the future of the church.

As we continue to work more closely with the Board of Ordained Ministry, we hope to strengthen the process of encouraging and connecting with those discerning a call into ministry, both as laypersons and as clergy.

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Our CCYM continues to be a blessing to the Dakotas Conference as we seek to empower, equip, and encourage our young people for the transformation of the world.

Submitted by Jeff Lathrop, Coordinator, Conference Council on Youth Ministry

Lay Servant Ministry As laity, we promote the message that we are all "Called" as it says in 1 Peter 2:9. We work to help laity to live into their calling by providing training and equipping opportunities. Our Certified Lay Ministry Training is becoming more accessible as it is online through the Ohio Conference. We also had an opportunity for growth and equipping, as many of us attended the teaching and breakout sessions at the Reach! Conference. We are energized for reaching that next person for Jesus!

The Holy Spirit is on the move through our Dakotas! We hosted three Discernment Retreats for 24 participants from 16 churches in three different states. The exciting news is that 1/3 of the participants have shared that they are progressing in the next steps to their calling in ministry. We facilitated four Breakthrough Prayer workshops, one in each district with more than 50 participants representing 10 churches. And in May 2019, we supported the Southwest District in hosting a Congregational Care Workshop with Karen Lampe from Church of the Resurrection as continuing education toward certification.

We can’t wait to see what our amazing God will do when these churches start feasting on prayer. And not only the churches, but the impact prayer will have in the lives of the community as their focus is upward and outward. Next year looks to be fruitful as we have been in contact with three churches from three districts that have expressed interest in hosting Breakthrough Prayer events and another requesting Congregational Care training. Be open for an opportunity near you to join in one of these training opportunities that will break through into your ministry or consider hosting an event at your church.

We are grateful for these wonderful opportunities and continue to seek new ways to serve our laity across the Dakotas.

We encourage you to participate in the life of your church. If you would like to be a part of an amazing Laity Leadership Team that is on a mission to teach, serve and equip the next generation of leader. Please reach out to any of our district or conference leadership to find out more.

Submitted by Myrna Hill and Jane Hincks, Co-Lay Leaders, Dakota Conference

Dakotas United Methodist Women United Methodist Women is the official women’s organization of the United Methodist Church. Membership is voluntary and open to all women committed to and engaged in mission who affirm the purpose. We collaborate with organizations worldwide that address the condition of women, children, and youth around the world. Our 2018 theme was “Sacred Spaces." Sacred spaces are not only places of religious significance; but also because of the interactions that take place between God and humans. Each encounter helps those persons see God clearly.

When interacting with God, we learn something about ourselves and we discover God’s purposes for our lives. Also our encounters with others become sacred when we consider that humans bear God’s image and are recipients of God’s love and grace. As followers of Christ, we are entrusted with creating spaces of wholeness and abundance for all.

The Dakotas Conference Mission Team met three times during the year. A team planning meeting was held in Selby, SD, during January 2018, to get to know each other and to plan the upcoming year. The Conference and District Officers were trained to facilitate conversations about A Way Forward at upcoming UMW events. The second meeting was a conference call in early August. The final meeting was held prior to our Annual Celebration in October.

Each of the four districts held Focus Day events in April. These day meetings were planned and presented by representatives of Conference and District Officers. They offer an opportunity to fellowship with area women in worship, hearing about mission studies, learning about social action concerns, and how the organization works for women, children and youth worldwide.

Twenty-six women from the Dakotas attended Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio, May 18-20. The theme was The Power of Bold. More than 6000 women from around the world, with the same purpose, joined together. We worshiped during Community Gatherings, heard the story of Mary the mother of Jesus in her BOLD stages of life, grew in our own 78

relationship with God, learned at various workshops or Table Talks, participated in the activities throughout the Experience Hall, shopped at the Marketplace, and shared ideas and personal stories as we connected with other United Methodist Women throughout the weekend. The entire Assembly served as a reminder to all of us what it means to be a UMW member and why we should take bold action when we can...because it matters that we do God’s work. The social action priority issues for the quadrennium include: climate justice, maternal and child health, criminalization of communities of color, and economic inequality.

The UMW Committee on Racial Justice (and friends) presented a program during the UMW Breakfast at Annual Conference in Sioux Falls, SD, in June 2018. Mission u was held on consecutive weekends in July: first at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD, (Southern site) and then the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, ND, (Northern site).

Mission u is an opportunity for women, men, children and youth to study current issues in society. The studies in 2018 included “Embracing Wholeness: An Earth Perspective for Covenantal Living," “What about Our Money?” and "Missionary Conferences of UMC in the United States."

Missions for Me Children's Camp encouraged their education and participation. All four of the Districts held Annual Meetings/Retreats in August or September. The women of the districts met for business, programs, worship and fellowship. The local organizations are recognized during this time for Mission Today, Five Star Giving and Reading Program Participation. The Dakotas Conference UMW Annual Celebration was held October 12-13, 2018, at Legacy in Bismarck, ND. Jolene Puhalla, Director of Open Door Preschool was the Friday evening speaker. She explained the need for and the benefits of their move to the preschool’s current location at Bismarck McCabe UMC. Many units gave cash donations or provided items from her wish list. Saturday morning, in response to our invitation, Bishop Ough shared a Power Point and then led a question and answer period about A Way Forward. He also provided a handout entitled Resources for A Way Forward in preparation for the Special Session.

We enjoyed blessing the Bishop with about 250 Love Ribbons. Sixteen Love Ribbon grants were awarded for a total of $3000. The New Opportunities Grant was awarded to Kara Togel of Watertown, SD. Two active women represent the Dakotas Conference beyond our borders. Dawn Armstrong serves on the Program Advisory Group. Her duties include the Legacy Fund Steering Committee. Bobbi Larson functions as the Committee on Nominations Chair of the North Central Jurisdiction Leadership Team. Both women have travelled many miles in their positions. We look forward to our activities in 2019.

The United Methodist Women of the Dakotas continue to tell their stories and learn about the history of the organization as we approach the 150th Anniversary. The Legacy Fund has been established to maintain funding our missions for women, children and youth in future years. The 150th Anniversary of the founding of United Methodist Women (or predecessor organizations) was March 23, 2019 with many local units, Focus Areas, Districts, and the Conference celebrating. The 2019 Annual Dakotas Conference Celebration is scheduled for October 4-5 at Pierre First UMC with the theme “Celebrating 150 Years in Sisterhood." United Methodist Women are faith, hope and love in action.

Submitted by Marsha Timm, President, Dakotas Conference United Methodist Women

Young Adult and Campus Ministries The Young Adult and Campus Ministries group continues to support and strengthen the ministries in churches and on campuses across the Dakotas to create, foster, nurture, and equip younger adults as missional leaders and disciples of Christ. We desire to inspire new ministry and new connectional opportunities. This year the application process was streamlined. Those wishing to apply for grants complete one application and committee members filter the applications received to the appropriate committees (ex. – Culture of Call grants, Technology grants, Young Adult/Campus Ministries grants, etc.). The application process is now a rolling submission date, so grant applications will be accepted quarterly.

Our hope is to make the application process as smooth and as inviting as possible. Ministry dreams are brought to life!

For the first quarter of 2019, the Developing Missional Leaders Link accepted and awarded two grant applications from the following churches for ministries involving young adults and/or college students: Madison UMC has a goal of continuing and growing their on-campus presence at Dakota State University. The grant funds help to provide Sports Specific Bible Studies for student-athletes. This ministry takes Bible study and fellowship outside the walls of Madison's church building to reach students in the community. The goal for this ministry is to reach 50+ students.

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the West Fargo area. The worship service utilizes new technology and continues to seek leaders for small groups. The ministry need this year is to provide a worship leader for the service. The goal for 2019 for this group is to develop a culture of outreach and welcome, through personal invitation, small groups, and leadership development.

The Missional Leaders Link and the Young Adult and Campus Ministries Team continue working to ensure that grant funds are used in fruitful and powerful ways through annual reports, site visits, and open communication with the churches/ campuses/ministry settings involved. The Young Adult and Campus Ministries Team works with the Board of Ordained Ministry to help connect the young adult lay members to Annual Conference, as well as those who are candidates for ministry.

Submitted by Melissa Gall, Chair, Young Adult and Campus Ministries

EQUIPPING MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS Equipping Missional Congregations Link The Missional Congregations Link continues to work towards building a culture of multiplication throughout the Dakotas Conference. Below is a list of some of the key strategies used in 2018.

Multiply Compass Group: District Superintendents completed the “first round” and engaged in some follow-up with pastors/churches who are working on multiplication projects.

Missional Church Consultation Initiative (MCCI) and Journey Renewal Partnership (JRP): The MCCI launched its fourth cohort. Churches involved include: Harrisburg, Mitchell First, Rapid City Rapid Valley, Dickinson Prairie Winds, Jamestown St. Paul’s, and Fargo Calvary. The engagement by these churches has varied. Prairie Winds and St. Paul’s stepped out of the process. Rapid Valley had consultation weekend but were not at a point of receiving prescriptions and taking the next step. Mitchell First had a great consultation weekend, voted to accept prescriptions and is moving forward. Harrisburg held their consultation weekend in late March. Calvary has not yet set a date for their weekend.

We are delaying the start of a next cohort for capacity reasons. We will be working with Sue Nilson Kibbey to offer some strategic workshops which will be open to all.

Journey Renewal Partnership (JRP)—The Journey Renewal Partnership process launched its second cohort which include the following churches: Plankinton/White Lake, Howard Beach, Rapid City Open Heart, Lead Trinity, Bismarck Calvary, and Langdon. Pastor Quaya Ackerman also joined the cohort after being appointed to Arthur, a church from Cohort #1. All of these churches completed consultations except Howard, which is on hold for now. All voted to accept their prescriptions except Lead Trinity.

Because of capacity issues, we will be delaying starting the next cohort until fall 2019. This will also give us time to better assess the current model and make adjustments as needed.

Small Church Adaptive Conversations: Gathering qualitative and quantitative data through JRP prescription implementation (what are the unique opportunities and challenges when leading change in a small church?), Embrace Network churches (how can different staffing models help smaller churches?), new models for team pastoral ministry (e.g. Edgeley/ Ashley/Lehr, Mitchell Fusion, Washburn/Center/Turtle Lake and Hazen/Beulah).

New Church Updates: Our first Reach! event was a success. Several workshops continued through follow-up track cohorts.

Jason Mehring is laying the groundwork for a start-up as a planter for Fargo. Working on 2 multi-site projects in Bismarck area—Lincoln site from Legacy and Celebrate Recovery out of McCabe.

New Embrace Network churches—White/Aurora and N. Sioux City ARK. New Church start at Spirit Lake Ministry Center.

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New Church Development Starting new services…new sites…new solo start up congregations is a proven way to reach new people making them disciples of Jesus Christ. The Spirit is moving, and we are following with a wide range of new initiatives to reach new people!

Germinating: New starts that are not yet in public worship.

Fargo, ND, Mission Fargo: Jason Mehring is working on missional engagement planning a launch in 2020.

Dell Rapids, SD: Josh Willprecht is preparing the soil for an Embrace network church.

Hurley, SD: Re-starting this ministry with Rev. Ron Olson.

Parker, SD: Re-starting this ministry with Rev. Rick Andrus Hartford, SD: Starting a second service to reach new people led by Rev. Seth LaBounty.

Arlington, SD: Hispanic pre-launch evangelism led by Michael Sanchez.

Sprouting: Starts that have begun public worship.

Bismarck, N.D., Legacy South: Andy Early leads this new site that has launched in south Bismarck.

Bismarck, N.D., Celebrate Grace Recovery: Chris Chase leads this new congregation that has launched in Bismarck.

Fargo, N.D., First African: Tamba Clark leads this congregation that is nested at Fargo Calvary.

Sioux Falls,S.D., First UMC, “The Light:" Taylor Johnson leads this new service at Sioux Falls First UMC. Sioux Falls, S.D, Sunnycrest : launched a new Hispanic service on Sundays Spirit Lake, N.D., Spirit Lake Ministry Center: Mike and Libby Flowers lead this new start as part of their mission work.

White, S.D.: Krista Wisener leads an Embrace network church reaching new people.

Aurora, S.D.: Donna Kuper has launched them as an Embrace network in a new outreach effort.

North Sioux City, SD, ARK: Christine Cappetta leads them as Embrace an network site, reaching new people.

Growing: Salem Unite Church Sioux Falls Embrace Sertoma Campus Mitchell Fusion Submitted by Ben Ingebretson, Area Director of New Church Development

EXTENDING MISSIONAL IMPACT Extending Missional Impact Link This has been a very fruitful year for the local churches in every neck of the Dakotas Conference woods (well, mostly plains)! The partnership with the Foundation and our ability to award Technology and Hunger Grant funds has proven to be a very effective way to provide dollars for projects that extend our outreach in so many ways. Just a few examples: we have been able to help fund social ministries, such as programs to prevent suicide, to feed the hungry, and to help those in recovery from various addictions. We have awarded grants to improve worship outreach, including funding for projection of worship aids, teaching of community Christian education, and renovation of sanctuaries to enable better technology utilization. And, we have been privileged to serve the little ones through community children’s outreach, the support of church-school partnerships, and other initiatives. Some of these dollars came from the “Kid’s Count” funds.

In 2018, we were able to award (a record, I think) $34,130 to these programs. These dollars have already and will continue to go a long way toward Extending our Dakotas Missional Impact. Thank you, our churches in the Dakotas, for your generous support. You truly are extending our missional impact in the Kingdom of God. To God be the glory!

Submitted by Rev. Ron Olson, Chair, Extending Missional Impact Link

Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Out In Faith Out in Faith is the hands and feet of Christ in northwestern North Dakota. We are a joint ministry with the Dakotas 81

Conference and Williston Faith United Methodist Church. Our goal is to make disciples for the transformation of the world by means of meeting the felt needs of the community and then leading the community to the deeper relational need of a life in Jesus Christ.

The continued expansion and development of the Bakken Oil Fields brought about significant changes in Out in Faith ministry. We saw the transformation of the people coming into the area. Two years ago the majority of people were unaccompanied men involved in the exploration phase of the industry. Over the past year and a half we see more families coming to make Williston and the surrounding area their home. Many of these families are not prepared for the high cost of living (gallon of milk is $5) and the rapidly increasing rents.

These changes in the Bakken changed the focus of Out in Faith. We now spend more time and resources meeting the needs of women and children. Out in Faith is the main supplier of diapers and wipes for infants and children and a main source of feminine hygiene products. The support of the Conference churches and United Methodist Women make this work possible. We expanded our feeding program and provided 4084 meals in 2018, up from 3251 in 2017. The increase is 833 more people being fed on a Saturday night, or a 26% increase over 2017. We partner with Community Connections (the ELCA ministry) providing a daily lunch Mondays through Fridays at Faith United Methodist Church.

This new ministry averages 75 to 100 people a week.

Out in Faith is the first line ministry in the city of Williston from Friday night to Monday morning. We are the main organization to provide housing, gas and other immediate needs of people that come to Williston over the weekend.

We provide hats, coats, gloves, blankets and sleeping mats. From September 2018 to March 2019 over 500 coats were given out to people.

All of this activity is for the purpose of introducing people to our God and Savior. We are seeing a growing interest in developing a relationship with God among the people. We average between 5 and 15 children in our Kid Zone, Saturday Christian Education. We are reaching people from every continent, except Antarctica.

We invite you to like or join our Facebook pages: Out in Faith Bakken Oil Rush Ministry and GIFT Saturday Meals.

These two pages share the work of Out in Faith!

Thank you for your faithfulness.

Submitted by Rev. Ross Reinhiller, Pastor, Williston Faith UMC

Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City Bakken Oil Rush, Watford City Outreach has now been in Watford City for 6 years. Lots of great things have happened during the ups and downs of what we call "The Bakken."

2018 was a very busy year for the ministry. We helped 5,050 families/individuals with clothing, winter wear, household, and now, even furniture, such as beds, couches, kitchen tables, recliners, etc.

In July a tornado went through an RV park in Watford City at 1 am. About 50 campers were destroyed, 28 people were hurt and one six-month-old boy died. It was a horrific event with no warnings given. We were called by the hospital around 1:30 asking if we could bring clothing and shoes to the hospital for people who were being treated and released, but had no dry or appropriate clothing to leave in. We quickly responded to that request. We opened the store early the next morning as folks were bussed from the civic center shelter to our store to get the clothing they needed. We were then very involved over the next several weeks helping people with bedding and household items lost during the storm.

We were so glad to be available and stocked to help these folks.

In addition to events like the tornado, we are also working with the Salvation Army, the Family Crisis shelter, Social Services and the chaplains for the jail to provide clothing and whatever else might be needed to help folks in a crisis situation. In October we held our fall coat giveaway and gave away around 154 coats that afternoon and hundreds more throughout the winter. Late in October we held our 3rd Comedy Café fundraising event. We raised just under $36,000 to help fund the ministry. We had around 325 people attend this event. The Gathering Place events are growing in number. We had approximately 55-60 for our Thanksgiving meal sharing a devotional and discussion about having a “Heart of Thankfulness." We hold these events once a month.

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We also had a Pre-Christmas Eve service that had 25 to 30 in attendance. Many of those who attended have no church affiliation and were traveling over the holiday season. There was a special presence of the Lord during this service. It is another way to touch and encourage the folks who visit our Thrift Store.

We held our annual Christmas event and Toy Mall event December 1st. We gave gifts to 120 kids with 85 to 90 adults in attendance as well. We read the Christmas story from Grandpa Jim's chair, Kathie played Mrs. Claus and had a gunny sack filled with items that she used to share object lessons about the meaning of Christmas to the kids. We sang carols, ate goodies and released 60 balloons at the end for kids to hit around and take home while we played a lively Christmas tune to end this marvelous evening. We had over 35 volunteers help with this event from a number of churches. The support of Bakken Oil Rush Ministry throughout the community and churches is amazing. We are so grateful.

We have been able to do a lot of improvements to the property that we purchased in late December of 2017. We had a local company donate and install all new LED lighting throughout our store, a local church donated the money to install air conditioning in the building. We installed a new door and windows and then had the building that had been three colors, painted a pretty eye-catching blue. What a great improvement to the looks of the building. Just because we deal in used clothing and furniture doesn’t mean we need to look “used” as a property. The Quonset building was only partially insulated, and we were able to have it completed with spray foam and then in December another local church provided the funds to put in a large furnace to heat this 50 x 90 building.

In spite of the slowdown that occurred in the oilfield, the ministry had a 34% increase in traffic through the store compared to 2017. We have had to run very hard with sorting and stocking to have enough items on the shelves and racks to keep up with demand.

There are big changes happening this year as Kathie and I are retiring at the end of June 2019. We have been very busy finding and putting the right people in place to make sure the ministry continues strong and is able to keep meeting the needs of folks living in Watford City, and those who continue to arrive each month. We have a store manager hired. A new director, Dwayne Keener, was introduced at the 2019 Annual Conference in Bismarck.

Thank you to all of the individuals and churches that have supported us with clothing and household donations as well as financial support and prayer. There is no doubt in our minds that God has shown special favor to this ministry over the years. Also, special thanks to the groups that came to help us with special events and encourage us in our mission.

God is so very good and faithful, and we are so grateful to have been able to serve the Dakotas Conference in Watford City. We also take great joy in helping the folks that come to us weekly for help, whether they need clothing, household items, a listening ear or prayer and a hug!

Just in writing this report, we are reminded of how many people have worked to help make this ministry successful year after year. It is a testament to people’s faithful service to the Lord and to us!

“God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.” Psalm 9:18 NIV Submitted by Jim and Kathie Konsor, Co-Directors, Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City Outreach

Disaster Response In 2018, several appeals for Emergency Response Teams (ERT) to respond to flooding and storm damages were passed on to ERT trained volunteers in the Dakotas Annual Conference. No accurate numbers are available at the time of this report as to how many volunteers responded to these appeals.

In March of 2019, Lisa Johnsen was added as Co-coordinator for disaster response for the Dakotas Annual Conference.

In April 2019, a tool trailer furnished with disaster response tools/equipment was sent to South Dakota to enhance response time to future needs in South Dakota. Additional ERT training was offered in Sioux Falls, SD, in April of 2019.

Submitted by Richard Craig, Co-Coordinator, Disaster Response in the Dakotas Annual Conference

HOPE Center The HOPE Center began in 2010 as a vision of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Rapid City, SD. At that time, church leaders saw the need to provide services to the homeless and those living in poverty that would have 83

a long-term impact. In 2014, the HOPE Center obtained its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status with the mission of: “Putting God’s love into action by enhancing dignity and hope as we build bridges out of poverty.” As the only day center in the Rapid City area, the HOPE Center offers its guests a safe environment where they can get off the streets while receiving supportive service.

In 2018, the following services were provided to those in need: 3800+ guests requested to use the HOPE Center as their address, our free laundry facility was utilized 1797 times, staff advocated for guests 1189 times, 911 referrals were made, staff assisted 131 individuals in receiving their identification, and 3600+ hygiene kits were provided to guests.

Our main objective at the HOPE Center is to establish relationships with the disadvantaged in our area, provide them with a respectful environment, and be a source of encouragement to those who often experience times of instability. We build trust with our guests and support them as they work through the crisis of poverty and homelessness. We do this by providing them with a stable environment and an abundance of grace.

Submitted by Melanie Timm, Executive Director, HOPE Center

Open Door Community Center Is Open Door Community Center still a stand-alone UMC mission? That’s the question that’s getting asked since the pre-school operated by the Open Door Community Center relocated in mid-August 2018, to McCabe United Methodist Church from its former location on South 12th Street in Bismarck. The answer is “Yes.” Over the past two years, Open Door has struggled financially as former sources of financial support were discontinued.

After putting pencil to paper, it appeared that Open Door could “live” cheaper if it was housed at McCabe.

From McCabe’s point of view, the day care has the potential to be a new ministry that could lead younger families to Christ. And because of McCabe’s location near the capitol, the number of pre-school-aged students might actually increase. However, more students would mean more teachers and support staff. We think this arrangement is a “Better Together” moment both for Open Door and McCabe.

The Open Door Community Center was first established in 1976 to serve families living in south Bismarck with a special focus on assisting families in economic need. The Open Door is a Dakotas Conference mission project of the United Methodist Church and is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. The Open Door is governed by a volunteer board of directors representing all four UMC churches in Mandan and Bismarck.

The mutual goal of Open Door and McCabe UMC is to provide preschoolers with a high quality, Christ-centered program at an affordable price. The Open Door Board of Directors will remain separate from McCabe and we hope that all of our many supporters continue to give to this mission. The tuition that we charge families covers only the salaries of the teachers, cook and janitor. It is through donations that we have the ability to provide hot meals, snacks, educational materials and replace used and broken equipment and furniture.

Submitted by Steve Van Dyke, Chair, Open Door Community Center

Solar Oven Partners (SOP) Volunteers serve through Solar Oven Partners (SOP) in the Dakotas to prepare solar oven components for shipment to the three locations where we have ministry partners: the Dominican Republic, the Navajo Nation in Arizona and Sierra Leone. Volunteer in Mission teams then travel to those locations to assemble the ovens and conduct cooking seminars together with the people who will receive them. Local churches arrange two-day solar cooking seminars, which culminate in a distribution of solar ovens. The seminars offer the opportunity for the local churches to share the gospel with new people in their community and to offer a faith community in which to live it out.

By sharing solar cooking in communities that live with the post-colonial burdens of poverty, disease and environmental degradation, we share a means of reclaiming a part of sovereignty in the simple yet elemental daily necessity of cooking family meals. Not beholden to gas companies, nor dependent on cutting trees, people with a solar oven can cook using free sunlight. Cooks and their children no longer have to inhale smoke with every meal prepared, thus decreasing the chance for lung and eye disease. The decision to pasteurize milk and water no longer has to be weighed against the cost of cooking fuel to do so. And by reducing the need for trees cut in pursuit of cooking fuel, solar cooking reduces 84

deforestation and its devastating consequences, which include soil depletion, flooding, mud slides and desertification.

Jesus was constantly telling people who thought they had no power to get up, and they got up! He shared with his followers bread and wine as a sign of our sharing in his death and resurrection. How beautiful that the cooking of ordinary meals through this ministry becomes a way for burdened people to get up!

At the same time, volunteers in mission become witnesses, not only to the burdens faced by people in the communities where we distribute ovens, but also to the strength, ingenuity, courage and compassion with which they live their lives.

Each volunteer return a witness and becomes an advocate to what God is doing in another part of the body of Christ.

In September, a team travelled to Arizona to carry out the first oven distribution on the Navajo reservation since our pilot trip. We partnered with Tree of Life ministry on the Rosebud reservation, bringing two team members from there to serve as volunteers in mission. The Navajo and Lakota exchange was filled with joy, cultural exchange and mutual appreciation. Preparation for the volunteers from Rosebud led to a request for a small distribution there, which was carried out with the Rosebud youth development organization Boys with Braids serving as our volunteers. This distribution served to develop leadership among the Lakota youth and prepare the volunteers heading to Arizona. At the same time, it provided ovens for Rosebud tribal members, some of whom do not have a stove, some of whom are seeking ways to save on gas and electric bills, and some of whom talked about using the oven to extend their food sovereignty.

November 26 to December 8, 2018, a team travelled to Sierra Leone to introduce the solar cooking ministry to the communities beyond the church leadership to whom it was introduced during the pilot trip in March 2017. We began to develop recipes for solar-cooked Sierra Leonean food, and have enlisted the aid of the first Sierra Leoneans to obtain a solar oven to further perfect solar cooking techniques for their favorite foods. Our team consisted of four experienced Solar Oven Partners volunteers plus two new volunteers who are natives of Sierra Leone, now citizens of the United States. God provided the combination of skills, knowledge and enthusiasm in the volunteers in just the measure needed for a new mission field. We even had a carpenter on the team who built a storage box for the oven assembly tools and other supplies. Our ministry was featured on Sierra Leonean television news and we met with the director of the Sierra Leonean EPA in addition to carrying out three solar cooking seminars and oven distributions.

In March, a Volunteer-in-Mission team served in the Dominican Republic. The demand for solar ovens has been increasing as people have learned about solar cooking from friends, neighbors and neighboring communities. In order to keep the supply of ovens flowing, the focus is on inviting our churches in the Dakotas to send teams to serve at our workshops in Raymond, Zeeland and Montrose.

In July, we added a new workshop in Montrose, SD, where the oven insulation is cut and packaged for shipment. Our central workshop remains in Raymond, SD, just west of Clark, and the reflectors that sit atop the solar ovens continue to be manufactured at our workshop in Zeeland, ND. In an effort to reduce the amount of garbage, especially plastic, that we leave behind, we have purchased reusable plates and spoons for our seminars, eliminating the use of disposable dishes. In February 2019, we introduced cloth pouches to take the place of Ziplock bags that have been used previously to pack oven accessories. Our sewing volunteers in the Dakotas and beyond who agree to hem black bread pan covers and sew pot holders are also stepping up to sew the pouches.

Thanks be to God for the many hands that volunteer at our workshops, sew at home and at church, and volunteer to serve on SOP teams in other nations. We are most grateful to our donors, so that the manufacturing supplies can be purchased and the ovens shipped, as well as helping cover the expenses of volunteers in mission in need of scholarship assistance. Every contribution is living out our baptismal vows—to give of our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service and our witness. To God be the glory, great things he has done!

Submitted by Marj Evans-de-Carpio, Director, Solar Oven Partners

Southeast Pierre Mission UMC and Community Center Our Thursday night community Banquet is still the highlight of each week at Southeast Pierre UMC and Community Center. Local organizations, churches, and clubs volunteer their time and resources as they prepare and serve 150-200 meals each week. During the winter months, donated coats, winter gear, and blankets are available for anyone to take.

We are thankful for community support through the form of prayers, donations, and our partnership with Capital Area United Way and Feeding South Dakota.

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In addition to our weekly Banquet, we also provide a safe space for elementary-aged students on Wednesday evenings.

Often we come together for a Bible lesson, games, crafts, and a meal to share. While school is out of session for the summer, we pack and deliver about 100 sack lunches per day to area children who may otherwise not have a mid-day meal.

We worship together as a church family every Sunday morning. Our heart for mission overflows to Sundays as we share a potluck meal and collect a noisy bucket offering for a local charity on the last Sunday of each month. Our vision is to create and maintain our relationship with those who are lost and lonely by providing for their needs.

Submitted by Rev. Valerie Hummel LaBounty, Pastor and Director, Southeast Pierre Mission UMC and Community Center

Spirit Lake Ministry Center The Spirit Lake Ministry Center food pantry operates year-round for emergency needs. The food pantry meets the needs of more than 125 people per month on and around the Spirit Lake Nation. The food pantry depends on the funds from the Spirit Lake Ministry, donations from churches and individuals, and food drive items. Recipients of the food pantry receive more than just physical sustenance. They are given the opportunity for prayer and fellowship. This helps grow the faith community of The United Methodist Church on the reservation. We depend on The Tribal Council, Tribal Social Services, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Dakota Prairie Community Action Organization, and local churches for referrals of persons in need.

The Spirit Lake Ministry provided Shoebox Christmas gifts for 5,989 children in poverty and need in 2018. The Shoebox gifts were distributed to eight reservations in the Dakotas Conference and the Red Lake Reservation in MN. The gifts provide the children with the story of Jesus’ birth, warm hats, scarves, mittens/gloves and fun toys. The gifts share the love of Jesus Christ and plant seeds of faith with the children who receive them. Shoebox Christmas gifts are donated by churches from around the country and within the Dakotas Conference.

The Community Children’s Fund provided emergency clothing and temporary housing for 48 children affected by life-changing events. The Community Children’s Fund is used to purchase winter coats, hats, gloves, blankets, clothing, toys, and other items lost in fires or any other major event that occurs in the child’s life. We take items from the food pantry/clothing closet when available, but on occasion must purchase these types of items. The program depends on funds from the Spirit Lake Ministry, churches, and individuals to help defray the cost of these items. Last year we spent in excess of $2,700.

Spirit Lake Ministry provides the children of the Spirit Lake Reservation the opportunity to participate in a fast-paced Vacation Bible School program. This year we hosted a faith-based summer long day camp called Summer J.A.M., Jesus and Me. The day camp begins with a hot meal for the children and continues with a Vacation Bible School Experience with stories, songs, crafts, skits and supervised play. We are able to begin and reinforce basic spiritual learning for children on the reservation. Day camp averaged 50 children age 6 to 12 each day. Due to the popularity of this program, we split the older youth, 13 and up, from the younger group. The Youth attended Summer J.A.M. 2.0. This program averaged 15 youth and included an evening meal, interaction with youth groups from around the country and a short lesson. This group of youth attended “A Day of Fun” at Wesley Acres Camp. This one day of fun at Wesley Acres generated interest in the youth spending a week at camp in 2019.

This year the Ministry hosted 426 Volunteers in Mission from across the country. Volunteers built wheelchair ramps and decks, roofed houses, painted houses, painted or stained wheelchair ramps, rehabbed the POW WOW grounds, and provided spiritual fellowship to untold numbers of local residents. The focus of our teams is to build relationships that are meant to last a lifetime. We are building a faith community that allows the local residents to regain trust in the church and to bridge the gap of cultural differences. We focus not on the differences, but on the similarities of our cultures, those being our faith and trust in God. The ministry provides a place for children and adults alike to come and feel comfortable.

We sponsored and hosted the annual Culture Camp, the Equine Diversion Program, health fairs, the Wellness Ride and the “Sacred Beginnings” camp weekend. These five programs brought more than 530 children and adults to the ministry.

We hosted a back-to-school bash for the children on the reservation supplying more than 75 backpacks filled with school supplies to the children attending.

We continued our children’s and youth night out with an average of 18 children and youth attending events including movie nights, pizza parties, game nights, and spiritual conversations. Family night continues to be a success with an average of 40 persons attending this monthly activity.

The Journey at Spirit Lake worship service continues to grow, with an average attendance of 45 for 2018. Worship at Spirit Lake Ministry begins at 5 pm on Sunday with Bible studies and youth group on Wednesday and Thursday. In 86

worship we have seen an adult baptism, and five infant baptisms. Our congregation has a heart for mission in its local community and around our state. The fall season found our congregation winterizing 14 homes against the oncoming winter wind and cold. For Thanksgiving, we baked over 40 dozen cookies and delivered them, along with 55 blankets, to the elderly centers on the reservation and in the city of Devils Lake. The Jesus and Me (JAM) children’s program meets at the back of Arthur Hall during worship with an average of 20 children in attendance. The JAM session begins with a children’s teaching moment and crafts that follow the outline of the weekly worship message. Our Lenten series, “God’s Not Dead” was attended by over 25 adults and youth. We begin our study with a light meal of soup and sandwiches and then get into the study. God is truly moving on the Spirit Lake Nation and within the Spirit Lake Ministry. This worshipping congregation is a catalyst for sharing the love of Jesus Christ with the peoples of the reservation.

Submitted by Mike and Libby Flowers, Co-Directors, Spirit Lake Ministry Center

Tree of Life Ministry Tree of Life demonstrates Jesus’s love, power and grace to a broken, hurting society. We are the working hands and feet of God to the Lakota Nation residing on the Rosebud Reservation serving body, mind and soul. We feed, cloth, shelter and love. Grateful to be under the watchful eye and covering of Dakotas Conference we are excited to announce we have completed our second year without direct monthly ministry financial support from Dakotas Conference. We will celebrate at year five.

The Soup Kitchen: Through our partnership with Native American Heritage Association (NAHA), we were able to distribute 250 turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners, 250 turkeys for Christmas dinners, 250 hams for Easter dinners, and served or distributed to help supplement the evening or weekend meal 1,059,178 lbs. of food a value of $1,747,644.00.

Through our partnership with Feeding South Dakota we distributed 2,760 elder boxes. With financial donations we buy and pay for everything else it takes to run a great kitchen. We are expanding our outreach by opening up a satellite food pantry and kitchen in White River.

Botanical Garden: Phase one is growing beautifully; Black and Gold Currants, Buffalo Berry, Chokecherry, Prairie Red Plum shrubs and Rose Hansen hedges. Phase two growing beautifully; 8 apple trees, 2 pear trees and 2 peach trees. Our garden produced for the soup kitchen, and food pantry with plenty to can. We will be expanding our garden and building a green house. We received $10,000 from South Dakota Community Foundation to build a Walinini Greenhouse for food sovereignty.

Thrift Store: In 2018 we received 130,990 lbs. of donations for our thrift store. We get donations from men and women of God all over the Dakotas and beyond and with the help of nonprofit organizations we have provided household goods, furniture, appliances, gently used and new clothing for babies, children, teens, men and women.

This gives a family, a mom or dad an opportunity to buy at a very low cost and have the pride of knowing they have provided for themselves (a hand up, not a hand out). We serve an impoverished community with high unemployment and few resources to meet their very real needs. With that in mind we are expanding one more time to provide three times the inventory needed to get support out. We continue to go out twice a month to one of the 20 communities.

Construction Projects: We continue to work on homes that need repair, related to health and wellness issues. This year we had eight home projects, four were full roofs and 16 were self-help projects (family did the work while we provided the supplies and materials). We continue to invest in our own ministry with a major renovation project to place the thrift store and soup kitchen under one roof.

Volunteers In Mission (VIM): We had six South Dakota groups and 35 out of state groups serve the Lord through us this year. Together we are making a difference, toward the Kingdom of God, project by project. Our VIM dorms are updated, comfortable and safe. We provide a cross-cultural experience second to none and continue to add new and exciting activities and adventures for our VIM teams. We would like to see more men and women of God visit us so they can experience the magnificent culture of the Sicangu Lakota Nation and to be a part of and witness the redeeming power of God to a nation.

Every prayer and donation is vital to this ministry. Thank you for your prayers and support.

Submitted by Linda Garriott, Executive Director, Tree of Life Ministry

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GENERATING MISSIONAL RESOURCES LINK Builders Club Builders Club Builders Club is about doing ministry together to support the building projects of four churches each year through the donations of hundreds of individuals, organizations, and churches across the Dakotas. The goal is to help churches grow their current or new ministries to reach people in their communities by providing financial support for their building, remodel, or expansion projects.

In 2018, almost 600 individuals, organizations, and churches have partnered together and provided over $41,000 to help fund churches in their building projects. The following churches have benefitted from the generosity of our members: • The mission of Open Heart UMC in Rapid City, SD, is to be the hands and feet of Christ in the surrounding community and offers a place for all people to come to know Jesus. With this grant, they were able to update their entry space to make it more welcoming and to reflect the love and acceptance that is found at their church.

• Milnor UMC in Milnor, ND, made their church wheelchair accessible by updating bathrooms to ADA standards, creating space in the sanctuary for wheelchairs, widening the entrance doors, and replacing the cracked and uneven sidewalk and parking lot. They want everyone to know that they are welcome in their church and want to ensure that physical barriers are not holding people back from knowing the love of God. • There has been an influx of community members eager to worship at Sunnycrest UMC in Sioux Falls, SD. To keep up with all of the new and exciting things happening at this church, Builders Club was able to assist in providing a welcoming entry, fixing a leaky roof, replacing the boiler, and remodeling the bathrooms to make them wheelchair accessible.

• Marion Grace UMC is a small church with a big heart for the people in the town of Marion, ND. They were able to create a welcoming space for community members to gather and share in God’s love by replacing the outside siding, mending the crumbling sidewalk, and installing a multimedia system to enhance worship, Bible studies, and adult and children’s ministries.

If you would like to join Builders Club or would like to apply for a Builders Club grant, please visit the Builders Club page on our website: www.dakotasumf.org or contact our office at 605-990-7790.

Submitted by Sheri Meister, President/CEO, Dakotas United Methodist Foundation

Conference Council on Finance and Administration The mission of The United Methodist Church and the Dakotas Annual Conference is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. As a Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA), we take seriously our responsibility in making the mission happen through our apportionment dollars and other assets. Over the past six years we have continued to create a budget that has continued to live into our Journey Toward Vitality. We have focused on Developing Missional Leaders, Equipping Missional Congregations, Extending Missional Impact (which includes our financial commitment to the General Church), and Generating Missional Resources.

The role of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration is the oversight of the finances of the Dakota Annual Conference. This includes recommending the annual budget to the Dakotas Annual Conference and setting policies and procedures on the use of the funds raised through apportionments and other assets.

The Conference Council on Finance and Administration approved the budget for 2020. For more details see the 2020 Budget and Treasurer’s Discussion and Analysis in Section VI. The audit report is available in the Dakotas Conference Finance Office.

Finally, we want to thank the staff: Jeff Pospisil, treasurer, JoAnn Schlimgen, assistant treasurer, and Dana Bassett, accounting clerk. We are grateful for the hard work and leadership of this team.

Submitted by Bob Ruedebusch, Chair, Dakotas Annual Conference Council on Finance and Administration

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developing relationships • cultivating resources • embracing ministries

The Foundation continues to grow. And with this growth, we are able to invest in the future of the Dakotas Annual Conference as we continue to support ministries within the local church and conference ministries across the Dakotas.

Seminary Scholarships – Investing in the missional development of our new leaders is essential. The Foundation takes pride in partnering with our seminarians as we walk alongside them financially in support of their journey. Thirteen students were awarded a total of $77,000 in 2018: Natalie Buck, Thomas Carlson, Don Dinger, Sarah Green, Paul Kimball, Jason Martens, Jennifer McDonald, Matthew Morrison, Michele Slott, Jeanne Sortland, Kara Togel, Kippy Udehn and Teresa Whetsel.

Breakthrough Ministry Grants are being awarded to churches who are finding new and innovative ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in their local communities. These grants are intended to be seed money for churches to fund new ministry or support expanding ministries. In 2018, over $34,000 was awarded to 24 different churches who introduced 25 new ministries in the Dakotas. Funds from the Called: One Word, Many Ways offering were received from the 2018 Annual Conference and are available to support churches, groups and organizations in creating opportunities to inspire and equip individuals to hear and respond to God’s calling. Breakthrough Ministry grant applications are being accepted to provide funds for ministry outreach, technology upgrades, church/school partnerships, support of individuals being called to leadership, campus and young adult ministry and hunger programs. The application can be found online at www.dakotasumf.org. Application deadlines are January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31.

Endowments, investment accounts, charitable gift annuities, legacy giving, or direct giving, are a few of the ways for individuals and churches to partner with the Foundation. Each of these options provide the church or ministry with opportunities to strengthen the mission of their church and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

In 2018, there were 6 new endowments totaling $102,917 and 7 new investment accounts totaling $345,547 Total Distributions in 2018: $583,525 Gift annuities - $80,358 Group Endowments - $31,983 Named Endowments - $302,484 Builders Club - $41,200 Passthroughs - $127,500 (Camp, Spirit Lake, Tree of Life, Solar Ovens, Local Church, DWU; includes stock gifts) There are great opportunities before us in the Foundation and we continue to look for new ways to partner with churches and ministries within the Conference and across the Dakotas.

Submitted by Rich Platt, Board of Directors Chair, and Sheri Meister, President/CEO, Dakotas United Methodist Foundation

Human Resources The Human Resource (HR) committee continued to work with Jeff Pospisil and Rebecca Trefz to assure our staff was aligned properly within our mission. A matrix for compensation for 2020 was approved along with a grading system for each position within our conference staff. Jeff, Rebecca and Bishop Ough completed evaluations of the staff based on a new “Annual Progress Conversation: Self-Reflection Form” that has been adopted. It allowed for a positive conversation on the strengths and growing edges for the conference staff. Approval was given to the equitable compensation packages submitted by the District Superintendents. We want to thank Jeff and Rebecca for their continued efforts to make sure our staff is cared for and that they have the ability to have an open dialogue about how each might better serve our conference.

Submitted by Barry Whipkey, Chair, Human Resources Committee

Board of Pensions The Dakotas Conference Board of Pensions (BOP) administers the pension, health care and other benefit programs available to clergy and lay employees of United Methodist institutions (local churches, annual conference, and other UM related entities). The purpose of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist 89

Church is to wisely provide pension and health care benefits for its clergy, lay employees and their families so that they can more freely equip the local church to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. (See Para.

639.1 in the 2016 Book of Discipline).

A summary of our work over the last year includes: the change of health plan to Wespath HealthFlex Exchange on January 1, 2019, and continuation of Medicare Part B premium grants for surviving spouses as those rates continue to increase each year. Reduced apportionment to zero ($0) from $98,000.

Clergy Medical Leave: Clergy mecidcal leave was approved at the 2019 clergy session and is recorded in Section III, Business of the Annual Conference, in the 2019 Journal.

The Pre-82 (Past Service) Annuity Rate: The Board recommends that the 2020 Past Service Annuity Rate (effective 1/1/2020) be set at $735 for each year of pre-82 service in the Dakotas Conference. This is a 2.37% increase over 2019.

Updates On The Healthflex Program HealthFlex is offered to Annual Conferences through Wespath (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits).

This plan is specifically designed for active and younger than age 65 retired United Methodist clergy and lay employees.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is the health insurance carrier which administers the plan and processes claims. The HealthFlex insurance plan has strict guidelines regarding payment of premiums.

Beginning in 2019, we moved to Wespath HealthFlex Exchange giving active participant’s more coverage options.

There are six plans to choose from along with dental and expanded vision coverage. The default plan for 2019 will be the CDHP C3000. The participant’s share calculations will no longer be based on participant’s total compensation. There will be a Premium Credit set for each type of coverage.

For the Conference to have some perspective on the actual health insurance bill for our participants, the following numbers are the actual cost for each category of participant enrolled in HealthFlex Exchange for 2020: ACTIVES:

HDHP3000 Plan HDHP2000 Plan HDHP1500 Plan CDHP3000 Plan CDHP2000 Plan PPOB1000 Plan

Single $7,488 $8,604 $9,396 $8,184 $9,648 $10,152

2 Party $14,232 $16,332 $17,844 $15,552 $18,324 $19,284

Family $19,476 $22,356 $24,420 $21,276 $25,080 $26,388

Default plan –CDHP C3000 Plan The conference will provide a Premium Credit of the following: Single Coverage 2 Party Coverage Family Coverage

$ 7,236 $13,740 $18,816

Eligibility to participate will be as specified in the HealthFlex Plan Documents and Conference Policy. Premiums will be paid in accordance with Conference policies regarding such payments (see Policy section of the 2018 Journal). For 2020, the annual Direct Bill to churches will be 75% of the total active 2019 C2000 HealthFlex premium.

Updates On VIA Benefits For Retirees: The average HRA to a participant for 2018 was $2981. 64% of all our retiree HRA accounts had funds roll over from 2018. Of those accounts 68% rolled over a minimum of $1000.

Update On The Retiree Health Liability Funding Plan And New Information On A Retiree Health Funding Plan/ (Health Reimbursment Accounts) To fund the Health Reimbursement Account contributions, the Board will use funds from three sources. It is the Board of Pensions hope that we will be able to increase the funding amount each year for our retirees: Funds had been accumulated for the Retiree Health Liability. As of December 31, 2018, the amount of these funds was 90

$1,742,509.

Earnings from the Frank Lynch Trust and Georgia Lynch Trust. In 2018, the trusts distributed a combined total of $637,892. As of December 31, 2018, the balance of these trusts was $12,437,731.

On January 1, 2019, 3% was added to the Active Participant Share in the "Salary Ratio" way that the Active Participant Share is currently calculated. The amount generated by the additional 3% will be directed to funding retiree health.

Regarding Corpus Amounts: Endowment and Trust Fund: The corpus was established at $1,000,000 for the merged Dakotas Conference as of 1/1/1994. Additions since merger total $84,646.59. The Corpus of the Endowment is $1,084,646.59, as of 12/31/18. The Corpus is not viewed as a “target balance." It is the “foundation” of all Dakotas Pension and Health Plans and cannot be expended for any reason. The Board of Pensions has adopted a strategy of “reserve savings” with accompanying policies endorsed by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration which will enable the Dakotas Conference to “weather” large increases in health insurance premiums; secure the Ministerial Pension Plan and the Pre-82 Plan; and provide funding for CRSP liabilities. Reports of the amount of this “Reserve Savings” and its use will be reported to the Annual Conference upon request.

Administration of all plans and work of the Board: The Board recommends that the following be authorized to sign necessary documents relative to the Dakotas Board of Pensions for 2019-2020: The Board Chair, the Conference Benefits Officer and the Treasurer of the Board.

Pension Payments and Rental/Housing Allowance See Section II Consent Calendar of the 2019 Journal.

Dakotas Annual Conference 2019 Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan Opinion and Summary may be found on the Dakotas Conference website.

Submitted by Leana Stunes, Conference Benefits Officer

Conference Board of Trustees This report is being brought to the Conference, keeping in mind the three-fold ministry of the Conference Trustees to 1) care for the property of the Conference, making it available for the agencies of the Conference, 2) maintain the parsonages owned by the Conference, keeping in mind the needs of the families that live in the homes, and 3) invest funds so that the proceeds can be used to fund several committee ministries.

Below is a report of the properties of the Dakotas Conference: Property

Date Acquired

Cost

Storm Mountain Center (1) Lake Poinsett Camp (1)

Responsible For Upkeep

Insured Value

2018 Maintenance*

4,501,000 1946

5,736,000

Wesley Acres Camp (1)

Camping Council

115,000

2,672,000

Southwest District Parsonage (2)

2/27/2009

289,032

328,000

Conference Center (3)

2/23/1970

127,639

843,000

Spirit Lake Nation

4/14/2006

311,409

1,255,000

Board of Trustees Spirit Lake Ministry

408 10,422 0

*Includes only the amount provided by Trustee Funds or Apportionments for maintenance.

1. $28,750 was transferred to each camp. The Camp and Retreat Ministry Council also holds $28,750 in reserve for large and unexpected maintenance that require immediate attention.

2. $408 was spent on the Southwest District parsonage for minor repairs and maintenance.

3. $3,724 was spent to repair the elevator at the conference center after it stopped working. $2,046 was spent to repair the dampers and general maintenance for the HVAC system, $1,953 was spent on electrical work to update ballasts and add an electrical outlet. The remaining $2,699 was for various other minor repair/maintenance items at the conference center.

In addition to our work in caring for conference property, we also worked on advising and inspecting the construction of a shed at Lake Poinsett Camp, managing rental farmland lease agreements, and reviewing our relationship agreements.

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Submitted by Ron McLean, Chair, Conference Board of Trustees

Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) is proud of our Methodist heritage which encourages our students to openly explore their faith and shape a tradition of strong ethical values. As an engaged, faith-affirming community, we embrace John Wesley’s Christ-centered model of uniting knowledge, reason, and vibrant faith in our curricular and co-curricular activities. We challenge students, faculty and staff to make a difference through creative, genuine service. Rooted in our Methodist tradition, service is a natural extension of our nurturing campus community. We foster excellence, drive, and the willingness to succeed, and anticipate our graduates will make a positive difference as the next generation of leaders.

DWU has a well-rounded, accomplished collection of graduates this year, who will start careers in education, business, communications, criminal justice, healthcare, ministry and nonprofit administration, poised with the sound conviction to serve. Many will go on to graduate school, law school, and medical school; including two of our students committed to attending seminary and one student who has been accepted into a global missionary organization, similar to the Peace Corps.

In addition to Dakotas Annual Conference funding of $85,500, Dakota Wesleyan’s financial commitment to United Methodist higher education is significant. $198,500 in scholarships were exclusively dedicated to supporting United Methodist student leaders. $95,000 supports a full-time United Methodist faculty member in religion. This individual introduces all students to John Wesley through the general education program. $148,500 supports campus ministry. This commitment includes one full-time and one part-time campus pastor, as well as programming. Programming includes bringing national speakers to campus, supporting internship opportunities for students in ministry, and providing supplies for our justice ministries, Bible studies, small groups, and mission trips. $20,000 of in-kind support for Mitchell Fusion United Methodist Church. $4,000 funded two interns for the Elisha Project. They served as key leaders in student ministry and also had some involvement in Fusion UMC and Mitchell FUMC to learn about vocational ministry.

Campus Ministry at DWU continues to thrive. Approximately 175 students are regularly involved with ministries, such as chapel, life groups, service projects, and Freshmen Ministry. This year, 45 students received Christian Leadership Awards (CLA) to help make college more affordable. These students commit to being involved in chapel, small groups, and at least one service project per year. Many of them also take part in Freshmen Ministry, which develops mentoring relationships between upperclassmen and new students that help in adjusting to adult life in college.

Thirty-eight students committed to Student Ministry Council (SMC) leadership in 2018-19. This group meets Sunday nights to pray, worship, and plan the weekly ministries. Many of these leaders have a wide range of influence in other clubs and organizations, including residence life, choir, athletic teams, band, McGovern Engagement Group, and numerous other activities.

This academic year the DWU campus ministry welcomed two interns through the Dakotas United Methodist Church’s Elisha Project. Luke Wodahl (junior, Buffalo, WY) and Thanael Certa-Werner (senior, Superior, WI) met weekly with DWU Campus Pastor Eric Van Meter to discuss various aspects of ministry and leadership. Designed as part book study and part practicum, the internship grants the present-and-future church leaders the opportunity to think about ministry in an intentional way, then apply what they learned to their context as SMC leaders.

Campus ministry continues to emphasize the importance of Christian leadership not just in specifically church-related activities, but in every aspect of life. We are focused on developing natural talents, supporting achievement and preparing students for success.

“I’m working on becoming a pastor in the United Methodist Church, and so Dakota Wesleyan was a natural choice. The school is renowned for its commitment to faith development and for its strong connection to the church,” said Thanael Certa-Werner, Christian leadership and nonprofit administration major. “I honestly think that I am further ahead in my understandings of the Bible and how the church works than most first-year seminarians! Besides that, I have also grown by leaps and bounds in my faith through my program, the campus ministry, and Fusion church which are seamlessly integrated into each other. I declared my nonprofit admin minor later in my career after having taken some classes that were a part of the program. I realized that something that every pastor understands is the Bible and faith, but not every 92

Kristen Krogman thanked the Conference for the opportunity to serve as Conference Secretary for the past three years. Krogman stepped down before completing her term because of a career change.

Bishop Bruce Ough delivered his episcopal address entitled, “What Are You Thirsty For?” based on the theme scripture from John 4 about the Samaritan woman at the well.

For Friday morning’s opening worship, Rev. Katie Ricke, Beresford Zion, shared a message about evangelism and lessons that can be learned from the blind man who was healed by Jesus in John 9:1-34.

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VI. FINANCES AND BUDGET VI. FINANCES AND BUDGET

JoAnn Schlimgen, Dana Bassett, and Jeff Pospisil continue to serve the churches of the Dakotas Conference through the ministry of theJoAnn Finance Office. The Finance Office responsible for financial reporting, church of billings and receipts, Schlimgen, Dana Bassett, andisJeff Pospisil continue to serve the churches the Dakotas Conference throu executing decisions of the annual conference in regards to the budget, paying obligations (including payroll for approxthe ministry of the Finance Office. The Finance Office is responsible for financial reporting, church billings and receip imately 100 employees, according to policy, caring for and paying insurance matters, working executingmanaging decisionsinvestments of the annual conference in regards to property the budget, obligations (including payroll f with churches to help them with finance and administration, andaccording managingtothe Conference Center’s information approximately 100their employees, managing investments policy, caring for property and insurance matte technology.). working with churches to help them with their finance and administration, and managing the Conference Cente information technology.) In this report you will find the 2016 Audited Financial Statements. These are included as p The 2018 Audited Financial Statements part ofcan ourbepermanent record.

The full audit can be found on of our permanent record. are Theincluded full auditasreport found on our website. our website when the audit is finalized.

In this report you will find the draft of the 2018 Audited Financial Statements. These are included as part of o permanent record. The full audit report can be found on our website when the audit is finalized.

Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2018 ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

793,705

Accounts receivable – apportionments & billings

366,703

Pledges receivable, current portion

294,005

Other receivable

252,833

Prepaid expenses

4,158

Notes & contracts receivable, current portion

3,300

Total Current Assets

1,714,704

NONCURRENT ASSETS

Pledges receivable, less current portion

356,335

Notes & contracts receivable, less current portion Investment accounts - affiliated organizations

46,460 4,659,925

Deposit accounts - Conference Board of Pensions

40,855,139

Beneficial interest in trust funds

12,437,731

Total Noncurrent Assets

58,355,590

4,263,644

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - net

64,333,938 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILTIES

Accounts payable

357,198

Accrued payroll taxes

39,822

Accrued real estate taxes

34,818

Deferred camps revenue

5,750

Current portion of post-retirement benefit obligation Total Current Liabilities

671,901 1,109,489

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

Post-retirement benefit obligation

35,849,834

Total Noncurrent Liabilities

35,849,834

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted

-9,644,785

Temporarily restricted

35,814,753

Permanently restricted

1,204,647

Total Net Assets

37,374,615 64,333,938

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Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2018

Unrestricted

Temporarily

Permanently

Restricted

Restricted

Total

Revenues, Gains, and Other Support

Apportioned giving

3,642,378

0

0

3,642,378

Contributions and bequests

334,960

926,070

0

1,261,030

Investment income

109,861

34,921

0

144,782

Program fees and sales

952,845

0

0

952,845

Miscellaneous income

63,635

22,014

0

85,649

Net Realized gain on property, plant, & equipment

11,100

0

0

11,100

-1,651,309

-1,823,822

0

-3,475,131

Net assets released from restrictions

4,002,123

-3,078,233

0

923,890

Total Revenues, Gains and Other Support

7,465,593

-3,919,050

0

3,546,543

District Superintendency

634,197

0

0

634,197

Equipping churches

529,323

0

0

529,323

Connectional ministries

2,475,462

0

0

2,475,462

Camping program

1,027,613

0

0

1,027,613

4,666,595

0

0

4,666,595

Stewardship of resources

1,317,209

0

0

1,317,209

Pension and insurance

3,903,824

0

0

3,903,824

5,221,033

0

0

5,221,033

9,887,628

0

0

9,887,628

-2,422,035

-3,919,050

0

-6,341,085

(7,222,750)

39,733,803

1,204,647

33,715,700

-9,644,785

35,814,753

1,204,647

27,374,615

Net unrealized on long-term investments

Expenses

Program Services

Total Program Service Expenses Support Expenses

Total Support Expenses Total Expenses Change in Net Assets Net Assets, Beginning of Year Net Assets, End of Year

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1.2 Proposed 2020 Budget

Developing Missional Leaders Equipping Missional Congregations Extending Missional Impact Generating Missional Resources Support Services Cabinet Savings Fund Subtotal Pension & Insurance Direct Bills to Churches Subtotal

Total

2020 Budget

2019 Apportioned Budget

Apportioned

Foundation

Donations / Other

551,000 275,000

538,100 253,500

1,236,759

1,194,059

185,000 52,000

1,270,600 289,000

2020 Total Budget 1,993,700 594,500

75,000

79,150

22,750

890,000

2,106,809

1,289,227

1,368,921

720,000

761,504

100,000

100,000

4,246,986

4,295,234

0

0

2,739,851

2,845,965

2,739,851

6,986,837

0

0

79,150

65,000

75,500

1,509,421

0

0

761,504

0 324,750

0 2,525,100

100,000 7,145,084

0

912,806

912,806

2,845,965

13,000 13,000

48,855 961,661

2,907,820 3,820,626

7,141,199

337,750

3,486,761

10,965,710

Note: Foundation includes funds the Conference expects to receive as endowment distributions or withdrawal of accumulated investment earnings. Donations/Other is primarily made up of donations from individuals or churches but also includes grants, registration fees, and reimbursements.

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Treasurer’s Discussion and Analysis Overview – There is a 1.1% increase in the apportioned budget and a 3.9% increase in the total direct bill for Pension & Insurance. The overall increase is 2.2% or $154,362. In the aftermath of the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference, it was decided the apportionment percentage will remain at 16% for 2020. Below are some highlights of the changes from the 2020 budget: Developing Missional Leaders: Decrease of 2.3% or $12,900 • Decrease is a result of the plan for Camping & Retreat Ministries to become apportionment neutral of operations. 2020 will be the final year Camping will receive apportionments for operations. Apportionments will continue to help care for the properties, insurance, and property taxes as well as the Central Office expenses.

Equipping Missional Congregations: Decrease of 7.8% or $21,500 • New Churches will see a decrease as few multiplication efforts are traditional church plants which are expensive.

Instead, we are seeing good results in adding new services, new locations, new partnerships, and helping churches “reboot.”

• MCCI and Journey Renewal decreased based on historical costs.

Extending Missional Impact: Decrease of 3.5% or $42,700 • Continuing to help move our Conference Missionaries toward being self-sustaining. Bakken Oil Rush Ministry will be off apportionment support in 2020 and will be a self-funded, self-governed United Methodist ministry.

Generating Missional Resources: Increase of 5.5% or $4,150 • Bonus for the Treasurer. Just kidding. This is to cover the costs of sending leaders to the General Church’s quadrennial training events.

Support Services: Increase of 6.2% or $79,694 • $21,000 decrease in UMConnect expected as we bid this contract out. Video conferencing continues to become more affordable as the technology improves.

• Trustees increases by $15,060 primarily in anticipation of moving, and needing to provide housing for four instead of three District Superintendents.

• Chancellors was increased back to $10,000. It was probably foolish to set this at $5,000 for 2019 with the Special Session of General Conference.

• Annual Conference Session increased by $5,000 based on historical costs and current contracts.

• Episcopacy increased by $2,200 to cover the cost of quadrennial training and increased costs of a transition in bishops.

• Conference Center Operations increased by $49,384. About half of this is just increases in the cost of wages and benefits. The other half is the phasing out of support from Thrive to support the addition of staff to support Leadership Development and New Churches.

• Area Office Support increased $15,000 based on historical costs.

Cabinet: Increase of 5.8% or $41,504 • Starting in July of 2018, we have had 3.5 District Superintendents. We are preparing for if we return to four full-tim District Superintendents.

Saving Fund: No Change • Established in 2019, the goal is to have $1 million set aside or 25% of the apportioned budget Pension & Insurance: No Change in Apportionment; Increase of 3.9% or $106,114 in Direct Bills • Zero requested for apportionments for the second consecutive year as a result of the Board of Pensions Funding Strategy.

• Wespath had declared a holiday from CPP premiums for 2018-19. CPP is the death/disability coverage for our pastors. The savings had been passed onto the churches.

• For decades, full-time pastors had received an added pension benefit of the church making a 3% contribution into the pastors’ UMPIP (personal investment plan) each year. This benefit was extended to ½-time and ¾-time pastors.

• HealthFlex Direct Bills will go down 1.29% as a result of decreasing premiums.

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Apportioned Budget Detail Program/Pathway DEVELOPING MISSIONAL LEADERS MISSIONAL LEADER LINK LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY MINISTERIAL EDUCATION FUND LAY SERVANT MINISTRY LAY LEADER CAMPING & YOUTH OFFICE CAMPING & RETREAT MINISTRIES YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ON YOUTH MINISTRIES YOUNG ADULT & HIGHER ED SAFE & SACRED PLACES NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE DEVELOPING MISSIONAL LEADERS EQUIPPING MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS LINK DIRECTOR OF MINISTRIES OFFICE

NEW CHURCHES MCCI JOURNEY RENEWAL

TOOLS/TRAINING FOR CHURCHES

EQUIPPING MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS EXTENDING MISSIONAL IMPACT MISSIONAL IMPACT LINK GENERAL APPORTIONMENTS CONNECTIONAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE MISSIONARIES EXTENDING MISSIONAL IMPACT GENERATING MISSIONAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF FINANCE & ADMIN FINANCE OFFICE EQUITABLE COMPENSATION D&O; WORKER'S COMP COVERAGE GENERATING MISSIONAL RESOURCES

2018 Actual

2019 Budget

1,275 21,074 75,947 27,147 1,343 4,135 15,285 227,509 36,199 6,927 110,378 1,995 111 529,323

1,500 20,500 78,650 39,000 7,750 3,000 18,550 200,250 21,500 37,550 119,250 2,900 600 551,000

218 8,960 11,989 9,712 9,206 15,385 55,470

1,000 12,800 186,750 40,000 15,650 18,800 275,000

582 892,830 59,060 233,853 1,186,325

800 973,209 56,250 206,500 1,236,759

541 10,868 4,851 32,700 48,960

1,700 24,300 5,000 44,000 75,000

*Due to rounding, numbers presented on this report may not add up precisely to the totals.

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2020 Budget

1,500 20,700 79,150 43,850 8,250 3,500 18,850 179,500 22,000 38,050 119,250 2,900 600 538,100

2021 Budget

2022 Budget

2023 Budget

1,500 20,900 91,650 30,000 8,750 3,750 19,150 146,750 22,500 38,550 119,250 2,900 600 506,250

1,500 21,100 92,150 30,000 9,250 4,250 19,450 147,000 23,000 39,050 119,250 2,900 600 509,500

1,500 21,300 92,650 30,000 9,750 4,500 19,750 147,250 23,500 39,550 119,250 2,900 600 512,500

1,000 11,700 176,500 32,500 13,000 18,800 253,500

1,000 11,700 194,500 32,500 13,000 18,800 271,500

1,000 11,700 194,500 32,500 13,000 18,800 271,500

1,000 11,700 194,500 32,500 13,000 18,800 271,500

800 973,259 57,750 162,250 1,194,059

800 665,606 52,750 152,000 871,156

800 665,606 47,750 141,750 855,906

800 665,606 47,750 136,750 850,906

3,750 26,400 5,000 44,000 79,150

2,000 25,700 5,000 44,000 76,700

2,000 26,200 5,000 44,000 77,200

2,000 26,650 5,000 44,000 77,650

Program/Pathway DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENCY SHARED EXPENSES SOUTHEAST NORTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST CONTINGENCY FUNDS INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS MOVING FUND DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENCY COMM DISTRICT BUILDING & LOCATION RESPONSE TEAM DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENCY SUPPORT SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE UMCONNECT CONF SECRETARY/JOURNAL TRUSTEES CHANCELLORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION COMMON TABLE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE EPISCOPACY COMMITTEE ARCHIVES & HISTORY CONFERENCE CENTER OPERATIONS AREA OFFICE SUPPORT SUPPORT SERVICES SAVINGS FUND WITH FOUNDATION TOTAL EXPENSES OTHER UNRESTRICTED INCOME APPORTIONED INCOME

2018 Actual

2019 Budget

8,926 129,929 134,885 130,392 110,624 17,974 3,660 97,648 158 0 0 634,197

12,500 143,987 145,187 145,387 115,239 20,000 8,400 125,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 720,000

63,502 47,601 7,516 135,186 9,369 79,784 8,442 647 2,010 38,414 851,020 24,759 1,268,249

44,200 58,000 4,125 140,500 5,000 67,800 16,800 1,250 4,000 44,400 893,152 10,000 1,289,227

0

100,000

3,722,524 262,568 3,685,584

4,246,986 4,246,986

*Due to rounding, numbers presented on this report may not add up precisely to the totals.

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2020 Budget

2021 Budget

2022 Budget

2023 Budget

12,500 146,576 147,776 147,976 147,776 20,000 8,600 126,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 761,504

12,500 148,661 149,861 150,061 149,469 20,000 8,800 127,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 770,653

12,500 150,647 151,847 152,047 151,449 20,000 8,800 128,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 779,591

12,500 152,668 153,868 154,068 152,213 20,000 8,800 129,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 787,416

44,200 37,000 4,125 155,560 10,000 72,800 25,000 2,500 6,200 44,000 942,536 25,000 1,368,921

100,000

4,295,234

4,295,234

44,200 37,000 4,125 156,310 10,000 72,800 11,200 1,250 4,400 47,227 971,304 25,000 1,384,816

44,200 37,000 4,125 157,060 10,000 72,800 11,400 1,250 4,600 45,928 989,428 25,000 1,402,791

44,200 37,000 4,125 157,310 10,000 72,800 11,600 1,250 4,800 47,854 1,007,914 25,000 1,423,853

100,000

100,000

100,000

3,981,076

3,996,488

4,023,826

3,981,076

3,996,488

4,023,826

Pension & Insurance Detail

1

HealthFlex Premiums - Actives

2017

2018

2019

2020

Actual

Actual

Budget

Request

1,769,281

1,804,754

1,403,880

1,371,216

532,012

571,260

651,371

660,806

10,446 55,838

10,625 61,865

11,000 57,000 7,000

11,000 75,000 7,000

2,367,577

2,448,504

2,130,251

2,125,022

(59,053) -

(32,143) -

(72,500)

(88,000)

Direct Bill Churches Direct Bill Participants

(1,231,672) (449,862)

(1,162,068) (452,543)

(1,282,880) -

(1,371,216) -

CPP Redirect Retiree Health Fund Transfer Investment Earnings - Deposit Acct

(532,012) (2,453) (2,275,052)

(107,000) (571,260) (6,660) (2,331,675)

(121,000) (651,371) (2,500) (2,130,251)

(660,806) (5,000) (2,125,022)

92,525

116,829

-

-

Retiree HRA Contributions Retiree Health Admin Expenses Medicare Part B Allowance for Uncollected (0.5%) HealthFlex Expenses

Apportionments Pre-82 Transfer

HealthFlex Offsets Expenses Less Offsets

2

Pension Program Premiums CPP CRSP-DC CRSP-DB UMPIP - Parish Contribution Allowance for Uncollected (0.5%) Pension Expenses

1,526,495

Apportionments Direct Bill Churches Conference Budgets Endowment / Investment Earnings Pension Offsets

Expenses Less Offsets

249,113 241,830 809,321 226,231

1,270,632

256,012 765,941 226,928 7,000 1,255,881

263,933 254,862 739,917 265,892 7,000 1,531,604

(1,419,993) (50,671) (11,026) (1,481,689)

(1,440,550) (47,112) (15,297) (1,502,960)

(1,456,971) (50,581) (12,000) (1,519,552)

(1,474,749) (42,855) (14,000) (1,531,604)

44,806

(232,328)

(263,671)

-

245,373 805,533 219,726

*Due to rounding, numbers presented on this report may not add up precisely to the totals.

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3

Benefit Grants Program, Seminars, Stipends, Etc. Benefits Office Administration Expenses Transfer from Endowment

4

5

Expenses Less Offsets

Retiree Health Active Participant Contribution - 3% Expenses Less Offsets

Board Expenses Pre-82 Transfer Apportionments

Total Pension & Insurance Expenses Total Offsets Balance Apportionments Direct Bill to Churches Total to Churches HealthFlex Participant's Share

2018

2019

2020

Actual

Budget

Request

22,326 5,032 82,249 109,607

24,064 10,909 90,365 125,338

50,000 10,000 100,000 160,000

40,000 10,000 104,000 154,000

(109,607)

(125,338)

(160,000)

(154,000)

-

-

-

-

53,983 (53,983)

54,305 (54,305)

-

-

Expenses Less Offsets

2017 Actual

-

5,508 (8,684)

5,045 (6,265)

10,000 (10,000) -

10,000 (10,000) -

(3,176)

(1,220)

-

-

4,063,170 (3,929,016)

3,903,824 (4,020,542)

3,556,132 (3,819,803)

3,820,626 (3,820,626)

134,154

(116,718)

(263,671)

-

67,737 2,651,665

38,408 2,602,618

2,739,851

2,845,965

2,719,402

2,641,026

2,739,851

2,845,965

503,845

506,848

-

-

*Due to rounding, numbers presented on this report may not add up precisely to the totals.

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VII. HISTORICAL Record of the Sessions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegations Dates 1st June 1-5, 1994 2nd June 5-11, 1995 3rd June 6-9, 1996 4th June 5-8, 1997 5th June 4-7, 1998 6th June 3-6, 1999 7th June 1-4, 2000 8th June 7-10, 2001 9th June 5-7, 2002 10th June 5-7, 2003 11th June 2-6, 2004 12th June 8-11, 2005 13th June 7-10, 2006 14th June 6-9, 2007 15th June 4-7, 2008 16th June 3-6, 2009 Special Nov 20-21, 2009 17th June 9-12, 2010 18th June 8-11, 2011 19th June 7-10, 2012 20th June 6-8, 2013 21st June 5-7, 2014 22nd June 4-6, 2015 23rd June 9-11, 2016 24th June 8-10, 2017 25th June 7-9, 2018 26th June 6-8, 2019

Location Aberdeen, SD Bismarck, ND Mitchell, SD Bismarck, ND Aberdeen, SD Bismarck, ND Aberdeen, SD Bismarck, ND Sioux Falls, SD Fargo, ND Pierre, SD Bismarck, ND Watertown, SD Sioux Falls, SD Fargo, ND Rapid City, SD Aberdeen, SD Bismarck, ND Watertown, SD Sioux Falls, SD Bismarck, ND Rapid City, SD Fargo, ND Sioux Falls, SD Bismarck, ND Sioux Falls, SD Bismarck, ND

Presiding Bishop William B. Lewis William B. Lewis William B. Lewis Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Michael J. Coyner Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Deborah L. Kiesey Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough Bruce R. Ough

DELEGATIONS 2020 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

2019 Special Called Session of General Conference: Reserves: 2016 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

2012 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

Laity - Kara Togel Clergy – Rebecca Trefz Laity - Beata Ferris Clergy – Sara Nelson Laity - Jane Hincks, Jodi Cataldo, Tanner Carlson Clergy - Ray Baker, Roger Spahr, Jennifer Hallenbeck Orr Laity – Beata Ferris Clergy – Rebecca Trefz Laity – Matthew Bader Clergy – Roger Spahr Laity - Jodi Cataldo Clergy - Rebecca Trefz Laity - Matthew Bader Clergy - Roger Spahr Laity - Emma McKirdy-Wilsey, Nathan Bader, Natalie Buck Clergy - Kermit Culver, Jenny Hallenbeck Orr, Jen Tyler Laity - Janelle Jones Clergy - Rebecca Trefz Laity - Jodi Cataldo Clergy - Greg Kroger Laity - Matthew Bader, Angelica Laudermith, Larry Madsen Clergy - Rich Zeck, Doug Diehl, Jennifer Hallenbeck 102

Conf. Secretary Linda R. Harris Dr. Mark Ahlsten Dr. Mark Ahlsten Dr. Mark Ahlsten Dr. Mark Ahlsten Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Mark S. Ellingson Kristen Krogman Kristen Krogman Kristen Krogman

2008 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

2004 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

2000 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Reserves:

1996 General Conference: Jurisdictional Conference: Jurisdictional Reserves:

Laity - Bruce Blumer Clergy - Teri Johnson Laity - Janelle Jones Clergy - Eldon Reich Laity - Kathleen Enzminger, Sheila Mennenga Clergy - Randy Cross, Bob Ruedebusch Laity - Karl Kroger, Kathleen Enzminger Clergy - Teri Johnson, Eldon Reich Laity - Mary Hayenga, Barbara Goodman Clergy - Dar Berkenpas, Doug Diehl Laity - Don Nash, Bruce Blumer, Janelle Jones, Ray Wagner Clergy - Rob Moorlach, Rich Zeck, Debra Ball-Kilbourne, Randy Cross Laity - John Ewing, Mary Hayenga Clergy - Douglas Diehl, Teri Johnson Laity - Ray Wagner, Marion Muthiah Clergy - Penelope Eberhart, Eldon Reich Clergy - William Bates, Peary Wilson, Dwight Meier, Debra Ball-Kilbourne Laity - Cynthia Nelson, Warren DeKrey, Barbara Goodman, Ron Williams Laity - Ray Wagner, Mary Hayenga Clergy - Penelope Eberhart, William Bates Laity - Marion Muthiah, John “Jack� Ewing Clergy - Peary Wilson, Eldon Reich Laity - Bubbles Jensen, Ron Williams Clergy - Darlis Berkenpas, Arthur Scanson

2020 Delegation

Rev. Rebecca Trefz

Kara Togel

Rev. Sara Nelson

Beata Ferris

Jane Hincks

General Conference North Central Jurisdiction Clergy Delegate

General Conference North Central Jurisdiction Lay Delegate

General Conference Clergy Reserve Delegate North Central Jurisdiction Clergy Delegate

General Conference Lay Reserve Delegate North Central Jurisdiction Lay Delegate

First Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Lay Delegate

Jodi Cataldo

Tanner Carlson

Rev. Ray Baker

Rev. Roger Spahr

Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck Orr

Second Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Lay Delegate

Third Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Lay Delegate

First Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Clergy Delegate

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Second Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Clergy Delegate

Third Reserve North Central Jurisdiction Clergy Delegate

VIII. IN MEMORIAM

In memory

Clergy

Grace E. Huck 1916-2018 The Rev. Grace E. Huck, 102, of Spearfish, S.D., died Sunday, August 12, 2018. Funeral services were held on Monday, September 24, 2018, at the United Methodist Church in Spearfish.

Grace Eloise Huck was born June 27, 1916, to William G. and Grace Eleanor (Kearns) Huck at their home in Harding County, S.D. She was the second of six children. She attended elementary school at the Karinen School and then went to Bowman High School for two years. After a year at home during the drought and Great Depression, she completed high school at Spearfish in 1935. After one year of college at Black Hills Teachers College in Spearfish, she taught at rural schools in Harding County for several years.

Feeling a call to the Christian ministry at a time when women were not given full clergy rights, she embarked in 1941 on a career in preaching and teaching.

She was ordained a deacon in the North Dakota Conference of the Methodist Church in 1945, as a local preacher, and an elder in 1949. That same year she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Black Hills Teachers College.

Grace served Methodist churches in the North Dakota Conference at Rural-Fort Rice (1941-1944), Velva-VoltaireBenedict (1945-1947), and Juanita-Grace City-Sutton (19471949).

She was a fieldworker for the North Dakota Interchurch Council in Fargo, N.D., (1949-1950), and then a part-time teacher in the college lab school at Spearfish, and assistant pastor and director of Christian education at Spearfish Methodist Church (1950-1952). She taught at the Navajo Methodist Mission School in New Mexico (1952-1953), and was director of Christian education at First Methodist Church in Fargo (1953-1959).

She finished her master’s degree in education at North Dakota Agricultural College in Fargo in 1956. That same year, the General Conference of the Methodist Church granted ordained women clergy the right to full membership in an annual conference. The North Dakota Conference called a special

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Executive Session on May 22, 1956, and voted to receive Grace on trial, making her the first woman in the Dakotas to be granted full clergy rights and the second woman in the United States.

Grace served Hope-Finley for one month in 1959. In 1959, she was accepted as a missionary of the Methodist Church and went to Manila, Philippines, where she taught at Harris Memorial College and served as academic dean for two years.

During a furlough year, she completed her Master of Arts degree at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., graduating in 1968. In 1971, she returned to the United States to be with her aging father and to continue her ministry.

She transferred to the South Dakota Conference in 1972, and served at Faith-Marcus United Parish (1972-1978), and Cresbard-Northville (1978-1981). She retired in 1981, and was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 1991. In retirement, Grace continued serving where needed, including the churches of Claremont-Hecla (1983-1984) and Camp Crook-Buffalo UCC (1991-1994).

Always a firm believer in Christian education, Grace served many years on the Conference Board of Education in both North Dakota and South Dakota, and as a trustee of Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D. She gave generously to Scarritt College, Harris Memorial College, and Dakota Wesleyan University, which awarded her the “Outstanding Citizen’s Award” in 1984. In 1988, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree by Philippine Christian University in consortium with Harris Memorial College.

Grace wrote a book of poetry called Songs of the Soul (1950), and two other books: When You Pray: Conditions for Effective Prayer (2000), and God’s Amazing Grace: Stories from My Life (2005).

Grace is survived by one brother, Willis Huck; many nieces and nephews and their families; and a number of Filipino godchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, William; and three sisters: Mabel Galbraith, Frances Ellis, and Geneva Siverson.

Francis Kinzler 1927-2019 The Rev. Francis Kinzler, 91, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at Elim Care Center in Fargo, N.D. Funeral services were held Saturday, January 19, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in Milnor, N.D. Burial was in the spring at Pleasant View Cemetery in Lidgerwood, N.D. Francis A. Kinzler was born on June 24, 1927, the fourth of five children of Rev. Otto E. Kinzler and Beatrice (Garriott) Kinzler in Kenmare, N.D. He lived in several towns in North Dakota during his youth as his father was a Methodist minister. Francis graduated in 1945 from Fairmount High School in N.D. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at San Francisco Bay, Calif.

Francis was received on trial by the North Dakota Conference of the Methodist Church in 1949 and served at LarimoreMcVille (1949-1950). He attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Ky. While attending college he met Velma Johnson.

They were married on July 19, 1951, in Christopher, Ill. Francis was elected deacon in 1952, by the North Dakota Conference. He and Velma lived in Pennsylvania for two years, serving churches in Lancaster and New Holland, while Francis attended Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster, Md. Upon graduation, Francis and Velma moved to North Dakota.

In 1953, he was ordained elder and admitted into full connection. Francis and Velma served Methodist and United Methodist churches in the North Dakota Conference at Hettinger (1953-1954), Noonan-Columbus (1954-1956), Cleveland-Woodworth-Crystal Springs (1956-1959), SteeleRobinson-Driscoll (1959-1963), Washburn-Underwood (1963-1965), Underwood-Riverdale Community (1965-1970), Holmes-Pleasant View-Thompson (1970-1974), StarkweatherEdmore-Hampden (1974-1979), Salem-Dazey-Leal (1979-

1981), Rugby-Pleasant Lake-Bantry (1981-1986), New Rockford-Cathay-Sheyenne (1986-1991).

Francis retired in 1991, and they moved to Lidgerwood, where he served as church organist at the Lidgerwood United Methodist Church. He enjoyed sewing and machine quilting. He made hundreds of school bags for the Milnor and Wyndmere United Methodist churches to send to missions.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, and served as a bus driver and scoutmaster. He was active in Parent Teacher Association, in which he was gifted a lifetime membership, and he was a member of the American Legion of Lidgerwood. He also served as District Governor of Lions International.

Francis was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 1999. One of his favorite memories was instituting the outdoor worship service held at Lake Sakakawea State Park while serving the Community Church in Riverdale, N.D. In December 2010, Francis and Velma moved to Elim Care Center in Fargo, N.D. Francis had a great passion for music and loved giving organ concerts at Elim.

Velma passed away January 6, 2014. She and Francis had been married for 62 years.

Francis is survived by four children: Rev. Beatrice Kinzler, of Fargo, N.D., Janice (David) Breker, of Lidgerwood, N.D., Francis Kinzler, Jr., of Devils Lake, N.D., and Mary Kinzler, of Fargo, N.D.; five granddaughters; 6 great-grandchildren; one sister, Jean Englerth, of Hastings, Mich.; one brother, Rev. H. Wallace (Betty) Kinzler, of Ames, Ia.; two sisters-in-law: Bev Kinzler, of Bismarck, N.D., and M. Sue (Rev. Bill) Dupree, of Americus, Ga.; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Velma; his parents; two daughters: Patricia Lynn and Sarah Anne; one brother, O. Edward Kinzler; a sister and brother-in-law, Mabel and Neil Mulock; and brother-in-law Gordon Englerth.

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David Knecht 1926-2018 The Rev. David Knecht, 92, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. A memorial service was held Saturday, September 22, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Fargo, N.D. David Freemont Knecht was born on August 20, 1926, in Wimbledon, N.D., to Herman F. and Viola Irene (Christ) Knecht. After graduating from Wimbledon High School in 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

In 1946 he enrolled at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, N.D., graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. He was received on trial by the North Dakota Conference in 1950, and attended school at Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Ill. Dave married Lois Jane Sheldon on August 12, 1951. He was ordained deacon and admitted into full connection in the North Dakota Conference in 1952. In 1953, he earned his Master of Divinity degree with honors from Garrett and was ordained elder.

Dave and Jane served Methodist and United Methodist churches in the North Dakota Conference at FairmountBethany (1953-1957), Fargo Faith (1957-1966), and Bismarck McCabe (1966-1979). He was district superintendent for the Eastern District (1979-1981), and administrative assistant to Bishop Boulton (1981-1987). He then served at Fargo First

(1987-1991). After retiring in 1991, he served one year as interim pastor at Bismarck McCabe.

Dave served as chaplain in the North Dakota Air National Guard, the Happy Hooligans, from 1958 to 1984. In 1976, he received a Doctor of Ministry from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo., and in 1987an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D. He was active in many organizations, including Kiwanis Club, serving as president of the Bismarck chapter (1974-1975) and the Fargo chapter (1987-1988). He and Jane served several missions in the United States and globally, including Lithuania, during his retirement. He was honored as Jubilee Clergy by the Dakotas Conference in 2000.

One of his biggest joys, aside from his family, was the Haven.

Dave cleared land along the shore of Little Wolf Lake in northern Minnesota in 1963. Over a period of many years, he built a cabin, fondly referred to as the Knecht compound, which holds special memories for his family.

Dave is survived by Jane, his wife of 67 years; seven children: Kathleen Knecht, Margaret (Scott) Schaar, Jeanne (Duane) Scheffler, Laurie (AJ) Kluver, Chris (Ryan) Church, Jon (Amy) Knecht, and Tim Knecht; 10 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters: Perne and Karen, and their spouses; and his brother-in-law, Charles “Bill�

Sheldon.

Marilyn Nelson 1934-2019 The Rev. Lyn Nelson, 84, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Emerald Crest of Minnetonka, Minn., where she had been a resident for three years. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Mausoleum in Minneapolis.

Marilyn Eileen Nelson was born on June 16, 1934, to Harry August Nelson and Ruth Brandon Nelson at Colman, S.D. She married Harry Heitzman on April 4, 1954. After raising three children together, she completed her Pharmacy Degree from the University of Wisconsin, and acted as assistant to the dean.

Following a calling by the Lord, Lyn completed her Masters of Divinity degree. She was admitted to the South Dakota Conference as a probationary member and elected deacon in 1984. She was ordained elder and full member in 1987. She 106

served United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Rapid City Knollwood Heights (1985-1987), White River-MissionWood UCC (1987-1989), Tree of Life Ministries (1989-1995), and Wessington Springs (1995-1996). She retired in 1996.

Lyn married Marvin Starkjohann on Jan. 2, 1988, at White River. They later divorced.

Beloved by many, Lyn was humble, quick to laugh, and slow to judge, with unbounding heart for her family. She was extremely fond of all four-legged furry friends, caring for several dogs and cats over the course of her life.

Lyn is survived by three children: Michelle, Debbie, and John; two sons-in-law: Tom and Dave; a daughter-in-law, Angie; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two brothers: Brent, and Wayne.

Robert Roth 1931-2019 The Rev. Robert Roth, 88, of Spearfish, S.D., died Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Belle Fourche, S.D., ending his battle with Parkinson’s disease. Funeral services were held on Friday, March 22, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in Sturgis, S.D. Interment followed at Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche.

Robert Junior Roth was born March 10, 1931, in Faulk County, S.D., the fourth of five sons born to Robert W. and Edith (Burke) Roth. He attended rural school for grades 1-8, and high school in Cresbard, S.D. He graduated in 1949, and farmed with his father upon completing high school.

On May 28, 1951, Bob married Enid Wilkins in Aberdeen, S.D. To this union six children were born.

Bob served the Methodist Church at Seneca, S.D., as approved supply (1958-1959). In 1959, Bob enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. He served as student supply at the Methodist churches in Fulton and Farmer (1959-1963).

After graduating in 1963, he went to Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. While attending seminary, he served at Marshall, Wis. Bob was admitted on trial and ordained deacon by the South Dakota Conference in 1964. He

graduated with a Master of Theology degree in 1967. He was ordained elder and admitted into full connection in October 1967.

Bob served Methodist and United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Belle Fourche (1967-1973), Belle FourcheHarding County (1973-1977), and Britton-Langford-Langford UPC-Pierpont Community (1977-1983). He served as program director for the South Dakota Conference Council on Ministries (1983-1989), while living in Mitchell, and then served at Sturgis (Sept. 1, 1989-1996).

He retired in 1996, to Boulder Canyon, S.D., later moving to Spearfish. He was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 2008.

Bob enjoyed playing amateur baseball, hunting, fishing, family camping, and photography. He helped organize and served with the Belle Fourche ambulance service, coached youth baseball, served on community boards and agencies, and helped with many church camps.

Bob is survived by his wife, Enid, of Spearfish; three sons: Tom, of Kansas City, Kan., Jerry (Kay), of Gillette, Wyo., and Ron, of Sturgis; two daughters: Joanne (Rex) Vigoren, of Spearfish, S.D., and Cheryl (James) Honomichl, of Volga, S.D.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, with one more on the way; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Janice; a grandson, Jacob Honomichl; and two brothers.

Minoru Tsukamoto 1925-2018 The Rev. Minoru Tsukamoto, 92, died on Monday, December 17, 2018, at the Jenkins Living Center in Watertown, S.D. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Watertown.

Minoru Tsukamoto was born on December 27, 1925, in Wakayama-ken, Japan. His parents, Jusuke and Seki (Inove) Tsukamoto, were both Shinto priests. As a teenager, he was sent to Tokyo to study at a Shinto school with the hope that he would become a priest. During World War II, Minoru suffered from starvation. He was not drafted into the service because he was too thin. The doctor told him that he didn’t have long to live because of his condition.

One day, after he received a small payment for his radio operator work, he walked the streets of war-torn Tokyo. In a bookstore, he found an interesting little black book called New Testament.

He felt in his heart that he should buy it, instead of buying food to satisfy his hunger. As the war continued, he felt the distinct sensation that this God was watching over his life. After World War II ended, he gave his heart to Jesus and became a Christian.

Minoru continued his education at Waseda University in Tokyo and studied English. As he finished his degree, he received an invitation to study at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky. After finishing his master’s degree in 1956, he was ordained and went to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to work as a missionary among the Japanese immigrants. There he met a young Japanese-Brazilian lady named Yoko Ogoshi. She later became his wife. The couple moved to Paraguay in 1961, as missionaries and ministered there for 25 years. Both of their children, Ruth and Daniel, were born there.

As their time in Paraguay ended, they moved to Rapid City, S.D., where Minoru served at First United Methodist Church (1986-1988). In 1987, he transferred from the Free Methodist South American Conference, and his orders were recognized and he was made a full member by the South Dakota Conference. In 1988, Minoru began serving as the chaplain at Jenkins Living Center in Watertown, where he worked until his retirement in 2014, at 88 years of age.

Minoru transitioned to retired status in the Dakotas Conference in 1996, although he continued working. He was honored as Jubilee Clergy in 2012.

Minoru is survived by his wife, Yoko; one daughter, Ruth (Vince) Archer, of Argentina; one son, Daniel Tsukamoto, of Watertown, S.D.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, and sister.

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James Waisanen 1951-2018 The Rev. James Waisanen passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018, at Sanford Hospital in Bismarck, N.D., from a stroke. A memorial service was held Thursday, November 15, 2018, at the Family Worship Center in Mobridge, S.D., with the Rev. Barry Woods officiating.

James E. Waisanen was born at the home of Edwin and Lucille Waisanen on January 15, 1951.

He grew up on a dairy farm near Kettle River, Minn. He graduated from Moose Lake High School in Moose Lake, Minn., in 1969.

Jim and Cori McMillin were married on September 15, 1979.

He adopted Cori’s 2-year-old son, Seth, and started their family near Kettle River. Their daughter, Alisha, arrived the following year. Jim worked as a mechanic at Ford Motor Company in Moose Lake. In 1985, Jim and Cori moved to Ellendale, N.D., to begin their theological education at Trinity Bible College.

The couple graduated with their Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biblical Studies and Missions in 1989. They moved to Wilmore, Ky., that same year to begin their graduate level education at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Jim and Cori were ordained deacons and elected probationary members by the South Dakota Conference in 1991. Both graduated from Asbury in 1992 with their Master of Divinity degrees and moved back to South Dakota to serve United Methodist churches in the South Dakota Conference.

Jim’s first appointment to pastoral ministry was at First United Methodist Church in Pierre as an associate minister. Cori served as pastor of Southeast Pierre and Blunt UMC. The couple served the communities of Pierre, Blunt, and Hayes from 1992 to 1998. In 1994, Jim and Cori were ordained elders and elected members in full connection by the Dakotas Conference.

Jim moved to Tulare, S.D., in the summer of 1998, to begin serving a three-church parish. He helped merge those congregations into the Tulare United Church. Together, with his parishioners, they built a new church and parsonage.

Jim took medical leave in 2006. He became disabled, due to several back surgeries, and had to leave parish ministry. He continued on medical leave until retiring in 2016.

Throughout his lifetime, Jim enjoyed playing team sports, including softball and bowling. He loved golfing and walleye fishing with friends and family. The Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins were his favorite sports teams. Family vacations were spent at amusement parks, playing miniature golf and fishing. His infectious laughter will be missed.

Jim is survived by his wife, the Rev. Dr. Cori Waisanen, of Selby, S.D.; son Seth Waisanen, of Selby; daughter Alisha (Jamie) Marx, of Glencoe, Minn.; two grandchildren; brothers: Kenny, Johnny, Dick, and Norman Hill and their families, all of Minnesota; and sister Wendy Reed and her family, of Minnesota.

Michael A. Ward 1957-2019 The Rev. Michael A. Ward, 61, of LaFayette, N.Y., passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019, after a long illness. Services were held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at St. Mark the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Syracuse, N.Y. Burial was in Pine Plains Cemetery, North Manlius, N.Y. Michael A. Ward was born September 4, 1957, in Syracuse, N.Y. He was a graduate of East Syracuse Minoa High School. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at State University of New York at Plattsburgh, N.Y. and his Master of Divinity degree at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y. Mike married Karen I. Noble.

He served congregations in Northern and Central New York.

He was ordained deacon and admitted as a probationary member in 1985, and elder and full member in 1987.

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Mike transferred from the North Central New York Conference to the Dakotas Conference in 1998 and served United Methodist churches in the Dakotas Conference at WimbledonKensal (1998-2006), Faulkton-Seneca (2006-2008), and Milnor-Wyndmere-Sheldon (2008-2016).

Mike took medical leave and returned to the Syracuse area in 2016.

He had a love of rural ministry, children’s ministry, gardening, canning, and quilting.

Mike is survived by his wife of almost 34 years, Karen; his mother, Ann (Schaff) Ward; three siblings: Patricia Ward, Thomas (Susan) Ward, and Kathleen (Patrick) Wood; a brotherin-law, Charles (Stephanie) Noble; and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

In memory Clergy Spouses Melba Brown 1926-2019 Melba Brown, 92, widow of the Rev. Robert Brown, died peacefully in St. Joseph, Mo., on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Funeral services were held Friday, April 26, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in Cameron, Mo. Graveside services were Monday, April 29, 2019, at Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark, S.D., with Pastor Mark Tracy officiating.

Melba Pierce was born on May 30, 1926, in Raymond, S.D., to Everett and Edith (Logeman) Pierce. She graduated from Clark High School in Clark in 1944.

Melba and Robert Brown were united in marriage on June 16, 1946, at Clark, S.D. Bob was a supply pastor and student pastor at Methodist churches in South Dakota at Conde and Artesian-Farwell before entering seminary. After graduating

from seminary in 1968, Bob and Melba served United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Gregory Larger Parish, Hurley-Davis-Viborg, Aberdeen First, Claremont-Hecla, Dell Rapids-Colman, and Presho-Kennebec-Reliance. They also served at churches in Nebraska, New Mexico, and Missouri.

Melba graduated with honors from the University of South Dakota, located at Vermillion, S.D., in 1974, with a degree in elementary education. She taught for 11 years in South Dakota and New Mexico. After retiring in 1990, they moved to the Cameron, Mo., area to be with family.

Melba is survived by her son, Glenn (Mary) Brown, of St. Joseph, Mo.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on October 10, 2013; and daughter, Barbara, in 1977.

Joy Custer 1928-2018 Joy Custer, 90, widow of the Rev. Paul Custer, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. There was no memorial service, and her remains were cremated.

Joy Johnson was born on August 12, 1928. She married Paul James Custer on June 1, 1951. They had one daughter, Carol; and two sons: Mark and Bret.

Paul served Methodist and United Methodist churches in the South Dakota Conference at EganRiverview (1962-1963), Hartford (1963-1968), Parker-Brothersfield (Jan. 15, 1968-1974), Wessington Springs-Lane (1974-1981), Colton-Chester (1981-1987), Onida-Agar (1987-1989), and Wagner-Delmont (1989-1993). He retired in 1993.

Joy and Paul had been married 61 years when he died on September 8, 2012. They resided at Lenexa, Kan.

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Karla Leach Archer 1942-2018 Karla Leach Archer, 75, surviving spouse of the Rev. Darrel Leach, died Monday, November 12, 2018, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, S.D., after a courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral services were held on Friday, November 16, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls. Burial was at Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls, S.D. Karla Arends was born November 13, 1942, in Beresford, S.D., to Henry and Isabelle Arends. After graduating from De Smet High School in 1960, she attended Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., in the early 1960s. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education in 1969.

Karla married Darrel Leach in 1964, at De Smet, S.D. She taught kindergarten in Chester, S.D., worked at the South Dakota Conference office in Mitchell, S.D., and taught kindergarten in Piedmont, S.D. In Sioux Falls, she taught first grade, along with Reading Recovery, at Franklin and Terry Redlin.

She received her master’s degree from Augustana College located in Sioux Falls, S.D., in multicultural education in 1997.

Darrel passed away on July 25, 1999.

After 30 years of teaching, Karla retired in 2005. She also volunteered at KidStop, tutoring students after school. She was an active United Methodist, serving on various committees and in United Methodist Women at the local, district, and conference levels.

Karla married Will Archer in 2006, and enjoyed traveling, shopping, and attending grandchildren’s events. Her generous spirit touched local and global missions, and her creativity was evident in her sewing, artwork, and organizing events.

Survivors include her husband, Will; two daughters and their husbands: Conni (Russ) McCormick, and Colette (Paul) Cocco; a son, J.D. Leach, and significant other, Shawn Hovaldt; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a brother, Henry Arends. She also is survived by Will’s five children: John (Sherry) Archer, Joan Archer, Janelle (Mark) Hoven, Jerry Archer, and Jocelyn Archer; seven grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

Karla was preceded in death by her first husband, Darrel, and her parents.

Marion Muthiah 1933-2018 Marion Muthiah, 84, wife of the Rev. Lionel Muthiah, died on Monday, June 25, 2018, in Oregon. A memorial service was held Monday, July 2, 2018, at the Newberg First United Methodist Church in Newberg, Ore. Marion Lorene Unkenholz was born to H. Grant and Isabelle Unkenholz on August 23, 1933, in Mandan, N.D. After attending rural school and Mandan High School, she enrolled at Taylor University in the pre-nursing program, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956. She was a graduate of the Bismarck Hospital School of Nursing in N.D. As a sophomore in high school, she felt the call to be a missionary. She eventually followed this calling by enrolling in Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Nashville, Tenn. It was there that she met her future husband, Lionel Muthiah. They were married on August 28, 1959, and soon after moved to Malaysia. Twin daughters Lorene and Lora were born in Malaysia.

The family returned to the United States, and together Lionel and Marion served the North Dakota Methodist churches at Hope-Finley-Page (1966-1968). Sons Robert and Richard were born during this time.

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Indonesia, and Sibu, Malaysia, until returning to the United States in 1976. Marion worked as a nurse as Lionel served United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Clark-Garden City and Huron Riverview-Virgil, and in North Dakota at New Rockford-Cathay-Sheyenne, Linton, and Cavalier TrinityHamilton.

After Lionel’s retirement in 1992, Marion and Lionel spent the next 17 years in her home town of Mandan, N.D.. They moved to Oregon in 2009, and lived in Friendsview Retirement Community. Marion was active with the United Methodist Church, providing leadership in local United Methodist Women’s groups and serving with the Board of Global Ministries. She was active in Kiwanis, having been a charter member of one of the first Kiwanis clubs to admit women, and she served one year as Governor of the Kiwanis MinnesotaDakotas District, starting in 2002.

Marion loved music. She was an accomplished piano player, played the organ and accordion, and sang in her church choirs.

She had a heart for service and a love of learning. She enjoyed reading, sewing, gardening, and arranging flowers.

Marion is survived by her husband, Lionel; their four children: Lorene Coffey of Batavia, Ill., Lora Helton of Franklin, Tenn., Robert Muthiah of Altadena, Calif., and Richard Muthiah of Newberg, Ore.; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, with a second great-grandchild due shortly after her death; and four siblings: Grant Unkenholz of Breckenridge, Minn., the Rev. Richard Unkenholz of Prescott, Ariz., Ruth Case of Kokomo, Ind., and James Unkenholz of Bismarck, N.D.

Frances Wagner 1917-2018 Frances Wagner, 101, widow of the Rev. Robert H. Wagner, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at Touchmark in Sioux Falls, S.D. A memorial service was held on Friday, November 9, 2018, at First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls. A family service and interment is planned for the summer of 2019, in the Black Hills of S.D. Frances Katherine Blessing was born August 15, 1917, in Iowa, to Ernest and Agnes “Nettie” (Haisch) Blessing. When she was three months old, the family moved by train to a farm near Dallas, S.D. There she grew up with her five siblings, riding her horse, singing to the clouds, helping her father, and loving life on the farm.

Frances went to college at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., where she was selected Miss Wesleyan in 1937, and graduated in 1938. During Freshman Week, Frances met her future husband, Robert Wagner, beginning a life-long romance. They married August 30, 1939, at Dallas, S.D., and

lived in Boston, Mass., where Bob finished seminary.

As a minister’s wife, life was rich as they served Methodist and United Methodist churches in South Dakota and later in London, England. Bob served as interim president at Dakota Wesleyan University in 1971.

In 1987, DWU bestowed an honorary doctor of humane letters degree on Frances. She was a life member of DWU’s board of trustees. Dakota Wesleyan’s Wagner Chapel is named for Bob and Frances.

Frances and Bob loved to travel, leading tours to the Holy Land, exploring Scandinavia and Europe, and making England their second home. They took each of their nine grandchildren to England.

Frances is survived by three daughters and their husbands: Marji and Larry Myers of Denver, Colo., Barb and Bruce Cutler of Aberdeen, S.D., and Deb and Jack Billion of Sioux Falls, S.D.; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on June 30, 2004; her oldest daughter, Kate Landin; and one son-in-law.

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Roll of the Dead - Dakotas Conference Clergy Prior to November 7, 1992 please refer to Conference Archivist, PO Box 460, Mitchell SD 57301 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003

Don J. Kingensmith Donald Goold Henry Vix Stuart A. Parvin Walter Erbele Millard Aubey, Jr. Robert Strutz Reuben A. Tanquist H. Jack Berg Walter Elmer E. Walter Erdmann Grant Carlson Stanley Caine Richard Moberly Robert Wegner Otto Lehner Randy Atherton Carolyn Hansum Oliver Brekke H. Howard Miller Jerry Wickre Richard Teichmann John V. Leach Gideon Eberhart Charles Horner Peder Ackerman Charles Levi Louderback Wesley Hunter Willis E. Walker Walter Larson Ardell Aleson Edward Parker Darrel Leach Darald Church Frank Traver Henry Hottman Harvey Sander Clarence Ketterling Willliam Fillingim Arthur Brooks Francis Tannehill Charles McDowell Earl Lewis Kenneth Eastin Gerald Hill Clarence Palmer Cecil Miller Glenn Hammerlee Kenneth Farr Clifford Nielsen Lyle Miller Elmer Sprunk Otto Gehring Robert Olson William Meile Arthur Wesley, Jr. Ervin Rudolph David Workman Ralph Cushing C. Emory Anderson Harry Williams

11/7/92 11/25/92 4/13/93 5/4/93 6/2/93 8/4/93 10/28/93 11/14/93 7/2/94 8/20/94 10/18/94 3/2/95 5/22/95 10/5/95 12/21/95 1/12/96 2/11/96 4/7/96 4/30/96 6/28/96 11/26/96 1/4/97 5/19/97 9/24/97 6/1/98 6/6/98 6/20/98 9/20/98 11/22/98 2/24/99 3/7/99 7/13/99 7/25/99 10/25/99 11/12/99 4/17/2000 7/18/2000 7/21/2000 8/12/2000 9/25/2000 9/30/2000 11/7/2000 12/16/2000 1/10/01 2/18/01 5/16/01 6/5/01 6/6/01 11/13/01 12/10/01 5/24/02 7/1/02 9/1/02 10/9/02 4/8/03 4/21/03 5/1/03 8/3/03 8/20/03 11/28/03 10/28/03 112

2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016

W. Russell Harris Robert H. Wagner Robert Collitt Charles Hunt Royal Marty Ralph F. Dunn Ronald H. Hartung Roger Thomas J. Carleton Green Christopher Miller Jacqueline Moon Kenneth Moreland Elon Keeler Donald Geiman Richard Stokey Clayton Berry Norman Pearson Vernon Morrison Joseph Dudley Kenneth Voas Samuel Graf Donald Rahn Ann Weisenfluh Norman Neumann Irvin Hultin Kenneth Hairgrove Marv Miller James Vos Henry Goldsack Bob Vessey Jim Cissell Norm Shawchuck Ben Zimmerman Paul Custer Grant Piehl Orland Sloat Dwayne F. Knight Edward Ehresman Wayne Rager Stanley Johnson George Worner Robert Brown Wesley Hart Donald Klarup Clarence Stanley Wesley Halbritter Russell Tarver Roger Russell Alvin Crandall Marvin Eldridge Harold Fitch Roland Walkes Carol Iwerks Don Veglahn Otto Edward “Ed” Kinzler Theodor “Ted” Rath Robert Nielsen Robert Logan Robert “Bob” Cappel [LLP] Jeanne Higgins Richard “Dick” Salmonson

2/4/04 6/30/04 8/11/04 10/8/04 2/17/05 3/20/05 8/19/05 10/19/05 10/23/05 6/22/06 8/14/06 8/14/06 12/25/06 12/29/06 4/16/07 2/28/08 4/2/08 10/10/08 11/8/08 3/25/09 4/12/09 8/18/09 10/23/09 7/15/10 7/15/10 7/24/10 12/13/10 2/12/11 8/28/11 2/20/12 3/19/12 5/20/12 8/24/12 9/8/12 9/29/12 1/5/13 4/14/13 6/5/13 6/7/13 6/15/13 9/6/13 10/10/13 10/17/13 12/25/13 2/24/14 4/16/14 5/2/14 8/10/14 11/26/14 12/13/14 12/25/14 1/13/15 3/2/15 3/10/15 6/29/15 7/7/15 8/2/15 8/31/15 9/8/15 11/21/15 2/26/16

2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018

2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019

James “Jim” Pomeroy Russell Wilson Wilbur "Ray" Martin Charles Finney Donald Hadrick Walter Nelson Ralph Sjursen Gene Kroger

4/8/16 8/16/16 12/10/16 2/27/17 8/20/2017 10/27/2017 12/7/2017 5/14/2018

Grace E. Huck David Knecht James Waisanen Minoru Tsukamoto Francis Kinzler Michael A. Ward Robert Roth Marilyn Nelson William Cascini

8/12/2018 9/11/2018 11/4/2018 12/17/2018 1/8/2019 3/14/2019 3/16//2019 4/7/2019 5/17/2019+

2019

Janet Miller

DIACONAL MINISTERS 1994 2008

Virginia Storm Peasley Judy Kerr

DEACONESS 1999

Alice Nearhood

MISSONARIES 1992 2002 2008 2008

Jessie Ames Pfaff Ethelyn Jacoway Iris Allum Ruth Elmer

6/2/2019+ 2/30/94 3/20/08 10/2/99 9/6/92 11/6/02 8/13/08 9/7/2008

+Memoir will be in the 2020 Journal

Roll of the Dead – Clergy Spouses Prior to listed dates, please refer to Conference Archivist, P.O. Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

Nona (Emmanuel) Hansen Florence (Robert) Bates Nette (Theodore)Torgerson Elsie (Richard) Rowe Margaret (Roy) Long Carol (Wesley) Hart Effie Mae (J. Wendell) Walton Rose (Ira) Herzberg Anna L. (John) Madison

Blanche (Lewis) Dickinson Lota (Christopher) Miller Esther (Rudolph) Rieker Rhea (Marion) Smith Rosaline (Charles) Carter Ester (Reuben A.) Tanquist Edna (John) Leach Barbara (Ernest) Jensen Delores (Joel) Harris Elva (Sven Samuelson) Nickel Elizabeth (William) Kugel Lorine (John B.) Cecil Sylva (Henry) Allison Helen Eunice (Charles) McDowell Joyce B. (R. Marcus) Walker Bernice (A.W.) Gugin Myrtle (John) Stuart Sarah (Frank) Rumer Edna (Stuart) Parvin Jessie (Everett) Jarman Lula (A.L.) Walker Mable (Harold) Eastburn Ethel (Harold) Wagar Cora (Harold) Strutz Esther (Thomas) Benoy Nona (Alvin R.) Crandall Martha (Ronald) Rice Bert (Donna) Stewart Bertha (Elmer) Sprunk Dorothy (Henry J.) Gernhardt Lucille (Thomas) Barnard E. Darlene (Charles) McVay Virginia (Robert) Collitt

4/26/92 7/3/92 8/23/92 10/21/92 2/20/93 4/15/93 9/21/93 10/7/93 11/20/93 1/4/94 2/6/94 3/1/94 3/7/94 3/23/94 5/7/94 8/31/94 10/20/94 12/5/94 1/10/95 1/17/95 5/14/95 9/2/95 3/1/96 8/1/96 9/26/96 10/1/96 10/29/96 11/18/96 5/20/97 10/9/97 3/15/98 7/28/98 12/19/98 7/15/99 7/17/99 10/3/99 11/20/99 1/28/2000 2/17/2000 3/4/2000 4/20/2000 11/15/2000

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Helen (Leonard) Kruckenberg Anna (Norman) Pearson Marjorie (John) DeVries Ruth (William) Arnold Pauline (Stanley) Caine Mildred (Edwin O) Hessel Erma (Garnett H.) Moritz Carol (Harvey) Sander Myrtle L. (Charles) Richardson Cordelia (Donald) Goold Savilla (Vernon) Morrison Bette (H Jack) Berg Stephen (Gail) Shlanta Lona (Glenn W) Phillips Dorothy (Bee S.) Locher Elaine (Vincent) Schneider Betty H. (J Ralph) McNeil Stella (John) Bushell Florence (Sumner) Williams Carolyn (Roland) Voegeli Pat (Earl) Lewis Margaret (John) McMullen Alice (Robert) Feind Gerald (Linda) Baldock Shirley (Kenneth) Farr Rubye (William) C. Ellis Wanda (John) Hisel Lokiel (Elon) Keeler Jane (Tom) Lavery Hazel (Ralph) Dunn Verna (Otto) Gehring Tess (“Al”) Aleson Ruth (Darald) Church Ruth (Walter) Erbele Eunice (Millard) Aubey Ida (Ben) Zimmerman Florence (Kenneth) Oswald Mary (Steve) Johnson Carolyn (William) Meile Esther (Sterling) Wenzel Cecelia (Francis) Tannehill Lillie (James) Torbert

11/18/2000 12/17/2000 2/22/01 3/5/01 8/7/01 9/7/01 1/3/02 1/25/02 2/3/02 2/21/02 5/14/02 11/11/02 5/31/03 10/17/03 11/7/03 12/9/03 2/6/04 2/14/04 10/26/04 10/30/04 4/5/05 4/9/05 5/5/05 10/29/05 5/3/06 9/24/06 9/26/06 10/28/06 2/3/07 2/18/07 3/1/07 3/3/07 3/18/07 7/11/07 10/31/07 1/14/08 1/25/08 2/10/08 2/26/08 3/15/08 3/29/08 7/7/08

2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014

Jane (Clarence) Ketterling Ruth (Grant) Carlson Snow Alice (Ted) Dockter Ruth (Royal) Marty Jennie (Richard) Stokey Donna (Glenn) Hammerlee Maybelle (Wayne) McKirdy Donna (Darwin) Kopfmann Luella (Don) Barbalace Jeanette (Emory) Anderson Melva (Clarence) Stanley Ida (John) Iszler Alice (William) Kaye Freda (Clarence) Schaeffer Nadia (Clayton) Berry Grace (Howard) Miller Leona “Betty” (Robert) Nielsen Arlue (Roger) Thomas Fern (Dwayne) Knight Pauline (Carleton) Green Anita (John) Gibson Shirley (Henry) Goldsack Nancy (Paul) Smith Lois (Peder) Ackerman Mabel (Edward) Ehresman Helen (Robert) Vessey Effie (Willis) Walker Viola (Walter) Elmer Helen (Henry) Vix Leila “Tibbie” (Harold) Fitch Naomi (D. James) Farnham Anne (Ron) Hartung Annette “Annie” (Wayne) Tieszen Agnes (Edward) Parker Velma (Francis) Kinzler Eileen (Samuel) Graf Vinola (Otto) Lehner Marjorie (Robert) Logan

10/2/08 11/14/08 12/26/08 2/9/09 3/15/09 9/4/09 9/10/09 11/1/09 1/30/10 3/7/10 3/8/10 4/27/10 10/6/10 11/25/10 12/1/10 1/4/11 1/19/11 4/27/11 8/12/11 12/10/11 12/16/11 12/26/11 2/17/12 2/21/12 3/30/12 6/11/12 7/8/12 7/13/12 8/30/12 10/9/12 10/10/12 1/15/13 6/27/13 8/14/2013 1/6/14 1/8/14 1/21/14 3/9/14

2014 Evelyn (Wesley) Hunter 5/4/14 2014 Betty Jo (Marvin) Eldridge 8/19/14 2014 Lola (Walter) Schott 8/28/14 2014 Sallie (Max) Meier 10/12/14 2014 Doris (Russell) Wilson 11/13/14 2014 Marjorie (Stanley) Johnson 12/8/14 2015 Wylie (Kathy) Hammond 4/18/15 2015 Bonnie (Roger Smith) Heckathorn 6/17/15 2015 Margaret (Wendell) Janetzki 11/30/15 2015 Margaret “Peg” (Charles) Ritter 12/16/15 2016 Ruth (Gerald) Hill 1/4/16 2016 Harlan (Lyla) Siebrecht 9/30/16 2016 Edna (Harold) Boardman 11/4/16 2016 Verlaine (Roland) Walkes 11/8/16 2017 Geraldine (Frank) Traver 1/13/17 2017 Evelyn (Frank) Whitney 2/23/17 2017 Sharleen "Shar" (Royal) Archer 3/13/17 2017 James (Donna) McLaird 8/31/2017 2017 Nancy (Don) Veglahn 10/6/2017 2017 Elizabeth (Kenneth) Eastin 10/7/2017 2017 Evelyn (Clifford) Nielsen 11/8/2017 2017 Phyllis (Gerald) Fike 12/13/2017 2018 Dorothy (Lloyd) Grinager Lindbloom 4/21/2017 2018 Marion (Lionel) Muthiah 6/28/2018 2018 Joy (Paul) Custer 8/22/2018 2018 Frances (Robert) Wagner 11/9/2018 2018 Karla (Darrel) Leach Archer 11/12/2018 2019 Melba (Robert) Brown 4/20/2019

SPOUSE OF LAY SUPPLY 2008

Otto “Pat” (Elaine) Scott

3/14/2008

Roll of the Dead - Other Clergy Listed below are other clergy who passed away since May 1 of the previous year. Other clergy include those clergy who had a connection to the conference but were not members. Prior to May 1, 2012 please refer to Conference Archivist, PO Box 460, Mitchell SD 57301 The Rev. Wayne D. Brown, 76, died March 27, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nev. He served United Methodist churches in the North Dakota Conference at Neche-Cavalier (1969-1974), Devils Lake First (1974-1981), and Minot Vincent (1981-1993), before transferring to the Desert Southwest Conference in 1993.

A. James Armstrong, former bishop of the Dakotas Area, died Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Winter Park, Fla., at the age of 93. In 1968, at the age of 43, Armstrong was elected as a bishop in the North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church and was assigned to the Dakotas Area, which encompassed the North Dakota and South Dakota annual conferences where he served as the episcopal leader for 12 years.

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Roll of the Dead – Other Clergy Spouses Darlene Roehl, 64, widow of Pastor David Roehl, passed away Oct. 25, 2018, at Hettinger, N.D. David served in North Dakota at Hettinger UMC (2001-2004) and in South Dakota at Gregory-Iona UMC, briefly in 2004.

David died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident on Aug. 31, 2016.

Douglas Holden, 75, husband of the Rev. Nancy Holden, passed away May 22, 2019, after sustaining severe injuries in a fall during a nature walk on April 14, 2019.

Nancy served United Methodist churches in North Dakota at Salem-Dazey-Leal, Drayton-BowesmontGlasston, and Fargo Edgewood, before retiring in 2002.

She later withdrew from the denomination to serve in the Unitarian Universalist Association as a community minister.

One Matters Award The One Matters Award, presented

by Discipleship Ministries, was created in 2015 with the purpose of lifting up churches who have in recent years moved from 0 baptisms and 0 professions of faith into positive numbers as they began to focus on intentional discipleship. The 2019 Dakotas One Matters award was presented to Colome United Methodist Church. They celebrated a baptism this past year—their first in 17 years! The award was presented by Pastor Rick Craig, pastor of last year’s award recipient. More information on page 18.

Multiplying Matters Award The Multiplication Matters Award was established by the Dakotas Conference to recognize and honor individuals who champion the value of multiplying their ministry and leadership. This year’s award was presented to Chris Chase and the leadership of Bismarck McCabe UMC. Chris multiplied the Celebrate recovery ministry into 15 small groups, developing 12 leaders who guide groups through the 12 steps of recovery. A new faith community, Celebrate Grace, is emerging from these efforts. More information on page 18.

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IX. PASTORAL RECORDS

Retirees James Konsor James Konsor describes his call to ministry as a “fun ride,” following God’s lead and going wherever God has led him and his wife, Kathie, his partner in ministry.

Way back in high school he felt a call. He went off to Trinity Bible College, in Jamestown, N.D. While there, the Lord confirmed his call and directed his steps as to where God wanted Jim to be.

He worked for three different ministries.

He travelled with two gospel singing groups and had a wide variety of ministry experiences.

The memory that means the most to Jim is the time when he accepted the Lord at five or six-years old. After a church service in which the pastor told everyone that they could ask Jesus into their hearts, Jim went home and asked his mother if he could accept Jesus at home, which he did, kneeling at the living room couch with his mom.

Jim also remembers in 2012, while he was working a

Gwen Mader

Gwen Mader was called into ministry in 1975, while she was in school studying Theater and Dance.

After talking with Don Veglahn about her call, she attended Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn. She graduated with a bachelor and a masters degree in Christian Education, and then taught for 30 years working with youth and families. She believes she was called into ordained ministry in 2006.

She then attended Sioux Falls Seminary, Sioux Falls, S.D. where God helped her to redirect her call.

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secular job in the Bakken, seeing the need and being at a loss. His heart cried out: “God, what can I do?” In 2013, Jim and Kathie were appointed there. He’s prayed for the people who came to Watford City expecting a better life and helped them by providing for their needs and giving them a place where they can come and know they will be cared for. He is grateful for the United Methodist presence there.

Jim’s advice is “Go with God.” Don’t worry what other people will think or say. The key is to listen, follow, and seek God’s voice. Take God’s direction so one day you will hear, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

Jim thanks his wife, Kathie, his “unsung hero,” who has been his loving and supportive partner in ministry. Also, he thanks the bishop, the cabinet, and conference for believing in them to “go figure it out.” Jim says there would not be a ministry in Watford City if it were not for the United Methodist presence. Jim feels that there’s a need in those crisis moments (like two tornado crises where people lost everything and came with just the clothes on their backs).

The people in the Watford City area know who to call and that the Bakken Oil Rush Ministries will be there to

people’s lives change when they “got it” and discovered the importance of Christ in their lives — they found and accepted their own calling. Seeing the lives of confirmation youth change when they came to know Jesus Christ is also special.

Her advice: Be teachable, never stop learning. There is always more to learn. Keep your heart open to God and God’s people.

She thanks her husband Rod for his love and support.

She thanks those who believed in her like her mom, and the people of the churches where she served. Also, she thanks the Bishop and the District Superintendents and those who gave her a chance to follow her heart and inspired her in her ministry.

John Price John Price was a layperson at the Leola United Methodist Church taking a lay-speaking course when he perceived his call to ministry. After taking the course, Kent Millard told John that he believed John had gifts for ordained ministry.

John received affirmations from many other people, too.

Later John went on to Asbury Seminary in Kentucky.

John says he has many wonderful memories of his ministry. He recalls a World War II veteran, Ken Vosper, from the congregation at Neche, N.D. Ken was a bomber pilot who was shot down over Europe. He developed cancer later in life, during the time that John was his pastor. A request was made that John speak with Ken over the phone. At the time, Ken was in hospice care in Arizona. During their conversation, Ken told John that he felt that God was going to send him to Hell because he thought he had killed someone with his bombs during the war. John says he told Ken about God’s love, forgiveness, and mercy;

and Ken gave his burden over to God. Even though Ken had been given four to six months to live, he died later that evening after he’d spoken with John and given his burden over to God. John says Ken’s widow told him that Ken passed away with a wonderful sense of peace on his face. John’s advice: Don’t sweat the little things, they’re no big deal, let it slide.

Besides being thankful for the love, support, and encouragement from his wife, Loraine, and family, John is very thankful for good friends like Eldon Reich who would stop and see him when John was serving at Faith, S.D. John would take Eldon and his son, John, fishing at some of the farm ponds around Faith. John says he’s also thankful for good friends like Dick Salmonson, Don Hadrick, and Dick Boyd who would also stop and see him when he was out in Faith.

Dick Rinearson My call to God was God’s call to me.” That’s how Dick Rinearson describes his call to ministry. Dick’s mom had passed away from cancer while he was in high school.

The love and support he received from his family and church family helped him get through a very difficult time in his young life. His call out to God led to answers and to a call to ministry.

The special memory that Dick recalls is the courage and faith of the lay people of the churches where he served who were willing to take risks and move the churches forward for future generations.

His advice: “Recognize that it’s not about you. It’s learning how to serve.” Dick would like to thank all the people in the churches where he’s had the privilege to serve. He is grateful and humbled for the opportunity to serve them. He also thanks his wife, Linda, for being his partner in life and his partner 117

Perry Schnabel Perry Schnabel remembers that during his college career at the University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D., God got his attention. While in college, he made a pact with God to study Greek at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D. Perry states that the Lord must have wanted him in ministry, because Perry got all “A’s” in Greek. After graduation, he went on to attend Sioux Falls Seminary, Sioux Falls, S.D.

His advice: There will be difficult days — not all joy. Be in the Lord’s will in all that you do, and just keep at it.

Perry would like to thank his wife, Cynthia, for all her loveand support. Also, thanks to people like Doug Diehl and Kermit Culver, who supported and encouraged him.

Ministry to youth and touching the lives of young people who were brought into the life of the church are among his many special memories.

David Severtson David Severtson says he realized that God was calling him at Asbury United Methodist Church, Sioux Falls, S.D., during the time he participated in Disciple Bible Study.

In the process of preparing for each class every week, he sensed a call.

The first time he served communion and the children came forward to receive it is a special memory. It meant so much to him because it fulfilled Christ’s directive to “let the little children come to me, and do not stop them.”

He likes that “all are welcome” to receive communion in the United Methodist church and “all” means “all,” everyone — no one is left out.

His advice: Be flexible. Don’t have any preconceived notions. Involve the people around you and let the Spirit guide you.

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David says there are “tons of people” to thank. First, his wife, Karen, who has loved, encouraged and supported him. Others include Bishop Mike Coyner, Pastor Dar Berkenpas, and all his District Superintendents: Sheila Richards, Greg Kroger, Roy Caudill, and Roger Spahr.

Also, thanks to his mentor Steve Ziebarth and the congregations where David served.

Rev. Dr. Mark Teasdale was the 2019 Annual Conference teacher.

His lessons, based largely on this teaching in “Evangelism for the Non-Evangelist” helped people identify their style of evangelism and challenged them to not let fear of inadequacy get in the way of them reaching people with the good news.

Rev. Brandon Vetter, Bismarck Legacy UMC, preached on John 4:27-30, 39-42 with the theme of leading questionable lives—lives that inspire people to ask you about your faith—and going outside the norm to reach people to share the message of Jesus.

Richard Wahlstrom, a lay member from Rapid City Canyon Lake, shared his reasons for wanting the Annual Conference to pass a resolution that would challenge us to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ persons.

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2019 New Clergy Ordained 2019 Left to right: Rev. Luke Smith, Rev. Mark Tracy, Rev. Melissa Gall, Bishop Bruce R. Ough, Rev. Nicole Anderson, Rev. Joy Tracy, and Rev. Juwle S. Nagbe.

Photo by Joni Rasmussen, jlynn studio.

Commissioned 2019 Left to right: Rev. Jennifer McDonald, Bishop Bruce R. Ough, Rev. Jeff Lathrop and Rev. Jeanne Sortland.

Photo by Joni Rasmussen, jlynn studio.

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Notes About the Service Records The following code system has been adopted to designate the status of the ministers appointed: AF

OL

Affiliate member-Par. 344.4, 586.4d

Other Local Pastor

AM

Associate member-Par. 321

OP

Provisional Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1

CLM

Certified Lay Minister-Par. 271

OR

Retired Elder Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1

DM

Diaconal Minister-Par. 309.1 (1992 Discipline)

PD

Provisional Deacon-Par. 324, 325

DR

Retired Diaconal Minister-Par. 313.2 (1992 Discipline)

PE

Provisional Elder-Par. 324, 325

FD

Deacon in full connection-Par. 331

PL

Part-time Local Pastor-Par. 318.2

FE

Elder in full connection-Par. 335

PM

Provisional Member

FL

Full time Local Pastor-Par. 318.1

RA

Retired Associate Member-Par. 358.6

LTFT

Less than full time-Par. 331.7, 338.2b, 428.7

RD

Retired Deacon in full connection-Par. 358.6

OA

Associate Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1

RE

Retired Full Elder-Par. 358.6

OD

Deacon Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1

RL

Retired Local Pastor-Par. 320.5

OE

Elder Member of other Ann. Conf.-Par. 346.1

SP

Student Local Pastor-Par. 318.3

OF

Full Member of other denomination-Par. 346.2

SY

Supply

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The following records are for informational purpose. The “official” record is held by the Board of Pensions. If you are concerned about Pension credit, contact Pensions.

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We try to keep up with changes, but your help is necessary! Please let the Dakotas Conference Office or Conference Secretary know about changes in your record, corrections from past years, changes in your family situation, etc. Please do so in writing (email counts).

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We prefer pictures electronically and recommend all pastors have their picture taken at Annual Conference on the years we have a professional. A professionally done picture can be used, but disc is best.

Dakotas Conference We generally put in the information about your service within the Dakotas Conference and not details about service elsewhere. Information about adult and minor children is included as provided by the clergy. If a clergy wishes not to list information related to children notification must be given to the Conference office.

Local Licensed Pastors 2019 Back row left to right: Geoff Hilton, Rey Colon, Rodney Knock, John Hale, Chris Chase.

Front row left to right: Joleen Pietrzak, Jason Mehrling, Brenda Wicks, Jordan Bucholz, Teresa Person—Certified Lay Minster. .

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Service Records ACKERMAN, QUAYA FL 02/04/81 Licensed 17. Appts: 17 Arthur. BS NDSU; MA Globe University.

Matthew.

ADAMS, BRUCE J. FE Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 89. Appts: 81-82 Summer youth intern Fairfield, Iowa, First Baptist Church; 83-84 Starkweather-Hampden; 86 Ellis/Brothersfield; 87 Kulm-Jud; 92 Edgely /Kulm; 01 Faulkton/ Seneca; 06 Lead-Deadwood Trinity; 12 Mandan. BA DWU; MDiv North American Baptist. Cathy; Calli, Amy. ADEL, JEFF FE 12/22/58 Commissioned & PM 09, Elder & FM 12. Appts: 08 McCook Lake; 11 Gettysburg/ Onida/ Agar.

ALESON, DARREL RE 4/20/47 Deacon & PM 72; Elder & FM 75. Appts: 72 School; 74 Holmes/ Pleasant View/Thompson; 77 Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan.; 78 Cando/Churches Ferry; 81 Williston/Grenora/Bainville; 84 Transfer to Yellowstone Conf; 88 Transfer to ND Conf; 88 St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck; 92 St. Alexius Medical Center and Driscoll; 08 Underwood (LTFT); 11 Retired. BA Westmar; BS UND; MDiv Iliff. Deborah 11/6/48; Wendy 11/4/74, Joshua 8/15/79.

ALESON, DENNIS E. RE 4/20/47 Deacon & PM 73; Elder & FM 76. Appts: 73 School; 75 Hettinger Bethany; 77 Chaplain, USAF; 9/1/03 Retired from USAF; 04 Leave of Absence; 09 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Iliff; CAPS Pacific School of Religion.

ALLEN, JOEL FE 12/29/61. Commissioned 02; FM 05. Appts: 13 transferred from Kentucky Conf; 13 DWU. Crown College, St. Bonifacius, MN; MDiv Asbury; PhD Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Kitty; Johanna, Emma.

ANDERSON, JENNIFER FE 9/30/85 Commissioned & PM 12; Elder & FM 17.Appts: 07 New Rockford/ Kvernes ELCA; 12 Extension North Carolina Conf (Durham, Calvary) (3/4); 17 Extension Minnesota Conf (Burnsville Grace), 19 Extension Minnesota Conf. (Roseville/St. Anthony Park: Centennial) BA Jamestown; MDiv Duke. Blair 7/13/85, Marie, Paul.

ANDERSON, NICOLE FE 9/27/89 Commissioned & PM 16; Elder & FM 19. Appts: 16 Vermillion/ Gayville-Violin; 17 Vermillion. BA DWU; MDiv Garrett.

ANDERSON, PEDER O. RE 11/25/51 Deacon & PM 79; Elder & FM 81. Appts: 78 School; 79 Grace City/ Sutton; 83 Tuttle/Robinson; 86 Hettinger/Bethany; 8/1/88 Kindred/Kindred Zion; 91 Sabbatical Leave; 92 Leave of Absence (June-Dec); 12/92 Antelope (1/4); 3/1/01 Fargo Calvary (1/2)/Antelope (1/4); 7/1/01 Fargo Calvary (1/2); 1/1/02 Fargo Calvary (3/4); 1/1/06 Fargo Calvary; 10 Washburn/ Center/ Turtle Lake; 14 Retired. BS UND; MDiv Asbury. Bonnie 7/4/53; Luke 3/9/87, Nathaniel 12/17/91.

ANDREWS, DAVID RE 6/3/44 Deacon & PM 69; Elder & FM 73. Appts: 69 School; 71 Transfer to SD Conf; 71 Draper/Murdo; 10/73 Murdo/Draper/Vivian; 76 Arlington/Lake Preston; 79 Transfer to ND Conf; 79 Hazen/Riverdale Community; 81 Hazen; 86 Fargo Edgewood; 96 Oakes/Cogswell; 03 Miller/ Greenleaf; 08 Retired. 8/1/10 Wahpeton UMC Interim (3/4); 1/1/13-7/1/13 Lisbon (3/4). BA UND; MDiv Asbury. Dorothy 6/4/45; Alicia 5/21/70, Jessica 5/3/73, David 1/1/79.

ANDREWS, DONALD RE 6/3/44 Deacon & PM 68; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 68 School; 70 Hillsboro; 79 Bismarck McCabe; 86 School; 10/87 St James Community Hospital, Butte, MT; 10/88 Trinity Medical Center, Minot; 03 Rugby Emmanuel United UMC/PCUSA (LTFT); 07 Retired; 07 Rugby Emmanuel United UMC/PCUSA (LTFT). BS Minot State; MDiv Saint Paul. Carolyn 4/27/45; Christa, Darin.

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ANDRUS, RICHARD ‘RICK’ PL 10/21/70 Licensed 17 (FL); 19 FL to PL. Appts: 17 Parker/Hurley; 19 Parker (3/4). Andrea; Regan.

ANTRIM, JANICE PE 3/5/68 FL 15; Commissioned & PM 17. Appts: 15 Howard Beach. BS SDSU. MS SDSU, MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Jordan, Elliane, Hanna.

ARCHER, ROYAL FE 10/7/53 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 96; FM 00. Appts: July 95 Geddes/Delmont, 00 Aberdeen North Highland; 05 Gregory/Iona, 14 Gregory. BA Mid-American Nazarene; MDiv North American Baptist. Royal 9/23/79, Amber 11/9/81.

ARNOLD, GAIL RE 10/15/46 Deacon & PM 91; Elder & FM 93. Appts: 91 New Rockford/Grace City, 96 DeSmet/DeSmet UCC; 03 Belle Fourche; 11 Retired; 11-14 Camp Crook/Buffalo UCC (1/4).BS University of LaVerne; MDiv Saint Paul. Clara 9/5/48; Christopher 10/22/70, Jennifer 12/11/72, Beckett 9/7/74, Sarah 3/12/84.

ATKINS, AMY FE 09/29/82 Commissioned & PM 10; Elder & FM 13. Appts: 10 Plankinton/White Lake; 12 Milbank Parkview/Big Stone City/Ortonville, MN; 7/15/14 Fargo First; 11/1/16 Medical Leave; 7/21/17 Leave of Absence (para 353.2a) . BA DWU; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical.

AVERY, MARTIN PE 10/20/67 Commissioned & PM 15; Appts: 12 Wessington Springs; 15 Fargo Faith; 17 Leave of Absence (para 353.2a); 2/5/18 Extension to Richland/Colfax Our Savior’s Lutheran, ELCA (para 344.1(d)); 2/3/19 Extension to Canaan Moravian (para 344.1(d)). BS USD; MDiv Iliff. Addison, Evin, Rider.

BADER, DANIEL P. FE 7/10/60 PL 94; Deacon & PM 00; Elder & FM 02. Appts: 94 White Lake/Underwood; 97 West Ohio Conf; 00 Huron Riverview/ Virgil; 04 Valley City Epworth; 12 Pierre First; 18 Extension Minnesota Conference (Stillwater, Big Waters District) para 346.1. BA DWU; MDiv Methodist Theological School Ohio. Monica 9/29/61; Matthew 10/28/94, Nathaniel 2/1/98.

BAIRD, HOWARD FE 12/04/72 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 03 Mitchell; 10/1/04 DeSmet, 08 Piedmont; 13 Grand Forks Wesley; 5/4/17 Medical Leave. BA Concordia; MDiv Iliff. Megan 1/8/75; Eliese 6/10/04, Grace 4/13/09, Myles 7/12/11.

BAKER, RAYMOND L. FE 7/26/60 Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 90. Appts: 87 School; 88 Casselton/ Leonard; 92 Arthur/Casselton/Hunter; 95 Watertown First; 96 Director of Camping & Youth Ministries; 04 NW Superintendent; 10 Bismarck McCabe; 13 Minot Vincent; 17 Fargo Faith. BS UND; MDiv Saint Paul. Sarah 8/12/62; Michael 4/6/91, Steven 6/13/93.

BALDOCK, LINDA RE 7/6/51 License 93 (Iowa). Deacon & PM 96. Elder & FM 99. Appts: 96 School; 97 Pembina/Joliette/Humboldt; 06 Milnor/ Wyndmere/ Sheldon; 08 Rapid Valley Knollwood Heights; 10 White River/Mission; 17 Retired; 17-18 White River/Mission (3/4). BA Moorhead State; MDiv Saint Paul.

Jerry Bottger 7/24/45; Laquita Black Lance 12/26/10, JJ Hernandez 10/19/10.

BALLARD, KENNETH FL 01/19/56 Licensed 06. Transfer to Dakotas Conf 06. Appts: 8/15/06 Edgeley/ Kulm; 08 Edgeley/Kulm/Nortonville; 12 Sundance, WY; 15 Webster/Bristol-Butler; 19 Eureka. Colorado School of Trades; Course of Study Saint Paul. Joyce 6/19/56; Christine 8/30/86, Robert 4/10/91.

BALL-KILBOURNE, DEBRA G. RE 4/6/51 Deacon & PM 76 (Iowa Conf ) Elder & FM 79 (Baltimore Conf ). Appts: 83 Transfer to ND Conf; 83 Washburn-Center-Riverdale Community; 85 Western District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 87 Jamestown First; 91-2/92 Maternity Leave (Para. 426.1); 92-97 Tennessee Conf; 97 West Fargo; 00 Director of Mission Engagement; 03 Northeast District Superintendent; 09 Bishop’s Assistant for Disaster Relief; 10 Minot Faith/Des Lacs; 16 Retired. BA Buena Vista; MCE Garrett-Evangelical; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Gary 2/14/53; Matthew 12/1/84, Zachary 4/25/91.

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BALL-KILBOURNE, GARY L. RE 2/14/53 Deacon & PM 76 (Baltimore Conf ); Elder & FM 79 (Baltimore Conf ). Appts: 76 School; 78 Harpers Ferry Parish (WV); 80 School; 83 Transfer to ND Conf; 83 Washburn/ Center/Riverdale Community; 85 Center; 87 Jamestown First; 91 General Board of Discipleship; 97 Fargo First; 04 Jamestown Saint Paul; 10 Minot Vincent; 13 Retired; 13-15 Martin/ Drake (LTFT). BA McDaniel; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical; MA Vanderbilt; PhD Vanderbilt. Debra 4/6/51; Matthew 12/1/84, Zachary 4/25/91.

BANWART, JUDY RE 5/05/44; Commissioned & PM 06. Elder & FM 09. Appts: 04 Hettinger; 12 Langdon; 16 Retired. BA Univ of Iowa; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Tamara 3/14/72, Edward 7/15/78.

BARTEL, ANDREW J. FE 10/8/73 Licensed 06; Commissioned & PM 09; Elder & FM 12. Appts: 8/15/06 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg; 09 Mitchell First; 9/20/10 Extension Wesley Acres Camp Director; 12 Milbank Central; 15 Extension Alaska Conf. (Anchorage, St John). BS University of Alaska-Anchorage.

MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Kate; James, Angus.

BASS, GERALD RE 11/9/47 Licensed 01; Commissioned & PM 04; Elder & FM 07. Appts: 9/15/01 Grand Forks Wesley; 03 West Fargo; 05 Grand Forks Wesley; 13 Retired; 7/1/13 Extension Minnesota Conf (LTFT); 9/15/14 St Thomas UMC, Grafton Federated UMC/PC-USA, Minto Knox PCUSA; 16-17 St. Thomas (1/4); 17-18 Grand Forks Wesley, less than full-time. BSEd; MEd UND; EdD UND; MDiv North American Baptist. Gail; Jodi, Amanda.

BATES, WILLIAM L., JR. RE 2/7/47 Deacon & PM 70; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 70 School; 73 Fairmount/Bethany/Rosholt; 76 Grand Forks Zion; 86 Eastern District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 91 Fargo First; 00 Minot Vincent; 05 Sioux Falls First; 12 Retired; 11/1/12 Ben Clare (LTFT). BA UND; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical; DDiv DWU. Zachary 9/27/76, Bethany 5/14/80.

BAUM, DEREK FL 5/11/82 Licensed 09. Appts: 1/1/10 Huron First; 14 Aberdeen First Associate; 16 Aberdeen First (Sr Pastor). MDiv SF Seminary. Lindsy 11/27/83; Zane 7/28/05, Jesiah 3/11/08, Thaydeus 6/25/12, Elleana 5/21/14.

BEHRENS, HAZEL RE 11/10/53 Commissioned 07; Elder & FM 10. Appts: 99 Brothersfield; 00 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg/Brothersfield; 04 no appointment; 05 Brothersfield; 06 Elgin (Bethesda)/ Zoar/Ebenezer UCC; 09 Elgin (Bethesda)/ Ebenezer UCC; 13 Streeter/Medina/Tappen; 18 Retired. Steve 11/9/50; Hulbert 12/28/77, Carl 1/16/80, George 1/20/82, Leazah 9/27/84, Wanda 10/7/87, Rose 6/26/90.

BEHRENS, STEVE E. RE 11/9/50 Licensed to Preach, MN 91; Deacon & PM 94; Elder & FM 97.

Appts: 93 Elkton-Elkton UCC, DS appointment; 94 United Parish of Elkton; 97 Parker/Hurley; 06 Hazen/ Beulah; 13 Steele/Tuttle/ Robinson; 18 Retired; 18 Hitchcock. BS Northern State; MDiv North American Baptist. Hazel 11/10/53; Hulbert 12/28/77, Carl 1/16/80, George 1/20/82, Leazah 9/27/84, Wanda 10/7/87, Rose 6/26/90.

BERKENPAS, DARLIS A. RE 10/31/49 Deacon & PM 84; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 84 School; 85 Yankton/Gayville/Volin Associate; 89 Huron Riverview/ Virgil; 95 Sioux Falls Asbury; 07 Spearfish; 7/1/11 Sabbatical; 11/1/11 Retired. BA Morningside College; MDiv Vanderbilt. Boyd Bristow 4/11/49.

BIRKELAND, DAVID RA 4/9/55 Licensed 96; AM 02. Appts: 96 Rock Lake/Rolla/Clyde; 00 Bowbells/ Donnybrook/Kenmare; 08 Devils Lake; 13 Hazen/Beulah; 16 Cresbard/Tolstoy; 18 Retired. AA Williston; BS UND; Briercrest; Course of Study Saint Paul. Cheryl 1/15/57; Jacob 4/2/83, Andy 1/5/85.

BLAIR, NEIL FE Orders Recognized 09; FM 11. Appts: 11 Extension Foundation for Evangelism; 12 Transition Leave; 2/1/13 Extension GBHEM Executive Director of Institutional Advancement; 16 President, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO. David 4/2/82, Ben 3/15/84.

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BLUMER, BOYD ARDELL RE 5/15/31 Deacon & PM 51; Elder & FM 56. Appts: 56 Goodrich/Chaseley; 60 Clear Lake EUB-Meth; 67 Clear Lake/Gary; 71 Aberdeen Faith; 76 Aberdeen Faith-Bath; 77 Sioux Falls First; 80 Hartford; 84 Sturgis; 8/1/89 Northern District Superintendent (SD Conf ); 93 Central District Superintendent (SD Conf ); 95 Mission-Tree of Life Ministry; 97 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Garrett; DMin McCormick. Evelyn 5/14/32; Craig 7/4/57, Bruce 8/23/58, Susan 11/13/63, Kurt 7/18/66.

BOCKWOLDT, STANTON FE 7/24/71 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 00. Appts: 96 School; 98 Drayton-Glasston; 01 Woonsocket; 02 Streeter/Tappan/Medina; 04 Wessington Springs; 08 Extension Illinois Conf (New Lenox, Peace Lutheran); 15 Extension Wisconsin Conf (Mosinee); 17 Extension Wisconsin (Shullburg Centenary). BA DWU; MDiv Candler. Gail.

BORMAN, LAURA RE 01/27/47 FL 01; Commissioned 03; Elder & FM 07. Appts: 01 Sioux Falls Wesley; 16 Retired. MDiv North American Baptist Seminary. Darold 3/11/44; Eric 2/6/68, Amy 4/1/69, Travis 12/1/74.

BOWSHER, THOMAS FE 5/29/67 PE Licensed 6/1/04. Commissioned & PM 09; Elder & FM 13.

Appts: 6/1/04 Mohall/Sherwood/Lansford; 09 Presho/ Kennebec/ Reliance; 1/1/10 Minot Vincent; 10 Steele/ Tuttle/Robinson; 13 West Fargo Flame of Faith; 15 Milbank Central. BS Columbia Southern; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Deborah 12/10/67; Madison 6/17/94, Wesley 8/7/98, Carter 10/20/03, Braylen 3/19/08.

BOYD, DICK WILLARD RE 6/16/48 Deacon & PM 76; Elder & FM 80. Appts: 76 School; 79 Conde/ Andover; 3/1/82 Rapid City South Maple, 89 Milbank Central; 97 Jamestown First; 06 Sioux Falls First; 12 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Asbury. Cheryl 12/26/47; Paula 12/23/74, Timothy 11/26/78.

BRENNAN, MICHELLE FD 01/26/59 FD Commissioned 03; Deacon & FM 06. Appts: 03 Minot Vincent. 10/1/08 Jamestown First. BS Minot State Univ; Deacon Studies Garrett-Evangelical. Philip Bleibaum 9/26/53.

BRITT, JOHN FL 10/12/65 Licensed 12. Appts: 12 Rapid City First; 16 Winner. BS University of Connecticut, MS Central Connecticut State University. Kristin 12/31/63; Matt 5/23/93, Sam 4/30/96, Abby 2/6/98.

BRITTON, MARK FE 10/14/60 Commissioned & PM 09, Elder & FM 13. Appts: 04 Velva; 05 Hitchcock/Broadland; 12 Williston; 16 Kindred Calvary/Zion. AAS Security Admin Community College Air Force, AAS Personnel & Human Resource Management Community College Air Force; BS Regent College; MDiv Asbury. Joni; Amanda, Dennis, Stephanie, Joseph.

BROCKWAY, ALLAN R. RE 3/23/32 PM 54 (North Arkansas Conf.); Deacon 56; Elder & FM 57. Appts: 53 Morrilton (North Arkansas Conf ); 56 Bryan, TX; 57 Transfer to NW Texas Conf.; 61 School; 63 Board of Christian Social Concerns; 75 General Board of Church and Society; 77 transferred to ND Conf; 77 Editor Engage/Social Action; 79 World Council of Churches; 89 Retired. BA Hendrix; BD Perkins; MA Chicago.

BROSCHAT, LORI FE 9/29/63 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 97-99 Intern at Williston/ Grenora/Bainville; 03 New Rockford/Grace City; 10/1/06 New Rockford/Grace City /Kvernes ELCA; 07 Cavalier Trinity/Cavalier First; 13 Devils Lake. AS Minot State; BA UND; MDiv Asbury. Ashley 9/27/85.

BUDD, PAUL E. FE 03/29/52 LP 80; Deacon & PM 84; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 80 Bowdle/Tolstoy; 82 School; 85 John Knox Village. BA Open Bible College; MDiv Saint Paul. Kim Fitch Budd 8/30/56; Aaron 5/12/81.

BURNS, JERI RE 2/25/51 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 03 Chaplain-Avera McKennan Hospital; 06 Chaplain Rapid City Regional Hospital; 09 Chaplain Avera Sacred Heart in Yankton; Dec 09 - June 10 Leave of Absence; 10 Extension Promise Regional Medical Center; 13 Pierre Southeast; 15 Leave of Absence; 16 Retired. BS Univ of Omaha NE; MBA USD; MDiv North American Baptist. Brett 2/10/83, Nielsen 2/16/84.

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BUSHELL, JOHN RE 8/3/35 Deacon 71 (Southern New Jersey Conf ); PM 73 (SNJC); Elder & FM 77 (SNJC). Appts: 89 transfer to ND Conf; 89 Harvey/Martin/Chaseley; 00 Retired. BA Rutgers; MDiv Eastern Baptist.

CAPPETTA, CHRISTINE PL 6/22/85 Licensed 19. Appt: 18 Sioux City Ark (1/2) as SY; 19 Sioux City Ark ½ as PL. BA North Park University. Matthew; Emma, Sophia, Bella, Georgia

CATALDO, CHET RE 7/6/55 License to Preach 90; PM 92; Elders Orders recognized by transfer from the General Assoc. of General Baptists, FM 94. Appts: 90 Wishek-Lehr; 93 Bowman; 99 Missionary to Lithuania (01-05 Superintendent); 10/1/05 Washburn/Center/Turtle Lake; 07 Greater New Jersey Conf; 09 Sabbatical Leave; 11 Retired; 18 Ashley/Lehr/Edgeley (1/4) Luke 10 team leader. BA Friends Bible; MARS Central Baptist; ThD International Seminary; MDiv Equivalency; PhD Univ of Pretoria. Jodi 12/1/56; Jeremiah 12/25/76, Tobin 7/12/78, Natalya 4/5/94.

CAUDILL, ROY B. RE 2/7/47 Deacon & PM 89; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 White Lake/Underwood & School; 90 White Lake/Underwood; 92 Canistota United (UMC-PC); 98 Grand Forks Zion; 03 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest; 10 Glacial Lakes Superintendent; 15 Retired. BS Southern Ill.; MDiv North American Baptist.

Lazann 6/30/54; Shiloh 7/18/78, Shalaine 2/11/84.

CHASE, CHRIS PL Licensed 19. Appt. 19 Bismarck Celebrate Grace 3/4.

CHESNEY, KATHY FE 10/05/65 FL 08; Commissioned & PM 10; Elder & FM 16. Appts: 08 Philip/ Interior. BME Olivet College; MS SDSU; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary.

CHRISTENSEN, JASON FL 3/14/73 Licensed 18; Appt: 18 White River/Mission. BS NSU. Janet; Spencer, Drew.

COALTER, ARLYN FE 9/29/54 License to Preach 93; PM 94; Elder & FM 96. Appts: 93 Olivet (LP); 94 Olivet (PM); 95 Olivet-Tripp ; 96 Aberdeen First; 97 Enderlin-Sheldon; 01 Hazen/Beulah; 03 Arthur/ Casselton; 2/20/11 Jamestown Saint Paul; 16 Sioux Falls Hilltop. BA Northwestern College; MDiv North American Baptist. Debra 5/24/57; Chris 1/3/81.

COATES, J. EDWIN RE 4/16/37 Trial & Deacon 61; Elder & FM 66. Appts: 58 Student Supply Piedmont/Caputa; 61 Mission & School; 61 Stockland, Ill; 66 Presho/Vivian; 71 Timber Lake; 72 Timber Lake (UMC-ALC)/Isabel UCC; 79 Winner, 88 Mitchell, 96 Redfield/Ashton; 05 Retired; 2/1/06-6/30/06 Newcastle (Wyo.) First (LTFT) (Rocky Mountain Conference); 07 Custer-Fall River Parish; 09-11 Prairieview (Custer-Fall River churches merged). BS Eastern Illinois; BD Evangelical Theological Seminary; DD DWU. Virginia 5/18/43; Gordon 10/20/66, Duane 1/4/70, Twyla 4/4/75.

COATES, R. DUANE FE 1/4/70 Commissioned & PE 05. Elder & FM 09. Appts: 05 School; 06 Brookings; 10 Wagner/Tyndall; 14 Sioux Falls Southern Hills; 16 Hettinger. BS SDSU; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical.

COLON, REY PL 5/9/84 Licensed 18. Appts: 7/15/18 Huron First. BA DWU. Danielle; Diego, Avelia, Camila

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CONRAD-SMART, ELIZABETH RE 02/22/43 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 99. Appts: 96 School & Brothersfield supply; 97 Mandan First/Mandan Good Shepherd/Mandan Rural; 99 Lisbon; 05 Milbank Parkview/Big Stone City; 10 Retired. BA University of Sioux Falls; MDiv North American Baptist. Timothy 7/19/43; Stephanie 9/19/62, Julie 9/29/63, Paul 6/17/65, Teresa 1/23/68, Nadine 10/27/71.

CRAIG, RICHARD FL 11/23/56 Licensed 04. Appts: 03 Velva; 04 Linton/Moffit; 06 Linton/Sterling/ Moffit; 08 Cando/Rock Lake/Rolla. Course of Study. Cindy 4/23/59; Katie 12/2/86, Kyle 7/20/88, Kristen 1/11/90.

CRIPPEN, DONALD C. RE 8/13/46 Deacon & PM 76 (Missouri East); Elder & FM 78. Appts: 76 Transfer to ND Conf; 76 Marion/Dickey; 78 Minot North Hill-Des Lacs; 80 Chaplain, U.S. Army; 7/16/00 Jamestown Saint Paul. 04 Retired; 08 Returned to active service, 08 Huron First; 12 Retired. BA Northwest Bible; MDiv Midwestern Baptist; MEd Vanderbilt. Pauline 10/16/50; Tamara 12/14/70, Teri 9/11/72.

CROSS, RANDOLPH M. FE 1/14/57 Deacon & PM 79; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 79 School; 81 West Fargo; 1/83 Fairmount Bethany/Rosholt; 85 Grand Forks Wesley; 89 Fargo Faith; 95 Rapid City First; 01 Director of Leadership Development; 05 Lower James District Superintendent/Director of Leadership Development & Connectional Ministries; 12/1/09 Extension General Board of Higher Education & Ministry; 12/13/11 Transitional Leave; 12 Prairie Hills District Superintendent; 15 Eastern Sunrise District Superintendent (17 name change to Northeast District). BA UND; MTh Perkins. Cheri 12/13/59; Aaron 9/22/86, Adam 12/12/88.

CULVER, KERMIT LLOYD FE 9/13/55 Deacon & PM 79; Elder & FM 82. Appts: 79 School; 81 Stickney; 84 Rapid City First; 88 DWU University; 96 Bismarck First; 10 Bismarck Legacy (formerly Bismarck First); 16 Sakakawea District Superintendent (17 name change to Northwest District). BA DWU; MDiv Asbury. Sue 12/7/56; Adam 10/11/80, Jordon 3/16/83.

DENSMORE, JERRY PL 8/20/56 Licensed 15. Appt: 15 Camp Crook / Buffalo UCC (1/4).

DIEHL, DOUGLAS E. RE 7/29/53 Deacon & PM 76; Elder & FM 79. Appts: 76 School; 78 Bismarck First; 80 Transfer to SD Conf; 3/80 Rapid City First; 9/83 Britton/Langford/Langford Presbyterian-Pierpont Community; 91 Transfer to ND Conf; 91 Grand Forks Zion; 98 Northwest District Superintendent; 01 Rapid City First; 13 Medical Leave; 14 Retired; 14-15 Coordinator of Missional Leadership Development (LTFT). BA University of Mary; MDiv Asbury. Dawn 3/6/54; Dustin 5/29/80, Destri 1/30/83.

DINGER, DON PL 12/13/68 Licensed 07. Appts: 7/1/16 Bismarck Legacy (Associate) (1/4).

DOCKTER, THEODORE F. RE 6/26/32 Deacon & PM 53; Elder & FM 58. Appts: 58 Stickney; 64 Leave of Absence; 67 Bismarck First; 69 Hebron/Taylor UCC; 77 Mott/Newburg UCC; 81 McClusky/ Goodrich; 10/88 Edgeley; 92 Page/Hope/Finley; 96 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Western Evangelical. Alice 9/9/30; Dwight 11/14/52, Ronald 12/17/54, Douglas 2/15/57, Timothy 10/18/63, Debora 10/6/67.

DUEMIG, ROBERT FE 2/17/59 Commissioned & PM 06; Elder & FM 11. Appts: 03 Murdo/Draper; 09 Eureka/Ashley; 13 Belle Fourche; 19 Voluntary Leave of Absence. BS Southern Illinois; MBA City Univ; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Carolyn 8/1/48; Ray 10/26/66, Tully 7/23/69, Joe 3/21/84, Chris 5/30/84.

DUNCAN, DOUGLAS PL Licensed 17 Appt: 17 Mellette Northwestern (1/2).

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DUNHAM, BRANDON 12/17/91 FL Licensed 18 Appt: 18 Groton/Conde.

EARL, JENENE FE 7/27/66 Licensed 04; Commissioned & PM 09; Elder & FM 12; 04 Transfer from North Alabama Conf. Appts: 04 Highmore/Harrold/Blunt; 11 Sturgis; BS Lee College; MDiv Asbury. Martin 10/4/54; Samuel 12/19/95; Rachel 6/2/98.

EARLY, ANDY FL 8/22/66 Licensed 17. Appt: 1/1/18 Bismarck Legacy South. JoAnn.

EBERHART, EMIL H. RE 11/28/42 License 62; Elder & FM 68. Appts: 65 School; 66 Student Intern Bismarck First; 68 Intern at Elgin, IL State Hosp; 69 Tripp County; 72 Arlington-Lake Preston; 75 Sioux Falls Minister at Large, Asbury & Sunnycrest/Ellis; 76 Dell Rapids/Garretson; 78 Chaplain, SD State Penitentiary; 11/15/80 Aberdeen Faith; 87 Brookings; 95 Sabbatical Leave; 96 Groton/Conde; 97 Groton/ Conde/ Andover; 99 Sioux Falls First; 02 McCook Lake; 03 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 05 Retired; 10/06-6/07 Canistota United; 4/08-6/08 Aberdeen North Highland (1/2); 7/08-9/08 Flandreau/Egan (1/2); 4/10-6/10 Hartford; 10/10-6/11 Mitchell First (1/2). BA Westmar; MDiv Evangelical; DMin McCormick. Penny 8/31/41; Catherine 9/1/67, Paul 4/9/70, Timothy 11/21/72.

EBERHART, PENELOPE V. RE 8/31/41 Deacon & PM 76; Elder & FM 78. Appts: 76 Dell Rapids/ Garretson; 81 Bath/Barnard UCC (1/2); 82 North Aberdeen North Highland; 87 Brookings; 95 Central District Superintendent; 99 Sioux Falls First; 02 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 05 Retired. 4/08-6/08 Aberdeen North Highland (1/2); BA Westmar; MRE Evangelical; MDiv North American Baptist. Emil 11/28/42; Catherine 9/1/67, Paul 4/9/70, Timothy 11/21/72.

EBERHART, REBECCA FE 7/18/72 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 07. Appts: 00 Mitchell First; 03 Tennessee Conf (Para. 337.1); 04 Extension Programs for Theological Exploration of Vocation; 07 Vanderbilt Divinity School; 10 Garrett-Evangelical. BA Centre College; MDiv Vanderbilt. Timothy 11/21/72; Henry 03/24/02, Frederick 09/19/03, Audrey 5/1/09.

EBERHART, TIMOTHY FE 11/21/72 Commissioned & PM 00; Elder & FM 03. Appts: 96-97 Doland/ Frankfort (FL); 00 DWU Campus Ministry; 03 School; 12 Garrett-Evangelical. BA St Olaf; MDiv Vanderbilt; PhD Vanderbilt. Rebecca 7/18/72; Henry 3/24/02, Frederick 9/19/03, Audrey 5/1/09.

EHRMANTRAUT, MARK FE 11/26/66 FL 08; Commissioned & PM 12; Elder & FM 17. Appts: 08 Aberdeen North Highland: 13 Beresford; 16 Bismarck McCabe (Discipleship); 1/1/18 Bismarck McCabe (Executive); 19 Leave of Absence. BS NDSU. MS Miami Univ (Ohio). EdS Miami Univ (Ohio). Brenda 5/29/67; Berk 2/16/97, Marin 7/19/00.

EICHINGER, CONNIE K. PL 6/3/54 Licensed 12. Appt: 11/1/12 Faith/Marcus Presbyterian (1/2).

James 6/7/39; Matt 4/28/75, Eric 12/30/78.

EIDEM, DEANN HARDY FE 11/15/69 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 00. Appts: 96 Scotland/Tyndall; 98 Wagner/Tyndall; 01 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 03 Family Leave; 12 Rapid City Canyon Lake (1/2). BA Augustana; MDiv Saint Paul. Eric 1/11/70; Calla 8/20/03, Ben 5/23/06.

ELLINGSON, MARK S. FE 4/2/56 Deacon & PM 81; Elder & FM 86. Appts: 81 School; 82 Bowbells/ Coteau/Kenmare/Donnybrook; 84 Holmes/Thompson; 08 Holmes; 9/7/10 Extension Hospice of the Red River Valley (3/4)/Holmes (1/4); 7/1/11 Extension Hospice of the Red River Valley; 1/3/12 Altru Health Systems; 6/1/15 Manager of Pastoral Services for Altru Health System, Grand Forks. BS Moorhead State; MDiv Asbury. Betty 12/8/54; Sarah Burger 7/16/79, Jason 7/3/82, Steven 2/22/85, Katie 1/23/90, David 12/20/91.

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ELMER, DONALD RE 7/7/41 Deacon & PM 63; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 63 School; 67 Peace Corps; 69 School; 70 Northwest Community Organization Chicago; 75 Metropolitan Area Housing Alliance Chicago; 77 Washington Inner-city Self-Help DC; 81 Metro Organizations for People, Denver; 85 United Campus Ministries, Denver; 87 Center for Community Change San Francisco; 99 Leave of Absence; 00 Center for Community Change, San Francisco/Seattle; 08 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical.

EMERY, DALE R. RE 12/2/36 Licensed 60; Deacon & PM Kansas East 72; Elder & FM 76. Appts: 72 Berryton; 75 Pittsburg First; 77 Marshall County Larger Parish; 87 Drayton/Bowesmon/Glasston, DS appointment; 90 Ashley-Forbes, DS appointment; 93 Transferred to ND Conf; 93 Ashley/Forbes; 94 Hartford; 96 Webster/Bristol-Butler; 01 Edgeley/Kulm. 04 Retired; 06 Enderlin, 08 New Rockford/ Kvernes ELCA; 12-19 Hillsboro United UMC/UCC (1/4). BS Southeast Missouri State; MDiv Saint Paul. Helen 5/12/37; Robin 1/24/57, Joe 3/21/59, John 6/5/60, Heidi 3/26/66, Trent 12/30/66.

ENFIELD, COREY PL 2/16/78 Licensed 17. Appts: 11/5/17 Yankton/Gayville-Volin. Dana.

ERICKSON, JOHN T. ”Jack” RE 11/25/42 Trial & Deacon 66; Elder & FM 69. Appts: 66 School; 69 Gayville/Volin/Irene/Wakonda; 72 Sioux Falls First; 73 Milbank Parkview/Corona; 79 Deadwood; 85 Groton/Columbia UCC; 88 Murdo/Draper; 91 Britton/Langford/Langford PC/Pierpont Community; 95 Fargo Faith; 00 Milnor/Wyndmere/Lidgerwood; 05 Milnor/Wyndmere/Sheldon. 06 Retired; 08 Aberdeen Faith (LTFT). BA DWU; MDiv Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Kathy 1/16/44; John 12/16/62, Cheri 11/29/63, Douglas 11/11/68, Jay 2/9/70, Janna 7/31/72.

EWERS, DUANE A. RE 1/29/35 PM 61; Deacon 62; Elder & FM 65. Appts: 59 Velva/Benedict; 61 School; 61 Deselm/Ritchie, Ill.; 65 Bottineau/ Gardena/ Russell; 71 Minot Vincent; 76 Fargo First; 80 Area Program Staff; 83 Bismarck First; 11/83 Extension General Board of Discipleship; 98 Extension General Board of Higher Education & Ministry; 00 Retired. BA Minot State; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical; DMin Claremont. Judy Smith 8/11/44; Timothy 4/21/60, Jon 6/30/61, Brian 4/3/64, Beth 7/17/74.

FADLEY, CHERYL L. “Sheri” FE 2/26/62 Commissioned & PM 08; Elder & FM 11. Appts: 08 Wall/ Wasta; 11 Holmes UMC/Sharon Trinity ELCA/Beaver Creek ELCA; 19 Belle Fourche. BA Univ of New Hampshire; MA Univ of Northern Mich; MDiv Asbury. Dale 12/15/60; Andrew 8/21/89, Alicia 8/13/92.

FIKE, GERALD RE 12/26/35; On trial 62; Deacon & PM 63; Elder & FM 66. Appts. 61 Rock Lake/ Hansboro/Clyde; 62 School; 65 Grace City/Juanita/Sutton; 67 Drayton/Bowmont; 73 McClusky/ Turtle Lake; 78 Turtle Lake/Underwood; 83 Bismarck Calvary; 87 Elgin/Zoar; 92 Cavalier Trinity/ Cavalier First/ Neche. 98 Retired. BA Cascade College; BD Asbury. Bruce 4/11/60, Brent 4/10/62, Becky 1/25/66, Beth 6/26/67.

FINKE, TRAVIS PL 10/7/86 Licensed 17. Appts: 17 Sioux Falls Embrace Sertoma Campus (3/4).

FISHER, RICHARD W. RE 5/25/39 Deacon & PM 62; Elder & FM 64. Appts: 64 Parker; 12/67 Arlington/Lake Preston; 72 Sioux Falls Asbury; 9/15/80 Western District Superintendent (SD Conf ); 86 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 9/1/89 Conf Council Director; 99 Director of Leadership Development; 01 Retired. BA Hamline; MDiv Drew; DD Dakota Wesleyan. Donna 12/16/40; John 9/10/65, Robert 11/1/68.

FLEMING, VERONICA FL 7/27/26 Licensed 17. Appt: 17 North Prairie Parish – Mohall/ Sherwood/ Bowbells; 19 Kenmare ReNew/ Bowbells/ Sherwood. Richard.

FLESNER, JO PD 10/25/62 Commissioned & PM 14. 03 Ben Clare, 05 Brandon Celebration; 14 Extension Wesley Neighborhood Outreach (1/4), 15 Extension Sioux Falls Psychological Services/ Children & Adolescent Clinic. BS SDSU; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Christopher 4/5/64; Jami 6/29/89, Jordan 7/6/93, Clay 12/29/94.

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FLOWERS, MIKE FL Licensed 11. Appts: 11 Extension Children of the Harvest/Spirit Lake; 14 Extension Associate Director of Missional Impact/Spirit Lake; 15 Extension Children of the Harvest/Spirit Lake.

Libby 4/8/58; Beth, Charles.

FORBES, BRUCE D. RE 3/30/48 Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 78. Appts: 71 School; 76 Minn. Hist Soc & DD Candidate; 77 Macalester College, Saint Paul MN; 78 Asst Prof. Religious Studies, Morningside College; 88 Interim Macalester College; 89 Interim Hamline Univ; 90 Morningside College; 18 Retired. BA Morningside; MDiv Perkins; PhD Princeton. Matthew.

FOSSUM, RICHARD N. RE 9/8/48 Deacon & PM 83; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 83 School; 85 Kulm/Jud; 87 West Fargo; 97 Bismarck McCabe; 05 Minot Vincent; 10 Bismarck McCabe; 14 Retired; 1/1/16 Extension Minnesota Conf (Crystal; Brunswick). BA UND; MDiv Saint Paul. Nancy 3/16/50; Katie 11/21/78, Knute 7/5/83, Tracey 2/6/85.

FREED, DAN S. FE 12/14/59 Deacon & PM 90; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 90 Burke Larger Parish; 94 Piedmont; 05 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 11 Dickinson; 14 Personal Leave; 2/15/19 Extension 344.1(d) Avera Heart Hospital Chaplaincy. BS Wyoming; MDiv North Park. Sheila 12/18/62; Joy 5/27/81, Jaime 9/16/86, Calvin 4/18/89, Karl 4/15/91.

GALE, LEE RE 6/17/52 FL 95; Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 00. Appts: 95 Brothersfield (FL); 96 Ben Clare/Rowena/Sioux Falls Hilltop; 98 Mohall/ Sherwood/ Lansford; 99 Hillsboro United-UMC/UCC; 03 Grafton Federated/Minto PC-USA; 14 Grafton Federated/Minto PC-USA/St.Thomas; 10/15/14 Leave of Absence; 01/01/15 Retired. BS Kansas State; MDiv North American Baptist. Nicki 9/12/73, Nanci 3/29/77.

GALL, MELISSA FD 2/12/85 Commissioned & PM 16; Deacon & FM 19. Appts: 16 Milbank Central; 3/12/18 Transitional Leave of Absence; 8/1/18 Primary to Milbank School District, Secondary to Milbank Parkview. MA Southwest Minnesota State University, Basic Graduate Theological Studies Garrett-ETS. Tyler; Lydia, Henry.

GELLHAUS, DENNIS R. RE 10/20/55 Deacon & PM 80; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 80 School; 82 Conde/ Andover; 84 Huron First; 89 Sabbatical Leave; 90 (Par. 426.1) Rocky Mtn Conf; 93 Leave of Absence; 96 Gellhaus Carehaus; 15 Retired. BS Northern State; MDiv Saint Paul. Robbi 3/14/57; Stephen 1/27/83, Aaron 8/15/87.

GIBSON, R. JOHN RE 4/16/33 Deacon 56; Elder & FM 59. Appts: 54 Student Supply Bruce; 56 School; 57 Brown Deer, WI; 59 Selby/Mobridge; 64 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 74 Ecumenical Inst., Chicago; 75 Ecumenical Inst., Green Bay; 78 Ecumenical Inst., Cincinnati; 81 Inst. of Cultural Affairs, Indianapolis; 95 Retired. BS SDSU; MDiv Garrett. Paul 7/16/59, Steven 4/26/62, Ruth 1/21/65.

GIST, RODNEY R. RE 10/4/26 Trial 50; Deacon & FM 52; Elder 53. Appts: 50 School; 53 Viborg/Irene; 55 Sioux Falls First; 60 Britton/Langford; 63 Canistota/ Salem; 66 Canistota/Riverside (Pres); 69 Spearfish; 74 Gregory Larger Parish; 80 Canton; 89 Retired. BS USD; MDiv Garrett; DMin McCormick; DD DWU. Doris 2/17/29; Barbara 12/20/54, Linda 10/19/56.

GOODMAN, BRENDA PL 11/07/51 Licensed 18. Appt: 18 Medina/ Tappen (1/2). MA Bethel Seminary.

Steven; Joshua, Jeremiah.

GRAN, WILLIAM M. RE 8/22/49 Deacon & PM 72; Elder & FM 75. Appts: 70 Student Supply Artesian/Farwell; 72 School & Student Supply Napoleon, MO; 74 Tripp County Larger Parish; 76 United Parish Colome/Wewela UCC/Millboro UCC/Ideal UPC; 77 Mitchell First; 83 Clear Lake/Gary; 86 Hartford; 94 Sioux Falls Wesley; 01 Extension BryanLGH Medical Center; 04 Extension Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society; 1/1/16 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Saint Paul. Brenda 11/24/49; Jennifer 9/1/73, Stephanie 4/27/76, Emily 2/8/80.

GRAY, BRUCE C. RE 11/8/36 Deacon & PM 62 (Genesse Conf ); Transferred to SD Conf 64; Elder & FM 64. Appts: 64 Tulare; 65 Aberdeen Wesley Foundation; 67 School; 70 Univ of Albany NY; 79 Clear Lake/Gary; 82 Exec Dir SD Association of Christian Churches; 91 Webster/Bristol-Butler, 96 Madison; 98 Retired. BA Buffalo; EoD State University of New York; MDiv Colgate-Rochester. Margaret 9/11/40; Douglas, Stuart, Kathryn.

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GREENOUGH, DONALD L. RE 4/16/26 Deacon & PM 62; Elder & FM 64. Appts: 51 Student Supply Egan/ Riverview; 52 Melvin, IA; 8/58 Approved Supply Alpena/Virgil; 62 School; 64 Harrisburg; 68 Dell Rapids/Garretson; 73 Miller/Greenleaf; 82 Redfield/Ashton; 8/30/85 Elk Point United (UMC-UCC); 91 Retired. BA Augustana; MDiv Saint Paul. Steven 7/6/55, Robert 5/30/59, Dwight 1/24/61, Dawn 8/30/67.

GREGG, BRIAN PL 3/11/74 Licensed 19. Appt: 1/15/19 Garretson United Parish (1/4) as SY. 4/15/19 Garretson United Parish (1/4) as PL. BA Berkeley, MDiv Fuller; PhD Notre Dame. Julie; Ellie, Ian.

GREGG, JULIE PL 9/29/70 Licensed 19. Appt: 4/15/19 Garretson United Parish (1/4). BA Emory, MA Trinity Evangelical, MDiv Fuller, SFS Certificate Spiritual Direction. Brian; Ellie, Ian.

GRINAGER, ERIC S. RE 4/27/53 Deacon & PM 76; Elder & FM 80. Appts: 76 School; 77 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 78 School; 79 Yankton/Gayville/Volin; 82 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 86 Flandreau/Egan; 92 Lead; 99 Watertown First; 09 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 18 Retired. BS DWU; MDiv Saint Paul. Ruth 7/8/54; Heather 3/5/78, Robin 1/8/82, Michelle 9/5/87.

GRINAGER, HOWARD L. RE 1/29/48 Deacon & PM 81; Elder & FM 84. Appts: 81 School; 83 Mt Vernon/Plankinton; 92 Yankton/Gayville/Volin, 96 Southeast District Superintendent; 00 Pierre First; 12 Retired; 10/15/15-16 Alexandria/ Ethan Interim; 2/7/17-6/30/17 Sioux Falls Southern Hills Interim; 12/10/17-7/1/18 Alexandria/ Ethan Interim (3/4); 4/8/19 Brookings First Interim (1/2). BA DWU; MNS USD; MDiv Boston. Karen 6/8/47; Aaron 4/17/73, Rebecca 5/6/76.

GRONSETH, MARK FE 7/27/53 FD 7/03 Transfer to Dakotas Conf. from Kansas West Conf.; FE 13.

Appts: 03 St Dysmas Lutheran; 09 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg; 13 Fairmount/ Breckenridge, MN. BA Concordia (Moorhead). Colleen 10/19/54; Nicholas 3/2/82, Nathaniel 3/12/89.

GROSS, ANDREW PL 5/10/92 Licensed 17. Appts: 1/1/18 Madison (3/4). MS EdTechnology DSU.

GROSS, JAN FE 12/25/56 Commissioned & PM 04; Elder & FM 07. Appts: 10/16/00 Brothersfield & Wakonda/Irene/Viborg; 04 Yankton/Gayville-Volin; 05 Beresford/Zion; 10 Hartford; 19 Dell Rapids. BA DWU; MDiv North American Baptist. Deb 8/7/61; Emily 12/3/81, Kelly 7/12/84, Sarah 8/15/89.

HADRICK, DARLA PL 5/2/67 Licensed 17. Appts: 17 Transfer from California-Nevada Conf; 17 Selby/ Mobridge (3/4). MDiv Asbury.

HAGGAR, EDWARD THOMAS, JR. RE 2/21/49 Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 89. Appts: 84 Student Supply Ellis/Brothersfield; 86 Geddes; 91 Belle Fourche; 99 Rapid City South Maple; 05 Aberdeen First; 14 Retired. BS Northern State; MDiv North American Baptist. Charlene 9/12/48; Bret 10/15/74, Jessica 8/27/83.

HAGGIN, LEONARD K. RE 2/12/34 Deacon & PM 67; Elder & FM 69. Appts: 63 Student Supply Mt. Vernon; 66 School; 69 Aberdeen First; 70 Plankinton/Mt Vernon; 73 Redfield/Ashton; 75 Redfield; 82 Watertown First; 84 Brookings; 87 Pierre First, 96 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Saint Paul; DMin United Saint Paul MN. Jacqueline 4/17/33.

HALE, JOHN FL 1/7/75 Licensed 19. Appt: 19 Cresbard/ Tolstoy.

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HALL, MINA RE 9/22/53 Commissioned & PM 05; Elder & FM 08. Appts: 04 Tree of Life; 05 West Fargo; 08 West Fargo (3/4); 11/15/12 Personal Leave; 10/1/18 Retired. BS Winona State; MS SDSU; MDiv. North America Baptist. Thomas 9/10/50; John 12/14/80, Patrick 3/3/82.

HALLENBECK ORR, JENNIFER FE 8/9/78 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 03 Alexandria/ Ethan; 05 Alexandria/Ethan/DWU; 06 Pierre First; 11 Wahpeton Evergreen; 14 Bismarck McCabe; 1/1/18 Bismarck McCabe (Worship) (3/4). BA Augustana; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Derrick 7/23/80.

HANSON, MARGARET “PEGGY”(Stempson) FE 10/20/82 PL 11; Commissioned & PM 13; Elder & FM 16. Appt: 11 Pierre First; 17 Lead Trinity. MDiv Illif. Brian.

HARWOOD, RANDALL PL 3/29/55 Licensed 14. Appts: 15 Casselton (1/2). Stacie; Holden, Brayden, Micah.

HAZARD, BRIAN W. RE 1/19/56 Deacon & PM 89, Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 Williston/Grenora/Bainville, Mont; 92 Lisbon; 96 Page/Hope/Finley; 02 Minnesota Conf (Para 337.1); 06 School; 11 Extension Buffalo/Tower City Presbyterian; 13 Extension Minnesota Conf (LTFT); 18 Retired. BA Bemidji State; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Kandace 9/21/56.

HAZEN, RICK E. RE 6/21/51 Deacon & PM 92; Elder & FM 95. Appts: 92 School; 93 Wagner-Delmont; 98 Langdon; 06 Geddes; 11 Murdo/Draper; 17 Retired. BA Mt Marty College; MA USD; MDiv Methodist Theological School in Ohio. E. Jane 10/15/51.

HEDGE, RANDALL P. FL 10/10/57 Licensed 17. Appts: 17 Transfer from WI Conf; 17 Plankinton/ White Lake; 19 Madison. MEd NDSU. Holly

HEETLAND, DAVID L. FE 2/17/48 Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 76. Appts: 71 School; 75 Stickney; 76 Flandreau-Egan; 77 DWU; 83 Garrett-Evangelical. BA USD; MDiv Iliff; ThD Iliff. Kathy.

HERMAN, ELMO FE 3/25/55 Commissioned 11 (UCC Orders Recognized); FM 13. Appts: 11 Streeter/ Medina/Tappen; 13 Jamestown First. BA North American Baptist; MA Wheaton Grad School; MDiv North American Baptist. Sarah 10/30/54.

HERMAN, SARAH FE 10/30/54 Commissioned & PM 12; Elder & FM 15. Appts: (UCC Licensed Minister) FT 99 (UCC-LP) Armor/Delmont; 05 PT United Parish Alpena UCC; Licensed UMC FL 7/1/11; 11 Wimbledon/Kensal; 14 Napoleon/Lehr; 18 Streeter/Napoleon. Elmo 3/25/55.

HIGGINS, GORDON F. RE 4/23/35 Trial & Deacon 65; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 62 Wakonda/Irene; 65 Watertown; Student Supply N IL; 66 Manhattan IL; 4/70 Custer-Fall River Larger Parish; 75 Tripp County Larger Parish; 76 Winner/Conkicakse UPC/Mniska UPC; 79 Pierre-Blunt; 80 Pierre First; 87 Spearfish; 95 Jamestown First; 97 Retired; 2/03 Hot Springs Federated; 8/10 Wagner/Tyndall; 10-11 Murdo. AA Kendall; BA DWU; MDiv Garrett; DMin McCormick. John 3/7/67, Keren 1/4/70.

HIGGINS, JOEL FE 1/19/66 LP 93; Deacon & PM 95; Elder & FE 98. Appts: 93 Sioux Falls Asbury; 94 School; 96 DWU Campus Ministry/Artesian/Roswell; 99 Watertown First; 04 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 06 Extension Springcreek; 08 Sturgis; 09 Watertown First; 14 Brandon Celebration; 19 Extension SD Air National Guard (para 344.1d). BA Morningside; MDiv North American Baptist. Erin 5/6/95, Jessica 3/9/97, Luke 3/10/02.

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HILTON, GEOFF PL 7/25/75 Licensed 19. Appts: 2/1/04 Bantry; 05 Velva as SY (1/4); 19 Velva as LLP (1/4). BA Minot State. Jennifer 9/9/78.

HISEL, JOHN RE 11/17/39 LP 97 Elder (transfer from North American Baptist Conference) & PM 98; FM 00. Appts: 97 Wishek-Lehr-Napoleon; 98 Beresford Zion; 05 Webster/Bristol-Butler; 12 Retired. BA Sioux Falls; MDiv North American Baptist; DMin North American Baptist. Timothy 7/17/68, Tiffany 3/13/78.

HOFFMAN, WILLIAM F. FE 2/10/53 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 98. Appts: 94 Approved Supply Brothersfield; 95 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg; 00 Wessington Springs; 04 Arlington/Lake Preston; 08 Winner; 11 Faulkton; 18 Extension to Minnesota Conference. BS SDSU; MAT Northern State; MDiv/MACE North American Baptist. Sheila 10/5/53; Jared 3/17/80, Seth 1/23/90.

HOLLAND, MARK RE 12/19/53 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 85; FM 87. Appts: 85 Highmore; 89 Howard/Roswell; 92 Canton; 97 Milbank Central; 2/1/04 Transfer to Nebraska Conf; 7/1/12 Transfer to Dakotas Conf.; 12 Huron First; 17 Retired. BA Mid-America Nazarene; MDiv Nazarene. Janace 4/16/55; Kristen 10/4/78, Kendra 2/11/80, Kimberly 6/2/81.

HOOK, F. EVE RE 11/5/43 Deacon & PM 72; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 72 Jamestown First; 75 Bismarck McCabe; 79 Casselton/Absaraka; 83 Casselton/ Leonard; 84 Cavalier Trinity/Hamilton; 91 Arthur/ Hunter/ Erie; 91 Disability Leave; 07 Retired. MRE Garrett-Evangelical; BD Garrett-Evangelical.

HUBER, D. WAYNE FL 11/1/64 Licensed 05 (PL). Appts: 10/14/01 Tripp; 11/18/01 Tripp/Delmont; 02 Tripp; 03 Tripp/Mt. Vernon; 10 Mt. Vernon; 11 Geddes. Course of Study Saint Paul. Susan 1/21/52.

IVERSON, JUSTIN FE 6/22/87. Commissioned & PM 14; Elder & FM 17. Appts: 14 Webster/ Bristol-Butler; 15 Arthur; 17 Extension to Illinois Great Rivers Conf (Wesley UMC, Bloomington), para 346.1.

BA NE Wesleyan, MDiv Asbury. Kimberly 3/19/89.

JACOBSEN, DAVID SCHNASA FE 3/14/61 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 88. Appts: 85 School; 86 Pierre First; 90 School; 96 School/New Johnsonville (TN); 96 Lutheran Seminary, Ontario, Canada; 8/1/11 Boston Univ School of Theology. BA Concordia; MDiv Vanderbilt; PhA Vanderbilt. Cindy 6/1/59; Christian 7/8/92, Grace 6/9/95.

JACOWAY, JOHN A. RE 7/31/32 Deacon & PM 60; Elder & FM 62. Appts: 59 Student Supply Kennebec; 60 Denver Camerron Co Asst; 60 School; 62 Wall/Wasta; 1/66 Mitchell; 69 Rapid City Rapid Valley/ Caputa; 75 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 82 Flandreau/Egan; 86 Sioux Falls Wesley; 91 Arlington/Lake Preston; 96 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Linda Kropenske 7/15/50; Janet 2/19/59, David 1/20/61, Layne 7/20/64, Susan 3/24/66.

JASSMANN MASSINGILL, M. ELIZABETH RE Commissioned & PM 04. Elder & FM 10. Appts: 01 Edgemont/Pringle; 05 McClusky/ Goodrich/Chasley; 10 Selby/Mobridge; 17 Retired. BA USD; MDiv Perkins. Royce Massingill; Paul, Summer, Emily, Joshua, Jasmine, Paul J. JENKINS, HENRY L., Jr. PE 2/16/72 Orders Recognized & PM 12. Appts: 12 Extension Chaplain USAF; 13 Extension Ramstein Airbase Germany; 17 Extension Creech AFB, NV. AA Community College Air Force; BS Univ of Phoenix; MDiv Asbury (Florida Campus). Michelle 4/29/67; Joseph 3/29/86, Amberance 10/27/93, Jordan 12/15/02.

JENNESS, JUSTIN PL 11/20/84 Licensed 17. Appts: 8/1/17 Flandreau/Sioux Falls Southern Hills Associate (3/4). Sarah 4/21/88; Simon 12/16/13, Siri 5/8/16.

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JENNEWEIN, LINOVA L. RE 6/25/36 Deacon & PM 80; Elder & FM 82. Appts: 80 School; 81 Pierre First; 82 Rapid City Rapid Valley; 85 Gettysburg; 87 McCook Lake; 92 Deadwood; 94 Sabbatical Leave; 95 Clark/Garden City; 99 Plankinton/Mt. Vernon; 01 Retired; 09 Faith/Marcus PC-USA (3/4); 7/1/1411/14/14 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance (LTFT). BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Jill 10/18/58, Karine 4/11/63, Paul 4/23/68.

JENNYS, SUSAN PL 9/5/62; Licensed 08. Appts: 14 Colton/Chester (3/4). David 7/15/60.

JOHNSEN, MARK FE 12/31/64 Commissioned & PM 08; Elder & FM 15. Appts: 08 Student; 10 Personal Leave; 12 Miller; 15 Prairie View; 19 Rapid City Rapid Valley. MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Lisa 8/25/65; Alex 3/29/91, Austin 2/04/94.

JOHNSON, CAMERON RE 5/2/28 Deacon & PM 60; Elder & FM 62. Appts: 54 Rugby/Pleasant Lake; 58 School; 61 Williston/Grenora; 67 Jamestown First; 75 Western District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 80 Fargo First; 87 Administrative Assistant to the Bishop; 89 Green Valley Ariz. (Para 426.1) Desert Southwest Conf; 94 Retired. PhB UND; STM Wesley. Ruth 3/10/28; Kevin 11/8/54, Tina 1/5/57, Dane 3/9/58, Tyler 5/10/62, Rod 9/29/64.

JOHNSON, GARY PL 11/22/38 PL 06. Appts: 06 Drayton/St Thomas; 11 Retired; 12 Drayton/Pembina/ Humboldt MN (LTFT); 17 no appointment; 19 Drayton/ Pembina/ Humboldt MN (Upper Valley Parish) (1/2).

JOHNSON, RONALD FE 6/2/51 Deacon & PM 75; Elder & FM 78. Appts: 97 Transfer from Iowa Conf; 97 Canton; 10 Yankton. BA Northwestern; MDiv Dubuque. Marsha 3/26/56; Aaron 9/15/77, Sarah 3/18/81, Joshua 6/19/84.

JOHNSON, STEVEN C. RE 8/11/52 Deacon & PM 75; Elder & FM 79. Appts: 75 School; 77 Mohall/ Sherwood; 83 Mohall/Sherwood/Lansford/Maxbass; 84 Williston/Grenora/Bainville, Mont.; 89 Hazen; 90 Hazen/Beulah; 94 Valley City Epworth/Salem; 95 Valley City Epworth; 04 Mandan; 12 Arlington/Lake Preston; 13 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Saint Paul. Chris 11/24/76, Pamela 2/21/85, Randy 10/27/87 JOHNSON, TAYLOR PL 10/11/90 Licensed 15. Appt: 11/15/15 Sioux Falls First (3/4).

JOHNSON, TERI FE 3/2/64 Deacon & PM 89; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 School; 90 Pierre First; 92 Mitchell; 95 Brookings (Associate); 01 Brookings (Sr Pastor); 13 Extension Minnesota Conf (Minneapolis, Hennepin Avenue); 8/15/14 Leave of Absence. BS SDSU; MDiv Iliff; DMin North American Baptist. Marty 5/23/63; Taylor 9/12/87, Alyssa 11/23/89, Alec 12/2/91, Emily 7/14/94, Elliot 7/14/94.

KANA-MACKEY, J. SUE RE 12/7/54 Deacon & PM 78; Elder & FM 80. Appts: 78 School; 79 Starkweather/Edmore/Hampden; 83 Edmore; 85 Edmore/Lakota UCC/Michigan UCC; 94 Edmore/Lakota UCC/Michigan ELCA/Sarnia United ELCA; 12/31/09 Retired. BA UND; MDiv Asbury. Ronald 8/17/40; Travis 1/24/84, Kyle 5/13/87.

KATTELMANN, BRADLEY D. FE 12/19/80 Commissioned & PM 05; Elder & FM 08. Appts: 05 Wall/ Wasta; 08 Extension (Chaplain, US Army) Ft. Benning, GA, 13 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK; 15 Ft. Benning, GA; 17 Scott AFB, IL. BA Creighton; MDiv Iliff. Alison; Joshua, Bethany, Abigail.

KATTER, JOHN RE 7/23/40 (AOG) Orders recognized 00; Elder & FM 04. Appts: 00 Olivet/Tripp; 01 Olivet/Scotland; 03 Milbank Central. 06 Retired. BA U of Minnesota; BA North Central; MDiv Fuller; DMin Midwestern Baptist. Judy 8/7/43; Chad 12/6/72, Jarrod 3/25/76, Todd 11/03/78.

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KELSEY, ELIZABETH V. RE 5/8/47 Orders recognized 77 (Presbyterian); Elder & FM 78. Appts: 77 Flandreau/Egan; 78 Brookings; 80 Bottineau/Gardena; 83 Extension Ministry; 85 Uniting Church in Australia; 87 Miller/Greenleaf; 89 Transfer to Kansas East Conf; 04 transfer to Dakotas Conf; 04 Huron Counseling Center; 14 Retired. BS SDSU; MA University of Wisconsin; MDiv San Francisco Theological Seminary.

KERSEY-RUSSELL, JEANINE FE 5/21/66 FL 95 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 99. Appts: 95 Bismarck McCabe; 97 Turtle Lake/Underwood/Velva; 03 Hazen/Beulah; 06 School (CPE Residency). Iowa Methodist Hospital DesMoines IA; 07 Larimore/Arvilla-PC-USA/Emerado PC-USA, 08 Chaplain Home Health Care & Hospice, Good Samaritan, Bismarck; 14 Leave of Absence; 18 Extension ND State Penitentiary (para 344.1d). BA Jamestown; MDiv Dubuque. Dan 6/29/59; Bill 8/20/86, Henry 11/28/00, Preston 11/28/00, Kenneth 11/28/00, Cloe Ann 4/24/02.

KIDD, LAURIE FL 8/25/59 Licensed 05. Appts: 05 Sioux Falls First; 11 Kimball Protestant Parish; 14 Wagner/Tyndall. BS William Jewell College; Course of Study Saint Paul.

KIERAS, PEGGY RE 3/8/44 Deacon & PM 69; Elder & FM 71. Appts: 69 School; 71 Worcester Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Mass; 12/89 University of Mass Medical Center; 10/1/01 New England Conf (LTFT) (Par. 337.1); 1/1/02 Director of CPE St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA (LTFT); 12 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Andover-Newton. James 12/26/46; Matthew 12/1/80, Marie 9/1/82, Sarah 5/4/84.

KIMBALL, PAUL PL 8/9/80 Licensed 15. Appts: 5/15/15 Watertown Cornerstone (Encounter Campus) (3/4). Shauna; Faith, Trinity, Eden.

KINGERY, ZACH PL 11/25/87 Licensed 18. Appt: 9/1/2017 Wessington Springs UMC/ Alpena United (3/4).

KISTLER, GENIE (BUTLER) RE 9/27/46 PM 77 (Rocky Mountain Conf ); Deacon 78 (Rocky Mountain Conf ); Elder & FM 83. Appts: 77 School; 81 Transfer to ND Conf; 80 Neche/Cavalier First; 86 Lisbon; 92 Langdon; 98 Pierre First; 06 Hartford. 3/21/10 Retired. BA Southwestern; MDiv Iliff. Gary L. 12/28/41.

KJONAAS DONNA T. RE 9/3/47 Deacon & PM 88; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 90 Sioux Falls First; 92 Transferred to SD Conf; 97 Harrisburg; 03 Leave of Absence; 05 Fargo Friendship (Par. 338.3); 06 Leave of Absence, 08 Flandreau/Egan; 09 Retired. BA NDSU; MA Wisconsin; MA Northern State; MDiv United.

Murray T.K. Smith 6/7/39.

KLOSTER, KEVIN W. FE 6/15/63 Deacon & PM 91; Elder & FM 94. Appts: 91 School; 92 Bottineau United Parish; 96 Dickinson; 00 Brandon; 08 Extension Desert SW Conf. 10 Fargo Faith; 15 Prairie Hills District Superintendent (17 name change to Southwest District); 18 Rapid City Canyon Lake and Southwest District Superintendent. BA NDSU; MDiv United Saint Paul. Tracy 8/22/62.

KNOCK, RODNEY FL 12/1/62 Licensed 19. Appt: 19 Plankinton/ White Lake. BS SDSU. Jeannette; Isaac, Caleb.

KOPFMANN, DARWIN RE 9/27/51 FL 91; Deacon & PM 93; Elder & FM 96. Appts: 91 Iroquois-Esmond-Carpenter; 94 Ashley-Forbes; 01 Clear Lake/Gary; 04 Streeter/Medina/Tappen; 11 Wall/Wasta. 15 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv North American Baptist. Terri; Amy 6/4/76, Daniel 12/7/79.

KOR, HENRY K. RE 3/5/46 Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 67 Student Supply Fulton/ Farmer; 70 School & Student Supply Wellington, MO; 73 Clinical Pastoral Ed, Rochester Meth Hosp; 74 Harrisburg/Rowena/Ben Clare; 1/15/81 Sioux Falls Asbury; 90 Southern District Superintendent (SD Conf ); 94 Southeast District Superintendent, 96 Mitchell; 09 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Saint Paul. Bonnie 2/21/47; Jason 9/13/70, Kristen 3/10/73.

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KROGER, GREGORY S. FE 4/18/58 LP 87; Deacon & PM 88; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 87 Wakonda/ Irene/Viborg & School; 91 Aberdeen North Highland/Church of All Nations; 92 Rapid City First; 99 Lead/Deadwood; 02 Sioux Falls First; 06 Glacial Lakes Superintendent; 10 Director of Ministries; 14 Rapid City First; 19 Pierre First. BS Oral Roberts; MDiv North American Baptist. Joyceann 3/14/57; Karl 5/23/83; Kaleb 7/11/88.

KROGER, KARL FE 5/23/83. Commissioned & PM 10; Elder & FM 15. Appts: 10 Pierre Southeast; 13 Piedmont Grace. BA DWU; MDiv Candler. Michelle 9/16/82; Maisie 1/3/13, Mitchell 01/18/15, Milo 12/2/16, Murphy 6/28/19.

KROGMAN, TRAVIS FE 03/26/87 Commissioned & PM 15; Elder & FM 18. Appts: 11/15/14 Presho/ Kennebec/Reliance (3/4); 15 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance. BA USD; MDiv Saint Paul. Kristen 11/30/76.

KRUEGER, AUTUMN PE 9/17/91 Commissioned & PM 17. Appts: 17 Extension to Alaska Conference (Anchor Park, Anchorage).

KUPER, DONNA PL 03/26/83 Licensed 18. Appt: 18 Aurora (1/4).

LABOUNTY, SETH PE 4/22/89 Commissioned & PM 15. Appts: 15 Extension Wisconsin Conference (LTFT); 17 Pierre First (Pastor of Discipleship); 19 Hartford. MDiv Asbury. Valerie 12/28/91.

LABOUNTY, VALERIE HUMMEL PE 12/28/91 Commissioned & PM 17. Appts: 17 Pierre Southeast; 19 Montrose. MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Seth 4/22/89.

LAGGE, DONALD D. RE 8/12/37 Deacon 67; PM 72; Elder & FM 76. Appts: 64 Gayville/Volin FL; 66 Eagle/Gypsum CO; 71 Grant Ave CO; 73 White/Sterling; 74 White/Sterling/Aurora; 77 Custer-Fall River Larger Parish; 87 Belle Fourche; 11/25/90 Philip/Philip PC/Interior PC; 00 Retired; 00-07 Stickney. BS USD Springfield; MDiv Iliff. Candace 12/23/68, Scott 8/7/70, Joshua 5/3/76.

LARSON, KRIS FL 10/17/52 Licensed 97. Appts: 96-97 Iroquois Parish; 00 Iroquois; 01 Iroquois/Esmond/Carpenter; 10 Iroquois/Esmond/Doland; 16 Iroquois/Esmond/DeSmet. Course of Study Saint Paul.

Denise 10/17/54; Scott 4/78, April 5/12/80, Heidi 3/26/84, Austin 10/22/94.

LATHROP, JEFF PE 12/02/79. Licensed 12; Commissioned & PM 19. Appts: 8/1/12 Plankinton/White Lake; 16 Huron First Associate; 18 Grand Forks Wesley. BA Jamestown College; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Holly 7/15/83; Noah 9/21/11, Izaiah 5/13/15.

LAUDERMITH, IVA RE 12/23/51 Deacon & PM 98. Elder & FM 01. Appts: 95 School; 97 Kansas East; 98 School; 99 McClusky/Goodrich/Chaseley; 04 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 07 White River/Mission; 10 Milbank Parkview/Big Stone; 12 Parker/Hurley; 17 Retired. BS USD; MDiv Saint Paul. Angelica 4/26/77, Aaron 11/10/79.

LAVERY, THOMAS RE 6/27/48 Deacon & PM 95 (West Ohio); Elder & FM 97 (West Ohio). Appts: 95 Todd/Mellette Larger Parish; 98 Transfer to Dakotas Conf; 99 Bottineau United; 08 Extension Greater New Jersey Conf; 13 Retired. BS Texas Tech; MS Air Force Institute; MDiv United/Dayton. Andy 8/29/72; Brian 9/24/76.

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LEGER, MOLLY FL 8/11/69 Licensed 18. Appts: 18 Arlington / Lake Preston United; 19 Webster / Bristol-Butler.

LEHRKAMP, KORI ANN FE 4/09/79 FL 8/1/11; Commissioned & PM 14; Elder & FM 17. Appts: 11 Highmore/Harold/Blunt; 16 Edgemont/Pringle and Box Elder The Bridge (new church start); 8/1/17 Extension Box Elder The Bridge (new church start); 18 The Bridge (1/2 time); 2/1/19 Extension Rapid City Regional Hospital (1/2 time); 19 Prairie View. Associate Degree Huron Univ; BS SDSU; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Michael 4/2/79; Paige 8/28/02, Grady 1/21/05, Maddie 10/12/07.

LINT, MARY-LEE RE 9/13/43 Deacon & PM 89; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 School; 90 New Salem/Wilton PC; 98 Onida/Agar; 03 Olivet/Scotland; 06 Wagner/Tyndall; 08 Howard; 15 Retired. BME Westminster Choir College; MSM Northwestern/Garrett; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Phil 6/13/42; Peter 4/28/72, Jennifer 7/3/75, Paul 2/10/78.

LINT, PAUL FE 2/10/78 Commissioned & PM 04; Elder & FM 07. Appts: 03 McCook Lake; 06 Plankinton/White Lake; 10 Vermillion/USD Campus; 12 Hettinger; 5/10/16 Extension Wesley Acres Camp Co-Director. BA UND; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Brenda 10/14/73.

LINT, PHILLIP RE 6/13/42 Deacon & PM 66; Elder & FM 69. Appts: 66 School; 68 Velva/Granville UCC/Deering UCC; 71 Bismarck McCabe; 75 Center-Special Ministries to Impacted Communities; 77 Edgeley; 78 Edgeley/Kulm; 79 Edgeley/Nortonville; 12/80 Oakes/Cogswell; 85 Washburn/Riverdale Community; 90 Washburn/Center; 98 Southeast Pierre/Blunt; 01 Highmore/Harrold/Blunt; 03 Wagner/ Tyndall; 06 Retired; 07-08 Winner. BS Jamestown; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical; DMin McCormick. Mary Lee 9/13/43; Peter 4/28/72, Jennifer 7/3/75, Paul 2/10/78.

LOAEZA, MANUEL FL 11/12/69 Licensed 17. Appts: 4/1/17 Transfer from Minnesota Conf; 4/1/17 Sioux Falls Wesley. MDiv Asbury. Amy; Natalia, Nathan, Katia.

LORD, GLENN I. RE 7/13/30 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 81; FM 84. Appts: 80 Edgeley; 10/88 Carrington Federated-Heaton UCC; 94 Retired. AB Marion; BD Nazarene. Kaye 11/11/41; Glenn 3/13/61, Sherry 10/14/67, Ryan 1/15/70.

LOUKS, JORDAN PE 08/19/92 Commissioned & PM 18. Appts: 18 Alexandria / Ethan. BHSU; MDiv GETS. Alyssa Warns.

LUNDBERG, CLAY FE 5/30/87 PL 8/1/12 Licensed; Commissioned & PM 13; Elder & FM 16. Appts: 12 Brookings (LTFT); 13 Brookings (Associate); 15 Burke/Herrick/Jamison NE; 17 Burke/Herrick. BA Univ of Sioux Falls; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Linse 12/13/86; Auden Quinn 10/10/16.

LUTZ, RICHARD RE 4/10/41 PM 60; Elder & FM 65. Appts: 65 Tuttle/Robinson; 68 Fargo Edgewood; 73 Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK; 03 Retired. BA Westmar; BD Evangelical. Sharon 1/29/42; Donald 10/5/66, Steven 12/5/68, Alan 3/21/70.

MACK, DAVID E. RE 5/25/46 Deacon & PM 69; Elder & FM 71. Appts: 67 Lane; 69 Yates Center, KS.; 70 Toronto/Turkey Creek, KS; 71 Presho/Vivian; Oct 73 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 75 Tulare/Tulare UCC; 78 Alexandria/Fulton; 80 Parker/Hurley; 86 Transfer to ND Conf; 86 Grand Forks Zion; 91 Eastern District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 94 Northeast District Superintendent, 96 Pierre First; 00 Retired; 01-06 Arkansas Conference; 06-14 Bland Chapel UMC. BA DWU; MDiv Saint Paul. Marcia 5/27/47; Michelle 11/20/68, Dana 12/20/69, Jason 4/10/71, Brian 6/19/72, Erin 1/21/76, Rob 4/5/77.

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MACK, DEBORAH A. RE 2/10/49 Deacon & PM 88; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 87 Garretson & School; 89 Alexandria/Fulton; 92 Gayville/Volin/Yankton; 99 Selby/Mobridge; 05 Rapid City South Maple; 07 Tulare United/UMC,UCC; 09 Britton; 11 Retired; 16-17 Britton/ Claremont/ Hecla (3/4). BS Northern State; MDiv North American Baptist. Norman 8/19/48; JaNann Jones 9/15/68, Kipp 7/6/71, Kurtis 7/2/73, JaKelle Hardy 8/25/80.

MADDOX, RANDY RE 9/3/53 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 87; FM 89. Appts: 87 Sioux Falls College; 98 Seattle Pacific University; 05 Duke Divinity School; 18 Retired. BA Northwest Nazarene College; MDiv Nazarene; PhD Emory. Aileen 7/30/53; Erin 7/7/82, Jared 8/16/84.

MADER, GWEN RE 5/16/54 PE Commissioned & PM 09; Elder & FM 13. Appts: 09 School; 2/1/10 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 12 Dell Rapids; 4/1/14 Britton/Hecla/Claremont; 16 Extension Desert SW Conf (Gilbert First, AZ); 18 Voluntary Leave of Absence (353.2a); 19 Retired. BA Scarritt College; MA Scarritt College in Christian Ed; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Rodney 9/7/55.

MANNING, NANCY RE 10/16/51 Commissioned & PM 07; Elder & FM 10. Appts: 06 Brothersfield; 07 Parker/Hurley; 09 Claremont/Hecla; 11 Britton/Claremont/Hecla; 4/1/14 Salem United UMC, PCUSA/Montrose; 16 Montrose; 17 Retired; 17-18 Montrose (3/4). BA Univ of Sioux Falls; MDiv North American Baptist.

MANSON, PAUL FL 2/19/61 Licensed 17. Appts: 8/1/17 Huron First. BS SDSU. Ruth; Jonathan, Katherine.

MARQUARDT, SANDY FL Licensed 13. Appts: 13 Cavalier Trinity/Cavalier First; 19 Cavalier Trinity/ St. Thomas (Parish Alignment). AAS NDSU. Fred; Danielle, Jared.

MARTENS, JASON PL Licensed 18. Appt: 8/1/16 Lay Supply Salem (3/4); 18 Salem (3/4); 19 Brandon Celebration.

MASARTIS, RUSSELL RE 9/19/46 Elder in Primitive Meth Church 73. Transferred in from Primitive Methodist 7/1/06. Appts: 07 Tree of Life Ministry; 15 Wall/Wasta; 18 Retired and Wall/Wasta (1/2). BA Penn Univ CA; Salem School of Theology; BS Ed Penn Univ CA; Theology American Bible College. Donna 4/9/48.

MATTHEWS, SHELLY FE 12/28/61 Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 89. Appts: 87 Larimore/Arvilla Presb/Emerado Presb; 90 School; 97 Tufts University; 98 Furman University; 8/1/11 Brite Divinity School.

BA UND; MDiv Boston; ThD Harvard. George Frein 10/2/32; Nathan 1/21/94, Alice 9/22/96.

MAYER, RICHARD M. RE 12/3/38 Elder & PM (orders recognized) 92; FM 94. Appts: 92 Sioux Falls College; 02 Retired. BA/BTh Aurora University; MDiv Garrett; PhD Northwestern. Linda 8/20/40; Michael 12/31/59, Ellen 3/11/62, Diane 10/14/66.

McCASKELL, SHARLA FL 3/22/66 Licensed 04. Appts: 04 Rapid City First; 11 Rapid City Knollwood Heights. BS Northern State; Course of Study Saint Paul. Scott 10/1/59; Molly 8/10/95, Thomas 7/19/99.

MCDONALD, JENNIFER PE Licensed 18; Commissioned & PM 19. Appts: 18 Minot Vincent.

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McKEEHAN, FRANK J. RE 10/06/50 Deacon & PM 92; Elder & FM 95. Appts: 89 Southern Pacific Conf La Mirada UMC; 91 Jonesburg/Pendleton/Zion UMC (Missouri East Conf ); 93 Transferred to Dakotas Conf; 93 Pembina/Joliette/Humboldt; 96 Sturgis; 02 Dell Rapids; 10 Clear Lake/Gary; 18 Retired; 18 Clear Lake/Gary (3/4); 19 Clear Lake/ Gary (1/4). BS Truman State, MDiv Saint Paul. Sue 6/8/52; Leigh 1/4/78, Paul 7/15/84.

McKIRDY, SCOTT D. FE 5/13/60 Deacon & PM 89; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 School; 90 Wessington Springs/Lane; 95 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 00 Dickinson; 11 Spearfish. BA Jamestown; MDiv Iliff. Colleen 9/10/62; Grace 8/20/89, Emma 4/29/92.

McKIRDY, WAYNE M. RE 6/9/29 Deacon & PM 56; Elder & FM 58. Appts: 53 Napolean/Braddock LP; 54 Pettibone/Lake Williams/Malcolm UCC LP; 55 School; 56 Melbeta NE; 58 Napoleon/Braddock; 61 Tioga; 63 Edgeley/ Jud/ Nortonville; 68 Edgeley; 70 Transfer to SD Conf; 70 Piedmont; 73 Faulkton/ Seneca; 83 Big Stone City/Revillo; 86 Transfer to ND Conf; 86 Conf Executive Director of Camping; 90 Conf Camp Facilities Manager; 91 Retired. 91 Wimbledon; 92 Salem/Dazey/Leal; 93-94 Salem/Leal/ Valley City Epworth; 95-99 Valley City/Salem. BA Jamestown; ThM Iliff. Scott 5/13/60, Stuart 11/7/61, Bruce 12/4/63, Donna 8/27/65.

McKNIGHT, JOHN E., JR. RE 1/30/59 Deacon & PM 83; Elder & FM 86. Appts: 83 School; 84 Leola/ Frederick; 87 Colton/Chester; 91 Rapid City Knollwood Heights/Rapid Valley; 96 Bowbells/Donnybrook/ Kenmare; 00 Flandreau/Egan; 06 Parker/Hurley; 07 Rapid City South Maple; 17 Retired; 11/2/17-7/1/18 Kimball United interim (3/4). BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Cheryl 11/1/58; Alicia Rhea 4/11/89.

McLAIRD, DONNA J. RE 7/31/41 Deacon 77; PM 85; Elder & FM 90. Appts: 77 Plankinton/Mt Vernon; 77-81 Ethan; 84 Tyndall; 85 Tyndall/Ethan; 95 Hitchcock/ Broadland; 96 Plankinton/Mt Vernon; 99 Colton/Chester; 8/01/04 Retired. BA DWU; MRel Garrett-Evangelical; Boston School of Theology; MDiv San Francisco. John 1/13/68, Steven 6/12/70.

McMANUS, SARA FE 6/27/87 Commissioned & PM 12; Elder & FM 15. Appts: 12 Sioux Falls First; 15 West Fargo Flame of Faith. BA Simpson College; MDiv Vanderbilt. Kyle 8/14/85.

MEHRING, JASON PL 7/30/79 Licensed 19. Appt: 19 Extension 344.1(a) Fargo New Church Plant (Mission to Fargo) (3/4). Kiana 1/22/93; Matthias & Peter 7/6/16, Aspen 4/28/18.

MEIER, DWIGHT L. RE 10/6/35 Deacon & PM 63; Elder & FM 65. Appts: 62 Grace City/Juanita/ Sutton; 65 Enderlin/Sheldon/Leonard; 67 Enderlin/Sheldon; 70 Grafton Federated/Minto Presb; 79 Fargo Calvary; 84 Grand Forks Wesley; 87 Western District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 93 Fargo Friendship; 97 Northeast District Superintendent; 02 Retired; 02 Interim Assistant to the Bishop; 04-05 Bismarck McCabe. BA Taylor; MDiv Asbury. Signe 10/26/36; Lorena 10/27/61, Deanna 6/4/63, Sara 9/1/66, Bradley 5/2/70.

MEIER, MARK W. RE 1/28/45 Deacon & PM 70; Elder & FM 73. Appts: 68 School; 68 Crystal/Hensal/ Hoople; 69 School; 72 Rugby/Bantry/Pleasant Lake; 75 Jamestown First; 79 Transfer to Louisiana Conf; 87 Transfer to ND Conf; 87 Fargo Faith; 4/89 Chaplain, ND State Penitentiary; 3/91 Mandan Good Shepherd; 6/91 WellSpring Counseling Group, Denver, CO. 10 Retired; 10 Wellspring Counseling Group, Denver, CO. BA Taylor; MDiv Asbury; DMin McCormick. Deborah 7/19/49; Michelle 5/31/69, Josef 1/30/71.

MEIER, MAX E. RE 10/22/32 Deacon & PM 55; Elder & FM 59. Appts: 53 Grassy Butte; 56 School; 59 Chaplain, US Army; 81 Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, IA; 96 Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA; 99 Retired. BA Taylor; MDiv Garrett. Allen 6/5/60, Ruth 8/25/64, Carol 5/19/66, Esther 3/20/68.

MERSCH, PATRICIA RE 7/29/44 Deacon & PM 02; Elder & FM 04. Appts: 99 Williston/Grenora/Bainville; 02 Burke/Herrick/Jamison, NE; 04 McClusky/ Goodrich/Chaseley; 05 Grand Forks Altru Chaplain; 09 Altru Chaplain (full) & Drayton/Pembina/Joliette/Humboldt (LTFT); 09 Mohall/Sherwood interim; 10 Mohall/Sherwood; 14 Retired. BS USD; MDiv Northern American Baptist.

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MILLER, THETA FE 10/27/69 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 99. Appts: 96 School; 97 Missouri West Conf (Par. 337.1); 03 Family Leave, 08 Fargo United Campus Ministry; 10/1/12 Transitional Leave; 12/1/12 West Fargo Flame of Faith (LTFT); 7/1/13 Family Leave; 8/1/13 Clergy Assist to District Superintendent; 15 Brookings First (Outreach); 3/6/19 Family Leave of Absence. BA Tennessee; MDiv Saint Paul.

Wade 4/5/69; Clarissa 11/26/01; Quinn 9/16/04.

MOE, PETER W. RE 9/19/32 Trial & Deacon 58; Elder & FM 60. Appts: 53 Student Supply Artesian/ Farwell; 57 Hudson, CO; 58 School; 59 Edgemont; 63 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 64 USD Vermillion Wesley Foundation; 74 Spearfish; 83 Yankton/Gayville/Volin; 87 Watertown First; 92 Western District Superintendent (SD Conf ); 94 Southwest District Superintendent; 98 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Grace 5/3/32; Shelli 12/29/63, Shauna 7/20/65.

MOON, JAY PD 6/12/61 Commissioned & PM 12. Appts: 12 Sioux Falls Seminary; 13 Asbury Theological Seminary. BS Virginia Tech; MA Azusa Pacific University; PhD Asbury. Pamela 3/24/60; Jeremy 11/22/87, Emily 4/6/90, Joshua 11/16/93, Bethany 10/27/96.

MOORE, CHARLES FL 10/16/70 Licensed 15 (PL). Appts: 8/1/15 Madison (3/4); 17 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest. Stephanie; Lydia LaVonne.

MORRISON, MATTHEW FL 8/30/72 Licensed 13 (PL) Appts: 13 Embrace (LTFT); 15 Mitchell Fusion; 17 Sioux Falls Asbury (Associate). BS USD; MM Univ. of Northern Colorado. Amy 1/23/71; Xander 11/8/99, Maia 6/10/04.

MOTTA, DAVID F. FE 6/25/55 Deacon & PM 83; Elder & FM 86. Appts: 83 School; 84 Stickney; 91 Aberdeen First; 96 Fargo Calvary. BA Westmar; MDiv Trinity. Mary 4/7/55; Elise 5/20/78, Leah 3/8/81, John 10/4/82.

MUND, KENNETH FL 7/14/56 Licensed 06 (PL); 17 FL. Appts: 05 Watertown Cornerstone (3/4); 17 Bottineau; 19 Des Lacs/ Minot Faith. BS Dickinson State University. Rhonda 12/27/57; Lindsey 3/21/80, Elise 11/19/83.

MUTHIAH, LIONEL P. A. RE 7/18/29 Deacon & PM 65 (Tennessee); Elder & FM 67. Appts: 66 Transfer to ND Conf; 66 Hope/Finley/Page; 68 Medan, Sumatra; 72 Sibu, Sarawak; 77 Transfer to SD Conf; 77 Clark/Garden City; 79 Extension General Board of Global Ministries; 9/80 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 82 Transfer to ND Conf; 82 New Rockford/Cathay/Sheyenne; 86 Linton; 91 Cavalier Trinity/Hamilton; 92 Retired. BS George Peabody; MDiv Vanderbilt. Lorene 8/7/62, Lora 8/7/62, Robert 3/20/66, Richard 12/15/67.

MUTZENBERGER, KRIS FE 12/23/77 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 03 Britton (LTFT); 04 Britton; 9/1/05 Britton (LTFT), 09 Madison (LTFT); 11-12 Madison; 13 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest (3/4); 14 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest; 17 Fargo First. BA DWU; MDiv United of Dayton. Ryan 8/29/74; Anna Lynn 8/17/04, Noah James 1/6/09.

MUTZENBERGER, RYAN FE 8/29/74 Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 06. Appts: 03 Claremont/ Hecla, 09 Madison; 13 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest; 17 Fargo First (Lead Pastor). BA DWU; MDiv United of Dayton. Kris 12/23/77; Anna Lynn 8/17/04, Noah James 1/6/09.

NAGBE, JUWLE FE 3/15/51 Commissioned & PM 15; Elder & FM 19. Appts: 13 Lisbon/ Enderlin/Lisbon PC USA. MDiv Duke Divinty. Martha 6/18/55; Jewle 5/3/89, James 5/14/91, Dave-Marth 12/20/93, Grace 12/11/95.

NELSON, CLIFFORD A. RE 11/18/51 Deacon & PM 77; Elder & FM 81. Appts: 77 School; 79 Fairmount/Bethany/Rosholt; 1/83 West Fargo; 87 Minot Faith/Des Lacs; 99 Williston/Grenora/ Bainville; 03 Grand Forks Zion; 09 Chaplain Trinity Hospital-Minot; 17 Retired. BS UND; MDiv Asbury. Terri 11/5/54; Michael 4/22/79, Ryan 6/29/82, Kristen 11/19/84.

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NELSON, KEITH F. FE 4/16/60 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 88. Appts: 85 School; 86 Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL. 89 Onida/Agar; 93 Devils Lake; 02 Sturgis; 08 Brandon; 10 Sakakawea District Superintendent; 16 Mitchell First. BA U of Sioux Falls; MDiv North Baptist Theological. Nancy 1/29/60; Richard 3/4/87, Melissa 10/16/89.

NELSON, MORRIS E. RE 6/15/49 Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 90. Appts: 87 Brothersfield & School; 88 Gregory Larger Parish (Gregory-Iona); 92 Flandreau/Egan; 00 Murdo/Draper; 03 Hot Springs Federated; 11 Retired; 14-15 Prairie View (LTFT). BS USD; MDiv North American Baptist. Cathryn 9/4/49; Kenneth 3/1/79.

NELSON, SARA FE 12/18/79. Commissioned & PE 10; Elder & FM 13. Appts: 06 Brothersfield & School; 10 Watertown First (Associate); 14 Watertown First (Sr Pastor). BA University of Sioux Falls; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Mat 10/31/78; Mara 11/26/04, Austine 10/24/09.

NEUBERGER, JEFFREY PL Licensed 18. Appt: 18 Park River / Fordville (3/4).

NYGAARD, JULIE S. RE 4/16/53 Licensed to preach 94 Deacon & PM 96; Elder & FM 98. Appts: 94 Valley City Epworth/Salem; Summer of 95 Valley City/Salem; 96 New Rockford/Grace City; 01 Webster/ Bristol; 05 Cresbard/ Rockham/Miranda; 06 Cresbard/Rockham; 09 Cresbard/Tolstoy; 16 Retired. AA Jackson Community College; BA Spring Arbor; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Steven 1/15/51.

OATES, MURIEL RA 8/4/37 FL 95. AM 00. Appts: 95 Faith; 03 Retired. BS Black Hills State; MA SDSU. Jim 8/15/39; Mark 1/21/67, Janell 1/23/69, Mary, Diane, Mike, John, Robert.

O’CONNELL, SUSAN RE 12/16/47 PE Commissioned & PM 02; Elder & FM 05. Appts: 10/16/00 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 01 Sioux Falls Hilltop (LTFT) & Ben Clare/Rowena (LTFT); 02 Geddes/Delmont; 06 Gettysburg/Onida/Agar; 09 Flandreau/Egan; 13 Retired. BA Western Michigan; MDiv North American Baptist. Bill 11/19/47; Jennifer 1/1/72, Melissa 8/6/74.

OLSON, RON FE 6/11/58 Commissioned & PM 11; Elder & FM 14. Appts: 11 Bowman; 18 Montrose (3/4); 19 Hurley (3/4). MDiv Asbury. Michelle 5/24/59; Ben 11/16/83, Joshua 7/20/91, Maija 4/09/03.

OLSON, STEVE L. FE 10/3/57 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 91; FM 93. Appts: 89 Napoleon/Braddock; 95 Claremont/Hecla; 7/99 Belle Fourche; 03 Oakes/Cogswell. BRE Hillcrest Christian; MDiv Western Evangelical. Shirley 9/12/56; Nicole 5/8/84, Bryan 5/9/86, Hope 8/18/88, Joy 2/22/94.

OSWALD, KENNETH G. RE 8/13/34 Licensed 60; Elder 67 (Alberta Canada); FM 69 (ND). Apps: 59 Arnprior, Ontario; 62 School; 66 Hillcrest Christian College; 68 McClusky; 73 Streeter/Medina; 78 Wimbledon/Kensal; 6/15/80 Transferred to SD Conf; 80 Plankinton/Mt. Vernon; 83 Olivet; 92 Eureka; 00 Retired. BEd Alberta. Lavine 6/27/62, Lowell 11/6/65.

PATRICK, JAMES D. RE 6/15/48 Transfer from Illinois Great Rivers Conf, 9/16/00. Appts: 00 Rapid City Knollwood Heights/Rapid Valley; 08 Retired. BS Texas Wesleyan; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical.

PEASE, EDWARD RE 8/13/43 Trial & Deacon 68; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 68 School; 74 Psychiatry Resident, Independence, IA; 77 U of Nebraska College of Medicine; 80 Psychologies U of Nebraska Hosp, Omaha; 86 Physician & Psychiatrist, Omaha VA Hosp; 06 Retired. Jane 4/4/73, Amy 8/4/75, Carrie 1/22/78.

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PEDERSON, KENRAD RE 2/7/52 Deacon & PM 75; Elder & FM 78. Appts: 75 School; 77 Pembina/ Joliette/Humboldt; 82 Arthur/Hunter/Erie; 84 Bismarck First; 85 Turtle Lake/Underwood; 91 Bowbells/ Donnybrook/Kenmare; 96 Hartford; 06 Jamestown First; 13 Eureka; 15 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Wesley.

Mary 7/3/54; Seth 2/24/82, Kyle 7/30/84.

PEIRCE, RUSSELL M. RE 11/21/29 Trial 51; Deacon 53; FM 54; Elder 55. Appts: 51 School; 52 Student Supply Laird, CO; 54 Northville/Mellette; 57 Wall/Wasta; 62 Hot Springs; 64 Plankinton; 67 Gettysburg; 71 Gettysburg/ Tolstoy; 73 Rapid City South Maple; 78 Philip/Philip UP-Interior UP; 86 Clear Lake/Gary; 90 Scotland/Tripp; 94 Retired. BA DWU; ThM Iliff. Mary 4/6/39; James 10/24/64, Timothy 2/16/66, Kenneth 5/23/72.

PERRY, E. STEPHEN RE 10/4/51 Deacon & PM 81; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 81 Wessington Springs/ Lane; 86 Milbank Parkview; 91 Vermillion; 99 Sabbatical Leave; 00 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 05 Redfield/Ashton; 10 Redfield/ Frankfort; 14 Retired. BA Northwestern Univ; PhD Univ of Cambridge; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Marilyn 7/29/50.

PERSONS, JAMES B. RE 12/3/48 Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 71 School; 73 Huron First; 75 Conde/Andover; 79 Rapid City Knollwood Heights; 1/1/85 Clark/Garden City; 90 Madison; 96 Grand Forks Wesley; 01 NW District Superintendent; 04 SW District Superintendent; 09 Mitchell First; 12 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Eileen 1/17/49.

PETERSEN, CALVIN L. RE 7/3/33 Deacon & PM 60; Elder & FM 61. Appts: 63 Transferred to SD CROP; 67 Director, Lake Poinsett Camp; 69 School; 74 Deadwood; 1/79 Leave of Absence; 79 Vermillion; 91 Sioux Falls Wesley; 94 Beresford-Zion; 98 Retired. BA Bethel; MA USIU; MDiv Southern Baptist. Mary 8/25/44; Lynette 5/7/55, Lance 7/18/57, Larisa 1/26/59, Lincoln 10/5/61, Nathan 9/22/66.

PHILLIPS, MARK P. FE 4/29/59 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 88. Appts: 82 Rum Creek UMC (OH); 85 School; 86 Aberdeen First; 91 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg; 95 Mandan Good Shepherd-Rural; 97 Mandan First/Mandan Good Shepherd-Mandan Rural; 99 Mandan/Mandan Rural; 03 Mandan; 04 Milbank Central; 12 Lead-Deadwood Trinity; 17 Murdo/Draper. BA Westmar; MALA/MDiv Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Ginger 6/4/59; Seth 4/19/94.

PHILLIPS, RANDALL E. FE 2/25/57 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 96; FM 99. Appts: 94 McLaughlin; 95 Cando/Starkweather/Egeland; 00 Minot Faith/Des Lacs; 9/02 School (CPE); 03 Erie, PA; 8/1/05 Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN (Para. 344.1b). BA Anderson; MA Nebraska; MDiv Princeton. Robin 12/21/69; Mackenzie 8/22/96, Alexander 5/20/98, Benjamin 2/6/01.

PIETRZA, JOLEEN FL 11/10/66 Licensed 19. Appts: 19 Arlington/ Lake Preston. BA USD, MA USD, MDiv SFS.

PITTENGER, RICHARD D., JR. FE Deacon & PM 83; Elder & FM 86. Appts: 81 School; 83 Potter NE; 83 Transfer from Nebraska Conf; 84 Arlington/ Lake Preston; 88 Harrisburg; 94 Minot Vincent; 00 Fargo Faith; April 06 Leave of Absence; April 08 Avera Sacred Heart (LTFT); March 09 Avera Sacred Heart (FT); 11 Vermillion & Gayville/Volin; 16 Milnor/Wyndmere/Sheldon (3/4). BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Rebecca; Ryan, Brandon, Kristen PRICE, JOHN T. RE 5/30/52 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 85 Faith; 91 Murdo/Draper; 98 Cavalier Trinity/Cavalier First/Neche; 12/25/05 Cavalier Trinity/Cavalier First; 07 Canistota UMC/PCUSA; 19 Retired. BS Michigan Tech; DMin Sioux Falls Seminary, MDiv Asbury. Loraine 9/15/54; Hannah 12/3/80, John 9/8/82, Megan 11/29/84, Elizabeth 3/4/86.

PROHASKA, LUCIAN F. RE 2/19/38 Deacon & PM 89; Elder & FM 92. Appts: 89 School; 90 Edgemont United (UMC-UCC)/Pringle; 94 Winner; 00 Retired. BS SDSU; MDiv Saint Paul. Karen 2/11/39; Laura 3/19/59, Daniel 10/22/60, John 12/3/64.

RAE, GARY W. RE 7/17/48 Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 73 Rockham/Miranda; 77 Belle Fourche/Harding; 83 Faulkton/Seneca; 93 Winner; 94 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 03 Harrisburg; 11 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Edith (Edee) 11/29/47; Justin 3/5/81, Landon 2/13/85.

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REICH, ELDON H. RE 5/25/46 Deacon & PM 69; Elder & FM 71. Appts: 71 Onida/Agar; 75 Watertown Ninth Ave/Kellerton; 78 Watertown Ninth Ave; 86 Aberdeen First; 14 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Asbury. Donna 5/21/46; Heidi 1/3/72, Jonathan 12/19/73.

REINHILLER, KYLE FE 11/11/70 Deacon & PM 97; Elder & FM 99. Appts: 97 Burke/Herrick/Jamison NE; 02 Eureka/Ashley; 09 Sturgis; 11 Harrisburg. BS Dickinson; MDiv Asbury. Rebecca 11/12/68; Paul, Erik.

REINHILLER, ROSS S. FE 3/22/61 Deacon & PM 84; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 9/81 Buffalo UCC, Camp Crook UMC student supply; 84 School; 85 Ashley/Forbes; 88 Mandan Good Shepherd; 3/91 Union Church, Bogota, Colombia; 93 Williston/Grenora/Bainville MT; 99 School; 00 Winner; 8/15/05 Shiloh Christian School (Para. 344.1d); 1/10 Center/Washburn/Turtle Lake, appointed and served while at Shiloh Christian School; 10 Sioux Falls Southern Hills; 14 Aberdeen First; 16 Williston Faith. BS Dickinson; MDiv Asbury; DMin Asbury. Valerie 7/9/63; Jayne 8/22/94, Anne 6/20/96.

REINHILLER, VALERIE FD 7/9/63 Consecrated 91, Deacon & FM 97. Positions: 91 Director of Christian Education Bismarck First; 91 Director of Christian Education & Office Manager Union Church, Bogota, Colombia; 93 Diaconal Minister, Williston; 99 Family Leave (Para 352); 9/1/00 Winner (1/4 time); 02 Winner; 05 Family Leave; 1/1/07 Bismarck Calvary; 09 Disaster Response Case Management Coordinator (LTFT); 10 Transitional Leave; 1/1/11 Sioux Falls Southern Hills (LTFT); 9/16/12 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest (LTFT); 14 Aberdeen First; 16 Williston Faith. BA Northwestern College; MACE North American Baptist.

Ross 3/22/61; Jayne 8/22/94, Anne 6/20/96.

RHODES, WARREN A. RE 12/24/48 Elder (orders recognized) & PM 85; FM 87. Appts: 84 Mohall/ Sherwood/Lansford/Maxbass; 88 Park River Federated/ Fordville Presbyterian; 99 Clark-Garden City; 10 McClusky/Goodrich/Chaseley; 16 Retired; 16 McClusky/Goodrich/Chaseley (LTFT). BS Dickinson; MDiv Bangor. Grace 9/7/49; Lisa 6/1/71, Vaughn 8/20/72.

RICHARDS, LEISA FE 5/04/63 Deacon & PM 91; Elder & FM 93. Appts: 93 Hitchcock/Broadland; 99 Vermillion; 7/1/01 transfer from Yellowstone Conf; 01 Dakota Plains Legal Services; 03 Dakota Plains Legal Services & Hebron UMC; 05 Legal Director Resources, Inc Albuquerque, NM; Leisa Richards Law, PC, Albuquerque, NM. BA Carleton; JD USD; MDiv Harvard.

RICHARDS, MATTHEW FE 05/21/74 FL 07; Commissioned & PM 08; Elder & FM 12. Appts: 03 Artesian/Roswell; 07 White/Aurora/Sterling/SDSU Campus Ministry; 10 Groton/Conde; 15 Miller; 1/30/18 Medical Leave. BS DWU; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Karrie; Andrew, Alex, Elizabeth.

RICHARDS, SHEILA B. RE 6/10/40 LP 91; Deacon & PM 95; Elder & FM 98. Appts: 91 Eureka; 92 Aberdeen North Highland/Church of All Nations; 94 Aberdeen North Highland; 00 SE District Superintendent. 06 Retired. BS Northern State; MDiv North American Baptist. Carlyle 7/21/35; Leisa 5/4/63, Keith 9/29/64, Renee 12/14/65.

RICKE, KATIE FE 3/14/85 Commissioned & PM 14; Elder & FM 17. Appts: 14 Mitchell First; 16 Beresford Zion. BA U of Sioux Falls; MA Gordon-Conwell; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Jason 11/18/85.

RINEARSON, RICHARD RE 11/24/52 PM 78; FM 81. Appts: 80 Todd/Mellette; 83 Iona; 84 School; 87 Columbia Pastoral Counseling Center, Vancouver, WA; 1/14/90 Miller/Greenleaf; 93 Hands Together; 5/15/94 Leave of Absence; 95 Huron First; 98 School; 08 Glenfair Evangelical Church of America, Portland OR; 10 Transfer to Indiana Conference; 14 Dickinson; 16 Transfer from Indiana Conference to the Dakotas Conference with the same appointment Dickinson; 19 Retired. BA Augustana; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical; DMin Chicago. Linda Renaud 8/31/53.

RITTER, PENELOPE J. RE 3/17/47 Elder & PM (orders recognized) 83; FM 85. Appts: 83 White/Aurora/Sterling; 88 Beresford-Zion; 94 Sabbatical Leave; 95 Leave of Absence; 01 Extension Community Baptist Church. 10 Retired.

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ROCK, BRIAN PL 2/3/76 Licensed 19. Appt: 4/15/19 Embrace 57th St Campus (3/4) as SY, 8/1/19 as PL. BA Northwestern. Andrea; Maren, Naomi.

ROES, BRETT FL 08/15/92 Licensed 18. Appt: 18 Rapid City Canyon Lake (teaching pastor). 16 Master of Theological Studies Duke University; Pamela; Braely

ROOZEN, PETER KIP FE 10/31/58 Deacon & PM 83; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 83 Kennebec/Presho/ Reliance; 84 School; 85 Doland/Frankfort; 90 Clear Lake/Gary; 95 Spearfish; 07 Sioux Falls Asbury. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Barbara 12/9/58; Christopher 9/25/84, Kerrie 11/26/87.

RUEDEBUSCH, ROBERT B. FE 11/25/55 Deacon & PM 80; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 80 School; 82 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 89 Canton; 92 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 09 Prairie Hills District Superintendent; 12 Sioux Falls First. BME DWU; MDiv Iliff. Paula 5/14/57; Katie 1/9/85, Megan 12/9/86, John 6/9/90.

RUNGE, DEREK FL 10/12/89 Licensed 18. Appt: 18 Kimball United Parish.

RUSH, VAL RE 7/8/49 93 LP; Deacon & PM 95; Elder & FM 98. Appts: 93 Garretson; 96 Garretson/ Jasper/Salem; 99 Bowman; 11 Winner; 16 Retired; 16 Viborg (1/4). BS SDSU; MDiv North American Baptist. Teresa 12/23/46; Aaron 4/24/79, Sarah 2/13/81, Jonathan 8/22/88.

RYOO, KEIHWAN “KEVIN” FE 5/8/70. Orders Recognized & PM 01; FM 03. Appts: 99 Mohall/ Sherwood/Lansford; 02 Fargo Edgewood; 8/16/05 Extension Ministry (Par 344.1a); 9/1/09 Rapid City Korean (LTFT); 11 Rapid City Korean (LTFT)/Rapid City First (LTFT); 14 Extension Minnesota Conf.; 17 Extension Korean Ministry Plan Missionary. BA Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; MDiv Wesley Theological Seminary. Misook 1/6/69; Sanha Joshua 1/28/97, Haneul Esther 5/12/99.

SALMONSON, ROBERT FE 4/13/85 PL 11; Commissioned & PM 13; Elder & FM 17. Appts: 08 Student & Deer Park Grace, MO; 11 Mt Vernon; 13 Flandreau/Egan; 15 Flandreau/Supervising Egan; 16 Alexandria/Ethan; 12/10/17 Leave of Absence; 19 Holmes/ Sharon Lutheran/ Beaver Creek Lutheran. BA DWU; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Victoria 11/13/85; Jacqueline 3/13/14, Rachel 4/6/17.

SAMUEL, SUNANDKUMAR D. RE 12/23/48 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 85 Mellette/ Mansfield PC/Brentford UCC; 88 Arlington/Lake Preston; 91 Colton/Chester; 99 Salem United UMC/ PC-USA-Montrose; 04 Clear Lake/Gary; 10 Beresford-Zion; 13 Retired. BA Karnataka University; MDiv North American Baptist. Leela 1/5/43.

SAPP, MARLIN FL 6/28/55 Licensed 07. Appts: 07 Stickney; 13 Stickney served by Mt Vernon/Mt Vernon; 14 Linton/Sterling. NDSCS, Course of Study Garrett-Evangelical. Carol 3/25/49; Chad 9/7/69, Dawn 2/11/82.

SAYLER, GLEN E. FE 7/20/56 License to Preach 90; Elder (orders recognized) & PM 92; FM 95. Appts: 90 Marion/Dickey; 92 Marion/Dickey/Jud; 94 Hazen/ Beulah; 98 Medical Leave. BA Northwest Bible; MDiv Church of God. Corinne 4/27/57; Nicholas 11/13/87, Christopher 12/24/85.

SAYLER, JUDY PL 10/7/53 Licensed 14. Appt:14 Wakonda/Irene/Viborg (LTFT); 16 Wakonda/Irene (3/4). Roger 10/13/53; Brian 12/14/76, Erin 7/8/87, Shawn 1/14/81.

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SCANSON, ARTHUR H. RE 6/8/42 Deacon & PM 67; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 63 Douglas/Banner/ Makoti; 65 Lansford/Maxbass/Grenora; 67 School; 69 Bowman/ Mound UP; 75 Minot Vincent; 81 Dickinson; 86 Bismarck McCabe; 90 Central District Superintendent (ND Conf ); 94 Northwest District Superintendent; 98 Bismarck McCabe; 10 Retired. BS Minot State; MDiv Asbury. Lorraine 9/17/45; Lane 3/22/71, Mark 3/21/72.

SCHNABEL, PERRY RE 8/31/52. Commissioned & PM 03; Elder & FM 05. Appts: 01 Steele/Tuttle/ Robinson; 10 Bismarck Calvary; 19 Retired. BA Sioux Falls College; MDiv North American Baptist. Cynthia 3/12/55; Kamaya, Kezia, Kylin.

SCHNACKENBERG, JUSTIN FL 11/16/80 Licensed 11 (PL). Appts: 11 Page/ Hope United UMC/ UCC/Finley; 14 Carrington Federated UMC, UCC; 16 Langdon. Kyli 8/10/81.

SCHOTT, WALTER J. RE 8/11/32 PM 54; Elder & FM 60. Appts: 56 School; 60 Lidgerwood EUB Spokane, WA; 61 Holmes/Pleasant View; 66 Mandan Good Shepherd/Center; 75 Mandan Good Shepherd; 85 Leave of Absence; 86 Rural Mandan; 95 Retired. BA Cascade; MDiv Western Evangelical.

SCHWENN, DEVERN E. RE 2/17/38 Deacon & PM 65; Elder & FM 67. Appts: 60 School; 64 Hettinger/Bethany/Lemmon, SD; 72 Enderlin/Sheldon; 75 Bismarck First; 83 Transferred to SD Conf; 6/15/83 Milbank Central; 89 Rapid City First; 95 Jamestown Saint Paul; 00 Retired. BA Asbury; MDiv Asbury; DMin North American Baptist. Joan 9/24/39; David 7/29/61, Judy 4/5/65, Lori 3/3/68.

SEMRAD, JEANNE GAARD RE 4/9/45 Deacon & PM 86; Elder & FM 90. Appts: 86 Garretson; 87 School; 11/15/87 Hazel/Henry/Kellerton and Big Stone City/Revillo; 90 Hazel/Henry/Kellerton and Big Stone City; 91 Milbank Parkview and Big Stone City; 98 Madison; 4/1/01 Incapacity Leave. 10 Retired.

BA SDSU; MEd SDSU; MDiv North American Baptist. Robert 6/11/44; Rexford 11/13/67, Charlotte 9/18/72.

SEMRAD, ROBERT J. RE 6/11/44 Deacon & PM 81; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 81 Student Supply DeSmet & School; 82 Yankton/Gayville/Volin; 85 Harrisburg; 11/15/87 Big Stone City/Revillo & Hazel/Henry/ Kellerton; 90 Big Stone City & Hazel/Henry/Kellerton; 91 Big Stone City & Milbank Parkview; 98 Madison; 01 Fairmont/Bethany; 05 Retired. Certificate in Bible Multnomah; BS Montana; BA SDSU; MEd SDSU; MDiv North American Baptist. Jeanne 4/9/45; Rexford 11/13/67, Charlotte 9/18/72.

SHELDON, MARY ANN RE 4/14/46 Elder (orders recognized NACCC) & PM 96; FM 98. Appts: 96 Ellendale-Guelph; 9/1/02 Minot Faith/Des Lacs, 08 Miller/ Greenleaf; 12 Retired. BS Northern State; MDiv Andover Newton; DMin Wesley Theological Seminary.

SHLANTA PEASLEY, GAIL L. RE 4/4/35 Deacon & PM 86; Elder & FM 89. Appts: 86 Sioux Falls Asbury; 92 Leave of Absence; 93 Family Leave; 97 Retired. BA Carleton; MDiv North American Baptist. John 3/8/30; Kimberly 8/5/61, Mark 2/14/65, Kathryn 1/26/67.

SIEBRECHT, LYLA E. RE 10/21/32 PM 84; Elder & FM 87. Appts: 81 Ree Heights; 82 Hazel/ Henry/ Kellerton; 85 Todd-Mellette Larger Parish; 87 DeSmet/ Carpenter/ Esmond/ Iroquois; 89 Wall/ Wasta/ Quinn; 91 Wall/ Wasta; 92 Custer-Fall River Larger Parish; 95 Britton/Pierpont Community; 98 Retired.

BA Scarritt; MRE Garrett; MDiv San Francisco. Philip 12/8/59, Dayton 9/17/61, Rachel 8/13/66, Barbara 10/6/68.

SIMMONS, ROBERT L. RE 3/19/40 Deacon & PM 64; Elder & FM 66 (IA). Appts: 2/66 Pierre/Blunt; 70 Howard/Roswell; 73 Transferred to IA Conf; 82 Transferred to SD Conf; 82 Custer State Hospital; 87 Gettysburg; 6/15/91 Par. 426.1 AK Missionary Conf; 95 Arthur/Casselton/Hunter; 97 Gregory/Iona. 04 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Boston School of Theology. Janet 11/15/53; Chris 1/3/64, Samatha 4/7/70, J.J., Carii, Cory, George 6/3/80.

SLOTT, MICHELE FL 04/28/69 Licensed 18. Appts: 8/1/18 Rapid City First.

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SMITH, CHARLES “CHUCK” L. PL 07/10/80 Licensed 17. Appts: 1/1/17 Sioux Falls Embrace 57th St. Campus (3/4). Vanessa.

SMITH, LUKE FD 1/3/76 Provisional Deacon & PM 15; Full Deacon & FM 19 . Appts: 15 Watertown Cornerstone (3/4).

SMITH, ROGER A. RE 1/1/26 Deacon & PM 55; Elder & FM 58. Appts: 51 Rural/Fort Rice; 52 School; 54 Rural/Fort Rice; 56 School; 58 Hettinger/ Bethany/Lemmon, SD; 63 Bottineau/Gardena/Russell; 65 Sabbatical; 66 Supernumerary; 66 Delta Ministries; 71 Special Ministries in Human Relations, MS; 89 Retired. AB Taylor; MDiv Drew.

SOMMERS, CHARLES R. RE 9/6/34 Deacon & PM 64 (Iowa Conf ); Elder & FM 66. Appts: 76 Transferred to SD Conf; 76 Chaplain Sioux Valley Hosp, SF; 99 Retired.

SORENSEN, RAENELLE RL 1/7/52 Licensed 08. Appts: 08 Larimore Yoked Parish (3/4); 18 Retired; 18 Larimore Yoked Parish (3/4). Branden.

SORTLAND, HOLLY PL 8/30/78 Licensed 14. Appt: 1/1/15 Rapid City Canyon Lake (1/2); 17 Rapid City South Maple (3/4). Eric 6/29/76.

SORTLAND, JEANNE PE 8/30/78 Licensed 15; Commissioned & PM 19. Appt: 18 Wimbledon/ Kensal (1/2). Kent; Reagan, Synneva, Tylea, Solomon.

SPAHR, RANDALL G. FE 7/10/56 Deacon & PM 80; Elder & FM 83. Appts: 80 School; 82 Geddes; 86 Parker/Hurley; 93 Wahpeton Evergreen; 06 Extension Hospice of Red River Valley. BS SDSU; MDiv Asbury. Diane 7/11/58; Rebecca 10/31/81, Laura 10/3/83, Lisa 4/19/86.

SPAHR, ROGER C. FE 7/14/53 Deacon & PM 78; Elder & FM 81. Appts: 78 School; 80 White/Aurora/ Sterling; 83 Mitchell First.; 88 Watertown 9th Ave.; 94 Watertown Cornerstone (formerly 9th Ave); 8/1/13 Eastern Sunrise Co-Superintendent/Watertown Cornerstone; 15 Glacial Lakes District Superintendent (17 name change to Southeast District). BS SDSU; MDiv Asbury; DMin Bethel Theological Seminary. Joan 10/23/52; Joshua 3/9/78, Joseph 4/7/80, Heidi 10/10/82.

SPURRELL, MARILYN RE 11/18/49 Deacon & PM 74; Elder & FM 79. Appts: 74 School; 77 Plymouth Pk (TX); 78 RC Canyon Lake; 83 Piedmont; 88 Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX; 95 Sioux Falls First; 97 Brookings; 01 Madison; 09 Three Rivers Superintendent; 10 Eastern Sunrise District Superintendent; 8/1/13 Eastern Sunrise Co-Superintendent/ Fargo First; 15 Fargo First; 3/1/17 Retired. BS SDSU; MTh Perkins; DMin Garrett-Evangelical. Nichole 2/11/80, Amy 9/29/82.

STEFFES, CARLI PL 04/20/58 Licensed 18. Appt: 05/01/18 Extension Avera Heart Hospital Chaplain (1/4). MDiv North American Baptist Seminary.

STEIN, K. JAMES RE 12/22/29 PM 51; Elder & FM 56. Appts: 52 Kidder; 53 Casselton/Chaffee; 53 School; 56 Patterson Christ, NJ; 60 Professor Evangelical Theological Seminary; 72 Dean ETS; 73 President ETS; 74 Dean Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; 77 Professor GETS; 95 Retired. BA Westmar; BD Evangelical; STM Union (New York); PhD Union; DD Westmar. Loretta 4/26/31; Mary 5/14/58, Paul 2/9/63.

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STEWART, DONNA M. RE 4/10/33 Deacon & PM 88; Elder & FM 91. Appts: 88 School; 89 Leola/ Frederick/Barnard UCC; 93 Faulkton/Seneca; 96 Hitchcock/Broadland; 99 Retired. BS SDSU; MDiv North American Baptist. Steven 11/30/56, Karen 9/29/60, Susan 1/11/63.

STOLP, GERALD A. RE 8/3/53 LP 88; Deacon & PM 90; Elder & FM 94. Appts: 88 Brothersfield; 89 Sioux Falls Hilltop & School; 92 Ben Clare/Rowena/Sioux Falls Hilltop; 96 Arlington/Lake Preston; 04 Aberdeen First; 05 Salem United-UMC/Montrose; 13 Retired. BA U of Sioux Falls; MDiv North American Baptist. Carolyn 3/23/54; Robin 5/8/74, Jamie 8/16/76, Matthew 2/2/78.

STRAVIA, JERRY FL 6/5/86 Licensed 17; 19 PL to FL . Appts: 17 Mitchell First (3/4); 19 Dickinson Prairie Winds. BA DWU. Rebecca 1/2/90; Regan Iris 7/24/11, Jerry Joe 8/6/13, Gracylyn Lee 9/13/15, Finley Rose 7/12/17.

STUCKE, R. EARL RE 4/21/29 Trial & Deacon 60; Elder & FM 63. Appts: 60 School; 61 Student Supply Andover, NJ; 63 Colton/Chester; 10/66 Tripp County Larger Parish; 72 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 9/1/80 Sioux Falls Hilltop; 94 Retired. BS SDSU; MDiv Drew. Grace 3/2/29; Janet 11/15/55, Karen 7/13/58, Kathy 7/13/58, David 7/26/61, John 1/15/68.

SUMERS, THOMAS PE 12/26/69 PE 16; Commissioned & PM 17. Appts: 16 Minot Faith/Des Lacs; 19 Faulkton. BS NDSU, MDiv Asbury. Stephanie; Mitchell, Jacob, Thomas Jr.

SYKES, RICHARD RE Deacon & PM 71; Elder & FM 74. Appts: 94 Transferred from Nebraska Conf; 94 Wimbledon/Kensal; 98 Murdo/Draper; 1/15/00 Leave of Absence; 00 Retired. BA Rutgers; MDiv Eastern Baptist. Peggy 6/5/53.

THRALL, CORY FL 4/25/73 Licensed 14. Appt: 14 Bismarck Legacy (Washburn/ Center/ Turtle Lake); 16 Bismarck Legacy (Washburn/ Center/ Turtle Lake and Hazen/ Beulah). BS Ministry Central College.

TIESZEN, WAYNE L. RE 11/30/40 Deacon & PM 75; Elder & FM 79 (Nebraska Conf ). Appts: 84 Transferred to SD Conf; 84 Murdo/Draper; 88 Groton/Columbia UCC; 90 Kimball/Kimball PC/Kimball ELCA; 94 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 10/1/99 Claremont/Hecla; 03 Retired. BA Huron College; MDiv Iliff. Terri 12/27/58, David 5/19/64, Mark 6/2/65, Ora 9/17/65, Lara 4/2/68, Jon 7/23/69, Joe 8/19/70.

TKACH, ROD FE 1/5/56 Deacon & PM 81; Elder & FM 86. Appts: 81 Salem/Dazey/Leal; 82 School; 83 Elgin/Zoar/Ebenezer; 86 Bowman; 93 School; 98 Washburn/Center; 01 Grand Forks Wesley; 03 Williston/ Grenora; 12/18/05 Williston; 12 Sabbatical; 13 Personal Leave; 14 Extension Holsten Conference. BS Jamestown; MDiv Asbury; PhD Southern. Marilyn 1/7/56; Justin 3/15/81, Ben, 5/2/84.

TOEPKE-FLOYD, MARTIN C. FE 4/27/58 Deacon & PM 91; Elder & FM 93. Appts: 87 Ione, CA; 90 Cleveland/Medina; 91 Linton; 92 Linton/Sterling/Moffit; 93 Wishek Nursing Home; 01 Wishek, 08 Napoleon/Wishek/Lehr; 12 Napoleon/Lehr; 14 Redfield/Frankfort. BS Univ of Redlands; MDiv Pacific School of Religion. Tammy 61; Andrea 92, Tyler 95.

TOWLER, JAMES G. RE 4/26/29 Trial & Deacon 51 (MN); Elder & FM 55. Appts: 64 Transferred to ND Conf, Fargo First; 68 Bowbells/Coteau/Kenmare; 71 Arthur/Hunter/Erie; 76 Langdon-Hannah; 82 Transferred to SD Conf, Miller/ Greenleaf; 87 Timber Lake/Timber Lake ALC (ELCA)/Isabel UCC/Timber Lake ABC; 92 Presho/Kennebec/Reliance; 94 Retired. BA Mankato State; MDiv Drew; DMin McCormick. Arlene 3/8/28; Dwight 5/19/60, Karri 9/19/62.

TRACY, JOY FD 12/23/64. PL 8/1/12; Commissioned & PM 15; Deacon & FM 19. Appts: 8/1/12 Henry/Kellerton (LTFT); 14 Clark/Garden City/Henry/Kellerton (1/4); 19 Clark. BSN Presentation College; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Mark 2/20/65.

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TRACY, MARK FE 2/20/65. PL 8/1/12; Commissioned & PM 15; Elder & FM 19. Appts: 8/1/12 Henry/ Kellerton (LTFT); 14 Clark/Garden City/Henry/Kellerton; 19 Clark/Garden City/ Henry/Kellerton and team supervisor for Doland. MBA; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Joy 12/23/64.

TRAPP, DEAN A. FE 4/8/61 Deacon & PM 85; Elder & FM 88. Appts: 85 School; 86 Conde/Andover; 90 Groton/Columbia UCC; 95 Groton/Conde; 96 Yankton/Gayville/Volin; 05 Yankton; 10 Sioux Falls Sunnycrest; 13 Huron Riverview/Virgil and supervising Carpenter. BA Westmar; MDiv Saint Paul. Susan 7/13/62; Kimberly 3/19/89, Alyssa 8/31/91, Erika 9/27/94.

TREFZ, REBECCA FE 5/6/76 Commissioned & PM 05; Elder & FM 08. Appts: 05 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 10 Brandon Celebration; 14 Director of Ministries. BA Simpson; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Steven 2/16/80; Brady 7/28/06, Henry 11/29/08.

TREFZ, STEVE FE 2/16/80 Commissioned & PM 05; Elder & FM 08. Appts: 05 Piedmont; 08 Family Leave; 14 Conf Equipper of Lay Servant Ministries (LTFT); 5/1/16 Extension DWU & Sioux Falls Seminary; 17 Mitchell Fusion (1/4)/Extension Garrett-Evangelical (1/4)/Extension Sioux Falls Seminary (1/2).

BS SDSU; MDiv & DMin Garrett-Evangelical. Rebecca 5/6/76; Brady 7/28/06, Henry 11/29/08.

TURNER, MARK FL 10/25/56 Licensed 06. Appts: 06 Burke/Herrick/Jamison, NE; 15 Marion/Dickey/ Jud. BA Iowa State, MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Angela 11/11/60; Mary 5/8/83, Alex 3/16/88.

TYLER, JENNIFER “JEN” FE 5/3/84 Commissioned & PM 12; Elder & FM 15. Appts: 12 Clark/Garden City; 14 Wahpeton Evergreen. 06 BA Simpson College; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical.

UDEHN, KATHLEEN ‘KIPPY’ PL Licensed 16. Appts: 9/1/15 DeSmet; 8/1/16 Hitchcock; 7/7/17 no appointment; 9/1/17 Highmore/ Harrold/ Blunt (3/4).

ULMER, RODNEY FL 9/6/64 Licensed 01. Appts: 01 Marion/Dickey/Jud; 15 Eureka; 17 Britton / Claremont / Hecla. Emory University. Melissa 7/6/66; Morgyn 10/6/86, Greysen 8/23/91, Tanys 3/12/96.

UNKENHOLZ, RICHARD A. RE 12/21/27 Deacon & PM 53 (North Indiana); Elder & FM 56 (North Indiana). Appts: 10/50 Monson; 52 Monson/Taylor; 55 Marion First; 57 Transfer to ND Conf; 9/57 Edgeley/Jud/Nortonville; 63 Valley City; 69 Bismarck First; 75 Jamestown First; 84 Fargo Calvary; 89 Williston/Grenora/Bainville; 93 Retired. AB Taylor; MDiv Garrett; DMin McCormick. Patricia 7/7/30; Mark 3/23/54, Jeanne 1/20/56, Carol Sue 11/24/58, David 6/20/62.

VANDERLIP, DON PL 9/27/82 Licensed 16. Appts: 8/1/16 Flandreau (3/4); 17 Sioux Falls Southern Hills / Flandreau (3/4). BA USF; MDiv Sioux Falls Seminary. Kristi 11/17/82; Madisyn 11/18/11, Hudsen 2/24/14, Cahlen 10/16/18.

VAN ESSEN, ALBARTUS “BERT” L. RE 9/20/47 Deacon & PM 74; Elder & FM 77. Appts: 74 School; 76 Murdo/Draper; 82 Beresford-Zion; 88 Winner; 93 Gettysburg; 03 Medical Leave; 09 Parker/Hurley; 12 Sabbatical; 10/1/12 Retired. BS Westmar; MDiv Iliff. Bert 6/26/72, Gerad 6/26/76, Andrew 9/19/79.

VAN METER, WILLIAM ERIC FE 01/17/74 FE 16 Transfer from Arkansas Conf. Appt: 16 Extension Ministries/ Chaplain DWU. Denise 01/13/74; Zachary 01/08/04, Jonathan 02/27/06.

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VAN TASSEL, GUSTAV K. RE 1/25/26 Trial 49; Deacon 53; FM 54; Elder 55. Appts: 45 Student Supply Artesian/Farwell; 49 Rockham/Miranda; 51 School; 51 Epworth, Matamoras, PA; 54 Iroquois/Esmond; 57 Iroquois Larger Parish; 58 Redfield; 67 Watertown First; 82 Executive Director UM Foundation & Director Stewardship & Financial Services (SD Conf ); 85 Executive Director UM Foundation; 93 Retired. BA DWU; BD Drew; DD DWU. Doretta (Sally) 7/8/30; JoLynn 2/15/54, Keith 12/6/56, Jan 11/23/63.

VETTER, BRANDON FE 1/20/81 Commissioned & PM 05; Elder & FM 09. Appts: 05 School; 06 DWU Campus Ministry; 14 Mitchell Fusion; 15 Bismarck Legacy (Associate); 16 Bismarck Legacy (Sr Pastor). BA DWU; MDiv Asbury. Victoria 4/29/81; Miranda 9/29/08, Elijah 3/29/11.

VOELTZ, TRAVIS PL 3/21/76 Licensed 19. Appts: 18 Ashley/ Edgeley/ Lehr (Luke 10 team) as SY; 19 Edgeley (Luke 10 Team) (1/2) as LLP. Lindsey; Savannah, Sydney, Brynn, Theodore.

VONDERGEEST, CRAIG FE 11/22/67 LP 92; Deacon & PM 94; Elder & FM 99. Appts: 92 Williston/ Grenora/Bainville; 93 School; 00 Alexandria/Ethan/Fulton; 03 Grand Forks Wesley; 05 Extension Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC; 11/1/17 Extension Presbyterian College and Lupo Memorial (1/2), Clinton, SC. BA Concordia; MDiv Princeton; PhD Union. Cinda; Nathan 1/10/00, Maren 11/15/02, Rachel 11/8/04.

VORE, JEFF PL 2/5/50 Licensed 11. Appts: 11 McCook Lake ARK UMC (LTFT); 14 North Sioux City Ark (1/2); 18 North Sioux City Ark (1/4). BS Ohio State. Bonnie 10/27/52; Bryan 3/27/83, Craig 5/31/83.

VORLAGE, TIMOTHY FE 6/1/55 Deacon & PM 99; Elder & FM 02. Appts: 98 Britton; 03 Cando/ Starkweather/Egeland PC-USA/Rock Lake/Rolla; 06 Langdon; 12 Hitchcock/Broadland; 2/1/16 Broadland (1/4). AS Gavilon CC; BS Univ of NY, Regents College; MDiv United Theological Seminary. Katie 6/4/50; Nicholas 11/4/82, Zachary 5/22/87.

WAISANEN, CORI RE 4/10/50 Deacon & PM 91; Elder & FM 94. Appts: 91 School; 8/1/92 Pierre Southeast-Blunt; 98 Wessington Springs; 00 School; 06 Flandreau/Egan; 08 Linton/Sterling/Moffit; 12 Linton/Sterling; 14 Retired. BA Trinity Bible College; MDiv Asbury; D. Min. Asbury. Seth 4/29/76, Alisha 6/25/80, Kobe 6/29/05.

WALDROP, MIKE FL 06/08/74 FL 17. Appt: 8/1/17 Aberdeen First Associate. BA NSU. Mikelle; Tatum, Lainy, Brennen.

WALKER, AUSTIN PL 07/05/83 Licensed 13 (Transfer from MN Conf ). Appt: 1/1/15 Sioux Falls Embrace (St. Croix Campus) (3/4).

WALTERS, GARY FE 5/23/70 Commissioned & PM 00; Elder & FM 04. Appts: 00 White River/Mission; 03 Gettysburg/Onida/Agar; 06 Bismarck McCabe; 10 RC Knollwood Heights/Rapid Valley; 11 Rapid Valley; 19 Extension 344.1(d) Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City SD. BA DWU; MDiv Asbury. Laura 7/21/71; Nicholas 6/11/99, Alexandra 3/21/01, Andrew 1/28/03.

WALTERS, LAURA FD 7/21/71 Commissioned 00; Deacon & FM 04. Appts: 00 White River/Mission (LTFT); 03 Gettysburg/Onida/Agar (LTFT); 06 Transitional Leave; 9/1/06 Bismarck McCabe (LTFT); 10 Family Leave; 1/1/15 Rapid Valley (1/4); 19 Extension New Underwood School District. BA DWU; MDiv Asbury. Gary 5/23/70; Nicholas 6/11/99, Alexandra 3/21/01, Andrew 1/28/03.

WALTNER, TRAVIS PL 6/21/81 Licensed 14. Appts: 13 Embrace (Tea Campus) (3/4). Jessica 8/21/83.

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WATT, DONALD A. RE 11/20/50 Transfer from Arkansas Conf 04. Appts: 04 Vice President for Academic Affairs DWU; 09 Gettysburg/Onida/Agar; 11 Retired. BS Mount Union College; MA, PhD U of Pennsylvania; MDiv Pacific School of Religion. Priscilla 1/26/49; Andrew 5/7/76, Nathan 7/8/78.

WEBER, ADAM FE 3/23/82 Commissioned & PM 07; Elder & FM 10. Appts: 07 Extension Sioux Falls Embrace; 2/20/11 Embrace (Lead Pastor). BA Augustana; MDiv Asbury. Becky 10/31/81; Hudson 2/13/07, Wilson 5/26/08, Grayson 11/28/10, Anderson 11/18/14.

WENZEL, WARREN RE 3/19/42 PM 64; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 65 School; 12/68 Williston Faith; 69 Williston First/Grenora; 73 Mohall/Sherwood/Tolley; 75 Bowman; 82 Harvey/Martin/Chaseley; 89 Fairmount/Bethany/Rosholt; 01 Retired. 01-04 Linton/Moffit/Braddock. BA Westmar; MDiv Evangelical. Iva 6/4/43.

WHETSEL, TERESA FL 11/2/71 Licensed 13. Appt: 13 Arlington/Lake Preston/Lake Preston UCC; 18 Miller. Virgil 11/18/70; Aiden 10/7/97, Kade 1/9/99, Logan 8/9/01.

WHIPKEY, BARRY FL 10/4/55 Licensed 04. Appts: 04 Larimore/Arvilla PC-USA/Emerado PC-USA; 07 Huron Riverview/Virgil; 13 Madison; 19 Rapid City First. Debbie 1/15/57; Cory 12/20/75, Annie 4/11/80, Barry Lee 7/15/85.

WHITMER, LOU AM 1/29/54 FL Licensed 07; Commissioned & AM 17. Appts: 07 Kimball/Kimball PC-USA/Kimball ELCA; 11 Mitchell; 13 Aberdeen North Highland.

WICKS, BRENDA PL 5/11/56 Licensed 19. Appts: 19 Carpenter. Mitchell Technical Institute Certificate.

Wade; Adam, Keith.

WIGEN, A. JULIAN RE 1/9/41 Trial & Deacon 64; Elder & FM 67. Appts: 63 School; 67 Tioga/Columbus; 70 Enderlin-Sheldon; 72 Transferred to SD Conf, Rapid City Knollwood Heights; 79 Milbank Parkview; 85 Redfield/Ashton; 89 Redfield/Ashton/Rockham/Miranda; 9/1/89 Rapid City Canyon Lake; 92 Executive Director UM Foundation (SD Conf ); 03 Retired. PhB ND; MDiv Garrett; DMin McCormick. Lois 7/15/41; Amy 10/25/62, Diana 1/31/66, Malea 11/9/70.

WILSON, PEARY A. RE 6/19/44 Deacon 67; Elder & FM 70. Appts: 70 Alexandria/Fulton; 73 Supernumerary; 76 Canistota United Church; 84 Brookings; 87 Yankton/Gayville/Volin; 92 Transfer to ND Conf; 92 Bismarck McCabe; 98 Southwest District Superintendent; 04 Lead/Deadwood; 06 Retired; 11 Edgemont/Pringle (LTFT); 13-14 Rapid City First (LTFT); 9/1/17 Edgemont/Pringle (1/2). BA DWU; MDiv Garrett. Eileen; Brian, Darshan.

WINCKLER, JOEL FE 2/24/66 Deacon & PM 93; Elder & FM 96. Appts: 92 Cleveland/Jamestown St. Paul’s; 93 School; 94 Harrisburg; 97 Aberdeen First; 01 Bismarck Calvary/Sterling; 06 Bismarck Calvary; 10 Fargo Calvary; 16 Jamestown St. Paul’s. BA Asbury; MDiv Asbury. Kris 6/9/58.

WINKELMAN, NORMAN E. RE 10/14/32 PM 53; Elder & FM 57. Appts: 54 School; 57 Bowbells/ Coteau; 61 Fargo Edgewood; 68 Bismarck Calvary; 79 Wahpeton/Great Bend; 87 Jamestown Saint Pauls; 95 Retired. BA Westmar; MDiv Evangelical. DeLette 4/25/35; Brent 11/8/56, Mark 10/23/59, Darcy 12/15/67.

WINSTRYG, MARVIN RA 2/27/47 License to Preach 90; PM 93; AM 96. Appts: 90 Salem/Dazey/Leal; 92 Steele/Tuttle/Robinson; 99 Minot Faith/Des Lacs; 00 Geddes/Delmont; 9/29/01 Mooseheart Children Village; 02 Devils Lake; 08 Washburn/Center/Turtle Lake; 1/1/10 Retired; 12 Presho/Kennebec/ Reliance; 13 Elgin/Ebenezer UCC (LTFT); 17 Extension to Minnesota Conf (Dent, Frazee, Vergas UMCs, North Star District); 18 Steele/Tuttle (3/4). BA Bethany Nazarene. Helen 7/14/48; Eric 6/26/72, Trenten 7/10/75.

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WISENER, KRISTA PL 1/5/77 Licensed 16. Appts: 8/1/16-2/10/17 Sioux Falls Southern Hills (3/4); 2/10/17 no appointment; 18 White/Sterling (1/4). BA University of Durham, UK; MATR University of Durham, UK. WU, DAVID RE 7/9/40 Deacon & PM 69; Elder & FM 71. Appts: 68 St Thomas/Glasston/Hamilton; 70 School; 71 Linton; 76 Extension General Board of Global Ministries, World Division, Singapore; 96 General Board of Global Ministries, New York; 05 Retired. BA Barrington; MDiv Asbury; ThD Union.

YI, CHANG FE 02/02/77 Commissioned & PM 08; Elder & FM 11. Appts: 06 Alexandria/Ethan; 12 Grand Forks Zion. BS Ulsan Univ; MDiv. Wesley Theological Seminary. Youna Rhee 1/27/77; Grace Sunwoo Lee 11/1/11.

ZACHRISON, DAYNE FE 7/28/72 Commissioned & PM 02; Elder & FM 05. Appts: 01 Yankton/ Gayville/Volin; 04 Watertown First; 10 Clark/Garden City; 12 Valley City Epworth. BA Jamestown; MDiv Saint Paul. Aimee 3/27/72; Camille 1/3/05.

ZECK, RICHARD W. FE 10/8/63 Deacon & PM 88; Elder & FM 91. Appts: 88 School; 89 Yankton/ Gayville/Volin; 92 McCook Lake; 02 Fargo First; 13 Brookings First; 15 Extension Minnesota Conference (Brooklyn Center). BS SDSU; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Bonnie 10/13/63; Addison 12/9/94, Carter 3/9/97, Foster 1/30/02, Sheridan 2/26/04.

ZERFACE, PEGGY RE 9/23/50 Deacon & PM 87; Elder & FM 90. Appts: 87 School; 88 Marion/Dickey; 90 Bismarck McCabe; 95 Clear Lake/Gary; 01 Drayton/Crystal/St Thomas; 5/7/06 Fargo Faith; 10 Lisbon/ Enderlin UMC, Lisbon First PC/USA; 01/01/13 Retired; 1/1/13-14 Fargo First (LTFT). BS Valley City State; MDiv Saint Paul.

ZIEBARTH, STEVEN J. FE 9/20/49 Deacon & PM 80; Elder & FM 82. Appts: 79 School; 81 Gregory/ Iona; 88 Mitchell; 92 School of Mines Campus Ministry; 96 Sioux Falls Southern Hills; 10 Canton. BS Dakota State University; MDiv Iliff. Kathryn 1/30/51; Hillari 6/17/73, Jonathan 12/19/77.

HONORABLE LOCATION BERNARD, MARY ANN 3/15/57. Appts: 80 School; 82 Elgin-Zoar-Ebenezer (UCC); 12/83 Minot Vincent; 85 Transfer to Iowa Conf; 91 Transfer to ND Conf; 91 Center for Vision and Policy, University of New England; 92 Ellendale United/Guelph, 96 Westminster Presbyterian Sioux Falls; 98 Honorable Location. BS UND; MDiv Garrett.

BRINKMAN, ELMER 10/28/46. Appts: 72 Leola/Frederick; 74 Watertown First; 77 Honorable Location; 81 Florence/Summit; 94 Honorable Location; 19 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Iliff. Barbara 10/27/44; Donna 10/14/71, Paula 10/24/73.

GESCHWINDER, ANNE A. 7/21/27. Appts: 78 Yankton (intern); 79 Wakonda/ Irene/ Viborg; 80 Special Appt; 81 Leave of Absence; 8/15/82 Alexandria/Fulton & Artesian/ Farwell; 10/16/83 School; 86 Honorable Location; 87 Retired. BA UND; MDiv Garrett . Peter 8/5/52; Laura 12/30/50, Jon 12/26/52, Nancy 4/17/54, Mary Ann Bernard 3/15/57.

HAIDLE, STANLEY J. 6/14/49. Appts: 74 School; 75 Onida/Agar; 78 Huron First; 9/1/83 DWU; 95 Leave of Absence; 02 Honorable Location; 19 Retired. Ruth 9/30/49; Luke 12/13/79.

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JARMAN, JOHN 1/16/44. Appts: 68 Sterling/Moffit/Driscoll/Braddock; 69 School; 70 Transferred to SD Conf; 70 Rapid City First; 75 United Methodist Higher Ed Vermillion; 77 USD; 78 Honorable Location; 11 Retired.

KIMBLE, PERRY 6/13/49. Appts: 81 Lisbon/Milnor; 83 Lisbon; 86 Fairmount/Bethany/Rosholt (MN); 89 Wimbledon/Kensal; 11/1/91 Leave of Absence; 96 Honorable Location. BA Western Illinois Univ; MDiv. Dubuque Theological Seminary. Judy 6/27/48.

RENAUD, LINDA 8/31/53 PM 78 (Iowa); Elder & FM 81. Appts: 80 Todd-Mellette Larger Parish; 83 Garrett-Evangelical; 87 Leave of Absence; 91 Honorable Location; 01 Huron First; 1/1/02 Huron First (LTFT); 9/1/05 Leave of Absence; 10 Honorable Location; 9/1/18 Retired. BA Morningside; MDiv Garrett-Evangelical. Richard Rinearson 11/24/52.

RICE, DANIEL Appts: 68 Brookings; 10/19/70 Northern State College Campus Minister; 9/73 DWU Campus Minister and Assoc Prof Religion & Philosophy; 11/76 Lutheran Social Services, Aberdeen; 77 Leave of Absence; 78 Honorable Location; 18 Retired. BA DWU; BD Yale. Lisa 7/20/64, Kristi 12/11/65.

RICKENBACH, JOEL 4/24/43 Appts: 69 Ethan/Tripp; 70 White Lake/Underwood & Dunlap; 74 Honorable Location; 18 Retired. BA DWU; MDiv Hartford Seminary. Ann 4/5/50; Joel 6/19/69, Rachel 4/23/71.

WALL, C. ROBERT 1/30/45 Appts: 82 Murdo-Draper; 84 Watertown First; 9/1/89 Rapid City South Maple; 93 Leave of Absence; 02 Honorable Location; 02 Retired. BA N Iowa; MDiv Bethel. Geraldine (Gerrie) 5/12/45; Jacqueline 7/23/69, Sonja 5/5/76, Carla 5/22/79.

WHALEY, RUSSELL 11/11/62 Appts: 96 School; 99 Kindred Calvary/Kindred Zion; 02 Page/Hope/ Finley; 04 Edgeley/Kulm; 06 Pembina/Joliette/Humboldt; 09 Grand Forks Zion; 4/1/12 Personal Leave; 14 Honorable Location. BS USD; MDiv Perkins. George 10/31/01, Chloe and Emily 2/5/04.

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Youth and youth leaders gather to pray during the twenty-sixth session of the Dakotas Annual Conference.

Bishop Ough congratulated seminarian, Bryce Blank, on a good game of corn hole. The Festival in the Park provided time for fun and fellowship at Annual Conference.

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Others Serving Dakotas Churches Other Than Full Members, Associate Members, Provisional Members, Licensed Local Pastors and Retired Members. This includes Certified Lay Ministers (CLM), associate members of another annual conference (OA), elders of another conference or other Methodist denomination (OE), full members of another denomination (OF), other local pastors (OL), retired member of another annual conference (OR), and lay supply (SY). As of July 1, 2019.

ANDERSON, STEVEN (OF Evangelical Covenant) Appts: 15 Watertown Cornerstone Interim; 4/1/16 Watertown Cornerstone Senior Pastor.

ASCHE, CHARLES (OF Evangelical Presbyterian Church) Appt: 9/1/15 Olivet (1/2).

BAMBAS, DAVID (OL UCC-LP) Appt: 12/1/10 Elk Point United-UMC, UCC. BUCHHOLZ, JORDAN (SY) Appt: 19 Salem Unite (3/4).

BUCKLEY, KAYLA (SY) Appt: 5/14/18 Bismarck Legacy – assigned to Missouri Valley Parish (Turtle Lake, Washburn, Center, Hazen, Beulah).

CATALDO, JODI (SY) Appt: 18 Ashley/ Edgeley/ Lehr (Luke 10 team).

CLARK, TAMBA (OE African Methodist Episcopal) Appt: 4/15/19 Fargo First African (1/2).

DILL, ROBIN (OF PCUSA) Appt: 6/6/2016 Grafton Fed/ Minto (3/4).

GRASSOW, PETE (OE Methodist Church of South Africa) Appt: 19 Brookings First.

GUNDERSON, PAUL (OL) Appt: 16 Martin/ Drake (1/4).

HARRISON, MARTHA (OF ELCA) Appt: 15 Lansford/ Lansford ELCA/ Glenburn ELCA. HOUSER JANKORD, LORAH (OL UCC-LP) Appt: 09 Tulare United UMC, UCC. INGEBRETSON, BEN (OF Reformed) Appt: 16 Director of New Church Development. Karen.

JUNKER, DAREN 4/24/67 (OF AB) Appt: 02 Elkton/Elkton UCC. Bonnie 5/04/66; Dana 9/27/92, Michael 8/31/94, Daniel 4/6/00, David 4/06/00.

KOENIG, BARB (OF UCC) Appt: 17 Elgin UMC/Ebeneezer UCC (3/4).

KRUMM, BARBARA (SY) Appt: 18 Ashley (1/2); 6/1/19 Ashley (Luke10 Team) and Ellendale Presbyterian/ UMC (3/4).

LOEWEN, RICK (OF CCCC) Appt: 17 Carrington Federated.

LOSING, DARRELL (SY) Appt: 10/1/16 Cleveland (1/4).

MADSEN, JANET (CLM) Appt: 10/1/14 Wheatland Parish (Agar/ Gettysburg / Onida).

MAXTED, WARREN (OF AOG) Appt: 01 Beach Community.

MCKEWIN, BARBARA J. (OA Minnesota) Appt: 19 Milbank Parkview/ Big Stone City/ Ortonville, MN. PECK, DONALD J. 8/10/58. (SY) Appts: 95 Leola/Frederick/Barnard UCC. BS Franklin Univ. Deirdre 5/16/62; Daniel 5/21/88, David 11/26/90, Douglas 7/16/92, Diana 4/4/95.

PHERSON, JOHN (OF PC-USA): 7/1/17 Hot Springs Federated.

ROBERTS, JOHN (OR Minnesota) Appt: 13 Fargo First Recovery Ministry.

SHERIN, KAREN (OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) Appt: 6/1/15 Stickney (1/4).

SHERIN, KENNETH (OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) Appt: 10/26/14 Stickney (1/4).

SHERWOOD, RAY (OE Free Methodist) Appt: 18 Bowman.

SIEFKEN, LOREN/PAT (SY) Appt: 11 Bath.

SMITH, MARGARET (SY) Appts: 00 Hoople; 06 Crystal.

SNETHEN, RON (OF Nazarene) Appt: 92 Colome (1/4). Jeanne.

STERUD, DILLAN (SY) Appt: 18 White/Sterling (1/4).

TRENT, JUSTIN 7/17/75 (CLM) 12 Appt: 12 Fairburn. Melody 11/24/74; Ashley 12/24/96, Duane 3/18/04.

WERTH, JOHN (OF Evangelical Presbyterian Church) Appt: 02 Hamilton.

WILSON, BLAINE (CLM) Appt: 18 supervising lay supply for Egan.

Deaconesses REYNOLDS, JEANNINE 3/28/39 Deaconess 96. Positions: 96-98 Social Worker, Virginia Conference; 98-02 Church and Community Worker, UM Cooperative Mins. of Madison County, Fla.; 02 Church & Community Worker; UM Pierre Area Community Ministry (UMPACM); 06 Retired. BA in Social Work, University of Kentucky.

Diaconal Ministers UNKENHOLZ, PATRICIA DM 7/7/30 Diaconal Minister 87. Positions: 87 Handbell Choir & Children's Music Director, Fargo Calvary; 6/11/89 Leave of Absence; 11/89 Music Coordinator, Williston; 93 Retired. BS Minot State; Course of Study. Richard 12/21/27; Mark 3/23/54, Jeanne 1/20/56, Carol Sue 11/24/58, David 6/20/62.

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2019 Jubilee Clergy Rev. Peggy Ollman Kieras Most of the time, it doesn’t seem possible that I am 75, or that I have been ordained for 50 years! But sometimes lately, I think back to places I’ve been, things I’ve done, people I’ve known, and I realize it has been a long time. People, places, ways of doing things, are no longer.

what I had observed from the Rev. Clarence Schaeffer and the Rev. Sterling Wenzel at Holmes. They would drive along the country roads and stop when they saw someone working in the fields or in the yard, walk out and visit, regardless of church membership. I walked the floors of the hospital every day, sometimes with a census, to visit those who’d asked for a visit, but preferably without a census, so instead of looking down at a paper in my hand, I’d look around at the people, and respond to the visual or verbal messages.

I was baptized in the church where my great-grandparents were founding members, my grandparents lifelong members and where my parent were baptized, confirmed, where they met and dated: Holmes Evangelical Church. Soon afterwards, the Evangelical Church merged with the United Brethren Church and my parents moved to Grand Forks and became members of Zion, where we were raised. They, and I, continued connection to the Holmes congregation throughout our lives. These two congregations and the opportunities to be a contributing member were central formational factors in their lives and in mine. I experienced acceptance, a deep, abiding reliance on God’s grace, a commitment to stewardship, in the people there which are still the foundation of who I am.

For a significant portion of my ministry, I was on national committees of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. I came to the conviction that one should say what you have to say in as few words as possible and without whining. Probably this conviction started at Westmar College where my philosophy and religion professors asked for five-page papers, telling us, if we knew what we had to say, five pages was enough. If we didn’t know our topic, we’d want to write more. This proved a challenge in seminary where professors wanted 20-25 papers. For years, I lead hospital chapel services with 5-7 minute sermons. When in a parish, I found it difficult to preach 20- 25 minute sermons, although a parishioner told me people wouldn’t mind if I stopped at 5 minutes.

So, to share some reflections: My grandfather believed that if you tithed, you would always have enough. This included observing the Biblical teaching of letting your land rest every seven years and not working on Sunday. I confess I have not always tithed, but I have tried to practice spending my money and time on the things that were right and helped others. This often has not looked like the wisest thing in the present moment, but it has proven to be true and a blessing.

Early in my ministry I had been in my appointment for six years. I had never known any pastor to stay in an appointment more than six years; I thought I had to move. The bishop offered me a change, but it didn’t seem right. I talked to Rev. Elmer. He told me, “If you aren’t sure where you’re supposed to go, stay where you are.”

So I declined the Bishop’s offer (he said he just wanted to offer me an option), and stayed where I was. I’ve recalled that advice often.

Throughout life I’ve continued to read and use the Evangelical United Brethren Book of Discipline, the Evangelical Church Catechism as well as the United Methodist Book of Discipline. Most of my ministry has been in an ecumenical setting, and I’ve appreciated how we’ve been able to say what is essential in one book and few words.

Lately, however, I’ve despaired at how much “talk” there is in United Methodist Church “worship services” and how little real worship. Recently with General Conference happenings, I’ve re-read current United Methodist doctrines and Social Principles. While I agree with what is said, I’m dismayed at how many words we’ve come to use! One Sunday after Christmas years ago, I happened to have no commitments, and longing to just be “fed” went to a noon service at a nearby Trappist Abby, where they prayed the Gloria, the Apostle’s Creed, and the Our Father. I thought to myself then, and often since, those prayers, perhaps plus the Great Commandment, contain all that is essential to the Christian Faith. Perhaps all else is distraction.

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Rev. Eldon H. Reich It was on a farm near Olivet, S.D., as a boy of 10, I heard the call to preach and took in 35 cows as members, and baptized 5 little pigs in our water tank.

I preached many sermons under the stars on our hillside. Later I went to Westmar College where I got engaged to Donna Jose our senior year.

We moved to Lexington, Kentucky, for 3 years at Asbury Seminary. I was privileged to be at Asbury when the 24/7 revival broke out that lasted many months. Our deputation teams would go out to speak to youth rallies in Indiana, Alabama, and Kentucky. A revival followed, and we saw many youths saved and lives changed.

In 1971 I was appointed to the Agar/Onida parish where God’s spirit continued to touch lives. Two children, Heidi and Jon, joined us during this period of our ministry. It was at this time I took on a camp-director position and began a 17-year love relationship with Bigstone Junior High Camp and saw God touch 75 to 80 youth every summer.

I moved to Watertown Ninth Avenue and Kellerton Parish (now Cornerstone UMC) in 1975 and saw 11 years of growth. We began to multiply our Sunday morning services, started many small groups and began a television ministry.

We moved to Aberdeen in 1986 and so began a 28-year cycle of reappointment to this wonderful church. Over the years we became known for our adult education classes, our community support groups, and ever-increasing

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outreach to the Aberdeen community, having four Sunday morning worship services. After 15 years we added on a $5.6 million educational unit, offices, and a Community Life Center. This prompted us to start the Upward Basketball program in Aberdeen with 75 youth. After 6 years it had more than 500 youth and adults involved along with other Aberdeen churches. I continue to referee in this wonderful outreach after 10 years.

I have served as a mentor for young pastors, served 12 years on Board of Ordained Ministry, North Central Career Counseling center, and preached in more than 30 New Life Missions in the Dakotas churches.

I am grateful to my wife, Donna, for her faithful support and for the freedom my family, my churches, and my colleagues gave me to do ministry in the Dakotas. In retirement I am busy almost every Sunday as I continue to fill pulpits of many denominations in the Aberdeen area.

X.X.RULES ANDPOLICIES POLICES RULES AND Structure and Rules of Order DEFINITIONS All ¶ refer to current edition of The Book of Discipline (or The Discipline or BOD).

Section 1: Mission of the Annual Conference 1.1. Name. Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.

1.2. Core Values. Through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, we, the Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church, are a community saved by grace through faith, centered in Christ, grounded in Scripture, and connected with one another in the Wesleyan tradition of doing no harm, doing good, and staying in love with God. 1.2.1. Christ-Centered: Theological Values. Putting fear aside, trusting God through faith, and following the divine mandate to love God and neighbor, we, the Body of Christ, covenant to commit our lives to make disciples of Christ, employing all the means of grace available to us as revealed through Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.

1.2.2. Wesley’s Three Simple Rules: Relational Values. John Wesley’s three simple rules describe for us the foundation of our Christian life together. By intentionally examining our personal and corporate lives, we strive to do no harm.

Therefore, we choose to relate to one another in a spirit of inclusiveness, integrity, intimacy, and accountability.

Committed to doing good, we engage in mission, service, and social action, acknowledging that if we err we do so on the side of grace. We stay in love with God through spiritual development, including regular reading of Scripture, cultivating a life of prayer, tithing, and worshiping God in public and private settings.

1.2.3. Connection: Structural Values. Connected to God and each other through Christ, the Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church gathers the gifts and strengths of the local churches to fulfill more effectively our mission and ministry. By sharing leadership and resources, and providing mutual support and accountability, we do ministry better when we do it together.

1.3. Purpose. "The purpose of the Annual Conference is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by equipping its local churches for ministry and by providing a connection for ministry beyond the local church; all to the glory of God." (¶601 of The Book of Discipline) 1.4. Viability of the Local Church. A viable congregation of The United Methodist Church in the Dakotas Conference makes disciples by intentionally and consistently doing these things: +Invites people to know Christ. +Includes people in the fellowship of the church. +Worships regularly. +Nurtures spiritual growth. +Prays for one another and the world. +Participates in local and global mission. +Meets financial obligations. +Shares in the mission and ministry of The United Methodist Church including paying apportionments.

We expect every congregation to evaluate and apply these criteria to its ministry, and be accountable for showing progress in each area with the support of the District Superintendent. The work of a church is a labor shared by both its congregation and the clergy appointed to serve that congregation with the support of the District Superintendent. A church or clergyperson that does not take specific, measurable steps to meet these criteria lacks integrity and/or vitality. Therefore, a congregation adjudged not to have made specific, measurable steps to meet the criteria of vitality should consider closing, allowing its members and constituents to be nurtured, grow, and be in a mission in a viable congregation.

1.5. Dakotas Platform for Ministry. Connected to God and each other through Christ, the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church exists for the purpose of equipping the local church for mission and ministry in the world. By sharing leadership resources and providing mutual support and accountability, we do ministry better when we do it together.

The Dakotas Annual Conference provides links between the local church and conference for developing missional leaders, equipping missional congregations, extending missional impact, and generating missional resources.

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2.1. President. The President shall be the Bishop of the Dakotas Area of The United Methodist Church 2.2. Executive Director of Ministries 2.3. Conference Secretary. The Secretary shall be nominated by the Cabinet and elected by the Annual Conference at its first session following the General Conference. If needed, “the bishop after consultation with the district superintendents, shall appoint a person to act until the next session of the Annual Conference” (¶603.7 of The Book of Discipline).

2.4. Conference Co- Lay Leaders. The Conference Co-Lay Leaders shall be nominated and elected by the lay members of the Annual Conference at its first session following the General Conference according to procedures outlined in these rules.

2.5. Conference Statistician. The Statistician shall be nominated by the Cabinet and elected by the Annual Conference at its first session following the General Conference. If needed, “the bishop after consultation with the district superintendents, shall appoint a person to act until the next session of the Annual Conference.” (¶603.7 of the 2012 The Book of Discipline) 2.6. Conference Chancellor(s). The Chancellor(s) shall be nominated by the Bishop and elected by the Annual Conference at its first session following the General Conference. If needed, “the bishop shall fill the vacancy until the next session of the Annual Conference.” (¶603.8 of The Book of Discipline) Section 3: Conference Structure 3.1. Flexibility in Conference Structure. “The Annual Conference is responsible for structuring its ministries and administrative procedures in order to accomplish its purpose (¶601), with the exception of the mandated provisions of ¶¶611, 635, 636, 637, 639, 640, 647, and 648. In so doing it shall provide for the connectional relationship of the local church, district, and conference with the general agencies.” (¶610) "The Annual Conference shall provide for the functions and General Conference connections with all general agencies provided by The Discipline as follows: a) There shall be clear connections between the General Conference agencies, annual conference program and administrative entities, and the local congregations. These connections shall be identified in the business questions of the annual conference each year. b) There shall be clear checks and balances regarding program functions and financial/administrative functions within the Annual Conference. These structural matters will be defined and approved by the annual conference session. Annual conferences may fund their ministries in ways that reflect conference priorities and structures, as approved by the annual conference in the budgeting process. All disciplinary references to 'equivalent structures' shall be defined by ¶610.1." (¶610 of The Book of Discipline) Nothing in these Structure and Rules shall be construed to contravene any provision of The Discipline relating to the work of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635), the Administrative Review Committee (¶636), the Committees on Investigation (¶2703), the Board of Pensions and Health Benefits (¶639), the Board of Trustees (¶2512), the Conference Council on Finance and Administration (¶¶611-619), or the Committee on Episcopacy (¶637).

3.2. Developing Missional Leaders Link: “The local church provides the most significant area through which discipleship occurs.” (¶201 of The Book of Discipline) A vital and viable local church is dependent upon the strength of its lay and clergy leadership.

3.2.1. Functions. The Developing Missional Leaders Link shall equip the local church by working with its leadership to provide encouragement, assessment, training, and resources by: a) identifying, recruiting, training, and developing current and emerging leaders of the local church. b) giving intentional attention to the ministries involved in disciple-making, including, but not limited to, witness ministries, Christian education, evangelism, worship, stewardship, spiritual formation, justice ministries, and local and global missions. c) giving intentional attention to ministries to and with various categories of persons, including, but not limited to, youth, young adults, older adults, women, men, persons with disabilities, Native Americans, persons of color, persons in small membership churches, persons victimized by crime, imprisoned persons, survivors of disasters, and other often overlooked or excluded persons. d) caring for the recruitment of pastors, staff, and lay leadership, including, but not limited to, conference extension ministers, campus ministers, conference missionaries, and conference evangelists. e) providing a camping ministry for the Annual Conference. f) providing generational ministries for all ages and genders, including through young adult and campus ministry. g) caring for the credentialing of clergy through the work of the Board of Ordained Ministry. h) promoting and providing for professional growth. i) holding clergy, staff, and lay leadership accountable. j) establishing procedures for managing clergy medical leave as specified in ¶652 of The Discipline.

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k) promoting Safe and Sacred Spaces policies. l) caring for the functions of a board of discipleship specified in ¶630 of The Discipline, and maintaining the connectional relationship between the General Board of Discipleship and the conference, district, and local church. m) caring for the functions of a board of laity specified in ¶631 of The Discipline. n) caring for the functions of a board of higher education and campus ministry as specified in ¶634 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the Division of Higher Education of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and the conference, district, and local church o) caring for the functions of a commission on the small membership church as specified in ¶645 of The Discipline. p) caring for the functions of a commission on religion and race as specified in ¶643 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the General Commission on Religion and Race and the conference, district, and local church. q) caring for the functions of a commission on the status and role of women as specified in ¶644 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women and the conference, district, and local church. r) caring for the functions of a council on youth ministry as specified in ¶649 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the Division on Ministries with Young People of the General Board of Discipleship and the conference, district, and local church. s) caring for the functions of young-adult ministry as specified ¶650 of The Discipline.

3.2.2. Membership. The Developing Missional Leaders Link shall have 12 members, who include one representative from each of the standing committees relating to this Link; in addition, the conference co-lay leaders, persons serving as members of any general agency related to the functions of this Link shall be voting members. The following shall be ex officio members without vote: the Executive Director of Ministries, the Director of Leadership Development, the Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry and a District Superintendent.

3.2.3. Standing Committees of the Developing Missional Leaders Link: a) Board of Ordained Ministry. There shall be a Conference Board of Ordained Ministry as provided in ¶635 of The Book of Discipline. The Board shall relate to the Developing Missional Leaders Link but shall report to and be amenable directly to the Annual Conference. The Board shall be constituted as prescribed in ¶635.1 of The Discipline, and consist of between 20 and 25 total members.

3.3. Equipping Missional Congregations Link: Equipping Missional Congregations builds capacity by starting new congregations in strategic missional settings and providing resources/training for existing congregations seeking to re-invent or re-vision their mission and ministry and become fruitful.

3.3.1 Functions. The Equipping Missional Congregations Link accomplishes this through: a) encouraging local churches to do ministry and be vital congregations. b) helping local churches with needs assessments to determine viability and direction using the viable church criteria in Section 1.4 c) resourcing local churches through people, programs, and financial support. d) developing strategies for reaching new people. e) starting new faith communities.

3.3.2. Membership. The Equipping Missional Congregations Link shall have 12 members, who include one representative from each of the standing committees relating to this Link; in addition, persons serving as members of any general agency related to the functions of this Link shall be voting members. The following shall be ex officio members without vote: the Bishop, the Executive Director of Ministries, Area Director of New Church Development and each District Superintendent.

3.4. Extending Missional Impact Link: When it is more effective to use resources across church and conference boundaries, or when the scope or costs of ministries exceed the ability of an individual church, we can do ministry better when we do it 162 together. Our combined efforts increase our ability to fulfill the overall mission of the church to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

3.4.1. Functions. The Extending Missional Impact Link enhances the church by providing avenues for congregations to more effectively utilize our “connection” to have a greater impact on transforming their communities and the world. These include: a) developing strategic ministry initiatives beyond the local church. b) developing cooperative ministries. c) transforming lives through service and mission. d) sharing information and promoting connectional opportunities. e)

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providing places to gather beyond the local church. f) promoting Christian unity and interreligious concerns. g) developing ministries with Native Americans in the Dakotas. h) monitoring inclusiveness of gender and race. i) caring for the functions of a board of church and society specified in ¶629 of The Discipline, and maintaining the connectional relationship between the General Board of Church and Society and the conference, district, and local church. j) caring for the functions and connectional relationships of a committee on ethnic local church concerns specified in ¶632 of The Discipline. k) caring for the functions of a board of global ministries as specified in ¶633 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the General Board of Global Ministries and the conference, district, and local church. l) caring for the functions of Christian unity and interreligious relationships as specified in ¶642 of The Discipline and maintaining the connectional relationship between the Council of Bishops’ Office of Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships and the conference, district, and local church. m) caring for the functions of a commission on communications as specified in ¶646 of The Discipline. n) caring for the functions of a committee on disability concerns as specified in ¶653 of The Discipline. o) caring for the functions of a committee on Native American ministry as specified in ¶654 of The Discipline.

3.4.2. Membership. The Extending Missional Impact Link shall have 12 members, who include one representative from each of the standing committees relating to this Link; in addition to these 12 members, the Conference Secretary of Global Ministries, the UMW Mission Coordinator for Social Action, the UMW Mission Coordinator for Education and Interpretation and persons serving as members of any general agency related to the functions of this Link shall be voting members. The following shall be ex officio members without vote: the Executive Director of Ministries, a District Superintendent and other members of agencies as specified in ¶642.2 of The Discipline 3.4.3. Standing Committees of the Extending Missional Impact Link: a) United Methodist Women. There shall be a Conference United Methodist Women, auxiliary to the jurisdictional and national organizations of United Methodist Women, as provided in ¶647 of the The Book of Discipline. It shall relate to the Extending Missional Impact Link. b) United Methodist Men. There shall be a Conference United Methodist Men, auxiliary to the jurisdictional committee of United Methodist Men and to the General Commission on United Methodist Men, as provided in ¶648 of the The Book of Discipline. It shall relate to the Extending Missional Impact Link.

3.5. Generating Missional Resources Link. God has entrusted the Annual Conference with resources for the purpose of equipping the local church to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Therefore, our task is to ensure the generation of and the wise stewardship of resources to fulfill this function. This Link provides constructs to generate and administer the resources necessary to create and sustain our conference ministries including, but not limited to, leadership development, congregational vitality, and missional-impact initiatives. The Link shall function as a task force at the call of the Bishop.

3.5.1. Membership. Because of the role of this group in addressing resource and stewardship challenges of the annual conference, membership will be determined at the time of the call based on the items being addressed by the task force.

The Generating Missional Resources Link shall have twelve members, who include one representative from each of the standing committees relating to this Link. In addition, persons serving as members of any general agency related to the function of this Link shall be voting members. Because of the task force nature of this link, members may serve on other conference links / committees. The following shall be ex officio members without vote: the Executive Director of Financial and Administrative Services, the Executive Director of Ministries, the Executive Director of the Dakotas United Methodist Foundation, and a District Superintendent.

3.5.2. Standing Committees of the Generating Missional Resources Link a) Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA). There shall be a Conference Council on Finance and Administration as provided in ¶611-619 of The Discipline. CCFA shall relate to the Common Table, but shall report to and be amenable directly to the Annual Conference. The Council shall be constituted as specified in ¶612.2 of The Discipline, and shall consist of between 12 and 15 elected voting members, plus ex officio members as specified in ¶612.2c. For purposes of this structure, the Common Table shall serve the functions of the Council on Ministries; and the Executive Director of Ministries shall serve the functions of the Director of Connectional Ministries. b) Board of Pensions and Health Benefits. There shall be a Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits, auxiliary to the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits, as provided in ¶639 of The Discipline. The board shall relate to the Generating Missional Resources Link, but as provided in ¶614.1d The Book of Discipline, shall consult directly with the Conference Council on Finance and Administration as to the annual amount necessary to

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fund the conference pension and benefit programs. The Board shall be constituted as specified in ¶639.2, and shall consist of between 12 and 15 members. c) Board of Trustees. There shall be a Conference Board of Trustees as provided in ¶640 and ¶2512 of The Discipline. The Board shall relate to the Generating Missional Resources Link, but shall report to and be amenable directly to the Annual Conference. The Board shall be constituted as specified in ¶2512 of The Discipline. d) Human Resources Committee (HRC). There shall be a Human Resources Committee, which shall develop and implement personnel policies and procedures pertaining to standards of employment, evaluation, compensation, housing, benefits, 163 vacation, sick leave, and all other matters of effectiveness and morale. HRC shall care for the functions of a Commission on Equitable Compensation specified in ¶625 of The Book of Discipline, by forming a subcommittee of HRC for equitable compensation which shall include equal lay and clergy members plus one district superintendent named by the cabinet. Its membership shall be constituted as provided in ¶625.

The Human Resources Committee shall be made up of the Executive Director of Ministries, a representative from each Link, a representative from the Common Table, and two lay and two clergy at-large members, with preference given to those possessing expertise or experience in human-resource management. No member of the staff of the annual conference or any of its agencies, nor an immediate family member of such staff, shall serve as a member of the committee. The committee may consult as necessary with representatives of other agencies. The Bishop and the Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services shall be ex officio members without vote.

3.6. The Common Table. Discerning and keeping accountability to the vision.

3.6.1. Functions. The Common Table guides and holds accountable the work of the agencies of the Annual Conference as they fulfill the purpose of the Annual Conference: a) along with the Bishop and Executive Director of Ministries, to be the keeper of the vision of the Annual Conference for the continual process of transformation and renewal. b) in concert with the Bishop and the Extended Cabinet, to administer the Annual Conference’s ministries, resources, and business within the context of The Discipline and the actions taken by Annual Conference, and following the core values and purpose of the Annual Conference. c) to recommend to the Annual Conference visions, goals, priorities, and overall strategies. d) to ensure that actions and proposals of Annual Conference agencies are consistent with the Annual Conference’s purpose and core values. e) to elect persons, upon nomination by the Committee of Nominations, to fill interim vacancies until the next session of the Annual Conference, according to Rule 6.5 except as otherwise provided by The Book of Discipline. f) to determine by the first session immediately following the General Conference, the method for the lay members of Annual Conference to nominate and elect the Conference Lay Leader, Associate Lay Leader and District Lay Leaders according to Rule 6.9 and 6.10. g) to be amenable to the Annual Conference.

3.6.2. Membership. The Common Table shall have nine members: a representative of the cabinet; the conference co-lay leaders; a representative from CCFA; three laypersons and three clergy persons to be nominated by the Bishop in consultation with the Committee on Nominations—one of whom shall be named the chair—who do not serve on any link or standing committee related to one of the links; ex officio without vote—the Bishop, the Executive Director of Ministries.

3.7. Other Standing Committees 3.7.1. Commission on Archives and History. There shall be a Conference Commission on Archives and History with responsibilities, membership, and connections as provided in ¶641 of The Discipline. In addition, any member of a general agency relating to the functions of the commission shall be an ex-officio member with vote.

3.7.2. Administrative Review Committee. There shall be a Conference Administrative Review Committee as provided in ¶636 of The Discipline. Its membership shall be nominated and elected according to the provisions of ¶636 of The Discipline. “Its only purpose shall be to ensure that the disciplinary procedures for discontinuance of provisional membership (¶327.6), involuntary leave of absence (¶354), involuntary retirement (¶357.3), or administrative location (¶359) are properly followed. Additionally, if in the event of unresolved related to medical leave (¶356.4) a fair process (¶361.2) occurs, the administrate review committee shall ensure that fair process was followed. The entire administrative process leading to the action for change in conference relationship shall be reviewed by administrative review committee, and it shall report its findings to the clergy session of members in full connection with the annual conference prior to any

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action of the annual conference. The administrative review committee shall notify the parties of the review of the process.

The administrative fair process hearing procedures (¶361.2) should be followed by the administrative review committee.

Prior to its report, if the committee determines that any error has occurred, it may recommend to the appropriate person or body that action be taken promptly to remedy the error, decide the error is harmless, or take other action.” (¶636) 3.7.3. Committee on Nominations. There shall be a Conference Committee on Nominations entrusted with the task of nominating persons for election by the Annual Conference to serve on the Developing Missional Leaders Link, the Equipping Missional Congregations Link, the Extending Missional Impact Link, the Generating Missional Resources Link and the Standing Committees, except where otherwise provided by The Discipline. Further, except as otherwise provided in The Discipline and these conference rules, the Committee on Nominations shall nominate to the Common Table, for their elections, persons to fill interim vacancies on links and conference agencies, according to Rule 6.5. The Committee on Nominations shall have 12 members, three from each district to be nominated by the respective district lay leader and district superintendent and elected by the Annual Conference. No member of the Committee on Nominations shall serve on the Common Table, a Link, or Standing Committee. Ex officio members without vote shall be one of the Conference Co-Lay Leaders, the Conference Secretary, the Director of Leadership Development and the Executive Director of Ministries.

3.7.4. Committee on Records, Rules, and Procedures. Each year, the Executive Director of Ministries shall recruit and work with a Committee on Records, Rules, and Procedures, as provided in Conference Rule 4.3.2h. The purpose of this group shall be: a) To recommend interpretations of conference standing rules to the presiding officer during Annual Conference sessions and to the Bishop and/or Executive Director of Ministries ad interim. b) Review and recommend action on proposed new structure, rules or changes in existing structure and/or rules.

3.7.5. Committee on Episcopacy. There shall be a Committee on Episcopacy as provided in ¶¶637-638 of The Discipline. It shall report to and be amenable directly to the Annual Conference. It shall be constituted as prescribed in ¶637, and consist of between 7 and 17 total members. “No member of the staff of the annual conference or any of its agencies, nor an immediate family member of such staff, shall serve as a member of the committee, except that a member of the jurisdictional committee on episcopacy or the conference lay leader shall not be disqualified from membership as a result of this provision.” (¶637.1) 3.7.6. Non-Permanent Standing Committees. The Common Table may recommend to the Annual Conference additional standing committees on the basis of (1) direct fulfillment of the purpose of the Annual Conference, and (2) demonstration of widespread involvement by persons within local churches of the Annual Conference. Standing committees established 164 under these criteria will be reviewed at least once each quadrennium by the Common Table for recommendation to the Annual Conference for renewal. Recommendations to the Annual Conference shall include size and make-up of membership, as well as budget. The Conference Council of Youth Ministries shall be a nonpermanent standing committee—relating to the Developing Missional Leaders Link.

3.8. Non-Standing Committees 3.8.1. Each Link may establish such non-standing committees, working groups, and task forces as it deems necessary to fulfill the functions entrusted to it. Recruitment of persons to serve on these bodies is the responsibility of the Link.

3.8.2. The establishing Link is responsible to review at least annually the purpose, results, and membership of each of its non-standing committees.

Section 4: Staffing 4.1. District Superintendents. The Dakotas Annual Conference shall have four districts, each with a full-time District Superintendent.

4.2. Hiring of Staff. The Bishop and the Human Resources Committee shall work together to set up the process for the selection of all staff positions, excluding the Executive Director of Ministries and the Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services.

4.3. Executive Director of Ministries 4.3.1 The Executive Director of Ministries shall be selected and supervised by the Bishop in consultation with the Human Resources Committee.

4.3.2 Responsibilities a) under the direction of the Bishop, to provide oversight of the annual conference, including supervision and evaluation of the conference program staff, but excluding the Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services, and District Superintendents.

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b) to resource the Equipping Missional Congregations Link. c) to review and authorize communication of information disseminated on behalf of the Annual Conference. d) to serve as a non-voting member of the appointive Cabinet. e) to undertake other duties as assigned by the Bishop. f) to serve as the connectional link between the Annual Conference, general boards and agencies, and the local church. g) to recruit and work with a Sessions Committee to ensure the organization and logistics of planning the Annual Conference session. h) to recruit and work with a Committee on Records, Rules, and Procedures. i) to recruit and work with a Committee on Resolutions and General Conference Petitions. j) to recruit and work with a Journal Editorial Committee.

4.4. Director of Leadership Development 4.4.1 Responsibilities: a) to relate to the Developing Missional Leaders Link through attending meetings, helping with research, and providing information and resources. b) to work with members of the Developing Missional Leaders Link in developing a leadership-education plan that focuses on the needs of the local church. c) to manage the process for assessing the viability of the local church (collection of the data, implementing strategies for responding to assessment tools) d) to provide, coordinate, and oversee the training, curriculum, and trainers, for developing strong, principled Christian leaders within the local churches of the Dakotas Conference, including lay servant leaders. e) to resource the Board of Ordained Ministry and candidates for ministry. f) to link to the general church through the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, the General Board of Discipleship, and other appropriate denominational connections related to leadership development. g) to participate in the life and ministry of the conference office. h) to raise up and develop current and emerging leaders across the conference. i) to care for other duties relating to leadership development as appropriate or delegated by the Bishop.

4.5. Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services 4.5.1 The Treasurer/ Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services shall be nominated by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration and elected by the Annual Conference as provided for in The Discipline.

4.5.2 Responsibilities a) to carry out functions as specified in the latest Discipline. b) to manage the conference office with the exception of personnel services. c) to relate to the Generating Missional Resources Link through attending meetings, helping with research, and providing information and resources.

4.6. Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministries 4.6.1 Responsibilities: a) to care for the program, leadership development, promotion, and administration relating to camp and retreat ministries.

4.7. Evaluation of Conference Staff. Evaluation of all conference staff shall be done in accordance with policies established by the Human Resources Committee. Section 5: District Agencies 5.1. District Committee on Ordained Ministry. There shall in each district be a District Committee on Ordained Ministry with functions as specified in ¶666 of The Discipline. The Committee shall be constituted as specified in that paragraph and shall consist of a total of seven clergy in full connection (including the chairperson and district superintendent) and three professing members of local churches.

5.2. Committee on District Superintendency. There shall in each district be a Committee on District Superintendency with functions as specified in ¶669 of The Discipline. The committee shall be constituted of 11 members as specified in that paragraph.

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geographic reasons at the discretion of the district superintendent. Each board shall be constituted as specified in Âś2519, and 165 consist of six to nine members.

Section 6: Standing Rules 6.1. Terms. Terms for newly elected officers and members of conference and district boards and agencies shall begin on the day following the close of the regular annual conference session. Unless otherwise specified in The Book of Discipline, or in this Structure and Rules, nominees shall be placed in four classes, with one-fourth of an agency’s members (excluding exofficio members) being elected annually.

6.2. Tenure. Persons nominated and elected to chair or to serve as a member of any conference or district agency shall serve no more than 12 consecutive years on that agency, except in the instance where the person was appointed or elected to complete half or less of an unfinished term. If a person has served 12 consecutive years on an agency, she/he shall not be elected to that agency for a period of four years. Ex officio members of agencies shall not be subject to this tenure rule.

6.3. Limitations. No person shall serve on more than one agency of the Annual Conference with the exception of ex officio members. The Administrative Review Committee, Committee on Episcopacy, Sessions Committee, Rules, Records and Procedures Committee, Disaster Response, Task Force for Missional Appointments, Editorial Revisions Committee, Committee on Resolutions and General Conference Petitions, Generating Missional Resources Link or a district agency shall not be counted towards this limit.

6.4. Contact Information. Complete mailing addresses and phone numbers shall be submitted to the Conference Office for every person nominated for service on a Dakotas Conference board or committee, including district boards and committees.

No nominations will be accepted or printed in the Conference Journal that is not accompanied by an address and phone number.

6.5. Vacancies. Should any vacancy occur during the year in any Conference office or agency, the Common Table shall elect persons upon nomination by the Committee on Nominations, unless otherwise provided for in The Discipline to fill the vacancies until the next session of the Annual Conference.

6.6. Unexcused Absences. If an elected member of a conference agency is absent from two consecutive meetings of that agency without a reason acceptable to that agency, that person shall cease to be a member thereof. In that case, the person shall be so notified, as well as the chairperson of the Committee on Nominations, and that place shall be filled in accordance with Conference Rule number 6.5.

6.7. General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegate Elections 6.7.1. All provisions of The Discipline regarding elections, eligible voters, and eligible persons to be delegates or alternates of General and Jurisdictional Conferences shall be carefully followed.

6.7.2. A general ballot will be taken early in the Annual Conference session in the full year preceding General Conference for lay and clergy delegates without nominations. Laity may distribute information about interested lay candidates in advance of the Annual Conference in which elections are held so study can be done ahead of time in preparation for voting. The Conference Lay Leader will take responsibility for this task.

6.7.3. After the first ballot, candidates receiving five votes or more shall be introduced on the Annual Conference floor.

After each subsequent ballot, candidates not previously introduced but receiving five votes or more shall be likewise introduced.

6.7.4. Balloting will continue until there is an election by simple majority of valid ballots. Ballots must have the exact number of names as there are positions being elected on that round of balloting to be considered valid.

6.7.5. When the election of either the lay or clergy delegates to General Conference has taken place, balloting for the remainder of Jurisdictional Conference delegates shall proceed in the same manner. Lay and clergy delegates to Jurisdictional Conference shall serve as the reserve delegates to General Conference in the order in which they are elected.

6.7.6. Balloting for Jurisdictional Conference delegates will proceed at intervals until sufficient delegates and reserve delegates are elected. The Conference shall elect as many reserve delegates to Jurisdictional Conference as it elects delegates to Jurisdictional Conference, or three lay reserve delegates and three clergy reserve delegates, whichever is greater.

6.7.7. The counting of ballots shall be undertaken by a team of tellers as directed by the Annual Conference Secretary.

6.7.8. When all elections are completed, the Annual Conference Secretary shall send certification of election to the General Conference Secretary.

6.7.9. After the close of the General Conference delegate election and before leaving the site of Annual Conference, the General Conference delegation shall meet to choose a chair of the delegation and to choose their legislative committee assignments.

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6.7.10. CCFA shall provide funds for travel and per diem for reserve delegates to General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference to attend their respective sessions at a rate equal to that provided to the full delegates.

6.7.11. In the case of a special session of the General Conference being called, the next regular session of the Annual Conference shall hold a new election for lay and clergy delegates and alternates, as permitted in ¶14 of the Constitution.

However, if no regular session of the Annual Conference will be held prior to the special session of the General Conference, the delegates and alternates elected to the preceding General Conference, or their lawful successors, shall serve at the special session; unless the Bishop with the concurrence of three-fourths of the district superintendents calls a special session of the Annual Conference for the purpose of a new election in accordance with ¶603.5 of The Discipline.

6.8. Jurisdictional Nominating Pool. The provisions governing the election of persons by the Annual Conference for submission to the Jurisdictional Nominating Pool are found in ¶705.1 of The Discipline. Election to the pool shall take place at the Annual Conference preceding Jurisdictional Conference. Nominations shall first be made by a committee composed of the Bishop and the General and Jurisdictional Conference delegation, with opportunity for additional nominations from the floor of Annual Conference. If more than five persons have been nominated to any of the categories listed in The Discipline, there shall be a ballot cast in that category, with the five persons receiving the most votes being elected in that category.

6.9. Conference Co-Lay Leaders. The Conference Co-Lay Leaders shall be elected at the Laity Session of the Annual Conference immediately following the General Conference for a quadrennial term, and each may succeed himself/herself once, except according to Rule 6.2 in instances where the person was elected to complete half or less of an unfinished term. In such cases, the Conference Co-Lay Leaders may succeed themselves twice. In the year of the election, the Common Table shall determine the method for the lay members of Annual Conference to nominate and elect the Conference Co-Lay Leaders.

6.10. District Co-Lay Leaders. In the same year as the Conference Co-Lay Leaders are elected, the Common Table shall determine the method for the lay members in each district to nominate and elect District Co-Lay Leaders. District Co-Lay Leaders serve a quadrennial term and may succeed themselves once, except according to Rule 6.2 in instances where a person was elected to complete half or less of an unfinished term.

6.11. Lay Members of Annual Conference and Lay Equalization In accordance with section VI of the Constitution of The United Methodist Church, ¶32, Article I, of The Discipline, the lay membership of Annual Conference shall be elected as follows: A. According to The Book of Discipline, the lay membership of the Annual Conference shall consist of professing lay members elected by each charge. Each charge served by more than one clergy member under appointment shall be entitled to as many lay members as there are clergy members under appointment. Each charge in the Dakotas Conference shall pay expenses for lay members it elects.

Lay members by virtue of office: The Dakotas Conference shall pay Annual Conference allowed per diem, Annual Conference allowed mileage, and registration fee: “The lay members shall have been for the two years next preceding their election members of The United Methodist Church and shall have been active participants in The United Methodist Church for at least four years next preceding their election.” (Paragraph 32, Article I) -Diaconal ministers -Active deaconesses -Home missioners under episcopal appointment within the bounds of the annual conference -Conference Co-Lay Leaders -District Co-Lay Leaders -Conference president of United Methodist Women -Conference president of United Methodist Men -Conference Co-Directors of Lay Servant Ministries -Conference secretary of Global Ministries -President or equivalent officer of the conference young adult organization -President of the conference youth organization -Chair of the Annual Conference college student organization -One young person between the ages of twelve (12) and seventeen (17) from each district* -One young person between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty (30) from each district* *”To be selected in such a manner as may be determined by the annual conference.” (Paragraph 32, Article I) The Conference Council of Youth Ministries is asked to designate one youth from each district in order to fulfill the younger portion of this requirement.

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B. In addition to those specified by The Discipline, the Dakotas Conference also includes the following persons as lay members of Annual Conference by virtue of office, if the person holding such office is a layperson and a member of a United Methodist Church. The Dakotas Conference shall pay annual conference allowed per diem, Annual Conference allowed mileage, and registration fee: -Lay members of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration -Lay members of the Common Table -Commissioned missionaries serving within the bounds of the Dakotas Conference -Dakotas Conference Missionaries who meet the criteria of training and ministry and are approved by the Dakotas Board of Global Ministries or equivalent structure -General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates if not otherwise elected from a local charge or by virtue of office -Campus ministers who are United Methodist lay persons and are serving a formally organized college or university campus ministry group -A student representative from each formally organized college or university campus ministry group (as selected by each campus ministry group) Any of these positions held by a Dakotas Conference United Methodist professing lay person: -Conference representative to general boards or agencies -Staff members of general boards or agencies -Chairs of Conference Boards/Agencies who are lay -Conference Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services -Conference Secretary -Conference Historian -Dakotas United Methodist Foundation Director -Director of Leadership Development -Director of Communications -Conference Statistician -Conference Journal Editor -Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry -Area Director of New Church Development -Conference Executive Director of Ministries -Conference Chancellors -One young adult member to be selected per district by the District Superintendents in consultation with the Conference Council on Young Adult Ministries and Dakotas United Methodist Student Movement.

-One youth member to be selected per district by the District Superintendent in consultation with the Conference Council on Youth Ministries -Certified Lay Ministers (CLM) under assignment The maximum projected number of additional lay members needed for equalization shall be determined annually by the Conference Secretary, based on the clergy members and the pastoral charges listed in the Business of the Annual Conference reported in the most recent Journal. The members needed for equalization shall then be allocated to those pastoral charges. Under this formula certain pastoral charges, beginning with the pastoral charge with the largest reported membership and proceeding in descending order of membership, shall be entitled to elect additional lay members in keeping with this formula until equalization is reached (those lay persons attend Annual Conference at pastoral charge expense). The formula is as follows: The total number of lay members needed for equalization divided by the number of charges in the conference to get the average members per charge. That average is then divided into the membership of each charge. That resulting quotient, rounded to the nearest whole number, is the maximum number of lay equalization members a charge is eligible to elect. Lay members elected in this section are in addition to the members elected under the provisions of section 6.11.a. and b. (by 167 virtue of office) C. If a charge requests not to have an additional lay equalization member, the charge may request this exemption by September 1 of each year, but still must follow section 6.11.a. When a charge declines to elect an additional equalization member, the next smaller charge, by membership, shall be given opportunity to elect an additional lay member.

6.12. Financial Year. January 1 to December 31.

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to the provisions of ¶614 of The Discipline, except that wherever the term council on ministries is used in The Discipline, it will be understood to mean the Common Table.

6.14. Conference Journal 6.14.1 Reports for Publication in the Journal. All reports, resolutions, memoirs, etc. not included in the pre-conference reports and intended for publication in the Conference Journal shall be in the hands of the Conference Secretary before final adjournment of the Conference session.

6.15. Editorial Revision Authority. Conference Secretary together with the Journal Editorial Committee shall have authority to make editorial changes in the proceedings, rules, and reports of the Annual Conference and its constituent bodies for the purposes of accuracy, clarifying grammar, and intent of meaning.

6.16. Definitions of and Changes to the Structure, Rules, and Policies 6.16.1. Mission, Staffing, and Structure. The description of the mission, boards, councils, committees, officers, and staffing configuration of the Annual Conference, as found in Sections 1 through 5 of these Structure and Rules, may be modified by a simple majority vote of the Annual Conference.

6.16.2. Standing Rules and Rules of Order. The method by which conference affairs are governed on an ongoing basis requires a two-thirds majority vote for approval, binding indefinitely unless suspended or repealed by a two-thirds majority vote of the members present and voting. Standing rules concern the conference’s administrative work. Rules of order concern the parliamentary procedure of the conference meeting in annual or special session.

6.16.3. Policy. An action of Annual Conference concerning only one subject and expressly intended to continue in force indefinitely until amended, repealed, or superseded may be adopted, amended, repealed, or superseded by a simple majority of the Annual Conference.

6.16.4. Ex-Officio. Membership by virtue of office is voice with vote unless otherwise specified.

Section 7: Rules of Order 7.1. Parliamentary Authority. In all matters not specifically covered by the latest Discipline or the conference rules, the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised shall be considered authoritative.

7.2. Limitations on Speaking. No person shall speak more than twice on the same question, nor more than three minutes at one time, without permission of the Conference, nor shall any person speak more than once until every member choosing to speak has spoken. The Presiding Officer shall have the privilege to request the following procedure for debate: to recognize alternately someone for and someone against the issue, and to recognize alternately lay and clergy members.

7.3. Division of the House. Any member is in order to request a count of the vote for and against any question before the Conference, and if ten members present sustain the request, the vote shall be duly counted.

7.4. All Motions in the Affirmative. All motions brought to the floor of the Conference shall be worded in the affirmative.

7.5. Business Items 7.5.1. All items to be brought to the floor of Annual Conference for action, whether by conference agencies, local churches, clergy members, or professing members of the Annual Conference, shall be in the hands of the Conference Secretary by the deadline(s) and in the form(s) set by the Sessions Committee and shall be published in the pre-conference workbook, and/ or other print or electronic publications authorized by the Sessions Committee. These items include but are not limited to resolutions, recommendations for conference action, and General Conference petitions.

7.5.2. Any item not meeting the requirements of rule. 7.5.1 shall not be brought to the floor for action unless deemed urgent by the Sessions Committee, the Common Table, or the Cabinet, or brought up by a two-thirds vote of the Conference.

7.5.3. Appropriate items submitted by the Dakotas Youth Annual Conference will be reviewed by the Sessions Committee for possible consideration by the Annual Conference.

7.5.4. Annual Conference consideration of resolutions and petitions will be guided by the Conference Committee on Resolutions and Petitions. In the case of each resolution or General Conference petition, the Committee on Resolutions and Petitions shall offer to the Annual Conference its counsel of "pass or don’t pass". The Conference will then proceed to consider and act on the resolution or petition.

POLICIES Policies are printed for informational purposes and are not to be considered as standing rules of the conference. Policies may therefore be changed or amended by majority vote of the annual conference.

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Council on Finance and Administration Revised June 2016 by CCFA

I. Travel Fund A. Travel for conference business shall be reimbursed as follows: By automobile: 60% of the IRS business mileage rate for one round trip, with three additional cents per mile for each passenger.

Per Diem: Beginning in 2017, the amount will be 60% of the United States General Services Administration GSA rate for meals / lodging. The Conference will pay actual babysitting expenses up to a maximum of $15 per day.

Public conveyance: Actual cost of fare unless the cost of fare exceeds the 60% of the IRS business mileage rate for round trip. If the cost of public conveyance exceeds the standard reimbursable mileage rate, prior permission by the applicable Board or Committee Chairperson is required before the travel occurs or the expense is reimbursed.

When retired pastors, spouses of deceased pastors, and pastors on disability are returning to Annual Conference, if travel is from outside the Conference geographical borders, the travel reimbursement will be based upon one round trip within the Conference borders with the calculations based upon the closest point of border entry for the individual involved.

B. The cost of personal items such as personal telephone calls, etc. shall not be reimbursed from the travel account of that board.

C. A receipt for travel expenses according to IRS guidelines shall be issued in lieu of a reimbursement check if requested.

D. This policy does not apply to lay and ministerial members of Annual Conference traveling to and/or from the site of the Annual Conference session.

II. Budgeting and administration of funds by any committee or group that is funded through the apportionment system A. Financial Responsibilities of Conference Agency Chairpersons. All conference agency chairpersons (or presidents) shall have the following responsibilities to ensure that expenditures are maintained within the Conference budget for the agency: 1. Knowing what funds are available for their particular program.

2. Spending those funds in accordance with the planning that led to approval by the Annual Conference.

3. Vouchering all expenditure items on forms provided by the Conference Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services and signed/approved by the appropriate chairperson.

4. Sending all vouchers directly to the Conference Office of Finance for payment. Appropriate identification of expenditures is expected. Documentation of expenditures (e.g., receipts) is also expected when circumstances warrant.

5. Vouchers submitted that exceed the total of funds approved for the affected line item in the budget must be approved by the chairperson of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) prior to the expenditure of funds.

B. Budget Requests 1. All budget requests for the next fiscal year shall be presented to the CCFA for approval and modification, if necessary, prior to the Annual Conference session in which the total Conference budget is approved. No new budget requests shall be presented to the CCFA less than 30 days prior to the Annual Conference session.

2. No budget requests shall be brought to the CCFA without prior approval of the appropriate conference council, board, committee, commission or task force.

CCFA requests that a budget request be made for each new program or agency, as they are developed.

C. CCFA Budgetary Authority Between Conference Sessions The Conference Council on Finance and Administration shall have authority to adjust line items within the Conference budget when the Conference is not in session under the following restrictions: The grand total Conference budget may not be changed. A line item may not be adjusted unless prior consultation has been made with the appropriate Conference agency affected by the proposed adjustment.

D. Designating Reserve Funds: 1. Designated funds are monies set aside by a governing body from the unrestricted reserves for a specific purpose. All requests to designate funds shall be submitted to CCFA for approval. The two types of requests to be considered will be One-Time Requests and Ongoing Requests: 2. One-Time Requests: These are requests to designate unrestricted reserves for a specific purpose and funds are expected to be used within 12-months to satisfy the purpose. One-Time Requests are appropriate for specific purposes: 1) where the need cannot be met by the current budget or other funding sources and 2) that are time sensitive so that they cannot wait upon the normal budget cycle. Requests should be submitted to the CCFA Executive Committee. 3. Ongoing Requests: These are requests to designate unrestricted reserves for a long-term purpose.

Ongoing requests are appropriate for: 1) purposes that have expenses that are large and difficult to accurately predict and

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2) purposes where a large amount of funds need to be accumulated over time. Requests should be submitted to the CCFA Executive Committee no later than February 28th. For approved requests, any investment income/ loss will be applied to the designated funds.

E. CCFA Apportionment Payout Policy: The Conference Policy allows funds to be paid out at 100% of budget. Pensions and insurance is paid out or passed through monthly. All organizations units of the Conference shall adhere to their approved budgets and / or adopted spending plans.

III. Audits, Bonding and Insurance A. Auditing Each board, agency, committee and task force which receives and administers conference funds in excess of $2,500 per year be required to: Submit annual financial reports to CCFA 30 days prior to the Annual Conference session following completion of the affected organizations fiscal year.

Submit a report for printing in the annual conference journal.

Arrange for an annual audit.

B. Bonding Requirements The Conference Treasurer shall be bonded in accordance with ¶618 The Book of Discipline through a blanket bond carried by the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church. This bond also covers the Conference Finance staff, any Conference Trustee and staff, Chairperson of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration and Treasurers of the Jurisdictional Conference and their staffs.

C. Conference Insurance Insurance shall be provided for all residences owned by the Annual Conference, the Conference Center, all Conferences camp properties, and campus ministry properties and all other properties for which the Conference holds title. Workers’ Compensation insurance shall be provided for Conference and camp staff. The Conference insurance program shall be administered by the Conference Board of Trustees. CCFA will provide Officers and Directors liability insurance for the Dakotas Conference.

IV. Personnel/Benefit Section A. A Rental/Housing Allowance Resolution for Ordained Conference Staff and District Superintendents can be found in the Resolutions section of this JOURNAL. B. We recommend that each local congregation investigate what state laws may require for coverage of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security regulations for full-time or part-time employees. We also recommend local churches investigate the same for ministers.

C. The Conference Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services shall be designated as the Conference Treasurer for all incorporated and unincorporated councils, boards, committees, commissions, and task forces of the Dakotas Annual Conference.

V. Special Offerings A. We recommend that every church, after having made arrangements to meet apportionments in full, support Conference Advance Special or General Advance Special Projects. At the mandate of the 2004 General Conference, we urge every pastor and church to celebrate the following Special Days with offerings to be sent to the Executive Director of Finance and Administrative Services: Human Relations Day, UMCOR Sunday, United Methodist Student Day, World Communion Sunday, Native American Ministries Sunday, Volunteers in Mission Awareness Sunday, Peace with Justice Sunday, Golden Cross Sunday, Christian Education Sunday, Rural Life Sunday and Disability Awareness Sunday.

B. Special Fund Drive Appeals: No annual conference agency or interest shall make a special conference-wide appeal to the local churches for funds without approval of the annual conference upon recommendation of CCFA, except in case of an extreme emergency, when such approval may be given by a two-thirds vote of the district superintendents and of the Common Table, acting jointly. (See Para 614.5 of the 2012 The Book of Discipline).

C. Offerings received at the Annual Conference Session will be used at the discretion of the Annual Conference Sessions Committee and the Bishop.

D. Golden Cross Sunday: The Conference is granted permission to have a Golden Cross Sunday. Receipts from the offering shall be used to support parish nurse programs.

E. Christian Education Sunday Offering: This special offering will support ministries for children and the poor and is recommended to be taken on the second Sunday of September.

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F. Thanksgiving Offering: The appeal for this offering shall be designated by the Bishop.

G. CCFA gives the right of permission for the Dakotas United Methodist Foundation to call on Local Churches for both Current Gifts and Deferred Gifts for the Foundation on behalf of the ministries of the Dakotas Annual Conference. H. Global Aids Awareness Sunday: The Global Aids Task Force is granted permission to have a Global Aids Sunday. Receipts from this offering shall be used at the discretion of the Global Aids Task Force.

VI. Miscellaneous A. Any board or committee considering an honorarium for a special task demanding time and services of one of its officers or members can only do so upon submitting a proposal for an honorarium to the CCFA for its approval.

Apportionment Method Part of how a United Methodist Church fulfills its mission is through full and faithful participation in apportionments. In the Dakotas Conference, the method of apportionment shall be that each church gives its percentage of their income to the Annual Conference. For Federated and United churches, this percentage applies only to the income attributed to the United Methodist denomination. The percentage will be of the income received for the support of the operating budget. This is income as defined in Table 3 Line 67 of the annual statistical reports as follows: Donations from identified and unidentified givers to support the operating budget Interest and dividends allocated toward the operating budget Net proceeds from the sale of church assets where the proceeds are used to support the operating budget Building use fees and rental income Net income from fundraisers and other programs used to support the operating budget CCFA will annually determine a percentage for churches to give of their income that is adequate to fund the apportioned budget. The percentage will be 16%. In addition, each charge will be direct billed for the cost of pension, health insurance, and death/ disability insurance. The amount of the direct billing will be calculated as follows: Health Insurance: The total annual premiums for all pastors appointed full-time to a charge and participating in the Conference health plan will be reduced by the participant’s share. The result will be divided by the number of pastors and billed to each charge based on their number of full-time pastors on the Conference health plan.

Pension: The pension is made up of two parts: a defined benefit amount and a defined contribution amount. The defined benefit amount is provided to the Conference from the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (GBOP). This amount will be divided by the Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) of pastors appointed to local churches and enrolled in the defined benefit pension plan and pastors appointed to extension ministry where the Conference is responsible for their pension contributions. The resulting amount will be billed out according to each charge’s FTE of pastors enrolled in the defined benefit pension plan. The defined contribution is billed to the Conference monthly by GBOP. The billing is a specific amount for each pastor and is based on the pastor’s compensation. This amount will be billed by the Conference to each charge according to the pastor(s) appointed.

Death/Disability Insurance: Death/Disability Insurance is billed to the Conference monthly by GBOP. The billing is a specific amount for each pastor and is based on the pastor’s compensation. This amount will be billed by the Conference to each charge according to the pastor(s) appointed.

Mission congregations, as defined in The Book of Discipline ¶259.1.a, will not participate in apportionments or be direct billed for any pension, health insurance, and death/disability insurance. Mission congregations will be reviewed annually by the cabinet to determine if they still meet the definition of a mission congregation. In the event that the congregation is determined to not be a mission congregation, they will begin participating in apportionments following the same schedule as new churches. This also includes satellite congregations.

Churches charted after 12/31/13 will use the following schedule: First Partial Year – Begin paying direct bill for pension, health insurance, and death/disability insurance First Full Year – Direct bill + 20% full apportionment Second Full Year – Direct bill + 40% full apportionment Third Full Year – Direct bill + 60% full apportionment Fourth Full Year – Direct bill + 80% full apportionment

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Fifth Full Year – Direct bill + full apportionment Regarding Churches paying less than 100% of Apportionments.

In recognition of the fact that not all churches within the Dakotas Conference are participating fully (100%) in the apportionment system of financing conference ministries, Executive Director Finance and Administrative Services will contact each of those churches regularly, to help them develop a plan that will make it possible for them to assume their share of apportionments. The goal will be to have each church fully participating within three years of the initial contact. It is further expected that if pastoral leadership is the problem, and if progress is not made yearly and the goal is not reached at the end of the third year, the bishop and cabinet will seriously consider making a change in pastoral leadership for that church.

Mission Congregation Support Policy Adopted June 2014 The declaration of the “mission congregation” status according to ¶259.1 of The Discipline rests with the office of the bishop, as is the case with any established congregations. The bishop and Cabinet shall carefully review proposed mission congregation opportunities to ensure that they fit both The Discipline definition and the Conference missional strategy. It is expected that very few congregations would receive such a declaration.

When a congregation is either organized or reorganized as a mission congregation in accordance with Discipline and Conference guidelines, the Cabinet shall develop and recommend to the Annual Conference a covenant of understanding, support, and accountability between the congregation and the Conference.

Responsibility for consideration of the financial support for a mission congregation shall rest with the Conference Council on Finance and Administration. Any support for the physical property shall remain under the purview of the Conference Trustees.

The four areas outlined below shall be considered areas of financial support, pending CCFA’s approval: 1. Consistent and ongoing financial resources for each mission congregation. A mission congregation may receive budget support from the Conference, which will allow it to better pursue its missional/strategic goals, and provide for pastoral leadership support. Instead of looking at membership growth, attendance or income, the benchmarks for continued funding shall be based on the ministry of the mission congregation to the parish/ministry field with which they are identified. Effectiveness shall be determined by the outcome of the ministries offered, and not solely on “numbers.”

2. Health and pension costs for a pastor appointed to a mission congregation. The Annual Conference, upon CCFA recommendation, shall assume the health and pension costs for the appointed pastor, in the same way as superintendents or directors have their health and pension costs assumed under conference budgets.

3. Exemption from apportionment formulas. With Conference approval, Mission congregations shall be exempted from the conference apportionment formulas. Instead, on a yearly basis, they shall approve goals and raise funds for missional giving beyond their own needs in accordance with The United Methodist Church.

4. Property support. The Conference Board of Trustees shall have responsibility to consider repair, renovation, upkeep and new builds for the “home” and parsonage of each mission congregation, as feasible within the conference budget.

5. Oversight and evaluation. The bishop and Cabinet shall review the status of “mission congregation” at least every 4 years, recommend to CCFA and the Conference continued financial support. A change of status may occur due to changing demographics, emerging ability of the congregation to assume more of its own financial support, or evaluation of the effectiveness of the congregation to meet its missional goals or purpose.

Policies for Dakotas Conference Salaries Adopted 2016 EXEMPT EMPLOYEES District Superintendents and Executive Directors.

The Dakotas Annual Conference Human Resources Committee policy adopted in 2004 shall apply to District Superintendents and Conference Executive Directors (Director of Ministries and Director of Finance and Administrative Services). The policy is: Salaries for district superintendents and conference executive directors shall be equal to the average salary of the top five salaries paid to conference pastors in churches who pay 100% of their apportionments. Salaries in any one-year would not decrease from the previous year.

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Directors are exempt professional employees with special training and expertise to perform responsibilities in a specific area of ministry. Directors include, but not limited to, the campsite directors, Director of Leadership Development and Director of Communications. Area directors serve Dakotas and Minnesota and include Area Director of New Church Development and Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry.

Missionaries Conference Missionaries are exempt professional employees who are certified by the General Board of Global Ministries for service as mission personnel. The bishop assigns these people to the mission field of the Dakotas Annual Conference.

Missionaries may supervise a staff of non-exempt employees. The respective employing agents will develop a salary pool for its employees.

Conference Center Employees The Human Resources Committee has adopted a compensation system to help ensure equity in compensation based on the grade of the position and the individual employee’s job performance. Each Conference Center position will be assigned a grade and exempt/non-exempt status based on the Factor Evaluation System and job description. Annual evaluations will be used to help determine how well the employee is fulfilling the job description of their position. Compensation is calculated accordingly, including an annual cost-of-living adjustment.

NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES Conference Support Staff Salaries The Human Resource Committee sets salaries annually, usually allowing a cost of living increase.

Conference Camping Employees As a non-permanent standing committee of the Developing Missional Leaders Link, the Area Camp and Retreat Ministry Council works in conjunction with the Missional Leaders Link and the Council on Finance and Administration to set the overall operations budget. The Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry, in partnership with the Area Camp and Retreat Ministry Council and site directors, develops a compensation pool for conference camping employees. The individual salaries are set at the discretion of the Area Director of Camp and Retreat Ministry, based upon an individual’s performance and the availability of funds.

Equitable Compensation Revised: June 2017 The purpose of Equitable Compensation is to work with the District Superintendents in the effort to support congregations as they strive to become viable (Rule 1.4). This is done by A) providing salary support grants to churches/charges served by a fulltime United Methodist pastor and B) making an annual recommendation of the minimum compensation needed by a pastor to 171 allow them to focus their efforts on the ministry instead of seeking secondary employment.

ANNUAL RECOMMENDATION OF MINIMUM COMPENSATION 1) The base cash salary for each year: 65% of the conference average compensation for full connection clergy; 62% of the conference average compensation for less than full connection clergy.

2) The base cash salary for both clergy groups listed in 1) shall include any personal tax deferred annuities, personal IRA’s paid by the local church, or personal pension plan in addition to the recommended contribution to the Pension program (UMPIP) in paragraph 3.

3) The pastor shall receive the following in addition to minimum compensation. A) pension program contribution (UMPIP) equal to 3% of the denominational average compensation; B) continuing education allowance (minimum of $150); C) travel allowance by voucher at the current IRS rate; D) utilities paid in full (minimum of heat, electricity, local phone service, water, garbage service, and internet); accountable reimbursement plan (minimum of $500).

SALARY SUPPORT GRANTS 1) The following requests will be considered by the Commission: a. Strategic Appointment Grant – Available when a new appointment results in significantly increased costs to the church or charge. These increased costs will be so burdensome that it is unlikely that the church or charge will have adequate resources available to take the necessary steps to becoming viable without outside assistance. The purpose of this grant is to assist the church or charge in its transition to being able to fully support the newly appointed pastor.

The church or charge shall provide monthly written status reports to the District Superintendent and Conference Treasurer. Status reports shall at a minimum report progress towards benchmarks.

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b. Discernment Grant – Available when a church or charge has declined in its ability to support a full-time United Methodist pastor to the point where it is unlikely to be able to provide the recommended minimum compensation.

The purpose of this grant is to provide time for the District Superintendent to evaluate the viability of the congregation and decide upon a ministry plan that is appropriate for the church or charge. The District Superintendent shall provide a report on the viability and the ministry plan at the next Equitable Compensation meeting. Depending on the ministry plan adopted by the District Superintendent and the church or charge, it may be appropriate for the church or charge to provide monthly written status reports to the District Superintendent and Conference Treasurer. c. Emergency Grant – Available when a church or charge provides evidence that they will not be able to provide their full-time United Methodist pastor with the recommended minimum compensation. The purpose of this grant is to ensure that the pastor is properly cared for.

2) Churches or charges shall pay their apportionments in full during the years they receive salary support grant payments.

Churches or charges that do not comply with this shall not be considered for a Salary Support Grant the following year with the exception of Emergency Grants.

3) The maximum amount to be paid for Strategic Appointment Grants and Discernment Grants shall be $5,400 annually.

Grant payments to a church or charge shall be made monthly. A church or charge shall not receive Salary Support Grant payments for more than 36 consecutive months.

4) Salary Support Grant requests shall be submitted in writing to the District Superintendent and the Conference Treasurer. In order for Salary Support Grant payments to continue into a new calendar year, the written request must be updated and resubmitted.

5) The churches or charges receiving support will be listed in the Conference Journal.

Equitable Compensation Calculation: The Commission calculates the Equitable Compensation amount based on the conference average compensation. See calculations below:

Year

Full Connection Clergy

Less than Full Connection Clergy

2019 2018

66,035 x 65% = 42,923 63,616 x 65% = 41,350

66,035 x 62% = 40,942 63,616 x 62% = 39,442

2017

62,799 x 65% = 40,819

62,799 x 62% = 38,935

2016

61,169 x 65% = 39,760

61,169 x 62% = 37,925

2015

59,970 x 65% = 38,981

59,970 x 62% = 37,181

The charges which received Equitable Compensation support in 2017 were:

Bottineau, Burke/Herrrick, Jamestown Regional Parish, Kindred/Walcott, Lisbon/Enderlin, Mohall/Bowbells/Sherwood, Montrose, Murdo/Draper, Prairie View, Presho/Kennebec/Reliance, and Williston.

Pensions & Health Benefits Guidelines Adopted: 1996/Amended 2017 Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. Benefit Programs administered by the Dakotas Conference Board of Pensions include: • Health Insurance: The Board currently provides health insurance for eligible active clergy, retired clergy under the age of 65, lay employees, their families and surviving spouses through the “HealthFlex” plan offered by Wespath Benefits and Investments (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits). The Board recommended effective 1/1/2013, providing retirees with access to coverage through Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange) which will be facilitated by Wespath Benefits and Investments. This was voted on and approved at Annual Conference June 2012.

• Beginning in 2019, we moved to HealthFlex Exchange through Wespath giving active participant’s more coverage options. The participant’s share calculations will no longer be based on participant’s total compensation. Details were shared throughout 2018.

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Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP): CPP provides several benefits for eligible active clergy, retired clergy, their families and survivors. These include: o Disability benefits for clergy who are not able to perform full-time work as clergy for medical or behavioral health reasons. o Death benefits of lump-sum payments upon the death of a clergy, spouse, surviving spouse, or dependent child, a basic annuity rate for surviving spouses, an annual surviving child benefit for children under the age of 18, and an educational benefit for surviving children enrolled in school and under age 25. According to Wespath Benefits and Investments, “Clergy who retire under the 20 year rule are not eligible for CPP death benefits.”

Effective 1/1/2013 for those who retire 1/1/13 or after (CPP) Participant (retiree, retiree’s spouse, retiree’s surviving spouse, retiree’s child) Death Benefits will change to a flat dollar amount rather than a percentage of the Denomination Average Compensation in the year of death as was calculated previously. Death benefits for Active Participant will remain the same.

Effective 1/1/2017 the Dakotas Conference will make it mandatory that CPP participation will cover all full time, three quarter time ordained or in process of becoming clergy members, clergy on sabbatical, local pastors and members of other denominations (provided they are not covered under another denomination’s benefits).

• The Ministerial Reserve Pension Fund (Pre-1982 – MRPF): This “Defined Benefit” plan offers a benefit for each year of service before 1982. The annuity (Past Service) rate is adjusted according to the CAC (Conference Average Compensation • Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP): A defined contribution plan for service between January 1, 1982 and December 31, 2006. Effective January 1, 2007, no further contributions are paid into this plan. However, the Annual Conference is still responsible to guarantee the annuity amounts paid from the Ministerial Pension Plan.

• Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP): Approved by the 2012 General Conference, CRSP provides two levels of benefits for clergy effective 1/1/2014: a) a “Defined Benefit” (DB) component equal to 1.00% of the Denominational Average Compensation (DAC) at retirement for each year of credited service (1.25% of credited service from 2007-2013) and b) a “Defined Contribution” (DC) equal to 2% of a clergy’s plan compensation deposited into an investment account controlled by the clergyperson. In addition, the Church/salary paying unit will match participant contributions to the United Methodist Personal Investment Plan (UMPIP) up to 1% of compensation – and deposit those matching funds into participant CRSP DC accounts. Therefore, if a participant contributes at least 1% of compensation plus housing to UMPIP, his or her CRSP DC contributions will be 3% as was under the 2007-2013 CRSP plan. This plan change is effective January 1, 2014.

• Pension and Benefit Plans for Lay Employees: The Board of Pensions administers these plans; however, funding and enrollment for these plans are the responsibility of the employer (Annual Conference, UM related institution, or local church).

• United Methodist Personal Investment Plan (UMPIP): This voluntary plan is a 403(b) retirement savings and investment plan. If local churches, the annual conference, or UM related institutions are willing to become a plan sponsor, clergy and lay employees can make personal contributions to UMPIP without any “employer” contributions. The requirements to do this are very simple: complete the necessary application forms to be a PLAN SPONSOR, withhold an amount from the employee’s wages, and submit it to Wespath Benefits and Investments monthly on the employee’s behalf. Beginning in January 2018 the Dakotas Conference became Plan Sponsor for all clergy.

• UMPIP personal contributions: Beginning in January 2018 all clergy with an existing participant contribution election at a contribution rate that is lower than the default contribution rate of 3%, all clergy who are not making participant contributions, and all new clergy hires will be automatically enrolled in the UMPIP plan with a contribution rate of 3%. Participants will have the opportunity to opt-out. This will not affect participants that are already contributing 3% or more.

If clergy want to make sure they continue to receive the full 3% into their CRSP DC account they will need to participate and make personal contribution of a minimum 1% of their compensation plus housing into their UMPIP account.

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Adopted 1996/Amended 2016 Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. Conference Health Benefits Plan Eligibility To Participate And Premium Payment Rules For Active Pastor And Lay Employees ADMINISTRATION OF PENSION AND BENEFIT FUNDS: The Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. shall be responsible for the administration of the pension and other benefit funds of the Conference in accordance with THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE of The United Methodist Church. The conference health benefits plan will be provided through HealthFlex, a group plan under the auspices of Wespath Benefits & Investments (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) of The United Methodist Church.

MANDATORY CLERGY PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN: The Dakotas Annual Conference shall provide a conference health benefits plan for active United Methodist pastors under appointment by the presiding Bishop who meet eligibility requirements. Participation is mandatory for all United Methodist clergy appointed full time to a local church or to a unit of the conference when the conference is responsible for salary and benefits.

ELIGIBILITY FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN a. No active United Methodist pastor can participate in the Conference Health Benefits Plan if they are appointed/employed less than full‑time. b. A lay employee of a salary paying unit normally scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week inclusively in a calendar year and who has reached age 18 and who has been employed for at least one month shall be eligible for coverage in HealthFlex. c. Active participants who do not enroll during the initial 30-day eligibility period can enroll only during the annual open enrollment period and the pre-existing conditions provisions of the plan would then take effect. In addition, active participants who experience a special enrollment event may enroll mid-year. d. Participants appointed to medical leave and receiving CPP disability benefits may participate in the Conference Active Health Plan and will be responsible for paying the participant’s share as long as conference policy and rules permit. The participant’s share for 2016 and forward: 28% of participant’s actual premium, whether single or participant-plus-one or family will be paid to the conference office. e. Participants appointed to medical leave and applying for CPP disability benefits can participate up to four (4) months and will be responsible for the participant’s share as long as conference policy and rules permit. The participant’s share for 2016 and forward: 28% of participant’s actual premium, whether single or participant plus one or family will be paid to the conference office. Applications for extensions of the four (4) month time limit should be made to the Conference Benefits Officer for Executive Committee review and consideration. f.

Participants appointed to sabbatical leave may remain covered on the health plan for up to 12 months.

Participants after the 12 months are eligible for the 12 month Continuation Coverage provided by the plan.

Participants pay 100% of premium. g. Participants appointed to voluntary leave of absence/personal leave may remain covered on the health plan for up to 12 months. Participants after the 12 months are eligible for the 12 month Continuation Coverage provided by the plan. Participants pay 100% of premium. h. Participants appointed to voluntary leave of absence/transitional leave may remain covered on the health plan for up to 12 months. Participants after the 12 months are eligible for the 12 month Continuation Coverage provided by the plan. Participants pay 100% of premium. i. Participants appointed to voluntary leave of absence/family leave remain covered on the health plan for up to 12 months. Participants after the 12 months are eligible for the 12 month Continuation Coverage provided by the plan. Participants pay 100% of premium. j. Participants granted maternity/paternity leave will remain covered for the duration of the leave. Participant and salary paying unit will continue to pay their respective shares of premium for duration of leave. k. Participants appointed to involuntary leave may remain covered on the health plan for up to 12 months.

Participants after the 12 months are eligible for the 12 month Continuation Coverage provided by the plan.

Participants pay 100% of premium.

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Grant Policy: "In the event that a Conference health plan participant (clergy, surviving spouse, or lay employee) has a significant financial need related to medical costs, Conference Board of Pensions' grant funding may be available by applying to the Conference Benefits Officer. Participants in sub adoption agreement health plans who have a significant medical financial need may apply to their employer for assistance.” m. When both spouses of a clergy couple are appointed full-time to a local charge, it should be noted that each spouse be covered by a separate policy unless they have a qualifying dependent. In that case, they may be covered by a family policy. Clergy couples covered by a family policy will pay only one participant’s share (calculated on the salary of the spouse with the higher salary). Clergy couples on separate policies will each have a participant’s share. In either case, only one Direct Bill will be billed which may be split between the charges.

MONTHLY PAYMENT OF HEALTH BENEFIT PREMIUMS: The Conference Health Benefit Plan premium shall be remitted monthly to the conference Office of Finance and Administrative Services by: a. The church treasurer, who shall pay this amount from the church budget for the direct bill and deduct the appropriate amount from the participant's salary for the participant’s share. b. The Conference Director of Finance and Administrative Services shall deduct the appropriate amount from the participant's salaries paid by the Annual Conference. c. Treasurers of independent agencies enrolled in the conference health plan. d. Individuals who are responsible for payment of part or all of their premiums, but whose premiums are not paid by those listed in a. through c. above.

Conference Health Benefits Plan Eligibility To Participate For Retirees & Survivors (Clergy Or Lay) ADMINISTRATION OF PENSION AND BENEFIT FUNDS: The Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. shall be responsible for the administration of the pension and other benefit funds of the Conference in accordance with THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE of The United Methodist Church. The conference health benefits plan will be provided through HealthFlex Exchange (retirees under 65), a group plan under the auspices of Wespath Benefits & Investments (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) of The United Methodist Church and Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange) (retirees 65 and older), a Medicare Individual Supplement Insurance Exchange.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Conference Health Benefits Plan, HealthFlex Exchange (Retiree under 65)

To participate in this health plan of the Conference in retirement: CLERGY: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference in retirement, a person must have been an active clergy member of this Conference for at least five years immediately prior to retirement and a participant in HealthFlex for five (5) continuous uninterrupted years immediately prior to retirement LAY: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference in retirement, a person must have been for at least five years immediately prior to retirement either an active lay employee of this Conference or an active lay employee of a Conference-related institution and must be a participant in HealthFlex for five (5) continuous uninterrupted years immediately prior to retirement.

SURVIVORS: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference as a surviving spouse or surviving dependent, the person survived (the deceased participant) must have been participating in the health insurance plan of this Conference at the time of the participant’s death. Surviving dependent children remain eligible as long as the child remains dependent and is not eligible for health care through government programs.

SPOUSES: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference as a spouse the person must have been married to the clergy or lay employee prior to retirement and the clergy or lay employee is eligible to participate.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Conference Health Benefits Plan, Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange)

To participate in this health plan of the Conference in retirement: CLERGY: Shall be retiring as a member of the Dakotas Conference AND meet one of the following: a. Have been a member and on HealthFlex for five continuous years immediately prior to retirement; b. Was eligible but declined or dropped retiree HealthFlex coverage with 20+ years of service; c. Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire with less than five continuous years on HealthFlex immediately prior to retirement; d. Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while serving a charge part-time; e. Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while on Voluntary Leave of Absence;

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Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while under appointment of another Conference (346.1); Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while appointed to extension ministry under GBHEM (344.1b); Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while appointed to other extension ministries (344.1b); Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while appointed to extension ministry under GBGM (344.1c); Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while appointed to extension ministry within the Connectional Structure (344.1a); k. Have 20+ years of full-time service but retire while appointed to a church of another denomination (345); l. Have been approved by the Conference Board of Pensions because of exceptional circumstances.

LAY: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference in retirement, a person must have been for at least five years immediately prior to retirement either an active lay employee of this Conference or an active lay employee of a Conference-related institution and must be a participant in HealthFlex for five (5) continuous uninterrupted years immediately prior to retirement.

SURVIVORS: To be able to participate in the health plan of this Conference as a surviving spouse or surviving dependent, the person survived must have been participating in the health insurance plan of this Conference at the time of the participant’s death. Surviving dependent children remain eligible as long as the child remains dependent and is not eligible for health care through government programs.

Any retiree not participating in Social Security, i.e., who has opted out of Social Security, and thereby not covered by Medicare Part A and enrolled in Medicare Part B, will NOT be eligible to participate in the health plan of this Conference, through HealthFlex, Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange) or otherwise, in retirement. This does not prohibit a retiree’s spouse from participating if the spouse has NOT opted out of Social Security and is covered by Medicare Part A and enrolled in Medicare Part B. Rules and policies included in the adoption agreements between Wespath Benefits & Investments (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) of The United Methodist Church and the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church supersede these policies.

Conference Eligibility For Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Premium Support Funding For Retirees & Survivors (Clergy Or Lay)

Eligibility Rules for Receiving Funding in a Retiree Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) or through Premium Support

For determining eligibility, the following service qualifies as full-time service: clergy that are appointed in this Conference or within the connectional structure to a unit of this Conference or on CPP (disability) for which the annual conference has provided the pension contributions to either CRSP, MPP, or Pre-82. These changes will become effective 1/1/2017.

Elders, Associate Members, Provisionals, and Local Pastors: Sabbatical Leave (Âś352); Full-time local charge in Conference; Full-time within the Conference; CPP (disability) Any retiree not participating in the health plan of this Conference will NOT be eligible for receiving a retiree HRA or premium support.

In addition: a. CLERGY: To be eligible to receive a retiree HRA or premium support, a person must have the following years of full-time service: i. Persons retiring prior to 1/1/2016 must have 6 or more years of service. ii. Persons retiring from 1/1/2016 to 12/31/2019 must have 10 or more years of service. iii. Persons retiring from 1/1/2020 to 12/31/2023 must have 14 or more years of service. iv. Persons retiring from 1/1/2024 to 12/31/2025 must have 18 or more years of service. v. Persons retiring after 12/31/2025 must have 20 or more years of service. b. LAY: To be eligible to receive a retiree HRA or premium support, a person must have the following years of fulltime service as determined by their employment record: i. Persons retiring prior to 1/1/2016 must have 6 or more years of service. ii. Persons retiring from 1/1/2016 to 12/31/2019 must have 10 or more years of service. iii. Persons retiring from 1/1/2020 to 12/31/2023 must have 14 or more years of service. iv. Persons retiring from 1/1/2024 to 12/31/2025 must have 18 or more years of service. v. Persons retiring after 12/31/2025 must have 20 or more years of service.

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c. SURVIVORS, SPOUSES, AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN: Eligibility extends to the surviving spouse or, if no surviving spouse, the surviving dependent children of eligible clergy persons and lay employees at the same rate as the person that they survived. d. Retirees serving in retirement at a church that they have served during active status will not qualify for any fund due to IRS rules. However, once they have fully retired from serving or are serving a church that was not in their active service record will be eligible to receive funding. The funding that they would have earned when they official retired will then be put into their account as well.

Determining Amount of HRA Contributions and Premium Support

The amount for those persons eligible will be calculated based on: a. The person’s age as of January 1st (calculated to a quarter-year). For dependent children, the age of the clergy person or lay employee will be used. b. The years of full-time service as defined above in the eligibility rules section for clergy persons or the employment records for lay employees. For dependent children and spouses, the years of service of the clergy person or lay employee will be used. For clergy couples, the years of service of the spouse with the greater number of years of service will be used for both persons. c. Years of credit in place as of July 2012 will be grandfathered in to the HRA calculations.

An amount determined by the ratio of each participant’s individual calculations (age plus years of service minus the number 65) to the total of all individual calculations. Each participant’s individual ratio will be applied to the total amount available for contributions for the retiree’s HRA and premium support.

The total amount available for HRA contributions and premiums support will be determined by the Conference Board of Pensions as part of their annual budget recommendation.

For retirees age 65 and older that are on Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange), their amount will be deposited in an HRA administered through Via Benefits (formerly One Exchange).

For retirees under the age of 65 that are on HealthFlex Exchange, their premium support will reduce the amount of the premium that the retiree is responsible for. (e.g. In 2020, depending on the plan that is selected from the six plans that will be available, the premium will range from $7,488 up to $10,152 for single coverage; $14,232 up to $19,284 for 2 party coverage. The conference support will be based on the same calculations as though they were retired and 65 year or older. See the prior paragraph for explanation. This does not include any dental or advanced vision coverage that will also be available.

If a retiree is unable to pay the total participant’s share, the retiree may apply to the Conference Board of Pensions by contacting the Conference Benefits Officer for possible grant funding assistance.

General Rules and Policies regarding Health Care Benefits Rules and policies included in the HealthFlex Plan Documents and Adoptions Agreements between Wespath Benefits & Investments (formerly General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) of The United Methodist Church and the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church supersede these policies.

Specific Rules and Policies regarding Medical Reimbursement Accounts (MRA) and Dependent Care Accounts (DCA). If a participant fails to make the required contributions within sixty days of such notice, the plan sponsor may terminate the participant’s coverage effective the end of the month for which some partial contribution has been paid by the participant.

This may apply to a participant’s medical, dental, vision and medical/dependent reimbursement accounts as a group, or to just a medical reimbursement account and/or dependent care account. The plan sponsor need to complete an enrollment/change form showing declination of coverage on the participant, with the event date being the last date of the period for which partial payment was received. If participant later wants to accept coverage he/she must wait until the next annual election period to enroll for coverage beginning the following plan year. In addition, in order to re-enroll and select election, all outstanding premiums must be paid by the participant. The exception to this is if the participant or dependent experiences a special enrollment event as defined under the Health Information Protection and Portability Act (HIPAA).

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Divorced Spouses may continue to participate in HealthFlex for up to two (2) years if divorce decree does not stipulate a time period. Participant or Divorce Spouse pay 100% of the premium, depending on divorce decree stipulations.

Surviving spouses of clergy who are participating in the Conference Health Benefits Plan will receive reimbursement of their Medicare Part B premium. If a surviving spouse remarries, Medicare Part B reimbursement is reduced to 50%.

Questions regarding policy interpretation should be addressed to the Conference Benefits Officer, Conference Board of Pensions, for referral to, and decision by, that body.

Specific Rules regarding payment of direct billing to churches and participants (2001) If payment is not made on the direct billing to the church for both the churches’ direct bill and/or the participant’s direct bill, the following steps will be taken: After 30 days, a certified letter will be sent by the conference finance office to the applicable pastor/participant, church/charge treasurer, PPRC Chair, and applicable district superintendent inquiring about payment.

After 45 days, the applicable district superintendent will contact the applicable pastor/participant, church/charge treasurer, and PPRC Chair to inquire and encourage regarding payment.

Funding Policies RETIREE HEALTH FUNDING PLAN/ (HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS) To fund the Health Reimbursement Account contributions, the Board will use funds from three sources. It is the Board of Pensions hope that we will be able to increase the funding amount each year for our retirees: Funds that had been accumulated for the Retiree Health Liability.

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Earnings from the Frank Lynch and Georgia Lynch Trust.

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Each year a small percentage will be added to the Active Participant Share in the “Salary Ratio” 3. that the Active Participant Share is currently calculated. The amount generated by the additional 3% in 2018 will be directed to funding retiree health.

Care and Concern Fund: Care and Concern funds are available to the cabinet on a case-by-case basis. The case shall be presented by the Cabinet for approval by the Executive Committee of the Board of Pensions as to the need for these funds. A report shall be given to the full Board of Pensions on any cases. These funds shall be of a last resort after all other options have been explored including the use of cabinet emergency funds. The purpose of this fund is to assist: A) pastors exiting from ministry and B) caring for extreme health and well-being issues. At the end of the calendar year any leftover cabinet emergency funds shall be transferred to replenish the Care and Concern fund. To date, Lynch Trust Funds Policy The Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. is the entity within the Dakotas Conference structure that has “charge of the interests and work of providing for and contributing to the support, relief, assistance, and pensioning of clergy and their families, other church workers, and lay employees of the institutions, organizations, and agencies within” the Dakotas Annual Conference, (2012 Book of Discipline, ¶639).

The Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. is the successor of the Conference Claimants Fund and therefore is the entity responsible for administering funds today that are dedicated to the same purpose as the “Conference Claimants Fund” of the Methodist Episcopal Church [and the Methodist Church] as outlined in the will of Frank Lynch. As stated in the [will and codicil of Frank and Georgia Lynch], their intention in making their gift to the Conference Claimants Fund was to provide for the benefit and welfare of “worn out preachers.”

Therefore, it is the policy of the Dakotas Annual Conference, that when the principals of the Frank Lynch Trust and the Georgia Lynch Trust are distributed, the Dakotas Conference Board of Pension & Health Benefits shall be the Conference entity to receive and exercise stewardship over both the principal and the existing and subsequent earnings of those Trusts.

On receipt of the disbursed Trusts’ assets, the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. shall deposit those assets in its accounts held on its behalf by Wespath Benefits and Investments (formerly General Board of Pension & Health Benefits) of The United Methodist Church. At the time of receipt, the Treasurer of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. in consultation with the Board’s Executive Committee shall determine where in the Wespath (formerly General Board) accounts to deposit the assets.

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Subsequent movement and investment of the assets shall be made in accordance with then-current policies and practices of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. On receipt of the assets, the initial principal amount shall be held by the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. as an endowment. Release from endowment status of any funds shall be made only after consideration by and decision of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. and consistently with the [will and codicil of Frank and Georgia Lynch].

All earnings generated by the Lynch Trusts Assets Endowment shall be allocated to the support, relief, assistance, and pensioning of clergy of the Dakotas Annual Conference as determined by decision of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. Earnings generated by the Lynch Trusts Assets Endowment that are included in the annual budget recommendation of the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc. shall be expended consistently with the [will and codicil of Frank and Georgia Lynch] as recommended by the Board of Pensions of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Inc., and adopted by the Dakotas Annual Conference.

Guidelines for Applying for Disability Benefits Amended: June 2017 Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church, Conference Board of Pensions Initiation of the disability application process should begin with the applicant. In emergency situations, it may be 1. initiated by the custodian or designee of the applicant or by the District Superintendent in whose district the applicant serves.

District Superintendent contacts Conference Benefits Officer to verify CPP eligibility of applicant.

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If CPP eligible then CBO or DS will contact Joint Committee on Incapacity and Cabinet of request.

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Application shall proceed using the forms provided by Wespath Benefits & Investments which will be provided, when 4. so requested, by the Conference Benefits Officer. The forms shall be sent to the District Superintendent who shall serve as primary contact in the initial stages of application or directly to CBO if approved by District Superintendent.

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The Superintendent or CBO, if directed by DS shall prepare the file by ensuring that materials which will include (but are not restricted to) the following are enclosed: signed request for disability application; written statement from the Superintendent endorsing the disability with citation from parish consultations; other supporting documentation that may be germane to a special situation.

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Once the applicant has completed all the necessary forms they shall then be sent to the Conference Benefits Officer for approval and signature on appropriate forms on behalf of the Conference Board of Pensions. The CBO in turn will send the appropriate form for approval and signature to the Convener of the Joint Committee on Disability or the Chair of Board of Ordained Ministry if no such committee established.

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The Convener or Chair of Board of Ordained Ministry shall arrange for either a face-to-face meeting or other communication setting with the Joint Committee on Medical Leave (chair and vice chair or other committee member of BOM, Chair and Executive Secretary of BOP and District Superintendent for applicant) to review the application process for applicant.

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The Convener or Chair of Board of Ordained Ministry will contact the District Superintendent, full Board of Ordained Ministry, full Board of Pensions of the Committee’s action and recommendation on Medical Leave process. If the decision is to “not endorse”, the Superintendent, after consultation with the applicant, may request that the file be forwarded to Wespath.

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Assuming endorsement and support by the Joint Committee, the Convener or Chair of BOM will add signature to the application form and record recommendation for file and send form to the Conference Benefits Officer, who in turn will submit the form to Wespath for application approval by the current disability insurance company.

The applicant shall be notified by the CBO that the application and supporting materials have been submitted to 10.

Wespath.

Participants newly appointed to medical leave and in the process of applying for Comprehensive Protection Plan 11.

(CPP) disability benefits as outlined above will be paid by the Conference for up to four (4) months as disability benefits a monthly amount calculated from the greater of: a) 70% of their plan compensation in their appointment immediately prior to appointment to medical leave, or b) 40% of the Denominational Average Compensation in effect at the time of appointment to medical leave. (See the “Resolutions Relating to Rental/Housing Allowances for Active, Retired, Disabled, or Former Clergypersons of the Dakotas Conference” published elsewhere in this Journal for the designation of this amount as Housing

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Allowance.) The monthly Conference disability benefit will cease upon approval of CPP disability benefits as described in that Plan’s Document or upon disapproval of CPP benefits, whichever happens first within the time limit stated earlier. In extraordinary situations application for extension of the four (4) month time limit should be made to the Conference Benefits Officer for Executive Committee review and consideration.”

Vacation and Time Off Policy Amended 2015

Vacation Vacation is a vital and important part of human health and renewal. The Charge will pay for the pulpit supply for vacation Sundays. In order to ensure the health of our Spirit-led missional leaders, the Dakotas Conference mandates that each charge shall grant full time appointed clergy at least, but not limited to the following amount of paid vacation during each appointment year.

Four (4) weeks, including four Sundays, for a total of 28 days. Parishes may choose to grant more than four weeks considering years of service in ministry, family needs, or other variables. All such agreements shall be agreed to in writing between the pastor and pastor/staff parish relations committee.

Clergy with a less than a full time appointment shall be granted at least the number of vacation: Quarter Time appointed clergy shall receive one (1) week including four Sundays for a total of 10 days.

Half Time appointed clergy shall receive two (2) weeks including four Sundays for a total of 16 days.

Three-quarter Time appointed clergy shall receive three (3) weeks including four Sundays for a total of 22 days.

Continuing Education Continuing Education is a vital and important part of leadership development for Spirit-led missional leaders. Continuing Education time is not to be confused with vacation. Vacation is for rest and recharging. Continuing Education is for professional and spiritual development. Each Charge will grant its appointed clergy (full or part-time) two weeks, including one Sunday, for a total of 11 days for the purpose of continuing education and professional improvement during each appointment year. The Charge will pay for the pulpit supply for the continuing education Sunday.

Annual Conference All clergy are expected to attend all sessions of the Annual Conference. The Sunday immediately after Annual Conference is a travel/rest day and is not vacation or continuing education time. The Charge will pay the travel, registration and per diem expense for its clergy and lay members attending Annual Conference. The Charge will pay for the pulpit supply for Conference Sunday.

Connectional Responsibilities Clergy, as members of the Annual Conference will have connectional responsibilities (e.g. meetings of the Annual, Jurisdictional or General Conference Boards and agencies, Conference Camps, etc.). Time spent on these responsibilities will not be counted as vacation time or continuing education. Clergy will inform the Pastor/Staff Parish Relations Committee of time needed for these responsibilities.

Weekly Days Off Clergy are expected to take holidays and at least one day off each week. Up to five days of “compensation time” may be accumulated to be taken at another time, not to include a Sunday. Clergy will inform the Pastor/Staff Parish Relations Committee when “compensation time” is taken.

Additional Time Away Any additional time for personal reasons or for educational purposes will be negotiated with the Clergy, the Pastor/Staff Parish Relations Committee, in consultation with the District Superintendent. It is recommended a written agreement be developed and signed for purpose of clarity and understanding. The vacation and time off policy applies to the Conference leadership clergy as well as the clergy serving local church charges.

Clergy Continuing Education Policies Amended 1996 The Board of Ordained Ministry of the Dakotas Annual Conference makes available $600.00 per quadrennium for each: Elder or Deacon member of the conference in full connection, Probationary member of the conference,

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Diaconal minister who is a member of conference, and Licensed Local Pastor who has completed the Conference Course of Study.

Each clergy person is required to complete eight Continuing Education credits each quadrennium or two credits per year. One CEU/CSU shall be the equivalent of: -Twenty hours of supervised reading/reflection in a knowledge-competency area agreed upon by pastor and PPR. (No more than one CEU/CSU can be given by this route in one year.)

-Ten contact hours under qualified leadership. (An hour spent with an instructor or a course, workshop, or seminar.)

The term CSU stands for Conference Standard Unit, which may be used in lieu of Continuing Education Units (CEU).

CEUs often require that a fee be paid to a college or university. CSUs do not. CSUs reflect study time, but might not reflect formal credits outside our conference.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING FOR A CONTINUING EDUCATION GRANT Determine and select the desired event. Each clergy person is to think through her/his needs and desires concerning continuing education and consult with their PPRC concerning observed needs. Out of that reflection choose what best fits the needs for this period of time.

Use the CE Grant application form describing the event and listing number of CEUs available. Include a copy of the brochure or material describing the event and send it to the continuing education officer of the BOM. The request will then be processed by the continuing education officer. If there are questions, the CE officer will clarify them before processing the request. When completed, the request will be sent on for payment to the clergy person.

General Expectations of the Board Regarding Continuing Education Funds and Events:

Should an event be selected that does not grant CEUs, material describing “contact hours” within that event should be sent to the continuing education officer. Should a clergy member be assigned after the beginning of a quadrennium, the CE grant amount available will be prorated to the years left in the quadrennium. Each clergy member is encouraged to receive one-half (4) of her/his units outside the Annual Conference offerings. Each January the clergy member is asked to submit a summary of continuing education experiences and units earned. This report is to be sent to the continuing education officer.

Continuing Education forms can be found on our website: www.dakotasumc.org Mail to: Lori Broschat, 1502 5th Ave. NE, Devils Lake, ND 58301 (701) 662-2873 lbroschat@gmail.com CONTINUING EDUCATION FUNDING REQUEST FORM Dakotas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry 2017-2020 Quadrennium NAME_________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER_________________________________ PHONE___________________________ CONFERENCE RELATIONSHIP___________________________________________________ NAME OF PROGRAM OR EVENT________________________________________________ (Please include copy of descriptive brochure.)

PLACE OF PROGRAM OR EVENT___________________________________________ DATES_________________ COSTS Tuition_________________ Lodging_________________ Other___________________ Meals__________________ Books___________________ FUNDING BOM FUNDS REQUESTED____________________________ (Please send receipts to Conference Finance Office after event.)

Personal Contribution___________________ Parish Contribution_____________________ Total___________________ NUMBER OF CEU/CSU’s EARNED FROM THIS EVENT___________________________ CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT REPORTING FORM Dakotas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry 2017-2020 Quadrennium

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NAME_______________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ CHURCH_____________________________________________________________________ EVENT_______________________________________________________________________ LOCATION____________________________ DATES______________________________ NUMBER OF CREDITS__________________ If the event does not list a specific number of credits, the general ratio is one credit unit for every 6-8 hours of course work or study. To receive credit for a Continuing Education event photo-copy this page, fill in the information and send to the person listed below.

Credit can be given whether or not funds were requested.

Reminder: these units also need to be reported on a pastor’s annual MOVE/STAY for District Superintendent’s records. Lori Broschat, Continuing Education Coordinator, 1502 5th Ave. NE, Devils Lake, ND 58301 (701) 662-2873 lbroschat@gmail.com Student Aid Guidelines Revised: 2017 by the Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) The Ministerial Student Aid Fund (MSAF) is available for seminary and course of study students related to the Dakotas Annual Conference (DAC). The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance for a student’s seminary education through loans and debt reduction grants.

1. SEMINARY FORGIVABLE LOANS 1. Eligibility. Any seminary student related to the DAC who is a certified candidate for ministry enrolled and completing satisfactory work at a recognized seminary toward the completion of a M.Div. Degree (or degree in specialized ministry) is eligible to receive aid from MSAF. A recognized seminary is defined as a seminary properly recognized and approved by the University Senate of The United Methodist Church.

A. Aid from the MSAF will be provided after the student has consulted with the loan officer of the seminary. Aid will not be made beyond the basic seminary (or specialized) degree (M.Div. or other) and/or reception into full membership in the Conference.

B. Loan approval is contingent upon full-time satisfactory progress being made toward the completion of the appropriate Degree.

C. The DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. will make the final decision regarding loan approval, and the applicant will be bound by that decision.

2. Process. Funds provided to a student through the MSAF are first given on a loan basis. Students must sign a promissory note indicating their commitment to repay the loan under the terms and conditions of the note before the aid is given. Should certain conditions be met, all or a portion of the principal and interest due on a loan will be forgiven by service in the Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church. Conditions for forgiving the loan are outlined in number six below.

3. Loan Maximums.

A. The DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. will set the yearly maximum aid available. The amount will be published in the Journal.

B. The DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. will set a Forgivable loan Cap for aid available to a student while in seminary.

In special circumstances, matching aid scholarship, additional loan/grant aid may be granted. The additional aid will be subtracted from available debt-reduction aid available to the individual. If insufficient funds are available to meet all MSAF requests, approved applicants will receive aid in proportion to the funds available. Second- and third-year students shall be given priority.

C. Loans for the second, third, or fourth years in seminary will be approved only as a new loan upon receipt of the completed application and promissory note, (see number four below).

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4. Applications. Students may apply for MSAF assistance by completing and signing the following forms: a) MSAF Loan Application; and b) MSAF Promissory Note.

A. An application for aid will not be approved until the two documents listed above are properly completed and submitted to the Conference Loan Officer. The forms listed above may be obtained from the Conference Loan Officer.

B. Applications for aid may be made at any time. In addition, an application for aid may be submitted as many times as needed until the yearly maximum aid or the forgivable loan cap for a student has been reached.

5. Loan Repayment Provisions. The total of loans made to the student during his or her seminary education career will become due and payable upon graduation from seminary with a M.Div. Degree or other appropriate degree. Interest will begin to accrue upon the student’s graduation from seminary with the appropriate degree or immediately after any of the circumstances defined in 5A through 5G have occurred (see below). The DAC Board of Ordained Ministry will determine interest rates and Yearly Minimum Payments required. Payments will begin within six months after graduation or within six months after any of the circumstance defined in 5A through 5G have occurred. Principal and interest payments will continue until the loan is fully paid. Payment schedules will be prepared by the Conference Director of Finance. Loan payments will be made to and the accounting thereof will reside with the Conference Office of Finance and Administrative Services.

A. The DAC Board of Ordained Ministry will make the final determination as to whether or not the aid recipient will repay the loan. The aid recipient is bound by the Board’s decision regarding the repayment of his or her loan.

B. The Loan will be repaid in the following circumstances: i. If the aid recipient receives an appointment in an annual conference other than the Dakotas Annual Conference (DAC). ii. If the aid recipient refuses to accept an appointment by the Dakotas Area Bishop within the boundaries of the DAC. iii. If the aid recipient requests and receives a leave of absence, sabbatical leave or honorable location. iv. If the aid recipient is refused admission to the DAC by the Conference Clergy or other Conference bodies as prescribed by The Discipline of The United Methodist Church and the Standing Rules of the Dakotas Conference. v. If the aid recipient is placed in an appointment beyond the local church by the Dakotas Area Bishop where the location of that appointment is outside the boundaries of the DAC. vi. If the aid recipient leaves seminary regardless of his/her intention to complete degree. vii. If the aid recipient’s membership in the conference is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated or if aid recipient no longer continues as a certified candidate for ordained ministry.

6. Service Conversion Privilege. The aid recipient may earn forgiveness of portions of the loan under the following circumstances: A. After completion of the appropriate degree, the principal of the loan may be forgiven at a rate per year determined by the DAC Board of Ordained Ministry with no interest accrual while the recipient is serving an appointment under the authority of the Dakotas i. Area Bishop within the boundaries of the DAC. Forgiveness will be granted yearly at Annual Conference. ii. The DAC Board of Ordained Ministry will make the final determination as to whether or not the forgiveness privilege will be offered to the aid recipient. The aid recipient is bound by the Board’s decision regarding the forgiveness privilege.

If the aid recipient has been previously extended the forgiveness privilege but leaves the Dakotas Annual Conference for any reason or otherwise falls within the provision of 5A through 5G above, the grant will revert back to cash repayment of the remaining principal balance with interest as required under the provisions of number five above.

2. COURSE OF STUDY AND KAIROS FORGIVABLE LOANS A. Some persons seek to serve in the Annual Conference through the approved Course of Study as outlined The United Methodist Discipline. Student Aid funds are available for Course of Study and Kairos students. Student Aid funds are available for Course of Study and Kairos students. All aspects of the forgoing Student Aid Policy apply to those pursuing Course of Study or Kairos with the following exceptions/clarifications.

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i. Course of Study and Kairos students will be eligible for the Yearly Maximum Aid as determined by the DAC Board of Ordained Ministry or actual expenses, whichever is less, at a 75/25 reimbursement ratio. The DAC Board of Ordained Ministry through MSAF will cover 75% of eligible expenses. The remaining 25% will be covered by the student, the student’s continuing education funds as a local pastor, and/or by local church sponsorships. ii. Eligible expenses include tuition and fees, books, room and board, subject to conference per diem, and travel (at conference rate paid to a maximum of the cost of travel to one of the three closest United Methodist Seminaries — Iliff, Garrett-Evangelical, St. Paul’s - with additional travel expenses left to the candidate). iii. Course of Study, Advanced Course of Study and Kairos students will be eligible for an overall cap as determined by the DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. . iv. Special situations of need may be appealed to the DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. 3. EDUCATIONAL DEBT REDUCTION GRANTS FOR NEW PROVISIONAL AND ORDAINED PASTORS A. Provisional members of the Dakotas Conference may be eligible to receive up to a Yearly Maximum as determined by the DAC Board of Ordained Ministry per year for up to six successive years for educational debt retirement.

Eligibility continues after Elder’s/Deacon’s ordination. The following stipulations determine eligibility. i. All educational requirements for Elder’s/Deacon’s Orders have been completed. ii. The applicant must be in a full-time appointment within the bounds of the Dakotas Annual Conference, however, less-than-full-time appointments may receive grants on a pro rata basis. Appointments to attend school do not qualify. Debt-reduction grant will cease with any termination of relationship with the DAC, or appointment outside the bounds of the conference. iii. The applicant will supply evidence of educational debt related to ministerial education. iv. Debt-reduction grant is considered a forgivable loan and must be repaid or forgiven by service in the conference on a yearly basis. Yearly debt-reduction forgiveness (per the levels of aid stated below) will apply only after requirements for forgiveness or repayment have been satisfied for any outstanding seminary, COS, or Kairos forgivable loans. Exception to this policy may be approved by the DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. Application forms must be requested annually from the conference loan officer. Debt reduction grant decisions will be made by the Board of Ordained Ministry Ministerial Student Aid/Finance Group. v. Special situations of need may be appealed to the DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY. 4. LEVELS OF AID A. The DAC BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY established the following levels of aid (2017): i.

Yearly forgivable loan maximum $2,000 ii.

Seminary Forgivable Loan Cap $6,000 iii.

Course of Study Overall Cap $9,000 iv.

Repayment Interest Rate 7% v.

Yearly Minimum Payments $500 vi.

Yearly Forgiveness $2,000 for Seminary and COS Loan/Grants vii.

Yearly Debt Reduction $1,000 viii.

Overall Debt Reduction $6,000 Dakotas Conference UMC—Office of Leadership Development 1331 W. University Ave, Box 460 Mitchell, SD 57301 (605) 990-7796 - dakumcom@dakotasumc.org Clergy Ethics for Retired Pastors in Relation to the Local Church and Appointed Pastors Adopted by Board of Ordained Ministry on March 14, 2006 Affirmed by the Executive Session on June 8, 2006 -Remember, the Retired Pastor is not the Appointed Pastor of this parish.

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-Let the Appointed Pastor know your desires as to leadership responsibilities within the church; but, except under exceptional circumstances, Retired Pastors should not accept official church structure offices...chairing boards or committees which rightly belong to the laity. Establish a covenant between the Appointed and Retired Pastors regarding those agreed upon responsibilities and share that covenant with the Staff Parish Relations Committee.

-Priestly functions and associated counseling are the responsibility of the Appointed Pastor. In special circumstances Retired Pastors may assist or perform funerals, weddings and baptism at the invitation of the Appointed Pastor.

-Retired Pastors shall not perform worship services within the bounds of a pastoral charge without permission of the appointed Pastor or District Superintendent. (¶341.4, The Book of Discipline) -If the Retired Pastor is a former pastor of the parish, do not pass on any negative opinions about persons or the church to the Appointed Pastor. When the Appointed Pastor asks for information, respond to those questions as fully as you wish.

-If the Retired Pastor feels their Appointed Pastor is in error, talk to the pastor. If you do not receive an adequate response, talk to the District Superintendent. Never discuss these issues related to the Appointed Pastor with the laity. If you feel you cannot continue under that Appointed Pastor’s ministry, change churches.

-Be tolerant of different styles of ministry and be tolerant of occasional mistakes and errors by the Appointed Pastor.

-Encourage parishioners to talk to the Appointed Pastor in pastoral care situations. Tell the parishioner that you will support them as a Christian friend, but they should use the Appointed Pastor as pastor. In limited situations referral to the Retired Pastor by the Appointed Pastor may be appropriate.

-When visiting in pastoral care situations, the Retired Pastor should make it clear that s/he is representing her/ himself and not the church or pastor. It is appropriate to make hospital calls as a friend anytime.

-Before making a hospital or nursing home visit that may be construed as a pastoral call, give the Appointed Pastor a chance to make the first call.

-Do not expect to use church facilities without going through proper channels.

-Make annual reports to Charge Conference and Cabinet.

If you are in doubt about any of this, consult the District Superintendent.

Clergy Ethics for Appointed Pastors in Relationship to Retired Pastors Adopted by Board of Ordained Ministry on March 14, 2006 Affirmed by the Executive Session on June 8, 2006 -Remember, the appointed pastor is the pastor for these clergy members and their families of your appointed parish.

-Welcome the newly retired pastor to the congregation and affirm their ministry career.

-The appointed pastor should be aware that newly retired pastors/spouses may be going through a stressful time of adjustment in their lives and they may need pastoral care in that regard.

-The appointed pastor may wish to ask the Retired Pastor if they are interested in continuing in any areas of ministry. Establish an informal covenant regarding these areas of responsibility agreed upon and share that covenant with the Staff Parish Relations Committee. Remember, the Retired Pastor’s spouse and family are laity with the same opportunities of service as any other laity.

-The Appointed Pastor may use the Retired Pastor in areas they can contribute to the life of the church being sensitive to their needs to use their gifts and talents.

-For those Retired Pastors who wish to continue to contribute ministry to the life of the local church, the Appointed Pastor may find valuable services for the Retired Pastor to perform.

-Respect the wishes of some Retired Pastors to really be retired from the ministerial functions.

-The appointed pastor should not be hypersensitive to Retired Pastor’s pastoral care for friends or colleagues.

-The appointed pastor should remember that they have been given the responsibility for the care of the congregation and not shift too much of that pastoral care to willing Retired Pastors.

-With the permission of the retired clergy, report to the district superintendent any retired clergy family illness or death.

If you are in doubt about any of this, consult the District Superintendent.

Sexual Misconduct Policy Adopted June 2012 Statement of Policy and Commitment

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Clergy and laity in ministerial roles, lay employees and volunteers of the Dakotas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (hereafter referred to as Dakotas Conference) shall not engage in sexual abuse, sexual harassment, gender harassment or sexual misconduct, as defined by The Book of Discipline (BOD) of The UMC, state, federal and tribal law. In both North Dakota and South Dakota certain acts of sexual misconduct by members of the clergy are defined as crimes. Further the Dakotas Conference bears affirmative responsibility to create an environment of hospitality for all persons, male or female, which is free of these sins and encourages respect, equality and kinship in Christ. The Dakotas Conference will not condone or tolerate instances of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, gender harassment, or sexual abuse and is committed to a prompt and thorough investigation of allegations, in compliance with the BOD. Biblical and Theological Foundation The Dakotas Conference is committed to the prevention of sexual misconduct in any form and to justly address allegations of the same. We believe that every person is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), that all Christians are equal in Christ (Galatians 3:26-28), and that we are called to love our neighbors as well as enemies (Matthew 5:42). “Contrary to the nurturing community, sexual harassment creates improper, coercive, and abusive conditions wherever it occurs in society.

Sexual harassment undermines the social goal of equal opportunity and the climate of mutual respect between men and women.” (BOD, ¶161.J). Furthermore, “Violent, disrespectful, or abusive sexual expressions do not confirm sexuality as God’s good gift.” (BOD, ¶161.I).

Definitions 1. “Sexual misconduct within ministerial relationships is a betrayal of sacred trust. It is a continuum of unwanted sexual or gender-directed behaviors by either a lay or clergy person within a ministerial relationship (paid or unpaid). It can include child abuse, adult sexual abuse, harassment, rape or sexual assault, sexualized verbal comments or visuals, unwelcome touching and advances, use of sexualized materials including pornography, stalking, sexual abuse of youth or those without capacity to consent, or misuse of the pastoral or ministerial position using sexualized conduct to take advantage of the vulnerability of another.” (Book of Resolutions—BOR, p. 776). Furthermore, “the use of pornography in church programs, on church property by persons in ministerial roles (lay and clergy) is a form of sexual misconduct.” (BOR, p.

777) 2. “Sexual harassment is a form of sexual misconduct and defined in ¶161J. To further clarify, [it is] any unwanted sexual or gender-directed comment, advance, or demand, either verbal or physical, that is reasonably perceived by the recipient as demeaning, intimidating, or coercive. ... Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, the creation of a hostile or abusive working environment resulting from discrimination on the basis of gender.” (BOD, ¶161.J). “[I]t is unwanted sexual or gender-directed behavior within a pastoral, employment, ministerial (including volunteers), mentor, or colleague relationship that is so severe or pervasive that it alters the conditions of employment or volunteer work or unreasonably interferes with the employee or volunteer’s performance by creating a hostile environment that can include unwanted sexual jokes, repeated advances, touching, displays, or comments that insult, degrade, or sexually exploit women, men, elders, children, or youth.” (BOR, p. 776-777) 3. “Gender harassment is unwelcome or unwanted conduct which is gender specific, either cross gender or same gender.

Although not specifically “sexual,” gender harassment may be recognized in patterns of behavior creating a hostile or abusive working environment. Both sexual and gender harassment are exploitations of power and are discriminatory by law.” (GCFA Legal Manual, p. III-45: http://www.gcfa.org/gcfa-legal-manual 4. “Sexual abuse [in ministry] is a form of sexual misconduct and occurs when a person within a ministerial role of leadership (lay or clergy, pastor, educator, counselor, youth leader, or other position of leadership) engages in sexual contact or sexualized behavior with a congregant, client, employee, student, staff member, coworker, or volunteer.” (BOR, p. 777) 5. Clergy and laity in ministerial roles shall include clergy as defined by the ¶142, retired clergy members of the annual conference, and any other person in a ministerial role as explained and illustrated on p. 778 of the BOR. 6. Pornography is defined in ¶161Q. Abuse of Power Sexual abuse within the ministerial relationship involves a betrayal of sacred trust, a violation of the ministerial role and exploitation of those who are vulnerable. Similarly, sexual and gender harassment are usually understood as exploitations of power relationships rather than as exclusively sexual or gender issues. This does not mean that clergy could never be the victim of sexual harassment or sexual abuse by laity. (See BOD, ¶605.8) Implementation

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Clergy and laity in ministerial roles (including retired clergy), lay employees, and volunteers of the Dakotas Conference shall be provided a copy of this policy through the Dakotas Conference Journal and website, the Conference Office, and Human Resources Handbook. Training information shall be available to assist in the understanding and implementation of this policy.

Making a Complaint Some instances of harassment can be resolved informally by conversation between the parties or facilitated mediation. In all other instances, if a violation of this policy is witnessed, or in good faith thought to have occurred, it shall be reported immediately to one of the offices listed below To make a complaint, contact one of the following and say, “I am calling to make a complaint of sexual misconduct”: District Superintendent, Northeast District 701-639-0317 District Superintendent, Northwest District 701-391-2340 District Superintendent, Southeast District 605-334-5248 District Superintendent, Southwest District 605-580-5049 Executive Director of Ministries 605-990-7791 Office of the Bishop, Dakotas-Minnesota Area 612-870-4007 Honest and good faith complaints are welcomed. Clergy and laity in ministerial roles (including retired clergy), lay employees, and volunteers of the Dakotas Conference are required to report immediately any reasonable suspicion of harassment, abuse or misconduct to the appropriate person except when knowledge would violate confidentiality between pastor and parishioner.

The Dakotas Conference, including the aforementioned persons, will not retaliate against any person who brings forward a complaint. Prompt and appropriate investigation and corrective action will be taken, including discipline pursuant to the BOD, state federal, and /or tribal law. Persons who make false accusations will be held accountable. Nothing in this policy shall be construed to waive pastor-parishioner privilege.

“All clergy of The United Methodist Church are charged to maintain all confidences inviolate, including confessional confidences, except in the cases of suspected child abuse or neglect or in cases where mandatory reporting is required by civil law.” (BOD ¶341.5) Clergy and laity in ministerial roles (including retired clergy), lay employees, and volunteers of the Dakotas Conference will follow any applicable mandatory reporting laws. There is potential for conflict between the obligations imposed under church law and state law, and in these cases legal advice should be sought.

Information Sharing While the Dakotas Conference cannot guarantee absolute confidentiality, it seeks to make every reasonable effort to maintain confidence by disclosing information about the complaint only on a “need to know” basis as necessary to promote God’s call for justice, reconciliation and healing.

Commitment to Justice and Healing The Dakotas Conference will take appropriate corrective action upon completion of an investigation and affirms the goals of reconciliation and resolution, leading to justice and healing for all parties involved.

I have read and affirm my understanding of this policy.

Signature __________________________________ _ Date_________________________________ Separation/Divorce Guidelines for Ordained Clergy Adopted: 1995 AFFIRMATION OF MARRIAGE The Church has traditionally supported marriage and we continue to affirm it as a viable institution, even in the midst of social change. We lift up the statement of the 1984 General Conference: “We affirm the sanctity of the marriage covenant which is expressed in love, mutual support, personal commitment, and shared fidelity between a man and a woman. We believe that God’s blessing rests upon such marriage, whether or not there are children of the union. We reject social norms that assumed different standards for women than for men in marriage.”

(The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 1984, ¶71c) And -- we live with the paradox reflected in the continuation of the same paragraph: “Where marriage partners, even after thoughtful consideration and counsel, are estranged beyond reconciliation, we recognize divorce as regrettable but recognize the right of the divorced persons to remarry. We express our deep concern for the care of nurture of the children of divorced or remarried persons. We encourage that either or both of the divorced parents be considered for custody of the minor children of

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the marriage. We encourage an active, adapting, and enabling commitment of the church and our society to the members of divorced families.” (The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 1984, ¶71d) We affirm that when persons enter into marriage, they enter into a covenant relationship which God has blessed. That relationship is meant to be an unbroken relationship in which two persons commit themselves not only to each other, but to the growth and development of the other’s unique gifts.

Even in the best of situations, finding marital fulfillment demands tireless effort. People change. No marriage can remain static and be viable. Marriage enrichment seminars, clergy and spouse life planning seminars, and in-depth sharing provide opportunities for continued growth.

THE STRUGGLE TO FULFILL THE MARRIAGE COVENANT Clergy are expected to model exemplary marital relationships. The covenant relationship -- spouse to spouse, and clergy to clergy — offers significant strength and spiritual resources for fulfilling the marriage vows. Churches and clergy also must remember that all persons are vulnerable to the same pressures of society. Clergy and spouses are humans, with strengths and weaknesses, who make wise decisions and commit errors in judgment.

Clergy are human beings. As such, they are vulnerable to failure and mistakes as are any other person. The social pressures that affect the family today also affect clergy families. Church and society make demands upon clergy’s time and energies which, when personal life is not nurtured, can be destructive. In addition, persons change as they live life. Such change can be a challenge to marriage relationships.

When minister and spouse find themselves experiencing destructive marital stress, they must respond to the signals with appropriate action. Clergy need to follow the advice they give to others: Seek help! They should not isolate their pain from others or seek to deny its reality.

Other clergy persons, secular resources, the District Superintendent, or friends offer resources for the healing and enriching of marriage. A list of qualified counselors in your district may be obtained from each District Superintendent. Experience indicates that patterns of evasion often create catastrophic results and people seek to meet their personal needs in counterproductive relationships and work patterns.

THE REALITY OF SEPARATION/DIVORCE The United Methodist Church has dealt with the concept of divorce in its statement in Paragraph 71d (stated under Section I of these guidelines).

Further, it is our attempt to permit separation/divorce without advocating it. For clergy, divorces are a reality. They are filled with anguish and clouded with ambiguity, as are all marital separations or divorces.

Our history as an Annual Conference has been for the Bishop and Cabinet to deal with each separation/ divorce occurrence individually, but without publicly stating procedures or generally understood expectations and intents. The guidelines put forth here have emerged from consultation among the Bishop, the Cabinet, and the Board of Ordained Ministry over an extended period of time. They are the public declaration of the process and understandings that will inform the case-by-case evaluation of the ministry of clergy who are approaching separation/divorce. The procedures reflect the couple’s network of relationships touched by clergy divorce: family, colleagues, local congregations, and professional relationship to the Conference.

Articulation of guidelines to be observed when separation/divorce is chosen by clergy is in no way to be interpreted as Dakotas Annual Conference’s diminishing the integrity of the marriage covenant as a lifetime commitment. Rather, the development of a process is an attempt to nurture responsible behavior in the face of marital stress/behavior that may lead to reconciliation or to mature and honorable steps toward termination of marriage. The intent is to preserve the honor of the marriage covenant and the ordination vows, and set forth a responsible method to resolve discord and disruption in clergy households.

IV. DEALING HONORABLY WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF RELATIONSHIPS When a minister and spouse recognize that the marriage relationship is degenerating in spite of intensive professional counseling and a will to make the marriage covenant survive, it is expected that mature action will be taken. The response to this awareness should be with behavior that maintains the highest professional standards of the ordained ministry.

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1. A clergy person contemplating separation/divorce, and the impact on professional status, will be evaluated case by case.

To provide consistency and fairness, each person entering a period of separation/divorce, having fulfilled the preceding guidelines, will be expected to proceed according to the following steps: 2. Pastor inform own District Superintendent, and they, together, contact the Bishop. District Superintendent initiates contact with non-clergy spouse, emphasizing pastoral care and indicating ongoing support and counsel with couples involved.

3. Pastor and District Superintendent contact Pastor-Parish Chairperson to discuss the pastor’s and spouse’s impending separation/divorce, and strategy for announcing to local congregation. In the case of an Extension Ministry, the District Superintendent will consult with the Pastor to determine what persons within the appointive setting should be informed.

4. Pastor, District Superintendent, and Chairperson inform Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, and establish ongoing support and counsel with couples involved.

5. Pastor, with support of District Superintendent and Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, informs local congregation, with intent toward enabling all parties to begin to deal with grief, anger, hurt and other feelings. In the case of an Appointment Beyond the Local Church, the Pastor will inform those parties previously designated by the pastor and the DS, with the same intent to deal with the resulting feelings.

6. District Superintendent, pastor, and two members of the Board of Ordained Ministry (One from Conference Relations Committee and one of the pastor’s choosing) meet to consider options of pastor’s relationship to Annual Conference. In the case of an appointment in extension ministries, this meeting will be held, when deemed appropriate by the Board of Ordained Ministry at a location near the appointment site. The available relationship options include: (a) retaining of current appointment; (b) re-appointment to another parish; (c) special appointment; (d) leave of absence; (e) sabbatical leave; (f) honorable location; (g) retirement; (h) withdrawal; (i) termination; (j) in cases of clergy immoral conduct, the review process will be initiated; and (k) in cases of clergy second or successive divorces, the Board of Ordained Ministry would reserve the right to counsel with the clergy person. The determination of Conference relationship and appointment is contingent upon the fulfillment of all the preceding guidelines. The report of this committee will be referred to the Cabinet and Conference Relations Committee, who by The Discipline have authority in matters of appointment and Conference relationship.

7. Encourage pastor and spouse to communicate to colleagues and friends their action, thus taking responsible steps within the covenant community. 8. If a change in Conference relationships is affected, return to the prior Conference relationship will be facilitated according to procedures prescribed by The Discipline.

V. CONCERNS FOR FOLLOW-UP To facilitate healing and recovery, post-divorce counseling is required for clergy. Counseling is to begin immediately following the divorce (at least within the first year). Because of the covenant relationship with non-clergy spouses, we recommend that the Dakotas Annual Conference seriously consider providing means of counseling for the spouse (and/or other family members). Furthermore, when applicable, moving expenses career training, health/medical benefits may be provided. Also, the Conference Board of Pensions will investigate an equitable means of ensuring non-clergy spouses receiving pension benefits accrued during the time of the clergy partner’s ministerial service to the Dakotas Annual Conference.

Short Term Leave Policy Revised: June 2013 Aware of the ongoing pressures and responsibilities experienced in the parish ministry, the Dakotas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) recognizes the value of short term leaves for personal and spiritual renewal.

Eligibility. All clergy member in full connection (Deacons, Elders or Associate Members) who have served at least an equivalent of full-time for seven years or more are eligible for Short Term Leave funds. After a clergy member in full connection has received short term leave funds, he/she will be eligible to apply again after serving another equivalent of seven years under full-time appointment. Preparatory Consultation. Persons are encouraged to prayerfully consider the purpose of their leave. Persons considering a short term leave may desire to consult at North Central Career Development in New Brighton, MN. Persons are encouraged to think well ahead (at least six months to a year) in their planning.

Availability: Short Term Leaves will be granted according to the funds available. Consideration will be given to the length of service, the order and the timeliness in which requests are received, and the importance that the District Superintendent/Cabinet places on the requested leave.

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Application for Short Term Leave. Persons should apply to the local Staff/Pastor Parish Committee, District Superintendent and Board of Ordained Ministry for approval at least 60 days prior the leave request. Application for a short-term leave needs to include a budget for how BOM funds will be used to pay for pastoral supply during the leave time with the total amount requested. The District Superintendent will then forward the application to the Director of Leadership Development/Student Loan Officer for confirmation on availability of funds and for processing/approval of the BOM. Length of Leave and Salary. The maximum leave allowed is three months (including vacation time) with full salary being paid by the local church/parish or salary-paying unit. The pastoral supply compensation will be paid by Short Term Leave Funds as provided through the BOM. These funds are not to exceed $4,000 for the three months. Money is paid to the local/church parish or salary-paying unit to be distributed to those providing pastoral supply.

Evaluation. The BOM will regularly evaluate the Short-Term Leave program and make adjustments or changes as it believes necessary.

Contact Person. For questions on how to apply for a Short-Term Leave grant, please contact the Director of Leadership Development, 1331 W. University Ave., PO Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301. (605) 996-6552.

Parsonage Standards Adopted: 2011 Purpose: The Dakotas Conference policy is that a parsonage or housing allowance shall be provided for each clergy appointed with each charge making that determination. However, a parsonage is preferred. The following guidelines should be considered with providing a parsonage. “Housing shall not be considered as part of compensation or remuneration, but shall be considered as means provided by the local church, and for the convenience of the local church to enable its ministry and the itinerant ministry of the Annual Conference.”

A clergy couple appointed to a charge needs to be provided with only one parsonage.

I. Standards for Parsonage Furnishings A. Heating system with humidifier and dehumidifier as needed.

B. Central air conditioning or adequate window air conditioning.

C. Hot water heater. In areas of problem water, proper water conditioning equipment should be provided and the church or charge is responsible for the salt. Also available is water conditioning equipment that could be used that doesn’t require salt.

D. Modern kitchen range and oven with exhaust fan, garbage disposal, refrigerator with freezer, and dishwasher.

E. Washer and dryer of at least standard laundry size.

F. Bundled package of basic cable television or dish, along with landline phone and internet.

G. Lawn mower and snow blower. Lawn care and snow removal could be provided after discussion with SPPRC. H. Appropriately placed smoke alarms. Carbon monoxide detectors in only those homes with natural gas, fuel oil or propane gas.

I. Appropriate window treatments: including drapes, curtains, blinds, or decorator shades be provided in all windows. All materials shall be fire retardant.

J. Floors on main level(s): 1) Carpet in living room and dining room or adequate substitute such as attractive hardwood floor with appropriate rugs.

2) Entry way halls should fit the décor of the living room and dining room 3) Kitchen: good grade of tile, linoleum or kitchen carpeting.

4) Bathroom: good grade of tile or linoleum.

5) Other rooms: (bedroom, den, etc) carpeting, other covering or well finished wood.

K. Pets: The Clergy leaving a Charge shall be financially liable for any damage to the parsonage above and beyond the normal wear and tear of family living, and for problems created by pets or neglect. If such a situation occurs the District Superintendent shall be informed for inspection. If a church and the DS agree there is damage from a pastor’s pets upon entering a new appointment, if that pastoral family insists on having pets, they must provide a damage deposit equal to the repair and replacement costs incurred in their prior parsonage.

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II. On-Going Conditions: A. It is suggested that at least 2% per annum of the insured value of the parsonage be placed in the church budget of the Trustees for parsonage repair, decorating and refurbishing.

B. It is the responsibility of the clergy leaving a Charge to fully and properly clean the parsonage. How this will be accomplished will be determined in consultation with the Pastor Parish Relations Committee.

C. When a pastoral change takes place, the Board of Trustees shall evaluate the needs of the parsonage and refurbish accordingly. The clergy leaving the Charge shall inform the Board of Trustees of structural problems or appliances that need repair or replacement.

D. Suitable location with consultation of the District Board of Church Building and Location.

E. Safe and dependable water supply.

F. The parsonage should be a minimum of 2500 sq. feet of living space(less than 2500 sq. feet to be negotiated with District Superintendent and District Board of Church Location and Building.

G. After approving a purchase proposal, the charge conference shall be deemed to have authorized and directed the Board of Trustees to proceed with the purchase. In the case of the purchase of a parsonage, the Board of Trustees shall either; 1. Purchase a parsonage that has on the ground floor level: - One room that can be used as a bedroom by a person with a disability; - One fully accessible bathroom; and - Fully accessible laundry facilities, or 2. Purchase a parsonage without the accessible features for persons with disabilities specified above and remodel it within one year’s time, so that it does have those features.

III. Recommended Parsonage Standards A. General appearance inside and outside: Good B. Sidewalks to garage and front street.

C. Play area in back.

D. Yard maintained by church (fertilizer and insecticide provided by church).

E. One car garage with storage. Garage has lights and electrical outlets.

F. Insulated glass windows or regular glass with combination storm windows and storm doors.

G. Fully insulated (walls and ceilings).

H. Three bedrooms above ground. Master bedroom shall be at least 150 sq. feet. If two story, one bedroom shall be on the main floor.

I. One full bath on main floor plus one three-quarter bath.

J. Modern kitchen with dining area to seat at least four. There shall be adequate counter and storage space and an adequate number of electrical outlets.

K. Living-dining room combination.

L. Living room and a separate family room.

M. If there is no office/study in the church, the parsonage should have a room available for an office/study. The office/study should have built-in bookshelves. 186 N. Adequate electrical wiring with a minimum of 200 ampere entrance box with circuit breakers.

O. Adequate fire exits from all areas of the house, especially the basement. Fire extinguishers on all levels.

P. Adequate storage areas.

IV. Recommended Parsonage Standards: Preferred A. General appearance inside and outside: Excellent B. Sidewalks to garage and front street.

C. Play area in back.

D. Yard maintained by church (fertilizer and insecticide provided by church) E. Two-car garage and storage. Garage has lights and electrical outlets.

F. Insulated glass windows or regular glass with combination storm windows and storm doors.

G. Insulation installed which meets minimum standards recommended for maximum energy efficiency as determined by the Energy Commission.

H. Three bedrooms above ground with a minimum of 130 sq. feet. Master bedroom shall be at least 180 sq. feet.

Adequate light closets. If two-story, one full bathroom and one bedroom shall be on the main floor.

I. One full bath plus one three-quarter bath adjoining master bedroom. One bath must be on main floor.

J. Modern kitchen with dining area to seat at least six. There shall be adequate counter and storage space, and an ample number of electrical outlets.

K. A separate dining room.

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L. Large living room with family room removed from it so that activities in one do not disturb person in the other.

M. If there is no office/study in the church, the parsonage should have one that has a separate outside entrance. The office/ study should have built-in bookshelves.

N. Adequate electrical wiring with a minimum of 200 ampere entrance box with circuit breakers. All wiring shall meet at least the National Electric Code minimum standard.

O. Adequate fire exits from all areas of the house; especially the basement. Fire extinguishers on all levels.

P. Adequate storage space.

V. Pastor’s Responsibility A. The parsonage family shall practice good stewardship of parsonage property and will be held financially accountable for damage other than normal wear and tear. They shall keep the parsonage in neat appearance. Upkeep, repair, and redecorat- ing will be done in consultation with the local church parsonage (trustees) Committee. The parsonage family shall leave the parsonage as good as or better than it was when they moved into the dwelling.

B. The pastor should keep the parsonage (trustees) committee informed of maintenance needs throughout the year between annual reviews.

C. The pastor and the parsonage (trustees) committee shall inspect the parsonage together at the time of a change of pastors. The location of guarantees and operating instructions for parsonage equipment should be designated for the benefit of the incoming pastor.

D. Disputes between the pastor and the local church concerning the parsonage shall be referred to the District Superintendent for negotiation and settlement.

VI. The Parsonage Review and Report A. In accordance with The Book of Discipline, ¶258, 2.g 16: The chairperson of the Committee on Staff Pastor Parish Relations, chairperson of the Board of Trustees and pastor shall make an annual review of the church owned parsonage to assure proper maintenance.

B. A log book shall be used by the local church and Board of Trustees recording the outcome of the inspection of the parsonage on an annual basis. Using the form by the conference, the inspection should be for termites, varmints and radon. The results of the inspection, should include a list of the repairs or upgrades to fix the problem.

Moving Policy Adopted: June, 2012 The Dakotas Annual Conference will pay (100%)* of the moving expenses of the household goods and office for the active clergy (Including Full Member Deacons) serving local church(es)and their family, for the surviving spouse and family of deceased active clergy, for active clergy who are retiring, subject to the following limitations: Maximum weight: 15,000 pounds. For clergy couples the weight limit will be 120% of the stated maximum weight.

1. The clergy will do their own packing (guidelines will be provided by the moving company). Boxes will be provided where necessary. In good stewardship of material and cost, the clergy will re-use boxes as much as possible. The moving committee reserves the right to limit cost of boxes and packing materials, if necessary. The movers will pack only large mirrors and large pictures up to a total of eight. (A large pack holds up to 60X48X3 inches where a small pack holds up to 40X25X3 inches) Flat screen TVs must be packed in their original boxes. If those boxes are unavailable, you can pack them in mirror packs. If the movers pack the TV the clergy will be charged for that service.

2. The term “household goods” does not including the following: automobiles, trucks, vans, mobile homes, campers, trailers, boats, canoes, kayaks, airplanes, snowmobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, golf cars, other similar vehicles or any items not accepted by the carrier.

3. The moving expense of inventory, equipment and so forth of a business, activity or hobby, shall be the responsibility of the clergy.

4. Items which are irreplaceable or of extreme value or of a sentimental nature are the responsibility of the clergy. Extra insurance can be purchased from the carrier.

5. The moving expense shall not cover storage, warehousing, handling, or insurance while in storage or warehousing.

6. For retired or disabled clergy, or survivors of active clergy members, the moving expense shall not exceed two times the cost of an average in-conference move. This average cost shall be calculated from the costs of the in-conference moves over the previous 5 years. The move must take place within two years to qualify for expense coverage. Also, the cost of the move is taxable income for the individual and will be reported as such to the IRS. 7. All clergy not appointed to a local church, or to an appointment within the conference structure shall be 187 responsible for their own moving expenses as they move into their new appointment or status. If the clergy requests a

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return to an appointment to a local church or within the conference structure, the Annual Conference shall pay for moving expenses up to 50% of the previous year’s average in-conference move. However, if the Cabinet/Conference makes the request for the clergy to accept an appointment to a local church or within the conference structure, the Annual Conference shall cover the moving costs within the normal limits as set by this policy. At the time of their retirement or exiting from ministry, clergy not appointed to a local church or to an appointment within the conference structure shall be responsible for their own moving expenses.

8. Seminary students/graduates receiving their first appointment within the conference will move themselves. (For example, U-Haul, Rider Trucks, etc.) The Conference will reimburse the costs of the move.

9. The moving policy, including any adjustments or exceptions, shall be under the supervision of the Cabinet and the Director of Financial Services. *The cost of motel, meals, and vehicle expenses while moving are the expense of the clergy/family and at present are deductible from income taxes.

Clergy Effectiveness Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church Adopted by the Board of Ordained Ministry, October 2014 An effective clergy An effective clergy personifies: practices: (a1) A strong, articulate Wesleyan (b1) A strong, spiritually disciplined theology prayer life.

An effective clergy produces: (c1) Growth in worship

(a2) Maturity reflected in a respectful, humble, mature and coachable nature

(b2) Self‐care and respect of boundaries.

(c2) Disciples who are lifelong learners and evangelists.

(a3) Adaptively, creativity, and risk‐ taking.

(b3) Generosity in resources, words and actions.

(c3) Mature and healthy leaders with a vision for the local church and community.

(a4) A joyful, engaging and faithful (b4) Responsibility, and helps others (c4) Missional churches and other new servant heart to do the same. ministries. (a5) An ability to motivate, equip, (b5) A work ethic that is smart and encourage, and give permission kingdom‐ oriented Explanation of Traits (a1) An effective clergy is one who (b1) An effective clergy is one who begins possesses and articulates a working with an essential and vibrant faith, lived knowledge of Biblical faith and out in a spiritually disciplined life that social holiness. The clergy includes prayer and other means of grace. demonstrates the ability to Attention to this primary foundation communicate and apply the gospel of and practice as a disciple of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ in culturally relevant sets an example by the clergy. The clergy ways. The clergy understands, knows, intentionally moves in a deepening life and celebrates the power of the devoted to Christ. triune God to bring healing, reconciliation, and peace to the lives of individual congregations and communities.

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(c5) Financial strength and viability.

c1) An effective clergy produces growth in worship in numbers and in spiritual vitality. The clergy uses the worship experience to draw people closer to God and to each other. The clergy accomplishes this through music prayer, preaching and the sharing of the sacraments that is relevant to the context and culture of the people and the community in which he/she serves. These worship experiences need to be inviting and welcome to diversity and dialogue.

(a2) An effective clergy is a lifelong learner. This is enabled by a humble, coachable attitude that submits to the promptings of the Holy Spirt, God’s Word and to help and advice of others. Such an attitude also enables the clergy to learn from successes as well as failures. The clergy person’s disciplined spiritual life makes his/her accountable in one’s work and actions. The clergy gives up the quest for status and power following Christ’s example.

(b2) An effective clergy knows him/herself, recognizing the need for clear boundaries and proper balance in all aspects of life, taking steps to keep those boundaries and that balance healthy and evident. The clergy seeks to care for her/himself physically, maintaining and strengthening healthy relationship among family, friends and parishioners. The clergy knows when to say “no” to activities that weaken good boundaries, and how to respect times of rest and renewal as a way to keep a healthy perspective and discipline of making good choices in his/her life. (b3) An effective clergy gives up the emotion of jealousy in life. Instead, the clergy practices a heartfelt expression of joy in the success of others, growing others into healthy and faithful disciples.

He/she uses all means ‐ financial, prayer and pastoral skills ‐ to assist others to move forward in their own ministries.

(c2) An effective clergy produces disciples actively engaged in learning and growing in Christ through intentional Bible study, a disciplined prayer and devotional life, faithful worship attendance and participation, and evangelistic service beyond church walls. The clergy helps disciples to identify, develop and use their spiritual gifts to build up the church, the community and the world.

(c3) An effective clergy develops and empowers leaders who have a vision for their local church, community and world for which they take responsibility and work to achieve. The clergy stays abreast of, provides information about, and encourages attendance at training opportunities and workshops that help leaders address an ever changing world. (b4) An effective clergy lives with (c4) An effective clergy guides and integrity in his/her life. He/she takes clear encourages the people in reaching beyond responsibility for the failure of ministry church walls in ever growing and developing ministries. The clergy leads by under the clergy’s care, and as well, includes others in the expression of praise example by participating alongside the people in outreach events and activities. in the success of ministry. In those situations in which others fail to live up to the call of ministry or discipleship of Christ, the clergy carefully and lovingly leads others into a place of repentance and forgiveness, and asks the same in return. (a5) An effective clergy is relational (b5) An effective clergy does not waste (c5) An effective clergy develops financial commitment among the people so that and cultivates the gifts of the Spirit time. The gifts, skill, energy and time developing and emerging ministries have in others and empowers them to used by the clergy are well used and claim their call and assists in helping continue to create both solid foundations the resources needed to sustain these them find their place in ministry. and promising futures. As the season of a ministries as long as they are relevant to the community. ministry comes to a close, the effective clergy is the one who is able to celebrate its ending and to direct others to dream of new expressions of ministry yet to be experienced. (a3) An effective clergy is able to set and accomplish goals with flexibility and responsiveness while managing conflict in a way that leads to healthy resolution. The clergy thinks outside the box and is willing to take oneself and others in creative, new directions, responsive to and trusting in the moving of the Holy Spirit. (a4) An effective clergy is faithful to their ordination vows and their relationship with Jesus Christ. The clergy is joyful and engaging with a heart for serving a world that is hurting. The clergy serves God and others without complaining or drawing attention to oneself. The clergy’s servanthood inspires others to live in like manner.

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Measurement The role of the Board of Ordained Ministry for clergy effectiveness falls in the area of providing standards, best practices and healthy examples for a life of clergy ministry in the Dakotas Conference.

The measurement of these standards and practices of the effective clergy occur under the supervisory work of the superintendent and the ongoing review and support of the staff�parish relations committee or other personnel committees for those in extension ministries or the deacons in ministry beyond the local church. As mutually agreed upon expectations and goals are created in consultation with these groups, the effective clergy will be able to honestly ask and answer the questions: How clearly and fully have I been able to create this ministry environment over the past period of time? Where could I have been clearer or more focused? How else may I continue to grow in each of these areas in order to prove my effectiveness? Am I being faithful to my ordination vows, family and my relationship to God. With mutually agreed upon goals, the evaluation becomes a team effort, and not an opportunity to unduly critic a pastor for not doing what he/she never realized they were expected to do in the first place.

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Crisis Management Guidelines A Crisis is a Major Turning Point Resulting in Permanent Drastic Change A crisis occurs when you least expect it; the outcome will determine if affairs are better or worse. There is not a single way to solve a crisis, but they all have certain earmarks: 1. Crises come as a surprise. They occur unexpectedly and probably when we are least able to deal with them. Personnel may also not be readily available.

2. Surprise leads to insufficient information, and questions are difficult to answer.

3. Questions begin to surface from the media and constituents almost immediately, which is the time to take control and not be hesitant.

4. Demonstrating concern and ability to take control will probably result in being able to withstand outside pressures.

5. The crisis may cause short term focus and lead to short sighted actions.

6. After the initial shock, there are always varying degrees of trauma for those directly and indirectly affected.

It is important to have a plan of action in mind before a crisis hits. When the questions come, never say “no comment.” Be truthful and be sure all church officials have been consulted.

There must be an official who will speak to the questions when needed.

The Episcopal office is the most logical source of information, with a line of responsibility assigned and others to assist with the task of dispensing information.

These are suggestions of crises that have been encountered:

1. Crisis of a personal nature.

2. Crises of a corporate nature.

3. Crises prompted by natural disasters.

Success in planning before the crisis is one thing that can be controlled. This may be not only the success or failure in the management of the church, but also the basis for building integrity and strengthening the work of the church. The process should include the following.

1. Name a Crisis Management Team. This would include the bishop, executive director of ministries and director of communication. The legal counsel may have to be involved. Also, the district superintendents should be aware of the proceedings and have full knowledge of activities. Chair of the Common Table may be included with the possibility of the lay leader. All should be listed by name, address, telephone, e-mail address, and fax number.

2. Empower the team. The bishop should convene the team, gather information, consult with all; and provide the final decision. The bishop could serve as spokesperson.

3. The Conference Communicator should be gathering background material, if needed; assist in preparation of releases; assist in monitoring the information flow. They should monitor and report media activities; screen and direct media inquiries and keep the Crisis Management Team informed.

4. Legal Counsel. The Legal Counsel provide input on liability and regulatory issues related to the crisis. Remember that damage from a crisis is much worse if it loses in the court of public opinion than if it loses in a court of law. Legal counsel is not the spokesperson.

5. Support team. Screen and log calls. Know how to reach all crisis management members. This team needs to be available at all times. In the event a person in the chain of responsibility is not available, have backups and alternates in place. Make sure to inform the persons closest to the central office; also, key leaders in the church (employees, clergy, church members, lay leaders).

If possible, make a list of crises that could possibly occur and how the response could be along with the effect.

The Crisis Team should be guided by predict, prevent and prepare:

Designated Places. Press room with the possibility of holding press conferences. It should be near public telephones, desks, electrical outlets for lap-top computers, FAX machines, and chairs. Possibly soft drink machines could be available.

Ample Opportunity for telephone and FAX lines. Do all members of the team have cell phones? Team members need to be available at all times.

Be Very Sure Arrangements Are Made to keep a log of all statements made, in addition to developments of the crisis. Be prepared to answer questions as to who is in charge; biographies of personalities; background information; knowledge of church.

Arrange for Security Personnel to keep order and control access to all offices in addition to people to handle telephones and serve as “runners” or hospitality.

In Conclusion: Be pro-active; don’t isolate the team or The United Methodist Church; your image is important (be natural); do not speculate; be sure to place the personal element above all else.

Credit to: Tom McAnally, Director, United Methodist News Service and United Methodist Communications, “Not If, But When” manual.

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Dakotas Disaster Response Action Plan The “Action Plan” complements the Conference Disaster Plan, listed above and found on the conference website, both of which were revised in the spring of 2010.Definition of Disaster Response by UMCOR: “A disaster is a severe disruption of personal and community life, involving a significant number of people and causing spiritual, emotional, physical, and social crisis to which the church can respond with God’s love and help. Such disasters may include: tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, fires, toxic poisonings and other community-wide occurrences. The United Methodist Committee on Relief seeks to provide relief for acute human needs that might otherwise go unheeded. This assistance may come in the form of cash allocations, specialized services, volunteer ministries or other avenues of mission services.” (page 59, UMCOR Disaster Training Manual.)

Checklist of Responsibilities by Position Local Church Pastor/or Lay Leader/or Chair of Trustees Assess general situation and physical needs of people, affected area and forward initial assessment (either by telephone or by 190 email) to the District Superintendent and/or the Ministry Team Disaster Coordinator and/or the Presiding Elder. Done _____ Date _____ Establish contact with any local community emergency management committees or agencies as soon as possible. Done____ Date ____ Provide specific needs assessment (within 24 hours if possible) of any damage to the church or parsonage.

Done____ Date ____ Begin seeking local response to needs: general and specific. Done____ Date ____ Coordinate relief efforts on the local level. Done____ Date ____ Implement your local church disaster plan. Done____ Date ____ When disaster response has concluded, review local church disaster plan and evaluate your response efforts.

District Superintendent Contact pastor/s involved and the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator/s as soon as possible. Done____ Date ____ Receive the report of the local pastor/s and/or the Trustees Chair for churches within impacted areas. Done____ Date ____ Make initial contact with the Bishop (within 24-36 hours if possible.) Done____ Date ____ Conduct an on-site visit (within 36 hours if possible.) Done____ Date ____ Remain in close pastoral care of churches and pastoral families of the impacted areas. Done____ Date ____ Participate in the Conference Disaster Response Crisis Management Team. Done ___ Date ___ When the crisis is over, review your district’s disaster response plan and the plans of the congregations within the impacted area. Evaluate your response efforts. Done____ Date ____ Conference Disaster Response Coordinators Conduct an on-site visit with the Bishop, District Superintendent, Presiding Elder and (if possible) the Ministry Team Disaster Response Coordinator of the impacted area (within 36 hours if possible). Done____ Date ____ Coordinate efforts on area-wide or state-wide basis. Done____ Date ____ Work with Bishop and/or the District Superintendent/s of impacted area to coordinate communication and general response efforts to the disaster. Done____ Date ____ Activate the conference disaster response plan. Done____ Date ____ When the crisis has passed, work with other conference leadership to evaluate the conference disaster plan. Presiding Elder or Ministry Team Disaster Coordinator Accompany the Bishop and/or Conference Disaster Coordinator/s to survey the impacted area. Done____ Date ____ Meet with the Bishop, affected District Superintendent/s, Conference Disaster Response Coordinators and Conference Disaster Response Crisis Management Team to assess the needs and coordinate the response. Done____ Date ____ Implement the District Disaster Response Plan so that healing is brought to the affected disaster area. Done____ Date ____ When the crisis has passed, work with the District Superintendent of the affected area and the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator/s to evaluate the district disaster response plan and local church disaster response plans within the affected area.

Continue your ministry of training and mitigation. Done____ Date ____

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XI. STATISTICS DISTRICT & CONFERENCE TOTALS NORTHEAST

NORTHWEST

SOUTHEAST

SOUTHWEST

CONFERENCE TOTAL

MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION

1-Beginning Membership 8,423 7,342 14,026 6,849 36,640

2a-Received by Confirmation 76 103 149 74 402 2b-Received by Profession of Faith 95 66 952 110 1,223

2c-Restored by Affirmation 4 2 23 13 42 2d-Correct by addition 111 20 94 3 228 2e-Transfer from Other UMC 36 37 71 68 212

2f-Transfer from Non-UMC 46 44 65 30 185 3a-Removed by Charge Conference 65 14 16 102 197

3b-Withdrawn 34 51 383 45 513 3c-Correct by subtraction 8 45 14 385 452 3d-Transfer to Other UMC 34 45 59 48 186

3e-Transfer to Non-UMC 23 19 65 20 127

3f-Removed by Death 137 132 182 127 578 4-Total Membership 8,490 7,308 14,661 6,420 36,879

7-Average Worship Attendance 4,390 3,402 8,486 3,427 19,705 7a-Average Online Attendance 611 128 1,181 421 2,341

8a-Children baptized 138 99 221 77 535

8b-Adults baptized 39 19 139 20 217

9-Preparatory Members 833 646 1,734 846 4,059

10-Constituency Roll 3,378 2,168 3,668 1,673 10,887 Small Group Participants

11a-CHILDREN 1,764 944 2,372 920 6,000

11b-YOUTH 658 547 1,377 591 3,173

11c-YOUNG ADULTS 144 170 387 149 850

11d-OTHER ADULTS 1,597 991 2,531 1,323 6,442

12-Enrolled in Confirmation Class 116 139 292 168 715 13-Average Attendance Sunday School 1,871 963 2,557 1,008 6,399 14-Vacation Bible School participants 1,416 873 2,241 1,377 5,907

15-Sunday School classes 132 130 224 105 591

16-Other ongoing classes 144 115 294 185 738

17-Short-term classes/groups 77 48 205 102 432

18a-UMM Members 126 99 237 65 527 18b-Amount paid for UMM Projects 1,510 9,438 15,756 3,680 30,384

19a-UMW Members 846 672 1,162 800 3,480 19b-Amount paid for UMW projects 47,319 79,240 69,271 36,406 232,236

20a-UMVIM teams 8 3 27 7 45

20b-UMVIM participants 18 18 272 64 372

21a-Health outreach ministries 23 17 60 20 120 21b-Poverty outreach ministries 74 61 176 93 404

22-Persons engaged in mission 1,964 1,190 2,380 1,610 7,144 23-Persons served by outreach, justice,

mercy ministries 94,125 64,476 69,415 23,015 251,031

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NORTHEAST

NORTHWEST

SOUTHEAST

SOUTHWEST

CONFERENCE TOTAL

ASSETS & EXPENSES

24-Market value of land, buildings,

equipment 76,082,965 57,701,983 101,422,996 46,677,027 281,884,971 25-Market value of all other assets 27,616,766 6,657,781 8,754,856 5,181,438 48,210,841 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 3,031,064 4,666,238 4,009,068 2,122,921 13,829,291

27-Other debt 51,672 26,823 163,694 25,116 267,305

29a-Apportionments Paid 940,011 767,071 1,307,517 658,733 3,673,332

30-General Advance Specials 40,576 33,335 50,175 34,496 158,582

31-World Service Specials 0 0 0 0 0

32-Conference Advance Specials 72,761 105,808 161,284 89,011 428,864

33-Youth Service Fund 0 0 0 0 0 34-Other UM Ministries 0 0 236 0 236

35-Conference Special Sundays 7,163 11,445 15,515 11,839 45,962 36-General Special Sundays 9,290 8,211 30,892 6,589 54,982 37-Direct UM Gifts 218,505 30,057 55,455 182,058 486,075

38-Non-UM Gifts 406,427 121,321 431,850 109,254 1,068,852

39-Clergy Pension Benefits 315,340 341,859 464,177 297,917 1,419,293

40-Clergy Health Benefits 270,437 278,895 336,263 259,102 1,144,697

41-Clergy Salary 1,579,675 1,609,321 2,795,639 1,503,600 7,488,235

42-Clergy Housing 201,459 108,119 345,875 122,651 778,104

43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 114,394 150,041 122,274 114,512 501,221 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 1,841 7,829 27,109 450 37,229 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 1,832,242 1,008,605 2,929,834 906,363 6,677,044

46-Program Expenses 534,542 268,571 489,419 244,069 1,536,601

47-Other Operating Expenses 2,120,175 1,368,693 3,126,783 1,365,761 7,981,412

48-Payments on Debt 686,642 698,349 609,540 287,259 2,281,790

49-Capital Expenditures 372,373 788,043 1,573,427 253,961 2,987,804

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50-Grand Total Expenditures 9,723,853 7,705,573 14,873,264 6,447,625

NORTHEAST

NORTHWEST

SOUTHEAST

38,750,315

SOUTHWEST

CONFERENCE

INCOME

51-Giving Units

TOTAL

4,026 3,200 6,468 3,318 17,012

Operating Income

52a-Pledge Gifts 1,370,180 1,130,862 4,558,094 2,490,618 9,549,754 52b-Gifts from Identified Givers

but Not Pledged 5,569,603 3,700,981 6,549,202 2,805,917 18,625,703 52c-Gifts from Unidentified Givers 286,358 265,444 331,777 148,776 1,032,355

52d-Interest/Dividends 75,055 104,211 117,460 49,918 346,644 52e-Sale of Church Assets 161 300 0 50 511

52f-Building Use Fees 97,834 107,899 232,224 99,600 537,557

52g-Fundraisers 96,007 84,632 459,482 115,162 755,283

52t-Total 7,495,198 5,394,329 12,248,239 5,710,041 30,847,807

53a-Capital Campaign 358,487 813,317 786,434 280,393 2,238,631

53b-Memorials, Endowments, Bequests 104,392 410,233 344,740 234,828 1,094,193 53c-Funds from Other Sources and Projects 117,478 130,020 268,743 201,483 717,724 53d-Designated Gifts for Benevolent

Causes 179,821 92,275 245,220 222,317 739,633

54a-Equitable Compensation 5,792 12,728 20,613 11,200 50,333 54b-Received from Connectional Sources 23,692 21,113 9,170 110,378 164,353 54c-Other Grants from Institutional Sources 21,602 54,665 48,300 7,164 131,731

These tables include all of the general statistics applicable to the Dakotas Conference. Some readers may notice there are categories for which there are no statistics provided. That is because the numbers in those categories are all zeros.

Here are the categories and the explanation for the omission of that data in this publication.

1 – Beginning Membership does not agree with 2017 Total Membership. In 2017, it was mistakenly reported that Martin, Drake, and Lansford churches were closed. Their combined Beginning Membership of 63 is the difference.

28a – Not included. This line reports the amount apportioned to local churches by the conference. Since the churches are to give 16% of their current operating revenue as an apportionment, a specific amount is not apportioned to each church.

28b – Not included. This line reports the amount apportioned to the local churches by the district. The districts of the Dakotas Conference do not set or receive apportionments.

29b – Not included. This line reports the amount paid by the local church to the district for apportionments. The districts of the Dakotas Conference do not set or receive apportionments.

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23 31

MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION: 1-Beginning Membership 2a-Received by Confirmation 2b-Received by Profession of Faith 2c-Restored by Affirmation 2d-Correct by addition 2e-Transfer from Other UMC 2fTransfer from Non-UMC 3a-Removed by Charge Conference 3b-Withdrawn 3c-Correct by subtraction 3d-Transfer to Other UMC 3e-Transfer to Non-UMC 3f-Removed by Death 4-Total Membership 7-Average Worship Attendance 7a-Average Online Attendance 8a-Children baptized 8b-Adults baptized 9-Preparatory Members 10-Constituency Roll Small Group Participants {11a-CHILDREN 11b-YOUTH 11c-YOUNG ADULTS 11dOTHER ADULTS} 12-Enrolled in Confirmation Class 13-Average Attendance Sunday School 14-Vacation Bible School participants 15-Sunday School classes 16-Other ongoing classes 17-Short-term classes/groups 18aUMM Members 18b-Amount paid for UMM Projects 19a-UMW Members 19b-Amount paid for UMW projects 20a-UMVIM teams 20b-UMVIM participants 21a-Health outreach ministries 21b-Poverty outreach ministries 22-Persons engaged in mission 23-Persons served by outreach, justice, mercy ministries

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MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION: 1-Beginning Membership 2a-Received by Confirmation 2b-Received by Profession of Faith 2c-Restored by Affirmation 2d-Correct by addition 2e-Transfer from Other UMC 2fTransfer from Non-UMC 3a-Removed by Charge Conference 3b-Withdrawn 3c-Correct by subtraction 3d-Transfer to Other UMC 3e-Transfer to Non-UMC 3f-Removed by Death 4-Total Membership 7-Average Worship Attendance 7a-Average Online Attendance 8a-Children baptized 8b-Adults baptized 9-Preparatory Members 10-Constituency Roll Small Group Participants {11a-CHILDREN 11b-YOUTH 11c-YOUNG ADULTS 11dOTHER ADULTS} 12-Enrolled in Confirmation Class 13-Average Attendance Sunday School 14-Vacation Bible School participants 15-Sunday School classes 16-Other ongoing classes 17-Short-term classes/groups 18aUMM Members 18b-Amount paid for UMM Projects 19a-UMW Members 19b-Amount paid for UMW projects 20a-UMVIM teams 20b-UMVIM participants 21a-Health outreach ministries 21b-Poverty outreach ministries 22-Persons engaged in mission 23-Persons served by outreach, justice, mercy ministries

207

Church Name BURKE CAMP CROOK COLOME CRESBARD DRAPER EDGEMONT UNITED EUREKA FAIRBURN FAITH FAULKTON GETTYSBURG GREGORY HARROLD HERRICK HIGHMORE HOT SPRINGS FEDERATED KENNEBEC LEAD TRINITY MILLER MISSION MOBRIDGE MURDO ONIDA PHILIP UNITED PIEDMONT PIERRE FIRST PIERRE SOUTHEAST PRAIRIE VIEW PRESHO PRINGLE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE RAPID CITY FIRST RAPID CITY KNOLLWOOD HEIGH RAPID CITY OPEN HEART RAPID VALLEY RELIANCE SELBY SPEARFISH STURGIS TIMBER LAKE TOLSTOY

2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 69 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 163 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 6 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 4 6 237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 259 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 103 1 64 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 161 4 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 3 195 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 73 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 69 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 131 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 712 7 0 0 0 2 9 68 17 17 8 5 14 30 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 150 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 850 14 9 1 0 3 3 0 4 325 2 0 9 515 0 19 2 0 30 14 0 5 0 10 2 7 140 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 211 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 158 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 336 1 1 2 0 7 0 8 6 0 1 0 9 213 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1

4 69 19 17 60 48 28 170 33 56 194 228 264 32 37 74 66 50 161 194 24 29 122 71 77 120 601 31 160 71 34 540 556 132 211 157 35 86 323 216 8 46

7 47 20 14 20 14 16 68 28 13 93 73 100 19 35 23 107 16 90 114 11 17 77 45 63 112 264 21 85 31 24 328 316 80 75 123 11 37 210 120 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 38 0 1 70 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 30 4 0 20 0 4 0 0

7a

8a 8b 9 10 11a 11b 11c 11d 12 1 0 8 33 21 16 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 47 80 20 10 8 15 7 5 0 36 110 26 9 4 23 3 4 0 0 0 45 25 4 36 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 0 11 7 0 0 0 50 9 15 0 27 0 0 0 0 22 6 0 0 8 0 0 0 27 134 26 32 2 18 2 2 0 0 94 15 27 0 13 7 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 30 35 36 34 0 10 0 2 1 12 44 13 6 2 28 2 3 0 0 23 53 31 0 11 13 0 2 13 131 50 50 1 45 3 7 3 85 147 43 35 12 47 27 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 40 0 29 15 0 52 5 1 0 0 0 15 7 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 190 239 77 48 20 220 28 5 0 0 0 52 2 10 100 0 3 1 0 39 7 11 7 40 0 6 2 6 30 29 8 0 18 17 4 1 38 0 30 20 5 20 5 2 0 0 20 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 25 13 0 6 0 8 0 174 257 28 40 30 269 13 3 1 74 0 34 40 0 110 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 25 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 27 35 70 3 0 4 21 15 15 28 0 6 12 8 84 19 75 5 8 20 0 111 100 12 25 12 0 23 30 30 0 0

14 15 16 17 18a 18b 19a 19b 20a 20b 21a 21b 22 20 0 6 2 6 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 4 9 9 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 1 20 26 5 1 0 0 0 35 2,796 72 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 700 0 0 0 2 15 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 4 3 2 0 0 30 600 0 1 0 2 10 150 3 3 5 6 0 22 3,600 0 0 0 12 288 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 580 13 500 0 0 0 0 18 45 2 2 3 0 0 21 3,565 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 16 2,137 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 2 15 69 5 2 11 0 0 7 250 0 134 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 11 83 2 12 2 0 0 43 1,545 1 5 0 2 30 5 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 2 4 41 2 5 3 0 0 34 2,100 1 9 2 4 51 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 10 15 5 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 200 97 12 12 9 0 0 63 300 0 0 0 0 200 8 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 132 19 2 4 3 0 0 34 650 0 0 2 7 40 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 0 1 0 0 0 12 10,000 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 75 9 30 17 10 1,600 89 2,175 4 32 6 12 225 50 5 1 4 25 0 80 0 0 2 0 3 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 20 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 50 45 189 200 0 50 20 0 80 2,435 0 500 0 31 26 100 80 250 350 0 0 20 5,000 1,374 3,949 0 0 5,000 1,200 93 0 0

MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION: 1-Beginning Membership 2a-Received by Confirmation 2b-Received by Profession of Faith 2c-Restored by Affirmation 2d-Correct by addition 2e-Transfer from Other UMC 2fTransfer from Non-UMC 3a-Removed by Charge Conference 3b-Withdrawn 3c-Correct by subtraction 3d-Transfer to Other UMC 3e-Transfer to Non-UMC 3f-Removed by Death 4-Total Membership 7-Average Worship Attendance 7a-Average Online Attendance 8a-Children baptized 8b-Adults baptized 9-Preparatory Members 10-Constituency Roll Small Group Participants {11a-CHILDREN 11b-YOUTH 11c-YOUNG ADULTS 11dOTHER ADULTS} 12-Enrolled in Confirmation Class 13-Average Attendance Sunday School 14-Vacation Bible School participants 15-Sunday School classes 16-Other ongoing classes 17-Short-term classes/groups 18aUMM Members 18b-Amount paid for UMM Projects 19a-UMW Members 19b-Amount paid for UMW projects 20a-UMVIM teams 20b-UMVIM participants 21a-Health outreach ministries 21b-Poverty outreach ministries 22-Persons engaged in mission 23-Persons served by outreach, justice, mercy ministries

208

Church Name WALL WASTA WHITE RIVER WINNER

1 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 177 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 151 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 466 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 5 4

4 178 17 151 455

7 80 11 51 186

0 0 0 18

7a

8a 8b 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0

0 6 37 0

9

10 11a 11b 11c 11d 12 38 51 20 11 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 8 5 0 19 0 0 50 18 0 40 23

13 14 15 16 17 18a 18b 19a 50 0 0 9 1 12 1,500 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 32 52 2 0 3 0 0 0 70 78 7 25 5 0 0 0

19b 20a 20b 21a 21b 22 1,500 0 0 1 2 25 1,000 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 0 2 4 24

23 80 70 217 460

MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION: 1-Beginning Membership 2a-Received by Confirmation 2b-Received by Profession of Faith 2c-Restored by Affirmation 2d-Correct by addition 2e-Transfer from Other UMC 2fTransfer from Non-UMC 3a-Removed by Charge Conference 3b-Withdrawn 3c-Correct by subtraction 3d-Transfer to Other UMC 3e-Transfer to Non-UMC 3f-Removed by Death 4-Total Membership 7-Average Worship Attendance 7a-Average Online Attendance 8a-Children baptized 8b-Adults baptized 9-Preparatory Members 10-Constituency Roll Small Group Participants {11a-CHILDREN 11b-YOUTH 11c-YOUNG ADULTS 11dOTHER ADULTS} 12-Enrolled in Confirmation Class 13-Average Attendance Sunday School 14-Vacation Bible School participants 15-Sunday School classes 16-Other ongoing classes 17-Short-term classes/groups 18aUMM Members 18b-Amount paid for UMM Projects 19a-UMW Members 19b-Amount paid for UMW projects 20a-UMVIM teams 20b-UMVIM participants 21a-Health outreach ministries 21b-Poverty outreach ministries 22-Persons engaged in mission 23-Persons served by outreach, justice, mercy ministries

209

Church Name NORTHEAST DISTRICT ABERDEEN FAITH ABERDEEN FIRST ABERDEEN N HIGHLAND ARTHUR BATH BIG STONE CITY BRISTOL-BUTLER BRITTON CASSELTON CAVALIER FIRST CAVALIER TRINITY CLAREMONT CLARK CLEAR LAKE COGSWELL CONDE CRYSTAL DRAYTON ENDERLIN FAIRMOUNT FARGO CALVARY FARGO FAITH FARGO FIRST FARGO FIRST AFRICAN FREDERICK GARDEN CITY GARY GRAFTON FEDERATED GRAND FORKS WESLEY GRAND FORKS ZION GROTON HAMILTON HECLA HENRY HILLSBORO UNITED HOLMES HUMBOLDT MN KELLERTON KINDRED CALVARY LARIMORE LEOLA LISBON

24 25 26 63 64 65 3,477,000 152,334 0 15,000,000 815,102 0 1,155,000 1,878,000 22,000 300,000 35,000 0 587,000 0 0 740,000 0 0 140,000 0 0 0 0 0 150,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 1,350,000 0 0 988,100 138,884 0 1,720,100 205,500 0 463,088 59,000 0 90,000 0 0 341,500 75,500 0 100,000 0 0 1,128,500 533,560 0 736,700 55,022 0 170,000 78,000 0 7,830,620 478,927 2,342,993 1,750,000 83,000 0 3,644,200 1,573,591 0 10,398 7,988 0 0 0 0 250,000 20,000 0 473,716 0 0 0 240,000 65,310 844,000 460,297 104,971 3,386,000 477,000 155,565 1,611,474 15,949,870 0 0 0 0 132,000 42,469 0 52,000 11,616 0 500,000 15,000 0 899,300 2,926 0 480,000 308,000 0 129,500 0 0 100,000 0 0 1,905,635 80,165 29,583 251,200 0 0 350,000 175,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45,181 5,491 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

27 66

29a 69 7,825 201,394 14,006 14,858 2,380 10,417 1,825 14,447 8,004 3,176 20,584 11,235 13,741 11,454 0 6,558 600 7,485 8,354 2,108 13,707 28,427 2,381 0 657 4,906 8,369 1,188 36,866 7,780 1,645 100 3,205 2,261 2,000 9,727 2,921 3,560 2,193 9,708 0 7,890

30 31 71 72 380 0 5,497 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 60 0 130 0 0 0 446 0 150 0 125 0 3,055 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,909 0 0 0 600 0 50 0 162 0 0 0 1,110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 0 0 0 1,475 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 344 0 7,425 0 518 0 0 2,383 595 3,469 0 1,100 0 0 1,000 0 670 0 3,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,250 0 3,956 0 0 0 2,640 0 1,441 0 0 0 0 560 202 8 0 360 0 0 1,895 0

32 73

33 34 35 36 74 75 76 77 0 0 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 843 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 718 154 0 0 0 0 0 215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 3,950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 629 366 0 0 0 175 0 0 321 542 0 0 625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 124 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 177 0 0 1,063 705 0 0 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,711 500 10,457 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,080 622 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36,696 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 441 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,123 0 607 0 2,600 0 0

37 84

38 85 2,694 71,771 2,000 3,185 0 1,211 325 0 2,000 100 5,900 1,602 0 1,000 0 0 0 248 485 250 37,900 2,500 1,600 0 0 0 275 0 2,279 0 691 0 0 0 0 2,342 4,650 125 10,926 2,673 0 250 0 26,407 12,711 11,335 0 3,498 2,807 5,246 3,687 1,011 10,226 5,256 8,472 3,794 1,000 2,017 0 0 0 2,297 14,796 11,154 22,980 1,936 0 2,832 2,532 0 6,120 12,648 9,190 0 1,440 0 0 5,643 0 0 3,614 3,911 0 11,143

39 86

0 23,736 12,868 11,867 0 0 2,980 5,210 0 1,068 10,799 5,232 8,904 3,560 2,137 2,136 0 0 0 2,373 12,869 10,879 11,868 0 0 2,976 2,376 0 5,934 11,868 9,731 0 1,428 0 0 5,933 0 0 3,560 0 0 11,867

40 87

41 42 88 92 21,000 0 84,232 66,008 47,586 0 42,000 0 10,600 0 16,172 0 10,050 0 0 0 19,404 0 3,663 0 37,037 7,043 21,860 0 49,692 0 35,700 0 5,669 0 0 0 0 0 14,250 3,629 12,266 3,201 13,996 0 74,577 0 53,000 0 96,350 0 18,600 9,984 0 0 15,852 0 23,800 3,300 0 0 64,250 0 59,363 0 32,665 0 0 0 6,000 816 0 0 9,700 0 41,350 8,168 4,750 1,210 7,050 0 0 13,704 21,750 3,500 0 0 40,942 6,000

43 96 7,758 8,421 0 3,891 0 2,110 0 0 0 141 1,430 1,100 8,697 4,500 0 0 0 2,147 2,112 1,754 4,382 1,920 2,515 0 0 0 2,500 0 938 2,819 4,183 0 613 0 868 2,074 716 0 1,560 7,700 0 5,500

45 98

0 0 0 394,277 0 10,000 0 12,340 0 0 0 6,969 0 975 0 0 0 0 54 2,447 546 10,020 0 3,600 0 7,397 0 19,066 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,054 0 0 0 0 0 242,437 0 67,895 0 82,543 0 0 0 0 0 1,615 0 10,000 0 0 0 58,543 0 22,050 0 8,530 0 0 0 329 0 0 0 3,376 456 3,910 0 3,654 0 4,500 0 0 0 2,886 0 0 0 2,370

44 97

46 99 638 34,634 13,000 4,199 0 800 300 0 498 96 4,711 4,975 1,741 4,800 0 0 0 130 787 385 72,227 9,101 24,640 6,604 0 873 1,320 0 12,036 23,524 2,282 0 0 0 367 3,599 0 152 30 282 0 350

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

210

NORTHWEST DISTRICT ASHLEY EMMANUEL BEACH FEDERATED BEULAH BISMARCK CALVARY BISMARCK LEGACY BISMARCK MCCABE BOTTINEAU UNITED BOWBELLS BOWMAN CANDO CARRINGTON FEDERATED CENTER CHASELEY CLEVELAND DES LACS DEVILS LAKE DICKEY DICKINSON PRAIRIE WINDS DRAKE EDGELEY ELGIN ELLENDALE UNITED GOODRICH HAZEN

Church Name MELLETTE NORTHWESTERN MILBANK CENTRAL MILBANK PARKVIEW MILNOR OAKES PARK RIVER FEDERATED PEMBINA SHELDON ST THOMAS WAHPETON EVERGREEN WALCOTT ZION WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE WATERTOWN C-STONE - Encounter WATERTOWN FIRST WEBSTER WEST FARGO FLAME OF FAITH WYNDMERE

550,000 0 0 1,986,000 7,500,000 5,060,000 757,000 800,000 1,030,837 190,000 0 165,000 80,000 0 265,000 1,799,000 0 4,800,000 0 1,035,000 175,000 1,056,004 50,000 500,000

0 5,389,463 500,000 668,000 920,000 0 331,827 90,000 80,000 2,486,100 500,000 4,831,020 10,000 3,695,624 1,600,000 1,113,900 90,000

24

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263,000 0 0 0 0 112,952 0

26

27,674 0 0 0 2,500 0 67,251 0 410,000 1,680,000 374,863 499,999 5,000 0 63,559 0 112,234 0 180,000 0 0 0 50,000 0 24,774 0 0 0 73,748 0 32,000 0 0 0 0 1,200,000 0 0 105,470 0 10,000 0 94,582 0 0 0 100,000 0

0 620,229 125,000 39,624 0 0 39,890 15,000 50,334 462,798 0 891,000 20,000 1,270,905 100,000 168,523 36,402

25

29a 0 2,400 0 59,374 0 6,086 0 9,501 0 19,433 0 0 0 4,496 0 3,080 0 4,114 0 36,038 0 13,236 0 161,537 0 0 0 74,790 0 7,000 0 23,864 0 5,120

0 0 0 0 0 200 0 3,264 0 108,000 3,413 114,000 0 4,100 0 8,681 0 10,615 0 1,352 0 0 0 7,153 0 3,240 0 4,564 0 8,020 0 19,120 0 4,023 0 0 0 290 0 10,008 0 6,280 0 8,347 0 2,767 0 18,780

27

1,156 0 0 1,250 164 5,230 96 66 0 0 0 540 224 28 200 0 0 0 0 888 443 0 0 0

0 4,028 0 0 1,830 0 0 20 35 3,274 1,400 0 0 436 1,628 1,000 25

30

0 554 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 12,000 0 34,674 0 401 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,973 0 110 0 875 0 500 0 0 0 867 0 0 0 1,544 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 40 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0

35

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 4,000 0 460 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 550 0 0 0 77 0 0

31 32 33 34 0 0 0 0 0 7,935 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

60 0 0 245 0 0 0 251 65 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 95 0 165 0 0

0 0 200 5,171 1,000 347 0 767 0 0 0 0 800 0 0 258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

222 0 500 3,431 8,000 7,390 1,350 2,000 5,821 0 0 2,000 500 0 771 555 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 0 3,000

0 0 0 12,343 49,826 21,040 11,568 5,033 12,490 11,683 0 0 0 0 3,417 12,084 2,213 12,135 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 16,063 1,300 0 0 0 0 2,080 0 11,867 55,430 5,565 47,468 120,340 20,000 11,867 107,100 29,907 11,868 45,012 5,200 5,341 18,000 2,768 12,863 48,440 0 11,868 23,315 0 0 0 0 0 26,580 0 0 17,098 0 0 0 0 3,560 12,824 0 11,868 51,974 3,448 2,285 0 0 11,867 51,643 0 0 0 0 0 16,256 0 0 0 0 0 32,801 3,011 0 10,735 0 0 26,434 0

37 38 39 40 41 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 871 142,921 54,654 16,321 11,867 91,481 7,762 171 0 364 0 0 8,895 0 0 0 0 7,765 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,000 9,730 31,415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1,613 3,115 0 0 4,750 1,210 25 0 0 0 0 9,000 0 20 0 123 0 0 14,250 3,629 0 0 4,604 11,845 11,867 48,800 3,853 0 1,400 1,350 8,433 8,307 31,995 0 0 0 172,387 18,787 11,867 124,028 36,000 0 0 4,900 0 0 29,273 20,000 0 0 3,492 13,393 11,868 69,433 16,146 0 0 700 8,412 8,904 30,150 0 0 734 1,756 11,681 11,868 46,600 0 45 0 0 0 0 10,725 0

36

2,100 0 0 3,881 7,500 3,190 1,059 3,150 6,800 6,465 0 4,868 3,315 0 1,500 1,468 0 4,500 0 3,551 0 2,089 2,295 6,565

0 1,624 1,266 0 500 0 716 1,600 2,147 5,599 3,640 2,480 1,461 4,188 2,245 2,442 2,137

43

1,875 3,900 256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37,162 10,930 0 317,000 102,000 0 226,831 44,332 0 8,526 649 0 2,768 24 0 2,583 1,682 0 2,080 500 0 0 0 0 973 1,025 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,661 0 0 0 0 33,382 8,000 0 0 0 1,200 5,390 0 0 0 0 0 4,300 1,800 0 0 0 0 9,418 2,500

45 46 0 0 0 0 149,653 35,114 0 8,127 3,187 0 0 0 0 13,500 9,000 0 0 0 0 3,477 350 0 0 0 0 1,314 787 0 41,777 10,886 0 0 494 0 376,231 172,387 0 0 7,343 0 235,712 58,003 0 0 4,925 0 18,668 2,985 785 0 0

44

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

211

24 1,190,942 2,000,000 2,927,800 0 246,000 242,000 292,000 0 490,300 700,000 2,074,500 0 0 288,000 624,800 1,600,000 5,710,500 60,000 400,000 550,000 0 160,000 100,000 168,000 150,000 229,000 480,500 675,000 65,000 262,800 465,000 331,000 0 3,400,000 150,000 1,250,000 2,500,000 120,000

897,000 180,000 2,035,000

Church Name HETTINGER JAMESTOWN FIRST JAMESTOWN ST PAULS JUD KENMARE RENEW KENSAL LANGDON LANSFORD LEHR LINTON MANDAN MARION MARTIN MCCLUSKY MEDINA MINOT FAITH MINOT VINCENT MOFFIT MOHALL NAPOLEON NORTONVILLE ROBINSON ROCK LAKE ROLLA RUGBY EMMANUEL UNITED SHERWOOD STEELE STERLING STREETER TAPPEN TURTLE LAKE TUTTLE UNDERWOOD VALLEY CITY EPWORTH VELVA WASHBURN WILLISTON WIMBLEDON

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT ALEXANDRIA ALPENA ARLINGTON 320,000 0 122,950

25 91,918 1,000,000 905,692 0 0 45,000 144,000 0 25,284 0 0 0 0 4,000 0 87,977 0 0 23,819 176,999 0 8,000 9,000 40,000 19,000 11,696 125,500 0 58,500 0 62,000 40,000 0 670,000 22,200 140,000 1,000,000 213,541

0 0 0

0 0 187,889 0 82,483 0 0 0 0 0 30,566 0 0 0 0 300,301 260,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 425,000 0 0 0 0

26

0 0 0

0 16,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,410 0 0 0

27

6,724 1,500 9,696

29a 15,901 32,262 40,772 5,320 182 5,037 10,587 0 7,628 13,101 32,400 9,547 0 2,282 5,644 20,269 58,568 2,173 4,163 10,223 600 2,211 3,000 8,143 264 2,688 18,086 8,300 9,000 5,558 4,609 6,573 1,089 13,425 4,996 13,451 36,826 9,389

202 0 206

0 0 0

0 0 1,872

0 0 0

0 0 0

70 0 0

125 0 187

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 150 0 225 0 0 1,270 1,228 3,280 0 5,050 0 0 0 163 3,645 0 2,639 0 0 750 3,102 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 292 0 1,233 0 0 75 55 83 0 0 0 0 50 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,400 0 1,000 0 0 500 20 80 0 0 0 0 287 0 1,883 0 425 0 0 202 15 550 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 240 0 620 0 0 25 45 990 0 474 0 0 0 30 3,608 0 18,000 0 0 0 797 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 20 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 935 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,154 0 0 250 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 100 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 7,389 0 0 1,298 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 145 1,847 0 3,330 0 0 0 0 669 0 180 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 1,400 0 0 515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,860 0 3,262 0 0 0 1,402 0 0 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 0 1,263 0 0 0 63

0 1,500 0

37 1,415 0 2,545 0 0 586 2,000 0 0 0 1,641 0 0 1,296 0 2,347 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 760 0 0 5,100 0 0 915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,409

0 600 1,834

38 8,138 487 5,331 0 0 0 2,000 0 2,950 1,760 323 0 0 1,358 870 653 4,007 0 0 4,423 0 0 0 0 376 0 9,493 2,500 22,117 720 0 8,675 0 3,650 1,950 0 0 0

2,910 0 6,744

39 11,904 32,619 13,173 3,372 3,572 0 11,073 0 2,809 7,612 12,731 4,953 0 0 2,144 7,974 5,781 0 5,033 5,630 0 0 0 0 0 1,118 6,120 4,099 5,274 3,095 0 0 0 12,384 0 0 25,557 0

3,090 0 7,128

15,100 15,000 18,459

40 41 11,868 49,290 11,868 110,629 11,867 66,500 3,481 0 0 0 0 4,622 11,867 38,500 0 0 1,484 15,015 7,714 33,000 11,867 60,625 5,113 0 0 0 0 13,120 712 11,838 8,307 42,745 5,934 55,000 0 0 5,341 18,000 2,967 21,044 0 0 0 0 0 5,595 0 17,719 0 7,600 1,187 4,000 2,970 31,170 4,153 18,500 2,729 20,103 1,009 22,868 0 8,050 0 11,970 0 0 11,868 52,275 0 17,400 0 26,434 11,867 122,500 0 21,084

1,585 0 0

42 4,765 0 5,316 0 0 0 5,893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,768 0 0 0 0 0 0 615 4,082 0 1,409 0 0 1,588 0 5,280 2,600 0 0 2,604

1,453 0 3,609

43 2,500 3,264 5,542 0 0 2,353 2,320 0 4,863 8,500 4,246 0 0 805 0 3,150 1,931 0 3,150 7,424 0 0 1,552 4,913 300 700 0 2,800 990 0 2,000 2,286 0 4,500 0 6,567 5,000 4,089

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,309 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,445 0 0 0

44

3,600 0 12,517

0 40,329 39,245 0 0 0 12,424 0 2,000 2,561 40,128 0 0 0 0 16,148 94,442 0 2,768 599 0 0 0 0 0 615 3,598 0 7,099 0 2,868 1,398 0 59,975 0 9,419 13,876 4,800

45

900 0 7,266

46 6,017 1,200 17,436 0 0 1,071 1,475 0 1,314 3,165 16,520 0 0 0 690 6,239 5,190 0 0 501 0 0 230 200 0 0 1,853 524 2,540 100 500 1,398 0 10,143 3,541 1,300 6,000 665

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

212

Church Name AURORA IMPACT BEN CLARE BERESFORD ZION BRANDON CELEBRATION BROADLAND BROOKINGS FIRST CANISTOTA UNITED CANTON CARPENTER CHESTER COLTON DE SMET DELL RAPIDS DOLAND EGAN ELK POINT UNITED ELKTON UNITED ESMOND ETHAN FLANDREAU FRANKFORT GARRETSON UNITED GAYVILLE-VOLIN GEDDES HARRISBURG HARTFORD HITCHCOCK HOWARD HURLEY HURON FIRST HURON RIVERVIEW IRENE IROQUOIS KIMBALL LAKE PRESTON UNITED MADISON MITCHELL DOWNTOWN FIRST MITCHELL FUSION MONTROSE MT VERNON N SIOUX CITY ARK OLIVET PARKER

24 173,000 865,800 1,575,000 1,787,347 0 5,030,453 129,706 2,020,000 212,000 600,000 1,189,847 1,214,000 1,300,000 1,043,900 177,000 1,016,200 325,000 0 150,000 1,924,598 75,000 0 334,000 1,346,400 2,978,000 1,835,500 700,000 1,656,200 367,600 5,807,488 527,400 30,000 300,000 492,508 0 4,734,700 7,532,750 230,000 1,500,000 244,800 145,578 0 640,000

25 40,000 0 153,112 127,985 0 278,980 140,000 8,772 0 136,156 18,000 68,670 152,142 26,266 0 0 0 0 47,608 61,990 14,270 0 0 92,874 118,639 19,119 0 0 15,500 293,115 113,000 8,500 40,000 0 0 115,575 234,552 0 50,000 0 28,084 0 90,000

0 0 0 723,339 0 320,895 0 44,571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26

29a 0 4,888 0 5,765 0 20,441 2,256 6,087 0 3,757 0 102,012 0 17,315 0 19,177 0 3,677 0 9,464 0 9,757 0 8,610 0 4,250 0 4,617 0 1,945 0 12,543 0 4,022 0 1,366 0 8,780 0 14,945 0 3,918 0 1,210 0 2,409 0 23,988 0 56,097 0 19,989 0 11,778 0 15,641 0 3,054 0 90,508 0 19,703 0 4,385 0 11,188 0 2,000 0 0 40,000 43,070 0 76,321 0 7,543 0 10,800 0 1,961 0 13,004 0 9,077 0 7,318

27

0 2,522 0 0 0 8,649 34 135 680 836 935 257 84 218 0 445 0 0 0 0 291 0 695 2,205 0 937 0 0 0 0 60 897 2,003 220 0 911 421 1,000 6,325 0 274 400 72

30

31 32 33 34 35 36 0 0 0 0 0 350 0 0 0 0 399 0 0 2,560 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,805 0 0 419 3,116 0 600 0 0 500 0 0 404 0 0 0 634 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 576 0 86 0 0 0 90 0 100 0 0 0 12 0 640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1,000 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 330 0 284 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 236 0 130 0 2,410 0 0 715 2,727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 825 0 0 75 108 0 600 0 0 460 0 0 100 0 0 175 238 0 0 0 0 287 0 0 485 0 0 500 5 0 819 0 0 1,647 1,309 0 660 0 0 425 445 0 2,169 0 0 0 0 0 3,905 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,400 0 0 225 482 0 3,785 0 0 190 2,476 0 1,500 0 0 0 0 0 9,269 0 0 945 473 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,464 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 370 0 0 0 91 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,670 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,275 0 488 310 255 0 0 1,785 0 0 2,000 0 2,316 5,600 2,000 2,400 0 100 0 0

37

38 600 0 2,160 14,000 0 0 5,000 14,232 6,978 1,857 2,925 0 0 0 0 15,000 3,531 0 3,576 1,072 0 0 0 9,568 8,375 1,930 2,132 1,512 750 23,959 5,200 153 5,032 600 0 11,990 9,500 13,500 11,741 0 4,270 0 100

39 865 0 11,523 12,960 0 25,280 11,589 12,792 0 3,886 3,888 3,437 7,860 0 0 0 0 0 2,688 8,520 1,768 0 0 11,875 12,619 11,869 0 11,185 5,720 22,587 9,740 2,770 4,200 5,574 4,495 18,886 20,550 0 3,849 0 2,855 0 5,724

41 42 0 10,314 0 0 0 0 11,867 44,500 5,281 11,868 63,630 6,579 0 0 0 11,868 123,000 25,500 11,867 29,279 4,000 11,868 61,320 0 0 0 0 0 21,410 0 0 21,410 0 0 0 0 0 44,595 0 0 11,800 0 0 0 0 0 32,750 0 0 30,216 7,149 0 0 0 2,850 14,145 1,415 0 47,256 0 1,780 7,200 1,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,867 52,339 0 11,867 56,507 20,368 11,867 49,113 0 0 20,675 3,910 11,867 40,000 3,815 5,934 21,709 0 17,801 111,171 29,718 9,494 44,432 0 0 16,728 3,900 0 24,499 4,620 5,934 13,000 900 4,747 0 0 11,867 85,085 0 11,867 105,805 27,833 0 33,249 0 0 39,650 12,000 0 10,750 0 0 18,648 11,000 0 0 0 5,940 21,709 2,500

40

44 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,508 0 4,080 4,717 0 104,978 0 0 0 202 0 234,537 0 0 20,678 8,523 0 77,751 0 0 8,071 2,331 0 0 2,332 0 0 0 0 0 2,255 0 13,530 565 0 591 0 0 0 0 0 12,000 0 19,200 0 0 0 0 1,570 0 460 653 0 11,987 750 225 480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,751 3,141 0 75,790 3,350 0 22,283 2,743 0 0 369 0 1,866 0 0 461 1,647 0 150,760 4,700 0 24,100 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,400 0 0 0 0 3,000 56,097 9,146 0 114,246 2,779 0 26,000 3,030 0 0 0 0 0 1,497 0 1,200 0 0 0 2,711 0 500

43

46 450 0 1,502 12,570 0 81,521 5,000 1,738 825 0 996 0 4,370 349 0 10,923 1,595 0 1,049 7,560 535 0 0 658 9,100 5,750 0 1,293 0 25,888 10,500 298 1,287 0 0 26,960 21,647 20,000 3,800 0 1,061 0 0

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

213

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT AGAR BELLE FOURCHE BLUNT BOX ELDER THE BRIDGE BURKE CAMP CROOK COLOME CRESBARD DRAPER EDGEMONT UNITED EUREKA FAIRBURN FAITH FAULKTON

190,000 2,100,000 325,000 0 100,000 50,000 40,000 300,000 145,052 160,000 0 250,000 1,128,200 825,000

24 892,800 1,303,000 150,000 2,185,165 0 2,496,270 0 0 15,836,485 3,713,355 2,652,646 3,025,500 2,600,000 0 548,500 275,000 1,036,734 2,778,500 364,000 129,000 1,500,000 227,900 1,197,800 930,000 530,525 WOONSOCKET SPIRIT OF FAITH UMC/EL 300,000 YANKTON 1,426,041

Church Name PLANKINTON REDFIELD SALEM UNITE SIOUX FALLS ASBURY SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - Downtown SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - 57th Street SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - Sertoma SIOUX FALLS EMBRACE - Tea SIOUX FALLS FIRST SIOUX FALLS HILLTOP SIOUX FALLS SOUTHERN HILLS SIOUX FALLS SUNNYCREST SIOUX FALLS WESLEY STERLING STICKNEY TULARE UNITED TYNDALL VERMILLION VIBORG VIRGIL WAGNER WAKONDA WESSINGTON SPRINGS WHITE WHITE LAKE

5,500 35,000 0 0 0 0 18,225 81,000 31,500 41,000 0 27,428 0 953,000

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52,771 0 0

25 26 150,000 0 1,149,356 0 48,500 0 184,082 0 0 0 389,495 1,481,490 0 0 0 0 951,329 0 348,533 86,233 190,604 1,221,616 283,213 130,924 65,000 0 0 0 0 0 60,662 0 45,000 0 904,892 0 0 0 60,000 0 140,000 0 84,544 0 272,286 0 46,000 0 97,850 0 0 0 347,651 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2,934 12,507 3,551 0 0 2,684 0 4,517 5,439 3,500 0 5,048 2,636 20,453

29a 0 14,080 0 20,219 0 0 828 86,649 0 0 26,038 66,668 0 0 0 0 88,736 134,775 0 32,650 0 4,800 0 56,857 0 13,500 0 2,554 0 3,132 0 4,500 0 6,475 0 15,326 0 2,788 0 6,519 0 16,217 0 7,802 0 11,722 0 7,935 0 5,974 0 1,500 5,836 68,575

27

400 533 0 0 0 0 175 99 65 57 35 0 0 7,392

0 950 0 188 0 0 0 0 0 1,013 0 0 0 0 0 332 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 50 0 0 0 14,000

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 0 685

100 164 0 0 0 0 0 50 70 82 0 0 0 0

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 151 0 0 0 0 226 0 3,518 0 9,870 0 0 1,000 487 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,190 0 12,150 0 0 550 688 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 412 0 62,450 0 0 468 5,729 257 0 150 0 0 0 967 5,220 0 2,269 0 0 160 489 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 1,363 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 0 1,000 0 0 152 194 10 0 20 0 0 50 143 597 0 1,172 0 0 0 959 483 0 501 0 0 146 136 1,837 0 1,250 0 0 342 642 67 0 0 0 0 526 371 1,489 0 1,235 0 0 220 200 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 248 0 700 0 0 0 225 180 0 0 0 0 78 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 8,872 0 0 2,845 5,300

1,903 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0

2,046 1,212 1,188 2,571 12,311 11,867 0 1,690 0 0 0 0 600 11,571 11,867 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,478 7,714 0 4,230 4,153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,005 5,934

5,208 55,000 9,932 45,154 27,090 0 5,565 0 15,412 7,200 0 0 0 31,090

37 38 39 40 41 776 0 11,323 11,867 31,388 0 10,850 10,017 10,087 40,800 0 1,750 0 0 60,000 6,205 15,249 24,788 23,734 104,360 0 0 0 0 46,403 0 110,414 24,671 11,867 220,382 0 0 0 0 66,819 0 0 0 0 70,430 1,295 9,080 19,910 10,879 149,689 0 24,243 11,979 10,879 63,240 0 0 7,407 0 51,025 4,425 25,192 12,303 11,867 57,644 0 5,316 12,461 11,868 57,000 2,913 0 757 0 7,419 0 0 0 0 19,270 0 6,585 0 0 38,600 9,358 0 104 3,509 3,560 876 13,791 11,561 11,867 45,000 2,018 3,421 0 0 15,000 212 3,307 2,436 2,376 8,762 0 1,538 8,186 8,307 46,789 6,217 700 4,344 0 19,774 500 6,648 4,008 0 45,931 1,824 0 1,983 0 13,503 689 0 0 0 10,462 0 0 0 0 0 2,715 9,985 21,326 11,867 120,138

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,561

42 3,081 3,574 0 36,810 0 20,000 0 0 29,200 18,000 5,200 7,084 3,702 0 21,730 0 980 0 0 0 0 6,100 5,715 0 0 0 11,426

514 1,061 0 0 1,200 0 1,200 0 774 0 0 0 0 2,811

43 2,198 4,342 500 7,090 0 3,000 0 0 3,811 0 1,591 2,191 934 0 0 3,679 1,600 4,414 1,633 2,219 5,977 940 2,246 2,794 1,602 0 2,302

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1,275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,629 0 0 0 0 780 0 0 0 0 0 0

44

2,201 23,066 1,500 0 900 0 0 0 0 1,620 0 0 0 10,440

0 27,955 18,974 112,949 71,630 609,503 77,686 103,204 516,041 53,025 57,816 102,918 32,866 0 0 4,553 4,320 25,499 0 2,595 4,976 0 12,875 3,000 3,467 0 96,268

45

1,622 5,516 300 0 250 0 1,345 0 424 2,400 0 0 0 3,235

46 2,641 6,127 15,085 41,026 0 0 0 0 29,658 23,128 17,140 41,299 2,180 413 800 5,946 181 4,994 525 719 1,800 5,437 0 0 906 0 22,023

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

214

Church Name GETTYSBURG GREGORY HARROLD HERRICK HIGHMORE HOT SPRINGS FEDERATED KENNEBEC LEAD TRINITY MILLER MISSION MOBRIDGE MURDO ONIDA PHILIP UNITED PIEDMONT PIERRE FIRST PIERRE SOUTHEAST PRAIRIE VIEW PRESHO PRINGLE RAPID CITY CANYON LAKE RAPID CITY FIRST RAPID CITY KNOLLWOOD HEIGH RAPID CITY OPEN HEART RAPID VALLEY RELIANCE SELBY SPEARFISH STURGIS TIMBER LAKE TOLSTOY WALL WASTA WHITE RIVER WINNER

24 182,000 1,300,000 263,200 60,000 583,000 2,062,696 367,000 1,979,563 1,753,000 300,000 80,000 1,301,078 120,000 402,000 1,069,047 6,413,083 805,300 650,000 1,117,192 168,000 4,511,935 4,627,724 601,798 675,087 1,350,000 50,000 850,200 2,736,701 1,255,171 0 150,000 1,365,000 100,000 321,000 1,493,000

25 26 90,000 0 0 0 6,200 0 0 0 6,730 0 164,370 0 0 0 319,746 0 152,950 0 0 0 0 0 6,415 0 121,000 0 0 0 103,660 0 116,117 1,187,333 28,000 0 83,400 0 45,696 0 75,000 0 770,556 54,752 263,422 111,382 193,731 0 247,000 0 0 650,000 5,000 0 480,000 0 397,972 66,683 72,581 0 0 0 57,200 0 0 0 0 0 90,396 0 91,643 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,116 0 0 15,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

27

29a 16,384 19,389 4,516 6,376 2,000 5,640 3,797 26,083 20,416 0 7,526 11,189 8,939 4,662 28,865 80,372 1,394 21,315 7,118 4,611 72,963 25,172 22,351 1,600 5,903 3,998 11,288 70,548 29,528 2,000 4,816 4,875 331 9,684 49,815

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 1,183 0 114 0 0 53 0 77 0 5,300 0 0 500 100 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,300 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 370 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 387 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 0 0 0 0 349 461 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 112 0 0 0 0 100 350 72 0 104 0 0 0 45 685 0 1,117 0 0 720 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,080 0 0 721 0 2,817 0 24,280 0 0 301 1,433 157 0 560 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,020 0 0 239 0 0 0 0 0 1,120 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0 376 5,859 0 14,000 0 0 510 162 2,705 0 1,150 0 0 0 0 26 0 1,573 0 0 0 40 5,000 0 400 0 0 0 0 392 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 1,859 0 0 0 0 0 95 3,069 0 4,304 0 0 2,020 1,937 55 0 1,612 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 131 474 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 313 0 100 0 0 40 150 42 0 5,247 0 0 5,350 0

37 2,738 0 25 0 0 0 600 2,796 21,157 0 245 0 287 0 500 19,100 2,000 5,524 0 0 7,600 17,395 1,529 0 0 0 0 85,771 3,475 0 0 2,763 4,300 0 2,250

38 1,783 8,673 0 500 0 0 0 776 0 0 150 0 1,427 0 2,344 23,224 500 3,500 0 0 0 21,593 5,357 13,200 32 600 9,000 3,825 935 0 0 2,476 0 0 4,142

39 7,855 12,409 2,023 0 4,383 0 0 11,707 6,589 559 2,036 7,855 3,021 11,335 11,623 18,286 0 11,935 11,287 0 21,653 19,179 11,599 7,623 12,324 0 6,109 12,919 11,897 0 4,027 5,417 471 5,034 12,265

40 41 42 7,713 34,237 0 11,867 56,310 0 0 9,835 0 0 18,060 0 0 19,365 0 0 19,900 0 0 19,458 1,710 11,867 46,955 5,419 6,922 24,194 0 594 3,551 0 0 11,531 2,833 7,714 28,647 0 2,967 13,002 0 11,867 42,000 0 11,868 48,338 0 11,867 80,097 0 0 41,000 0 11,867 50,000 0 11,867 29,357 0 0 0 0 15,823 156,127 14,971 16,812 98,848 22,260 11,867 44,908 12,000 0 45,754 20,000 11,868 51,485 17,400 0 19,457 0 0 40,819 10,000 11,867 63,112 11,497 11,867 49,500 0 0 0 0 4,153 0 0 5,459 44,808 0 475 4,939 0 5,341 31,955 0 11,867 54,400 0

43 4,736 13,883 2,500 650 5,000 7,588 1,425 1,238 2,539 600 1,549 2,474 1,507 0 4,990 617 200 7,743 0 0 7,767 5,231 3,000 2,000 1,488 0 6,500 8,000 2,350 0 0 3,000 0 4,500 3,877

45 0 9,400 0 16,520 0 1,500 0 480 0 6,200 0 25,714 0 0 0 15,317 0 51,406 0 60 0 4,565 0 0 0 2,650 0 1,789 0 36,282 0 90,058 0 0 0 6,347 0 0 0 0 0 101,864 0 267,206 450 6,722 0 8,705 0 0 0 0 0 1,678 0 138,831 0 31,182 0 0 0 0 0 2,600 0 0 0 399 0 39,161

44

46 3,247 6,165 1,000 250 2,000 17,816 0 3,682 3,294 100 529 1,670 4,900 1,366 12,902 30,639 1,000 12,121 694 0 35,991 24,584 2,391 3,905 3,179 0 3,000 15,643 5,743 0 0 3,100 0 2,202 25,864

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 24-Market value of land, buildings, equipment 25-Market value of all other assets 26-Debt secured by Church Assets 27-Other debt 29a-Apportionments Paid 30-General Advance Specials 31-World Service Specials 32-Conference Advance Specials 33-Youth Service Fund 34-Other UM Ministries 35-Conference Special Sundays 36-General Special Sundays 37-Direct UM Gifts 38-Non-UM Gifts 39-Clergy Pension Benefits 40-Clergy Health Benefits 41-Clergy Salary 42-Clergy Housing 43-Pastor Accountable Reimbursements 44-Pastor Other Cash Allowances 45-Other Staff Salaries & Benefits 46-Program Expenses

215

Church Name NORTHEAST DISTRICT ABERDEEN FAITH ABERDEEN FIRST ABERDEEN N HIGHLAND ARTHUR BATH BIG STONE CITY BRISTOL-BUTLER BRITTON CASSELTON CAVALIER FIRST CAVALIER TRINITY CLAREMONT CLARK CLEAR LAKE COGSWELL CONDE CRYSTAL DRAYTON ENDERLIN FAIRMOUNT FARGO CALVARY FARGO FAITH FARGO FIRST FARGO FIRST AFRICAN FREDERICK GARDEN CITY GARY GRAFTON FEDERATED GRAND FORKS WESLEY GRAND FORKS ZION GROTON HAMILTON HECLA HENRY HILLSBORO UNITED HOLMES HUMBOLDT MN KELLERTON KINDRED CALVARY LARIMORE LEOLA LISBON

47 48 100 101 20,372 0 217,476 0 55,000 24,000 38,978 0 2,685 0 34,084 0 4,325 0 13,864 0 4,223 0 6,480 0 17,983 0 15,302 0 28,469 0 17,000 1,000 4,400 0 16,277 0 4,000 0 12,891 0 12,094 0 9,967 0 379,653 562,647 49,129 0 135,066 16,619 52,877 0 2,980 0 9,130 0 12,400 0 13,565 0 90,916 26,030 38,547 18,000 23,283 0 1,661 0 6,672 0 16,085 0 12,998 0 14,294 0 7,576 0 4,614 0 18,482 0 56,473 8,100 5,419 0 13,080 0

0 72,852 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,204 6,359 0 0 0 6,200 0 0 0 13,469 0 0 6,206 0 6,034 0 0 0 10,000 0 3,757 0 0 0 0 0 387 11,202 0 0 24,117 1,484 0 350

49 102

50 103 61,169 1,218,799 192,266 156,579 15,850 77,289 23,645 38,767 47,020 24,595 130,899 70,784 130,173 109,076 13,206 27,649 4,750 56,559 42,354 33,280 1,462,347 239,005 416,411 90,001 4,237 38,234 80,669 14,928 311,524 197,224 92,200 1,761 20,503 19,115 30,022 112,376 25,654 22,736 78,186 121,574 14,739 100,260

51 104 29 606 55 52 21 43 25 0 33 9 70 61 0 82 12 0 0 31 19 14 458 132 280 59 0 25 48 0 114 99 87 0 18 0 12 33 14 16 23 31 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153,815 267,168 0 0 0 0 0 165,893 83,140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,463 0 0 0

52a 105

52b 106 46,230 1,110,331 154,000 83,732 12,310 63,254 26,275 0 54,850 22,297 130,792 51,070 61,053 92,000 8,900 0 0 40,749 42,919 17,549 751,471 41,098 284,722 0 0 25,356 44,278 0 43,693 62,071 98,890 0 20,030 0 30,968 58,891 21,810 22,790 0 59,119 0 53,978

52c 52d 52e 107 108 109 2,362 45 0 21,864 5,434 0 3,050 0 0 3,083 44,626 0 0 0 0 1,607 61 0 445 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,397 254 0 906 0 0 26,239 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,705 7,156 0 1,763 52 0 855 477 0 23,439 3,346 161 7,432 157 0 0 254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,467 0 0 2,996 83 0 0 0 0 4,363 0 0 3,576 81 0 2,613 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 769 127 0 0 0 0 0 6,526 0 1,015 332 0 0 0 0 644 1,027 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

52f 110 375 0 11,600 0 0 225 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 6,600 300 12,969 660 6,794 0 0 0 23,912 0 4,835 20,529 1,215 0 0 0 3,600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 268 0 0 0 0 2,153 485 0 27,202 0 0 0 0 0 1,183 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,078 700 0 0 0 0 3,683 0 0 0 2,018 0 245

52g 111

52t 53a 112 113 49,012 1,265 1,137,629 0 168,650 0 131,441 0 12,578 0 65,147 0 26,735 0 0 0 54,850 0 24,450 0 133,978 0 51,976 0 114,494 0 93,100 18,500 8,900 0 0 0 0 0 50,610 0 52,517 0 19,181 0 791,516 74,847 203,162 0 558,938 0 0 0 0 0 29,823 0 71,269 0 0 0 218,784 101,186 176,475 17,234 103,418 0 0 0 20,076 0 0 0 35,464 0 62,574 4,207 28,336 0 24,137 0 27,463 0 62,808 8,859 0 0 54,223 0 0 26,611 0 335 540 0 0 0 0 0 1,165 3,105 125 250 0 0 0 2,000 0 0 6,255 690 11,225 0 0 1,245 275 0 6,790 235 1,603 0 125 0 50 90 0 0 0 1,342 0 5,000

53b 114

0 55,111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,986 0 0 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,231 0 0 12,000 0 0 0

53c 115

53d 116 1,122 57,422 1,000 0 725 3,017 250 0 0 0 675 0 0 509 0 0 0 151 2,790 300 72,707 4,500 10,562 0 0 0 2,923 0 1,052 0 418 0 0 0 0 1,055 57 1,767 0 362 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,546 0 0 2,391

54a 118

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,427 0 0 0 0 0 0

54b 119

54c 120 9,152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 0 0 0 0

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 47-Other Operating Expenses 48-Payments on Debt 49-Capital Expenditures 50-Grand Total Expenditures INCOME: 51-Giving Units Operating Income {52a-Pledge Gifts 52b-Gifts from Identified Givers but Not Pledged 52c-Gifts from Unidentified Givers 52d-Interest/Dividends 52e-Sale of Church Assets 52fBuilding Use Fees 52g-Fundraisers 52t-Total} 53a-Capital Campaign 53b-Memorials, Endowments, Bequests 53c-Funds from Other Sources and Projects 53d-Designated Gifts for Benevolent Causes 54a-Equitable Compensation 54b-Received from Connectional Sources 54c-Other Grants from Institutional Sources

216

15,725 0 1,700 0 50 0 34,323 0 96,000 383,000 130,651 122,085 12,507 0 13,785 0 22,147 0 6,200 0 6,600 0 4,200 0 10,350 0 15,364 0 26,005 0 23,370 0 1,000 0 25,000 0 9,888 0 50,897 0 4,299 0 12,824 0 2,090 0 10,870 0

NORTHWEST DISTRICT ASHLEY EMMANUEL BEACH FEDERATED BEULAH BISMARCK CALVARY BISMARCK LEGACY BISMARCK MCCABE BOTTINEAU UNITED BOWBELLS BOWMAN CANDO CARRINGTON FEDERATED CENTER CHASELEY CLEVELAND DES LACS DEVILS LAKE DICKEY DICKINSON PRAIRIE WINDS DRAKE EDGELEY ELGIN ELLENDALE UNITED GOODRICH HAZEN

0 11,445 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,000 0 0 0 0 8,801 0

48

47 5,013 48,603 16,968 49,775 28,000 1,200 11,189 11,000 8,410 49,755 46,257 118,303 10,908 83,881 38,387 80,703 11,053

Church Name MELLETTE NORTHWESTERN MILBANK CENTRAL MILBANK PARKVIEW MILNOR OAKES PARK RIVER FEDERATED PEMBINA SHELDON ST THOMAS WAHPETON EVERGREEN WALCOTT ZION WATERTOWN CORNERSTONE WATERTOWN C-STONE - Encounter WATERTOWN FIRST WEBSTER WEST FARGO FLAME OF FAITH WYNDMERE

0 43,211 33 0 1,700 0 0 3,030 0 0 185,137 116 14,000 1,290,298 350 53,712 912,816 387 1,280 103,616 31 0 62,814 48 45,287 168,793 58 44,195 107,658 42 0 6,600 0 0 47,339 50 0 38,083 20 0 20,066 0 0 57,692 51 8,400 137,706 85 0 9,521 0 500,000 651,394 100 0 10,178 0 0 89,986 33 0 11,572 0 0 65,337 42 1,890 19,854 13 0 77,567 70

50 51 0 7,413 0 36,842 680,535 186 0 45,164 26 0 67,041 0 0 125,058 0 0 1,200 0 10,862 41,891 27 0 24,725 7 0 34,829 16 9,620 242,318 119 64,988 191,500 35 21,835 1,237,089 393 0 73,885 12 18,824 600,666 386 3,500 105,851 75 35,281 246,383 89 0 29,890 14

49

0 0 0 0 0 489,416 51,804 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125,000 0 58,765 0 65,324 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,138 0 128,144 103,502 0 0 359,852 0 66,065 0

52a

36,057 0 0 140,837 682,000 192,176 0 52,926 72,269 54,114 0 48,000 16,500 0 44,332 113,139 0 75,000 0 3,700 0 0 14,900 80,000

0 0 0 4,191 19,700 10,975 0 4,619 3,764 0 0 7,680 3,500 0 6,272 3,722 0 0 0 2,782 0 0 0 0

52c 0 0 499,655 5,360 35,375 1,531 0 0 119,297 0 0 0 33,730 968 0 0 25,659 0 72,001 10,070 0 0 828,428 123,741 51,762 2,780 93,445 9,627 67,470 4,838 73,305 7,853 32,000 0

52b

15 0 0 322 0 9 2,864 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 503 0 0 0 500

0 279 3,608 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 319 0 434 50 212 0

52d

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0

52e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1,080 0 0 0 19,800 4,416 0 7,200 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 910 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,650 0 0 0 1,220 1,000 0 0

52f

0 0 0 220 0 12,790 0 0 6,175 1,060 0 0 17,579 0 0 3,945 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,620 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,174 0 0 0 45,508 1,180 0 0

52g

0 35,486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,850 55,028 0 0 0 0 28,025 0

53a

0 888 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,091 4,000 40 14,237 0 5,800 3,500 2,780 0

53b

37,152 0 1,225 0 0 0 0 0 0 145,570 0 490 721,500 404,000 0 709,782 123,154 147,604 54,668 640 0 64,745 0 120 82,508 0 40,751 55,174 0 9,010 0 0 0 55,680 0 0 37,579 0 0 0 0 0 50,604 5,100 25 121,751 0 545 0 0 0 200,000 136,000 1,000 0 0 0 65,800 0 414 0 0 0 65,324 0 4,819 19,520 0 0 80,500 0 0

0 505,294 40,714 0 119,297 0 34,698 15,138 25,713 216,039 103,502 952,488 54,542 510,086 74,538 147,435 32,000

52t

0 0 0 0 0 68,161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,200 0

53c

3,595 0 0 445 0 19,031 400 311 2,500 0 0 2,000 1,057 0 1,460 0 0 0 0 974 0 0 0 0

0 2,899 1,818 0 0 0 210 0 55 6,575 1,400 0 0 1,430 2,000 0 70

53d

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

54c

3,830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,696 0 0 22,500 0 13,947 16,083 3,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,200 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

54b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,855 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,165 0 0

54a

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 47-Other Operating Expenses 48-Payments on Debt 49-Capital Expenditures 50-Grand Total Expenditures INCOME: 51-Giving Units Operating Income {52a-Pledge Gifts 52b-Gifts from Identified Givers but Not Pledged 52c-Gifts from Unidentified Givers 52d-Interest/Dividends 52e-Sale of Church Assets 52fBuilding Use Fees 52g-Fundraisers 52t-Total} 53a-Capital Campaign 53b-Memorials, Endowments, Bequests 53c-Funds from Other Sources and Projects 53d-Designated Gifts for Benevolent Causes 54a-Equitable Compensation 54b-Received from Connectional Sources 54c-Other Grants from Institutional Sources

217

47 15,629 97,161 61,492 950 19,376 18,835 28,712 5,892 7,862 14,320 63,246 2,801 6,879 7,500 7,190 39,016 152,158 8,000 12,141 11,349 6,600 3,000 4,170 8,988 3,524 3,630 13,546 19,333 18,072 11,861 8,000 13,493 6,000 33,000 5,172 7,325 70,000 16,625

3,500 7,000 16,736

Church Name HETTINGER JAMESTOWN FIRST JAMESTOWN ST PAULS JUD KENMARE RENEW KENSAL LANGDON LANSFORD LEHR LINTON MANDAN MARION MARTIN MCCLUSKY MEDINA MINOT FAITH MINOT VINCENT MOFFIT MOHALL NAPOLEON NORTONVILLE ROBINSON ROCK LAKE ROLLA RUGBY EMMANUEL UNITED SHERWOOD STEELE STERLING STREETER TAPPEN TURTLE LAKE TUTTLE UNDERWOOD VALLEY CITY EPWORTH VELVA WASHBURN WILLISTON WIMBLEDON

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT ALEXANDRIA ALPENA ARLINGTON 0 0 0

0 6,500 46,360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34,447 0 0 0 0 60,000 36,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,125 2,832 0 0 0

48

0 0 0

49 40,786 0 6,645 0 0 0 0 0 3,364 24,585 0 0 0 0 809 679 7,213 0 0 0 0 0 1,305 971 6,812 0 9,154 0 9,761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,195

39,259 25,600 86,254

50 171,086 344,812 332,360 14,123 23,130 34,159 127,059 5,892 52,209 116,685 280,699 23,964 6,879 26,406 34,136 209,021 448,629 10,173 53,527 65,095 7,200 6,615 16,852 42,394 18,876 14,564 113,859 60,401 104,271 47,120 26,027 50,296 7,089 221,149 40,307 64,496 291,626 70,419

0 18 55

51 52 185 164 0 0 14 61 0 36 44 129 0 0 16 22 0 193 0 19 36 0 0 21 29 6 11 42 28 39 42 9 22 0 140 38 78 160 35

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183,238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145,978 0 0 0 0

52a

44,237 18,000 0

52b 96,818 196,577 249,270 0 0 18,753 63,370 0 38,589 81,533 197,353 0 0 26,155 33,608 118,046 87,122 0 57,272 60,014 0 0 19,079 0 15,022 0 103,309 43,370 0 34,174 28,000 41,012 0 67,721 31,207 85,000 221,000 61,657

0 5,000 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

52c 52d 52e 3,019 149 0 6,531 14 0 4,805 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,077 313 0 2,452 6,500 250 0 0 0 6,572 38 0 1,500 0 0 3,704 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 4,616 10 0 1,984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46,081 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,337 44 0 8,505 0 0 86,702 21 0 552 15 0 0 200 0 0 3,560 0 0 0 0 5,246 0 0 7,366 56 0 0 85 0 0 88,600 0 2,169 358 0

0 0 0

0 150 752 0 0 13,904 18,109 0 1,200 250 0 0 0 0 0 150 33,905 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,800 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 828 0 0 0 0

52f

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,530 8,900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,660 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,217 0 10,931 0 0 0 3,005

52g

44,237 23,000 0

52t 99,986 203,272 254,827 0 0 34,047 90,681 0 46,399 83,283 201,057 0 0 27,155 33,608 129,352 315,149 0 57,272 62,035 0 0 19,079 50,881 16,757 11,337 105,690 51,875 86,723 34,741 28,200 51,859 0 230,704 38,629 85,085 309,600 67,189

0 0 0

0 0 1,847

53a 53b 13,560 0 0 127,248 38,386 46,002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,940 3,475 15,187 0 0 6,531 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,189 0 1,892 0 0 0 795 0 1,078 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 280 0 0 0 0 0 6,095 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71,350 2,600 0 375 0 800 0 1,200 0 660

0 0 0

53c 41,714 0 13,694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 904 0 0 0 3,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,347

0 0 0

53d 13,281 8,289 16,908 0 0 1,071 208 0 920 0 1,856 0 0 1,260 3,710 1,496 975 0 70 549 0 0 0 460 0 10 0 145 3,276 515 0 0 0 5,350 0 0 0 153

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,800 1,098

54a

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,340 0 0 0 0 0 1,158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,027 1,641 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

54b

0 0 0

54c 6,686 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 47-Other Operating Expenses 48-Payments on Debt 49-Capital Expenditures 50-Grand Total Expenditures INCOME: 51-Giving Units Operating Income {52a-Pledge Gifts 52b-Gifts from Identified Givers but Not Pledged 52c-Gifts from Unidentified Givers 52d-Interest/Dividends 52e-Sale of Church Assets 52fBuilding Use Fees 52g-Fundraisers 52t-Total} 53a-Capital Campaign 53b-Memorials, Endowments, Bequests 53c-Funds from Other Sources and Projects 53d-Designated Gifts for Benevolent Causes 54a-Equitable Compensation 54b-Received from Connectional Sources 54c-Other Grants from Institutional Sources

218

Church Name AURORA IMPACT BEN CLARE BERESFORD ZION BRANDON CELEBRATION BROADLAND BROOKINGS FIRST CANISTOTA UNITED CANTON CARPENTER CHESTER COLTON DE SMET DELL RAPIDS DOLAND EGAN ELK POINT UNITED ELKTON UNITED ESMOND ETHAN FLANDREAU FRANKFORT GARRETSON UNITED GAYVILLE-VOLIN GEDDES HARRISBURG HARTFORD HITCHCOCK HOWARD HURLEY HURON FIRST HURON RIVERVIEW IRENE IROQUOIS KIMBALL LAKE PRESTON UNITED MADISON MITCHELL DOWNTOWN FIRST MITCHELL FUSION MONTROSE MT VERNON N SIOUX CITY ARK OLIVET PARKER

47 48 4,300 0 3,391 0 32,696 0 36,708 54,750 5,325 0 157,975 129,836 18,238 0 56,010 27,896 6,727 0 12,840 0 15,779 0 16,154 0 27,664 0 5,820 0 2,088 0 38,687 0 13,593 0 3,200 0 4,324 0 25,413 0 6,242 0 2,470 0 4,144 0 19,997 0 55,033 0 24,000 22,018 14,601 0 19,260 0 15,172 0 177,341 0 39,200 0 5,090 0 26,256 0 28,877 0 2,648 0 46,670 27,936 100,539 0 24,000 0 17,250 0 5,364 0 39,678 0 7,560 0 15,306 0

0 0 13,386 2,247 0 0 4,925 0 0 887 0 0 0 0 0 4,500 3,000 0 0 13,246 0 0 0 7,308 5,795 1,533 100,791 0 0 68,520 19,400 2,226 2,655 0 0 43,830 190,350 0 953 0 0 0 8,622

49

50 21,767 12,077 152,695 333,094 9,082 921,720 129,025 292,480 27,058 53,661 58,598 28,634 104,720 24,600 4,033 130,518 82,306 4,566 42,032 130,982 24,709 3,680 7,654 154,683 314,692 176,135 158,000 107,576 53,087 720,890 192,089 38,607 83,909 64,523 11,890 382,725 700,276 131,571 122,485 18,075 95,051 18,037 70,872

51 22 0 71 135 0 440 0 122 26 39 34 0 62 15 0 0 61 0 20 66 12 0 0 72 203 112 0 53 20 301 115 10 28 0 0 190 320 108 49 12 42 0 0 0 0 0 165,960 0 502,641 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125,791 210,688 98,000 0 0 0 525,266 0 0 0 0 0 0 445,535 0 92,123 0 61,961 0 0

52a

52b 30,109 0 123,058 99,932 0 124,201 180,000 213,382 18,155 61,682 57,285 0 104,120 28,842 0 94,610 71,000 0 51,845 93,932 14,397 0 0 0 204,034 46,367 65,979 90,373 42,877 27,827 176,387 27,445 67,201 0 0 259,590 20,647 118,544 0 12,176 10,970 0 41,137

52c 250 0 5,695 7,231 0 11,981 8,954 22,185 4,342 1,001 3,502 0 5,354 0 0 0 1,348 0 3,591 0 0 0 0 2,394 14,300 5,000 7,241 5,689 1,342 12,873 7,056 233 0 28,662 0 8,130 25,094 16,333 2,893 89 4,486 0 4,474 0 0 0 257 0 76 4,500 60 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5,000 0 0 92 1,581 0 398 1,873 0 101 82 9 0 0 0 0 2,525 0 275 0 5 0 5,300

52d

52e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 7,280 0 12,670 23,125 100 0 0 0 0 350 0 0 1,350 0 0 0 33,000 161 0 0 0 425 200 395 135 340 170 25 0 0 0 0 1,438 2,300 0 400 0 0 0 0

52f

52g 2,262 0 250 0 0 0 4,500 0 0 0 0 0 3,479 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,606 5,090 0 0 0 11,340 0 0 0 3,154 3,207 4,450 800 0 0 0 9,140 3,396 0 12,331 0 1,097 0 3,554

52t 53a 32,621 0 0 0 129,203 0 280,660 0 0 0 651,569 135,320 221,079 0 235,727 0 23,220 8,433 62,683 0 60,787 0 0 0 113,303 0 28,842 0 0 0 95,960 0 72,348 40,190 0 0 55,436 0 129,552 0 24,648 0 0 0 0 0 128,277 0 442,368 0 149,567 22,000 74,013 104,254 98,070 0 47,713 1,470 569,444 55,000 188,000 13,500 28,487 0 67,201 0 28,662 0 0 0 278,298 42,857 499,497 192,755 134,877 0 108,022 0 12,265 0 78,519 3,070 0 0 54,465 1,324 0 0 3,648 1,990 0 3,475 625 5,783 1,666 0 0 0 10,033 0 0 0 1,960 0 0 15,005 0 0 0 1,704 880 4,800 0 75,715 0 1,745 12,000 0 1,500 0 0 400 0 0 450 0 0 0 12,800

53b

0 0 11,860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,517 28,665 0 0 1,512 0 54,209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,802 0 0

53c

53d 420 0 0 0 0 11,066 0 534 1,437 150 0 0 1,141 658 0 3,670 0 0 0 1,226 301 0 0 11,367 0 0 0 255 287 0 3,270 1,082 0 0 0 707 2,476 4,658 18,643 0 2,196 0 370

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,359 0 0 0 0

54a

54c 0 0 0 0 0 6,592 0 0 0 0 0 12,020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,933 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,588 0 0 0 0 0 1,250 0 0 0 4,600 0 0 0 0

54b

ASSETS & EXPENSES: 47-Other Operating Expenses 48-Payments on Debt 49-Capital Expenditures 50-Grand Total Expenditures INCOME: 51-Giving Units Operating Income {52a-Pledge Gifts 52b-Gifts from Identified Givers but Not Pledged 52c-Gifts from Unidentified Givers 52d-Interest/Dividends 52e-Sale of Church Assets 52fBuilding Use Fees 52g-Fundraisers 52t-Total} 53a-Capital Campaign 53b-Memorials, Endowments, Bequests 53c-Funds from Other Sources and Projects 53d-Designated Gifts for Benevolent Causes 54a-Equitable Compensation 54b-Received from Connectional Sources 54c-Other Grants from Institutional Sources

Index Administrative Review Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title Page, 102, 157 Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Apportionments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 170 Archives and History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 70 Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Awards

Darrel Leach Youth Worker of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 23

Denman Evangelism Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 23

Multiplying Matters Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 115

One Matters Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 115

Youth Worker Hall of Fame Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 23 Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Out in Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 221 Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82, 221 Board of Ordained Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 17, 19, 74 Board of Pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 89 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 94 Builders Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Business of the Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 2, 4, 21 Camp and Retreat Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 75, 222 Certified Lay Ministers (CLM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chancellors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Clergy Effectiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Clergy Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Committees, Elected Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Common Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 14, 70, 161 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Compensation of Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Conference Co-Lay Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 4, 165 Conference Council on Finance and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 15, 88, 168 Conference Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 4 Conference Sessions Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title Page, 25,102 Conference Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Consent Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 27 Continuing Education Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Crisis Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Daily Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Dakota Wesleyan University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 74, 75, 91 Dare to Reach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Denman Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 19 Directories: Clergy and Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Conference website www.dakotasumc.org

Frequently Called Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221,222,Back Cover Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Disability Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Disaster Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 83, 198 District Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 4, Back Cover Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 11 Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19, 103, 164 Elisha Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Episcopacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 162 Equalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Equitable Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 173 Executive Director of Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Expectations of Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Extended Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 4 Extension Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 64 First Choice United Methodist Federal Credit Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 15, 88, Back Cover General Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16, 19 General Conference Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 164 219

Health & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, Back Cover History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 70 Honorable Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 151 HOPE Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 221 Housing Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 89 Journey Toward Vitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Jubilee Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Laity Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 78 Lay Leaders (District) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 11 Lay Servant Ministries Co-Lay Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 78 Legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Lilly Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104, 109 Minutes, Annual Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Miracle Offering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Mission Congregations Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 Missional Congregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 80, 96, 159 Missional Impact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 81, 96, 159 Missional Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 73, 96, 159 Missional Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 96, 160 Missional Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,18,19 Missions, Missionaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Moving Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 New Church Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 222 Open Door Community Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 84, 221 Ordinands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,120 Parsonage Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 20, 89, 173 Related Agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 221 Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 24, 26, 27 Retired Pastors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 46,116 Rules and Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 157 Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66, 171 Separation / Divorce Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 Service Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 73 Sexual Conduct Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Short-Term Leave Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Solar Oven Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 84, 221 Southeast Pierre Mission UMC & Community Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Spirit Lake Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 86, 221 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, Back Cover Standing Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Student Aid Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Tree of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 87, 221 Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 91 United Methodist Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 United Methodist Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 20, 78 Vacation Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Volunteers in Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Young Adult Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Youth Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Quick Reference DAKOTAS MISSIONARIES AND MINISTRIES Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Out in Faith, Rev. Ross and Rev. Val Reinhiller 219 1st Ave. W, Williston, ND 58801 O: 701-572-7694 vreinhiller@gmail.com Fund 748 Program www.fumcwilliston.org/ Bakken Oil Rush Ministry—Watford City, Dwayne Keener 600 12th St. NE, Watford City, ND 58854 O: 701-651-7191 vreinhiller@gmail.com Fund 748 Program www.fumcwilliston.org/ Solar Oven Project, Marjorie Evans-de-Carpio Old Sanctuary, 928—4th St. #2, Brookings, SD 5700 O: 605-692-3391 marjedec@gmail.com Fund 637 Program; 661 Salary www.solarovenpartnersumc.org/ Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Rev. Mike & Libby Flowers 3365—81st Ave. NE, Sheyenne, ND 58374 C: 701-799-1174 childharvest@msn.com Fund 639 Program; 663 Salary www.spiritlakeministrycenter.org Tree of Life Ministry, Linda Garriot 140 S. Roosevelt (PO Box 149), Mission, SD 57555 O: 605-856-4266 F: 605-856-5835 treeoflife@gwtc.net Fund 678 Program Advance: #123615 Program www.treeofliferelief.org United Methodist Volunteers in Mission—North Central Jurisdiction, Tammy Kuntz 8800 Cleveland Ave., NW, North Canton, OH 44720-4564 O: 614-325-8741 umvimncj.coor@gmail.com

DAKOTAS CONFERENCE GLOBAL MISSIONARIES GBGM Mission Interpreters: W. Terrence & Evelyn Erbele 870 Summit Terrace, Ketchikan AK 99901 erbele@gmail.com Dominican Republic: Gordon & Ardell Graner Iglesia Evangelica Dominicana, Apartado 727, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Ardell: agraner@umcmission.org Gordon: ggraner@umcmission.org www.granerfamily.org Global Mission Fellow: Lillian Jones 11435 Sahler St, Omaha, NE 68164 Advance #: 3022525 lily.c.jones23@gmail.com 402-889-9585 MISSIONARY and MISSION INFORMATION Additional Missionaries and Missions supported by this conference on the conference web site: www.dakotasumc.org FINANCE/CHURCH TREASURER RESOURCE/CONFERENCE FUND LIST.

RELATED AGENCIES & INFORMATIONAL NUMBERS HOPE Center 615 Kansas City St., Rapid City, SD 57701 605-716-4673 anna@hopecenterrapidcity.org www.hopecenterrapidcity.org/ Open Door Community Center 1030 North 6th St., Bismarck, ND 58501 701-222-3004 opendoor@btinet.net www.opendoorbismarck.com/ United Methodist First Choice Federal Credit Union 815 Columbus St. (P.O. Box 5540), Rapid City, SD 57709 800-658-3950 Logo and artwork for the 2019 Annual Conference were designed by Karla Hovde, Minnesota Conference Communication Associate.

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CAMPING AND RETREAT MINISTRY Lake Poinsett Camp/Retreat Center-Christy Heflin lpc@dakcamps.org 605-983-5547 20 South Lake Drive, Arlington, SD 57212 Fax 605-983-3911 Storm Mountain Center smc@dakcamps.org 605-343-4391 23740 Storm Mt. Rd., Rapid City, SD 57702 Fax 605-343-0154 Wesley Acres Camp-Rev. Paul and Brenda Lint wac@dakcamps.org 701-733-2413 1821 115th Ave. SE, Dazey, ND 58429 Fax 701-733-2411 Dakotas-Minnesota Area Central Camping Office info@dakcamps.org 855-622-1973 122 W. Franklin, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Fax 612-870-1260

HOME, HOSPITAL & RETIREMENT MINISTRIES Jenkins Living Center-Loren W. Diekman, Administrator 605-886-5777 12 Second Ave., Watertown, SD 57201 Sunnycrest Village - Sue Lund, Administrator 605-361-1422 3900 S. Terry Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57106 sue.sunnycrest@midconetwork.com Wesley Acres-Donna Weiland, CEO 605-996-6164 1115 West Havens, Mitchell, SD 57301 wesleyacres@midconetwork.com

CONFERENCE OFFICERS Bishop Bruce Ough, Resident Bishop 612-230-3334 122 W. Franklin Ave. Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55504 bishop@dkmnareaumc.org Conference Secretary Amber Laffey 605-770-7802 PO Box 460,1331 University, Mitchell, SD 57301 conference.secretary@dakotasumc.org Archivist Laurie Langland, McGovern Library 605-995-2134 1201 McGovern Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301 LaLangla@dwu.edu Fax 605-995-2893 Conference Co-Lay Leaders Myrna Hill 605-490-0109 2408 Fox Road, Sturgis, SD 57785 myrnajhill@yahoo.com Jane Hincks 701-202-5456 3408 Crocus Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501 janehincks@hotmail.com Conference Treasurer Jeff Pospisil 605-990-7786 PO Box 460, 1331 W. University Ave. Mitchell, SD 57301 jeff.pospisil@dakotasumc.org

WEB SITES Dakotas Conference Dakotas Camping Dakotas Clergy Spouses Foundation Youth Ministries United Methodist Church

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INFORMATIONAL NUMBERS Upper Room “Living Prayer Center” 800-251-2468 Infoserv 800-251-8140 Curic-U-Phone 800-251-8591 Cokesbury 800-672-1789 UMCOR Hotline 800-841-1235 UMCOR West Depot 801-973-7250 1479 South 700 West; Salt Lake City, UT 84104 bdiggs@umcor.org

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Box 460, 1331 West University, Mitchell, SD 57301 E: dakumcom@dakotasumc.org Executive Director of Ministries, Rebecca Trefz P: 605-990-7791 E: rebecca.trefz@dakotasumc.org Area Director Camp and Retreats, Keith Shew P: 612-230-6130 E: keith.shew@dkmnareaumc.org Area Director New Churches, Ben Ingebretson P: 616-481-7566 E: ben.ingebretson@dkmnareaumc.org Director of Communications, Doreen Gosmire P: 605-990-7794 E: doreen.gosmire@dakotasumc.org Executive Dir. of Finance and Admin., Jeff Pospisil P: 605-990-7786 E: jeff.pospisil@dakotasumc.org Director Leadership Dev., Deb Kjerstad P: 605-990-7796 E: deb.kjerstad@dakotasumc.org Area Lilly Grant Administrator, Diane Owen P: 612-230-6129 E: diane.owen@dkmnareaumc.org Assistant Dir. of Finance, JoAnn Schlimgen P: 605-990-7787 E: joann.schlimgen@dakotasumc.org Accounting Clerk, Dana Bassett P: 605-990-7782 E: dana.bassett@dakotasumc.org Ministries Operations Coordinator, Bea Stucke P: 605-990-7791 E: bea.stucke@dakotasumc.org Ministries Assistant, Susan Punt P: 605-990-7796 E: susan.punt@dakotasumc.org Benefits Officer, Leana Stunes P: 605-990-7785 E: leana.stunes@dakotasumc.org Communications Associate, David Stucke P: 605-990-7795 E: david.stucke@dakotasumc.org Camping Marketing and Outreach Project Coordinator, Beata Ferris P: 605-990-7783 E: beata.ferris@dkmnareaumc.org Higher Ground Program Asst., Amber Laffey P: 605-990-7799 E: amber.laffey@dakotasumc.org Dakotas United Methodist Foundation President and CEO, Sheri Meister Donor Relations Coordinator, Diane Weller Office Assistant, Kelsey Morgan

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District Superintendents Northeast District: Randy Cross, 2636 Meadow Creek Circle South, Fargo, ND 58104 P: 701-639-0317 E: randy.cross@dakotasumc.org Northwest District: Kermit Culver, 1223 Eagles View Lane, Bismarck, ND 58503 P: 701-391-2340 E: kermit.culver@dakotasumc.org Southeast District: Roger Spahr, 232 N Lake Drive, Watertown, SD 57201 P: 605-334-5248 E: roger.spahr@dakotasumc.org Southwest District: Kevin Kloster, 5552 Limelight Lane, Rapid City, SD 57702 P: 605-580-5049 E: kevin.kloster@dakotasumc.org Pensions & Health Benefits Leana Stunes, Conference Benefits Officer P: 605-990-7785

1331 West University Ave., PO Box 460 Mitchell SD 57301 F: 605-996-0827 E: leana.stunes@dakotasumc.org Wespath Benefits and Investments

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