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The United Methodist Church The Business of the Annual Conference 9. The Minutes of the Nebraska Annual Conference Held in Lincoln, NE From June 6 through June 9, 2012 Bishop Ann Brookshire Simpson-Sherer, Presiding Date When Organized December 3-6, 1968 Number of This Session Forty-five (45) PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 618): Secretary? Darlene Hall Mailing Address: P O Box 571, Mullen, NE 69152 Telephone: 208-546-2350/308-345-2580 Statistician? Robin Kilgore Mailing Address: 3333 Landmark Circle, Lincoln, NE 68504-4760 Telephone: 402-464-5994 Treasurer? Robin Kilgore Mailing Address: 3333 Landmark Circle, Lincoln, NE 68504-4760 Telephone: 402-464-5994 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)? All officers and employees with access to funds are bonded. Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? Yes (See report, page 349 of Journal.) 4.What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Answer Yes or No for each of the councils, boards, commissions, or committees listed: (1) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)? Yes (2) Board of Pensions (¶639)? Yes (3) Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512)? Yes (4) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637)? Yes (5) Committees on Investigation (¶2703.2, .3)? Yes (6) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? Yes b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): (1) General Council on Finance and Administration? Council on Finance and Administration (2) General Board of Church and Society? Risk-taking Mission and Justice (3) General Board of Discipleship? Leadership Development Team (4) General Board of Global Ministries? Risk-taking Mission and Justice (5) Higher Education and Campus Ministry? Leadership Develop Team

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(6) General Commission on Archives and History? Common Table (7) General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns? Risk-taking Mission and Justice (8) General Commission on Religion and Race? Common Table (9) General Commission on the Status and Role of Women? Common Table (10) United Methodist Communications? Common Table c) Indicate the conference agencies which have responsibilities for the following functions: (1) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶655)? Risk-taking Mission and Justice (2) Disability Concerns (¶653)? Board of Pension and Health Benefits/ Board of Ordained Ministry Joint Committee on Disability (3) Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Equitable Compensation Committee (4) Laity (¶631)? Common Table (5) Native American Ministry (¶654)? Congregational Transformation (6) Small Membership Church (¶645)? Congregational Transformation d) Answer Yes or No for each of the following conference or district organizations: (1) Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)? Yes (2) Conference United Methodist Men (¶648)? Yes (3) Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)? Yes (Leadership Development Team) (4) Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? Yes (Leadership Development Team) (5) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518)? Yes (6) Committees on District Superintendency (¶668)? Yes (7) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶665)? Yes e) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? None 5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept their respective record according to the prescribed forms (¶606.8)? Yes 6. What is the report of the statistician? (See report, page 211 of Journal.) 7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report, page 256 of Journal.) 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report, page 192 of Journal.) 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for pastors for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? (See report, page 207 of Journal.) 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)? $1,279,000 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)? $650,000

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b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year: (1) For the World Service Fund? $ 695,543 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? $ 238,791 (3) For the Black College Fund? $ 95,247 (4) For the Africa University Fund? $ 21,315 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? $ 201,561 (6) For the General Administration Fund? $ 83,930 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $ 18,666 12. If the annual conference apportions to the local church a fund that combines two or more general apportioned funds with one another, or that combines one or more general apportioned funds with funds other than a general apportioned fund, list below for each combined fund: a) the name and amount of each general fund included in the apportionment; b) the percentage of the combined fund total that corresponds to each general fund apportionment (¶¶614.3d, 615.4). Not applicable 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 659): a) Conference lay leader: Name: Tom Watson Mailing Address: 3 Sycamore Pl, Kearney, NE 68847 b) Associate conference lay leader: Micole Harms Mailing Address: P O Box 45452, Omaha, NE 68145 c) District and associate district lay leaders: Blue River District: David L. Jefferson, 7442 Ringneck Dr., Lincoln, NE 68506 Elkhorn Valley District: Virginia Piper, PO Box 102, Dakota City, NE 68731 Gateway District: Paul Bennett, 79092 Hwy 183, Ansley, NE 68814 Great West District: Ann Regier, 76490 Rd 337, Madrid, NE 69150 Tina Kitt, 72322 Ave #345, Wauneta, NE 69045 Melody Newman, PO Box 446, Imperial NE, 69033 Missouri River District: Betty Wiles, 4800 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68132 Prairie Rivers District: Dolores Rader, 32280 Road C, Trumbull, NE 68980 14. What local churches have been (Indicate district): a) Organized or Chartered? (1) New Church Start (¶259.2,.3) None (2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) None (3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) (List only churches chartered this year.) Water’s Edge UMC, Omaha Missouri River January 8, 2012 b) Merged (¶¶2545, 2546)? (1) United Methodist with United Methodist Name of 3rd Name of 4th Name of 1st church Name of 2nd Lincoln Grace Lincoln Warren Lincoln Faith Lincoln Newman Name of merged church: Lincoln Newman (2) Other mergers Name of 1st church Name of 2nd church Name of merged church None

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c) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2548)? (State which for each church listed. Indicate district) (1) New Church Start (¶259.2, .3) None (2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) None (3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) Pilger UMC Discontinued Elkhorn Valley 6/30/2012 Westerville UMC Discontinued Gateway 6/17/2012 Cotesfield Discontinued Prairie Rivers 12/11/2011 Sutton Salem UMC Discontinued Prairie Rivers 4/22/2012 d) Relocated and to what address? None e) Changed name of church? (Example: “First” to “Trinity”) Former Name New Name Address Wesley Coffee House Urban Abbey (second campus 1st UMC Omaha) 1026 Jackson Street, Omaha f) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)? Name Membership Conference from which transferred None g) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? 15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶208) a) Federated church Name of church District Other Denomination(s) Cortland United Church Blue River UCC Ewing Federated Elkhorn Valley Presbyterian Trinity UMC/UCC-West Point Elkhorn Valley UCC The United Church of Pender Elkhorn Valley Presbyterian United Methodist Church of Christ-Wisner Elkhorn Valley UCC Prairie West Christian ELCA/UMCGreat West ELCA Valley Faith United Missouri River Non-denominational Sutton Federated Prairie Rivers UCC b) Union Church Name of church District Other Denomination(s) None c) Merged Church Name of church District Other Denomination(s) None d) Yoked Parish Name of church District Other Denomination(s) BOYD-KNOX PARISH: Bristow UMC-Lynch UMC-Verdel Presbyterian and Niobrara Presbyterian Elkhorn Valley PCUSA CRAIG PARISH: Craig UMC-Alder Grove UMC-Craig Presbyterian Elkhorn Valley PCUSA Creighton UMC-Creighton UCC and Center UCC Elkhorn Valley UCC

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The United Church of Pender Federated (UMC-PCUSA) Walthill UMC-Rosalie UMC Elkhorn Valley PCUSA Newman Grove-Looking Glass Tilden Peace UCC Elkhorn Valley UCC West Point Federated-Wisner Federated-Beemer UMC Elkhorn Valley UCC ROPE PARISH: Orchard-Page-Ewing UMC/UPC Elkhorn Valley UPC Sutton Federated-Trumbull-Inland-Harvard Prairie Rivers UCC 16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines? Blue River District: Ithaca-Ceresco-Valparaiso now one charge Lincoln Faith-Lincoln Lakeview charge dissolved Lincoln Lakeview now one charge Lincoln Grace-Lincoln Warren charge dissolved Lincoln Newman UMC now single charge with four campuses: Lincoln Grace, Lincoln Warren, Lincoln Faith and Lincoln Newman (see mergers, 14b) Wahoo-Ithaca dissolved Wahoo now single charge Elkhorn District: Atkinson-Bassett charge dissolved Atkinson now single charge Springview-Long Pine charge dissolved Long Pine now single charge Springview-Bassett now one charge Stanton-Pilger charge dissolved (Pilger UMC discontinued) Stanton is now single charge West Point Federated-Wisner Federated–Beemer UMC now one charge Gateway District: Ansley-Westerville charge dissolved (Westerville discontinued) Ansley-Loup City-Litchfield now one charge Great West District: Big Springs, NE-Julesburg, CO now one charge Missouri River District: Weeping Water-Nehawka-Union charge dissolved Union now single charge Weeping Water-Nehawka now one charge Pawnee City-Dubois-Burchard now one charge Prairie Rivers District: Osceola-Clarks charge dissolved Fullerton-Clarks-Belgrade-Cedar Rapids-Pierce Chapel Larger Parish now one charge Elba-Cotesfield charge dissolved (Cotesfield discontinued) Elba now a single charge Osceola-Shelby now one charge

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Trinity Parish (Rising City-Brainard-Shelby) dissolved Schuyler-Rising City-Brainard Larger Parish now one charge Harvard-Sutton Salem dissolved (Sutton Salem discontinued) Trumbull-Inland charge dissolved Sutton Federated-Harvard-Trumbull-Inland Larger Parish now one charge PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED MINISTERS AND LOCAL PASTORS (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, 605.6)? There are no charges pending. 18. Who constitute: a) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703.2)? (v) (Clergy): Ronald C. Croom (RE), Kaleuati F. Kaleuati (FE), Samuel R. Rathod (RE), Sherry J. Sklenar (FE), James Jay Wallasky (FE), Jeffery L. Kelley (FE), Nancy Louise Leonard (FE) (Laity): Nancy Purintun, Mike Smith, Cheryl Unvert Alternates (Clergy): W. Jerald Brabec (FD), Doug Griger (FE), Tess Hufford (FE), Bruce Davis (FE) Alternates (Laity): Gail Butler b) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) (serving through December 30, 2012, when committee will be dissolved per General Conference 2012) (Clergy) Charles Spence III (FE), Charlotte Abram (FE), Lyle K. Schoen (FE), Randy Sailors (RE) Alternates (Clergy): Betsy Galloway-Carew (FE), Cynthia Beasley Karges (FE), Brian Kottas (FE) 19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶311, 312) a) Who have been certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry since the last session of the annual conference? (List the names of all those who have been certified, including those who are also listed in questions 20 and 21.) Heather D. Eads 2012 Blue River Lindsay Hall 2011 Blue River Travis Lynn King 2012 Prairie Rivers Alice Koech 2012 Great West Brian Mills 2012 Missouri River Cesar Garcia Rodriguez 2012 Missouri River Trever L. Rook 2012 Blue River Beverly Kay Russell 2012 Great West Karla Shafer 2012 Missouri River

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Dorothy Smith 2012 Missouri River Laura Stubblefield 2012 Gateway Duane Waddle 2012 Elkhorn Valley Dennis Lynn Wheeler 2012 Prairie Rivers Bill Williams 2012 Great West Robert Wynn 2012 Missouri River b) Who are continued as certified candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? (Do not list as continued those licensed as local pastors in Question 21 or those listed as provisional members in question 28.) Christine Jorgensen 2010 Missouri River Drew Theological School 2012 Scott M. Ritterbush 2010 Prairie Rivers Denver Seminary 2011 c) 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.) Jeff Richards 2012 Rocky Mountain Conference d) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry? None 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.): Glenda Jardine* (1997 - completed Course of Study 1981) Chuck Nelson (2009 - transferred from North Georgia Conference 2009) Mollie Ronge (2010 - Iliff School of Theology 2010) William J. Stovall (2009 - License to Preach 2009) 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)? (v) a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Melody Adams (2011 - License to Preach 2011) Dorothy Elaine Aspegren* (2003 - completed Course of Study 2010) Mark Allen Baldwin (2006 - completed 3 years Course of Study 2011) James L. Bendorf (2008 - completed 3 years Course of Study 2012) Chad Alan Boling* (2011 - graduated Drew Theological School 2011) Lila J. Bottolfsen* (1999 - completed Course of Study 2004) Kevin P. Burkhardt (2004 - completed 4½ years Course of Study 2011) Theta J. Dame* (1997 - completed Course of Study 2005) Dennis Davenport (2011 - License to Preach 2011) Stuart Andrew Davis (2004 - completed 2 years Saint Paul Sch of Theo 2011) Abigail Eltzroth* (2012 - graduated Iliff School of Theology) Juan Espinoza* (2003 - completed Course of Study 2009) Brian Fong* (2001 - completed Course of Study 2009) Lana Fong (2008 - completed 1 year Course of Study 2010) Bonnie K. Forney* (1999 - completed Course of Study 2007) Alison Frazier (2011 - United School of Theology 2011) Andrew Frazier (2012 - Saint Paul School of Theology 2012) Janie Freeman* (2003 - completed Course of Study 2010)

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Joan Frenzel* (2004 - graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2008) Mary Fuller* (2002 - graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2008) Ralph E. Gaines* (2005 - license waived - completed Course of Study 2010) Patricia Gandarilla-Becerra* (2002 - completed CoS 2002, completed 16 hrs. Advanced CoS 2010) Rod Heilbrun* (2004 - completed Course of Study 2010) Ruth A. Karlsson (2007 - completed 3½ years Course of Study 2011) Alice Koech (2012 - License to Preach 2012) Martin R. Leeper* (2000 - completed Course of Study 2007) Teresa Lucas (2009 - completed 4½ years Course of Study 2010; 40 hours Advance COS 2010) Vernon Scott Olson (2008 - completed 3½ years Course of Study 2011) Bruce L. Phillips* (1994 - completed Course of Study 1999) Peter Christopher Phillips* (2011 - graduated Saint Paul Sch of Theo 2010) Richard Reisig, Jr. (2009 - License to Preach 2009) Cesar Garcia Rodriguez (2012 - License to Preach 2012) Mary Ellen Scott (2008 - completed 3½ years Course of Study 2011) Stephen R. Smith (2009 - completed 1¼ years Course of Study 2010) Dusty Rhinehart Sprague (2010 - completed 1 year Course of Study 2011) Carol Jean Stapleton* (1999 - completed Course of Study 2007) Laura Stubblefield (2012 - License to Preach 2012) Sheila G. Taylor* (1999 - completed Course of Study 2007) Sandy Webster* (2006 - completed Course of Study 2011) Marta Kay Wheeler (2006 - completed 4½ years Course of Study 2011) Jeff Wulf* (2003 - completed Course of Study 2011) b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) Dan Albers (2009 - completed ¾ year Course of Study 2010 - ¾ time) Jenae L. Bauer* (2007 - graduated Saint Paul School of Theo 2012 - ½ time) Bonnie Brock (2011 - License to Preach 2011 - ¼ time) Judy Carlson (2011 - completed 1 year Course of Study 2011 - ½ time) Carole Coates (2010 - License to Preach 2011 - ¼ time) Heather D. Eads (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - ¾ time) Eldon Fablinger (2008 - completed ¼ year Course of Study 2010 - ¾ time) Janice Louise Farrell (2009 - Saint Paul School of Theology - ½ time) Inez Foster* (2002 - completed Course of Study 2006 - ½ time) Douglas G. Gahn (2009 - completed 2½ years Course of Study 2011 - ¼ time) Karen Lamb (2008 - completed ¾ years Course of Study 2010 - ½ time) Rod Lyon (2001 - completed 4¼ years Course of Study 2007 - ½ time) Curtis J. Magelky, Jr. (2010 - License to Preach 2010 - ½ time) Brian Mills (2012 - License to Preach - 2012 - ¼ time) Trever L. Rook (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - ½ time) Susan Sanders* (1998 - completed Course of Study 2003 - ½ time) Dorothy Smith (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - ½ time) Kurt Allen Stecker (2007 - completed 1 year Course of Study 2010 - ¾ time) Larry Tolen (2007 - License to Preach 2007 - ¼ time) Duane Waddle (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - ½ time) Dennis Lynn Wheeler (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - ¼ time)

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Bill Williams (2012 - License to Preach 2012 - less than ¼ time) Shanon Williams (2011 - License to Preach 2011 - ¾ time) Jerry Yount (2010 - completed 1 year Course of Study 2011 - ¼ time) 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)? None d) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 366, 368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) None 22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)? Daniel Swanson 23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4)? None 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 (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.) a) Annual Conferences Jonathan Charles LeHew Bailey (OE) Iowa Conference Mara Zachrich LeHew Bailey (OE) Iowa Conference Philip Fischer (OE) Kansas West Conference W. Ray Martin (OE) (LFT) Dakotas Conference Robert Bradley Rhodes (OP) California-Pacific Conference b) Other Methodist Denominations Kolawole A. Akinnigbagbe (OE) Methodist Church of Nigeria Grace Kathure Gichuru (OE) (LFT) Methodist Church of Kenya 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.) Steven Breazier* (OF PCUSA) Jean Clayton* (OF Baptist) Delano Cunningham (OF-Retired Friends) Jocelyn Foster (OF Baptist) Kara Delight James (OF PCUSA) Carl Ed Hunzeker (OF ELCA) Blair Kirkpatrick* (OF UCC) John E. Lacey* (OF Baptist) Carl Ratcliff (OF Friends) Richard Tiggelaar* (OF PCUSA) 26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4 [v])? None b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) None

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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 (v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27): None 28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons: (1)Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c? (v) Barbra Jolene Lenz 2012 Graduated Garrett Evangelical Joel Robert Walker 2012 Graduated Perkins School of Theology (2)Under the provisions of ¶324.5? (v) None* b) Provisional Elders: (1)Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b? (v) Trudy Diane Hanke 2012 Graduated Asbury School of Theology 2012 Ezekiel Koech 2012 Graduated Asbury School of Theology 2010 (2)Under the provisions of ¶324.6? (v) None (3)Under the provisions of ¶322.4? (v 3/4) None 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)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon? (PD) (¶326.1) None b) In preparation for ordination as an elder? (PE) (¶326.2) Jeffery Dale Adams 2011 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2010 Zachary Lee Anderson 2010 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2011 Sondra Marie Atkins 2009 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2007 James Allen Corson 2011 Advanced Course of Study, Saint Paul Sch of Theo Adam Clark Davenport 2011 Graduated Asbury School of Theology 2008 Alan Wade Gager 2010 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2009 Carla Jean Gunn 2011 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2011 Thomas Anthony Lucas 2011 Graduated Asbury School of Theology 2009 Bonnie Lou McCord 2011Graduated Iliff School of Theology 2010 Patty Loraine Norris 2010 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2009 Joel Matthew Plisek 2010 Graduated Sioux Falls Seminary 2008 c) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (Indicate year) None d) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (Indicate year) None e) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347) None 30. Who have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3a,b)? (v) (date received) None b) As local pastors (¶347.3a)? (v) (date received) None 31. Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27. (Anyone appearing on this question must also be listed

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somewhere in questions 32-33 or 35, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 39 in a previous year.): a) Deacons None b) Elders Rebecca Jane Hjelle 2010 Fay Balch Hubbard 2009 32. Who are elected for ordination as deacons in full connection and what seminary did they attend: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27) a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 2/3) None b) Transfer from elder in full connection (¶309.3)? (v 2/3) None 33. Who are elected for ordination as elders and what seminary did they attend? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 2/3) Rebecca Jane Hjelle 2010 Graduated Sioux Falls Seminary 2008 Fay Balch Hubbard 2009 Graduated Saint Paul School of Theology 2010 b) Transfer from deacon in full connection? (¶309.3) (v 2/3) None 34. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v) None 35. Who are readmitted (¶¶365–367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]) a) As associate members? None b) As members in full connection? None 36. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶358.7) (v) a) As associate members? None b) As provisional members? (Indicate credential) None c) As members in full connection? (Indicate credential) None 37. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2m)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name Conference Date Theresa May Mason (FE) California-Nevada June1, 2012 38. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.) Name Denomination Date None 39. What clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶348): (v) a) As deacons? None b) As elders? None 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 in full connection? None b) Elders in full connection? None 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.)

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Name Conference Date Hyeongdong Baek (FE) Central Texas June 1, 2012 William Michael Benischek (FE)Oregon-Idaho July 1, 2012 Mark Holland (FE) Dakotas July 1, 2012 42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327.6)? (Indicate credential) (v). None 43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶359.1)? (Give date when this action became effective. Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential and year of most recent report.): (1)This year? (v) Effective Date Charge Conference Year/Recent Report Name Michael Laing (FE) July 1, 2012 Doniphan n/a (2)Previously? Jack P. Davis (FE) (Omaha St. Paul, effective 1975, recent contact 2011), John Green (FE) (4944 Charles Street, Omaha, 69132, Omaha St. Paul, effective 2004, recent contact 2012), Marshall Johnson (FE) (Saint Luke Omaha, effective 2007, recent contact 2012), Mark Kemling (FE) (Omaha First, effective 2004, recent contact 2012), Robert Dale Peterson (FE) (341 Windom Lane, Nicholasville, KY 40356, recent contact 2011) b) Who on honorable location are appointed and interim as local pastors? (¶359.2) (Indicate date and appointment.) None c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶363.1? (Give date when this action became effective. Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.): (1) This year? (v) None (2) Previously? None 44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶359.3)? (Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.): a) This year? (v) Elizabeth B. Beams-Howe (RE) First UMC, East Flat Rock, NC b) Previously Randel Anderson (RE) Norfolk First, Norfolk, NE Allan Wesley Wintersteen (RE) Desert Southwest Conference 45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶359.2)? (v) (Give date when this action became effective. Indicate credential.) None 46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? (Give date when this action became effective. Indicate credential.) a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v) None b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v) None c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)? (v) None

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d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶354.12 )? (v) None e) By trial (¶2713)? None Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶361.1c, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.) None 48. Deceased (List alphabetically in the spaces provided) a) What associate members have died during the year? Effective: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death C. Irene Coates May 27, 1927 February 7, 2012 b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Effective: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None c) What elders in full connection have died during the year? Effective: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Robert William Barrick December 17, 1932 June 15, 2011 Joree C. “Joe” Bennett June 13, 1937 March 21, 2012 Nye O. Bond August 5, 1916 March 12, 2012 Connie James Buehler March 28, 1930 December 29, 2011 Milton E. Merritt Sr. Dec. 20, 1925 November 5, 2011 Charles Daniel Mitchell August 11, 1931 December 12, 2011 Everett S. Reynolds February 25, 1928 July 7, 2011 Warren Glenn Spellman May 6, 1924 June 13, 2011 d) What deacons in full connection have died during the year? Effective: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None e) What local pastors have died during the year? Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None

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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)? (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference where appointed. Indicate credential.) Name Conference Date None 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 (¶354)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.) Name Number of Years Charge Conference a) Voluntary? (v; v 2/3 after 5 years) (1) Personal (¶354.2a) Michael L. Anderson (FE) 6 Kearney First Seth Leypoldt (FE) 1 Gering Costa de Oliviera (FE) 3 Saint Andrews Scott Shreve (FE) 2 Rockbrook (2) Family (¶354.2b) Raponzil “Ra” Drake (FE) 2 Lincoln Saint Paul Pauletta Joy Lehn (FE) 3 Omaha Dietz (3) Transitional (¶354.2c) None b) Involuntary? (v 2/3) None c) Who have been placed on leave of absence since the last session of the annual conference (ad interim)? Name Effective Date Charge Conference (1) Voluntary? (v) (i) Personal None (ii) Family None (iii) Transitional Richard Haden (FE) December 1, 2011 New Visions (2) Involuntary? (v 2/3) None d) Who on leave of absence have had their leaves terminated since the last session of the annual conference (ad interim)? Name Effective Date None 51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶352)? (v) (Give date when this relation became effective; indicate credential.) None 52. What actions have been taken concerning disabled members (¶357)? (Indicate credential.) a) Who were granted incapacity leave since the last annual conference session (¶357.2)? (Give effective dates) None

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b) Who have had their incapacity leave terminated since the last conference session (¶357.3)? (Give effective dates of terminations): Richard Haden (FE) December 1, 2011 Barbara Ann Hart (FE) June 30, 2012 c) Who are granted incapacity leave at this session (¶357.1)? (v) Sondra Marie Atkins (PE) (2) Nita Gelling Cloran (FE) (11) William Draper Finlaw III (FE) (6) Robert F. Edwards (FE) (6) Evie Gulachi-Johnson (FE) (3) Nancy K. Keller (FE) (5) Sandra Patterson (FE) (8) Fred J. Snyder (FE) (11) Terry C. Tomlinson (FE) (13) 53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name—first, middle, last—in what order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3) Deacons a) This year? None b) Previously? Jeanette Willis Fagerberg, Lynne Stillman Froning, Naomi Kaye Hull, Janith J. Spangler Elders a) This year? Charlotte Abram July 1, 2012 Katherine Bullard January 1, 2012 Frank M. Butler July 1, 2012 Michael Curd July 1, 2012 Susan Davies January 1, 2012 Barbara Ann Hart July 1, 2012 Valera Heydenberk July 1, 2012 William Hunter July 1, 2012 Richard Karohl April 1, 2012 Timothy Pratt July 1, 2012 Katherine Rice July 1, 2012 Richard Savage July 1, 2012 b) Previously? Jean B. Alnor, Rosalie Anderson, Norma Jean Andrews, William D. Armold, Gary Aten, Truman Bachenburg, Charles A. Bailey, Howard R. Bailey, Walter E. Bailey, G. Wesly Ballard, John F. Bartleson Jr., Rose M. Bartleson, David L. Bearden, Philip E. Bede, Olin A. Belt, Darrel Berg, C. Rex Bevins, Eugene D. Beye, Larry W. Biederman, Cecil C. Bliss, Loyd J. Bliss, J. Roger Bourland, Donald D. Bredthauer, J. C. Browne, Mary Tyler Browne, Richard L. Burgess, Terry Cain, Robert E. Call,

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Clyde A. Carpenter, G. Richard Carter, Roger L. Casteel, Peter G. Chang, Donald Christensen, Milan C. Coleman, Michael W. Conner, John O. Craig, Ron Croom, John F. Dale, Gene K. Dappen, Merwyn F. Davidson, Michael A. Davis, M. Wendell Davis, Richard Dimond, William H. Doran, M. Franklin Dotts, Donna D. Dudley, Adrian George Edgar, Lauren Ekdahl, Steven D. Eldred, Robert A. Embree, F. Glen Emert, Robert S. Enck, Art O. Ernst, Ralph E. Erts, Laurence L. Falk, Robert L. Folkers, Thomas J. Fraser, Robert E. Frescoln, Clifford G. Fryda, Jay R. Funk, Ron Gaddis, Lowell Gaither, Mary Ellen Gaither, Dwight Ganzel, Charles H. Gates, Vernon G. Goff, Dennis Hanneman, David L. Hansen, Dillon Hess, J. (Jerry) Heydenberk, Earl E. Higgins, Conley K. Hinrichs, L. Robert Holbrook, Delbert L. Honn, Warthen T. Israel, Richard A. Jacobson, Robert L. Jewett, Bill R. Jardine, Sharee Johnson, Douglas F. Jones, Gilbert E. Karges, Philip A. Kaye, Patricia A. Kelley, Dwight W. Kemling, Edward Kezar, John R. Kilgore, Marion H. Knoell, Marvin Koelling, Arnold M. Kramer, Lowen V. Kruse, C. Stanley LaRue, Karl L. Lent, Duane W. Lenz, Charles W. Leypoldt, Hiram W. Lilley, Donald E. Littrell, Glenn W. Loy, Melvin H. Luetchens, James W. McChesney, Clarence M. McConkey, David McCreary, Jerry D. McInnis, LaQuita McKibbin, Michael McMurtry, Richard Macha, Donald F. Marsh, Julian L. Miguel, James B. Miller, Robert L. Miller, Patsy A. Moore, William P. Moore, Charles A. Moorer, James L. Moores, Secundino M. Morales, Hughes B. Morris Jr., Ed Morrison, Donald E. Morton, James E. Mote, William W. Mountcastle Jr., Loren L. Mullins, C. Ebb Munden III, Clarke Mundhenke, Robert L. Neben, Robert W. Nowling, Raymond E. Nuetzman, Donald J. Nunnally, Richard V. Odgers, Teyrl T. Otto, John Paolini, M. Thomas Perkins, Robert Dyer Peterson, David W. Powell, Paul Quackenbush, Sam Rathod, Earl H. Reed, Clifford W. Reynolds, Ivan D. Richardson, Ronald Roemmich, Kenneth D. Rood, Delvin A. Roper, David Rowe, Marvin L. Ruebsaman, Sally Ruggia-Haden, Randall R. Sailors, A. K. Saul, Joyce Savage, Joe Scahill, Murray Schmechel, Francis Schmidt, Jay E. Schmidt, Wayne L. Schreurs, Gerald H. Schwarz, Oscar J. Scott, LaRoy E. Seaver, Richard Shapland, Denny M. Silk, William C. Simmer, Cato Sims, Baldeo Singh, Dwight Skow, Alvin G. Smith, Kim C. Smith, Janis Soule, Barbara L. Spangler, Sharon L. Stevens, James A. Stillman, C. Grant Story, Arthur W. Swarthout, Warren R. Swartz, Alvin E. Trucano, Richard D. Turner, Richard H. Urbach, Armin E. Vogt, Eugene E. Watson, Paul M. Weinert, George D. Wheat, Robert D. Wigert, Douglas J. Williamson, Roger A. Withee, John Yost. 54. What associate members have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name-first, middle, last-in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3) a) This year? None b) Previously? Robert E. Berlie, Richard L. Brian, Julie F. Bringelson, Shirley Holden Carpenter, Dorthea Fairbanks, Richard Fairbanks, Carroll G. French, Bonnie M. Gilmer, Robert L. Hopkins, Carol L. James, Ruth J. Moorer, Raymond L. Norris, Jack E. Sample, Martha E. Voigt, Hugo Westphal Jr.

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55. What provisional members have been retired (¶358): (Indicate credential. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3) a) This year? None b) Previously? None 56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year? Marvin Earl Bauer July 1, 2012 John Henderson July 1, 2012 Glenn Charles Hubbard July 1, 2012 Cynthia Diane Johnston July 1, 2012 Connie Karr July 1, 2012 b) Previously? Donna M. Carpenter, Judith A. Dye, Virginia Fleharty, Mary Jo Harper, Ruth M. Henderson, Mary Jensen, Paul Lepard, Lila Slater Picton, Phyllis Samuelson, Sara Simmons Bankson, Marcia Stauss 57. Changes in clergy membership: What is the number of ordained ministers: (NOTE: The numbers in parenthesis following each category listing are the question numbers in this report form where ministers in that category are listed. The number reported below should agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions.) a) Elected as associate members? (27) 0 b) Elected as provisional members? (28a, b) 4 c) Elected as deacons in full connection? (32a) 0 d) Elected as elders in full connection? (31b) 2 e) Readmitted? (34, 35a, b) 0 f) Retired made effective? (36a, b, c) 0 g) Transferred in? (30a, 37, 38) 1 h) Transferred out? (41) 3 i) Discontinued as provisional members? (42) 0 j) Honorably located this year? (43a1) 1 k) Administratively located this year? (43c1) 0 l) Withdrawn? (46a, b, c) 0 m) Termination of orders? (46d) 0 n) Terminated by trial? (46e) 0 o) Deceased? (48a, b, c, d) 9 58. What is the number of: a) Pastoral charges? 232 b) Local churches? 371 59. 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.

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(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, c): 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. See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories. (Licensed Local Pastors not currently under appointment should not be counted as clergy members of the conference) (Licensed Local Pastors not currently under appointment should not be counted as clergy members of the conference)

Categories Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (81a,b)

Deacons in Full Connection

Elders in Full Connection

119 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (80a) Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b, c) (80b) Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (80c) Appointments to Attend School (82) Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49) On Leave of Absence (50a, 50b)

Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

2 8

Provisional Elders

Full– time Local Pastors

Part– time Local Pastors

12 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

11 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

39 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

22 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

1 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

On Family Leave (50a2, c2) On Sabbatical Leave (51) On Incapacity Leave (52c) On Transitional Leave (50a3, 50c1iii) Retired (53, 54, 55) Total Number, Clergy Members Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members

Provisional Deacons

Associate Members & Affiliate Members With Vote

462

195

353

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b)By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 59 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.) Female Clergy Members

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

Deacons in Full Connection

Elders in Full Connection

Provisional Deacons

Provisional Elders

Associate Members & Affiliate Members with Vote

Full–time Local Pastors

Part–time Local Pastors

1 1

Provisional Elders

Associate Members & Affiliate Members with Vote

Full–time Local Pastors

Part–time Local Pastors

1 2

87 + 4 RD + 23 RE + 7 RA = 121 Male Clergy Members

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

Deacons in Full Connection

Elders in Full Connection

Provisional Deacons

7 2 1 1 100

111

161 + 172 RE + 8 RA = 341

12 13

*The sums entered in these spaces should agree with the comparable totals in the bottom two lines of question 59).

PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED AND CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶635.2u, v, The Book of Discipline) Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 60. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry? None 61. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certified this year.) W. Jerald Brabec (FD) Minister of Music Diana Faust (Lay) Christian Education Cheri Kneifel (Lay) Christian Education Susan Rood (DR) Christian Education 62. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry? None 63. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry? None 64. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry? None

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65. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 271, 635.2v, and 665.10)? (List Norma Asher Gateway supervised by Scott Evans Jane K. Blum Gateway supervised by Jim Bendorf Peggy Cranford Gateway supervised by Scott Evans Schatzie Gillming Gateway; not under assignment Roger Neil Hammond Prairie Rivers supervised by Joel Rathbun Lori Lyn Miller Blue River supervised by Lila Bottolfsen Oscar Fernando Perez Prairie Rivers supervised by Cindy Karges Jane Poole Gateway supervised by Scott Evans Beverly Russell Great West supervised by Lauren Ekdahl Sandy Streit Missouri River supervised by Michael Conner PART IV DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 67-75 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 66. Who constitute the Committee on Investigation (¶2703.3)? (v) No committee has been named due to limited number of Diaconal Ministers 67. Who are reinstated as diaconal ministers (¶313.3c)? (v) None 68. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? Name Conference Date None 69. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? Name Conference Date None 70. 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) 71. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None b) Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death None 72. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each): None b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 72a, if their leaves of absence are continuing): None 73. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e): a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each): None b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 73a, if their leaves of absence are continuing): None

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74. Who have returned to active status: a) From disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave of absence (¶313.1a, c, d)? None b) From extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v) None 75. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year? None b) Previously? Merna Greer, Ruth Kruse, Susan Rood, Phyllis Samuelson, Mary Seaver, Nancy Sorensen, Elizabeth Swarthout, Miriam Weber PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 76. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and 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 (for purposes of equitable compensation claim and pension credit) ¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506.4b)? (v ¾): Charles W. Cornwell (AM) 75% 2 years Grace Kathure Gichuru (OE) (LFT) 50% 1 year Casey A. Karges (FE) 25% 7 years T. Lew Kaye-Skinner (FE) 50% 2 years Bonnie Linton-Hendrick (AM) 75% 4 years Nancy J. H. Phillips (FE) 50% 3 years Joseph Rafique (AM) 75% 3 years Lyn M. Seiser (FE) 75% 9 years Karla D. Sheffy (FE) 50% 6 years Deborah Tompsett-Welch (FE) 50% 2 years Lee Roy Wigert (FE) 25% 11 years Carol Ann Windrum (FE) 75% 15 years Albert L. Winseman (FE) 25% 6 years b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service (¶331.7)? Barbra Jolene Lenz 25% 1 year 77. 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? Gil Karges (RE) Denton-Pleasant Dale July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012 William Stoval (FL) Chambers-Amelia December 1, 2011-June 30, 2012

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78. 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.) Michael Burgess (FE) Elmwood St. Paul August 1, 2011 Abigail Eltzroth (FL) Gordon-Clinton October 1, 2011 Blair Kirkpatrick (OF) (LFT) Boyd-Knox Parish September 20, 2011 Susan Sanders (PL) Fremont Calvary/Hooper August 1, 2011 Paulo de Tarso Ribeiro (OE) Boyd-Knox Parish – left apt. July 20, 2011 79. 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 Appointment Sheet 80. 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)? Stephanie M. Ahlschwede (FE) Executive Director, United Methodist Ministries Missouri River District Kay F. Alnor (FE) District Superintendent Great West District Harold D. Backus (FE) District Superintendent Prairie Rivers District Mara Zachrich LeHew Bailey (OE)Campus Ministries Nebraska Wesleyan Carol Roettmer Brewer (FE) Director of Connectional Ministries and Staff Leader Alan Davis (FE) District Superintendent Gateway District Dan L. Flanagan (FE) District Superintendent, Missouri River District Jesse James Foster II (FE) Director Christian Leadership Development Larry D. Hollon (FE) General Secretary United Methodist Communications Lee Johnson (FE) Director of Admissions, Saint Paul School of Theology Nancy Y. Kaye-Skinner (FE) District Superintendent Elkhorn Valley District Laura Stubblefield (FL) Campus Ministries University of Nebraska Kearney Carol Ann Windrum (FE) (LFT) Director Risk-Taking Mission and Justice Ministries Galen B. Wray (FE) District Superintendent Blue River District b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (¶344.1b, c)? W. Ray Martin (OE) (LFT) Hospice Chaplaincy Ministry, Alegent Health Hospice Russ Terman-White (FE) Staff Chaplain, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE Mark E. Thompson (FE) USA/World Religions Chaplain c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3) Charles Alkula (FE) CPE Residency, Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

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Doyle Burbank-Williams (FE) Appt’d to another denom.: Scottsdale Cong. UCC, Scottsdale, AZ Melissa Finlaw Draper (FE) Appointed to another denomination - Northeast UCC, Lincoln, NE Anne Kiome Gatobu (FE) Dean of the School of Practical Theology/Ass’t Prof. Pastoral Counseling, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY Casey A. Karges (FE) Executive Director, The Mediation Center, Lincoln, NE Ruth Karlsson (FL) Executive Director, Released and Restored, Inc., Lincoln, NE Nancy J. H. Phillips (FE) (LFT) Chaplain, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE T. Lew Kaye-Skinner (FE) (LFT) Bryan College of Health Sciences, Lincoln, NE Lee Roy Wigert (FE) (LFT) Professor, Hastings College, Hastings, NE Albert L. Winseman (FE) Senior Consultant, Gallup Organization, Omaha, NE 81. 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)? Barbra Jolene Lenz (PD) (LFT) Casual Chaplain, Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue, NE Joel Robert Walker (PD) Staff Chaplain, Visiting Nurses Association, VNA Hospice, Omaha, NE b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies and schools within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? None c) Within a local congregation, charge, or cooperative parish (¶331.1c)? W. Jerald Brabec (FD) Omaha Saint Paul 82. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.) Associate Members: None Provisional Members: None Members in Full Connection: Laurie Morrison (FE) Missouri River District 83. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) See Appointment Sheet

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84. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.6), 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.) Sondra Marie Atkins (PE) granted incapacity leave, June 1, 2011 Richard Melano discontinued as local pastor, February 26, 2011 (previous DCoM date November 17, 2007; reaffirmed by DCoM March 28, 2012, following GBPHB ruling) 85. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? St. Mark’s UMC, June 5-8, 2013

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Certificate of Ordination This is to certify that on Friday, June 8, 2012, at Lincoln, Nebraska, pursuant to the action and by the authority of the Nebraska Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, I assisted by the District Superintendents of said Conference and several Elders, the Board of Ordained Ministry, Joel N. Martinez, Retired Bishop of The United Methodist Church, and Richard O. Wyatt, Executive Presbyter of the Homestead Presbytery, ordained, Rebecca Hjelle and Fay Hubbard as Elders of the United Methodist Church. And on Friday, June 18, 2012, at Lincoln, Nebraska, pursuant to the action and by the authority of the Nebraska Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, I assisted by the Board of Ordained Ministry, Joel N. Martinez, Retired Bishop of The United Methodist Church, and Richard O. Wyatt, Executive Presbyter of the Homestead Presbytery, commissioned Trudy Hanke, Ezekiel Koech, Barbra Lenz, and Joel Walker. On Wednesday, June 6, the Nebraska Clergy Session received the ordained elders as Full Members and the commissioned members as Provisional Members of the Nebraska Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Ann Brookshire Sherer-Simpson Presiding Bishop

2012 ELDERS Rebecca Jane Hjelle, Bishop Ann Sherer-Simpson, Fay Balch Hubbard

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2012 ELECTED AS PROVISIONAL ELDERS AND DEACONS Left to right: Joel Walker, Provisional Deacon; Ezekiel Koech, Provisional Elder; Bishop Ann Brookshirer Sherer-Simpson, Trudy Hanke, Provisional Elder; Barbra Lenz, Provisional Deacon

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2012 RETIREES

Front Row: Kathy Rice, Susan Davies, Cynthia Johnston, Barbara Hart and John Henderson; Second Row: Valera Heydenberk, , Connie Karr, William Hunter, Charlotte Abram, Timothy Pratt, Marvin Bauer, Katherine Bullard; Back Row: Michael Curd, Richard Karohl, Richard Savage, Glenn Hubbard Not pictured: Frank Butler

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