tables, teams& Committees
In addition to our Synod Council, the Primary Table of our synod, several other tables, teams and committees help to strengthen ministry in our synod.
Tables
Standing Committees
The following standing committees are served by elected members:
The Committee on Discipline stands ready to be called upon if a disciplinary process arises during oversight of pastoral and congregational relationships in the synod. Persons on this committee of 12 (half ordained ministers and half lay people) are elected by the Synod Assembly for a term of six years without consecutive re-election.
Currently serving are:
Pr. Michael Lohmann
Pr. Tiffany Towberman
Barbara Bilodeau
Thomas VanPoole
Pr. Eva Steege
Rev. Betty Landis
Birgit Campana
Katharine Wulff
Matthew Fuehrmeyer
Pr. Jeanette Surita-Vasquetellas
Pr. Kristin Hoyer
David Anderson
The Consultation Committee stands ready to be called upon when there is disagreement among factions within a congregation on a substantive issue which cannot be resolved by the parties, even after initial consultation with the synod bishop. Persons on this committee of 12 (half ordained ministers; half lay people) are elected by the Synod Assembly for a term of six years without consecutive re-election.
Currently serving are:
Pr. Lynn Miller
Pr. Franklin Morales
Jason Maddux
Diana Bateman
Rev. Scott Zimmerer
Mary Jo Anderson
Douglas J. Brown
Roy Swift
Pr. Kari Parson
Pr. Martin Eldred
Stanley Medikonda
Teams & Committees
