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2019 MOUNTAIN SKY CONFERENCE JOURNAL

2019 Business of the Annual Conference G – 1

THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The Minutes of the Mountain Sky Annual Conference Held in Billings, Montana

From June 13, 2019 through June 16, 2019 Date When Organized 2018 Number of This Session 2nd

Bishop Karen P. Oliveto, Presiding PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)?

Co-Secretaries Elizabeth McVicker Mark Calhoun Mailing Address: 203 S 200 E, Salt Lake City UT 84111 262 N 3rd Street, Lander WY 82520 Telephone: (801) 328-8726 (307) 332-3188 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Statistician C. Dennis Shaw Mailing Address: 640 Keyes Ferry Road, Charles Town WV 25414 Telephone: (801) 889-7013 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Noreen M. Keleshian Mailing Address: 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village CO 80111 Telephone: (303) 325-7051 Email: [email protected]

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

All Conference Employees All Conference Employee Positions $100,000.00

Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? (See report, page ____ of Journal.)

4. What agencies have been appointed or elected?

a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Council on Finance and Administration (¶611)

Kirsten Barlow 7077 S Simms St Littleton CO 80127

(303) 979-8374 [email protected]

Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)

Jessica Rooks 8817 S Broadway Highlands Ranch CO 80129


Board of Pensions (¶639)

Reuben Wilbur 2740 Lochbuie Cir Loveland, CO 80538-5384


Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512)

JR Casner 1314 Shadow Mountain Dr. Highlands Ranch, CO 80126-2177


Committee on Episcopacy (¶637)

Kent Ingram 420 N Nevada Ave Colorado Springs CO



G – 2 Business of the Annual Conference 2019

80903 Administrative Review Committee (¶636)

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):

General Agency Conference

Agency Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

General Board of Church and Society

Community Engagement

Zach Bechtold PO Box 1543 Choteau MT 59422


Discipleship Ministries Leadership Development

AJ Bush 2000 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY 82718-5620


General Board of Ordained Ministry

Conference Board of Ordained Ministry

Jessica Rooks 8817 S Broadway Highlands Ranch CO 80129

(303) 791-0659 revjessrooks@ hotmail.com

Higher Education and Campus Ministry

Leadership Development

AJ Bush 2000 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY 82718-5620


General Commission on Archives and History

Conf Commis-sion on Archives and History

James Harris 7048 S Newcombe St Littleton CO 80127


General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns

General Commission on Religion and Race

Jasper Peters 1615 Ogden St Denver CO 80218


General Commission on the Status and Role of Women

Emily Kintzel 1332 S Bross Lane Longmont CO 80501


United Methodist Communications

Communications Charmaine Robledo 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111


c) Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions:

General Agency Name of Agency

Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)?

Disability Concerns (¶653)? Carol Forbes (303) 665-4104 [email protected]

Equitable Compensation (¶625)?

Eric Feuerstein 801 Main St Canon City CO 81212-3740


Laity (¶631)? Board of Laity Margaret Hotze Don McCammon Gayla Jo Slauson

313 Bluebird Ct Fort Collins CO 80526-2805 2616 Bonnie Ct Missoula MT 59803 659 Challinor Ln Grand Junction CO 81504

(970) 420-4283 (406) 360-3239 (970) 623-9671

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Native American Ministry (¶654)?

Mark Cloer PO Box 186 Las Animas CO 81054-0186




General Agency Name of Agency Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Small Membership Church (¶645)?

d) Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations.

Organization Name of Agency Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)

Linda Crockett 341 W 23rd Ave Torrington WY 82240

(307) 532-4238 (307) 575-3462

[email protected]

Conference United Methodist Men (¶648)

William West 4950 W 98th Ave Westminster CO 80031-2506


Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)

Mountain Sky Youth Council

Jayden Stella 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111-4803

[email protected]

Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)?

None

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 Superintendency (¶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 Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Responsible Stewardship Bruce Berger 4193 Syracuse Denver CO 80237


Congregational Vitality Michael Smith 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111


Community Engagement Zach Bechtold PO Box 1543 Choteau MT 59422


Leadership Development AJ Bush 2000 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY 82718-5620


Communications

Charmaine Robledo 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111


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, page R-1 of Journal.) 7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report, page ___ of Journal.) 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report, page ___ of Journal.) 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? $38,314

(See report, page ___ 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)?



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)?

b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? Mountain Sky Conference (1) For the World Service Fund? 1,011,724 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? 341,713 (3) For the Black College Fund? 136,306 (4) For the Africa University Fund? 30,505 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? 299,613 (6) For the General Administration Fund? 120,134 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? 26,724 12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? (See report, page_____ of Journal) Rocky Mountain Conference: Yellowstone Conference: 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660):

a) Conference Co-Lay Leader: Name: Margaret Hotze Mailing Address: 313 Bluebird Ct; Fort Collins CO 80526 Conference Co-Lay Leader: Name: Don McCammon Mailing Address: 2616 Bonnie Ct; Missoula MT 59803 Conference Co-Lay Leader: Name: Gayla Jo Slauson Mailing Address: 659 Challinor Ln; Grand Junction CO 81504 b) Associate conference lay leaders: c) District and associate district lay leaders: Mile High Metro Co-Lay Leader: Jerry Krause Mailing address: 1842 W. Cape Cod Way; Littleton CO 80120 Mile High Metro Co-Lay Leader: Paul Langley Mailing address: 12672 Pronghorn St; Broomfield CO 80020-7938 Mile High Metro Co-Lay Leader: George and Barbara Goree Mailing address: 1531 S Kenton St, Aurora CO 80012 Montana East Lay Leader: TO BE DETERMINED Mailing Address: Montana West Lay Leader: TO BE DETERMINED Mailing Address: Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Bill Cosbey Mailing Address: 1311 Park Ridge Dr; Severance CO 80615 Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Ruth Wills Mailing Address: 16717 E Davies Ave, Aurora CO 80016-1418 Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Susan Wheeler Mailing Address: 885 Wuthering Heights Dr, Colorado Springs CO 80921-2574 Trinity Lay Leader: Jerry Clare Mailing Address: 2179 N County Road 3 West, Monte Vista CO 81144 Trinity Lay Leader: Ken Hazlitt Mailing Address: 206 Colorado Pl, Sterling CO 80751-2416 Trinity Lay Leader: Cindy Snodgrass Mailing Address: 301 10th St, Fowler CO 81039-1022 Utah Sub-District Lay Leader: Mesia Fisilau Mailing Address: 2951 S Wendy Circle, West Valley City UT 84120 Western Colorado Lay Leader: Sue Yeager Mailing Address: 1335 Texas Ave, Grand Junction CO 81501-7639 Wyoming Lay Leader: Michelle Aldrich Mailing Address: 4505 E 17th St; Cheyenne WY 82001



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, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Founded

b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Founded

c) Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, d, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name Parent Church District Mailing Address Date Launched

d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10)

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Chartered

e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547)

(1) United Methodist with United Methodist

District GCFA

Number Name of First

Church GCFA

Number

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination)

District GCFA Number

Name of First Church

GCFA Number

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.)

(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3) GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed

(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed (3) Satellite Congregation

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed (4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5)

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed 850278 Blue Cliff Trinity Karval, Colorado July 1, 2018 852563 Midwest Community Wyoming Midwest, Wyoming July 1, 2018 850132 Parker, Tapestry Peaks/Pikes Peak Parker, Colorado June 30, 2019



g) Relocated and to what address

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Physical Location Date Relocated

h) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity")

GCFA Number Former Name New Name Address District i) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)?

GCFA Number Name Membership Sending Conference j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206)

GCFA Number Parish Name Charge Name Church Name District k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches?

15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) a) Federated church

GCFA Number

Name District Other Denomination(s)

859883 Thermopolis Federated Community Church

Wyoming Presbyterian

850495 Buena Vista, Grace UM Faith Community

Trinity Episcopal

856663 Sargent Community Church Trinity Presbyterian 861146 Hamilton Federated Montana West American Baptist 850484 Columbine United Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC 851444 Mountain View United, Aurora CO Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC 851125 Montbello United Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC 852027 Idaho Springs United Mile High Metro Presbyterian

b) Union Church

GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s)

859768 Rawlins Cooperative Parish Wyoming Presbyterian 858651 United Church of Kanab-Fredonia Utah-Western Colorado Presbyterian, ELCA 850655 United Church of the San Juans Utah-Western Colorado Presbyterian, ELCA 850484 Columbine United Mile High Metro Presbyterian 851444 Mountain View United, Aurora CO Mile High Metro UCC 851125 Montbello United Mile High Metro UCC 852027 Idaho Springs United Mile High Metro Presbyterian

c) Merged Church


d) Yoked Parish


16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)?



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)? YES 18. Who constitute:

a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Valerie Jackson William Mullette-Bauer Kimal James Susan Adams-Trembath Ramon Robledo Terry Turner Alternates Alternates Ryan Canaday Don Derryberry Loyaa Flansburg Connie Cranston

b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)?

Don Bird, FE Tom Barlow, FE, Chair Todd Spencer, FD Carrie West, AM

c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703) Legacy Rocky Mountain AC Legacy Yellowstone AC Clergy Members Clergy Members Debra Juarez 2016 Fred Amborn 2015 Eun Sung Lee 2015 Howard Hunter 2015 William Morris 2015 Sallie Suby-Long 2015 Clergy Alternates Clergy Alternates Betty Bradford 2015 Jim Barth 2015 Eric Feuerstein 2015 Don Derryberry 2015 Eric Smith 2015 Constance Sidebottom 2015 Professing Members Lay Observers: Diana Huerta 2015 Gary Campbell 2015 Larry Mugler 2015 Pam Dandrea 2015 Sue Yeager 2015 Jude Monson 2008 Professing Alternates Alternate Lay Observers Becky Buxton 2015 Tena Taylor 2015 Joe Hayashi 2017 Anne Marken 2017 John Stroh 2017

19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) ( NOTE: Everyone who wants to become a n LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry?

Name District Date Certified Kimberly DiBiase Peaks/Pikes Peak 03/05/2019 Richard Douglas Mile High Metro 09/12/2018



Name District Date Certified Rebecca Dunagan Peaks/Pikes Peak 10/09/2018 Brandon Erdmann Wyoming 03/16/2010 Kenneth Jarrell Wyoming 04/26/2019 Tressa Nawyn Mile High Metro 02/13/2019 Genevieve Rohret-Havin Mile High Metro 02/13/2019 Emily Rettinghouse Montana East 06/01/2018 Tyson Stark Mile High Metro 04/07/2018 Katie Warren Peaks/Pikes Peak 03/05/2019 Stephanie Willingham-Moffitt Peaks/Pikes Peak 05/23/2019

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 Spencer Black Virginia Annual Conference 04/23/2018 11/26/2018

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

Name Conference District Date Certified Date Discontinued

David Johnson Mountain Sky Mile High Metro 04/13/2016 06/30/2019 Kathie Swann Mountain Sky Wyoming 12/03/2014 04/26/2019 Andrea Palacias Mountain Sky Mile High Metro 02/28/2015 04/03/2019 Andrew Stinnett Mountain Sky Mile High Metro 06/07/2010 11/20/2019

(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 part-time 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.): (3/4v) Name District Year Licensed Approved

Amy Baker Trinity 2014 Steve Brown Wyoming 2018 Susie Burley Trinity 2016 Mike Lipinski Trinity 2007 John McLean Trinity 2007 David Money Mile High Metro 2007 Vicki Richards Street UTWCO 2014 Brad Walston UTWCO 2013 Terry Krayenhagen Trinity 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 First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study

Cody Anderson 01/20/2016 ½ M. Div. Zach Bechtold* 09/21/2017 M. Div. Kenneth Berve* 07/01/2009 Completed COS Michelle Bowles 09/01/2016 In Year 4



Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study Candace D. Boyd* 11/01/2018 M. Div. Rob Bruendl 07/01/2008 In Year 5 Jim Chrisawn* 07/01/2014 M. Div. Val Colenso* 2000 Completed COS Karen Disney* 2007 Completed COS Donald Holt 07/15/2012 In Year 4 Martin E. Lee* 11/01/2014 M. Div. Matt Lurz 07/01/2016 Completed Year 2 Shannon Mayfield* 2018 M. Div. Wendy Ochs 2015 In Year 3 Melinda Kay Roberts* 07/01/2018 Completed COS Timothy Selby* 07/01/2010 Completed COS Jerilyn Soens 03/01/2016 Retired Sharon Strauss* 07/01/2016 Completed COS Debria Upton* 07/01/2018 M. Div. Karen Ann Wallace 04/01/2018 In Year 1 Vicki Waddington 2010 In Year 5 James R. Ward* 07/01/2009 Completed COS Jeffrey Wayland* 01/01/2015 M. Div. Benning Wentworth IV 08/01/2007 In Year 5

b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments)

Name First Year License Awarded

Fraction of full time to be served

Years Completed with Course of Study

Teresa Adams 07/01/2009 3/4 time In Year 5 Kelly Addy * 2002 3/4 time Completed COS John Altland* 12/01/2018 1/2 time Completed Licensing School Dotti Behling* 11/01/2017 3/4 time Retired William (Bill) Briggs * 2009 1/4 time Completed COS Charlotte Carr* 07/01/2016 3/4 time M. Div. Mark Cloer 11/01/2012 1/4 time In Year 3 Lucia Correa 07/01/2016 1/4 time In Year 4 Steven Dunkel 07/01/2018 1/2 time In Year 1 David Erickson 07/01/2018 1/4 time In Year 1 Kristi Firme* 08/15/2005 1/2 time Completed COS Sione Fungalai* 12/01/1998 3/4 time Completed COS Jodie Harless* 07/01/2012 3/4 time M. Div. Ashley Hawkins 07/01/2019 1/2 time Completed Licensing School Janeen Hill 11/01/2013 3/4 time In Year 3 Jean Paul Howard 11/01/2008 1/2 time In Year 2 Manuel Jimenez* 07/01/2010 1/2 time Completed COS Jeff Kanost 07/01/2015 1/2 time In Year 2 Evelyn Kunkel * 2003 1/4 time Completed COS Kathleen Leathers 07/01/2010 3/4 time In Year 5 Atamani Longolongofolau* 07/01/2003 1/4 time Completed COS Karin Lovgren 01/11/2018 3/4 time In Year 1 Victoria Lozoya 05/01/2019 1/4 time In Year 1 Mele Mausi Mafi 05/01/2017 1/2 time Completed Year 1 Poasi Manu* 05/01/2013 1/4 time Completed COS Norman Mark* 07/01/2014 1/2 time Completed COS Gracie Marske 10/18/2017 3/4 time In Year 2 Vicky Martinez 01/01/2018 3/4 time 1/3 M. Div.



Name First Year License Awarded

Fraction of full time to be served

Years Completed with Course of Study

Lesley Matschke 8/1/2013 3/4 time Retired Jack Mattingly* 2003 1/2 time Completed COS Linda Meyer 07/01/2017 1/2 time Completed Licensing School Mina M. Nau* 02/01/2019 1/2 time M. Div. Sara Neff 2016 1/4 time Completed Year 1 Craig Paschal* 07/01/2004 3/4 time Completed COS Guillermo Reyes 07/01/2013 3/4 time Completed Licensing School Carol Rhan 2014 3/4 time In Year 5 David Sauer 07/01/2017 3/4 time 3/4 M. Div. Deanne Sharp 07/01/2011 1/2 time In Year 4 Harold Eugene Sharp 07/01/2017 1/2 time Retired Rick Stewart 07/01/2017 1/2 time In Year 3 Donnie Sturgill 07/01/2017 3/4 time In Year 3 Atonio Toluta’u 01/01/2015 1/4 time Completed Licensing School Ryan Trosper 07/01/2017 1/4 time In Year 2 Olympia Tukutau 07/01/2019 1/2 time Completed Licensing School Losaline Tupoumalohi 2014 3/4 time In Year 4 Kristina Walker 07/01/2016 3/4 time Completed Year 2 James Matthew White 2017 1/2 time In Year 1 Gary Wilken* 07/01/1997 1/4 time M. Div.

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 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 Serving Conference Enrolled Seminary

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 Serving Conference COS \ Seminary

22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)? Name Date discontinued

Travis Husted 09/30/2018 Jeffery Andrew Stinnett 11/20/2018

23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)?

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

a) Annual Conferences

Name Clergy Status Home Conference Nathan Adams OE Florida Akilah Bixler OP New York Cathy Estes OE Arkansas Mark Feldmeir OE California-Pacific Michael Gore OE Indiana Benjamin Hensley OD North Texas Joshua Langille-Hoppe OE Oklahoma Russell Lehman OR Peninsula-Delaware Tevita David Ofahengaue OE California-Nevada Mary Schmidt OE Texas Barbara Sholis OE West Ohio Michael Smith OE Greater New Jersey Jeff Wakeley OR Susquehanna Anna Viehland OPE Florida

b) Other Methodist Denominations

Name Clergy Status Denomination Yunseon Choi OE Korean Methodist Church Hwal Paul Joo OE Korean Methodist Church

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 Clergy Status Denomination James Bell OF Presbyterian Church USA Priscilla Bell OF Presbyterian Church USA John Duckworth OF American Baptist James Fouther, Jr.* OF United Church of Christ Kent Gordon OF Congregational Loren Gustafson R /OF ELCA Pricilla Hill SY Presbyterian Church USA Tracy Hughes OF United Church of Christ Amanda Liggett OF ELCA Sarah Logemann OR Presbyterian Church USA Verla Miller OF Disciples of Christ Marcia Muir OF Presbyterian Church USA Steve Poos-Benson* OF Presbyterian Church USA Robin Riley OF American Baptist William S. Robertson OF Presbyterian Church USA Rick Thompson CSY United Church of Christ Hugo Venegas OF Christian Reform Church Patty Walker OF United Church of Christ

26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?

Name Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation



b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) Name Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation

Dale Beck Illinois Great Rivers 2012 B. J. George Greater New Jersey 2006 Knut Heim British Methodist 2017 Daniel D. Marutle Methodist Church of South Africa 2002 Sandra Spahr West Michigan 2008 Michael Streevy West Michigan 2013

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): NONE

Name

28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v)

Name Haley Andreades Kelsey Hill

b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4)

Name Cherie Cobb Angela Dornisch Roger “Buzz” King Peter Jisung Lee Lauretta Lundquist Amber Mitts Michael Paschall Brenda Torrie

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, ¶ 327 v)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326)

Name Clergy Status Date and Seminary Jason Baxter PD 2017 Leah Coleman PE 2017 Jamielee Demske PE 2018 Calvin Hill PE 2018 Sandra Jimenez PE 2017 Angela Kotzmoyer PE 2018 Janet Mulroy PE 2018 Jaime Nieves PE 2018 David Petty PE 2018 Daniel Viehland PE 2019 Tonya Whaley PE 2017 Cory Young PE 2018



b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v) Name Original Year of Membership

c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year) Name Original Year of Membership

d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)

Name Clergy Status Original Year of Membership

Previous Conference or Denomination

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 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 Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination Michael Paschall PE 07/01/2019 Southern Baptist

b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination

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):

a) Deacons Name

Kaitlin Elmore b) Elders

Name Yevette Christy Sherry Ferriman Byoungwk Jeon KyeongSu Jung Emily Carr Kintzel Dawn Maurer Skerritt Llewellyn (Lou) Ward II

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 Seminary Kaitlin Elmore Iliff School of Theology



b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4) Name Seminary

34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary Yevette Christy Iliff School of Theology Sherry Ferriman Iliff School of Theology Byoungwk Jeon Drew Seminary School Emily Carr Kintzel Iliff School of Theology Dawn Maurer Skerritt Iliff School of Theology Llewellyn (Lou) Ward II Iliff School of Theology

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

Name Seminary

35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Previously Discontinued

36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):

Name Legacy Conference Clergy Status Previous Status

37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)

Name 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 Clergy Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer

Amy Gearhart FE Missouri 07/01/2019 39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)

Name Clergy Status Previous Methodist Denomination

Date of Transfer

KyeongSu Jung FE Korean Methodist 07/01/2019 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 Member Conference

b) Elders?

Name 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 Clergy Status

Legacy Conference New Conference Date of Transfer

Diane Bell FE Rocky Mountain East Ohio 07/01/2019 Nancy Slabaugh Hart FE Yellowstone Oregon-Idaho 07/01/2019

42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327)

Name Clergy Status

b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status

c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status

d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7)

Name Clergy Status

43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Clergy Status Charge Conference Membership Date

Effective

(2) Previously?

Name Year

Originally Granted

Charge Conference Membership Year of Most

Recent Report

Kenneth Carlson 2005 Grand Valley UMC, Parachute, CO 2018 Charles Casper 1989 UMC of Balay, Cynwayd, PA 2013 Robert Crosby 1971 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Gregg Dawson 1994 First UMC, Ft. Collins, CO 2013 Kay Gardner Pyle 2001 St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO 2012 Margaret Huffman-Valentine 1996 Lamar UMC, Lamar, CO 2007 Douglas Huigen 1982 N/A Fred Huskey Jr. 1992 Stevensville, MT 2019 Ryan O’Shea 2010 Broomfield UMC, Broomfield, CO 2012 Curt Pollock 2010 FUMC Anchorage AK 2019 Keith Sera 2002 Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, NY 2012 William Starling 1970 N/A Harold Thaxton, Jr. 1989 First UMC, Montrose, CO 2016 Duane E. Wilterdink 2009 St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO

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

Name Appointment Year Originally Granted Location



c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(2) Ad Interim Administrative Location (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(3) Previously?

Name 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 Clergy Status Year Honorable Location

Originally Granted Charge Conference

Membership

b) Previously?

Name Clergy Status

Year Honorable Location Originally Granted

Charge Conference Membership

Wayne Arrowood HR 1971 First UMC, Hendersonville, NC James Bentley HR 1991 Hollywood UMC, CA Alan Broere HR 1995 Peter Clark HR 2001 Helena Covenant Samuel Cox HR 2004 Kailua UMC, Kailua, Hawaii Nancy Feild HR 2007 Munholland UMC, Metairie, LA J. Robert Flier HR 2004 Goode Centennial UMC, Commerce City, CO Timothy W. Goettel HR 2019 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO J. Donald Hughes HR 2004 St Paul UMC, Denver, CO Ron Lang HR 1989 Livingston Grace Donna Martin HR 2001 Whitefish UMC Charles Mowry HR 1999 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO Chung Oh Park HR 2001 University Park UMC, Denver, CO Robert Paul HR 2004 Trinity UMC, Denver, CO Richard I. Peterson HR 2004 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Marcia Janke Shafer HR 2009 First UMC, Windsor, CO James Stewart HR 1999 Butte Aldersgate Eric Talla HR 2007 Burlington UMC, Burlington, CO Albert M. Wells HR 2004 Clearwater, FL Gary Wilkin HR 1997 Laramie UMC, Laramie, WY Marcus West HR 1983 Providence UMC, Charlotte NC Dean Woodward HR 2002 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO

45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v)

Name 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)


b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)


c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?


d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)


e) By trial (¶2713)?


47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.)

Name Date Effective Clergy Status

48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

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


Retired:


c) What elders have died during the year? Active:


Retired:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Robert Linn Barnes 01/05/1923 03/12/2019 Robert C Coburn 01/25/1930 07/19/2018 Fred Stanley Collins 04/13/1921 01/14/2019 Wallace Dean Finley 01/27/1931 12/29/2018



Oliver Franklin Gunter 09/17/1920 10/05/2018 George Hanabusa 03/08/1931 1/25/2019 Delbert W Hansen 07/16/1947 10/08/2018 Charles Evans Heath 11/17/1938 03/06/2019 Robert Eldon Hunter 03/02/1928 02/16/2019 Lowell Karnes 03/23/1942 04/27/2019 Robert Phelps 07/31/1934 08/24/2018 Roger Robison 06/22/1920 11/08/2018 Albert W Scarffe 09/07/1925 12/30/2018 Velda Lu Wilson 06/26/1927 05/03/2019

d) What deacons have died during the year?

Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired:


e) What local pastors have died during the year?

Active: Name 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 Clergy Status

Conference Where Appointed

Appointment

Johnny Arrington AM Rio Texas 07/01/2015 Dan Ashton FE Indiana 07/01/2019 David Barton FE Texas 06/01/2018 Jerry Boles FE Central Texas 07/01/2019 Loren Boyce FE Tennessee 07/01/2017 Leanne Hadley FE Kentucky 07/01/2017 David Hodsdon FE Baltimore/Washington 07/01/2007 Pamela Everhart FE Florida 06/01/2019 Mariah Hayden FE East Ohio 02/01/2018 John Hiestand FE PNW 07/01/2018 Vivian Hiestand FE PNW 07/01/2018 Terri Lynn Hubbard FE Desert Southwest 07/01/2017 Debra Hull FD Great Plains 07/01/2016 Larry Michael Jarrell FE South Carolina 07/01/2018 Betty Kniss FD Florida 07/01/2005 Kathleen Teena Racheli FE Wisconsin 07/01/2011 David York FE Great Plains 07/01/2017



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 Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Jennifer Arfmann FE 07/01/2016 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO Laura Cartwright FE 01/01/2018 Vineland UMC, Vineland, CO Melissa Engel FE 07/01/2019 Belong UMC, Denver, CO McNair Ezzard FE 08/25/2018 Applewood Valley, UMC, Golden, CO Elizabeth Hall FE 07/01/2018 Christ UMC, Sterling, CO Jennifer Hare Mirabella FE 07/01/2015 First UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Amos Kariuki FE 07/01/2016 Crawford UMC, Crawford, CO William Robert Morris FE 07/01/2017 First UMC, Cortez, CO Siaosi Prescott FE 07/01/2016 Home UMC, Rye, CO Mary Beth Taylor FE 07/01/2018 Highland UMC, Denver Rhonda York FD 07/01/2014 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO

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

Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Mary Ann Dimand FE 01/01/2011 Arvada UMC, Arvada, CO Scott Daniels FE 07/01/2013 First UMC, Boulder, CO

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

Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Jessica Boyce FE 07/01/2015 Meeker UMC, Meeker, CO Lynne Butler FE 07/01/2019 Trinity UMC, Denver Jennifer Winterfeld FD 07/01/2017 St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO

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

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Charge Conference

(5) Transitional (¶353.2c)

Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference

b) Involuntary? (1) Involuntary Leave (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)


(2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355) (v)


51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v)

Name Clergy Status




52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v)

Name Clergy Status


Laurie A. Bruce FE 07/01/2015 Sequoyah UMC, Fayetteville, AR (without benefits) David Burnett FE 08/01/2002 Faith UMC, Sterling, CO Handi Jo Dolloff-Holt FE 08/01/2012 Christ UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Debra Edwards FE 06/01/2014 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Laura Hehner Fastert FE 06/07/2019 Brian Oliver FE 09/01/2018 First UMC Casper, Casper, WY Peter C. Phillips PE 02/01/2019 Brian Riecke FE 07/01/2013 First UMC, Loveland, CO

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.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) Deacons

a) This year? Name Date Effective

Anne Davidson-Mundt 07/01/2019 Jolain Graf 07/01/2019 Sandra Stewart 07/01/2019

b) Previously?

Name Date Effective

Elders

c) This year? Name Date Effective

Jeffrey Babb 07/01/2019 Jerry Lee Collins 09/01/2018 P. David Greep 07/01/2019 Youngsook C. Kang 07/01/2019 William David Logan 07/01/2019 Jeffrey Mahan 01/01/2019 Nancy Mead 01/01/2019 Sara Power 07/01/2019 Dennis Shaw 07/01/2019

d) Previously?

Name Date Effective

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) a) This year?

Name Date Effective Steven Earnshaw 07/01/2019

b) Previously?

Name Date Effective



55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)? Name Date Effective

56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year?

Name Date Effective Susie Burley 07/01/2019 Lester Huseby 08/01/2018 David McGee 07/01/2019

b) Previously?

Name Date Effective

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.



Categories 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

Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74)

10 137 1 19 4 21 50

Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b)

19 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

2 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx


Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

6 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx


3

Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49)

2 15 1 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2) 1 11 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Family Leave (50a3, a4)

1 2 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Sabbatical Leave (51)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Medical Leave (52)

6 1

On Transitional Leave (50a5) 1 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Retired (53, 54, 55)

35 320 16 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Total Number, Clergy Members

68 536 3 20 21 24 50

Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members-

722



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

Clergy Demographics

Categories 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

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Asian 1 15 8 1 1 Black 13 5 1

Hispanic 2 2 2 2 2 Native American

1 1 2

Pacific Islander 2 4 4 White 15 52 320 167 1 2 6 10 14 7 13 12 15 19 Multi-Racial 1

Total Number Clergy

Members 68 536 3 20 21 24 50

Grand Total, All Conference

Clergy Members*

722

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 Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Ann Kessler Laity Youth Ministry

59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry.

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Brenda Anderson-Baker Laity Spiritual Direction Nani E. Arning FD Christian Education David Barton FE Camping Ministry J. Steve Harter FD Music Ministry P. Lynn Hurst FD Music Ministry Robert Kaylor FE Youth Ministry Betty Kniss FD Christian Education Linda Marshall FD Christian Education/Music Ministry Kathie Walker Laity Christian Education Brenda Anderson-Baker Laity Spiritual Direction

60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Sending Conference

61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Receiving Conference

62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name 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 (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district)

Name District Anna Adams UTWCO Roberta Botkin UTWCO Sue Davidson Big Horn Ingrid DeRuiter Metro Mile High Gudiva “Twinkle” Gordon Peaks/Pikes Peak Monte Savage Peaks/Pikes Peak Norma Farmer Trinity Corry Higbee Trinity Joyce Hudiburgh Trinity Wil Mieklejohn Trinity Lucille Peterson UTWCO Beth Ann Schafer Wyoming Mike Spahr Trinity Rose Vest Trinity Monte Voss Metro

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 Previous Annual Conference Date

65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?

Name Previous Annual Conference 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 Date Effective

67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:


b) Retired: Name 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 Type of Leave Date Originally Granted

69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):

Name Date Originally Granted



70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)? Name 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 Date Effective

b) Previously? Name Date Effective

Marion Gore Catherine Storm Dorothy Templin Faye Veal Janet Winquest

PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) 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 of service (in one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4):

Name Clergy Status

Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service

Fred Amborn FE 07/01/2017 3/4 time Lauren Chance Boyd FE 07/01/2016 3/4 time Jamielee Demske PE 07/01/2018 3/4 time Sherry Ferriman FE 07/01/2019 3/4 time Felicia George FE 07/01/2019 3/4 time Spencer W. Green FE 01/01/2014 1/4 time Linda S. Hoover FE 07/01/2013 1/2 time Elizabeth Jackson FE 07/01/2019 3/4 time Byoungwk Jeon FE 07/01/2016 3/4 time Sandra Jimenez PE 07/01/2017 1/2 time Emily Kintzel FE 07/01/2016 1/2 time Brian Kroeger FE 10/01/2018 1/2 time Seonyoung Lee FE 07/01/2011 3/4 time John Nadasi FE 07/01/2013 3/4 time Betty Nguyen FE 07/01/2018 1/2 time Tan Van Nguyen FE 03/01/2019 1/2 time Dan Odell FE 07/01/2015 1/2 time Edward R. Rousset FE 01/01/2015 3/4 time Joshua Walker FE 05/01/2014 1/2 time

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

Name Clergy Status

Appointment Fraction of Full-

Time Service Lee Anderson-Harris FD 07/01/2018 3/4 time Stacy Collins FD 07/01/2019 3/4 time Mary MacDonald FD 07/01/2012 1/4 time Philip Rogers FD 07/01/2015 1/2 time



Name Clergy Status

Appointment Fraction of Full-

Time Service Sarah Steidtmann FD 07/01/2008 1/4 time Charles J. Stephens FD 04/01/2015 1/2 time Sallie Suby-Long FD 07/01/2009 3/4 time Jason Baxter PD 05/01/2018 1/2 time Ann McClellan FD 09/01/2018 1/2 time

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 Appointment Start Date End Date Dale Allen Beck FUMC Laramie, Laramie, WY 02/01/2019 06/30/2019 Jim Calhoun Christ UMC Sterling, Sterling CO 11/15/2018 06/30/2019 Janet Forbes First UMC, Casper, WY 09/01/2018 05/12/2019 Patricia Johnson Trinidad UMC, Trinidad CO 11/01/2018 06/30/2019 James William (Bill) Moore First UMC, Ft. Lupton, CO 12/01/2018 06/30/2019 Randy Short First UMC Layfette, CO 06/01/2019 06/30/2019 Ken White Epworth UMC, Kalispell, MT 10/01/2018 06/30/2020

74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are appointed to ministry to the

local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) 75. 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.)

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)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Patty Agnew FE 07/01/2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Montana East District

St. Paul, CO. Springs, CO

Annie Arnoldy FE 07/01/2019 Superintendent of Leadership Development / Director. of Connectional Ministry, MSC

St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO

Thomas Barlow FE 07/01/2012 Adjunct Professor and Director of Alumni & Community Education, Iliff School of Theology

Heritage UMC, Littleton, CO

Meghan Feldmeyer Benson

FE 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Duke Divinity School Calvary UMC, Colorado Springs, CO

Chris Carr FE 07/01/2019 District Superintendent, Trinity District

Spirit of Hope UMC, Englewood, CO

Deborah Christine FE 2018 District Superintendent, Montana East

Christ UMC, Denver, CO

Brian Diggs FE 07/01/2009 United Methodist Committee on Relief

First UMC, Salt Lake City, UT

Jim Gulley RE 04/01/2011 General Board of Global Ministries

Broomfield UMC, Broomfield, CO

Steve Hermes FE 07/01/2018 Flathead Lake UM Camp Paradise, Paradise, MT Jeanne Hoeft FE 07/01/2001 Associate Professor, St. Paul

School of Theology Arvada UMC, Arvada, CO

Tiffany Keith FE 07/01/2018 Congregational Resource First Colorado Springs, Co.



Name Clergy Status

Date Effective

Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Minister, Peaks/Pikes Peak District

Springs, CO

Catherine Kelsey FE 01/01/2006 Dean of the Chapel, Iliff School of Theology

University Park UMC, Denver, CO

Paul Kottke FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Mile High Metro District

University Park UMC, Denver, CO

Ann Lantz FE 01/01/2016 Executive Director, Ecumenical Social Ministries

First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO

Jeffrey Howard Mahan RE 07/01/2000 Professor, Iliff School of Theology Christ Church UM, Denver, CO Joretta L. Marshall FE 07/01/2007 Professor of Pastoral Care, TCU,

Brite Divinity School University Park UMC, Denver, CO

Gail Murphy-Geiss FE 2002 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO

Betty Nguyen FE 07/01/2018 Congregational Resource Minister, Mile High Metro District

Parker UMC, CO

Jeff Rainwater FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Wyoming District

N/A

Laura Rainwater FE 2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Wyoming District

Grace UMC, Cheyenne, WY

Major Rettig FE 2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Trinity District

Hugo UMC, Hugo, CO

Sarah Rettig FE 2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Trinity District

Hugo UMC, Hugo, CO

Jay Rundell FE 07/01/2006 President, Methodist Theological School

Park Hill UMC, Denver

Amy Strader FE 2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Montana West District

First UMC, Golden, CO

Eric Strader FE 2019 Congregational Resource Minister, Montana West District

Christ UMC, Denver, CO

Tezenlo Thong FE 07/01/2017 District Superintendent, Peaks/Pikes Peak District

Simpson UMC, Arvado, CO

Marvin Vose RE 07/01/2016 District Superintendent, Utah/Western Colorado District

Tri-Lakes UMC, Monument, CO

Jan Witman FE 2017 District Superintendent, Montana West District

Kim Woeste FE 2012 Rocky Mountain College b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?

Name Clergy Status Date Effective

Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Conference

Janet Hanson FE 09/01/2019 VA Portland Health Care System

Elizabeth Gwynne May FE 07/20/2015 Spiritual Counselor, Halcyon Hospice & Palliative Care

Smoky Hill UMC, Centennial

Young Hui McDonald FE 04/02/2006 Chaplain, Adams County Detention Facility

Park Hill UMC, Denver

Maggie Roe RE 03/17/2016 Chaplain, Covenant Care at Home

Arvada UMC

Susan Warren FE 01/22/2015 Chaplain, Halcyon Hospice Niwot UMC

Lola West FE 10/18/2004 Chaplain, Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo

Sunrise UMC, Pueblo



c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Conference

Michelle Bowles FL 09/01/2016 PowerBack Rehabilitation of Lakewood

Phillips UMC, Lakewood

Candace Boyd FL 11/01/2018 Craig Hospital Park Hill UMC, Denver

Susan Crow FE 06/01/2010 Executive Director, Workshops, Inc.

Christ Church UM, Denver

Todd Everhart FE 7/1/2019 James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL

Windsor UMC, CO

James Grunden FE 07/01/2015 Pastor, Southminster United Church of Canada

Center UMC

Gichul James Kim FE 07/01/2016 Professor, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, South Korea

Asbury Korean UMC, Centennial

Kerry McCormick FE 05/20/2019 Front Range Hospice and Palliative Care

First UMC, Lafayette

Rebecca McFee FE 07/01/2015 Columbine Health Systems & Colorado State University

Christ UMC, Ft. Collins

Valerie Oden FE 07/01/2017 Riverbed United Church of Canada

Arvada UMC

Jin Tae Park FE 04/01/2010 Chaplain, Dongseo Education Facility, South Korea

Christ Central UMC, Aurora

Trevor Potter FE 07/01/2009 Pastor, McKillop United Church of Canada

Trinity UMC, Loveland

Brian Rossbert FE 09/01/2017 Program Officer, Gill Foundation

Trinity UMC, Denver

Blaine Scott FE 07/01/2015 The Sanctuary at Steadfast Steeds

First UMC, Grand Junction

Rebekah Simon-Peter FE 01/01/2007 President, Rebekah Simon-Peter Coaching and Consulting

First UMC, Casper

Amy Rebecca Stapleton FE 01/01/2018 Chesapeake Life Center - Hospice of Chesapeake

Lakewood UMC

James Ward FL 08/01/2014 Eaton Senior Communities Grant Avenue UMC, Denver

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 Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Haley Andreades PD 07/01/2019 Dry Bones, Denver, CO

Nani Arning FD 03/01/2014 Sacred Stones Ministries, LLC Calvary UMC

Jill Ashe FD 09/01/2015 Front Range Hospice & Palliative Care

Broomfield UMC

Denise Bender FD 02/02/2014 Sacred Stones Ministries, LLC Bethany UMC

Lydia Buttner FD 05/01/2015 Chaplain, Branches of Hope, LLC Trinity UMC, Denver

Stacy Collins FD 07/01/2019 ShadowLight Ministries St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

George Dunn RD 0/01/2015 Chaplain, St. Joseph Hospital St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch



Kaitlin Elmore FD 07/01/2017 Poudre Valley Hospital/ Pathways of Northern Colorado

Christ UMC, Ft. Collins

Carol Forbes PD 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Life Care Center of Longmont

Mountain View UMC, Boulder

Sue Harmon FD 07/01/2019 Abode Hospice & Home Health FUMC Fort Collins CO

Kelsey Hill PD 07/01/2019 Frasier Meadows St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Jeff Hirota FD 01/01/2017 Community Foundation of Boulder Highlands UMC, Denver

Kristi Hornick FD 09/19/2018 WOW-Work Options for Women FUMC Loveland CO

Schawn Kellogg FD 07/01/2013 Sky Ridge Medical Center St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch

Dale Lee FD 07/01/2009 Chaplain, Valley Hope University Park UMC, Denver

Dorthy Mann FD 07/01/2011 Psych/Social Support Counselor, Porter Adventist Hospital

St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Elizabeth Phelan FD 07/01/2012 Chaplain, St. Anthony’s Hospital Trinity UMC, Denver

Laura Rossbert FD 04/01/2015 COO, Shopworks Shopworks Architecture

Trinity UMC, Denver

b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church

(¶331.1b)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Lynn Hurst FD 07/01/2005 Minister of Music, Broadmoor Community Church

First UMC, Colorado Springs

Joe Iovino FD 11/01/2014 General Commission on Communications/United Methodist Communications

Tri-Lakes UMC, Monument

Debra Juarez FD 07/01/2016 Wesley Foundation, University of Wyoming

First UMC, Laramie

Michael Ratliff FD 04/01/2007 Associate General Secretary, General Board of Discipleship

St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Elizabeth Richardson FD 07/01/2010 Director of Prayer and Upper Room Worship Life, Upper Room Ministries

First UMC, Boulder

78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.)

Name Clergy Status School

79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) 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.)

Laura Hehner – name changed to Laura Fastert 81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? Gillette, WY June 18-21, 2020

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PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESSjournal/2019/2… · 2019 MOUNTAIN SKY CONFERENCE JOURNAL 2019 Business of the Annual Conference G – 5 14. List local churches which have