# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S86
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86 SYNODICAL REPORTS

Pacific Southwest District
Alvin Young

Rocky Mountain District
Gary Rahe

SELC District
Stephen Gaulke

South Dakota District
Dennis Schultz

South Wisconsin District
Robert Boehler

Southeastern District
Sally Hiller

Southern District

Peter Strodl

Southern Illinois District

Charles Ramsey

Texas District

James Mann
Wyoming District

Marvin Temme

Also important in the continuing education enterprise are our
colleges, universities, and seminaries. Each of our LCMS institu-
tions has a continuing education representative who works closely
with the Districts and with the CMGS itself to foster and develop

quality learning experiences for professional church workers.
These representatives are as follows:

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
John Oberdeck

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
Richard C. Resch

Concordia College, Ann Arbor
Jane Talcott

Concordia College, Austin

Debra Allen

Concordia College, Bronxville
Gene Ladendorf

Concordia University, Irvine
Timothy Peters

Concordia University, Mequon
Michael Besch

Concordia University, Portland
Norm Metzler

Concordia University, River Forest
Elaine Sipe

Concordia University, St. Paul

Robert DeWerff

Concordia College, Selma

Julius Jenkins

Concordia College, Seward

Lee Schluckebier

Our Districts and educational institutions have been clustered
together into five regions, which bring possibilities to the fore re-
gionally that are not possible for a single District. The persons who

have occupied the five CMGS Regional Continuing Education
Representative volunteer positions are as follows:

Eastern Region
Harold Kitzmann

Midwest I Region
John Rauh

Midwest II Region
Ben Buck

South and Southwest Region
Vacant

Western Region
Sergei Koberg

Annual Growth Plan

Preamble

We believe that growth is essential to Christian jife. Having been given life which lasts eternally through
God's grace In Christ, and having been empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve and obey Him, Chnsuans
daily drown their old nature and seck to grow up to mature Christian personhood.

Such personal spirituat growth is a model for the church worker's professivnal life as well. Striving lo
be workers who serve the Lord faithfully, competently, and joyfully, they study to meut the varying needs

of those whom they serve

Through on-going personal study, workers in the church will learn those truths and skills which nurture

Agreement

flaving discussed our needs together, we agree that appropriate study areas for the coming year for

(Name of Worker)

wall be

(Name of suey areas)

We believe that through this study.

(Name of Worker)

will be equipped te

(Describe goals to be met through growth plan)

‘To evaluate the effectiveness of this Annual Growth Plan, we have agreed on the following

(Time Frame) \Esumatet Com)

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(Officer)

Growth in Excellence in Ministry Programs

During the last triennium, over $875,000 has been expended
supporting over 10,000 church workers by grants, scholarships, and
workshop subsidies for continuing education events.

Even as the GEM program and its funding from Lutheran
Brotherhood reduces in size in the next triennium, grants for con-
tinuing education for individual professional church workers and
in support of District and educational institution events will con-
tinue in modified form.

The Professional Church Worker Grant Program makes
funding available to active rostered professional church workers
for the pursuit of continuing education for ministry. Grants are
made upon the recommendation of the worker’s District Continu-
ing Education Committee for participants seeking growth in areas
which minister to the spiritual life of the Christian community and
strengthen ministry within that context. An “Annual Growth Plan,”
which involves a meeting between the worker and relevant con-