# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S18
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

Committee 4

Committee 8

C = Chairman; DP = District President; VOM = Voting Ordained Minister; VL = Voting Layperson; AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister; AL
= Advisory Layperson

PROGRAM AND FINANCE

ECCLESTIASTICAL SUPERVISION
AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS
AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = California-NevadaHawaii; EA = Eastern; EN= English; FG = Florida-Georgia; IE=
Iowa East; IN = Indiana; IW = Iowa West; KS= Kansas; MI =
Michigan; MDS = Mid-South; MNN = Minnesota North; MNS
= Minnesota South; MO = Missouri; MT = Montana; ND =
North Dakota; NEB = Nebraska; NE = New England; NI =
Northern Illinois; NJ = New Jersey; NOW = Northwest; NW =
North Wisconsin; OH = Ohio; OK = Oklahoma; PSW = Pacific
Southwest; RM = Rocky Mountain; SD = South Dakota; SE =
Southeastern; SELC = SELC; SI = Southern Illinois; SO =
Southern; SW = South Wisconsin; TX = Texas; WY =
Wyoming

Committee 1
MISSIONS
C:
DP:

Paul Sieveking (IW)
Larry Stoterau (PSW); Vernon Schindler (SD);
Russell Sommerfeld (NEB)
VOM: Geoffrey Robinson (CI); Dana Brones (FG);
Ron Rall (MO); Leonard Busch (OK); Eloy Gonzalez
(TX)
VL: Dennis Winter (IE); Ralph Von Qualen (IW); Gilbert
Brauch, Jr. (SE)
AOM: Chris Reinke (NOW)
ACM: Amy Weston (MI)

Committee 2
DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL
SERVICES
C:
Bill Ameiss (NI)
DP: David Ritt (EN); Gary Arp (IE)
VOM: Dien Taylor (AT); Bruce Noennig (MNN); Paul Short
(MO); Byrene “Keith” Haney (SW); Mark Nebel (SI)
VL: William Kemnitz (CI); Janet Neubauer (FG); Jerold
Cahill (SELC); William Snow (SD)
ACM: Rachel Klitzing (PSW); Doug Widger (TX)

Committee 3
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS
C:
DP:

Arleigh Lutz (NW)
Gerhard Michael, Jr. (FG); David Benke (AT) George
Wollenburg (MT)
VOM: Bill Otte (MNS); Mark Hannemann (NEB); Ken Krause
(NI); Jeffery Grams (WY)
VL: John Hall (MDS); Paul Pennekamp (OK); Carolyn
Schoenborn (NOW); Duane Meyer (SI)
AOM: Ralph Blomenberg (IN); David Joeckel (TX)
ACM: Ronald Harman (EN)

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C:
DP:

William Hoesman (MI)
James Linderman (TX); Randall Golter (RM); Daniel
May (IN)
VOM: Ronald Wiese (MDS); Mark Shockey (MNS); Clark
Jahnke (ND)
VL: William Charon (AT); Michael Coffey (EN); John
Whaley (CNH); Gregg Smith (KS)
AOM: David Buegler (OH)
ACM: Phil Rogers (NW)

C:
Ronald Meyer (SW)
DP: John Brunner (EA); Kurtis Schultz (SO)
VOM: Michael Volk (OH); Beryl Droegemueller (PSW);
James Pierce (NJ); Randolph Raasch (SW)
VL: Gene Schnelz (MI); Harold Hager (MO); Glenn Van
Velson (NEB); R. Neely Owen (SE)
AOM: Walter Tietjen (CNH); Ken Schamens (FG)
ACM: Gary Beyer (PSW)

Committee 5

Committee 9

HIGHER EDUCATION

REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS,
AND ELECTIONS

C:
DP:

Carl Krueger, Jr. (SELC)
Herbert Mueller, Jr. (SI); Jon Diefenthaler (SE);
Robert Newton (CNH)
VOM: Paul Linnemann (NOW); Roger Sonnenberg (PSW);
Kurt Van Fossan (RM); McNair “Tony” Ramsey (SO)
VL: Ruth Ann Johnson (MO); Arthur Brackebush (MT);
Alden Anderson (SE); Curtis Mickan (TX)
AOM: Orv Walz (NEB)
ACM: David Kusch (MI); Jonathan Laabs (NI)

Committee 6
HUMAN CARE
C:
DP:

James Keurulainen (NE)
Larry Harvala (ND); Ron Garwood (WY);
Kenneth Lampe (MDS)
VOM: Kristian Kincaid (IE); Paul Shackel (NW);
Michael Thress (SE)
VL: Katherine Klemp (MNS); Joyce Gierke (NEB);
Jean Heise (NI)
AOM: Rocky Mease (KS); Norman Nissen (MNN)
ACM: Sharolyn Sander (NI)

Committee 7
STRUCTURE, PLANNING,
AND ADMINISTRATION
C:
DP:

Warren Schumacher (NOW)
Lane Seitz (MNS); James Kalthoff (MO);
Keith Kohlmeier (KS)
VOM: Jeffery Schrank (EN); Luther Werth (MI); Bill Moorhead
(NEB); Carl Anton (NE); Daniel Teller (NI)
VL: Rufus Davis (CNH); Roy Schmidt (MI); John Schuelke
(RM); Bruce Dannemeyer (PSW); David Weinhold (TX)
AOM: Terry Cripe (OH)
ACM: David Frank (MO)
AL: Gordon Tresch (EA)

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C:
William Klettke (NJ)
DP: Ronald Bergen (OH); Donald Fondow (MNN)
VOM: Thomas Krause (KS); Peter Nickel (MI);
Walt Pohland (TX)
VL: Roger M. Fisher (IN); Dale Ortloff (MNS)
Donald Hanson (NW)
ACM: Vernon Koch (NE); William Busacker (SW)

Committee 10
NOMINATIONS
(Elected by Districts)
(Committee 10 Legend: C = Chairman; DP = District President;
O = Ordained Minister; L = Layperson)
C:
William Diekelman (OK)
DP: David J. Bueltmann (CI)
O:
William J. Meyer (AT); Timothy E. Sims (IN);
Donald L. Taylor (MNS); David Block (NEB);
Daniel J. Teller (NI); John Hill (WY)
L:
Helen Bartz (CNH); Eileen Bishop List (FG);
Gary Thies (IW); James Weber (MO);
Craig Timm (NW); Carol J. Warren (NOW);
John Daniel (SELC); Howard Koosman (SD);
Harvey Wilkening (SO)