# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S 3
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

C = Chairman; DP = District President, VOM = Voting Or-
dained Minister; WL = Voting Layperson; AOM = Advisory Or-
dained Minister, ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister, AL
= Advisory Layperson

District Abbreviations:

AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = California-Nevada-
Hawaii; EA = Eastern; EN= English; FG = Florida-Georgia; IE=
Towa East; IN = Indiana; IW = lowa West; KS= Kansas; MI =
Michigan; MIDS = 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 South-
west; RM = Rocky Mountain; SD = South Dakota; SE = South-
eastern; SELC = SELC; SI = Southem Illinois, SO = Southern;
SW = South Wisconsin, TX = Texas; WY = Wyoming

Committee 1
MISSIONS

Cc: Robert Newton (CNH) .

DP: Vice-chair: Paul Sieveking (TW);
David Bueltmann (CI); Ken Hennings (TX)

VOM: James Guelzow (FG); Timothy Knapp (NE);
John Sharp (KS)

VL: Noel Bartlett (SELC); Brad Persinger (MT);
Nikki Rochester (SE)

AOM: Jerry Kosberg (PSW)

ACM: Allen ZumHofe (MNS)

Committee 2
DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES

Cc: Kurtis Schultz (SO)
DP: Vice-chair: Randal! Golter (RM);
Paul Hartman (OK); David Stechholz (EN}
VOM: Ronald Burcham (IW); Marvin Griffin (EA);
Michael Walther (SI); Kevin Westergren (TX);
Dean Zemple (SW)
VL: James Kahre (IN); John List (FG);
Michael Onnen (NEB); Jesse Yow (CNH)
ACM: Carolyn Sims (PSW); Gene Ladendorf (SW)

Committee 3"
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

C: Gerhard Michael, Jr. (FG)

DP: Vice-chair: William Hoesman (M1);
Joe) Hoelter (NW); Ray Mirly (MO)

VOM: Thomas Eckstein (ND): Ken Krause (NI);
Todd Jenks (IW); Jeffrey Jordan (CNH):
Charles Schmidt (NEB); Douglas Stowe (MI):
Paul Terhune (PSW)

VL: Karl Brunner (NOW), Kirk Farney (NI):
Karen Little (SO); Ray Moldenhauer (MNN)

ACM: Eloise Kuhlmann (TX)

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Committee 4
PROGRAM AND FINANCE

Cc: Keith Kohimeier (KS)
DP: _Vice-chair: Kenneth Lampe (MDS);
Gary Arp (IE); James Keurulainen (NE)
VOM: Roger Carlisle (IW); Thomas Gudmundson (SW):
Mark Hoelter (NOW); Dale Kern (OH)
VL: Rae Fangmeier (SE); Carol Olson (MNS);
Louis Pabor (TX); Marvin Swan (NEB),
Jerald Wulf (SD)
AOM: Vernon Gunderman (MO)
ACM: David Frank (MO)

Committee 5
SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Cc: Jon Diefenthaler (SE)

DP: Vice-chair: Carl Krueger, Jr. (SELC);
Richard Boche (WY); John Wille (SW)

VOM: Allen Behnke (SE); Philip Kaufmann (C1);
Chris Kellogg (RM); Michael Redeker (IN)

VL: John Bahr (AT); Kathy Meier (MNS),
Janice Nafzger (MO)

AOM: Arleigh Lutz (NW); Ronald Wiese (MDS)

ACM: Ron Bork (NEB); Jonathan Laabs (NI)

Committee 6
HUMAN CARE

Cc: David Benke (AT)

DP: Vice-chair: Herbert Mueller, Jr. (S14);
Terry Forke (MT)

VOM: Kristian Kincaid (IE); Mark Maas (WY);
Lance O’ Donnell (OH)

VL: Mark Brewer (KS); Richard Steinke (NW).
Diane Stelling (NJ)

AOM: Matthew Nix (SD)

ACM: Sheila Peterson (MNN)

Committee 7
PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION

Cc: Daniel May (IN)

DP: Vice-chair: Donald Fondow (MNN);
Terry Cripe (OH); Warren Schumacher (NOW)

VOM: Paul Clocter (MNN); Thomas Meyer (MI);
W.R. Rains (OK); Eric Stumpf (IN):
Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC)

VL: Harold Bohlmann (MO); Robert Fischer (EN);
Ed Moerbe (TX); John Schuelke (RM)

ACM: Richard Cohrs (MI); Jean Weidler (NI)

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Committee 8
SYNOD STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

Cc: Lane Seitz (MNS)

DP: Co-chair: Lasry Stoterau (PSW),
Dan Gilbert (NI); Dale Sattgast (SD)

VOM: Joel Danner (NW); John Gierke (MDS);
Jim Hallman (PSW); Jeffery Schrank (EN);
Daniel Teller (NI)

VL: Paul Crumb (AT); R. Neely Owen (SE);
Dave Schilling (NOW); Don Snyder (EA);
Kent Warneke (NEB)

ACM: David Kusch (MI)

AL: William Arndt (FG)

Committee 9

REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS, AND
ELECTIONS

Cc: Larry Harvala (ND)

DP: Vice-chair: Russcll Sommerfeld (NEB);
William Klettke (NJ)

VOM: David Doroh (SO); Andrew Spallek (MO);
Daniel Torkelson (SW)

VL: Ivan Grimm (KS); Dale Orloff (MNS);
David Weinhold (TX)

ACM: Martha Milas (Cl)

Committee 10
NOMINATIONS (Elected by Districts)

(Commitiee 10 Legend: C = Chairman; DP = District President;
O = Ordained Minister; L = Layperson)

Cc: John Brunner (EA)

Oo: Vice-chair: Roger Krause (RM);
Carl Anton (NE); Mark Buchhop (ND);
Robert W. Jarvis (MNN); John Lukomski (SI);
Roy Maack (SE); Dean F. Rothchild (TE);
Paul D. Theiss (M1)

L: Diana Alexander (PSW), Robert Becker (OH);
Michael Besch (EN); Patricia Bokenkamp (TX);
Jean Garton (MDS); John Jaeger (SW);
Marvin KohImeier (KS); Keith Meier (MT);
Ray Visbeck (NJ)