LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 332

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pating member of the Board of Parish
Education has been my personal joy.

BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP

1 pastor, 1 teacher, 2 laypersons to be
elected.

PASTORS

Victor A. Bartelt, 63, Elm Grove, WI:
Elm Grove (SW); pastor. S. Conv. Dele. 3. D.
Bd. Dir. 8; BPE 8; Chm. Yth. Bd. 8; Cir. Cslr. 6;
Zone Dir. FIR 1. C. Pastor 34.

Charles W. Keturakat, 58, Escondido,
CA: Grace (SC); pastor. S. Bd. of Stewp. 4. D.
Bd. Dir. 4; Bd. of Educ. 4; Exec. Sec. Stewp. 6.
C. Pastor 33.

TEACHERS

Roger O. Kohtz, 45, Dearborn, MI:
Atonement (MC); teacher. S. Conv. Dele. 1. D.
Bd. Stewp. 10; Bd. Dir. 8. C. Bd. of Parish
Educ.; Sec.; Stewp. O. Teachers Conf. Exec. 4;
Boy Scout Troup Leader.

Hersey G. Mangels, 44, Seymour, IN:
Immanuel (IN); teacher. D. Bd. Stewp. 7;
Teachers Conf. Chm. 2. C. Sec. 4; SS Supt. 4;
Bd. Stewp. 1; Bldg. Fund Chm. 1.

LAYPERSONS

Charles H. Ehm, 52, Creston, IA: Trinity
(IW); banker & farmer. C. Bd. Stewp. 8; Bd.
Miss. 1; BPE 1; Yth. Cslr. 2; SS Teacher 10;
Pres. 4; Treas. 1; Elder 9.

Vincent L. Meyer, 65, Sheboygan, WI:
Redeemer (Sw), administrator/Sheboygan
clinic. S. Bd. of Stewp. 4; Task Force—Consti.
4; Dele. 1; Convoc. 1. D. Adm. Structure Reveiw
Com. 2; Recruitment’Student Aid 12; Bd.
Trustees 6; Dept. of Educ. 16. C. Elder 38;
Stewp. Com. 7; Bd. of Educ. 3. O. Sheboygan
Bd. of Educ. 15; Kiwanis 10; Boy Scouts 27;
Rated Way 43; Sheboygan County Unified

6.

John W. Saxton, 53, Fort Dodge, IA: St.
Paul (IW); dir. matls. mgm./Trinity Hospital.
S. Bd. Stewp. 4; D. Stewp. 30. C. Pres. 6.

Henry Sundermann, 61, Sioux Falls,
SD: Christ (SD); manufacturer. D.Stewp. Task
Force 2. C. Chm. 2; Sec. 2, Elder 10.

Victor A. Bartelt *

1. Iam told by many of my members and also
fellow pastors in the District that they feel I
have a very effective way of presenting
God’s Word to motivate discipleship and
stewardship of living. Our members do
respond very well in the stewardship of
giving.

2. The greatest disappointment is in the
failure of the congregations of Synod to
increase their contributions to Synod. We
have been at a standstill for all too many
years; in fact, in view of inflation we have
been going down instead of up. The greatest
joy is in fact that we are holding to sound
doctrine of God’s Word.

3. One Word: Let’s move forward.

Charles W. Keturakat

1. My past experiences as the executive secre-
tary of Stewardship and Finance for the
Oklahoma District as well as pastoral
experiences for 33 years in both rural and
urban parishes, I believe, under God’s
grace, qualify me for the position.

2. One of my greatest joys is the respect my
church has for the authority of God’s Word.
One of my disappointments has been that
we have had to limit some of our outreach
with the Gospel of peace and pardon in
Christ.

3. If we are to reach the world with the Good
News in Christ, the only Savior, Bible
study and personal evangelism must have
top priority in our church. God has opened
the doors, let’s walk through them with the
Word. Beginning with our day schools,

NOMINATIONS

Sunday schools, and youth groups, and
following through at every age level. These
two emphases must have our most prayer-
ful and positive attention.

Roger O. Kohtz *

1. For the past 10 years I have been involved
with corporate stewardship on the District
level—the last four as board chairman.
These four years have been good ones,
financially, for the Michigan District,
having reversed downward trends. We feel
that the stewardship of time (especially
that spent in worship) has grown and also
talent, though that is harder to measure.

2. I rejoice in the resurgence of doctrinal
integrity and a growing peroccupation with
evangelism and missions.

3. We need to cultivate the concept of social
ministry as a responsibility of Christian
individuals. We need to increasingly
harness and make use of the talents of our
laypeople. We need to greatly amplify the
Circuit meetings and ministry as the basic
unit of the church at large. We need to
encourage the sodality groups of ourchurch
and to enable our Synod’s mission by pro-
viding an income increase in excess of
inflation.

Hersey G. Mangels *

1. I feel the Lord has given me certain abilities
and the privilege of serving Him as a
teacher in our Lutheran school system.
Part of my responsibility is not only to
teach but also to serve my church wherever
the opportunity arises. | have had experi-
ence in the field of stewardship.

2. My greatest joy this past year was attending
the 1979 synodical convention in St. Louis
and seeing the unity that exists within our
beloved Synod in spite of past differences.
The Synod must continue to be unified by
the work of the Holy Spirit and follow the
inspired Word of God as the one and only
true source of salvation.

3. Synod must continue to follow our Lord’s
teaching—especially the great command to
preach the Gospel to all nations—by estab-
lishing missions wherever and whenever
possible. As a responsible churchman I
must be faithful to our Lutheran Confes-
sions and the Scriptures in order to carry
out the task given to me as a Christian and
servant of the Word. I must support my
church with my offerings, serve Him with
my whole life, and pray for its success each
day.

Charles H. Ehm

1. I have always been active in the church,
especially in the stewardship area. Part of
this interest is because of my job as a
banker. I have been on the stewardship
board for many years and have been chair-
man three different years. Also being a
farmer one is very conscious of being a good
steward of the soil.

2. My greatest joy of Synod is standing up for
the true word and preaching it in its truth
and purity. The theme “God Opens Doors”
is great.

3. Preach the Gospel to all nations. Continue
in getting the Word to all people—keep our
members ever mindful of the need for
mission work both at home and abroad.

Vincent L. Meyer

1. I have been actively engaged in and con-
cerned about the affairs of Missouri Synod
for over 30 years, having served in my
church (elder and stewardship), South
Wisconsin District (board and special pro-
jects), Synod’s Task Force, convocation,
conventions, and on the stewardship board.

2. My great joy is the restoration of the sem-
inaries to a position of Bible inerrancy
and adherence to the Lutheran Confessions

according to Scripture and The Book of
Concord. I am still troubled, however, by
the attitudes and broad interpretations of
God’s Word by some pastors and congrega-
tions in our Synod.

3. The leaders of Missouri Synod must join
together in working to unite all congrega-
tions in supporting and promoting an
aggressive mission thrust in North America
and throughout the world. To accomplish
this goal, it will be necessary to challenge
our pastors and congregations to pledge
their help in bringing Christ to the nations
with all the strength and energy we can
gather, as the Lord of the church will
provide.

John W. Saxton

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Henry Sundermann

1. I have been a lay member of the Steward-
ship Task Force of our South Dakota
District. I have been on the Board of Elders
of our congregation for many years and
usually in charge of stewardship. I believe
in tithing and highly recommend it.

2. Iam pleased that we again have the Word of
God taught in our seminaries without
doubt, but I do believe that we should be
more strict with some of our Districts.

3. I believe we have failed to carry out the
Great Commission of the Lord as we could,
considering the wealth and intellect that
we have. We have done considerable
mission work but very little compared to
our potential. I think weshould concentrate
more effort on teaching the joy of giving to
the children in catechism and Sunday
school. ‘Forward in Remembrance” is a
step in the right direction.

BOARD OF YOUTH MINISTRY

1 teacher, 1 layperson, 1 synodical
school representative, 5 young people to
be elected.

TEACHERS

William D. Cochran, 34, Collinsville, IL:
Good Shepherd (SI); teacher/youth director.
D. Chm. Yth. 3; Teachers Conf. Chm. 1;
Teachers Conf. Program 3. C. Youth 21;
Athletics 8; Teacher 12.

Dennis E. Wallinger, 31, Milwaukee,
WI: Covenant (SW); teacher‘/DCE D. DCE
Com. 3, LYF Task Force Com. 1. C. Teacher 6;
DCE 3; Yth. Ministry 10, Coaching 10.

LAYPERSONS

Lynn R. Gergens, 21, Kitchener, ON,
Canada: Holy Cross (ON); student. S. BYM 2.
D. Yth. Com. 3; LLL Bd. Yth. 2; Cir. Yth. 3. C.
Youth 3; SS 2.

William E. Schultz, 29, Henning, MN:
St.Paul (MNN): director of Lutheran Island
Camp. S. Task Force Jr. High 3. D. Yth. Chm.
2; Member DYC 8; Active Christian Teens3. C.
Voting member 4. B.S. degree.

SYNODICAL SCHOOL REPRESENTA-
TIVES

Robert A. Dargatz, 29, Irvine, CA:
Christ (SC); pastor-professor at Irvine. D.
Miss. 2. C. Evang. 1. B.A., M.Div. degrees.

William O. Karpenko, 41, Seward, NE:
St. John (NEB); teacher-professor at Seward.
S. BYM 4; Miss. Yth. Japan 1; Miss. Yth.
Nigeria 2. D. Yth. Com. 4. C. Yth. Dir. 2; Elder
4; Consultant 8; Teacher-Professor 13. B.A.,
M.A., Ph.D. degrees.

YOUNG PEOPLE

Sue Ashby, 18, Aurora, CO: Mt. Olive
(CO); college student. S. 1980 Yth. Gathering 1,
Conv. Dele. 1. D. Yth. Com. 2. C. Yth. Pres. 2,
Christian Growth Chm. 1.