Connecting Council

Connecting Council

Chair

Bishop David Wilson
ex officio (without vote)

Directors

ex officio (without vote)

Treasurer/director of administrative services	Director of congregational excellence	Director of communications
Scott Brewer Topeka, Kansas	Rev. Jeff Clinger Topeka, Kansas	Todd Seifert Topeka, KS

District superintendents

Blue River/ Elkhorn Valley	Five Rivers/ Parsons	Gateway/ Great West	Kansas City	Prairie Rivers/ Elkhorn Valley
Rev. Nancy Tomlinson Lincoln, NE	Rev. Micki McCorkle Lawrence, KS	Rev. Cindy Karges Kearney, NE	Rev. Tom Brady Kansas City, KS	Rev. Charles Murithi Grand Island, NE
Dodge City/ Hays	Flint Hills/ Topeka	Hutchinson/ Salina	Missouri River/ Elkhorn Valley	Wichita East/ Wichita West
Rev. Zach Anderson Dodge City, KS	Rev. Jenny Collins Topeka, KS	Rev. Karen Rice Ratzlaff Hutchinson, KS	Rev. Chad Anglemyer Ralston, NE	Rev. Mitch Reece Wichita, KS

Conference lay leader

Lisa Maupin
Lincoln, NE

Associate conference lay leaders

Keith Olsen
Grant, Nebraska

Randall Hodgkinson
Topeka, KS

Robin Bock
Belpre, KS

District lay leaders

Blue River District Jean Pancharoen Lincoln, Nebraska	Great West District Tina Kitt Wauneta, Nebraska	Prairie Rivers District Kathy Murphy-Buschkoetter Lawrence, Nebraska
Dodge City District TBA TBA, Kansas	Hays District TBA TBA, Kansas	Salina District TBA TBA, Kansas
Elkhorn Valley District Katie Wrede O'Neill, Nebraska	Hutchinson District Evy Hoyt Lyons, Kansas	Topeka District Andy Martin Topeka, Kansas
Five Rivers District Mary Brooks Lyndon, Kansas	Kansas City District Debi Nixon Olathe, Kansas	Wichita East District R on Holt Wichita, Kansas
Flint Hills District Malonne Davies Reading, Kansas	Missouri River District Kristin Camp Omaha, Nebraska	Wichita West District Jason Russell Goddard, Kansas
Gateway District Kathy Pierce Gibbon, Nebraska	Parsons District TBA Parsons, Kansas

Representatives from teams (named by teams)

Archives and History	Board of Trustees	New Church Development	CCYM
Disaster Response	Mercy and Justice	Campus Ministry	Vital Congregations
BOOM	Camping	Pensions/Health Benefits	CF&A
Episcopacy Team

Archives and History

Doris Wills
Topeka, Kansas

Don Everhart
Olathe, KS

Board of Ordained Ministry

Andrew Conard
Topeka, Kansas

Campus Ministry

Rev. April Wegehaupt
Chanute, Kansas

Great Plains Camps

Chair Bill Ritter Omaha, Nebraska	Chippewa James Rickner Ottawa, KS	Horizon Joel Wilke Arkansas City, KS	Lakeside Alysia Downs Scott City, KS
Staff Liaison Sara Shaw Coordinator of Camping Ministry ex officio	Fontanelle Ryan Silver Nickerson, NE	Norwesca Ethan Porter Chadron, NE

Local site council Rep Nominated by Each Camp: Chippewa, Fontanelle, Horizon, Norwesca, Lakeside

At-large directors:
Jean Pancharoen Lincoln, NE	Bill Ritter Omaha, NE	Ben Hanne Hillsboro, KS	Tom Lamberson Lincoln, NE
Meg Peterson Haigler, NE	Jim Corson Omaha, NE

CF&A

TBA

Disaster Response

Kerry Herkelman
Grand Island, Nebraska

Episcopacy Team

Rev. Maria Campbell
Topeka, KS

Mercy and Justice

Rev. Anne Gahn
Lexington, Nebraska

New Church Development

Rev. Dennis Ackerman
Manhattan, Kansas

Pensions and Health Benefits

Mike Shockley
Wichita, Kansas

Small membership church representatives

Class of 2022	Class of 2024
Esther Achi, Hemingford, Nebraska	Jeff Goetzinger, Hutchinson, Kansas

Great Plains UMW president (or designee)

Janice Elmore
Wichita, Kansas

Great Plains UMMen president (or designee)

George Houle
Wichita, Kansas

Conference Council on Youth Ministry

Staff liason:
Melissa Gepford
Coordinator of Intergenerational Discipleship, ex officio (without vote)

Youth elected by CCYM

Adults	Class of 2022	Class of 2024
	Isabel Bousson, Lincoln, NE	Polly Pierce, Omaha, NE
	Mike Evans, Gibbon, NE	Joel Plisek, Garden City, KS
	TBA	Ethan Porter, Chadron, NE
	TBA	Mollie Souter, Wichita, KS

At large members

Class of 2022	Class of 2024
Russell Anderson, Wichita, K	Robert Cox, Hays, KS
Larry Burks Sr., Wichita, KS	Chris Jorgensen, Omaha, NE
Rapondzil Drake, Lincoln, NE	Grace Woods, Tonganoxie, KS
Janelle Erb, Orchard, NE	Bonnie McCord, Wood River, NE
Richard Fitzgerald, Salina, KS	Norman Pishny, Bucyrus, KS
Jesi Lipp, Kansas City, MO