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Central States Synod AssemblyJune 6-9, 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Overland Park, Kansas25 years together in ChristMilestone AnniversariesCongratulations to everyone who is celebrating an anniversary of note this year:5 YearsAnne Chida, DMStephen M. HaverlahCheryl J. HoopsShelly G. KlingensmithTed J. MosherShirley Talbot, DMJeremie A. Vore10 YearsEric L. BodenstabNate G. HaalandHeidi S. HappelMark W. JeskeKristen E. KochAshley E. MasoniPatricia A. Reep15 YearsDaryn A. HoldsworthJohn R. KotovskyJennifer J. Thomas20 YearsJ. Antonio Mendez25 YearsOrin W. CummingsEthan FeistnerJohn E. GerikeTamara J.K. KeenShawn T. NorrisMark H. Rich30 YearsElliott E. AndersonTimothy P. CareyJanice KiblerRichard E. MuellerPriscilla K. Moore, AIM35 YearsPhillip “Mike” BrownRoy E. ChristellLinda Daniels-BlockThomas J. HallstromLoren D. MaiCraig L. NessanMartin J. RafananArthur R. Stull40 YearsWilliam D. BrooksDaniel H. ChongKenneth C. HaugkDavid A. PaapMaynard A. PetersonDavid H. SwanJames L. Wagner45 YearsLarry D. CrossWilliam O. GeorgeJohn O. LundinRichard B. MonsonFranklyn J. PekarekJohn E. SchroeppelKenneth E. Zindle50 YearsKenneth J. BranchHerbert N. Johnson, Jr.55 YearsJohn D. FreyRoger J. GieschenKeith W. Klockau60 YearsCharles L. HansonDonald L. KruegerJohn J. Walker65 YearsMaynard O. HansenCentral States Synod, ELCA Assembly 2013, Introduction Section
Central States Synod AssemblyJune 6-9, 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Overland Park, KansasSpecial Guests & Presenters25 years together in ChristPresenterRev. Dr. Barbara RossingProfessor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.Ordained in 1982, she served as pastor of a congregation in Minnesota, director for Global Mission Interpretationfor the American Lutheran Church, pastor at Holden Village Retreat Center, Chelan, Wash.,and chaplain at Harvard University Divinity School.Rossing has lectured and preached widely, including synod assemblies and global mission events forthe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), as well as ecumenical theological conferences.She has served on the executive committee and council of the Lutheran World Federation (2003-2010),and chaired the Lutheran World Federation's theology and studies committee.Her publications include The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (Basic Books, 2004), a critiqueof fundamentalist "Left Behind" theology; The Choice Between Two Cities: Whore, Bride and Empire in the Apocalypse (TrinityPress, 1999); two volumes of the New Proclamation commentary for preachers (Fortress Press, 2000 and 2004) and articlesand book chapters on the Apocalypse and ecology.An avid environmentalist, Rossing is involved with environmental initiatives at the seminary. Rossing received the bachelor ofarts degree from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., the master of divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and thedoctor of theology degree from Harvard University.ELCA Churchwide RepresentativeThe Rev. Stephen Bouman, Executive Director Congregational and Synodical MissionThe Rev. Dr. Stephen Paul Bouman, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Congregational andSynodical Mission unit. Pastor Bouman began his ministry in the churchwide organization when he was calledto the position of Executive Director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Evangelical Outreach andCongregational Mission unit in February 2008.He previously served as bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan New York Synod from September 1996 throughJanuary 2008. The Metropolitan New York Synod embraces the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island,and several counties north and west. It includes 236 member congregations, and worships in over 20 languages.Pastor Bouman was born in Melrose Park, Illinois on April 14, 1947. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary/Seminex in 1973. He received his Master of Sacred Theology from New York Theological Seminary in 1978 and his Doctor ofMinistry degree in 1980, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in2001, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Wagner College in 2008.He began his pastoral ministry in 1973 at St. Jacobus Lutheran Church, Woodside, Queens. He then pastored Atonement LutheranChurch, Jackson Heights, from 1974 until 1981; and Trinity Lutheran Church, Bogota, New Jersey from 1982 through1992. He is founder of the Diakonia ministry education program, which trains lay people for ministry in local congregations. Hisparish ministry also included building strong multicultural outreach, the launching of two parochial schools, leadership in severalchurch based community organizations, and a variety of ministries of assistance and advocacy among the poor.Pastor Bouman served as Assistant to the Bishop from 1992 until his election as bishop in 1996. He also served as Chair of theELCA Board of Higher Education and Schools, and as a Trustee for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and WagnerCollege in New York City. He currently serves on the board of Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries in Chicago, Illinois.Pastor Bouman is a published author of a number of scholarly articles, books, curricula and devotionals. Two recent books areThey Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration, co-authored with Ralston Deffenbaugh, published in 2009 and Grace All Around Us(an account of ministry in the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks) published in 2007.He is married to the former Janet Luce, and they have three grown children and three grandchildren. They reside in Chicago.Central States Synod, ELCA Assembly 2013, Introduction Section
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