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H. BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The Minutes of the Legacy Rocky Mountain Annual Conference and

Held in Ogden, Utah From June 7 through June 9, 2018

Date When Organized 1969 Number of This Session 50th

The Minutes of the Legacy Yellowstone Annual Conference

Held in Ogden, Utah From June 7 through June 9, 2018

Date When Organized 1969 Number of This Session 50th

The Minutes of the Mountain Sky Annual Conference Held in Ogden, Utah

From June 9 through June 10, 2018 Date When Organized 2018 Number of This Session 1st

Bishop Karen P. Oliveto, Presiding

PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)?

Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Secretary Elizabeth McVicker Mark Calhoun Mailing Address: 203 S 200 E, Salt Lake City UT 84111 262 N 3rd Street, Lander WY 82520 Telephone: (801) 328-8726 (307) 332-3188 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Statistician C. Dennis Shaw Mailing Address: 985 E 10600 S, Sandy UT 84094 Telephone: (801) 571-5777 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Noreen M. Keleshian Mailing Address: 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111 Telephone: (303) 325-7051 Email: [email protected]

2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? Yes 3. Bonding and auditing:

What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Name Position Amount Bonded All Conference Employees All Conference Employee Positions $100,000.00

Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? (See report, page ____ of Journal.)

4. What agencies have been appointed or elected?

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a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Mailing

Address Phone Number Email

Council on Finance and Administration (¶611)

Kirsten Barlow 7077 S Simms St Littleton CO 80127

(303) 979-8374 [email protected]

Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)

Jessica Rooks 8817 S Broadway Highlands Ranch CO 80129


Board of Pensions (¶639)

Reuben Wilbur 2740 Lochbuie Cir Loveland, CO 80538-5384


Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512)

Neena Hagans 323 3rd St Ft Lupton CO 80621-1909


Committee on Episcopacy (¶637)

Kent Ingram 420 N Nevada Ave Colorado Springs CO 80903


Administrative Review Committee (¶636)

b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1):

General Agency Conference Agency

Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number

Email

General Board of Church and Society

Community Engagement

Discipleship Ministries Leadership Development

General Board of Ordained Ministry

Conference Board of Ordained Ministry

Jessica Rooks 8817 S Broadway Highlands Ranch CO 80129

(303) 791-0659

revjessrooks@ hotmail.com

Higher Education and Campus Ministry

Leadership Development

6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111-4803

General Commission on Archives and History

Conf Commission on Archives and History

James Harris 7048 S Newcombe St Littleton CO 80127

(303) 979-5570

[email protected]

General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns

General Commission on Religion and Race


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General Commission on the Status and Role of Women

United Methodist Communications

Communications

Charmaine Robledo

6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111

(303) 325-7054

[email protected]

c) Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions:

General Agency Name of Agency


Email

Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)?

Disability Concerns (¶653)?

Equitable Compensation (¶625)?

Laity (¶631)?

Native American Ministry (¶654)?

Small Membership Church (¶645)?

d) Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations.

Organization Name of Agency


Email

Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)

Legacy Rocky Mtn UMW

Ellie Young 2239 Stagecoach Rd Grand Junction, CO 81507-2614

(970) 245-8157

[email protected]

Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)

Legacy Yellowstone UMW

Stacey King PO Box 187 Superior, MT 59872

(406) 788-0459

[email protected]

Conference United Methodist Men (¶648)

Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)

Rocky Mtn Legacy Leadership Development

Matthew Utley 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111-4803

Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)

Yellowstone Legacy Leadership Development

Molly King 6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Greenwood Village CO 80111-4803

Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)?

None

e) Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no.

(1) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? (2) Committees on District Superintendency (¶669)? (3) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)?



f) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference?

Structure Chairperson Mailing Address Phone Number Email

Responsible Stewardship

Congregational Vitality

Community Engagement

Leadership Development

Communications

5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the prescribed

formats? (¶606.8)? 6. What is the report of the statistician? (See report, section R of Journal.) 7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report, section K of Journal.) 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report, page ___ of Journal.) 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? $38,199

(See report, page ___ of Journal.) 10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the district

superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? 11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the

pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? Rocky Mountain Conference (1) For the World Service Fund? $896,533 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? $302,807 (3) For the Black College Fund? $120,787 (4) For the Africa University Fund? $27,032 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? $265,500 (6) For the General Administration Fund? $106,456 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $23,682 Yellowstone Conference (1) For the World Service Fund? $154,460 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? $52,169 (3) For the Black College Fund? $20,810 (4) For the Africa University Fund? $4,657 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? $45,742 (6) For the General Administration Fund? $18,341 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $4,080 12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? (See report, section K of Journal) Rocky Mountain Conference: Yellowstone Conference: 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660):

a) Conference Co-Lay leader: Name: Margaret Hotze



Mailing Address: 313 Bluebird Ct; Fort Collins CO 80526 Conference Co-Lay leader: Name: Don McCammon Mailing Address: 2616 Bonnie Ct; Missoula MT 59803 Conference Co-Lay leader: Name: Gayla Jo Slauson Mailing Address: 659 Challinor Ln; Grand Junction CO 81504 b) Associate conference lay leaders: c) District and associate district lay leaders: Mile High Metro Co-Lay Leader: Paul Langley Mailing address: 12672 Pronghorn St; Broomfield CO 80020-7938 Mile High Metro Co-Lay Leader: George and Barbara Goree Mailing address: 1531 S Kenton St, Aurora CO 80012 Montana East Lay Leader: TO BE DETERMINED Mailing Address: Montana West Lay Leader: TO BE DETERMINED Mailing Address: Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Bill Cosbey Mailing Address: 1311 Park Ridge Dr; Severance CO 80615 Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Ruth Wills Mailing Address: 16717 E Davies Ave, Aurora CO 80016-1418 Peaks/Pikes Peak Co-Lay Leader: Susan Wheeler Mailing Address: 885 Wuthering Heights Dr, Colorado Springs CO 80921-2574 Trinity Lay Leader: Jerry Clare Mailing Address: 2179 N County Road 3 West, Monte Vista CO 81144 Trinity Lay Leader: Ken Hazlitt Mailing Address: 206 Colorado Pl, Sterling CO 80751-2416 Trinity Lay Leader: Cindy Snodgrass Mailing Address: 301 10th St, Fowler CO 81039-1022 Utah Sub-District Lay Leader: Mesia Fisilau Mailing Address: 2951 S Wendy Circle, West Valley City UT 84120 Western Colorado Lay Leader Sue Yeager Mailing Address: 1335 Texas Ave, Grand Junction CO 81501-7639 Wyoming Lay Leader: Michelle Aldrich Mailing Address: 4505 E 17th St; Cheyenne WY 82001 Wyoming Co-Lay Leader: Rose Rennell Mailing Address: 2621 Whitetail St, Gillette WY 82718-7310 Wyoming Co-Lay Leader: Greg Fisher Mailing Address: 1009 Highland Way, Rock Springs WY 82901-5823

14. List local churches which have been:

a) Organized or continued as New Church Starts (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Founded

b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Founded

c) Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, d, e or f)

GCFA Number Church Name Parent Church District Mailing Address Date Launched

d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10)



GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Date Chartered

e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547)

(1) United Methodist with United Methodist District GCFA

Number Name of First Church

GCFA Number

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination)

District GCFA Number

Name of First Church

GCFA Number

Name of Second Church

GCFA Number

Name of Merged Church

Date Merged

f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.)

(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3) GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed 858652 ICON Firestone Peaks and Plains Longmont, CO 7/1/2015

(2)Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed

(3) Satellite Congregation

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed

(4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5)

GCFA Number Church Name District Location Date Closed 862744 Anaconda Western Mountains Anaconda, Montana July 1, 2017 850278 Blue Cliff Trinity Karval, Colorado July 1, 2018 852563 Midwest Community Wyoming Midwest, Wyoming July 1, 2018

g) Relocated and to what address

GCFA Number Church Name District Mailing Address Physical Location Date Relocated

h) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity")

GCFA Number Former Name New Name Address District

i) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership

(¶¶41, 260)? GCFA Number Name Membership Sending Conference

j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206)

GCFA Number Parish Name Charge Name Church Name District k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches?



15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) a) Federated church

GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s) 859883 Thermopolis Federated

Community Church Wyoming Presbyterian

850495 Buena Vista, Grace UM Faith Community

Trinity Episcopal

856663 Sargent Community Church

Trinity Presbyterian

861146 Hamilton Federated Montana West American Baptist 850484 Columbine United Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC 851444 Mountain View United,

Aurora CO Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC

851125 Montbello United Mile High Metro Presbyterian, UCC 852027 Idaho Springs United Mile High Metro Presbyterian

b) Union Church

GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s) 859768 Rawlins Cooperative

Parish Wyoming Presbyterian

858651 United Church of Kanab-Fredonia

Utah-Western Colorado Presbyterian, ELCA

850655 United Church of the San Juans

Utah-Western Colorado Presbyterian, ELCA

850484 Columbine United Mile High Metro Presbyterian 851444 Mountain View United,

Aurora CO Mile High Metro UCC

851125 Montbello United Mile High Metro UCC 852027 Idaho Springs United Mile High Metro Presbyterian

c) Merged Church

GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s)

d) Yoked Parish

GCFA Number Name District Other Denomination(s)

16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.) 17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4, 605.7)? YES 18. Who constitute:

a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Valerie Jackson 2017 William Mullette-Bauer 2012 Kimal James 2017 Susan Adams-Trembath 2012



Ramon Robledo 2017 Terry Turner 2012 Alternates Alternates Ryan Canaday 2017 Don Derryberry 2012 Loyaa Flansburg 2017 Connie Cranston 2012

b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)?

Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Don Bird, FE Susan DeBree, RE 2013 Skip Poole, Laity Tom Barlow, FE, Chair Todd Spencer, FD Carrie West, AM

c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703)

Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Clergy Members Clergy Members Debra Juarez 2016 Fred Amborn 2015 Eun Sung Lee 2015 Howard Hunter 2015 William Morris 2015 Sallie Suby-Long 2015 Clergy Alternates Clergy Alternates Betty Bradford 2015 Jim Barth 2015 Eric Feuerstein 2015 Don Derryberry 2015 Eric Smith 2015 Constance Sidebottom 2015 Professing Members Lay Observers: Diana Huerta 2015 Gary Campbell 2015 Larry Mugler 2015 Pam Dandrea 2015 Sue Yeager 2015 Jude Monson 2008 Professing Alternates Alternate Lay Observers Becky Buxton 2015 Tena Taylor 2015 Joe Hayashi 2017 Anne Marken 2017 John Stroh 2017

19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) ( NOTE: Everyone who wants to become a n LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry?

Name Conference District Date Certified Haley Andreades Rocky Mountain Metro 04/17/2015 Spencer Black Rocky Mountain Trinity 04/23/2018 Angie Blattner Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 11/05/2017 Steve Dunkel Rocky Mountain Trinity 04/23/2018 Brandon Erdmann Rocky Mountain Wyoming 03/16/2010 Ashley Hawkins Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 01/24/2018 Kelsey Linden Hill Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 06/05/2014 David Johnson Rocky Mountain Metro 04/13/2016 Lauretta Lundquist Rocky Mountain Metro 05/09/2018 Janita McGregor Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 11/05/2017 Amber Oxley Rocky Mountain Trinity 10/03/2017 Andrea Palacias Rocky Mountain Metro 02/28/2015 Tyson Stark Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 04/07/2018 Debria Upton Rocky Mountain Trinity 04/23/2018 Kathie Walker Rocky Mountain Wyoming 12/03/2014



b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.)

Name Receiving Conference From Rocky Mountain

Date Originally Certified Date Accepted by District in Other Conference

Brian Blackburn Great Plains 11/01/2013 07/01/2018 Thomas Paul Owens Western North Carolina 06/08/2017 07/01/2018

c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?

Name Conference District Date Certified Date Discontinued Logan Robertson Rocky Mountain Metro 04/08/2015 12/01/2017

(Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, They are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they

are appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part-time capacity. )

20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed? (¶315 —

Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): (3/4v) Name Conference District Year Licensed Approved Amy Baker Rocky Mountain Trinity 2014 Susie Burley Rocky Mountain Trinity 2016 Mike Lipinski Rocky Mountain Trinity 2007 John McLean Rocky Mountain Trinity 2007 David Money Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak 2007 Vicki Richards Street Rocky Mountain UTWCO 2014 Brad Walston Rocky Mountain UTWCO 2013

21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate what

progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v)

a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Rocky Mountain Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study Cody Anderson 01/20/2016 1/3 M. Div. Kenneth Berve* 07/01/2009 Completed COS Michelle Bowles 09/01/2016 In Year 4 Rob Bruendl 07/01/2008 In Year 5 Jim Chrisawn* 07/01/2014 M. Div. Cherie Cobb 07/01/2015 2/3 M. Div. Lester Huseby* 08/15/2004 Completed COS Terry Krayenhagen 07/01/2017 In Year 1 Martin Lee* 11/01/2014 M. Div. Matt Lurz 07/01/2016 Completed Year 1 Mina Maria Nau* 07/01/2018 M. Div. Melinda Kay Roberts 07/01/2018 Timothy Selby 07/01/2010 In Year 5 Jerilyn Soens 03/01/2016 Retired Andrew Stinnett* 07/01/2017 M. Div. Sharon Strauss* 07/01/2016 Completed COS Debria Upton* 07/01/2018 M. Div. Karen Wallace 04/01/2018 In Year 1 James R. Ward* 07/01/2009 Completed COS



Jeffrey Wayland 01/01/2015 2/3 M. Div. Benning Wentworth IV 08/01/2007 In Year 4

Yellowstone Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study Steve Brown 9/22/14 YAC (5/3/13 W. Ohio) 4 Karen Disney * 2007 5 Karin Lovgren* 2017 5 Ruth McKenzie * 2004 5 Wendy Ochs 2015 3 Vicki Waddington * 2010 5 Bill Warren* 5 Matt White* 2017 5

b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments)

Rocky Mountain

Name First Year License Awarded

Fraction of full time to be served

Years Completed with Course of Study

Teresa Adams 07/01/2009 3/4 time In Year 5 Spencer Taylor Black* 07/01/2018 3/4 time M. Div. Charlotte Carr 07/01/2016 1/2 time 1/3 M. Div. Mark Cloer 11/01/2012 1/4 time In Year 3 Lucia Correa 07/01/2016 1/4 time In Year 1 Steven Dunkel 07/01/2018 3/4 time Completed Licensing School David Erickson 07/01/2018 1/4 time Completed Licensing School Kristi Firme* 08/15/2005 1/4 time Completed COS Sione Fungalai* 12/01/1998 1/4 time Completed COS Jodie Harless* 07/01/2012 3/4 time M. Div. Janeen Hill 11/01/2013 1/2 time In Year 1 Donald Holt 07/15/2012 3/4 time In Year 4 Jean Paul Howard 11/01/2008 1/4 time In Year 2 Travis Husted 07/01/2017 3/4 time In Year 2 Manuel Jimenez* 07/01/2010 1/2 time Completed COS Jeff Kanost 07/01/2015 1/2 time In Year 2 Kathleen Leathers 07/01/2010 3/4 time In Year 4 Peter Lee 07/01/2017 3/4 time Completed Licensing School Atamani Longolongofolau* 07/01/2003 1/4 time Completed COS Mele Mausi Mafi 05/01/2017 1/2 time Completed Licensing School Poasi Manu* 05/01/2013 1/4 time Completed COS Gracie Marske 10/18/2017 1/4 time In Year 2 Vicky Martinez 01/01/2018 3/4 time In Year 1 Lesley Matschke 07/01/2017 3/4 time Retired Norman Mark 07/01/2014 1/2 time In Year 4 David McGee 07/01/2004 1/2 time Completed Year 4 Linda Meyer 07/01/2017 1/4 time Completed Licensing School Craig Paschal* 07/01/2004 3/4 time Completed COS Michael Paschall* 07/01/2018 1/2 time M. Div. Nancy Peacock 07/01/2018 1/2 time Retired Guillermo Reyes 07/01/2013 3/4 time Completed Licensing School David Sauer 07/01/2017 3/4 time 2/3 M. Div. Deanne Sharp 07/01/2011 1/2 time In Year 3 Harold Eugene Sharp 07/01/2017 1/2 time Retired Rick Stewart 07/01/2017 1/2 time In Year 1 Donnie Sturgill 07/01/2017 3/4 time Completed Licensing School



Atonio Toluta’u 01/01/2015 1/4 time Completed Licensing School Ryan Trosper 07/01/2017 1/4 time In Year 2 Kristina Walker 07/01/2016 3/4 time In Year 2 Gary Wilken* 07/01/2013 1/4 time M. Div.

Yellowstone Name First Year License

Awarded Fraction of full time to be served

Years Completed with Course of Study

Kelly Addy * 2002 3/4 time 5 Dotti Behling* 3/4 time 5 Bill Briggs * 2009 1/4 time 5 Val Colenso * 2000 3/4 time 5 Evelyn Kunkel * 2003 1/4 time 5 Sara Neff 2015 1/4 time LS Jack Mattingly * 2003 1/2 time 5 Losaline Tupoumalohi 2016 3/4 time 2

c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school of theology

listed by the University Senate (¶318.3,4)? Name First Year License

Awarded Seminary Home Conference

d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors in another

annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name Serving Conference Enrolled Seminary

e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367, 368.3)? (If not

in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name Serving Conference COS \ Seminary

22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?

Name Date discontinued Dawnmarie Fiechtner 04/02/2018

23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)?

Name Years Completed in Course of Study

24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations are approved

for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.)

a) Annual Conferences Rocky Mountain Conference

Name Clergy Status Home Conference Nathan Adams OE Florida David Burt OE Yellowstone Cathy Estes OE Arkansas Mark Feldmeir OE California-Pacific Amy Gearhart OE Missouri Michael Gore OE Indiana William Novak OE Yellowstone



Tevita David Ofahengaue OE California-Nevada Susan Otey OE Yellowstone Mary Schmidt OE Texas Jeremy Scott OE Yellowstone Barbara Sholis OE West Ohio

Yellowstone Conference Name Clergy Status Home Conference Agnew, Patricia OE Rocky Mountain Sarah Beck OE Rocky Mountain Deborah Christine OE Rocky Mountain Melissa Engle OE Rocky Mountain Russell Lehman OR Peninsula-Delaware William D. McGrew OE Rocky Mountain John Nadasi OE Rocky Mountain Amy Strader OE Rocky Mountain Eric Strader OE Rocky Mounatin Jeff Wakeley OR Susquehanna

b) Other Methodist Denominations

Rocky Mountain Name Clergy Status Denomination Yunseon Choi OE Korean Methodist Church Hwal Paul Joo OE Korean Methodist Church

25. What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to serve appointments or ecumenical

ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.)

Rocky Mountain Name Clergy Status Denomination James Fouther, Jr.* OF United Church of Christ Pricilla Hill SY Presbyterian Church USA Tracy Hughes OF United Church of Christ Steve Poos-Benson* OF Presbyterian Church USA Robin Riley OF American Baptist William S. Robertson OF Presbyterian Church USA Hugo Venegas OF Christian Reform Church Patty Walker OF United Church of Christ

Yellowstone Name Clergy Status Denomination Priscilla Bell OF Presbyterian Church USA James Bell OF Presbyterian Church USA John Duckworth OF American Baptist Kent Gordon OF Congregational Loren Gustafson R /OF ELCA KyeongSu Jung OF Korean Evangelical Holiness Church Amanda Liggett OF ELCA Marcia Muir OF Presbyterian Church USA

26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?

Name Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation



b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3)

Rocky Mountain Name Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation Dale Beck Illinois Great Rivers 2012 B. J. George Greater New Jersey 2006 Kerry Greenhill New England 2008 Knut Heim British Methodist 2017 Daniel D. Marutle Methodist Church of South Africa 2002 Sandra Spahr West Michigan 2008 Michael Streevy West Michigan 2013

NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27): NONE

Name

28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v)

Name Seminary

b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4)

Name Legacy Conference Seminary Jamielee Demske Rocky Mountain Calvin Hill Yellowstone Angela Kay Kotzmoyer Rocky Mountain Janet Mulroy Yellowstone Jaime Lyn Nieves Rocky Mountain David Matthew Petty Rocky Mountain Daniel Vieland Yellowstone Cory Young Yellowstone

29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and what

seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326, ¶ 327 v)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326)

Name Legacy Conference Clergy Status Date and Seminary Jason Baxter Rocky Mountain PD 2017 Yevette Christy Rocky Mountain PE 2017 Leah Coleman Rocky Mountain PE 2017 Kaitlin Elmore Rocky Mountain PD 2017 Sherry Ferriman Rocky Mountain PE 2016 Byongwk Jeon Rocky Mountain PE 2016 Sandra Jimenez Rocky Mountain PE 2017 KyeongSu Jung Yellowstone PE Korean Evangelical Holiness

Church Emily Kintzel Rocky Mountain PE 2016 Pete Phillips Rocky Mountain PE 2017 Dawn Skerritt Yellowstone PE Iliff Lou Ward Rocky Mountain PE 2017 Tonya Whaley Rocky Mountain PE 2017



b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v) Name Original Year of Membership

c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year)

Name Original Year of Membership

d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)

Name Clergy Status Original Year of Membership Previous Conference or Denomination

30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6): (v) A

person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q.30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status.

Name Clergy Status Previous Denomination

31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note

preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination

b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination

32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27. Anyone appearing

on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) (v 3/4):

a) Deacons Name Legacy Conference Lee Anderson-Harris Rocky Mountain Carol Diane Forbes Rocky Mountain Philip M. Rogers Rocky Mountain

b) Elders

Name Legacy Conference John Patrick Bell Rocky Mountain Lauren Chance Boyd Rocky Mountain Valerie L. Jackson Rocky Mountain Larry Michael Jarrell Rocky Mountain Sharon Langfeldt Rocky Mountain Bun Koo Lee Rocky Mountain Sarah Jane Merchant Rocky Mountain William Novak Yellowstone Cynthia Chiew Hong Paquette Rocky Mountain Janine Abby Rose Rocky Mountain Joshua Walker Rocky Mountain



33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies?: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27)

a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) Name Seminary Lee Anderson-Harris Iliff School of Theology Carol Diane Forbes Iliff School of Theology Philip M. Rogers Memphis Theological Seminary

b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary

34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4)

Name Legacy Conference Seminary John Patrick Bell Rocky Mountain Asbury Theological Seminary Lauren Chance Boyd Rocky Mountain Duke Divinity School Valerie L. Jackson Rocky Mountain Iliff School of Theology Larry Michael Jarrell Rocky Mountain Asbury Theological Seminary Sharon Langfeldt Rocky Mountain Iliff School of Theology Bun Koo Lee Rocky Mountain Iliff School of Theology Sarah Jane Merchant Rocky Mountain Fuller Seminary/Iliff School of Theology William Novak Yellowstone Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Cynthia Chiew Hong Paquette Rocky Mountain Asbury Theological Seminary Janine Abby Rose Rocky Mountain Iliff School of Theology Joshua Walker Rocky Mountain Iliff School of Theology

b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4)

Name Seminary

35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Previously Discontinued

36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):

Name Legacy Conference Clergy Status Previous Status Elizabeth Hall Rocky Mountain FE HL

37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)

Name Clergy Status Year Retired

38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1, 416.5,

635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v) Name Clergy Status Legacy Conference Previous Conference Date of Transfer Thomas Hazelwood FE Rocky Mountain Memphis 07/01/2018 Melinda Penry FE Yellowstone Western North Carolina 07/01/2018

39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)

Name Clergy Status Previous Methodist Denomination

Date of Transfer



40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference? (See note preceding

Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of conference membership.) a) Deacons?

Name Member Conference

b) Elders?

Name Member Conference

41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List alphabetically.

Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name Clergy Status Legacy Conference New Conference Date of Transfer Charles Cram FE Rocky Mountain Pacific Northwest 07/01/2018

42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327)

Name Clergy Status

b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status

c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)

Name Clergy Status

d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7)

Name Clergy Status

43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Clergy Status Charge Conference Membership

Date Effective

(2) Previously?

Rocky Mountain Name Year

Originally Granted

Charge Conference Membership Year of Most Recent Report

Kenneth Carlson 2005 Grand Valley UMC, Parachute, CO Charles Casper 1989 UMC of Balay, Cynwayd, PA 2013 Gregg Dawson 1994 First UMC, Ft. Collins, CO 2013 Kay Gardner Pyle 2001 St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO 2012 Timothy W. Goettel 2010 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO 2013 Margaret Huffman-Valentine 1996 Lamar UMC, Lamar, CO 2007 Ryan O’Shea 2010 Broomfield UMC, Broomfield, CO 2012 Keith Sera 2002 Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, NY 2012 Harold Thaxton, Jr. 1989 First UMC, Montrose, CO



Duane E. Wilterdink 2009 St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO

Yellowstone Name Year Originally

Granted Charge Conference Membership Year of Most

Recent Report

Robert Crosby 1971 Douglas Huigen 1982 Fred Huskey Jr. 1992 Stevensville YS Curt Pollock 2010 FUMC Anchorage AK 2010 William Royle 1987 Quentin Schwartz 1976 William Starling 1970

b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and appointment.)

Name Appointment Year Originally Granted Location

c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(2) Ad Interim Administrative Location (v)

Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership

(3) Previously?

Name Year Originally Placed Charge Conference Membership

Year of Most Recent Report

44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v)

Rocky Mountain Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location

Originally Granted Charge Conference Membership

Marcia Janke Shafer HR 2009 First UMC, Windsor, CO b) Previously?

Rocky Mountain Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location


Wayne Arrowood HR 1971 First UMC, Hendersonville, NC Samuel Cox HR 2004 Kailua UMC, Kailua, Hawaii Nancy Feild HR 2007 Munholland UMC, Metairie, LA J. Robert Flier HR 2004 Goode Centennial UMC, Commerce

City, CO J. Donald Hughes HR 2004 St Paul UMC, Denver, CO Charles Mowry HR 1999 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO Chung Oh Park HR 2001 University Park UMC, Denver, CO Robert Paul HR 2004 Trinity UMC, Denver, CO Richard I. Peterson HR 2004 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Eric Talla HR 2007 Burlington UMC, Burlington, CO



Albert M. Wells HR 2004 Clearwater, FL Gary Wilkin HR 1997 Laramie UMC, Laramie, WY Dean Woodward HR 2002 Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO

Yellowstone Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location


James Bentley HR 1991 Hollywood UMC, CA Alan Broere HR 1995 Peter Clark HR 2001 Helena Covenant

Charles Heath 1983 Billings Grace Ron Lang HR 1989 Livingston Grace Donna Martin HR 2001 Whitefish UMC James Stewart HR 1999 Butte Aldersgate Marcus West HR 1983 Providence UMC, Charlotte NC

45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v)

Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status

46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)


b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)


c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?


d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)


e) By trial (¶2713)?


47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate

credential.) Name Date Effective Clergy Status

48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death



b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active:



c) What elders have died during the year? Active:

Rocky Mountain

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Gary Dale Blackmon 10/18/1953 08/08/2017 Elias Lopez Martinez 03/15/1949 12/28/2017

Retired:

Rocky Mountain

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Guy Botkin 07/29/1933 12/27/2017 William D. Bruce 05/16/1948 06/17/2017 David West Engle 02/20/1936 08/01/2017 Henry Everding, Jr. 02/02/1934 06/29/2017 Russell Hawkins 04/28/1930 05/03/2017 Margaret Rush Hankins 01/02/1940 04/12/2018 William R. Iiams 11/13/1930 05/21/2018 Alice Riemer-McKee 03/22/1939 02/06/2018 Keith Spahr 09/07/1930 12/27/2017 Sandra C. Stephens 11/22/1939 01/09/2018

Yellowstone Name Date of Birth Date of Death John Lewis 12/3/1931 9/17/2017 Jarrell L. Tharp 5/27/1933 5/24/2018 Wilbur Whanger 10/5/1921 1/11/2018

d) What deacons have died during the year?

Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death


e) What local pastors have died during the year?

Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

Retired:

Rocky Mountain Name Date of Birth Date of Death Douglas Lathrop 03/14/1945 08/07/2017



49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual Conferences of

The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? Name Clergy

Status Legacy Conference Conference Where

Appointed Appointment

Patti Agnew FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Helena UM Ministry Johnny Arrington AM Rocky Mountain Rio Texas FUMC, Pleasanton TX David Barton FE Rocky Mountain Texas Vidor UMC TX Sarah Beck FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Grace UMC, Billings MT Diane Bell FE Rocky Mountain East Ohio Lodi UMC OH Mary Virginia Bettendorf

FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Great Falls Christ and Highwood Community

Loren Boyce FE Rocky Mountain Tennessee Trinity UMC, Athens TN David Burt FE Yellowstone Rocky Mountain FUMC, Longmont CO Deborah Christine FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone DS, Montana East Melissa Engel FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Butte-Aldersgate MT Leanne Hadley FE Rocky Mountain Kentucky Christ UMC, Lexington KY Pamela Everhart FE Rocky Mountain Rio Texas Oak Island UMC, San Antonio David Hodsdon FE Yellowstone Baltimore

Washington Clarksburg

Terri Lynn Hubbard FE Rocky Mountain Desert Southwest University UMC, Las Vegas NV Debra Hull FD Rocky Mountain Great Plains Old Mission UMC, Fairway KS Betty Kniss FD Rocky Mountain Florida Ocean View UMC, FL William McGrew FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Van Orsdel UMC, Havre MT John Nadasi FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Redstone, Plentywood, Scobey Susan Otey FE Yellowstone Rocky Mountain FUMC, Golden CO Kathleen Teena Racheli

FE Rocky Mountain Wisconsin Ashland UMC, WI

Jeremy Scott FE Yellowstone Rocky Mountain Johnstown UMC CO Amy Strader FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Bozeman UMC/Mtn Sky Conf Eric Strader FE Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Bozeman UMC/Mtn Sky Conf David York FE Rocky Mountain Great Plains FUMC Leavenworth KS

50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.) a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v)

Rocky Mountain Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Jennifer Arfmann FE 07/01/2016 Green Mountain UMC, Lakewood, CO Laura Cartwright FE 01/01/2018 Vineland UMC, Vineland, CO Scott Daniels FE 07/01/2013 First UMC, Boulder, CO Elizabeth Hall FE 07/01/2018 Christ UMC, Sterling, CO Jennifer Hare Mirabella FE 07/01/2015 First UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Amos Kariuki FE 07/01/2016 Crawford UMC, Crawford, CO Ann McClellan FD 01/01/2016 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Khan McClellan FE 07/01/2016 First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Will Morris FE 07/01/2017 First UMC, Cortez, CO Siaosi Prescott FE 07/01/2016 Home UMC, Rye, CO Rhonda York FD 07/01/2014 SonRise UMC, Pueblo West, CO

(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3)

Rocky Mountain



Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Mary Ann Dimand FE 01/01/2011 Arvada UMC, Arvada, CO

(3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v)

Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Jessica Boyce FE 07/01/2015 Meeker UMC, Meeker, CO Jennifer Winterfeld FD 07/01/2017 St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO

(4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Charge Conference

(5) Transitional (¶353.2c)

Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Stacy Collins FD 01/15/2018 St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch, CO McNair Ezzard FE 08/25/2017 Kristi Hornick FD 06/01/2018 First UMC, Loveland, CO Elizabeth Jackson FE 07/01/2018 Christ Church UMC, Denver, CO Sandra Stewart FD 07/01/2018 Longs Peak UMC, Longmont, CO

b) Involuntary? (1) Involuntary Leave (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)

Name Clergy Status


(2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355) (v) Name Clergy

Status Date Effective Charge Conference

51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v)

Name Clergy Status


52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v)

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Legacy Conference Charge Conference

Laurie A. Bruce FE 07/01/2015 Rocky Mountain Sequoyah UMC, Fayetteville, AR (without benefits)

David Burnett FE 08/01/2002 Rocky Mountain Faith UMC, Sterling, CO Handi Jo Dolloff-Holt FE 08/01/2012 Rocky Mountain Christ UMC, Salt Lake City, UT Debra Edwards FE 06/01/2014 Rocky Mountain First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Felicia George FE 07/01/2017 Rocky Mountain Park Hill UMC, Denver, CO Sara Power FE 01/01/2003 Yellowstone Brian Riecke FE 07/01/2013 Rocky Mountain First UMC, Loveland, CO

53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference

sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) Deacons

a) This year?



Name Date Effective

b) Previously?

Name Legacy Conference Date Effective Dennis Cox Yellowstone 2014

Elders

c) This year? Rocky Mountain Name Date Effective Richard Carpenter 07/01/2018 Michael Dent 06/01/2018 Mark Heiss 07/01/2018 Olga Hard 07/01/2018 Michael Ingersoll 07/01/2018 Randy Jessen 07/01/2018 Eun-sang Lee 07/01/2018 Yvonne Lee 07/01/2018 Walter Strickland 07/01/2018

Yellowstone Name Date Effective Linda Fritz 07/01/2018 Gary Geiman 07/01/2018 Huston Green 07/01/2018

d) Previously?

Name Date Effective

54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference

sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3)

a) This year? Name Date Effective

b) Previously?

Name Date Effective

55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)?

Name Date Effective

56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year?

Name Legacy Conference Date Effective Emily Easton Rocky Mountain 04/01/2018 Vickie Maxon Rocky Mountain 01/01/2018 Ruth McKenzie Yellowstone 07/01/2018 Robert Simpson Rocky Mountain 12/01/2017



b) Previously? Rocky Mountain Name Date Effective David Christensen 07/01/2015 M. Louise Cordova 07/01/2010 Darrell D. Dennis 07/01/2009 William R. Gamble 07/01/2013 Gale Graves 07/01/2006 Roger Haney 07/01/2016 Arlan E. Johnsen 07/01/2008 Carol Loftin 09/01/2016 Lesley Matschke 07/01/2016 Lora Payne 07/01/2010 Nancy Peacock 07/01/2015 Robert I. Pinney 03/01/1999 Rhonda Plinske 07/01/2015 Harold Eugene Sharp 07/01/2014 Charlene A. Smythe 07/01/2008 Jerilyn Soens 07/01/2016 Joseph Spencer 07/01/2010 Stanton P. Steuri 05/31/1999 Beverly J. Webb 07/01/2010

Yellowstone Name Date Effective Dorothy Behling 2016 T.C. Chatman 2009 Jean Griffith 1997 Tom Griffith 1997 Doug Hill 2014 Evelyn Kunkel 2003 Catherine Moorhead 2012 Richard Rice 2010 Ross Rettig 2015 Guy Youngblood 2009

57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference: a) By appointment category and conference relationship? (NOTES:

(1) Where applicable, the question numbers on this report form corresponding to each category have been placed in parenthesis following the category title. Where these question numbers appear, the number reported in that category should agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions.

(2) For the three categories of Appointments to Extension Ministries, report as follows: ¶344.1a, c): the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist connectional structures,

including district superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency. ¶344.1b): the number of clergy members appointed to extension ministries, under endorsement by the

Division of Chaplains and Related Ministries of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. ¶344.1d): the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed by a two-thirds vote of

the Annual Conference. Note: Report those in extension ministry in one category only. See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories.) Note: Those approved to serve as a local pastor, but not currently under appointment, are not counted as clergy

members of the conference.



LEGACY ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE

Categories

Deacons in Full

Connection

Elders in Full

Connection Provisional Deacons

Provisional Elders

Associate Members & Affiliate Members With Vote

Full–time Local

Pastors

Part–time Local

Pastors Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74)

10 116 13 3 18 43

Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b)

20 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

2 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx


Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

3 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx


2

Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79)

1 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49)

2 19 1 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2)

1 11 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Family Leave (50a3, a4)

1 1 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Sabbatical Leave (51)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Medical Leave (52)

1 5

On Transitional Leave (50a5)

3 2 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Retired (53, 54, 55)

29 253 4 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Total Number, Clergy Members

68 443 2 13 8 20 43

Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members-Legacy Rocky Mountain

597

b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)



Clergy Demographics – Legacy Rocky Mountain

Categories

Deacons in Full

Connection Elders in Full Connection

Provisional Deacons

Provisional Elders

Associate Members &

Affiliate Members with Vote

Full–time Local Pastors

Part–time Local Pastors

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Asian 1 13 8 1 2 Black 13 4 1 1 Hispanic 2 2 2 2 1 Native American 1 2

Pacific Islander 2 1 4 1 White 15 51 259 140 1 1 3 6 5 3 11 8 15 15 Multi-Racial

Grand Total, All Conference

Clergy Members* 16 51 290 154 1 1 4 9 5 3 11 9 26 17

RMC 597 LEGACY YELLOWSTONE CONFERENCE

Categories

Deacons in Full Connection

Elders in Full Connection

Provisional Deacons

Provisional Elders

Associate Members & Affiliate Members With Vote

Full–time Local Pastors

Part–time Local Pastors

Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74)

22 5 3 7 10

Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

1 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

5 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c)

xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

1 xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49)

6 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx



On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Family Leave (50a3, a4)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Sabbatical Leave (51)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

On Medical Leave (52)

1

On Transitional Leave (50a5)

xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Retired (53, 54, 55)

1 69 10 xxxxx xxxxx

xxxxx xxxxx

Total Number, Clergy Members

1 105 5 13 7 10

Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members-Legacy Yellowstone

141

b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)

Clergy Demographics – Legacy Yellowstone

Categories Deacons in Full

Connection Elders in Full Connection

Provisional Deacons

Provisional Elders

Associate Mbrs & Affiliate Mbrs

with Vote Full–time

Local Pastors Part–time Local

Pastors Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Asian Black Hispanic Native American

Pacific Islander

1 1

White 1 78 27 3 2 9 4 3 4 5 3 Multi-Racial Grand Total,

All Conference Clergy

Members* 1 0 78 27 3 2 9 4 3 4 6 4

YAC 141 PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Ann Kessler Laity Youth Ministry Janita McGregor Laity Children’s Ministry

59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry.

Name Legacy Conference Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Brenda Anderson-Baker Yellowstone Lay Spiritual Direction Nani E. Arning Rocky Mountain FD Christian Education Jill Ashe Rocky Mountain FD Youth E. Marie Gasau Rocky Mountain RE Music



Steven Harter Rocky Mountain FD Music Kristi Hornick Rocky Mountain FD Prison Ministry Youngsook Kang Rocky Mountain FE Life Coach Cindy Klick Rocky Mountain Laity Youth Betty Kniss Rocky Mountain FD Christian Education Kathie Walker Rocky Mountain Laity/Certified Candidate Christian Education

60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Sending Conference

61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Receiving Conference

62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?

Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry PART IV CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶(¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district)

Name Legacy Conference District Sue Davidson Yellowstone Big Horn Ingrid DeRuiter Rocky Mountain Metro Monte Voss Rocky Mountain Metro Gudiva “Twinkle” Gordon Rocky Mountain Mile High/Pikes Peak Monte Savage Rocky Mountain Peaks & Plains Norma Farmer Rocky Mountain Trinity Corry Higbee Rocky Mountain Trinity Joyce Hudiburgh Rocky Mountain Trinity Wil Mieklejohn Rocky Mountain Trinity Mike Spahr Rocky Mountain Trinity Rose Vest Rocky Mountain Trinity Anna Adams Rocky Mountain UTWCO Roberta Botkin Rocky Mountain UTWCO Lucille Peterson Rocky Mountain UTWCO Roger Smith Rocky Mountain UTWCO Beth Ann Schafer Rocky Mountain Wyoming Tracy Sutherland Rocky Mountain Wyoming

PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 64-71 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)?

Name Previous Annual Conference Date

65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?

Name Previous Annual Conference Date

66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (¶313.3)?

(Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3)



Name Date Effective

67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:


b) Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death

68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal

leave): (v) Name Type of Leave Date Originally Granted

69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):

Name Date Originally Granted 70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)?

Name Date Originally Granted

71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year?

Name Date Effective

b) Previously? Name Date Effective Marion Gore Catherine Storm Dorothy Templin Faye Veal Janet Winquest

PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) are approved for appointment to less than full-time service,

what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time of service (in one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4):

Name Clergy

Status Legacy Conference Appointment Fraction of Full-

Time Service Lauren Chance Boyd FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2016 3/4 time Spencer W. Green FE Rocky Mountain 08/15/2001 1/4 time Linda S. Hoover FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2013 1/2 time Byoungwk Jeon PE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2016 3/4 time Sandra Jimenez PE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2017 1/2 time Emily Kintzel PE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2016 1/2 time Seon Young Lee FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2011 3/4 time Betty Nguyen FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2018 1/2time Dan Odell FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/2015 1/2 time Edward R. Rousset FE Rocky Mountain 07/01/1994 3/4 time



Joshua Walker FE Rocky Mountain 05/01/2014 1/2 time Fred Amborn FE Yellowstone Belgrade Living Waters 3/4 time Susan DeBree RE Yellowstone Whitehall 3/4 time Linda Fritz RE Yellowstone Three Forks/Willow Creek 3/4 time Gary Geiman RE Yellowstone Huntley 1/4 time James Heikes RE Yellowstone Billings Hope 3/4 time Susan Twidwell RE Yellowstone Salmon ID 3/4 time Deborah Schmidt RE Yellowstone Granite County 1/4 time

b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service

(¶331.7)?

Name Clergy Status

Legacy Conference Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service

Lee Anderson-Harris FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2015 3/4 time Megan Armstrong FD Rocky Mountain 05/01/2018 3/4 time Jolain Graf FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2014 3/4 time Debra Juarez FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2015 3/4 time Mary MacDonald FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2012 1/4 time Philip Rogers FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2015 1/2 time Sarah Steidtmann FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2008 1/4 time Charles J. Stephens FD Rocky Mountain 04/01/2015 1/2 time Sallie Suby-Long FD Rocky Mountain 07/01/2009 3/4 time

73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual

conference, and for what period of time?

Name Appointment Start Date End Date T. Steve Burnett Trinity UMC, Denver, CO 04/29/2018 06/30/2018 Jim Calhoun UMC of Hygiene, Hygiene, CO 04/08/2018 06/30/2018

74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are appointed to

ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include and identify

Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.)

76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension ministries

for the ensuing year? (Attach a list) a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)? Rocky Mountain Conference

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective

Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Thomas Barlow FE 07/01/2012 Adjunct Professor and Director of Alumni & Community Education, Iliff School of Theology

Heritage UMC, Littleton

Meghan Feldmeyer Benson FE 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Duke Divinity School Calvary UMC, Colorado Springs

Brian Diggs FE 07/01/2009 United Methodist Committee on Relief

First UMC, Salt Lake City

Margaret Gillikin FE 07/01/2014 District Superintendent, Trinity District

Jim Gulley RD 04/01/2011 General Board of Global Ministries Broomfield UMC



Jeanne Hoeft FE 07/01/2001 Associate Professor, St. Paul School of Theology

Arvada UMC

Youngsook Charlene Kang FE 07/01/2012 Director of Mission and Ministry, RMC

Arvada UMC

Tiffany Keith FE 07/01/2018 Congregational Resource Minister, Mile High/Pikes Peak District

Catherine Kelsey FE 01/01/2006 Dean of the Chapel, Iliff School of Theology

University Park UMC, Denver

Paul Kottke FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Metro District

Ann Lantz FE 01/01/2016 Executive Director, Ecumenical Social Ministries

First UMC, Colorado Springs

Jeffrey Howard Mahan FE 07/01/2000 Professor, Iliff School of Theology Christ Church UM, Denver

Joretta L. Marshall FE 07/01/2007 Professor of Pastoral Care, TCU, Brite Divinity School

University Park UMC, Denver

Betty Nguyen FE 07/01/2018 Congregational Resource Minister, Metro District

Jeff Rainwater FE 07/01/2015 District Superintendent, Wyoming District

Jay Rundell FE 07/01/2006 President, Methodist Theological School

Park Hill UMC, Denver

Tezenlo Thong FE 07/01/2017 District Superintendent, Mile High/Pikes Peak District

Marvin Vose RE 07/01/2016 District Superintendent, Utah/Western Colorado District

Yellowstone Conference

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Dan Ashton FE 2010 Tyson Foods, Logansport, IN Gail Murphy-Geiss FE 2002 Colorado College, Colorado

Springs, CO

Janet Hanson FE 2007 Sacred Heart & Willamette Valley Medical Centers

Steve Hermes FE 2018 Flathead Lake UM Camp Paradise David Logan FE 1999 U.S.A.F. Jan Witman FE 2017 Montana District

Superintendent

Kim Woeste FE 2012 Rocky Mountain College b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment

Charge Conference

Elizabeth Gwynne May FE 07/20/2015 Spiritual Counselor, Halcyon Hospice & Palliative Care

Smoky Hill UMC, Centennial

Young Hui McDonald FE 04/02/2006 Chaplain, Adams County Detention Facility

Park Hill UMC, Denver

Maggie Roe RE 03/17/2016 Chaplain, Covenant Care at Home

Arvada UMC

Susan Warren FE 01/22/2015 Chaplain, PeopleFirst Hospice of Denver

Niwot UMC

Lola West FE 10/18/2004 Chaplain, Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo

Sunrise UMC, Pueblo



c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3) Name Clergy

Status Date Effective Extension Ministry

Assignment Charge Conference

Michelle Bowles FL 09/01/2016 PowerBack Rehabilitation of Lakewood

Phillips UMC, Lakewood

Lynne Butler FE 07/01/2018 Philanthropy Facilitator, Ekar Trinity UMC, Denver

Susan Crow FE 06/01/2010 Executive Director, Workshops, Inc.

Christ Church UM, Denver

James Grunden FE 07/01/2015 Pastor, Southminster United Church of Canada

Center UMC

Gichul James Kim FE 07/01/2016 Professor, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, South Korea

Asbury Korean UMC, Centennial

Rebecca McFee FE 07/01/2015 Columbine Health Systems & Colorado State University

Christ UMC, Ft. Collins

Valerie Oden FE 07/01/2017 Riverbed United Church of Canada

Arvada UMC

Jin Tae Park FE 04/01/2010 Chaplain, Dongseo Education Facility, South Korea

Christ Central UMC, Aurora

Trevor Potter FE 07/01/2009 Pastor, McKillop United Church of Canada

Trinity UMC, Loveland

Brian Rossbert FE 09/01/2017 Program Officer, Gill Foundation

Trinity UMC, Denver

Blaine Scott FE 07/01/2015 The Sanctuary at Steadfast Steeds

First UMC, Grand Junction

Rebekah Simon-Peter FE 01/01/2007 President, Rebekah Simon-Peter Coaching and Consulting

First UMC, Casper

Amy Rebecca Stapleton FE 01/01/2018 Chesapeake Life Center - Hospice of Chesapeake

Lakewood UMC

James Ward FL 08/01/2014 Eaton Senior Communities Grant Avenue UMC, Denver

77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?

Name Clergy Status

Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Nani Arning FD 03/01/2014 Sacred Stones Ministries, LLC Calvary UMC Jill Ashe FD 09/01/2015 Front Range Hospice & Palliative

Care Broomfield UMC

Jason Baxter PD 07/01/2017 The Navigators Tri-Lakes UMC, Monument

Denise Bender FD 02/02/2014 Sacred Stones Ministries, LLC Bethany UMC Lydia Buttner FD 05/01/2015 Chaplain, Branches of Hope, LLC Trinity UMC, Denver

Anne Davidson-Mundt FD 07/01/2018 Healing After Trafficking Hope UMC, Greenwood Village

George Dunn RD 0/01/2015 Chaplain, St. Joseph Hospital St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Elizabeth Phelan FD 07/01/2012 Chaplain, St. Anthony’s Hospital Trinity UMC, Denver Carol Forbes PD 07/01/2015 Chaplain, Life Care Center of

Longmont Mountain View UMC, Boulder

Sue Harmon FD 07/01/2013 Chaplain, Poudre Valley Hospital First UMC, Ft. Collins Jeff Hirota FD 01/01/2017 Community Foundation of Boulder Highlands UMC,

Denver



Schawn Kellogg FD 07/01/2013 Sky Ridge Medical Center St. Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch

Dale Lee FD 07/01/2009 Chaplain, Valley Hope University Park UMC, Denver

Dorthy Mann FD 07/01/2011 Psych/Social Support Counselor, Porter Adventist Hospital

St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Kaitlin Elmore PD 07/01/2017 Suncrest Hospice First UMC, Ft. Collins Laura Rossbert FD 04/01/2015 Program Assistant, Delores Project Trinity UMC, Denver Sandy Stewart FD 03/01/2003 Outreach Coordinator, OUR Center

(Outreach United Resource Center)

Longs Peak UMC, Longmont

b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The United

Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? Name Clergy

Status Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference

Lynn Hurst FD 07/01/2005 Minister of Music, Broadmoor Community Church

First UMC, Colorado Springs

Joe Iovino FD 11/01/2014 General Commission on Communications/United Methodist Communications

Tri-Lakes UMC, Monument

Debra Juarez FD 07/01/2016 Wesley Foundation, University of Wyoming

First UMC, Laramie

Daniel Klawitter FD 01/01/2015 Iliff School of Theology Grant Avenue UMC, Denver

Mike Ratliff FD 04/01/2007 Associate General Secretary, General Board of Discipleship

St. Andrew UMC, Highlands Ranch

Elizabeth Richardson FD 07/01/2010 Director of Prayer and Upper Room Worship Life, Upper Room Ministries

First UMC, Boulder

78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.)

Name Clergy Status School Todd Everhart FE Clinical Pastoral Education Residency, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital

79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) 80. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.5), corrections

or additions to matters reported in the "Business of the Annual Conference" form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.)

Jennifer Lynne Hare name changed to Jennifer Hare Mirabella, 12/31/2017 81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? Billings, Montana June 13-16, 2019



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