Thirtieth Annual Synod Assembly

Pacifica Synod – ELCA San Diego Town and Country Resort

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 , 201 7

10:30 a.m. Executive Committee Le Sommet 1:00 p.m. Hospitality Training Pacific Ballroom 1:00 p.m. Synod Council Meeting Windsor Rose 5:30 p.m. Staff Dinner Le Sommet

THURSDAY, MAY 11 , 201 7

9:00 a.m. Hospitality Training Session Pacific Ballroom 9:30 a.m. Registration Opens Golden Foyer 10:30 a.m. Hearings Budget Hearing Pacific Salon 4 Resolutions Hearing Pacific Salon 5

12:45 p.m. Gathering Music Golden Ballroom BUSINESS MEETING 1 1:00 p.m. Opening of the Assembly (Page 2 - 4) Credentials Report Nominating Committee Report, Open Floor Nominations Grant Recognition Treasurer’s Report Introductions 2:25 p.m. Keynote Address-the Rev. R. Guy Erwin, Bishop, Southwest California Synod

3:10 p.m. Synod Business Report of the Vice President Resolutions

5:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

7:00 p.m. Worship—the Rev. Andrew A. Taylor, First United Methodist Bishop of Pacifica Synod, preaching (off site: see page 2-3)

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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017

BUSINESS MEETING 2 Golden Ballroom 8:30 a.m. Credentials Report Synod Council Elections

8:45 a.m. Keynote Address—the Rev. Chris Alexander

10:05 a.m. Synod business Anniversary recognition 10:20 a.m. ELCA Report-Mr. Keith Mundy 11:05 a.m. Conference Ministry Recognition 12:00 p.m. Lunch Lion Fountain Court 1:00 p.m. Vote on the Budget Golden Ballroom 1:10 p.m. Election Results 1:15 p.m. Report of the Bishop—the Rev. Andrew A. Taylor 2:45 p.m. Workshops and Experiential Learning (Page 7 – 1)

6:15 p.m. Reception Lion Fountain Court 7:00 p.m. Dinner Golden Ballroom

SATURDAY, MAY 13 , 201 7

BUSINESS MEETING 333 Golden Ballroom 8:30 a.m. Credentials Report Youth Team Report Conference Break-outs Various

10:30 a.m. Closing Worship—the Rev. Terry Tuvey Allen, Golden Ballroom Assistant to the Bishop, preaching Close of Assembly

2 - 2 Thursday Evening Worship Thursday, May 11 7:00 p.m.

Service of Holy Communion Bishop Andy Taylor preaching

First United Methodist Church 2111 Camino del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108

Directions will be available at Registration

First United Methodist Church is less than three miles east of the Town and Country Resort.

You need not be a voting member of the assembly to attend worship. All are welcome!

2 - 3 Evangelical Lutheran Worship Opening of a Synod or Churchwide Assembly

L: As in one body we have many members, C: so we, who are many, are one body in Christ. L: Where two or three are gathered in my name, says the Lord, C: I am there among them. L: Live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. C: Let us pursue what makes for justice and peace, and for mutual upbuilding. L: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.

L: Let us pray. O God, on this day you open the hearts of your faithful people by sending into us your Holy Spirit. Direct us by the light of that Spirit, that we may have a right judgment in all things and rejoice at all times in your peace, through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

L: I declare this thirtieth assembly to be in session in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen.

2 - 4 Evangelical Lutheran Worship Closing of a Synod or Churchwide Assembly

L: Jesus said, You will be my witnesses C: to the ends of the earth. L: I chose you and appointed you C: to bear fruit that will last. L: Remember, I will be with you always, C: to the end of time. L: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. L: Let us pray. Direct us, O Lord God, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and extend to us your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy name; and finally, by your mercy, bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen. L: O God, our beginning and our end, you kept Abraham and Sarah in safety throughout the days of their pilgrimage, you led the children of Israel through the midst of the sea, and by a star you led the magi to the infant Jesus. Protect and guide us now as we set out to travel. Make our ways safe and our homecomings joyful, and bring us at last to our heavenly home, where you dwell in glory with our Lord Jesus Christ and the life-giving Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. L: I declare this assembly closed in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. L: Go in peace. Share the good news. C: Thanks be to God.

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ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS

CHAIR ...... Andrew A. Taylor, Bishop

PARLIAMENTARIAN ...... Ms. Pauline Getz

SECRETARY ...... Ms. Angela Jackson

ASSEMBLY PLANNING TEAM…………. The Rev. David Jorstad, Co-Chair Mr. Nate Maxwell-Doherty The Rev. Laura Ziehl, Co-Chair Ms. Meri Jo Petrivelli Ms. Rachel Line, Assembly Manager Ms. Terri Robertson The Rev. Nate Allen The Rev. Karla Seyb-Stockton The Rev. Brenda Bos Ms. Mary Shaima Mr. Darrell Datte Ms. Rebekah Swanson Ms. Dianne Finnecy

AUDIO/VISUAL ...... Mr. Tom Hoegel, Big Dog Sound

AUDIO/VISUAL ASSISTANT ...... Mr. Dale Feine and the Rev. Brenda Bos

CREDENTIALS ...... Ms. Terri Robertson

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ...... Ms. Rebekah Swanson

HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS ...... Mr. Darrell Datte ...... Ms. Ellie Timan ...... The Rev. Ron Hovick

LOGO ...... Mr. Nate Maxwell-Doherty

NOMINATING COMMITTEE ...... The Rev. Scottie Lloyd, Chair

REGISTRATION COORDINATORS ...... Ms. Terri Robertson Ms. Sandy Poteet Mr. Glenn Travers

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE ...... The Rev. Brian Taylor, Chair

SYNOD COUNCIL ELECTIONS ...... The Rev. Brian Taylor

WORSHIP ...... The Rev. Terry Tuvey Allen The Rev. Lawrence Hand The Rev. Matthew Anderson The Rev. David Jorstad The Rev. Erin Armstrong Ms. Mary Shaima The Rev. Jay Egenes Ms. Rebekah Swanson Ms. Dianne Finnecy

The Assembly Planning Team thanks all of the many volunteers who make this event possible.

2 - 6 KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin Bishop, Southwest California Synod

Bishop Guy Erwin earned a doctorate and two master’s degrees at Yale University and his bachelor’s degree at Harvard University. He engaged in seminary studies at Yale Divinity School and the universities of Tubingen and Leipzig in Germany. Most recently, he was the Gerhard and Olga Belgum Professor of Lutheran Confessional Theology at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, at the same time serving as part- time interim pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Canoga Park, California. He has served as the ELCA representative to the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches since 2004. Ordained in May 2011, Guy Erwin is the ELCA’s first synod bishop who is gay and partnered. He lives in Los Angeles and is married to Rob Flynn, a member of the ELCA. Bishop Erwin is part Osage Indian and is active in the Osage Nation of Oklahoma. As well as serving as interim pastor for two ELCA congregations in California, Guy Erwin served as minister for worship and education at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in North Hollywood, California. Prior to coming to California in 2000, he was lecturer in church history and historical theology at Yale Divinity School from 1993 to 1999. He served as parish associate at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in New Haven, Connecticut from 1986 to 2000. Bishop Erwin has also served on a variety of boards and committees for ELCA-related institutions and other non-profit agencies.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Rev. Chris Alexander Associate Minister, Countryside Community Church

Chris is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and was called to serve as the Associate Minister at Countryside Community Church in Omaha NE in December of 2010. Chris graduates on May 21 (along with Bishop Andy Taylor!) with her Doctor of Ministry in the area of congregational leadership and mission. She lives in Omaha with her husband, Rev. Dr. Scott Frederickson, their two daughters Rachel and Maddy, and one grandson, Asher. Chris enjoys speaking on behalf of Countryside as the Christian Partner of the Tri Faith Initiative because the conversation is rich in history, tradition, imagination and great respect between the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Countryside looks forward to relocating to the Tri Faith Campus at 132nd and Pacific in the Fall of 2018.

2 - 7 ELCA CHURCHWIDE REPRESENTATIVE Mr. Keith A. Mundy Program Director for Stewardship, ELCA

As the Program Director for Stewardship in the ELCA Domestic Mission Unit, Keith A. Mundy focuses on stewardship education, leadership development, mission interpretation and growing mission support. This work includes coaching new ELCA staff, pastors and stewardship leaders in their efforts to be faithful and well- formed stewards. With more than twenty years experience in stewardship ministry, Keith’s roles have included strategic planner, developer, writer, teacher, facilitator and coach. He has gained valuable experience in these roles as a charter member of three new starts and an active leader in small, mid-size and large congregations. Keith strives to help individuals identify and develop their gifts while engaging congregations in healthy and missional practices. In his own words, “I think of myself as a servant with a passion for growing disciples who practice faithful stewardship. When our faith journeys come together, we discover new ways to enrich our relationship with Jesus Christ and use the gifts God has entrusted to individuals and congregations.” As a member of ELCA staff for almost twenty years, Keith A. Mundy has served congregations in most of the sixty-five synods. He helped develop resources such as Rediscover Macedonia , Stories to Tell & Gifts to Share, Money Leadership for Thriving Congregations, Make It Simple, Rediscover Macedonia, and the How to Guide for Stewardship Competencies. Keith also provides leadership for Ventures in Growing Stewards , stewardship coaching, Lutherans Restoring Creation and the Ecumenical Stewardship Center. Keith grew up in California and moved to Minnesota in 1977. His wife, Joyce Hagen Mundy is a former LSM President and strong supporter of Keith’s call to serve the ELCA. While raising two children, their family belonged to congregations in Minnesota, Indiana and Kansas. Prior to joining the ELCA, Keith obtained an MBA and worked in business for twenty years as a marketing manager and business developer. He has taught marketing courses at the college level and led several building appeals. His personal interests include gardening, sports and travel.

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Assembly Rules aandnd Procedures for the Pacifica Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY

This Synod shall have a Synod Assembly, which shall be its highest legislative authority. (S7.01)

MEETINGS

Regular meetings of the Synod Assembly shall be held annually, as scheduled by the Synod Council, generally in the months of April, May, or June. (S7.11.01)

QUORUM

One-half of members of the Synod Assembly shall constitute a quorum. (S7.14)

AGENDA

The Chair shall have the authority, within the adopted agenda, to call items before the Assembly in such an order as to ensure the orderly flow of business.

Any resolution presented after the 90-day deadline is to be submitted to the Secretary who will immediately refer it to the Resolutions Committee. These resolutions can be introduced at the Assembly if permitted by a two-thirds vote of the members.

All resolutions not voted on at the Assembly will be placed on the next Synod Council meeting agenda for action.

All motions to come before the Assembly are to be in writing and submitted to the Secretary.

A two-thirds vote of the Assembly shall be required to add new business to the Agenda.

VOTING MEMBERS

The membership of the Synod Assembly, of which at least 60% of the voting membership shall be composed of laypersons, shall be constituted as follows: a. All ministers of Word and Sacrament under call on the roster of this synod in attendance at this Synod Assembly shall be voting members. b. All ministers of Word and Service, under call, on the roster of this synod shall be voting members in the Synod Assembly, in addition to the voting membership of lay members of congregations provided in item *S7.21.c.

2 - 9 c. A minimum of one lay member elected by each congregation with fewer than 175 baptized members and a minimum of two lay members elected by each congregation with 175 or more baptized members related to this synod, normally one of whom shall be male and one of whom shall be female, shall be voting members. The Synod Council shall establish a formula to provide additional lay representation from congregations on the basis of number of baptized members in the congregation. (*S21.c.) In addition to the lay voting members elected by each congregation as stipulated in *S7.21.c, each congregation may provide additional lay representation to a synod assembly by adding one lay voting member who is a Youth or Young Adult … less than 30 years of age (S7.21.B13). Synodically Authorized Worshipping Communities (SAWC) of the Pacifica Synod shall be permitted to have one lay representative (S7.26). Licensed lay ministers in recognized ethnic ministries of the synod are granted voice and vote at the assembly, plus one additional layperson from the community may be elected as a voting member. The Synod Council will review a list of the eligible ministries/persons annually. (SC99.04.05) The Synod Council shall seek to ensure that, as nearly as possible, 50 percent of the lay members of the assembly shall be female and 50 percent shall be male. d. Voting membership shall include the officers of this synod. (S7.21) e. Ten percent (10%) of all retired ministers of Word and Sacrament and Word and Service on the roster of this synod shall have the right to serve as voting members of the Synod Assembly. The selection of these retired rostered ministers to serve as voting members shall be done in a process established by the Synod Council. (S7.22.b,c) f. Retired ministers of Word and Sacrament on the roster of the Pacifica Synod serving congregations in an interim position under a contract with the congregation and with the approval of the synod, notwithstanding the provisions above (S7.22b), shall be voting members of the Synod Assembly, consistent with †S7.21.c. (S7.22.A12) g. In keeping with section S7.27 of the synod constitution that states: “This synod may establish processes through the Synod Council to grant a minister of Word and Sacrament from a church body with which a relationship of full communion has been declared and established by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America the privilege of both voice and vote in the Synod Assembly during the period of that minister’s service in a congregation of this church,” ministers of Word and Sacrament from full-communion partners who serve in a congregation of this synod shall be granted voice and vote at synod assembly. h. Retired pastors from a church body with which a relationship of full communion has been declared and established by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who are serving congregations in an interim position under a contract with the congregating and with the approval of the synod, notwithstanding the provisions in S7.22b, shall be voting members of the Synod Assembly, consistent with *S7.21.c. (S7.27.A12) i. Duly elected voting members of the Synod Council who are not otherwise voting members of the Synod Assembly under S7.21. shall be granted the privilege of both voice and vote as members of the Synod Assembly. (S7.28)

2 - 10 j. Rostered leaders with On Leave from Call or Continuing Disability status, in good standing with this synod, may serve as voting members of the assembly.

VOICE ONLY

The Pacifica Synod of the ELCA grants seat and voice to the President of the Pacifica Synodical Women’s Organization at Synod assemblies. (S7.21.A94)

The bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and such other official representatives of this church as may be designated from time to time by the Church Council shall also have voice but not vote in the meetings of the Synod Assembly. Like privileges shall be accorded to those additional persons whom the Synod Assembly or the Synod Council shall from time to time designate. (S7.23)

The youth that join the assembly from the Pacifica Synod Youth Team shall have seat and voice in the assembly.

VOTING

Proxy and absentee voting shall not be permitted in the transaction of any business of this synod. (S7.31)

NOMINATIONS

Nominations for all positions, whether offered by the Nominating Committee, or from the floor, shall be valid only if prior to the nominations being closed, the Nominee has, either directly or indirectly, indicated his/her willingness to serve if elected.

All nominations from the floor must be accompanied by a written nomination containing the signatures of no less than 10 persons qualified to vote for the Nominee indicating their support for the nomination and needs to be in compliance with gender, clergy/lay representation requirements.

Nominations for all offices must be submitted to the Nominations Table located outside the Pacifica Synod Office no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 11 . Those desiring to make nominations are asked to get a Nominations Form from the Nominations Table, and, after completing it, return it to the Nominations Table.

During the Assembly, if a resignation or withdrawal occurs, immediate reference shall be made to the Nominating Committee, which will convene and suggest one or more candidates for another election.

VOICE

No member may speak from the floor more than two minutes or more than twice on one issue without consent of the Assembly.

2 - 11 ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER

Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition, shall govern parliamentary procedure of the Synod Assembly. (S7.32)

APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

Any proposal to appropriate funds, whether by amendment to the budget or otherwise, which is presented to a meeting of the Synod Assembly without the prior approval of the Synod Council, shall be immediately referred to the Synod Council for an opinion and report prior to any debate or action by the Synod Assembly. (S10.04)

DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS

Authorization for setting up displays and exhibits and for placing posters, announcements, etc., at Assemblies of the Pacifica Synod shall be limited to those agencies or groups who are approved by the Executive Committee. The selling of goods or services is not allowed unless approved in advance by the Executive Committee.

DISPLAYS BY AFFILIATED AND NON-AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS The Executive Committee of the Pacifica Synod has approved the following list of organizations as ones that may display at the 2017 Synod Assembly. Permission to display by non-affiliated organizations is granted by the Executive Committee of the Synod Council and does not constitute any type of endorsement of these groups. Under no circumstances may non-affiliated organizations be involved in direct solicitation of funds at the assembly. Permission to display is granted on a year-by-year basis. African Team Ministries Lutheran Social Services of So Cal Agape House SDSU Mission Investment Fund ELCA Bethlehem Handicrafts Nancy Bond Insurance Services California Lutheran University—Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Portico Benefit Services Coaching Ministry Team Pacifica Women of the ELCA CollectiveSun, LLC Pacifica Youth Team ELCA Chaplains and US Army Southern Cross Property Consultants ELCA Federal Credit Union Survivors of Torture, International ELCA Schools and Learning Centers Third Avenue Charitable Organization Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries Reconciling Works Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Thrivent Lutheran Retreats, Camps & Conferences

DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS

All materials for distribution to voting members at the Synod Assembly shall be in the synod office no later than five working days prior to the opening of the assembly. After the assembly is in session, permission to distribute materials must be secured from the on-site synod office.

2 - 12 WORD & SACRAMENT ROSTER

PASTORS RECEIVED FROM OTHER SYNODS BY CALL TO: Joel Martyn * 10.29.2016 King of Kings, Oceanside * Jennifer Schultz 01.01.2017 Bethlehem, Los Alamitos Timothy Eichler 02.01.2017 King of Kings, Oceanside Richard Fry 07.25.2017 Ascension, San Diego

RECEIVED BY ORDINATION AND CALL: TO: Berhanu Refera 06.12.2016 Calvary, San Diego Erin Armstrong 11.13.2016 Trinity, Hemet

NEW CALLS OR CONTRACTS WITHIN SYNOD: TO: Carol Reed 03.15.2016 Lord of Life, Moreno Valley John Lunn 08.01.2016 Grace Episcopal, Molokai Andrew Taylor 08.01.2016 Bishop, Pacifica Synod David Beard 10.29.2016 St. Andrews, San Diego Brad Stienstra 11.07.2016 Resurrection, Huntington Beach Karin Boye 11.21.2016 Gethsemane, San Diego Ken Severa (contract) 12.03.2016 LC of the Desert, Joshua Tree Darryl Kozak 01.18.2017 First, San Diego Dennis Laherty 02.01.2017 ATTB, Pacifica Synod Tim Edmondson 05.01.2016 Hope, Riverside Richard Rollefson 01.01.2017 Newport Harbor, Newport Greg Ronning (contract) 02.12.2017 First, Fullerton Jayaprakash (JP) Sabbithi 03.11.2017 Hospice Hawaii, Honolulu

PASTORS WHO RETIRED Carl Witt 01.01.2016 E. Carl Zimmermann 11.01.2016 Gloria Espeseth 11.20.2016 Laura Line 12.03.2016 Sharon Gunderson 01.01.2017

CURRENTLY ON LEAVE FROM CALL Karen D.S. Perkins 08.24.2012 Dick Braun 08.01.2013 Amber Remillard 01.01.2014 Steve Awbrey 04.30.2014 James Jerpseth 12.14.2014 Carole Parmeter Dyer 08.01.2015 Michael Hagenow 11.21.2015 David Kieffer 11.21.2015 Tim Philips 08.19.2016 Karla Seyb-Stockton 01.11.2017 Joel Martyn 02.01.2017 Continuing Disability: Dianne Eller 03.08.2005 Roger Patterson 07.17.2012 Mark Cansino 11.02.2016

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PASTORS TRANFERRED TO ANOTHER SYNOD: TO: Jacob Burkman 04.17.2016 Northeastern Minnesota Wilbert “Wilk” Miller 07.01.2016 Metropolitan New York Rebecca Ajer 08.01.2016 Lower Susquehanna Paul Kirchner 08.01.2016 Southwestern Texas

DECEASED, RESIGNED OR REMOVED FROM THE ROSTER Stan Califf 07.02.2016 Deceased Roy Blumhorst 07.29.2016 Deceased Audrey B. Foley 10.09.2016 Deceased Larry A. Gardner 10.10.2016 Deceased Edward C. Eskildsen 11.26.2016 Deceased Rafael Melendez 12.03.2016 Removed Dennis Dirks 12.03.2016 Removed Larry Koger 12.12.2016 Deceased Frank Steinhauer 12.21.2016 Removed Robert Miller 01.28.2017 Deceased Mark Allert 02.08.2017 Resigned Dick Wright 02.23.2017 Deceased

APPROVED FOR CALL – ASSIGNED TO PACIFICA SYNOD Dianne Finnecy

2 - 14 WORD & SERVICE ROSTER

CURRENTLY ON LEAVE FROM CALL: Lynne Prechel 09.01.2016 Roberta Wall 08.31.2016

DEACONS WHO RETIRED Barbara Martyn 12.09.2016

DECEASED, RESIGNED OR REMOVED FROM THE ROSTER LaVonne Stief 06.25.2016 Deceased

APPROVED FOR CALL – ASSIGNED TO PACIFICA SYNOD Mindy Bugaj Mary Shaima

FULL COMMUNION PARTNERS

NEW CONTRACTS WITHIN SYNOD Cindy Arndt Presbyterian Lihue, Lihue, HI 01.15.2017

CLERGY ROSTER: INVITATION TO SERVE: Dave Madsen Episcopalian The Welcome Church, El Cajon Jonathan Vincent UCC Bethany Lutheran, Norco Lili Bush Episcopalian Shepherd of the Desert, Barstow Elizabeth Williams Episcopalian Faith, Yucaipa Anne-Grethe Nielsen ELC-Demark Danish Lutheran Church, Yorba Linda

2 - 15 ANNIVERSARIES OF ROSTERED MINISTERS – 2017 WORD AND SACRAMENT MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS Theodore C. Johns 1965 25 YEARS-1992 P.E. Van Tassel 1945 William A. Norman 1965 Jeff G. Frohner Luverne C. Tengbom 1946 Charles W. Sundry 1965 Diane S. Martinson Lowell O. Larson 1948 David Kupka 1966 Deogracias P. Olivar John W. Spann 1949 Cliff A. Listug 1966 Marda-Ruth Roberts Melvin M. Kieschnick 1950 R. Joseph Ramnarine 1966 Kenneth J. Dale 1951 20 YEARS-1997 50 YEARS-1967 Charles A. Endter 1952 Charles R. Aden Donovan A. Myers 1952 William C. Bengtson Lynda L. Elmer Robert J. Wayne 1952 Philip J. Berry Solomon Hailu Gilbert C. Moore 1953 William K. Harman Darin N. Johnson Lawrence H. Roller 1953 Kenneth J. Licht Linda Salmonson Olson William Schumacher 1954 Ronald E. Shonk Laura Ziehl David Lindberg 1955 M. Laurel Gray 1956 45 YEARS-1972 10 YEARS-2007 Paul C. Oas 1956 Dale S. Burke Virginia Bishop Edward J. Volkmann 1956 Jerry A. Crawford Michael J. Hagenow Raymond Mehl 1957 H. Ivor Kraft Karla Jerpseth Halvorson Daniel Hansen 1958 John H. Moody Ashley B. Nicolls John Knudson 1958 Richard L. Rierson Amber R. Remillard Paul Larson 1958 David Babcock 1959 40 YEARS-1977 5 YEARS-2012 Stephen L. Brandt 1960 Mark C. Anderson Pongtep “Golf” Chutimapongrat Robert R. Freistedt 1960 M. Ken Anderson Richard Fry Ronald J. Lavin 1960 W. Daniel Erlenbusch Holly A. Johnson Harvey A. Anderson 1961 James C. Friedrich Kinndlee S. Lund Bruce P. Craft 1961 Elwood “Woody” Hall Leslie Mahraun Duane A. Berg 1962 Ken Puccio Richard L. Elliott 1962 William J. Snyder +++ Carl R. Witt Fred P. Fritschel 1962 WORD AND SERVICE Eugene R. Holtz 1962 E. Carl Zimmermann George S. Johnson 1962 MORE THAN 50 YEARS David D. Reynolds 1962 35 YEARS-1982 Betty Darrow 1966 Kenneth Caudill 1963 Margaret A. Duttera Carl Erickson 1963 Lawrence L. Hand 30 YEARS-1987 Donald Johnson 1963 Esaul Salomon Mary E. Stohlman Ying-Chhi Kuo 1963 Carol M. Worthing Jack Lindquist 1963 15 YEARS-2002 Albert Stott 1963 30 YEARS-1987 Shirley J. Lee David Wenger 1963 Steven K. Bieghler David Chen 1964 David R. Mattson 10 YEARS-2007 Frank Gearhart 1964 Timothy A. Philips Lynne. L. Prechel Charles Malloch 1964 Kenneth K. Severa

2 - 16 ANNIVERSARIES OF CONGREGATIONS – 2017

136 YEARS 60 YEARS Lihue, Lihue Our Redeemer, Garden Grove Ascension, San Diego 129 YEARS Grace, Riverside Eden, Riverside Hope, Riverside First, San Diego St. Andrew, Whittier Resurrection, Coronado 123 YEARS Trinity, Riverside 55 YEARS Bethlehem, Encinitas 117 YEARS Shepherd of the Desert, Barstow Lutheran Church of Honolulu Good Shepherd, Claremont King of Glory, Fountain Valley 116 YEARS Christ, Orange First, Redlands 45 YEARS 111 YEARS Tierrasanta, San Diego Emanuel Danish, Yorba Linda 35 YEARS 90 YEARS Taiwanese, San Diego First, Ontario Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Kailua Kona

70 YEARS 30 YEARS Christ, San Diego Shepherd of Life, Lake Elsinore

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CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF ORDINATION-2017

THE REV. WILLIAM C. BENGTSON was ordained on April 2, 1967 at Trinity Lutheran in the Iowa Synod, Lutheran Church in America. His ordination service, with Bishop Ray Lingwall and the Rev. Rudolph Anderson presiding, was a combined service of commissioning for World Mission Service in South America for Bengtson and his wife Sheri.

He served in Uruguay & Peru at the Division of World Missions for seven years. He then took a call to Emanuel Lutheran in Dallas, Texas as a bilingual ministry Pastor. From 1992 to 2003, he served at Our Savior’s in San Diego. From 2009-2015, he served in the capacity of volunteer pulpit supply for the Spanish ministry at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Diego.

Bengtson served on the Board of Directors for Lutheran Social Services, the Dallas Independent School District as a clergy liaison, and the president of the North Park Clergy Association.

He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from LSTC in 1991.

Bengtson considers himself a worker among God’s flock with a ministry emphasis on multi-cultural, bilingual ministry with a global vision.

THE REV. DR. PHILIP J. BERRY was ordained on June 11, 1967 at First Lutheran in St. Paul, Minnesota by the Rev. Dr. John P. Milton. Berry’s father, Lawrence J. Berry was a lay participant in the ordination service.

He served briefly in Minnesota and then served two congregations from 1967-1968 (St. Martin in Littlefield, Texas and St. Paul in Muleshoe, Texas). From 1967-1985, he served congregations in Texas, including several two-point parishes. While in Texas, he served as conference dean, worked with border ministries, developed a Hispanic ministry at Mt. Hope in El Paso, and initiated house ministries in Ciudad Juarez. In 1985, he took a call to St. Andrew’s Lutheran in San Diego and served until his retirement in 1996. Post retirement, he served as an interim as Good Shepherd of the Hills in Alpine, CA.

His ministry emphasized an all-inclusive welcome and invitation to serve in congregational outreach. He thoroughly enjoyed preaching, teaching, and reaching out.

THE REV. WILLIAM K. HARMAN was ordained on May 14, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana by Dr. Franklin Fry, Dr. Carl Braaten, and Dr. Earl Erb. He graduated seminary in 1965 and in 1967 was called by the Division for Ministry and Ecumenism of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) to teach at a seminary in Tanzania, East Africa. He says his ordination ceremony had to be held at his home synod convention while he was moving from Berkeley, California to Hartford, Connecticut for post graduate school overseas studies.

He spent ten years in overseas ministry as a missionary: three years in Tanzania as a teacher in the ELCT Seminary at Makumira; four years in Trinidad/Tobago as Caribbean Region Project Developer; and three years in Geneva, Switzerland as an executive secretary with the Lutheran World Federation. In 1982, he began his call at Bethlehem Lutheran in Encinitas where he served until his retirement in 2006.

He is the founder of the San Dieguito Interfaith Ministerial Association in Encinitas and the founder of the Jubilee Congregation Program in the Pacifica Synod.

2 - 18 He was a USA Member of the International Committee of the German Kirchentag from 1985-2007 and was the Peace Conference Coordinator, Vesper Society from 1982-1990. He has served on a number of boards including the Pacifica Synod Council, CLU, PLTS, Planned Parenthood, and San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy boards. He is currently working with Faith Leaders for Reproductive Justice in San Diego and Jubilee San Diego. He also is a chaplain for Palliative Care at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas and a teacher/ambassador at the Grauer School in Encinitas.

He has worked in the San Francisco Night Ministry-an outreach to the gay community, a counselor for Planned Parenthood, and an advocate for Reproductive Justice. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and taught Swahili in Marin City at a Black Panther center in 1970. He considers gay rights and women’s rights to be an ongoing aspect of his ministry.

Harman has been a voice for economic, racial, social, and global justice to create an inclusive church, society, and world that would communicate what a compassionate God intended in Jesus.

THE REV. KENNETH J. LICHT was ordained on June 18, 1967 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden, Iowa, LC- MS. The ordination service was a family affair with Licht’s uncle, the Rev. Arlin Maas, presiding over the installation, his uncle the Rev. Erwin Schroeder assisting, and his Grandfather, the Rev. Herman Maas who gave the blessing.

He served churches in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod for the first ten years of his ministry in Mississippi and Illinois. In 1977, he accepted a call to Tierrasanta Lutheran in San Diego, an LC-MS congregation at the time. In 1981, the congregation voted to transfer their membership from LC-MS to the American Lutheran Church (ALC), a predecessor body of the ELCA.

After retiring from Tierrasanta Lutheran in 2007, Licht served on staff for five years at the Museum of Natural History in Balboa Park. He was then invited to join the pastoral team at First United Methodist in Mission Valley as the Minister of Visitation, where he currently serves.

He has served on the National Board of Directors for the Lutheran Youth Encounter, chaired the Synod Constituting Convention Planning Task Force, served on the Pacifica Synod Council and the ELCA Region 2 Coordinating Council.

Licht has depended upon the grace of God to meet significant challenges in his ministry: integrating of an all-white congregation in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement; confronting the rigid conservatism of the Missouri Synod in central Illinois; transitioning from ministry in the LC-MS to the ALC, the ELCA, and then the United Methodist Church; growing of a mission congregation in San Diego; and the almost impossible task of securing without cost 5 ½ acres of land in Tierrasanta for a church home. He is a caring Pastor who emphasizes the Grace of God in his own life and with those to whom he is privileged to serve.

THE REV. RONALD SHONK was ordained on March 20, 1967 at Zion Lutheran Church in Indiana, PA. There were eight Roman Catholic Nuns in their traditional habits in attendance as one of them served on the staff of the Roman Catholic Campus Congregation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and invited her local Sisters. Pastor Shonk’s first call was as the Lutheran Campus Ministry Organizing Pastor at this same University.

2 - 19 Most of Shonk’s ministry has been as a Chaplain: first in a University setting, then in hospital, hospice, HIV/AIDS Care, and Long Term Care settings (from which he retired). Interspersed were blessed calls to two congregational gems: First Lutheran in Palo Alto and First Lutheran in San Diego.

Along the way, he helped to organize and serve “Center for the Study of Non-Violence” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, “Ministry for Well-Being” in the San Francisco Bay Area, and “Open Door Ministries” within the Northwest Washington Synod.

He now lives in the Palm Springs desert and has been led to dedicate his remaining years to teaching and encouraging the practice of meditation to as many individuals and congregations as may be led to his work, and to facilitate effective connection to the healing power of divine Love for physical, emotional, relational, and global transformation. And he says “I can still preach an occasional good sermon!”

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CELEBRATING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ORDINATION-2017

THE REV. JEFFREY G. FROHNER was ordained May 31, 1992 at Trinity Lutheran in Victorville, CA by Bishop Bob Miller. His first call was to Trinity Lutheran Church in Santa Barbara, CA as associate pastor. He then served for eight and a half years at Silverdale Lutheran in Silverdale, Washington. In 2003, he accepted the call to Our Savior’s Lutheran in San Clemente where he continues to serve.

Frohner was a three year participant in the Pastor Theologian program at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the Louisville Institute Pastoral Study grant and Christian Seminary Pastoral Renewal grant. For six years, he served as the dean of the Saddleback Conference. He has been a board member for Lutheran Schools Southern California and Hawaii.

He currently serves on the Warner Trust and Matthew 25 selection committee.

Frohner says he is “an average pastor by the grace of God called to share the love and mercy of Christ.”

THE REV. DIANE S. MARTINSON was ordained August 23, 1992. The ordination service, officiated by Bishop Sherman G. Hicks, took place in the Metropolitan Chicago Synod with four other people in the synodical ordination service (including Pastor Marda-Ruth Roberts).

Martinson attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City with an internship at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx. Her “Lutheran year” was completed as a Master of Theology (ThM) in World Missions at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. After her ordination in 1992, she served St. Paul’s Lutheran in Wheaton, IL, Holy Trinity in Littleton, CO, and St. Paul’s in Denver, CO. For the last 16 years, her call has been in Hawaii. She served as Spiritual Care Coordinator at Kauai Hospice in Lihue and a teacher and chaplain at the Iolani School in Honolulu. Since 2013, she has been serving at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Honolulu.

The three theological lenses which have informed her ministry are justification by grace through faith alone/faith active in love/ecumenism. She is committed to social justice, lives with hope as a follower of Jesus, and will tell you that she likes to laugh!

2 - 20 THE REV. MARDA-RUTH FROSCH ROBERTS was ordained August 23, 1992. The ordination service, officiated by Bishop Sherman G. Hicks, took place in the Metropolitan Chicago Synod with four other people in the synodical ordination service (including Pastor Diane Martinson).

Roberts was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela and learned both English and Spanish as a child. She graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana with a double major (Spanish & Chemistry) and received her M.A. in Spanish in 1967 from the University of Arizona. She taught Spanish at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. In 1988, she answered the call to ordained ministry and entered the Lutheran School for Theology in Chicago.

After ordination, she served All Saints Lutheran in Palatine, IL. In 1996, she came to the Pacifica Synod, having received a call to Trinity in Hemet. Later, while on leave from call, she held several interim positions, first at Lord of Life in Moreno Valley, then at several Hispanic congregations within the Pacifica Synod, including Iglesia Luterana Clairemont and Santa Maria del Mar in San Diego, Iglesia Lutherana at St. Andrew, Whittier and Salem, Whitter. In 2005, she began her ministry as Pastor Developer of Iglesia Luterana Nueva Esperanza in Hemet.

Roberts served on the Pacifica Synod Council, was secretary of the Hispanic Ministry Team, and a board member of Valley Lutheran Retirement Community in Hemet.

She considers it a privilege to serve where she is sent as a faithful servant of the Lord; she has loved the people she served and was blessed by them in return.

In 1990 during El Salvador’s Civil War, Roberts was privileged to be part of a delegation from the Metropolitan Chicago Synod led by Bishop Hicks to visit El Salvador and Nicaragua. They met with Bishop Gomez in El Salvador and walked alongside these fellow Christians as they shared their stories of faith. They also visited Nicaragua and listened to the stories told by these people. She notes that “It’s an understatement to say this had a profound effect on my ministry.”

THE REV. DEOGRACIAS “JOGY” P. OLIVAR was ordained on June 7, 1992 by Bishop Benjamin Lasegan at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manila, Philippines. He served Trinity as part of the Lutheran Church in the Philippines from 1992-2001. During that time, he was the president of the South Luzon District of the Lutheran Church in the Philippines. In 2001, he became a missionary from the Philippines to develop the first Filipino Lutheran Church in the ELCA, sharing space with Hope Lutheran in San Diego. In 2010, he began serving as pastor of the now combined Filipino and Hope Lutheran Church. He also currently serves as a chaplain at Apreva Hospice is San Diego.

Olivar is approachable, compassionate, and a friend to everyone he meets.

2 - 21 NECROLOGY

MS. LAVONNE STIEF July 2, 1922 – June 25, 2016

THE REV. DR. STANLEY N. CALIFF July 24, 1931 – July 2, 2016

THE REV. ROY BLUMHORST October 1, 1932 – July 29, 2016

THE REV. AUDREY B. FOLEY June 14, 1918 – October 9, 2016

THE REV. LARRY A GARDNER August 24, 1929 – October 10, 2016

THE REV. EDWARD C. ESKILDSEN July 5, 1927 – November 26, 2016

THE REV. LARRY A. KOGER November 2, 1960 – December 12, 2016

THE REV. ROBERT L. MILLER June 24, 1933 – January 28, 2017

THE REV. DICK L. WRIGHT June 1, 1939 – February 23, 2017

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