Great Plains delegation to General Conference

Elected June 2016 – Clergy appointments updated July 2018

Clergy members elected to the General Conference were:

• Rev. Adam Hamilton, United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas • Rev. Amy Lippoldt, Basehor United Methodist Church, Basehor, Kansas • Rev. Mark Holland, Sabbatical, Kansas City, Kansas • Rev. Zach Anderson, Goodland First United Methodist Church, Goodland, Kansas • Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell, United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas • Rev. David Livingston, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lenexa, Kansas

Clergy members elected to the Jurisdictional Conference were:

• Junius Dotson, General Secretary, General Board of Discipleship, Nashville, Tennessee • Eduardo Boussan, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska • Stephanie Ahlschwede, South Gate United Methodist Church, Lincoln, Nebraska • Nathan Stanton, Great Plains Director of Connectional Ministries, Wichita, Kansas • Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson, Wichita Calvary United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas • Kibum Kim, Wichita Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas

Clergy delegates voted to serve as alternates were:

• Rebecca Hjelle, Elkhorn Hills United Methodist Church, Elkhorn, Nebraska • Anne Gatobu, District Superintendent Kansas City District, Kansas City, Kansas • Rick Just, Wichita Asbury United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas

The lay delegates elected to the General Conference were:

• Courtney Fowler, College Avenue United Methodist Church, Manhattan, Kansas • Oliver Green, Asbury Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, Topeka, Kansas • Shayla Jordan, Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas • Dixie Brewster, Milton United Methodist Church, Milton, Kansas • Lisa Maupin, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Lincoln, Nebraska • Wesley Gately, First United Methodist Church, Wamego, Kansas

Lay delegates elected to the Jurisdictional Conference were:

• Keith Olsen, of Grant United Methodist Church in Grant, Nebraska • Randall Hodgskinson, First United Methodist, Topeka, Kansas • Esther Hay, First United Methodist Church, Waverly, Nebraska. • Karelle Leeper,Clair Memorial United Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebraska (RESIGNED) • Bob Aderholt, Kenesaw United Methodist Church, Kenesaw, Nebraska • Sandy Simmons, First United Methodist Church, Leavenworth, Kansas

Lay delegates voted to serve as alternates were:

• Carl Nord, Mulvane United Methodist Church, Mulvane, Kansas • Steve Baccus, First United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Kansas • Shane Hinderliter, At the Well United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas