RESOLUTIONS AND ELECTIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL SYNOD OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH NORTHERN PROVINCE 2014 Moravian College Bethlehem, Pennsylvania June 19-23,2014 Table of Contents Officers and Delegates ..................................................................................................................... 1 Synod Committees ........................................................................................................................... 6 Elections ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Resolutions adopted by the 2014 Provincial Synod ...................................................................... 10 Committee on Ministry to, with, and by Adults and Older Adults ................................................ 10 Care and Nurture ofClergy ............................................................................................................ 12 Church and Society ........................................................................................................................ 18 Finance ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Healthy Congregations ................................................................................................................... 34 Identity, Purpose, and Organization .............................................................................................. .41 Lay Leadership Developn1ent ........................................................................................................ 48 Local and Global Missions ............................................................................................................ 50 Relationships with Others .............................................................................................................. 56 Spiritual Formation ........................................................................................................................ 60 Stewardship .................................................................................................................................... 64 Ministry to, with, and by Youth and Young Adults ...................................................................... 70 Ad Hoc Committee of Thankfulness ............................................................................................. 74 Resolutions Defeated ..................................................................................................................... 78 Resolutions Postponed Indefinitely ............................................................................................... 79 Index .............................................................................................................................................. 81 OFFICERS AND DELEGATES Synod Officers Chair Richard E. Santee, Jr. Vice-Chair Graham Kerslake Secretary Jill Westbrook Assistant Secretary Marie Couts Parliamentarian Gary L. Harke I. Voting Delegates by Virtue of Office (see Book of Order ~1 08.2) A. Ordained ministers of the Moravian Church-Northern Province serving under call, appointment, in specialized ministry, or released for other service: 1. Jason Andersen, West Salem, IL- West Salern!WDEB 2. William Andrews, Upper Marlboro, MD- St. Paul's 3. Richard Beck, Calgary, AB- Good Shepherd 4. Wendy Beck, Calgary, AB- Good Shepherd 5. Darryl Bell, Lewis Center, OH The Promise 6. David Bennett, Bethlehem, PA- PEC/EDEB 7. Barbara Berg, Watertown, WI - Watertown 8. Jennika Borger, Palmerton, PA- Moravian College 9. Marian Boyle, Green Bay, WI West Side 10. Mark Breland, Lititz, PA -Lititz 11. Richard Bruckart, Riverside, NJ- First (Riverside) 12. C. Hopeton Clennon, Bethlehem, PA Central 13. Jeffrey Coppage, York, PA- Covenant 14. M. Blair Couch, Allentown, PA- Calvary 15. Rebecca Craver, Edmonton, AB- Edmonton 16. M. Lynette Delbridge- Staten Island, NY- Castleton Hill 17. Brian Dixon Victoria, MN - Lake Auburn 18. Otto Dreydoppel, Jr., Nazareth, PA- Specialized Ministry 19. Dean Easton, Lancaster, PA- Lancaster 20. Michael Eder, Chaska, MN- Chaska 21. Eileen Edwards, Sherwood Park, AB Good News/Common Ground!BECD 22. Ian Edwards, Sherwood Park, AB- Good News/Common Ground 23. Wellesley Ferguson, Staten Island, NY - F ellowshipN anderbilt Ave. 24. Terry Folk, Nazareth, PA- Schoeneck 25. Lance Fox, Coopersburg, PA MorningStar 26. Derek French, Helleiiown, P A -East Hills 27. Judith Ganz, Bethlehem, P A Board of World Mission 28. Jane Gebler, Watertown, WI- Ebenezer 29. Jeffrey Gehris, Nazareth, PA- Nazareth 30. Cynthia Rader Geyer, Bethlehem, PA- Eastern District Staff 31. David Geyer, Bethlehem, PA- College Hill 32. J. Christian Giesler, Bethlehem, PA- Edgeboro 33. Matthew Gillard, Edmonton, AB- Heimtal 34. David Glasser, St. Michael, MN- Safe Harbor (emerging ministry) 35. Stephen Gohdes, Calgary, AB- Christ 36. Amy Gohdes-Luhrnan, Waconia, MN- Waconia 37. Lloyd Gooden, Lebanon, PA- Lebanon 38. Laura Gordon, Bethlehem, PA -Advent 39. Charles Harewood, Jamaica, NY- First (NY) 40. Keith Harke, Bethlehem, PA- West Side 41. Jodie Harney, Bethlehem, PA- Mountainview 42. Kevin Henning, Emmaus, PA- Emmaus 43. James Hicks, Green Bay, WI- PEC/WDEB 44. Trina Holmberg, Unionville, MI- Unionville 45. Patricia Honszer, Easton, PA First (Easton) 46. Vicki Jens-Page, Banning, CA Morongo 4 7. Christine Johnson, Gnadenhutten, OH- Fry's Valley 48. Darrell Johnson, Gnadenhutten, OH- John Heckewelder/EDEB 1 49. Melissa Johnson, Nazareth, PA- Palmer Township 50. Michael Johnson, Brooklyn, NY- John Hus/EDEB 51. Franklin Jones, Rochester, MN- Berea 52. Dean Jurgen, Lititz, PA- Lititz 53. Andrew Kilps- Cinnaminson, NJ- Palmyra 54. Matthew Knapp, Sturgeon Bay, WI- Sturgeon Bay 55. Sue Koenig, Thurmont, MD- Graceham 56. Kerry Krauss, Sister Bay, WI- Sister Bay 57. Reid Lauderman, Leonard, ND- Bethel/Goshen 58. Kurt Liebenow, DeForest, WI- Christian Faith 59. Staci Marrese-Wheeler, McFarland, WI- Lakeview 60. Gary Marsh, Bethlehem, P A - Director of Stewardship 61. Andrew Meckstroth, Staten Island, NY - Castleton Hill 62. Christie Melby-Gibbons, Downey, CA- Downey 63. Elizabeth Miller, Bethlehem, PA PEC 64. Jennifer Moran, Maple Grove, MN- Christ's Community 65. Bruce Nelson, Lake Mills, WI- Lake Mills/WDEB 66. Jay Petrella, Dublin, OH- Church of the Redeemer 67. Mary Lou Plummer, Wisconsin Rapids, WI- Wisconsin Rapids 68. Tracy Pryor, New Philadelphia, OH- Schoenbrunn 69. Eric Renner, Hawley, MN- Shepherd of the Prairie 70. Janel Rice, Bethlehem, PA Central 71. William Rinderknecht, Dennison, OH- First (Uhrichsvile) 72. Tannnie Rinker, Lanham, MD - Trinity 73. Rhonda Robinson, Bethlehem, PA- Esperanza for Bethlehem (emerging ministry) 74. Tracy Robinson, Bethlehem, PA- Esperanza for Bethlehem (emerging ministry) 75. Dorothy Rohn-Habhegger, Davenport, ND Canaan 76. Gregg Schafer, Newfoundland, PA- Newfoundland/Canadensis 77. Rebecca Sisley, New Philadelphia, OH- Sharon 78. David Sobek, Altura, MN- Our Savior's 79. Richard Thierolf, Lititz, P A - Specialized Ministry 80. Duane Ullrich, Staten Island, NY- New Dorp 81. Katie VanDer Linden, Madison, WI -Glenwood 82. Jeffrey Van Orden, Hope, IN- Hope 83. Joshua Viste, Edmonton, AB- Millwoods 84. Dawn Volpe, Ephraim, WI Ephraim 85. John Wallace, Dover, OH- First (Dover) 86. Bruce Weaknecht, Egg Harbor City, NJ- Egg Harbor 87. Margaret W ellert, Staten Island, NY Great Kills B. Other persons (ordained and lay) in pastoral service under appointment by a District Executive Board: 88. Lillette George, Union, NJ Battle Hill 89. Earl Goulbourne, Springfield Gardens, NY- Grace 90. James Lavoy, Allentown, PA- Calvary 91. Nigel Powell, Brooklyn, NY - United 92. Ronald Rice, Lititz, PA- Reading 93. F. Rowan Simmons, Toronto, ON- New Dawn 94. Christine Stack, Stevens Point, WI- Kellner/Rudolph 95. Gary Straughan, Green Bay, WI- Daggett 96. Wanda Veldman, Pittsville, WI- Veedum 97. Bevon White, Silver Spring, MD- Faith C. Bishops of the Northern Province (not included in A above): 98. Paul A. Graf, Sturgeon Bay, WI 99. Douglas H. Kleintop, Easton, PA 100. James C. Hughes, Downingtown, PA 101. Kay Ward, Rudolph, WI 2 D. Lay members of the Provincial Elders' Conference and District Executive Boards: 102. JeffBrandt, Green Bay, WI- WDEB 103. Nancy Chandler, Columbus, IN- WDEB 104. Susan Dreydoppel, Nazareth, PA- EDEB 105. Cindy Fahney, Jefferson, WI- WDEB 106. Wilton Grannum, Brooklyn, NY- PEC 107. Peg Greiner, Lititz, PA- EDEB 108. Blonde I Jones-Grant, Bronx, NY- EDEB 109. Judy Kaaua, Victoria, MN - PEC 110. Bruce Loppnow, St. Charles, MN- WDEB 111. Jackie Pasquinelli, New Philadelphia, OH- EDEB 112. Bryan Peacock, Edmonton, AB PEC/BECD 113. Marion Perrin, Edmonton, AB - BECD 114. Brandon Salyzyn, Ft. Saskatchewan, AB- BECD 115. Doug Thompson, Edmonton, AB BECD 116. Ralph Wanamaker, Jr., Bethlehem, PA- EDEB 117. Jill Westbrook, New Philadelphia, OH- PEC 118. Richard Winans, Palmyra, NJ- EDEB 119. Thomas Zimmer, Unionville, MI- PEC E. Other ex officio voting delegates: 120. Christina Giesler, Bethlehem, FA-Provincial Controller 121. Graham Kerslake, Radium Hot Springs, BC - Synod Officer 122. Richard Santee, Bethlehem, PA- Chancellor/Synod Officer 123. Jan Harke, Bethlehem, PA- Provincial Women's Board II. Voting Delegates by Virtue of Election (see The Book of Order ,108.b) A. Lay representatives selected by congregations 124. Marie Abbuhl, Tuscarawas, OH- Sharon 125. Charles Achenbach,