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Synod Staff
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Bishop
Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe
Email: wohlrabe@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Call Process, Candidacy, Congregational Conflict, Ministry
in Daily Life, Missions/Global Mission & Ecumenism, Planned Giving, Rural Life Issues,
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Assistant
to the Bishop
Pr. Steve Peterson
Email:
speterso@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Focus on new and renewing ministries, including
stewardship (shared staff with the ELCA churchwide), new
congregation/ministry development, redevelopment/transformation of
existing congregations/ministries, multi-cultural outreach, Healthy
Congregations training, conflict/reconciliation ministries (including
Bridge Builders), church in society (including LSS of MN and Lutheran
Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota), and ecumenical relationships
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Assistant
to the Bishop
Pr. Laurie Natwick
Email:
natwick@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Focus on servant leaders for a missional
church, including discernment of gifts for ministry, the candidacy
process (including Theological Education for Emerging Ministries or
TEEM), the call process, campus ministries, relationships with colleges
of the ELCA, Synodically Authorized Ministries (SAMs), support and
lifelong learning for rostered leaders/spouses, professional ethics in
ministry (including discipline processes, with the bishop), and women’s
ministries (including WELCA).
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Director for Evangelical Mission
Keith Zeh
Email:
kzeh@cord.edu
Keith.Zeh@elca.org Responsible for providing leadership as an integrated
member of the synod staff team; engaging with local communities;
knitting together missional relationships that serve new and renewed
evangelizing congregations; and providing leadership for implementation
of Evangelical Mission plans and strategies in the Northwestern
Minnesota Synod including the development of a missional organizational
structure for the synod.
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Charitable Gift Planner, Lutheran Planned Giving of Western
Minnesota
Bill Elmstrom
elmstrom@wat.midco.net
Areas of Responsibility:
Working with congregations, Bible camps as well as the NWMN Synod in all
forms of planned giving. This would include helping to create endowment
funds and facilitate gifts for them through educational workshops and
personal donor visits. Bill feels his work with donors is an
important part of life-long stewardship. He can help transfer stock or
real estate to provide a cash gift or to fund various life income
agreements. His knowledge of charitable tax legislation will also help
these gifts do more good and provide the best possible tax deductions.
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Secretary
to the Bishop/Administrator 148A
Shirleen Wyland
Email: wyland@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Support staff to Bishop, Synod Call Committee
office coordinator, 148A Compliance Administrator, Coordinate interim
ministry and pulpit supply list, Transfers/Reports of
ordination/Installations/Certificates of Ordination, ELCA "Lists"
notebook. Annual Reports to the Bishop/clergy ID cards, Files on
congregations and pastors. Volunteer Coordinator Synod
Assembly
Maintain roster/ congregations/committee databases. Roster report to the
Office of the Secretary |
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Office
Coordinator/Assembly Manager/Secretary to the Assistants
Marsha Hendrickson
Email: mhendric@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Office manager, Synod Assembly Manager, record keeping, Candidacy
Committee support staff,
support to GIFTS Program.
Statistician |
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Bookkeeper/Event
Registrar
Robert Larson
Email:
rlarson@cord.edu
Areas of responsibility: Accounts
payable, receivable and other areas of synod finance; Assembly/event
registrar.
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Secretary to the Director for Evangelical Mission
Cheryl Zeh
Email:
czeh@cord.edu
Areas of responsibility:
Assistant to Keith Zeh, part-time receptionist for synod office.
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