Church Leadership 2004

List of Past Moderators of the Church Church Staff

Community United Church of Christ was currently governed by a Church Council which consists of officers of the church and chairpersons of various committees.

This will change in 2005 because the Congregation voted on a new interim governing structure on November 14, 2004.
Below is the composition of the Council and Committees for 2004.

Members of Church Council

Officers

Moderator - Ruth Gilbert
Clerk - David Willcox
Financial Secretary - James Tarr
Assistant Financial secretary - Mary Ellen Schroeder
Treasurer - Roger Wade
Assistant Treasurer - Christine Mahon
Members at Large (3 year terms)
- Peggy Wade (until Jan 2005)
- John Due (through August 2004)
- Curtis Wilson (until Jan 2007)

Committee Chairs

Deacons - Priscilla Hammons
Religious Education - Tom Watembach
Budget & Finance - Richard Schnuer and Robert Scaggs
Program & Mission - David Gerstenecker
Stewardship - Emily Rogers
Fellowship -
Buildings & Grounds - Scott Bush and Russ Peppers
Women's Fellowship - Jean Creswell

Committee Members

* indicates the chair of the committee or group

Diaconate

until January 2005
Jean Nanney
Olive Garrigus
(Upson Garrigus - deceased)
Iris Swanson
Rebecca Hanson
Dale Stocker

until January 2006
Barbara Bell
JoAnn Fley
Elaine Peppers
Jean Creswell

until January 2007
Tom Ward
John Bandy
Priscilla Hammons*
Edie Knippel
Caryl & Kent Henkel

Religious Education

until January 2005
Ronald Szoke
Donna Offenbecher

until January 2006
Tom Watembach*
Ellen Kordik
Mary Anderson
Tracy Heilman
Emiliy Rogers

Program & Mission

until January 2005
Jean Due
Elizabeth Rogers
David Gerstenecker*

until January 2006
Renie Miles
(Brett Martin - deceased)

Stewardship

until January 2005
Ken Gilbert
Emily Rogers*
Victoria Robertson

until January 2006
Clare Rahm
David Nanney

Budget & Finance

until January 2005
Christine Mahon
Richard Schnuer*
Tony Oligney-Estill

until January 2006
Robert Scaggs
Robert Rahm
Jason Bell

Buildings & Grounds

until January 2005
Scott Bush*
Jack Paxton (Jul-Dec)
Robert Rahm
Roger Wade

until January 2006
Brian Duffield
Russel Peppers
Rick Langendorf
Michael Trout

Fellowship

until January 2005
Dolores Shumway

until January 2006
Sally Paxton (Jul-Dec)
Denise Oligney-Estill
Becky Duffield

United Church Foundation - Campus Ministry Liaison

until January 2005
Kevin Rockmann - through June 2004; replaced by Jodie Steggerda

Nominating Committee

Members during 2004
Janice Wilson, Member at Large
Peggy Wade, Member at Large
Dale Stocker, Rep. from Deacons
David Gerstenecker, Rep. from Program & Mission
Michael Mulberry, Pastor

Other Committees and Adhoc Groups

Music Committee (under Diaconate)

Caryl Henkel
Iris Swanson
Deb Townsend*

150th Anniversary

Olive Garrigus
Becky Hanson
Edie Knippel
Susan Schnuer
Martha Seif
Dee Shumway
Iris Swanson
Curt Wilson
Peggy Wade*

Liason with Covenant Fellowship Church

Ken Gilbert

Nursing Home Ministry

Jean Nanney, Licensed Lay Minister

Health & Wellness

Linda Morgan*, Parish Nurse
Janice Wilson
Ruth Fisher
Becky Hanson
Jean Creswell
Marianna Janssen
Michael Mulberry, Pastor

Liason with Church Women United

Janice Wilson

Liason with Sunrise Cluster Women

Janice Wilson

Communiweb - adhoc group

Regular Members
Donald Barnhart - photo-gallery page
Tei Barnhart - digital photographer
Scott Bush - buildings & grounds page
Lanie Dickel* - current (& past) events, history, 150th anniversary, communiweb-group pages
Charles Gammie
David Gerstenecker - web master
Richard Langendorf - graphic designer
Terri Pepper - staff page (leaves in June 04)
Kevin Rockmann (leaves in August 04)
David Schowalter - campus ministry pages - to be replaced by
Susan Requa in September 04
Deborah Townsend
Tom Ward - youths page
Tom Watembach - religious education pages

Associate Members - help maintain webpages

Jean Creswell - input to women's fellowship page
Cindy Dodd, Office Manager - communigram onto web
Ruth Gilbert, Moderator - liason to Church Council re web policy issues
Linda Morgan, Parish Nurse - health & wellness pages
Michael Mulberry, Pastor - pastor's corner on web
David Willcox - music pages

Women's Fellowship

Jean Creswell*
Becky Hanson
Diane Carothers
Caryl Henkel
Janice Wilson - coordinator for soup for Times Center
Sally Paxton
Frances Kurtz
Olive Garrigus - (was coordinator for Meals on Wheels, - need new coordinator)

Men's Fellowship

Richard Schnuer
Tom Watembach*

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