{"id":4806,"date":"2016-02-10T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:27:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:27:48","slug":"sarpiya-and-wiltschek-top-ac2016-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2016\/sarpiya-and-wiltschek-top-ac2016-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarpiya and Wiltschek Top Annual Conference Ballot for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photos by Glenn Riegel<\/small>
Samuel Sarpiya (left) and Walt Wiltschek (right) are on the ballot for the 2016 Annual Conference as nominees for the position of moderator-elect.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Conference Office has released the ballot that will be presented to the delegate body at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren this summer. Topping the ballot are two nominees for Annual Conference moderator-elect: Samuel Sarpiya and Walt Wiltschek. Other offices to be filled by election of the delegate body are positions on the Program and Arrangements Committee, Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, Mission and Ministry Board, Bethany Seminary board of trustees, Brethren Benefit Trust board, and On Earth Peace board.<\/p>\n

On the ballot for the position of moderator-elect<\/strong> are Samuel Kefas Sarpiya<\/strong> of Rockford, Ill., an ordained minister, pastor, and church planter in Illinois and Wisconsin District who has been active in local peacemaking efforts; and Walt Wiltschek<\/strong> of Broadway, Va., an ordained minister, writer, and editor, who has served in campus ministry at Manchester University and is a past editor of \u201cMessenger\u201d magazine.<\/p>\n

Following are nominees for other positions to be filled by election in 2016, listed by position:<\/span><\/p>\n

Program and Arrangements Committee<\/strong>
\nEmily Shonk Edwards of Nellysford, Va., and Staunton (Va.) Church of the Brethren
\nJohn Shafer of Oakton, Va., and Oakton Church of the Brethren.<\/p>\n

Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee<\/strong>
\nRaymond Flagg of Lebanon, Pa., and Annville (Pa.) Church of the Brethren
\nElsie Holderread of McPherson, Kan., and McPherson Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Mission and Ministry Board
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Area 3:<\/strong>
\nMarcus Harden of Gotha, Fla., and Miami (Fla.) First Church of the Brethren
\nJohn Mueller of Fleming Island, Fla., and Jacksonville (Fla.) Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Area 4:<\/strong>
\nKatie Carlin of Monument, N.M., and Clovis (N.M.) Church of the Brethren
\nLuci Landes of Kansas City, Mo., and Messiah Church of the Brethren in Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Area 5:<\/strong>
\nThomas Dowdy of Long Beach, Calif., and Imperial Heights Church of the Brethren in Los Angeles, Calif.
\nMark Ray of Covington, Wash., and Covington Community Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Bethany Theological Seminary
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Representing the laity:<\/strong>
\nMiller Davis (incumbent) of Westminster, Md., and Westminster Church of the Brethren
\nRobert C. Johansen of Granger, Ind., and Crest Manor Church of the Brethren in South Bend, Ind.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Representing the colleges:<\/strong>
\nMark A. Clapper of Elizabethtown, Pa., and Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren
\nBruce W. Clary of McPherson, Kan., and McPherson Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Brethren Benefit Trust board<\/strong>
\nKatherine Allen Haff of North Manchester, Ind., and Manchester Church of the Brethren
\nDavid L. Shissler of Hummelstown, Pa., and Hershey (Pa.) Spring Creek Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

On Earth Peace board\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBeverly Sayers Eikenberry of North Manchester, Ind., and Manchester Church of the Brethren
\nMary Kay Snider Turner of Gettysburg, Pa., and Gettysburg\/Marsh Creek Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

For more information about the 2016 Annual Conference to take place June 29-July 3 in Greensboro, N.C., go to www.brethren.org\/ac<\/a> .<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Conference Office has released the ballot that will be presented to the delegate body at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren this summer. Topping the ballot are two nominees for Annual Conference moderator-elect: Samuel Sarpiya and Walt Wiltschek. Other offices to be filled by election of the delegate body are positions on the Program and Arrangements Committee, Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, Mission and Ministry Board, Bethany Seminary board of trustees, Brethren Benefit Trust board, and On Earth Peace board. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1258],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-4806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-conference"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4808,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions\/4808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4806"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}