Rocky Mountain Conference - Conference Committees

Conference Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (BOD) represents the Conference as a whole. They are charged with making decisions for the good of the whole Conference. Their primary responsibility is achievement of the mission and overall outcomes selected by the Conference. The BOD is empowered to create the structure needed to accomplish the mission and to change the structure as conditions or resources change.

Board of Directors (12 members)

Moderator	MD	Rev. Peter Terpenning	12	Community UCC, Boulder, CO
Vice Moderator	WE	Bill Dodge	12	First Congregational, UCC, Silverton
Secretary	N/A	Rev. Tom Rehling		RM Conference Minister
Treasurer	NE	John Rostykus	12	First Congregational UCC, Longmont, CO
Finance	WE	Roger Coman	11	Hillcrest Cong. UCC, Montrose, CO
Personnel	MD	Rev. Dan Geslin	11	Sixth Avenue UCC, Denver
Youth	MD	Molly Beer	11		Park Hill UCC, Denver

Association Representatives (3 year terms)

MD	Corbin Tobey Davis	13	First Plymouth, Englewood, CO
NE	Melissa Larsen	12	Christ Cong. UCC, Ft. Morgan, CO
SE	Dick Foster	11	Broadmoor Comm. UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
UT	Bev Larsen	13	Community UCC, Provo UT
WE	Jan Rogers	11	First Cong. UCC, Craig, CO
WY	Lori Lengel	13	Congregational UCC, Douglas, WY

Clergy - Parish Ministry Team

The Clergy-Parish Ministry Team (formerly the Ministry Committee) meets 2 to 4 times a year, with up to two members from each association (maximum of 12 people). It supports the Association Ministry Committees within the conference and seeks to develop ways to strengthen pastors, churches, pastor parish relations, and clergy in other than church settings. This will include, but not be limited to: boundary training, Manual on Ministry training, abuse prevention training, and response team training; helping to define pastor and parish expectations and obligations to each other; developing clergy compensation guidelines; and organizing and/or sponsoring clergy retreats. The emphasis of the team will be proactive (to help avoid problems) rather than reactive (to help resolve problems).
Read the 2009 Annual Report.

Chair	WY	Rev. Carol White	11*	Comm. UCC, Pinedale, WY
	MD	Rev. Julie Parmenter	12*	Community UCC, Boulder, CO (completing former term)
	MD	Rev. Jason Hays	12	First Congregational, Boulder, CO
	NE	Ed Sauer	11*	First Cong. UCC, Loveland, CO
	NE	Dan Schleter	12*	St. John's UCC, Greeley, CO
	SE	Rev. David Shaw	11*	Church in the Wildwood, Green Mtn. Falls, CO
	SE	Donna Bristow	11	Vista Grande Comm. UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
	UT	open
	UT	open
	WE	Rev. Cynthia Chertos	11	First Cong. UCC, Silverton, CO
	WE	Rev. Deb Smith	11	Hillcrest Cong. UCC, Montrose, CO
	WY	Open

Faith Nurturing Ministries Team

The Faith Nurturing Ministries Team (Faith CREW) meets 3 times a year. This team proposes, develops, oversees and evaluates programs designed to provide faith nurture for persons of all ages, year round, conference wide. This includes camps, retreats, education and workshops. Faith CREW determines program and registration policies, program leadership recruitment, training and support and promotion of events among the churches.
Read the 2008-2009 Annual Report.

Chair	NE	Rev. Greg Larsen	12*	Christ Cong. UCC, Ft. Morgan, CO
	MD	Rev. Karin Kilpatric	12*	First United Church, Arvada, CO
	MD	Walt Loftstrom, C. M.	11	Parkview UCC, Aurora, CO
	NE	Katie Carlson	12	Faith UCC, Windsor, CO
	SE	Lori Gardner	11	Vista Grande Community UCC, Colorado Spgs, CO
	UT	Barb Cherrington	12	Holladay UCC
	WE	Rev. Brenda Brown	11	Gunnison Cong. UCC, Gunnison, CO
	WE	open
	WY	Rev. Joe Bair	12	Congregational UCC, Douglas, WY
Y,Adult	MD	Heather Haginduff	12	First Congregational, Boulder, CO
Youth	NE	Gavin Lucas	12	Faith United UCC, Windsor
ONA		Malcolm Himschoot Mark Lee		Washington Park UCC, Denver Plymouth Congregational, Ft. Collins

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee develops and oversees the operating budget of the Conference. The committee meets 4 to 6 times per year, with the help and guidance of the Treasurer, to monitor the Conference's financial circumstances and to make recommendations to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors regarding financial decisions. The Finance Committee reviews Conference financial policies and makes appropriate recommendations through the Executive Committee. The Finance Committee works in cooperation with the Stewardship Committee to encourage generous giving on behalf of members and churches of the Conference, as well as responsible use of those gifts.
Read the 2009 Annual Report.

Chair	WE	Roger Coman	11*	Hillcrest Cong. UCC, Montrose, CO
Treasurer	NE	John Rostykus	12	First Cong. UCC., Longmont, CO
	MD	Matt Huntington	11*	Parkview Cong. UCC, Aurora, CO
	SE	open
	NE	open
		Rev. Tom Rehling		RM Conference Minister

Global Partners

Global Partners is a partnership between the Rocky Mountain Conference United Church of Christ (UCC), the Rocky Mountain Disciples of Christ (DOC) and the Evangelical United Pentecostal Church of Venezuela (UEPV). As far as we know, we are the only Partnership through Common Global Ministries wherein the UCC and DOC work together with a third partner. Together we represent about 200 churches in western Venezuela, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

Read the 2009 Annual Report

Chair - Rev. Tim Bobbitt (DOC)
Rev. Jo McCall Williams (DOC)
Rev. Stuart Haskins - Treasurer (UCC)

Kat Haskins - Secretary (UCC)
Merv and Danni Bangert (UCC)
Alice SIlver (UCC)
Diane Sealand (UCC)

Growth Ministry Team

The Growth Ministry Team (formerly Church Development and Renewal Committee) meets 3 times a year and has at least 1 member from each association. The team focuses primarily in two directions - evangelism (also referred to as church growth) and new church starts. The team proposes, oversees and evaluates programs and procedures for developing new congregations, which includes: new church leadership and site selection; and strengthening and renewing existing congregations, which includes evangelism training.

Chair	NE	Rev. Sara Weatherman	11*	First Cong. UCC, Longmont, CO
	MD	Rev. Mark Sirnic	11*	Kirk of Bonnie Brae, Denver
	MD	Rev. Tom Hall	12	Salem UCC, Denver
	NE	Fred Koch	11*	First Cong. UCC, Loveland
	SE	Rev. Kim Schwartz	12*	Vista Grande Comm. UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
	SE	Gerry Venard	12	Congregational UCC, Buena Vista
	UT	Rev Russell Baker	11	Retired
	UT	Rev. Kirk Thomas	11	Kingsbury Comm. UCC, Vernal, UT
	WE	Rev. Pat C. Whiting	11	Union Cong. UCC, Nucla, CO
	WE	Rev. Karen Winkel	12	Hillcrest UCC, Montrose
	WY	Open
	WY	Open

Justice and Peace Ministry Team

The Justice and Peace Ministry Team (formerly the Peace and Justice Task Force), is a new ministry team of the Rocky Mountain Conference. The team will meet 4 to 6 times each year, with up to 2 members from each association and 2 at-large members. Members have a passion for peace and justice work. The team will work with local church social justice groups, ecumenical and community groups in our 3-state region and with the national offices. Read the 2009 Annual Report

J&P Web page

Chair	MD	Melinda Campbell	11	Washington Park UCC, Denver, CO
	MD	Nancy Rosas	12	Washington Park UCC, Denver, CO
	NE	Phil Lucas	12	Faith United, Windsor
	NE	Ron Heil	11	First Cong. UCC, Greeley, CO
	SE	Doug Gale	12*	First Cong. UCC, Pueblo, CO
	SE	open	11
	UT	Russell Baker
	UT	Open
	WE	Rev. Bob Woods	12	First Cong. UCC, Craig
	WE	Rev. Elizabeth Vincent	12	Collbran Cong. UCC, Collbran
	WY	Rev. Dee Lundberg	10	First Cong. UCC, Casper, WY

At Large	MD	Anne Cain	12	Wheat Ridge UCC, Denver
	MD	Rev. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi	12*	Mountain View United Church, Aurora, CO
	MD	Rev. Todd Smiedendorf	12	Community UCC, Boulder
	Any	Open

Attend ongoing vigils for peace - see list at:
www.afsc.org/central/colorado or www.rmpjc.org

Mission Team

The Mission Team is responsible for programs relating to the wider mission of the Conference. It also supports the wider mission of local congregations. The team supports and determines grants for Conference Mission Partners. In addition, it deals with a variety of other global, national, regional, and local concerns as they arise. The Mission Team is responsible for the support and funding of the Global Partners Committee, which for the most part function autonomously. Read the 2009 Annual Report

Chair	MD	Rev. Steve Hoffman	12*	Parkview Cong. UCC, Aurora, CO
	SE	Rev. Jeff Scott	11*	Creede Cong. UCC, Creede, CO
	SE	Rev. Jeannine Lamb	12	First Cong. & Christ Cong., Pueblo
	NE	Jamie Kepros	12*	Plymouth Cong. UCC, Ft. Collins, CO
	UT	Dorothy Talbert	12	Community UCC, Provo, UT
	WE	Tom Hemborg	12*	First Cong. UCC, Grand Junction, CO
	WE	Rev. Janet Babish	12	Hayden Cong. UCC, Hayden, CO
	WY	Open

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is made up of one representative from each of the 6 Conference Associations, and elected at the Annual Meeting. It is responsible for submitting nominations for all 4 program committees and 3 administrative committees of the RMC. Read the 2009 Annual Report

Chair	WE	Bill Dodge	12	First Cong., Silverton
	MD	Mary Alice Parmelee	12	Washington Park UCC, Denver
	MD(shared)	Janet Hepp	12	Parkview UCC, Aurora
	NE	Rev. John Bliss	12*	St. John’s, Greeley, CO
	SE	Donna Bristow	11*	Vista Grande Comm. UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
	SE(shared)	Frank Bowman	11*	Black Forest Comm. UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
	UT	open
	WE	Rev. Karen Winkel	11	Hillcrest Cong. UCC, Montrose
	WY	Open

Personnel Committee

The Personnel Committee, a committee of the Board of Directors, recommends personnel policies to the Board; creates and maintains (together with the Conference Minister) job descriptions of employees; makes salary and benefits recommendations for employees, to aid in preparation of the annual budget; and, on behalf of the Board, conducts annual reviews of staff performance. The committee insures that the personnel policies are fairly administered, are updated as necessary, and that the policies reflect the ethics and the goals of the Conference. The committee conducts supportive interviews with staff and seeks to resolve any staffing conflicts and job-related concerns as they arise.
Read the 2009 Annual Report

Chair	MD	Rev. Dan Geslin	11	6th Avenue UCC, Denver, CO
	MD	Rev. Sue Gardner	11	Parker UCC, Parker, CO
	MD	open
	NE	Rev. Sharon Benton	12*	Plymouth Cong. UCC, Ft. Collins, CO
	SE	open
	UT	Open
	WE	Rev. Ginger Taylor	12
	WY	Open

Association Leadership

METROPOLITAN DENVER ASSOCIATION - www.metrodenverucc.org
Moderator - Leigh Green Vice-Moderator - Rev. Greg Garland	Registrar - Rev. JoAnne Bogart Treasurer - Rev. Steve Hoffman

NORTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION
Moderator - Teddy Hampton Vice Moderator - Rev. James Watson Registrar - Rev. Sara Weatherman	Treasurer - Rev. Jim Taylor Church & Ministry Chair - Rev. Anne Kear

SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION
Moderator - Rev. Scott Lovaas Vice Moderator - Rev. Steve Brown Registrar - Mary McInnis	Treasurer - Church & Ministry Chair - Rev. Maurine Hale Member-at-Large - Lyn Boudreau

UTAH ASSOCIATION - www.utahucc.org
Moderator -Bev Larsen Vice Moderator - Rev. Russell Baker Secretary/Treasurer - Pam McLeese	Church & Ministry Chair - Rev. Erin Gilmore Registrar - Mike Talbot

WESTERN ASSOCIATION
Moderator - Karen Caton Vice-Moderator - Elizabeth Vincent	Registrar/Treasurer - Peggy Kohl Church & Ministry Chair -Cindy Price

WYOMING ASSOCIATION
Moderator - Jan Zans Registrar - Paul Cors	Clerk/Treasurer - Lorie Lengel

RMC Synod Delegates

2011 General Synod
Delegates	Alternates
Larry McCulloch (NE)	Bernie Bliss (NE)
Alice SIlver (MD)	Merv Bangert (MD)
Rev. Steve Hoffman(MD)	Rev. Greg Garland (MD)
Rev. Todd Smiedendorf (MD)	Rev. Sue Gardner (MD)

2013 General Synod
Delegates	Alternates
Bev Larsen (UT)	TBD (WE)
Leigh Green (MD)	TBD (WE)
Rev. Greg Larsen (NE)	TBD (WY)
Rev. Vanessa Owen (MD)	Rev. Rebecca Kemper Poos (SE)

National Ministries Representatives

Justice and Witness Ministry - Rev. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
Local Church Ministries - Rev. Sharyl Peterson
Office of General Ministries - Rev. George Worcester
Wider Church Ministries - Merv Bangert
National Executive Council - Rev. Beth Robey Hyde

RMCUCC Partner Organizations

RMCUCC Endowment

The RMCUCC Endowment Fund was established at the 34th Annual Meeting, in June 2008. At the Conference level of the UCC, Planned Giving is essential to complement and support multiple types of giving by providing education, management processes and the establishment and management of an endowment fund.

Click here to read all documents pertaining to the Endowment Fund.

Trustees:

Robinson Lapp, Park Hill Cong. UCC, Denver
Rev. Maurine Hale, Vista Grande UCC, Colo Spgs
Michael Maus, First United, Arvada
Denise Brown, First Plymouth UCC, Englewood
Harley Tripp, Gunnison COng, UCC
Larry McCulloch, Plymouth Cong. UCC, Ft. Collins
Rev. Tom Rehling, Conference Minister

La Foret Board of Directors

President -
Rev. Tom Rehling (Conference Minister)
Warren Benn
Frank Bowman
Rev. Hal Chorpenning
Debbie Harrington

Linda Redwine
Sondra Tilsley
Deborah Voss
Ralph Townsend, Exec. Dir. La Foret CRC (Board Meeting Attendee)

Rocky Mountain HDC, INC. Board of Dir.

President - David Nestor
Robinson Lapp (First Vice President)
Clark Smyth (Second Vice President)
Joyce Alms-Ransford (Exec. Director)
Tom Woodruff (Secretary)
William Eha

Paul Jones
Linda Junker
Charles Rutherford
Jessica Soliz-Wynn
Christine Soto
Tony Wright

Association Abbreviations used above:
MD	Metro-Denver Association	WE	Western Association
SE	Southeastern Association	WY	Wyoming Association
NE	Northeastern Association	UT	Utah Association