Stephen Kriss, skriss@mosaicmennonites.org
After receiving over 145 responses, seven new Franconia Conference board members
have been affirmed for service and leadership, effective August 1, 2010. All new board
members received over a 90% affirmation in both emailed and written ballots. The new
board members will be introduced on August 12, 2010 at 7 p.m., at an all-conference
meeting at Christopher Dock Mennonite High School in Lansdale, Pa.
Board members and their affirmed positions include:
- John Goshow, moderator and conference board chair, Blooming Glen
congregation- Miriam Book, assistant moderator and conference board vice chair, Salford
congregation- Randy Nyce, conference board finance committee chair, Salford congregation
- Marta Beidler Castillo, member-at-large, Nueva Vida Norristown New Life
congregation- Joe Hackman, member-at-large, Salford congregation
- Beny Krisbianto, member-at-large, Nations Worship Center
- James Longacre, member-at-large, Bally congregation
Review Steering Committee member, Mike Derstine (Plains congregation) remarked
that the affirmations indicate strong support for the new board members in the midst
of a difficult time for the Conference community. The new board members and
moderators were suggested in response to the Conference Review conducted by
LaVern Yutzy of Mennonite Health Services Alliance earlier this spring and were
intended to help with further alignment of the conference’s work and trajectory toward a
hopeful future.
The all-conference meeting is intended to offer a time of blessing and introducing the
new board members, prayerful reflection and conversation on the conference’s recent
history and future as well as a brief update on the conference’s finances. All delegates
as well as interested persons from the Conference community are encouraged to
attend.
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