OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS

First United Methodist Church is supported in ministry and operations as much by Committee as by Staff.

CHURCH COUNCIL

The Church Council is the administrative agency of the charge conference to envision, plan, implement, and annually evaluate the ministry of the congregation.

Shawn Teagan

Church Council Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

Björn Braun	Finance Chair
Cherié Gorby	SPR Chair
Lance Smith	Trustees Chair
Wayne Heilman	Foundation
Deb Teagan	ADC Rep
Loeda Westphal	UWF President
Lori Smith	AC Lay Member
Debbie Lloyd	AC Lay Member
Nathaniel Lohmann	At-Large
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Rev. Amy Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Resources
Douglas Grogan	Director of Music and Arts
Bryan Hurst	Director of Operations
Serena Secchi	Director of Preschool

TRUSTEES

The Trustees are the members of the church committed to the ongoing maintenance and support of the church's properties, discovering and working towards
eliminating barriers that impede the full participation of all people.

Lance Smith

Trustees Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

Peggy Gardner
Marty Fennewald
Howard Black	Foundation
Matt Hoekstra
Bryan Hurst	Director of Operations
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Resources

FINANCE

The Finance Committee compiles and completes an annual budget for supporting the mission and vision of the church, as well as developing and implementing plans to increase revenue to support the approved budget.

Björn Braun

Finance Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

Debbie Lloyd	At-Large
Megan Render	Financial Secretary
Wayne Heilman	Foundation
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Resources

GENEROSITY TEAM

Debbie Lloyd
Lorna Lohmann
Björn Braun
Martha Johnson	Foundation
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Resources

STAFF PARISH RELATIONS

The Staff Parish Relations Committee leads the congregation to encourage, strengthen, nurture, support, and respect the pastors and staff and their families.

Cherié Gorby

SPR Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

XB Cox
Chris Johnson
Dale Gasser
Emily Christensen
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Rev. Amy Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Relations

FOUNDATION

The Foundation is responsible for the endowments given to the church, investing and divesting the funds entrusted to them.

Wayne Heilman

Foundation Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

Peggy Schnurr
Alan Agee
Jan Caffey
Paul McNeil
Howard Black
Martha Johnson
David Winter
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Kim Monjesky	Finance & Human Resources
Kat Brandenberger	Secretary

SCHOLARSHIPS SUB-COMMITTEE

Karen Klein	Chair
Nathanial Lohmann	At-Large
Rev. Amy Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Jan Caffey	Foundation
Debbie Lloyd	Bereans
Douglas Grogan	First Company

ADULT DISCIPLESHIP COUNCIL

Adult Discipleship studies, plans, and implements the Discipleship opportunities, classes, and offerings for the adult members of the church.

Rev. Deb Teagan

ADC Chair

BOARD MEMBERS

Mara Hagan
Lori Smith
Rick Miller
Marianne Chenoweth
Nathaniel Lohmann
Robin Eng
Anil Dewan
Peggy Gardner
Douglas Grogan	Director of Music and Arts
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor

MISSIONS & JUSTICE TEAM

The Missions and Justice teams focus on supporting and guiding on the Missions work and Justice work of the church

Michael Parris

Missions Chair

Rev. Haley Vermeer

Justice Chair

MISSIONS TEAM MEMBERS

Karen Klein

Lynda Reid

Lorna Lohmann

Denise Hodges

Janet Root

JUSTICE TEAM MEMBERS

Anil Dewan

Mary Elmore

Trevor Elmore

Judy Kent

Michael Parris

Mike Reeder

Sarah Reeder

Jamie Sprague

FIRST COMPANY

First Company board is a ministry of First United Methodist Church that oversees the artistic and business management of First Company Theatre

Paula West

First Company President

BOARD MEMBERS

Marty Fennewald	Artistic Director
Martha Johnson
Danielle Pate
Trudy Fennewald
Susan Loring
Ryan Faircloth
Douglas Grogan	Director of Music and Arts

EXECUTIVE ADMIN BOARD

Executive Team will work on large strategy and day-to-day operations.

BOARD MEMBERS

Björn Braun
Cherié Gorby
Lance Smith
Shawn Teagan
Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor

WORSHIP TEAM LEADERSHIP

Debbie Louis

Choir President

CHOIR LEADERSHIP

Vance Kauffman
Karen Waters
Nick Louis

WORSHIP TEAM

Rev. Eric Strader	Co-Lead Pastor
Douglas Grogan	Director of Music and Arts
Jason Plata	Contemporary Band
Nikki Chandler	Communications
David Crosby
Joe Galema	Oragnist
Lori Lohrmeyer	Altar

SOCIAL IMPACT/ENTERPRISE TEAM

The Social Impact and Enterprise Team will evaluate ways church property can be used to both generate revenue and impact the social community.

BOARD MEMBERS

Shawn Teagan

David Eng

Janet Kerr

Rev. Haley Vermeer

UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH

Loeda Westphal

UWF President

BOARD MEMBERS

Barbara Canavan	Secretary
Sharon Dougherty	Treasurer
Marianne Barker	Corresponding Secretary

LAY MEMBERS TO ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Debbie Lloyd
Lori Smith
Anil Dewan	Calendar Chair