{"id":444,"date":"2014-07-23T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f162594.wpengine.com\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:28:36","slug":"congregational-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/?page_id=444","title":{"rendered":"Church Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

The administrative board of Trinity Lutheran Church is known as the “church council.”\u00a0 The church council consists of no more than twelve members of the congregation who are elected to terms of three years.\u00a0 The pastor also serves as an ex official member of the church council\u00a0 with both voice and vote.\u00a0 Elected members of the congregation council may serve a maximum of two successive terms.\u00a0 Elections normally occur in May of each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The current the members of the church council are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Robert Klien (2026) ***<\/span><\/p>\n

Dolores Smith (2026) ***<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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JR Bolig (2027)<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol Howell (2026) ***<\/span><\/p>\n

Todd Rehder (2026) ***<\/span><\/p>\n

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Terry Bockelkamp (2027) ***
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Bill Oehler (2027) ++<\/span><\/p>\n

Nelson Stauffer (2027)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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*** denotes third term<\/span><\/p>\n

**denotes a second term<\/span><\/p>\n

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+ denotes council appointment of and associate member (non-voting)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Four persons serve as the officers of the congregation to which they are elected on an annual basis by the church council at its first meeting following the spring meeting of the congregation.\u00a0 The president and vice-president are elected from within the membership of the church council; the secretary and the treasurer are elected by the church council from within the active, confirmed membership of the congregation at its first meeting following the spring meeting of the congregation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently the officers of the congregation are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nelson Stauffer-\u00a0 President<\/span><\/p>\n

Dee Smith –\u00a0 Vice-President<\/span><\/p>\n

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Terry Bockelkamp –\u00a0 Secretary<\/span><\/p>\n

Vacant –\u00a0 Treasurer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Minutes of recent meetings of the\u00a0 church council can be found by selecting <\/span>“Meeting Minutes.”(December 11, 2025)<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Found under the “HOME \/ MEMBERS ONLY” menu option)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The administrative board of Trinity Lutheran Church is known as the “church council.”\u00a0 The church council consists of no more than twelve members of the congregation who are elected to terms of three years.\u00a0 The pastor also serves as an ex official member of the church council\u00a0 with both voice and vote.\u00a0 Elected members of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10693,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions\/10693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}