
Who will represent the Wisconsin Annual Conference at the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences? The following persons have submitted Biographical Sketches for their Election to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the United Methodist Church. Election of delegates will occur throughout our 2019 Wisconsin Annual Conference. View Biographical Sketches.
LAY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION:
Name |
Church Membership |
Professing Membership Date |
Donald Cramer |
Central UMC: Milwaukee |
Professing Member Since 1995 |
Douglas Fearing |
Portage UMC |
Professing Member Since 1960’s |
Jessica Gobel |
Onalaska UMC |
Professing Member Since 1990 |
Lisa M. Jones |
Brown Deer UMC |
Professing Member Since 1994 |
Lisa King |
Wisconsin Dells-Delton UMC |
Professing Member Since 1980 |
John Lawson |
Gethsemane UMC: Pewaukee |
Professing Member Since 1970 |
Lynn Messner |
Salem Eldorado UMC: Fond du Lac |
Professing Member Since 1979 |
Ravi Roelfs |
River Falls UMC |
Professing Member Since 2003 |
Marie L. Severing |
Cargill UMC: Janesville |
Professing Member Since 1973 |
Meredith Spors |
Cargill UMC: Janesville |
Professing Member Since 2014 |
Judy Vasby |
Willerup UMC: Cambridge |
Professing Member Since 1960 |
Audrey J. Wilde |
Wesley UMC: Wausau |
Professing Member Since 1983 |
You are eligible to vote for a Lay Candidate of the Wisconsin Annual Conference if you are a Lay Member of the Wisconsin Annual Conference.
¶36. Article V. – The lay delegates to the General and Jurisdictional or central conferences shall be elected by the lay members of the annual conference… (The Book of Discipline of the UMC 2016)
CLERGY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION:
Name |
Current Appointment |
Full Connection Date |
Rev. Jennifer M. Arneson |
Sun Prairie UMC |
Elder: Full Connection - 2002 |
Rev. Scott Carlson |
DS: South West District |
Elder: Full Connection - 1989 |
Rev. Jeremy Deaner |
New Richmond UMC |
Elder: Full Connection - 2010 |
Rev. Krysta Deede |
First UMC: Tomah |
Elder: Full Connection - 2015 |
Rev. Kevin Dembinski |
Marinette, Peshtigo and Harmony UMC |
Elder: Full Connection - 2011 |
Rev. Dan R. Dick |
Beyond the Local Church |
Elder: Full Connection - 1988 |
Rev. Joan Frost |
Westfield & Calvary UMC’s |
Elder: Full Connection - 1988 |
Rev. Mao Her |
Christ UMC: Greenfield |
Elder: Full Connection - 2016 |
Rev. Kate Croskery Jones |
DS: North West District |
Elder: Full Connection -2006 |
Rev. Mark Klaisner |
New Life UMC: Seymour |
Elder: Full Connection -1993 |
Rev. Clarissa L. Martinelli |
Fifth Avenue UMC: West Bend |
Elder: Full Connection -2014 |
Rev. Dan Schwerin |
First UMC: Waukesha |
Elder: Full Connection - 1991 |
Rev. Allie Scott |
Family Church: Neenah |
Elder: Full Connection - 2018 |
Rev. Toua Thomas Thao |
Albright & New Hope Hmong UMC’s: Milwaukee |
Elder: Full Connection - 2017 |
Rev. Dan Verdegan |
Zion UMC: Batavia |
Elder: Full Connection - 2015 |
Rev. Wendell Williams |
Retired: Mauston UMC |
Elder: Full Connection - 2005 |
You are eligible to vote for a Clergy Candidate of the Wisconsin Annual Conference if you are:
- An Elder or Deacon in Full Connection in the Wisconsin Annual Conference
- An Associate Member of the Wisconsin Annual Conference (WAC)
- A Provisional Member of the WAC who has completed ALL of their educational requirements
- A Licensed Local Pastor in the WAC who has completed EITHER a Master of Divinity degree or Basic Course of Study AND has served under appointment for 2 consecutive years immediately preceding the election (which will take place at Annual Conference 2019)
¶35. Article IV. – The clergy delegates to the General Conference and to the jurisdictional or central conference shall be elected from the clergy members in full connection and shall be elected by the clergy members of the annual conference… who are deacons and elders in full connection, associate members, and those provisional members who have complete all of their educational requirements and local pastors who have completed course of study or an M. Div. degree and have served a minimum of two consecutive years under appointment immediately preceding the election.
(The Book of Discipline of the UMC 2016)