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Layperson

willing to be placed on the ballot for the Office/Board(s) for which I have been recommended

Current:
Lay Leadership positions include...Communications Director (since approximately 2015), Livestream Operator (since 2020), Webmaster (since 2017), Sunday School Coordinator/Teacher (since 2012/2007), Board of Stewardship Member (newly elected), Trinity Lutheran School Journalism teacher (since 2017), Walther Delegate (since 2021)
Ongoing involvement: Voters Assembly, LWML/Lutheran Women in Mission, Mary Martha Guild/women's service ministry, Bible study,
Previous:
Board of Stewardship Chairperson (2018 - 2023), Finance Committee (2018 - 2023), Church Council Member (2018-2023), Trinity NLSA Accreditation Committee (2016-2017), Board of Education member (early 2000s), Parenting with the Lord member (1994-2007)

Current: NID Board of Directors (since 2018), LWML NID/Lutheran Women in Mission Vice President of Communications (since 2022), NID Communicators & Admission Counselors Networking Group regular participant, Sunday School/Child & Family Ministry Network Group regular participant, NID Life Task Force nonmember work
Previous: NID Singles Coordinator (1990 - 1995), Board of Singles Ministry (1986-1990)
Previous employment at NID Recognized Service Organization - Voice of Care - Director of Development and Communications (2013 - 2023)
Previous employment at NID School - Walther Lutheran High School (now Walther Christian Academy) - Media Communications Manager/Advancement Team (2003-2009)

no official synodical service

• Village of Lombard (Illinois) Community Promotions and Tourism Committee, member (2014 - 2020)
• York Township (Illinois) Committeeman, Precinct 78 (2014 - 2020)
• York Township (Illinois) Women's Organization (2014 - 2022)
• District 24 (Illinois Senate) Legislative Advisory Council, co-chair of Legislative Advisory Committee on Human Services (2015 - 2018)
• Elected National Presidential Delegate to Republican National Convention (2016)
• Lombard Families First (citizen group for responsible village government), founder and spokesperson (2014 campaign seeking to ban video gambling in village)

As we humbly seek to share the Good News of Jesus - His death, resurrection, and anticipated return - our joining in the life and ministry of Word and Sacrament becomes a shared confession. God bestows on each of us different gifts, reflected in our individual traits and talents. He places us in community and in our varied vocations to serve Him in many different ways. Together, as ordained or commissioned ministers and lay members of the LCMS, we pray for God's Kingdom to come, even as we work to make Christ's love known to all - serving, loving, and forgiving one another for His sake. In the NID, our Gospel-minded focus on Word, Wellness, and Witness, provides tools, resources, and encouragement to prepare, strengthen, and unify congregations, church workers, and laity for the task of Making Disciples for Life (as the Synod has eloquently phrased our focus). We seek any ability to do so in God's Word and sacramental gifts, relying on the Holy Spirit to awaken the faith of salvation.

Whenever God grants us a position of joint responsibility, "iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17) One opportunity in my NID Board of Directors has been the privilege of encouraging and fostering support of Christ-centered ministries. Promoting the Gospel-based work of Belize Mission Society and LINC Chicago has allowed us to see fruit borne via the nurturing of children in Seine Bight and development of ministry leaders in urban Chicago. What a joy it has been to watch our own Lutheran maternity home open in the NID through the faithful labors of Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries! The NID has provided many chances for personal spiritual growth and congregational pursuit of excellence. The biggest challenge for me has been in learning that being of one heart does not always mean we are all of the same mind. My brothers and sisters in Christ on the NID BOD have taught me to listen better, think deeper, and be slower to judge. My goal is to continue to humbly serve wherever God leads me.