Thank You to Our 2025 Convention Sponsors!
List of Overtures for the 2025 District Convention
1-1. To Implement a Stronger Process for the Participation of Commissioned Ministers at
future District Conventions – from Dr. Steve Christopher – to be submitted from the
District BOD with Amendment (Mission and Ministry District) PASSED WITH 83% OF THE VOTE
1-2. To Live Responsibly in God’s Creation - from the Human Care Committee (Mission and
Ministry District) DEFEATED WITH 62% OF THE VOTE
1-3. To Promote Lives of Christian Service – from the Human Care Committee with Amendment (Mission and Ministry District) PASSED WITH 67% OF THE VOTE
1-4. To Establish a Stronger Framework for Connection and Collaboration Between Regional
Vice Presidents (RVPs), Circuit Visitors (CVs), and Congregations in the CNH District – from Rev. Paul Ferguson – to be submitted from the District BOD. (Mission and Ministry District) PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE
1-5. To Encourage Ministry Sabbaticals to Church Workers and Ministries – from District BOD (Mission and Ministry District) PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE
1-6. Affirming the CNH District’s Strategic Ministry Plan and Executive Summary Direction for the 2025–2028 Triennium (Mission and Ministry District) PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE
2-1. To Strengthen the Nonvoting Advisory Role of Commissioned Ministers at Synodical Conventions– from Dr. Steve Christopher – to be submitted from the District BOD with Amendment (Mission and Ministry Synod) PASSED WITH 82% OF THE VOTE
2-2. To Support and Clarify the Prior Approval Process – from Circuit 7 (Mission and Ministry Synod) PASSED WITH 85% OF THE VOTE
3-1. To Accept Changes to CNH District Bylaws As Recommended by Synod and District Commissions on Constitutional Matters – from CNH District Board of Directors (Structure and Administration) PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
3-2. To Establish a CNH Disaster Response Committee – from District Disaster Response Coordinator, Rev. Philip Zabell and Circuit 12 CV, Rev. Brian Cummins (Structure and Administration) PASSED WITH 95% OF THE VOTE
3-3. To Consider Recommendations for Circuit #13 – from CNH District Board of Directors (Structure and Administration) PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
Floor Committees
1. Mission and Ministry (District)
2. Mission and Ministry (Synod)
3. Structure and Administration
4. Elections
Election Results
President: Rev. Michael Lange
First Vice-President: Rev. Mitchell Gowen
Second Vice-President: Rev. Robert Weller (Pacific)
Third Vice-President: Rev. John Standley (Northern)
Fourth Vice-President: Rev. Eric Van Scharrel (Southern)
Fifth Vice-President: Rev. Dan Truesdell (Hawaii)
Sixth Vice-President: Rev. William Abbott (Nevada)
Regional Director: Gabriel Molina (Southern)
Regional Director: Lisa Mancini (Pacific)
Regional Director: Bill Swift (Northern)
Regional Director: Deanna Sako (Hawaii)
Regional Director: Marsha Egbert (Nevada)
Secretary: Rev. Jared Eggebraaten
Treasurer: Mr. Donald Busse
Commissioned Minister: Dr. Christy Wood
Nominating Committee:
Rev. Joe Robb
Kayla McGowan
Daniel Hahn
Rick Fielitz
Circuit Visitors
Circuit 1 - Rev. Lenny Szeto
Circuit 2 - Rev. Matthew Behrens
Circuit 3 - Rev. Kal Waetzig
Circuit 4 -Rev. David Hardin
Circuit 5 - Rev. Dan Schlensker
Circuit 7 - Rev. Andrew Mundinger
Circuit 8 - Rev. Paul Schult
Circuit 9 - Rev. Allen Steinbeck
Circuit 10 and 20 - Rev. Andrew Simpson
Circuit 11 - Rev. Dan Truesdell
Circuit 12 - Rev. Brandon Merrick
Circuit 14 - Rev. Jim Beyer
Circuit 15 - Rev. David Jung
Circuit 16 - Rev. Richard Rice
Circuit 18 - Rev. John Bestul
Circuit 19 - Rev. Alan Sommer
Keynote Speaker: Jeff Cloeter
Jeff Cloeter, the Senior Pastor of Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri, will be the keynote speaker at the 73rd CNH District Convention. The Convention will be held May 15-17, 2025, at Hilton Sacramento Arden West, Sacramento, CA. The event will begin with dinner and opening worship at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Rocklin, CA, on Thursday evening, May 15.
Jeff has worked in youth ministry, church planting, and senior leadership in his congregation. He has served on the board of directors for the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, and the founding board of Momentum Academy, a charter school movement in the City of St. Louis. He founded and serves as director of The Harbor Leadership Collective, raising up young Christian leaders through a regional internship model. He currently serves on an ecumenical council called Oikos, with the Archbishop of St. Louis and eight other pastors from the region.
Jeff is the author of Loved & Sent, and blogs at sixthgen.com. More importantly, he is married to Bobbi and father to Bella, Joshua, Emily, and Jacob.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- John 15:1-3