Provincial Elders’ Conference elected at 2010 Moravian Church Northern Province Synod

BETHLEHEM, PA. -- In June, delegates of the Moravian Church, Northern Province elected four lay representatives to the Provincial Elders’ Conference (PEC), the Province’s highest governing board. The PEC provides administrative leadership to congregations and program agencies. The elections took place during the 41st Provincial Synod held at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

New lay members of the Northern Province PEC include Thomas Zimmer of Unionville, Mich., a member Unionville Moravian Church; Judy Kaaua of Victoria, Minn., a member of Lake Auburn Moravian Church; and Wilton Grannum, Brooklyn, N.Y. of John Hus Moravian Church. Jill Westbrook of New Philadelphia, Ohio, a member of Sharon Moravian Church and current member of the PEC, was re-elected. PEC lay members are elected to a four-year term.

• Tom Zimmer has served on the Board of Elders and Board of Trustees for Unionville Moravian Church, where he is an active life-time member. He sings in the church’s choir and serves on the Western District’s Congregational Leadership and Resources Committee.
• Judy Kaaua is treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees for Lake Auburn Moravian Church. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Mount Morris Camp & Conference Center, as a trustee of the Larger Life Foundation and treasurer of the Western District.
• Wilton Grannum is president of the Board of Trustees for John Hus Moravian Church in Brooklyn, NY. He also recently completed 12 years of services as a member of the Eastern District Executive Board.
• Jill Westbrook, who has served on the Northern Province PEC since 2006, is chairperson of the Mission Committee and a member of the adult choir at Sharon Moravian Church in Tuscawaras, Ohio. She also serves as a member of the Interprovincial Board of Communication and as Secretary of the 2010 Northern Province Synod. She was also a member and secretary of the Eastern District Executive Board and has served on a broad range of Eastern District and Northern Province boards and committees.

The new lay members join clergy representatives the Rev. David Bennett, president, Moravian Church Northern Province Eastern District; the Rev. James Hicks, president, Moravian Church Northern Province Western District; the Rev. Stephen Gohdes, president, Moravian Church Northern Province, Canadian District and the Rev. Dr. Betsy Miller, the newly elected PEC president .

The new PEC will hold its initial meeting in August.

2010 PEC Members include (left to right) Wilton Grannum, Rev. David Bennett, Jill Westbrook, Rev. James Hicks, Rev. Dr. Betsy Miller (president), Rev. Steve Gohdes, Judy Kaaua and Tom Zimmer