President: Magne A. Hatlevik
Vice President: Cindy Peters
Treasurer: Katharine Kragh
Secretary: Kristine Rafshol

Board of Deacons:
Earl Grefsrud, Chair
Vidar Arntsen
Kari Fosse
Kari Friel
Marit Kringstad
Jill Nokleby
Lena Schjoelberg
Stuart Seorum
Ron Starr

Board of Trustees:
Priscilla Sorknes, Chair
John Casey
Judy Kerssen
Paul Knutson
Thomas Lanman
Otto Nilsen
Lynn-Georgia Tesch
Irene Vigtel
Elsie Jo Woolcott

Pastor: Ole Amund Gillebo (until April, 2002)
Jens Arne Dale (From April, 2002)

As you can see from the above listing, the Council divides into three groups: The Officers, the Deacons, the Trustees – and of course the Pastor, who is also a voting member of the Council. The Council meets monthly, typically at 7 PM on the second Tuesday of each month. In addition, the Executive Committee meets one more time each month, typically at 7PM Tuesday two weeks before the Council meets. The executive committee include the officers, the chair of the Trustees, the chair of the Deacons and the Pastor.

The two Boards, the Deacons and the Trustees, has a Chair elected from within by its members, and also a secretary to take and prepare minutes from their meetings. Each of the boards meets at 6 PM on the evening of the Council meeting, with the purpose of preparing resolutions for presentation to the full Council.

The Deacons deal with the spiritual matters of the church – the worship service, Missions. They arrange for pastoral coverage when our regular pastor is on vacation or otherwise unavailable.

The Trustees concern themselves with the areas in which finance or property are involved with the church. This ranges from preparing our annual Financial Guidelines, to examining the monthly Financial Statements, to counting the Sunday offering each week.

All these board members are donating their time and talent to serve on the congregation council. They were elected by the congregation to deal with issues that are important to the members of the church. If you have opinions on a matter regarding Mindekirken, the people to talk to about it are the ones on the list above.

An opportune time to meet the Congregation Council members in person will be at the installation of the Congregation Council at a special ceremony during a Sunday Service. This installation has not been scheduled yet, but it will take place before too long.