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Presbytery of the
Northern Plains
A vibrant, informed, PC(USA) Presbyterian community that nourishes ministry
and joins in Christ's Mission
Pod Structure
The Presbytery of the Northern Plains adopted a pod structure to help us more efficiently handle our responsibilities and tasks
set forward in our goal of “Looking to the future and figuring out how to be the church today".
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The pod structure divides the Presbytery's responsibilities into four core areas.
Pods work like a committee, except each responsibility assigned to a pod will have a task leader.
These task leaders make up the membership of the pod along with a chairperson.
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Depending on the size of the assigned task, one person may be responsible or additional people may be recruited.
If this happens, it will be similar in function to a council, with subcommittees reporting back to the pod.
Pod Members
Chair of Leadership:
Paul Campbell
Moderator of Presbytery:
Tom Brusegaard
Vice Moderator of Presbytery:
Rusty Bender
Chair of Congregational Vitality Pod:
Sarah Bigwood
Chair of Mission Pod:
Donna Preston
Chair of CPM Pod:
Spencer Homan
Presbytery Treasurer:
Ellen Misialek
Presbytery Stated Clerk:
Adam Montgomery
Presbytery Connectional Care Pastor:
Deanna Reikow
Committee on Representation Leader:
Mary Holtey
Financial Task Force Leader:
Sherri Stern
Personnel Committee Leader:
Brian McClure
Nominating Committee Leader:
Rusty Bender
Communications Coordinator
(non voting member)
Jenn Kolodka
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Leadership
Ensures that all Presbytery duties are completed and will relay important information to each other to foster a working relationship between all leadership within the Presbytery
Congregational
Vitality Pod
Works with Ministers of the Word and Sacrament, Commissioned and Trained Lay Pastors and other Pastoral Leaders as well as their congregations
Pod Members
Chair of Pod:
Sarah Bigwood
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Pod Members:
Deanna Reikow
Rusty Bender
Cathie Bishop​​
Dan Billings
Ellen Misialek
Bob Boyar
Sherri Stern
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Mission
Responsible for developing strategy for the missions of this Presbytery and to foster communication between church ministry teams and mission organizations
Pod Members
Chair of Pod:
Donna Preston
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Pod Members:
vacant (Youth Connection)
Jamie Norstog & Carrie Lauber (Chogoria)
Chandra Mendieta (Bdecan)
Bill Weispfenning (U of Jamestown)
Casey Chapman & Rachel Schmidt
(Clearwater Forest)
George O'Neil (SDOP)
Lana Schultz (PWP)
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CPM
Guides and answers questions for those who feel called into ministry as a Minister of Word and Sacrament or as a Commissioned Lay Pastor
Pod Members
Chair of Pod:
Spencer Homan
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Pod Members:
Erik Swee
Jamie Norstog
Tom Cummings
Ruth Sanders
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