Church election sites:
**Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, Renton,
**Lutheran Church of the Cross, Kent
**Grace Lutheran, Des Moines,
**Holy Trinity Lutheran, Des Moines,
**King of Kings Lutheran, Renton,
**Light of Life Lutheran, Maple Valle,
**Lord of Life Lutheran, Renton,
**Nativity Lutheran, Renton,
**Peace Lutheran, Covington,
**Resurrection Lutheran, Des Moines,
**Bethlehem Lutheran, Renton,

MAE TACKE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING MKCC IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY...VRA

Mae used her extensive experience and education in business and education to help launch the 39 chapters of Region 526 of Thrivent Financial get started. In addition to her MKCC president duties, she has been involved with writing major grant proposals to Thrivent. Mae states she feels privileged to work with the Lutheran Community Service Specialists to learn the processes and procedures that can be passed on to chapter leaders and congregational coordinators through the Volunteer Resources Advisor (VRA) position. In 2006, Mae will serve as the VRA for the Mid King County Chapter and one or two other chapters. She'll attend chapter meetings when possible, and be available to help with training sessions, and to answer questions and give guidance. You can contact Mae Tacke at (253) 839-3405, email maetacke@comcast.net

VICE PRESIDENT, LORAL PRITCHETT:  In Loral's second full year in this position, she wishes to improve the elections process and support the nominating committee. In addition to producing the publications and legislative efforts, she's looking forward to supporting and working with an appointed Publications Coordinator and the elected Events Coordinator to make Thrivent MKCC a memorable and valuable resource for congregations and the community. She's been involved with AAL since birth. Loral is married to a Boeing Systems Analyst and works as a Technical Writer/Senior for a major medical systems software development company. She is a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran in Des Moines.

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, ELVA SCHULZ:  This is Elva's first term. She's been highly active in her church as a Congregational Coordinator, and takes the lead in many MKCC activities. Elva is a member of Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Renton.

RECORDS DIRECTOR, SHARON HOLTER:  Sharon will serve her fourth year as Records Director. Sharon leads an extremely busy life as a wife, a mother of secondary and high school students, a kindergarten teacher, and a volunteer for many school, church, and MKCC activities. Sharon records, publishes and distributes meeting minutes, and manages correspondence and records for official business purposes. Sharon is a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran in Des Moines.

CONGREGATIONAL SERVICE TEAM DIRECTOR, MARALEE SCHMIDT:  Maralee will begin her second term in this position. She's served as a congregational coordinator in her church, and works hard to coordinate packets of information for training of congregational coordinators. Although Maralee and her husband are retired and travel, she continues to volunteer in many church and MKCC activities. Maralee is a member of Lutheran Church of the Cross in Kent.

VERDELLE AHRNKIEL, COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM DIRECTOR:  This is Verdelle's third year as Community Service Team Director. Verdelle has been involved in this Fraternal Benefit Society since 1986 as an AAL Branch President until the beginning of Thrivent at Peace Lutheran in Covington. Verdelle is a big fan of using Thrivent fraternal funds to do a lot of good things in our communities. Verdelle receives email and paper-form requests for MKCC funds from community project service teams. She manages and tracks requests, and then, either takes each request to the next monthly Chapter meeting for consideration, or coordinates email board approvals in cases of funding emergencies. Verdelle is married to a newly-retired-Boeing husband, has two daughters, three grandchildren, and works as a computer drafter in the structural engineering field.

YOUTH DIRECTOR, JOSH TRAXEL:  This is Josh's third year on the leadership board. He hails from Kent, and is currently a first-year pre-seminary student at Concordia University in Portland, OR. Josh remotely maintains the MKCC website, and is anxious, willing, and ready to help anyone, especially youth, to get funding for their activities.

EVENT COORDINATOR, DIANNE GREEN:  This will be Dianne's second year. Dianne coordinated the first chapter-wide event in the history of Thrivent here in Washington -- the 2005 Round-Up Barbeque Picnic at Valley Camp. Dianne is looking forward to creating more exciting activities. Dianne's husband is the president of Resurrection Lutheran in Des Moines and has just recently retired as an engineer at Weyerhaeuser. Dianne is still working part-time, after 20 years, at the Washington State Convention Center as an Event Assistant. She's active in the Des Moines Garden Club.

VP
Loral Pritchett...................................loral_p@hotmail.com..................................(206) 878-6757
Holy Trinity, Des Moines

Records Director
Sharon Holter..................................dsholter7@comcast.net...............................(253) 941-0655
Holy Trinity, Des Moines

Financial Director
Elva Schulz......................................e.schulz@comcast.net.................................(425) 255-0440
Cross and Crown, Renton

Congregational Service Team Director
Maralee Schmidt..............................gsch6662@msn.com....................................(253) 852-6662
Lutheran Church of the Cross

Community Service Team Director
Verdelle Ahrnkiel..............................reava@msn.com...........................................(425) 432-1643
Peace Lutheran, Kent

Youth Director
Josh Traxel.......................................joshtraxel@comcast.net................................(253) 631-7417
Pilgrim, Bellevue

Events Director
Dianne Green...................................greenfrog2@msn.com..................................(253) 872-0460
Resurrection, Des Moines