NCJ Wrapup July 14 from Dakotas UMC on Vimeo.

Clergy and lay representatives from 11 annual conferences, including the Dakotas, are gathering from July 13-16 in Peoria, Illinois, to elect four bishops and a number of other leaders at the 2016 North Central Jurisdictional (NCJ) Conference.

Delegates representing the Dakotas Conference are: Rev. Rebecca Trefz, clergy delegate, Rev. Roger Spahr, clergy delegate, Rev. Kermit Culver, clergy alternate delegate, Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck Orr, clergy alternate delegate, Rev. Jen Tyler, clergy alternate delegate, Jodi Cataldo, lay delegate, Matt Bader, lay delegate, Emma McKirdy Wilsey, lay alternate delegate, Nathan Bader, lay alternate delegate, Natalie Buck, lay alternate delegate.

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