Utah Conference Nominees

Austin Buckius

IT Helpdesk Specialist

Sense of Call: N/A

Skills/Experiences: Organizer of many SCA events, organizes weekly group meet ups wtc

Service Activities: Weber fridge head of elim mission committee volunteer for sca. Ecumenical 30s to 40s group
Jazz vespers

William Ledford

Pastor

Sense of Call: Pastor of 2 years with the synod. Served many churches in various leadership positions before that. I served as the Nevada advocate in the ELCA advocacy network for 3 years. My congregation is also a campus ministry site. I have experienced church on every level and feel I can represent it well in this body.

Skills/Experiences: I care deeply about the responsibility that comes with the resources we have as a synod and I want to contribute my own gifts towards the faithful stewardship of the works of our synod. I have felt called to ministry on every level and supporting the work of the synod helps me fill the call on a broader scale.

Service Activities: As mentioned before, I have and do serve the church on many levels. Our ministry and I work with our local Mutual Aid organization as well. Before entering the formal call process with this denomination I volunteered many hours to church ministry in youth ministry and lay preaching and leadership for 10 years.

David Warren

Retired

Sense of Call: Almost upon joining Mt Tabor in 1994, Dave has held many leadership roles at Tabor, distributed between stewardship, financial secretary, treasurer, endowments, secretary, and president. Throughout these roles, he was blessed to become acquainted, both formally and informally, with members and leaders of many of the RMS congregations along the Wasatch front. From this history, he feel called to utilize my skills at the next level as a representative of the Utah Conference to the RMS Council.

Skills/Experiences:Almost upon joining Mt Tabor in 1994, Dave has held many leadership roles at Tabor, distributed between stewardship, financial secretary, treasurer, endowments, secretary, and president. Throughout these roles, he was blessed to become acquainted, both formally and informally, with members and leaders of many of the RMS congregations along the Wasatch front. From this history, he feel called to utilize my skills at the next level as a representative of the Utah Conference to the RMS Council.

Service Activities: Beyond the above described roles, Dave participated in another congregation’s transition review, run Kid’s Church, lead Bible studies, and has worked with teens in both FIRST Robotics (STEM extracurricular activity) and Ulster Project (ecumenical program bring teens from North Ireland to spend month with American teens to demonstrate that different religious traditions can be friends).