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29th Annual Rural Ministry Conference
March 7 - 9, 2010
Nurturing generosity
Releasing God's abundance in a time of perceived scarcity
Keynote Speakers:
SECRETARY BILL NORTHEY is a fourth generation farmer from Spirit Lake, Iowa who grows corn and soybeans. Northey returned to Spirit Lake to farm with his grandfather after graduating from Iowa State University in 1981. He is serving his first term as Secretary of Agriculture after being elected in November of 2006. As Secretary, Northey has committed to traveling to each of Iowa's 99 counties every year to hear from farmers and rural residents with a stake in the future of agriculture. These meetings allow him to listen to their needs and better lead the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as it seeks to serve the people of the state. His priorities as Secretary of Agriculture are advancing the opportunities available through renewable energy, promoting conservation and stewardship, and telling the story of Iowa agriculture.
REV. CONNIE BURKHOLDER serves at the Heartland Center for Spirituality, a Catholic retreat and conference center open to church groups and other nonprofit organizations in Great Bend, Kansas. She is a Church of the Brethren ordained minister, spiritual director, and musician. She recently became a Partner in Mission with the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend. She has served as pastor in congregations in Ohio and Kansas and served as District Executive of the Northern Plains Region with the Church of the Brethren.
SECRETARY ROD NILSESTUEN was appointed Secretary of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection for the State of Wisconsin in January of 2003. Under Nilsestuen�s leadership, state government has tackled livestock siting, manure management, land use, renewable energy, and revitalizing the state's dairy industry. Recognized as a visionary, Nilsestuen has received numerous awards for excellence, most recently: 'Policy Maker of the Year' award 2007 for land conservation leadership. Prior to serving as state agriculture secretary, Nilsestuen served as president and chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives for 24 years. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin- River Falls, Nilsestuen holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
REV. DR. PAUL BAGLYOS is a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was ordained in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran Church in America on September 23, 1984. Before accepting the position of Region Coordinator for the ELCA, Dr. Baglyos served at Wartburg Theological seminary as Assistant Professor of Rural Ministry and Director of the Center for Theology & Land. Prior to his service at Wartburg, he served as campus pastor at Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania, pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Penbrook in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and associate pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Paul is the author of numerous articles related to the history of Lutheranism in America during the colonial and national periods, and has taught courses in Church History, Rural Ministry and the Lutheran Confessions
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