Dolores McKay
Location: Bronx, NY
Secular Occupation: Retired Real Estate Appraiser

Activities: Choir member; Altar Guild; Assisting Minister; Lector; Worship Committee member; Leader Bible Studies for Women of Neighborhood outreach Ministry; visiting at Wartburg Nursing Home; St. Peter’s Episcopal “Love Kitchen”; Collecting and serving food at John Travis Men’s Shelter, East Bronx Clergy; Assisting and Coordination of Community Worship Services; Collecting and Distributing Baby Clothes, etc. to Jacobi Hospital, Neonatal Unit, and stuffed animals to patients at Wartburg Nursing Home; Collecting Children’s books; clothing for Our Sister’s Place; Collecting articles for Homeless Shelter.

Robert G. Michaelis
Location: Queens, NY

Secular Occupation: Dairy Manager in large supermarket

Activities: Liturgical Assistant and Worship Leader when Pastor is away; Choir; Council member; Acolyte training; Homebound and Nursing Home Visits; Evangelism- Friendship Ministry Program; Metro Synod Delegate; Deacon’s retreats/meetings and Events

Education: Home Study, Cornell University
Other interests: Reading; Bike Riding; Painting; Gardening.
Personal Facts: Married, three children, 2 grandchildren

Frances Middlemiss
Location: Wantagh, NY

Secular Occupation: Bookkeeper

Activities: Confirmation teacher; ChurchAuditor; Sunday School teacher;
Nursing Home and Lutheran Center for the Aging — visitation and Communion distribution.

Personal Facts: Married, two children.

Lina Miller
Location: W. Babylon, NY

Activities: Bereavement Deacon; Assisting Minister Sunday Services, Holidays and Baptisms; Charge of Care Notes; Assist Pastor with funerals, internments, Memorial Services; Contact with Families of the deceased; Formulate cards for the 1st year after bereavement; Facilitator for “Walking the Mourner’s Path”; Hospice Care Network; Workshops on Bereavement

Other Talents: Crochet Afghans for the Shopping Bag Ladies of NYC; Ronald MacDonald House; Lutheran Homes for the Aging; Aids Babies; Battered and abused Women’s Shelter Children; Our Sister’s Place; Writing and have been published 8 times

Personal Facts: Married, two children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson

Secular Occupation: Transportation Engineer, NYC; NY State Dept of Transportation

Activities: Synod Council Member; Former Treasurer of Lutheran Men in Mission; Chaired various committees (Property and Grounds; Stewardship); Former chair person of the Metro NY Synod Global Mission Committee; Vice President of the Church Council and School Board; Ambassador volunteer and advisory member of the Ambassador’s Circle of the Lutheran Immigration Refugee Service; Sojourner (friend of Refugees) of the Riverside Church Manhattan; Spiritual Care Giver for Asylum Detainees, Refugee Immigration Ministry; Steering committee of the Assn of Transportation Engineers; Member of the Baldwin Interfaith Organization; Member of the Lutheran Office of Governmental Affairs.

Education: Master of Science in Transportation Engineering and Planning from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn; Maser of Science in Architecture and Town planning from Teheran national University and Rome University; Graduate of NY Diakonia.

Other talents: Preaching; Public speaking; Public Advocate; Teaching confirmation and adult Bible studies; Fund raising; Administrative skills; Conducting Advocacy workshops; Exhibitor. Speaks: Persian; Italian, German, English.

Other interests: Windsurfng; Swimming; Kayaking; Skiing; Tennis; Biking; Hiking; Dancing.
Personal Facts: Married; two children

Ernie Mossl
Location: Brewster, NY

Secular Occupation: Communications Specialist, IBM (on leave of absence); Seminary Student

Previous Activities: Visit elderly and shut-ins; Preach; Hospital visits; Teach Sunday School Classes

Other Talents: Establishing Diakonia track in New Paltz; Dialogue with Police Dept. in new location; Communication skills both writing and oral presentation; Organizational and clerical skills; Computer knowledge - graphics, spreadsheet and word processor.

Education: SUNY-Albany, BA in Criminal Justice and English
Other interests: Fishing; Poetry; Amateur "HAM” Radio operator.

Personal Facts: Married, two children.

Donna Nekarda
Location: Westchester County, NY