Nominations for Congregational Council

Thank you to our nominees for your prayerful discernment and saying yes to running for the Congregation Council.  

At our 2nd Regular Congregation Meeting we will be electing 5 members to our Council.

Take time to read their Bios!  Please note that the nominees are in alphabetical order.

For a list of current council members, please click here.

  • Phil Baden


    I am a lifelong member of St. Paul. Baptized and confirmed here, I began teaching Sunday School as a teenager, later worked with high school youth, confirmation, and elementary Junior Youth Ministry, as well as the adult Sunday School. I was active in church softball, rang bells early on, and joined the vocal choir in 1993. I've been active with the Saturday Men's Breakfast group, golf outings (outdoor AND indoor) and the Live Nativity. This congregation is a vital part in my faith and social life. I have served on Council numerous terms, and look forward to participating again.

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  • Cindy Bonds


    My family joined St. Paul 14 years ago. We enjoyed getting to know the members of the church and participating in activities as our daughter, Audrey, went through confirmation, attended the National Youth Gathering and headed off to college. I am a lifelong Lutheran and grew up attending camp each summer at Camp Mowana and was then on staff at both Mowana and Camp Luther in the summers while I attended Valparaiso University. My career is working with teachers around Ohio as an Educational Consultant with a company that offers curriculum and digital resources to K-12 classrooms. There are so many good things happening at St Paul and I appreciate being considered to continue to serve on church council.

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  • Lori Keyser


    I am a life-long Lutheran, baptized at St. John Lutheran Church in Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania in 1970 and confirmed at Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania in 1982. After graduating from Virginia Tech in 1993, I moved to Central Ohio and joined St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Newark, Ohio, where I served on Church Council there for 3 years and including as Council President in 2001. After getting married and moving to Westerville, I joined SPLC in May 2005.


    Here at SPLC, I am very active in several ministries. I serve as Assisting Minister during worship services and I sing with the adult choir and with the Praise Team. During the time SPLCE was in online-only worship, I sang with the quartet that recorded hymns for our 11:00 streaming services. I enjoy teaching our SPYKIDS songs that relate to their weekly lessons, and I help the Confirmation and High School Youth programs with which my sons are involved. I also served on the Call Committee that recommended Pastor Rebecca as our Associate Pastor. When I'm not at church, I participate in several PTA and parent booster boards in Westerville City Schools. I'm an active supporter of my sons' Westerville North soccer and marching band careers, and most summers I perform in the Westerville Parks & Rec Civic Theater musicals.


    I married my husband, Chris, in 2002 and helped raise his son, Cameron, who is now 25 years old. Our sons Bennett (15) and Miles (13) are active in SPLC's youth ministries and sometimes play piano for special music or at the Christmas Eve services.


    I have a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and I specialize in Traffic Engineering as a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio. After working full-time for 17 years for ODOT and several Civil Engineering consultants, I transitioned to a part-time position with Lawhon & Associates, Inc. where I prepare Purpose & Need documents and Traffic Engineering analyses for local and state government clients.

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  • Marty Lundquist


    I was born and raise in a small town in Iowa. Our family attended the local Lutheran Church. After graduate school, I moved to Ohio and worked on Lake Erie for three plus years through Ohio State University. I was then hired by the State of Ohio, ODNR as a Fisheries Biologist for twenty plus years, finishing my career this past June as a Fish Management Supervisor for 9 years. When Marilyn and I moved to the Columbus area 25 years ago we started to look for a Lutheran Church to join. We bounced around the first several years. After finding and attending worship service at St. Paul we knew we had found where we belong. We have been members for over 12 years. During this time, I have participated in ushering, greeting, and helping with communion during services, worked in the kitchen for numerous events and I am currently on the property committee. St. Paul Lutheran Church means a great deal to me. The scripture-based worship enriches my faith and with its many activities to serve others along with the welcoming and kind members, makes this church very special. I would be honored to serve on the church's council to help continue its mission. Thank you for your consideration.

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  • Jonathan Stadler


    Jon Stadler has been attending St. Paul's since 2017 and became a member shortly thereafter. Jon is a professor of mathematics at Capital University and lives in Westerville. While at St. Paul's, he has been an Assisting Minister, plaed in a small ensemble, and participated in the first 2 Talent Shares. Jon has three children, Libby, Nate, and Sarah, two in college, and one at Westerville North. For fun, he enjoys music, being outdoors, and juggling.

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  • Elizabeth Yoder


    A lifelong Lutheran, I grew up in Fostoria, Ohio and was raised as a member of Hope Lutheran Church. My grandfather, a Lutheran pastor, baptized me and I was subsequently confirmed in 8th grade. I attended Capital University and upon graduation in 2002, was commissioned into the US Navy as an officer. I attended medical school at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine where I met my husband Grant on the first day of class. We married in 2004 and upon graduation in 2006, was stationed at various places from the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. I left the Navy in 2014 and we moved back to Ohio and made our home in New Albany. Our family, including children Leo (13) and Dagny (8), joined St. Paul in 2014 where our daughter was subsequently baptized. I'm the Chief of Psychiatry at Licking Memorial Health Systems and serve on the Board of Directors for Licking/Knox Goodwill and the Capital University Alumni Advisory Board.

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