Church Council |
HTLC Committees |
President: Larry Hermanson
Vice President: Rhys Edwards Secretary: Erica Bates Treasurer: Mollie Trewartha Council Members: Wendy Hackman (Keeping the Connections) Larry Hermanson (Building & Property, and Finance) Nicki Lassila (Memorial) Erica Bates (Service & Witness, Parish Ed) Rhys Edwards (Building & Property) Mollie Trewartha (Finance & Parish Ed) Kristina Mechlin (Parish Ed) Roberta Tapani (Stewardship) Deana Wuori (Fellowship & Hospitality) |
Worship & Music
Service & Witness Finance Parish Education Memorial Building & Property Long Range Plan Executive Endowment Work Groups-Fellowship & Hospitality
-Keeping Connections -Stewardship -Let's Eat Community Meal -World Hunger |
President:
Larry Hermanson Larry serves on the Council as President of the Executive Committee. He also serves on the Building & Property, and Finance Committees. Larry will be a council member until 2020. 
Vice President:
Rhys Edwards Rhys serves on the Council as the Vice President of the Executive Committee. Rhys is the Council Representative and Chair of the Building & Property Commitee. He will serve on Church Council until 2021. Rhys Edwards has been a resident of Chassell since 2007. Originally from Wales in the U.K. he met his wife Dawn (Schaaf) at Fortune Lake summer camp in 2002, where they were both camp counselors. They married in 2003 and have been married for 15 years, with three children, Thomas-Jack, Noah and Isabella. Rhys currently works for Michigan Tech Athletics. Secretary:
Erica Bates Erica serves on the Council as Secretary on the Executive Committee, she is the Council Representative on the Service & Witness Committee. Erica also serves on the Parish Ed Committee. She will be a council member until 2021. 
Treasurer:
Mollie Trewartha Mollie serves on the Council as Treasurer of the Executive Committee. She is the Council Representative & Chair of the Finance Committee. Mollie also serves on the Parish Ed Committee. She will be a council member until 2021. Mollie Trewartha has been a member of HTLC since her family moved to Chassell in 1984. Sunday School, Confirmation, and Fortune Lake Camp helped shape Mollie’s faith. She spent the summers of 1995-2001 working for ELCA camps, teaching at an outdoor school, and preaching in Copper Harbor (Fort Wilkins State Park, Shepherd of the Sea Chapel). At HTLC you might find Mollie leading kids in crazy camp songs, sharing special music, or breaking unwritten Lutheran rules like choosing a pew up front during worship. Mollie is a local elementary school teacher. |
Wendy Hackman
Wendy Hackman serves on Council and is the Chair of the Keeping Connections group for post-confirmation, high school and college youth. She will serve on Church Council until 2020. Nicki Lassila
Nicki serves on the Council and is the Council Representative & Chair of the Memorial Committee. She will be a council member until 2020. Kristina Mechlin
Kristina serves on the Council and is the Council Representative on the Parish Education Committee. She will be a council member until 2022. Roberta Tapani
Roberta serves on the Council and is the Council Representative for Stewardship. She will be a council member until 2022. Deana Wuori
Deana serves on the Council and is the Council Representative for the Fellowship & Hospitality group. She will be a council member until 2022. 
Kin Simila
Ken Simila works with the ELCA's World Hunger Initiative and coordinated HTLC's 'God's Work Our Hands' event including a Blood Drive recently. He is also a member of the Northern Great Lakes Synod Assembly Planning . Ken has served as an usher for 25 years and served on several committees such as the Homeless Shelter providing food and clothing for homeless and counseling for those addicted to drugs. He lives in Hancock with this wife Carole. They have been married for 56 years and enjoy traveling and working as a team on church projects. |
How to Get Involved?
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