2019 Synod Assembly Reference Materials
(formerly called the Book of Reports)
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Part A
Guests and Other Leaders of the Assembly
Proposed Agenda (updated on April 26)
Workshop Descriptions (updated April 26)
Descriptions of the Committees of the Assembly (updated April 24)
Tips on Parliamentary Procedure (updated April 24)
Rules of Organization and Procedure (updated April 23)
Part B
Report of the Bishop, the Rev. Erik K. J. Gronberg, PhD
Report of the Vice President, Deacon Stephanie Varnum
Report of the Secretary, Mr. Todd Weiss
Report of the Treasurer, Mr. Mark Bradley
DLA Endowment Fund BS and Income Statements
Reporting of Roster Changes (updated March 28)
2019 Milestones of Ministry Listing (updated April 17)
Candidates for Rostered Ministry
Part C
Minutes from the 2018 Synod Assembly
Elections:
1. Synod Vice President:
Ballot A – Synod Vice President
2. Synod Council positions:
Ballot B – Male Minister of Word and Sacrament from Metroplex North conference
Ballot C – Lay Female from Panhandle conference
Ballot D – Lay Male from Metroplex West conference
Ballot E – Lay Female from Metroplex West conference
3. Committees:
Ballot F – Consultation (need two lay persons and two ministers)
Lay Persons:
Vita for Deacon Stephanie Varnum
Ministers:
Vita for The Rev. Norma Cooper
Vita for The Rev. Franz Schemmel
Ballot G – Discipline (elect two)
Resolutions from the Synod Council:
Resolution of Thanks for Tyna Oslie
Resolution of Thanks for Deacon Stephanie Varnum (updated April 27)
Part D
Synod Staff and Other Synod Ministry Reports:
Bishop’s Associate for Leadership Formation and Congregational Care
Director of Evangelical Mission (DEM), ELCA
Synod Focus Teams:
Congregational Vitality Team (formerly New/Renewing Ministries Team)
Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice
Stewardship Team (brochure)
Mission Interpreters (brochure)
NT-NL Related Ministries:
Briarwood Leadership Center (including Lutheran Retreat Ministries)
Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) of Denton
Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) of NT-NL
Parish Lay Ministry Academy (PLMA)
NT-NL Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM)
NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization (SWO – aka WELCA)
NT-NL Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO)
ELCA Churchwide Reports:
Report of the ELCA Presiding Bishop, the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton
Informe de la Obispa Presidente de la IELA, la Rev. Elizabeth Eaton
Bishop Eaton’s Synod Assembly video
ELCA’s 2018 Year in Review video
ELCA Mission Investment Fund (MIF)
NT-NL Agencies / Institutions / Organizations (AIOs) Partnerships:
1517 Media (formerly Augsburg Fortress)
Good Samaritan Society, ELCA – Denton Village and Lake Forest Village
Louisiana Interchurch Conference (LIC)
Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest (LFSW)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) – joint report with WTS
Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS)
Seafarers International House
Texas Lutheran University (TLU)
Texas Impact
Upbring (formerly Lutheran Social Services – LSS)
Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS) – joint report with LSTC