2022 Synod Assembly Reference Materials

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Part A

Tentative Agenda (updated April 27 and SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Tentative Agenda for Saturday (updated April 29 at 5pm and SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Floor Plan for King of Glory, Dallas

Descriptions of the Committees of the Assembly

Tips on Parliamentary Procedure

Rules of Organization and Procedure (2022) (updated April 20)

Memorials and Resolutions Memorandum (2022)

Guidelines for Memorials and Resolutions (2022)

Part B

Report of the Bishop, The Rev. Erik K. J. Gronberg, PhD

Report of the Vice President, Tom Blaney

Report of the Secretary, Kelsey Fitting-Synder

Report of the Treasurer, Mark Bradley

FS Audit Report 2020

Synod Operating Account Balance Sheet

Synod Statement of Activity and Fund Balances

Actual vs Budget Detail 2021

Assembly Income and Expense 2021

Mission Endowment Fund (MEF)

Disciple Life Alive Endowment Fund (DLAEF)

Reporting of Roster Changes

Congregational Closures and Mergers

2022 Milestones of Ministry listing

Candidates for Rostered Ministry (list of Seminarians)

Part C

Minutes from the 2021 Synod Assembly (updated April 29)

Elections:

1. Synod Bishop (6-year term)

2022 Bishop Election Process

NT-NL Synodical Constitution (as of September 2017)

2. Synod Treasurer:

Nominee – Janet Kennedy (updated April 11)

3. Synod Council positions:

Nominee for Conferencia Latina, Rostered – The Rev. Rachel Ringlaben

Nominee for Conferencia Latina, Lay Male – Alejandro Cornejo

Nominee for Eastern Conference, Rostered – Kathryn Saunders-Allen

Nominee for Heart of Texas Conference, Lay Female – Angie Krug (updated April 28)

Nominee for Heart of Texas Conference, Lay Male – Victor Larson (updated April 28)

Nominee for Conference Out West, Lay Female – Joyce O’Connell

Nominee for Conference Out West, Lay Male – Lindy Patton (updated April 28)

Nominee for Conference Out West, Rostered – The Rev. Richard Strait (updated April 14)

4. Churchwide Assembly Voting Member:

Nominee for Lay Male (under 35) – Sean McConathy

Resolutions and Memorials from the Synod Council:

2023 Proposed Mission Strategy

Care and Compensation 2023 (updated April 26)

Memorial to the Churchwide Assembly to Restructure the Governance of the ELCA (updated April 30)

NT-NL FAQs about Memorial to the Churchwide Assembly to Restructure the Governance of the ELCA (updated April 28)

Resolution of Appreciation

Part D

Synod Staff and Other Synod Ministry Reports:

Bishop’s Associate for Leadership Formation and Congregational Care

Fund for Leaders 2022

Director of Evangelical Mission (DEM), ELCA

2021 Synodical Administrative Team Annual Report Santa Maria Irving (English)

Synod Focus Teams:

Congregational Vitality Team Renewal Table

Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice

Stewardship Team

Mission Interpreters

NT-NL Related Ministries:

Briarwood Leadership Center

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:

ELCA 2021 Annual Report

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

English transcript

Transcripción en español

ELCA’s 2021 Year in Review video

ELCA Fund for Leaders (FFL)

ELCA Coaching Ministry “Courageous Leadership” Invitation to Faith Leaders

ELCA Mission Investment Fund (MIF)

Portico Benefit Services

NT-NL Agencies / Institutions / Organizations (AIOs) Partnerships:

1517 Media (formerly Augsburg Fortress)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (ELCSL)

Good Samaritan Society, ELCA – Denton Village and Lake Forest Village

Louisiana Interchurch Conference (LIC)

Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest (LFSW) 2021 Distributions to NT-NL

LFSW 2021 Distributions to Briarwood

LFSW One Page Brochure of 2021 Distributions

LFSW 2021 Full Annual Report

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) – joint report with WTS

Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS)

Lutheran Sunset Ministries

Lutheran World Relief (LWR) | IMA World Health

MOSAIC

Seafarers International House

Texas Lutheran University (TLU)

Texas Impact

Upbring (formerly Lutheran Social Services – LSS)

Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS) – joint report with LSTC