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
Synod Operating Account Balance Sheet
Synod Statement of Activity and Fund Balances
Assembly Income and Expense 2021
Disciple Life Alive Endowment Fund (DLAEF)
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)
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)
Part D
Synod Staff and Other Synod Ministry Reports:
Bishop’s Associate for Leadership Formation and Congregational Care
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:
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
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)
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
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 World Relief (LWR) | IMA World Health
Seafarers International House
Texas Lutheran University (TLU)
Texas Impact
Upbring (formerly Lutheran Social Services – LSS)
Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS) – joint report with LSTC