2023 Synod Assembly Reference Materials
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Part A
Tentative Agenda (updated April 26)
Descriptions of the Committees of the Assembly
Tips on Parliamentary Procedure
Rules of Organization and Procedure (2023)
Guidelines for Memorials and Resolutions (2023)
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, Janet Kennedy
2022 Undesignated Mission Support by Congregation
Congregational Closures and Mergers
2023 Milestones of Ministry listing
Candidates for Rostered Ministry (list of Seminarians)
Part C
Minutes from the 2022 Synod Assembly
NT-NL Synodical Constitution (as of September 2017)
Elections:
1. Synod Vice President (4-year term):
Nominee: Vita – Don Heller
2. Synod Council positions:
Nominee for Dallas Area Metro North Conference, Rostered: Rev. Ernie Hinojosa (to serve a second term)
Nominee for Dallas Area Metro North Conference, Lay Male: Bruce Fisher (to serve a second term)
Nominee for Metroplex West Conference, Lay Female: Vita – Mary Nedde
Nominee for Metroplex West Conference, Lay Male: Vita – Don Holmes
Resolutions and Memorials from the Synod Council:
NT-NL Synodical Constitution (as of September 2022)
2025 Proposed Mission Strategy
Briarwood Lutheran Ministries director positions for the Briarwood Legacy Endowment:
Appointee: Vita – Jackie Leatch, Mount Olive, Dallas
Appointee: Vita – Rev. Heath Abel, Covenant, Temple
Appointee: Vita – Doug Will, Trinity, Fort Worth
Resolution of Appreciation
Part D
Synod Staff and Other Synod Ministry Reports:
Bishop’s Associate for Leadership Formation and Congregational Care
ELCA Fund for Leaders 2023 – You may donate here: https://community.elca.org/fundforleaders
Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM), ELCA
2022 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 Lutheran Ministries Endowment Description
Briarwood Lutheran Ministries Description of the Director Role
Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) of Denton
Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) of NT-NL
NT-NL Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM)
NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization (SWO – aka WELCA)
NT-NL Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO)
Parish Lay Ministry Academy (PLMA) of NT-NL
ELCA Churchwide Reports:
ELCA 2022 Annual Report
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s letter to Synod Assembly
Carta de la ELCA a la Asamblea del Sínodo de la Obispo Presidenta Elizabeth Eaton
ELCA’s 2022 Year in Review video
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) report to NT-NL
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC)
LSTC President James Nieman’s Video Report to Synod Assemblies
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) | IMA World Health
MOSAIC
Seafarers International House
Texas Lutheran University (TLU)
Texas Impact
Upbring (formerly Lutheran Social Services – LSS)