2024 Synod Assembly Reference Materials

Rostered Minister of Word and Sacrament – Female
Rostered Minister of Word and Sacrament – Male
- Daniel Weichart
- Sean McConathy
Lay Female (preferably 35 or younger)
Lay Female (36 or older)
- Becky Brakke
Lay Male (preferably 35 or younger)
- Anthony-Ormsbee-Hale
- Benjamin Freitag
Lay Male (36 or older)
- Filled, Don Heller, Synod Vice President

2. Synod Council positions:

Synod Council Secretary
- Kelsey Fitting Snyder
Conferencia Latina- Lay Female
- Griselda Espinoza
Dallas Area Metro North Conference- Rostered
- Neil White
Heart of Texas Conference- Rostered
- Austin Nickel
Eastern Conference- Lay Female
- Blanca Illades
Eastern Conference- Lay Male
- Leeland Jones
Panhandle Conference- Lay Female
- Myrna Biggers

Resolutions and Memorials from the Synod Council:

NT-NL Synodical Constitution (as of September 2022)

2026 Proposed Mission Strategy

Care and Compensation 2025

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 2024 – 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

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

Bishop Eaton’s Synod Assembly video (English with Spanish subtitles) | Video de la Asamblea del Sínodo del obispa Eaton (inglés con subtítulos en español)

English transcript

Transcripción en español

ELCA’s 2022 Year in Review video

ELCA Coaching Ministry

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)

Global Refuge (formally Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service [LRIS])

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

Louisiana Interchurch Conference (LIC)