2025 Synod Assembly Reference Materials
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Part A
Agenda (updated on 4/24/2025)
Synod Assembly will begin at 1:00pm on Friday the 25th and conclude by 3:30pm on Saturday the 26th.
Descriptions of the Committees of the Assembly
Tips on Parliamentary Procedure
Rules of Organization and Procedure (2025)
Guidelines for Memorials and Resolutions (2025)
Assembly Resolution Submission Form (also submit a copy of the resolution as a word document or PDF to Anna Thompson via email)
Synod Council Nominations Vita Form
Part B
Report of the Bishop, The Rev. Erik K. J. Gronberg, PhD
Report of the Vice President, Don Heller
Report of the Secretary, Pastor Kathryn Saunders-Allen
Report of the Treasurer, Janet Kennedy
Nominating Committee Report for General Elections
2025 Milestones of Ministry listing
Candidates for Rostered Ministry (list of Seminarians)
Part C
Minutes from the 2024 Synod Assembly
NT-NL Synodical Constitution (as of September 2022)
Elections:
1. Synod Council positions:
- Synod Council Secretary
- Dallas Area Metro North Conference Lay Female
- Panhandle Conference Lay Male
- Panhandle Conference Rostered
- Eric Saed
- Eastern Conference Rostered Leader
- Moises Carrasquillo
- Conferencia Latina Rostered Leader
- Jose Rodriguez
- Conferencia Latina Lay Male
- Jesus Ortiz
- Consultation Committee (6 seats)
- Johnna Page COW Conference
- Christian Wilson HOT Conference
- Pastor Linda Anderson DAMN
- Pam Grosze DAMN
- Pastor Russel Vardel Eastern Conference
- Disciplinary Committee (up to 12 seats)
- Lupita Escumillia CL
- Yolanda Resendiz CL
- Pastor Paul Cannon Cow
- Joyce O Connell Cow
- Pastor John Bell DAMN
- Ceci Gunderson DAMN
- Moises Carrasquillo Eastern Conference
Resolutions and Memorials from the Synod Council:
2027 Proposed Mission Strategy
Resolutions and Memorials for Consideration
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 2025 – You may donate here: https://community.elca.org/fundforleaders
Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM), ELCA
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)
Parish Lay Ministry Academy (PLMA) of NT-NL
ELCA Churchwide Reports:
ELCA 2025 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) | Video de la Asamblea del Sínodo del obispa Eaton (inglés con subtítulos en español)
ELCA’s 2024 Year in Review video
ELCA Coaching Ministry
ELCA Mission Investment Fund (MIF)
NT-NL Agencies / Institutions / Organizations (AIOs) Partnerships:
1517 Media (formerly Augsburg Fortress)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (ELCSL)
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association
OH25 Conference November 5-7, 2025, Cleveland, Ohio
Global Refuge (formally Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service [LRIS])
Good Samaritan Society, ELCA – Denton Village and Lake Forest Village
Louisiana Interchurch Conference (LIC)
Luther Seminary
Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest (LFSW) report to NT-NL
LFSW 2024 Annual Report
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)
Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS)