NT-NL Youth Leader Lunch
2026-02-19 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-19 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-21 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-18 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-20 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-17 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Join youth leaders from across the synod for food, fellowship and ministry resources.
All lunches will be at Rejoice, Coppell at 12:00pm
May 15: Prayer
August 21: The Teenage Brain
September 18: NT-NL and ELCA Gathering
October 16: CYF Advent Ideas
November 20: CYF Epiphany Ideas
December 18: Christmas Celebration
January 15, 2026: CYF Lent Ideas
February 19, 2026: CYF Easter Ideas
April 16, 2026: Pentecost
May 21, 2026: Planning a programming year

NT-NL Youth Confirmation and High School Youth Weekend
2026-02-27 - 2026-03-02 | TX
February 27-March 2, 2026
Camp El Tesero (near Granbury, TX)
Early Bird registration is $99
https://youthofcalvary.wufoo.com/forms/ntnl-youth-weekend-ma2v78s07atcy8/

https://www.ntnlyouth.org/

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 2026
2026-03-14, 2026-04-11, 2026-05-09 | TX
Find more information on the PLMA page https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/plma/description-registration/

Public Witness Team meeting
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-09 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-06-13 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-07-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-08-08 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-09-12 10:00 - 12:30 | Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church, 715 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities.

For 2023 meetings, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington, TX, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that.
Anyone is welcome to join us!
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Public Witness Team meeting
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-09 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-06-13 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-07-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-08-08 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-09-12 10:00 - 12:30 | Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church, 715 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities.
For our 2023 meetings, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington, TX, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that.

Anyone is welcome to join us!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88956792219?pwd=[REDACTED] ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: [REDACTED]
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Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest Board Meeting
2026-03-28 09:00 - 12:00 | TX
The Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest will hold their board meeting in the NT-NL Synod, DFW metroplex on March 28th from 9:00am-11:00am. Details to come

NT-NL Upper Elementary Retreat
2026-04-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Preston Meadow Lutheran Church, 6801 Coit Road, Plano, TX, 75024, United States
For 4th-6th graders
April 11, 2026
9:00am-4:00pm
Preston Meadow, Plano
https://www.ntnlyouth.org/

Synod Assembly 2026
2026-04-24 08:00 - 2026-04-25 17:00 | Advent Lutheran Church, 3232 S Cooper St., Arlington, TX, 76015, United States
Synod Assembly will be held at Advent, Arlington (3232 S Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76015). Plenary will start in the afternoon of Friday, April 24th and conclude in the afternoon of Saturday, April 25th. Synod Council will meet in person Friday morning.
Registration is now open and will close April 15, 2026. There will be no on site registration and Assembly will be fully in-person.
No refunds will be issued after April 1st. Changes to your voting members can be made up until registration closes.

The Synod will not be coordinating a room block at a specific hotel. There are many hotel options around Advent at various price points that attendees can arrange to best meet their needs. Synod Council and Synod staff members will be staying at the Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Arlington South (521 E Interstate 20, Arlington, TX 76018).

The Assembly Reference Materials (including the tentative agenda) can be found here. Updates will likely be made up to the week of Assembly as additional details are confirmed, reports are received, and more. If current documents change, that will be noted so that you can be sure you have the latest version of everything.

When electing lay voting members congregations are reminded to keep the following in mind:

Congregations with up to 500 voting members can send 2 lay voting members (one male and one female)
Congregations with 501-750 voting members can send up to 3 lay voting members (if sending 3 voting members there must be at least one member of each gender)
Congregations with 751-1000 voting members can send up to 4 lay voting members (two male and two female)
Congregations with 1001+ voting members can send up to 5 lay voting members (if sending 5 voting members there must be at least 2 members of each gender)\n
All ordained and lay rostered ministers on the roster of this Synod, SAWLs who are serving under contract with a congregation of this Synod by the Bishop’s authorization, and ordained ministers of a church body with which the ELCA is in full communion who are serving as pastors under contract with a congregation, are eligible to be voting members and do not count against their congregation’s allotted voting member numbers or gender ratio.
If you have questions about voting member eligibility please contact Anna Thompson (anna@ntnl.org) for clarification.

Nominations and Submissions
At our Synod Assembly we will be electing a Synod Treasurer to a 4 year term (2025-2029) on Synod Council. If you know of someone who would be a good fit for this role please talk with them about standing for election. Nominees must fill out this form for themselves. If you are interested in standing for this position please fill out this form. Nominations will close in early April.
If you would like to submit a resolution or memorial to be considered during Assembly you must send a copy as a word document or PDF to Anna Thompson (anna@ntnl.org) and fill out this form ahead of time. Please read the Guidelines for Memorials and Resolutions document prior to submitting your resolution. No resolutions will be taken from the floor. Resolutions submissions will close prior to Assembly.

2026 Synod Assembly Fee Schedule

Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $190
Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 15) = $225
Retired Rostered Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $75
Retired Rostered Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 15) = $125
Visitor Early Bird (until March 1) = $75
Visitor Regular (March 2 – April 15) = $100
Vendor Table = $250 for full, $125 for a shared table
Displayer Table = $150 for full, $75 for a shared table
Meals provided with registration = 2 (two) – Friday dinner, Saturday lunch
There will be NO on-site registration
Synod Assembly will be fully in-person. There will be NO livestream available.

Rostered Ministers Gathering
2026-07-06 - 2026-07-09 | TX
Mark your calendars for the Rostered Ministers Gathering on July 6-9, 2026, in Indianapolis. All ELCA deacons, pastors and bishops (under call, on leave or disability, retired or an approved candidate for call) are invited.
