SA 2026
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Report
Submission Deadline:
15 April 2025 |
Synod Assembly 2026 will be held Friday & Saturday,
5-6 June 2026, at the Mon County 4H Center, Mylan Park,
near Morgantown, WV.
Two-Day Protocols
We made major changes to usual approach to Synod Assembly in 2021, the pandemic being the major catalyst, but we return to our first two-day assembly since 2019. SAPComm is working on protocols for reporting on the floor. The will be posted by the end of February (if all goes well).
The Pre-Assembly Bulletin of Reports is the
primary vehicle for reporting to the Synod Assembly. As in
past years, the Pre-Assembly Bulletin of Reports
includes options for inclusion of hypertext links for
- websites/pages,
- downloadable documents,
- Youtube videos,
- etc.
The more adventurous and tech savvy may want to consider
holding their own livestream event in the weeks before the
assembly convenes. More on this further down this
page.
Pre-Assembly Bulletin of Reports
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Some agencies, institutions, ministries, etc. are
required to report to the Synod Assembly. Others have a
longstanding tradition of reporting even though it has
been optional. If you are in either of those categories,
please read the following carefully.
Submission deadline for the Pre-Assembly
Bulletin of Reports is close of the day, 15 April
2025.
Submitting a written report
We will still have a pre-assembly bulletin of reports,
and you are invited to contribute a report for that
bulletin. We ask you to complete a short online form (WV-WMD SA 2026:
Report Query) to assist us in compiling that
bulletin.
Important: When
submitting a report,
- email to Bishop@WV-WMD.org;
- begin the subject line with "SA Report: " followed by
your institution, agency, ministry, office, etc.; and
- if you do not receive confirmation of receipt, contact
the bishop (first by email and, then, by phone if
there is no email response within a few days—things do
sometimes end up in the spam box).
Limited formatting power
Our online platform employed for the Pre-Assembly
Bulletin of Reports has limited formatting features.
Think of this like the old days when images, fancy
diagrams, and cool formatting were not standard. Whether
you send your report in PDF, MS-Word, Word Perfect, RTF,
or TXT, we will be cutting and pasting on our end. Be
merciful to us, we beg you!
We reserve the right not to include images we deem
gratuitous. We will attempt to convert charts and diagrams
to image files, but resolution cannot be guaranteed. It
may be best for you to take advantage of the hypertext
embed option.
Hypertext embeds
As mentioned, we can embed hypertext links. Feel free to
go wild with respect to website/page referrals,
downloadable documents, youtube and media sites, social
media links, etc. Be sure to provide the raw URL
(because we can't make the hypertext link unless we know
the URL). If you have a lot of these, however, it would
make our lives a whole lot easier if you would create a
webpage (to serve as a landing page) with all those links
that we can provide just one link to.
Livestream, Zoom etc.
If you wish to offer a livestream or Zoom-based
videoconference to the members of the Synod Assembly, use
your report in the Pre-Assembly Bulletin of Reports
as a place to advertise/announce and to provide the
necessary weblinks and/or login information. We cannot
guarantee it at this time, but we are investigating
whether we can provide a launch pad on our Synod Assembly
website to advertise such things. N.B., we
will not provide the hosting. Hosting is up to you. Since
the Pre-Assembly Bulletin of Reports is not
published until 10 days before the assembly convenes, you
will have to consider what timing works for you.
At the assembly
Oral reports
As mentioned, SAPComm is working on the protocols for
this assembly. Live or pre-recorded video reports will not
be shown at the assembly. It is your option to mount such
things on the web, and we will embed hypertext links to
them in your written report.
Workshops, round tables, etc.
Two workshops are being envisioned for this assembly, but
these will be plenary sessions around the 2026 theme.
During the assembly, anyone is free to gather interested parties for presentation and/or conversation. The assembly chamber will not be available except by the consent of the chair (because there may be assembly-related business taking place in the chamber over lunch). There is, however, a great deal of room under the outdoor pavilion, and it may be possible to give you an area or reserve you a table. If you are thinking about using the outdoor pavilion, visit our Exhibiting at Synod Assembly page.
As no meal will be provided as part of the assembly on Friday evening, feel free to feed people in the pavilion or off-site if it is to your advantage. What's the old maxim? "Feed them, and they will come!" There will be plenty of room under the pavilion (though we aren't sure how many tables and chairs we will have in that space) for eating or other activities. There are also dozens of dining options within a reasonable drive of the venue. We expect that many will scatter for lunch, and you, likewise, are free to invite people to a local dining establishment. Even picnicking on the grounds of Mylan Park is not out of the question. If you are thinking about using the outdoor pavilion, visit our Exhibiting at Synod Assembly page.
Handouts
We discontinued the "assembly packet" several years back.
We will not receive items by mail for distribution to the
assembly except by prior arrangement. Distribution at the
assembly requires the consent of either the Synod
Secretary or the Committee for Reference & Counsel.
Approved exhibitors may distribute materials at their
respective exhibits with implied consent (which may be
withdrawn by the Synod Secretary or the Committee for
Reference & Council).