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(10 October 2024)
Synod
Website Updates
The synod website updates frequently (as in often) and
irregularly (as in not on a particular schedule). Click here (or on the picture at
right) to find out what has been recently updated.
Thinking about Advent and
Christmas?
It's not too early. Visit out Worship page for resources
covering appointments (wreaths, trees, paraments, and
candles), lessons & carols, and prayers.
Malagasy Visit
Our global companion synod presidents from the Betioky
and Betroka Synods of the Malagasy Lutheran Church visited
WV-WMD this past week. For details, visit our Global
Missions page.
Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and then proceeded
north, plowing through the Southern Appalachians and
adjacent areas. Dn. Mary Sanders, Executive Director of
Community Lutheran Partners, Inc., has provided
information on donations that is posted on our Social Ministry page.
Additionally, Sanders may deploy with UMCOR. If she does, she can take two people with her. Again, information is posted on our Social Ministry page.
For Congregational Budgeting
Mission Support
The Mission Support Formula for 2025 has been published.
To download the Mission Support Request, Commitment
(Pledge) Form, and the Remittance Form, visit out Mission Support page.
Clergy Compensation Kit for 2025
The Synod Council, meeting 27 July 2024, adopted the Clergy Compensation Kit for 2025. You may review the new guidelines for clergy compensation at our Clergy Compensation page.The Clergy Wellness page has been updated with information on Portico enrollment for 2025, new options for plan members, other benefits.
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Synod Council is recommending a set of five amendments to
the synod's constitution. Review them on our Proposed
Constitutional Amendments page.
Lutherans Uniting and Dividing
The Lutheran Historical Conference and the Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic will meet jointly on Saturday, 12 October 2024, at Gettysburg Seminary.
LHSMA will hold its annual program (and annual meeting) in conjunction with the last day of the LHC on the Gettysburg Seminary campus in Gettysburg, PA. LHC is meeting under the theme "Lutherans Uniting and Dividing". Morning lectures sponsored by LHC at Gettysburg include:
- Jonathan M. Wilson: “Federkrieg: A German Lutheran’s War of the Pen, Waged on American Soil"
- Richard B. Baumann: “Decline, Demise and Fragmentation of Lutheranism in Eastern Pennsylvania: What Does this Mean?"
- Stephen R. Herr: “Milton Valentine: The General Synod’s General Theologian”
Lunch will follow. After lunch there will be a variety of offerings. The annual meeting of the society will take place as well. Click here for details.
LHC will meet 10-11 October 2024 in Baltimore, easy striking distance for many folks from WV-WMD. The LHC is a traditional academic conference with papers being delivered along the line of the theme for the specific conference. To learn more you can visit the LHC homepage: https://www.luthhistcon.org/.
Christ or Caesar? — An
Exploration of Church and State
The 143rd Annual Assembly of the West Virginia Council of
Churches will be held 28 October 2024 in Charleston under
the theme "Christ or Caesar — An Exploration of Church and
State." Agenda and registration information is posted on
our Education for
Clergy & Laity page.
Synod Assembly 2025
Synod Assembly 2025 will be held 31 May 2025 at the Mon
County 4-H Center, Morgantown, WV.
Grants for Congregations
Several grant opportunities are available to
congregations. Visit our Congregations page
to learn more.
Call Openings
We have one active MSP at the moment and one in drafting. We also have some settings in which a call could be considered without an active MSP. On top of that, there is potential for contract appointments. With several clergy vacancies across the territory, there are opportunities for clergy interested in serving in the WV-WMD Synod. Visit the clergy page to find out whats available (or will be available once the MSP is completed).
Faith &
Community in Appalachia
The Faith & Community in Appalachia Conference will be
held in Wheeling, 7-9 November 2024. For more information,
visit our Education
for Clergy & Laity page.
Mutual Ministry Committee and the Driesen Manual
In partial fulfillment of an order from Synod Assembly 2021, information about the Driesen Manual has been uploaded to the website on a new page, Mutual Ministry Committee and the Driesen Manual. You will find there an explanation an a link to the manual.
If you haven't checked out the members portal...
Don't forget to take a peek of the members portal (click the button at right near the top of this page). It's not password protected. We only call it the "members portal" because it's mostly stuff that deals with the internal workings of the synod. Visitors looking for more general information about the synod, will probably find the "guest portal" more interesting.℅St. Paul Lutheran Church, 309 Baldwin Street, Morgantown, WV 26505
304-363-4030 + Porter@WV-WMD.org