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Summary of Actions
Publication of the summary of assembly actions is in
progress. Several items are already posted, but the
complexity and energy of debate requires careful review
and approval of the minutes prior to a full posting. Some
items are already available for review. Read below.
Elections
Synod Assembly held elections for
- synod secretary
- five seats on the Synod Council, and
- seats on both the Committee on Discipline and the Consultation Committee.
Election results are posted in the Proceedings; click here to
review.
To review the details on the positions to be elected and
to access the Report of the Nominating Committee, visit
the Nominations
page for details.
Amendments to the Governing Documents
Amendments to the Constitution of the West
Virginia-Western Maryland Synod were adopted as
proposed by the Synod Council. Likewise, amendments to the
of the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod were
adopted as proposed by the Bylaws Committee. The amended
bylaws will be posted are posted in the Proceedings;
click here to
review. The constitutional amendments, however, require
ratification by Church Council of the ELCA. These will not
be ratified until mid-autumn.
Fiscal
A budget was approved by the assembly but not without a
significant alteration to the compensation package of the
bishop. The adopted budget is posted in the Proceedings; click here to
review.
The Synod Assembly offering, as ordered by Synod Council,
was designated for the Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU. A
total of $2338 was collected, this amount already being
transferred to the campus ministry.
Additional actions related to disbursements from reserves
to both the Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU and Community
Lutheran Partners, Inc. Details will be posted once the
minutes have been approved.
Churchwide Reports
Churchwide Representative: The Rev. Dr. Carmelo Santos
Our Churchwide Representative for Synod Assembly 2025
will be The Rev. Dr. Carmelo Santos, Director for
Theological Diversity & Ecumenical and Interreligious
Engagement for the ELCA. Dr. Santos' dissertation explored
the intersection of theology and science related to the
human brain.
Dr. Santos will speak at the assembly. The Churchwide
Organization provides a slide show, but we don't project
anything. If you would like to follow a slide show on your
mobile device as Dr. Santos speaks, click here to download a pdf of the
slides.
Presiding Bishop Eaton's Video
Presiding Bishop Eaton has provided a video on Youtube
under the title Our Journey of Faith Together. You
are invited to view.
Registration
The details on registration are also awaiting review
before official publication. You can, however, review the
Synod Assembly membership as it stood at the close of
Synod Assembly 2025 by accessing the assembly's proceedings.
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Pre-Assembly Bulletin
of Reports
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We are in the process of converting the Pre-Assembly
Bulletin of Reports into the Proceedings.
This takes some time, but, rather than wait until the
project is completed, we are going to leave up the online
material with the changes taking place as we go. We'll
change the title of the link when the project is finished.
We'll also be providing a fully stabilized pdf version
when finished.
Nuts &
Bolts
Weather predictions called for rain and wind as well as being slightly on the chilly side, so the assembly chamber was moved inside. Indeed it did rain, even hailed during the lunch adjournment.
As in the past four assemblies, an extended lunch adjournment of 90 minutes was provided.
Coffee Service was staffed by Community Lutheran Partners, Inc.
For the fifth year in a row, Synod Council decided on not
charging a registration fee. That's right: free
registration for the fifth year in a row!