2021 Synod Assembly

An agenda is currently being prepared. We respectfully request that you hold open Friday, April 30th (late afternoon, evening) and Saturday, May 1 (8am to 4pm) while we work to finalize these details.

The number of lay voting members your congregation elects depends on the number of baptized members (not voting or confirmed members) in the congregation. Lay voting members should be as evenly divided between female and male as possible.

• All congregations may elect at least two lay voting members of the Synod Assembly.
• Congregations having 750 to 1,249 baptized members may elect a third lay voting member. Thereafter an additional lay voting member may be added for each additional 500 baptized members of the congregation (e.g. at 1,250 members, 1,750 members, etc.).
• All congregations may add one voting member to the number allotted if that additional member is a youth or young adult (aged 30 or under when elected).

Use the chart below to see your congregation’s number of voting members. (All rostered ministers are voting members.) Baptized membership numbers with a * are from the 2019 congregational reports. We will update this as 2020 reports are received.

The positions listed below are open for nominations and will be elected at the 2021 Synod Assembly. You can also download a pdf of the position openings, a brief job description for each position, and the new conference structure.

Please note: Nominations deadline is March 15, 2021

• Youth – age 18 and under at the time of election
• Young adult – age 30 and under at the time of election
• Churchwide Assembly will be held in Columbus, Ohio from August 8-12, 2022
• People interested in conference nominations should contact the acting dean of the conference

The pdf nomination form is available here. Please download and save this form to your computer before you fill it in. You can email the completed form as an attachment to Mary Romskog.

Conference Nominees

Central Conference Nominees

• Synod Council, Lay Male – 4-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
• Churchwide Assembly 2022, Lay Male

North Conference Nominees                                      

• Synod Council, Lay Female – 4-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
• Churchwide Assembly 2022, Lay Male, Person of Color or person whose primary language is other than English

South Central Conference Nominees

• Synod Council, Rostered Minister – 2-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023)
• Churchwide Assembly 2022, Rostered Minister

South Conference Nominees

•  Synod Council, Rostered Minister – 4-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
•  Churchwide Assembly 2022, Lay Female

West Central Conference Nominees

•  Synod Council, Lay Male – 2-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023)
•  Churchwide Assembly 2022, Lay Female, Youth or Young Adult

West Conference Nominees

•  Synod Council, Lay Female – 2-year term (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023)
•  Churchwide Assembly 2022, Rostered Minister

At Large Nominees

Synod Council Positions

• Officers – Four-year term
  • Vice President, Lay (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
  • Treasurer (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
• Four-year term
  • Lay Male (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
  • Lay Female (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
  • Rostered Minister (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
• Representational Positions
  • Young Adult (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025)
  • Lay Youth (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023)

Churchwide Assembly, August 8-12, 2022 – Columbus, Ohio

• Rostered Minister – 2 openings
• Lay Female – 1 opening
• Lay Male – 2 openings
• Lay Male, Youth or Young Adult
• Lay Female, Person of Color or person whose primary language is other than English

Consultation Committee
Six-year term

• Rostered Minister – 2 openings (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2027)
• Lay Female – 1 opening (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2027)
• Lay Male – 1 opening (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2027)

The deadline to submit resolutions and memorials is March 15, 2021.

Please refer to the guide below to help you prepare a resolution or memorial.

2021 Resolutions and Memorials Guidelines

Special Synod Assembly 2021 – January 23, 2021

Synod Assembly 2020 – Canceled due to COVID-19

Synod Assembly 2019 – For Everyone Born, A Place at the Table, May 31 – June 1, 2019

Synod Assembly 2018 – Trusting the Winds of the Spirit: Curiosity, Courage, and Compassion, May 31 – June 2, 2018

Synod Assembly 2017 – For the Healing of the Nations: Living Word, Living Water, Living Justice, June 1-3, 2017

Synod Assembly 2016 – Claimed to Be, June 2-4, 2016

Synod Assembly 2015 – Hope for a Broken World, May 29-30, 2015

Synod Assembly 2014 – Together at God’s Table, May 29-31, 2014

Synod Assembly 2013 – Why? May 30-June 1, 2013

Synod Assembly 2012 – You are Standing on Holy Ground, May 31-June 2, 2012

Synod Assembly 2011 – Going Public, June 24-26, 2011