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Assembly 2022

  • 2022 Assembly
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One Day Event
Date: June 10, 2022

ZOOM Forum #1

ZOOM Link Forum #2

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ELCA Rep

Rev. Christopher Otten
Senior Director, Federal Chaplaincy
​Pastor Otten was Ordained in 1995 after completing his BA in Philosophy at Nyack College, New York, and his MDiv at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.  His Clinical Pastoral Education was at Laclede Groves (Webster Groves, MO) and his Internship at Bethany Lutheran Church (Alexandria, VA).  He has served congregations as a Pastor, Assoc. Pastor, and Sr. Pastor in the DC/MD/VA area, as well as Wahiawa, Hawaii; Cleveland, Ohio; and McAllen, Texas.  He currently serves as the part-time Interim Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport, Maryland, south of Andrews AFB, Maryland.
 
Chaplain Otten, who grew up in Greensboro, NC, now lives part-time in DC and part-time in Rehoboth Beach, DE, with his spouse, Timothy P. Credle, originally from Remsen, NY.  He has a 20-year-old son, Elliott Samuel, and a Pomeranian dog, Augustus.  He commutes into DC, where he works in the ELCA’s Capitol Hill office.
​The Rev. Christopher L. Otten was called as the Assistant to the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as the Sr. Director of Federal Chaplaincies in January 2019.  Chaplain Otten served nearly twenty-one years as a Federal Chaplain, activated United States Air Force Chaplain, and Air National Guard Chaplain/Federal Technician.  He now oversees the 181 ELCA Federal Chaplains who serve the government in the military, Veterans Administration hospitals, Bureau of Prisons, and other Federal Agencies.  Beginning in June 2021, he also supports and coordinates for all Chaplains within the ELCA, including ACPE, BCC, and CCC Chaplains in hospitals, hospices, and other service agencies
Congregational Anniversaries
Rostered Leader Anniversaries
200 years
1822
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church
Homer City

150 years
1872
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Indiana, PA

125 years
1897
Trinity Lutheran Church
McKean, PA 1897 
Zion Lutheran Church
Oil City, PA 

100 years
1922
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Erie, PA ​
Minister of Word and Sacrament
10 Years
Brian T Riddle
Karen C Thompson 

15 Years
Karen D Parsh 

35 Years
Alison L Leitzel 
Mark A Fischer 

40 Years
John A Wood 

45 Years
Ralph J Mineo

50 Years
​John K Ludwig 


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​​Minister of Word and Service
5 Years
​Nancy R. Guthrie
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United Lutheran Seminary
Bio Form-Blank
Lutherlyn
Treasurer of the Synod-4 year term
Ron King- Running for re-election
LAMPa
Secretary of the Synod-4 year term
Rev. Mark Fischer- Running for re-election
Portico
Green Team

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Letter from Bp. Lozano regarding Assembly


Proposed Synod Agenda

Continuing Resolution

Greenhouse Gas Memorial (revision)

NWPA Constituional Changes

2023 Budget Request

Bishop Eaton Assembly Video

2023 Compensation Guidelines

2023 Mission Support Formula 

Bishop Eatons Assembly Letter

2021 Minutes of Synod Assembly

ONLY VOTING MEMBERS, ROSTERED CLERGY/DEACON, SYNOD STAFF AND COUNCIL MAY REGISTER

​God might be calling God’s people to examine what has a claim on our attention. Where is our energy being drawn? – Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton
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