I LOVE TELLING THE STORY... PART ONE

 Tentative Assembly Agenda      June 8-10, 2023

Thursday Morning
10:00 AM Registration Opens & Executive Committee
12:00 PM Lunch
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Thursday Afternoon
1:30 PM Opening Prayer with Opening of Synod Assembly
Greetings from Thiel College
Orientation
Report from Registration
Synod Council Recommendation #1 Rules of Procedure
Synod Council Recommendation #2 Agenda
Introduction of New Rostered Leaders
Report of Nominations
Report of Reference and Counsel
Report of the Bishop
Committee of the Whole
Report of the Treasurer
Synod Council Recommendation #2 Budget Parameters
Synod Council Recommendation #6 Constitution Revisions
6:00 PM Dinner

Thursday Evening
7:30 PM Eucharist with Necrology

Friday Morning
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Opening Prayer
Elections (Ballot 1)
Reports of related Agencies and Institutions
11:00 AM Forums
12:15 PM Lunch

Friday Afternoon
1:30 PM Opening Prayer
Synod Council Recommendation #3 Compensation Guidelines
Synod Council Recommendation #4 Mission Support Formula
Elections (Ballot 2)
Vocations Committee Report
Presentation of Seminarians and TEEM Candidates
4:30 PM Forums

Friday Evening
6:00 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Fun and Fireworks

Saturday Morning
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Field Service
9:30 AM Synod Council Recommendation #5 FY 24 Budget Parameters
Report of ELCA Church Council and ELCA Representative
Rostered Leaders Anniversaries
Congregational Anniversaries
Mission Support Recognitions McCoid Order
Installation of Synod Officer and Council
Order for Closing the Synod Assembly
12:00 PM Adjournment

​Lunch

Bulletin of Reports

MIF

Lutherlyn

Region 7 & 8 Candidacy and Leadership

Portico

LIRS

LAMPA

ELCA Foundation

United Lutheran Seminary

PDF- Nominations

Rules of Procedure

Bishops Report

Committee on Church Vocations

​2023 Proposed Budget

Constitutional Housekeeping

Mission Support Formula 2023

Bio-Forms

Young Adult-Sutton Rowland PDF

Youth- Gina Rhodes, Salem Lutheran, Lamartine

Youth- Alexis Dehner PDF

LHK- Carol Lundgren PDF

LHK- Matthew Benson PDF

ELCA CHURCHWIDE REPRESENTATIVE

​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.
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​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

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Congregation Anniversary

175 Years
1848 Est.
St Mark Lutheran Church, New Bethlehem

125 Years
1898 Est.
​St Stephen Lutheran Church, Erie

75 Years
1948 Est.
St Paul Lutheran Church, Erie

Rostered Leader Anniversary

10 Years
Theodore M Cogar

15 Years
Benjamin E Travis

25 Years
Sandra M Samuel

30 Years
Michael L Lozano

35 Years
Gary B Nelson
Samuel Mabugu

40 Years
Gail H Zackrison
Harold O Jacobson 

45Years
Lee D Penvose
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60 Years
Gary L Harbaugh

Forms and Information

Display Request (PDF)

Forum Request Form (PDF)

Bio-Form (PDF)

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION OPENS 10AM THURSDAY JUNE 8 AT THIEL