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Synod Assembly

Synod Assembly

2023 Synod Assembly

2022 Synod Assembly logoThe 2023 Central/Southern Illinois Synod Assembly will be held via Zoom on the morning of Saturday, March 25th, and in person at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria, June 1-3. The theme of this year's assembly is “To the Glory of God.”

Voting members are required to have an internet-connected device (phone, tablet, laptop) for ALL sessions. See more details and register now.

Synod Assembly is the annual gathering of the congregations of Central/Southern Illinois Synod, typically the first Thursday-Saturday of June. Synod Assembly is time for us to be church together. We tend to the matters of living together in Christ for the sake of the world, learning and understanding how God calls us to be the church in the world. We worship together, receive greetings from ministry partners and ecumenical brothers and sisters, steward our financial resources to support and strengthen ministry, and are inspired and encouraged by one another.

2023 Synod Assembly Documents

  • 2022 Statistics (new 3/24)
  • 2022 Synod Assembly minutes
  • Agenda (updated 3/22)
  • Information about open positions for election
  • Nominations for open positions (new 3/24)
  • Procedure for the election of a bishop
  • Recommended amendments to the synod constitution
  • Rules of Organization and Procedure
  • Synod Visioning Threads (new 3/22)
  • Victoria Flood, ELCA representative
Summary & Videos
  • Summary booklet
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    • Black and white
  • Ecumenical guests
    • Rev. Elissa Bailey
    • Bishop Frank Beard
    • Bishop Edward Braxton (transcript)
  • Video greetings
  • Festival worship
Agenda, Budget, Elections & Minutes
  • 2021 Synod Assembly minutes (approved)
  • Agenda (approved)
  • Election Ballot & Nominee Biographies
  • Forums
  • 2023 Budget (approved)
  • Narrative Budget
  • Resolution: Courtesies (approved)
Other Documents
  • Assembly Guest Speakers
  • Celebrations, Anniversaries & Necrology
  • Compensation guidelines
  • Synod statistics
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Pulpit supply guidelines

Reports to the Assembly

ELCA Churchwide & Regional
  • Bishop Eaton: Synod Assembly Letter
  • Bishop Eaton: Carta de la Asamblea del Sínodo
  • ELCA Annual Report
  • Region 5 Annual Report
Central/Southern Illinois Synod Staff
  • Bishop John Roth
  • Rev. Ken Sandlin, Assistant to the Bishop
  • Rev. Maureen Stein, Assistant to the Bishop
  • Rev. Ken Tegtmeier, Assistant to the Bishop
  • Rev. Elise Rothfusz, Director for Evangelical Mission
  • Synod statistics
Conference Reports
  • East Central
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Committees, Working Groups & Organizations
  • Synod Council Vice President
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Agency Reports
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Seminaries, Universities, and Colleges
  • Augustana College
  • Carthage College
  • Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago & Wartburg Theological Seminary
  • Lutheran School of Theology (St. Louis)
  • St. Andrew's Lutheran Campus Center (University of Illinois)
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Synod Council Minutes
  • March 20, 2021
  • April 24, 2021 (visioning meeting)
  • June 4, 2021
  • September 18, 2021
  • November 13, 2021 (visioning meeting)
  • January 15, 2021
Previous Synod Assembly Documents

  • Synod Assembly 2022

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2021

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2020

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2019

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2018

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2017

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2016

    Overview

  • Synod Assembly 2015

    Overview
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