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 Last updated 06/18/2013
Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
26th Annual Assembly
June 14-15, 2013
Mohegan Sun
Arena,
Wilkes-Barre, PA
The 2013 Synod Assembly has ended.
Bishop Zeiser's
Sermon
Election Results
Officers
Synod Council
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Clergy (at large):
Pr. Cindy Camp
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Lay Male (at large):
Martin
L. Everhart
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Lay Male (at large): Steven Barnett
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Mission District:
Pr. Michele Kaufman
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Hazleton-Lehighton Mission District: Donna
Austin-Ahner
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Northern Lehigh Valley Mission District:
Pr. Gary Walbert
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Pocono Mission District: Jim Carey
Memorials and
Resolutions Adopted
(All)
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Constitutional and
Bylaw Changes Adopted
(All)
Page 1
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Electing a successor bishop because of
death, resignation, or inability to serve
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Synodically Authorized Worshiping Communities
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Terms of synod officers
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Only one nominee needed for vice president
Page 2
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Synod Council member failing to meet requirements of position
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Allowing meetings of the Synod Council electronically or by telephone
conference
Pages 3-4
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2014 Compensation Guidelines
The
2014 Compensation Guidelines were adopted as printed in the
Bulletin of Reports
Information on this Page
Assembly Materials
Most items are available both in PDF ( )
and MS Word 2003 ( )
formats.
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Keynote Speaker
The Rev. Dr. David Lose holds the Marbury Anderson Chair in Biblical
Preaching and serves as the Director of the Center for Biblical
Preaching at Luther Seminary. Author of Making Sense of Scripture,
Making Sense of the Christian Faith, and Making Sense of the
Cross, David writes for the
Huffington Post,
Patheos, and
WorkingPreacher.org, which he helped create. You can find his Bible
devotions and reflections on connecting faith to daily life at “…In the
Meantime” (www.davidlose.net).
David speaks throughout the US and abroad on preaching, leadership,
Christian faith in a postmodern world, and biblical interpretation.
ELCA Representative
 The
ELCA representative to our assembly will be the Rev. Dr. Mark N.
Wilhelm, Program Director for Schools in the Congregational and
Synodical Mission Unit of the churchwide organization. As program
director for schools, he is responsible for relationships among ELCA
early childhood centers, elementary and secondary schools, college and
universities, and aspects of seminary oversight, the Book of Faith
Initiative, and certain other lifelong learning ministries. Prior to
joining the churchwide staff in 2000, Mark was associate director of the
Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Theological
Seminary in New York City. He holds a BA from St. Olaf College, an MDiv
from Luther Seminary, and a PhD from Union Theological Seminary. Top of page
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Calendar of
Events
Upcoming Events
Synod Assembly
2012 Assembly
Information
Check out—
2012 Assembly
summary
Post-2012 assembly information and reports
Minutes of the
2012
annual
assembly
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