Regular Registration Ends May 1!
We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Synod Assembly on Saturday, June 1 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfax, VA.
Come ready to learn all the ways the Holy Spirit has empowered congregations, rostered ministers and lay leaders to live out the Gospel in various ministry contexts!
Regular registration is open until May 1. Registrations received on May 2 or later will incur an additional $15 fee per registration.
Questions?
Please contact the synod assembly planning team chair, Pastor Alex Stall, by emailing synodassemblyteam@metrodcelca.org.
Below is an outline of the draft agenda for our time together. Please note this is subject to change as details and speakers are finalized.
7:45-9:00 AM | Registration
8:00-9:00 AM | Welcome Breakfast
8:00 AM | Chapel & Childcare
9:00 AM | Opening Worship
10:00 AM | Plenary Session 1
11:50 AM | Lunch & Workshops
12:55 PM | Lunch & Workshops
2:00 PM | Workshops
3:05 PM | Plenary Session 2
4:20 PM | Plenary Session 3
4:45 PM | Plenary Session 4
5:30 PM | Closing Worship & Installations
Share Your Ministry Report
Partner organizations and ministries of the Metro D.C. Synod are invited to share an annual report or review of your ministry in 2023. Your reports will then be distributed with other assembly materials for attendees to review.
Please send your reports to Katharyn Wheeler at kwheeler@metrodcelca.org no later than Wednesday, May 1.
Worship Resource
Blessing for Assembly & Voting Members
All congregations are invited to utilize this pre-assembly blessing of voting members and the assembly in a worship service prior to the assembly on June 1.
Click the link below to download a Word doc to your device.
All assembly voting members and rostered ministers are invited to and should plan to attend a pre-assembly meeting hosted by their conference dean.
See the schedule of meetings by conference below.
DC Conference
Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 PM via Zoom
Will be electing a Dean at this meeting - Convened by Pastor Sarah Garret Krey
& Pastor Judith VanOsdol
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 890 6547 8745
Passcode: Grace
Fairfax & Potomac Conferences
Deans Mark Edwards &
Jeanette Surita-Vasquetelles
Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 PM via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81582939225?pwd=bWkxTVdGQmtGQjZReFFJSm5tcUxPUT09
Montgomery Conference
Deans Betty Landis & Kari Parsons
Took Place on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 PM
In-Person at Saint Stephen in Silver Spring, MD
Maryland Conference
Dean Troy Jacobson
Took Place on Monday, April 22 at 7:00 PM
via Zoom
Virginia Conference
Dean Tony Prinsen
Took place on Saturday, April 20 at 10:00 AM
at Christ the King in Great Falls, VA
Nominations Due May 1, 2024!
Each year, the assembly votes to elect new members to serve on synod Council and other important synod tables. Below is a list of the positions to be elected at the 2024 Synod Assembly.
- Synod Council, DC Conference - Rostered member
- Synod Council, Fairfax Conference - Lay member
- Synod Council, Maryland Conference - Lay member
- Synod Council, Montgomery Conference - Lay member
- Synod Council, Potomac Conference - Lay member
- Synod Council, Virginia Conference - Rostered member
- Synod Council, At-Large Young Adult member
- Synod Council, At-Large Youth member (1-year)
- Consultation Committee - Rostered (1 position, 6-year term)
- Consultation Committee - Lay (2 positions, 6-year terms)
- Churchwide Assembly - Rostered (1 position, male)
- Churchwide Assembly - Lay (2 positions)
- Churchwide Assembly - Lay (Person of Color or primary language is not English)
- Churchwide Assembly - Lay (Youth/Young Adult Under 30 years old)
If you, or anyone you know, is interested in serving in one of the roles listed, please submit a candidate information form using the button below no later than May 1, 2024.
Position Descriptions
Welcome Bishop Budde!
Workshop Title: Decisive Moments
Mariann Edgar Budde serves as spiritual leader for 86 Episcopal congregations and ten Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. The first woman elected to this position, she also serves as the chair of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.
A passionate believer in the gospel of Jesus and the Episcopal Church’s particular witness, Bishop Budde is committed to the spiritual and numerical growth of congregations and developing new expressions of Christian community.
She believes that Jesus calls all who follow him to strive for justice and peace, and to respect the dignity of every human being. To that end, Bishop Budde is an advocate and organizer in support of justice concerns, including racial equity, gun violence prevention, immigration reform, the full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons, and the care of creation.
Welcome Dr. Marci Vandiver
Dr. Marci Vandiver is an Associate Professor of Education at Towson University in Baltimore County, Maryland. She received her B.S. in Middle Grades Education from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. After her undergraduate studies, she worked as a teacher for Atlanta Public Schools and received her master’s in Educational Policy and Leadership from Georgia State University. She later received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Vandiver’s research interests focus on issues of diversity and inclusion, anti-racism, and educational equity for marginalized and historically underserved
students.
As a woman of faith, Marci has a heart for God's children and believes that education – even during the Sunday School hour – is a transformative practice. It is Marci’s firm belief that education (in all forms) necessitates important conversations on social justice and inclusion. Marci is happily married to Rev. Dr. Kevin Vandiver, the senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Capitol Hill. They are the proud parents of two toddler boys.
Welcome ELCA Representative
Pastor A. David Anglada
Workshop Title: Servant Leadership as Model for Congregational Leaders
Pastor A. David Anglada (he/his) serves as the Senior Director for Leadership within The Christian Community and Leadership, home area-ELCA.
David has been an ordained Pastor of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 27 years. David has served numerous parishes throughout New York City. He has also served as Assistant to Bishop / Director for Evangelical Outreach in the Metropolitan New York Synod, the Florida-Bahamas Synod, and Program Director for Multicultural Leadership, ELCA, Chicago, Ill.
David is the proud parent of Aaron-David Anglada and his daughter-in-law, Ninan Anglada. He is also Francesco-David Anglada's grandparent. His life mission is to build multicultural bridges across the differences of race and cultural traditions. David is also a Jazz/Latin Jazz enthusiast.
No Longer Accepting Submissions
The synod assembly provides an opportunity for voting members to present Resolutions or Memorials for consideration.
Resolutions adopted by the synod assembly will be acted upon locally or passed to the appropriate units of the ELCA for action.
Memorials adopted for consideration by the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly will be forwarded to the Churchwide Assembly Memorials Committee for consideration and inclusion in the advance materials along with memorials from other synods of the ELCA.
The memorials and resolutions that will be presented at the assembly will be made available soon.
Land Acknowledgment for Synod Assembly
The Metro D.C. Synod wishes to acknowledge and honor the Piscataway peoples upon whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well all our Indigenous siblings who have and continue to care for this place – this land – and call it home.