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(6 September 2024)
Synod
Website Updates
The synod website updates frequently (as in often) and
irregularly (as in not on a particular schedule). Click here (or on the picture at
right) to find out what has been recently updated.
House of the Carpenter Seeks Executive Director
The House of the Carpenter, a Wheeling-based social
ministry, has opened a search for its next executive
director. Interested clergy should visit our Pulpit
Vacancies page for more information and position
description.
Installations, one here, one there
Two installations are coming up.
The Rev. Doug Knupp will be installed as pastor of the
Capon-North River Paris on 15 September 2024. Visit our Clergy page for
details on vesting, times, location, etc.
Our domestic partner synod, Indiana-Kentucky, will be installing its new bishop, The Rev. Timothy Mark Graham, on 12 October 2024. Clergy who plan to attend should RSVP by 15 September 2024. Visit our Clergy page for details on RSVP, vesting, times, location, etc.
Synod Clergy Continuing Ed Event: Fall 2024
Dr. Kimberly Wagner will be presenter for the Fall Synod
Clergy Continuing Education Event. The event will be held
Tuesday, 22-24 October 2024, at Priestfield,
Kearneysville, WV. Clergy should register now through our
Education for
Clergy & Laity page. Clergy from judicatories
other than the WV-WMD Synod are welcome. Registration
should be live in two days.
SCALD
IV
The Fourth Symposium for Central Appalachian Lutheran
Dogmatics will be held in Morgantown on 20 February 2024.
For more information, including the call for papers, click
here.
Rites for Installations and Ordinations
A major rewrite and expansion of our guidance for
installations and ordinations of both deacons and
presbyters is now online. Visit our Rites for
Clergy page if you are responsible for worship
planning, music, ushering, or feeding the 5,000.
Clergy Compensation Kit for 2025
The Synod Council, meeting 27 July 2024, adopted the Clergy Compensation Kit for 2025. You may review the new guidelines for clergy compensation at our Clergy Compensation page.The Clergy Wellness page has been updated with information on Portico enrollment for 2025, new options for plan members, other benefits.
Draft of a Social Statement on Civic Life and Faith
The deadline for response to the Draft of a Social Statement on Civic Life and Faith is 30 September 2024. For details, visit our Civic Life & Faith. You will also find there information on hosting a hearing as well as a downloadable link of the draft and other resources. The bishop is also available (depending upon other commitments) to hold a basic introduction to the draft.Synod Assembly 2025
Synod Assembly 2025 will be held 31 May 2025 at the Mon
County 4-H Center, Morgantown, WV.
Grants for Congregations
Several grant opportunities are available to
congregations. Visit our Congregations page
to learn more.
Wentz Prize
The Abdel Ross Wentz Prize for 2024 is a $2,500 cash
award to be presented to the author of the most
outstanding essay or research paper dealing with American
Lutheran history. If merited, an award will be offered for
a winning paper from each of the following categories: 1)
first degree students enrolled at a seminary or divinity
school 2) M.A./PH.D graduate students 3) Post graduate 4)
Amateur Historian. For competition details, visit the Lutheran
Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic website.
Deadline for submission is 30 September 2024.
Call Openings
We have one active MSP at the moment and a couple in drafting. We also have some settings in which a call could be considered without an active MSP. On top of that, there is potential for contract appointments. With several clergy vacancies across the territory, there are opportunities for clergy interested in serving in the WV-WMD Synod. Visit the clergy page to find out whats available (or will be available once the MSP is completed).
Mutual Ministry Committee and the Driesen Manual
In partial fulfillment of an order from Synod Assembly 2021, information about the Driesen Manual has been uploaded to the website on a new page, Mutual Ministry Committee and the Driesen Manual. You will find there an explanation an a link to the manual.
If you haven't checked out the members portal...
Don't forget to take a peek of the members portal (click the button at right near the top of this page). It's not password protected. We only call it the "members portal" because it's mostly stuff that deals with the internal workings of the synod. Visitors looking for more general information about the synod, will probably find the "guest portal" more interesting.℅St. Paul Lutheran Church, 309 Baldwin Street, Morgantown, WV 26505
304-363-4030 + Porter@WV-WMD.org