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Headline News
(30 October 2024)

Web UpdateSynod 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.

Requiescat in pace: The Rev. Jeff Wick

We have received word of the death of The Rev. Jeff Wick, who served both Trinity Lutheran Church, Weirton, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Huntington. A memorial service is scheduled for 8 November 2024. For details and obituary, click here.

Installation: Ames

The Rev. Devin Ames will be installed as pastor of First English Lutheran Church in conjunction with the Cooperative Lutheran Ministries on 16 November 2024. For more information, visit our Clergy page.

Call Accepted

The Rev. Timothy Crummitt has accepted the call of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Wheeling, to serve as pastors. For more information, visit our Clergy page.

Polity Pages Added/Redesigned

A major redesign of our polity information is underway. Several pages are now uploaded. Click here to explore. Please let us know if any of the links are not working.

Oridinal wreathThinking about Advent and Christmas?

It's not too early. Visit out Worship page for resources covering appointments (wreaths, trees, paraments, and candles), lessons & carols, and prayers.

Malagasy Visit

Our global companion synod presidents from the Betioky and Betroka Synods of the Malagasy Lutheran Church visited WV-WMD this past week. For details, visit our Global Missions page.

Hurricane FlagHurricanes Helene & Milton

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and then proceeded north, plowing through the Southern Appalachians and adjacent areas. Dn. Mary Sanders, Executive Director of Community Lutheran Partners, Inc., has provided information on donations that is posted on our Social Ministry page.

Additionally, Sanders may deploy with UMCOR. If she does, she can take two people with her. Again, information is posted on our Social Ministry page.

For Congregational Budgeting

Mission Support

The Mission Support Formula for 2025 has been published. To download the Mission Support Request, Commitment (Pledge) Form, and the Remittance Form, visit out Mission Support page.

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.

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Synod Council is recommending a set of five amendments to the synod's constitution. Review them on our Proposed Constitutional Amendments page.

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.

Call Openings

We have one active MSP at the moment and one 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.

West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod
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