Synod
Council
of the
West Virginia-Western
Maryland Synod
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Synod Council meets regularly three to four times during
the year with special meetings held, often by
teleconference, as need. The Synod Council is chaired by
the vice president. The membership of the Synod Council
includes the four officers of the synod and twelve voting
members from around the synod, representing a balance of
clergy and laity, geographical distribution, and age. Click here for the roster of
the Synod Council and its committees.
Synod Council: 14 January 2023
Synod Council, in special meeting, via Zoom, on 14
January 2023, took the following actions.
- To renew extended ecumenical service for The Rev.
Darick Biondi (UMC) to serve Cross of Grace Lutheran
Church, Hurricane, WV, under CBCR/ELCA 8.63.02,
effective 9 April 2023.
- To renew authorization for local altar & pulpit
fellowship for The Rev. Dr. Roger Dalman, under CBCR/ELCA
8.64, effective 9 April 2023.
- To authorize up to $750 to support the intracampus
move of Tri-Synod Archives at Thiel, funds to be taken
from synod reserves.
- To set the registration fee for Synod Assembly 2023 at
$0.00 (i.e., free).
- To appoint Ruth Bullwinkle (MVMC-C), Mary Sanders
(MVMC-L), Karen Erskine-Valentine (PC-C), Sean Smith
(UOVC-C), Ian Reid (OKVC-C), Lois Gray (UOVC-L), John
Perry (OKVC-L), and Rick Losh (PC-L) to the Nominating
Committee.
- To authorize ExComm to fill any vacancies which may
occur on the Nominating Committee.
- To direct the bishop to organize a town hall on the
Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church, providing
appropriate background resources.
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