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Save-the-date: Synod Assembly 2024 will be held 1 June
2023 at the Mon County 4-H Center, Morgantown, WV. For
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Synod Assembly 2023
Synod Assembly 2023 has adjourned sine die. Visit
our webpage for Synod Assembly 2023 to find out
what happened.
What Is Synod Assembly?
Synod Assembly is the highest legislative authority of
the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod. It is a
unicameral legislature of clergy and laity enfranchised
under the Synod Constitution. A minimum of 60% of its
voting members must be laity. In session, it employs Robert's
Rules of Order, Newly Revised (latest edition) as
its parliamentary authority. The Synod Assembly must meet
in regular session at least triennially, but, with one
exception, West Virginia-Western Maryland has met annually
since its constituting convention in 1987.
Anatomy of the Synod Assembly
Synod Assembly, much like any convention, has various
committees and offices that work well in advance of the
assembly and during the assembly. While this can get
pretty complicated, the most important entities for the
legislative work of the assembly are...
- Nominating Committee—Nominating
Committee, with some few exceptions, generates
nominations for offices to be elected by the Synod
Assembly. Learn more about Nominating Committee, its
processes, and the status of its work at this point at
the Nominations & Elections webpage (in revision; to
be posted mid-January).
- Reference & Counsel—R&C is the principal legislative committee of the assembly. R&C, among other duties, reviews all resolutions and memorials submitted to the assembly by voting members and congregations. Learn more about Nominating Committee, its processes, and the status of its work at this point at our Resolutions & Memorials webpage (in revision; to be uploaded February).
- Resolutions Committee—Resolutions Committee is
the drafting committee of the Synod Assembly.
Past Synod Assemblies
Synod Assembly 2022
Synod Assembly 2022 has adjourned sine die, and the synopsis is on-line! Review the happenings at our Synod Assembly 2022 page.
Synod Assembly 2021
The 33rd Annual Synod Assembly of the West Virginia-Western Maryland, ELCA, convened Saturday, 16 October 2021, at the Mon County 4-H Center, Mylan Park, outside of Morgantown, WV. To find out what happened, including elections, legislative action, and more, visit the Synod Assembly 2021 page.