This Assembly will elect a Vice President of the Grand Canyon Synod, committee members, and ratify Synod Council Conference Representatives.
The Nominating Committee is recruiting members of Grand Canyon Synod congregations to prayerfully consider if God is calling them to serve on synod council or on a committee. The goal is to conclude nominations by 4/28/2025. Elections to fill these positions will take place at the 2025 Synod Assembly. Descriptions of the duties of each open position can be found below. Questions about a position or nomination may be directed to chairperson Pastor Chris Heller at pastor.chris@myesperanza.org.
Synod Vice President
S8.20. Vice President
†S8.21. The vice president shall be elected by the Synod Assembly. The vice president shall be a layperson. The vice president shall be a voting member of a congregation of this synod. The vice president shall not receive a salary for the performance of the duties of the office.
S8.21.01. The vice president shall be elected to a four-year term, and election shall be limited to two full terms consecutively. After an intervening term, a person having previously held the office of vice president shall be eligible for election.
S8.22. The vice president shall chair the Synod Council.
Synod Council
Open Positions
The following synod council positions are open.
Capital Conference representative
Colorado River Conference representative
Kino Conference representative
Conference representatives to the Synod Council are not elected during the Synod Assembly. Each conference is responsible for selecting its representative prior to the Assembly through its own process. These representatives are then ratified by the Synod Assembly. Questions about the conference representative to Synod Council may be directed to your conference Dean.
SYNOD COUNCIL FUNCTIONS
The functions of the Synod Council shall be to:
Exercise trusteeship responsibilities on behalf of this synod.
Recommend program goals and budgets to the regular meetings of the Synod Assembly.
Carry out the resolutions of the Synod Assembly.
Provide for an annual review of the roster of Ministers of Word and Sacrament and the roster of Ministers of Word and Service, receive and act upon appropriate recommendations regarding those persons whose status is subject to reconsideration and action under the constitution and bylaws of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and make a report to the Synod Assembly of the Synod Council’s actions in this regard.
Issue letters of call to rostered ministers as authorized by Chapter 7 of the constitution and bylaws of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Fill vacancies until the next regular meeting of the Synod Assembly, except as may otherwise be provided in the constitution or bylaws of this synod, and determine the fact of the incapacity of an officer of this synod.
Report its actions to the regular meeting of the Synod Assembly.
Perform such other functions as are set forth in the bylaws of this synod, or as may be delegated to it by the Synod Assembly.
Committees
Consultation Committee
One layperson position is open
Two rostered ministers positions are open
Committee on Discipline
One layperson position is open
“…to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”