Grand Canyon Synod Council Members
The Grand Canyon Synod Council represents all conferences of the Synod.
Rev. Deborah K. Hutterer, Bishop
Executive Committee,
Fiesta ConferenceMs. Barbara Carl, Vice-President
Executive Committee,
Fiesta ConferenceMr. Erik Rehms, Treasurer
Executive Committee,
Capital ConferenceRev. Stephen A. Springer, Secretary
Executive Committee,
Kino Conference
Young Adult Representative
Ms. Hannah Manzanares
Capital Conference
Youth Representative
Ms. Layra Siqueiros
Capital Conference
Conference Representatives
Mr. Glenn Austad
Cactus ConferenceMr. Roger Bailey
Executive Committee,
Colorado River ConferenceMs. Lynn Davis
High CountryRev. Christopher Heller
Fiesta ConferenceMr. Jeffrey Michaels
Rio Salado ConferenceMs. Janis Richert
Kino ConferenceMs. Wendy Weiske
Capital ConferenceMs. Myrna Wells-Ulland
Northeast Valley Conference
At-Large Representatives
Rev. Verónica Alvarez
Capital ConferenceRev. Nanette Christofferson
Rio Salado ConferenceMr. Mark Myers
Colorado River ConferenceMs. Karen Olson
Northeast Valley ConferenceRev. Lourdes Olson
Colorado River ConferenceRev. David Pavesic
Kino ConferenceTaylor Welch
Colorado River Conference
Council News
Note: Meeting minutes are posted once they are approved by the Synod Council at the next quarterly meeting. View all council news in our blog…
The Grand Canyon Synod Constitution has been updated to reflect the new continuing resolution S12.01.A.25, approved by the Synod Council on January 18, 2025. This replaces the previous S12.01.B22 and includes updated conference listings for our 82 congregations and SAWCs across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. View the latest version at gcsynod.org/constitution.
It is a question of equality between your present abundance and their need,
so that their abundance may also supply your need, in order that there may be equality.
As it is written,
“The one who had much did not have too much,
and the one who had little did not have too little.”
—2 Corinthians 8:13b-15
The Grand Canyon Synod Council encourages all congregations to faithfully allocate mission support as an intentional commitment to our shared mission as church together. We encourage congregations to be generous and proportionate in their mission support, in accordance with the witness of scripture and the saints who came before us.
Read the approved minutes from the synod council meeting on January 18, 2025, in PDF format.