Welcome to the 2024 Synod Assembly in Corpus Christi, Texas!

We last gathered here at the Omni Hotel in 2019; it will be good to return to this very hospitable city! Our theme this year is “Called and Sent”, part of God’s vision for our synod.

This is the third year that we have dwelt in a text from the book of Acts. This year, we go back to the beginning of Acts 1:3-8, where Jesus, before he ascends to the Father, tells the disciples that they will receive power from the Holy Spirit, and that they will be God’s witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Like those first disciples, we too have been called by God and sent out into the world to join in God’s mission.

Our offering this year will be for Lutheran Disaster Response. This ministry plays a key role in our being sent into the world; responding to all kinds of needs. In addition to monetary offerings, we will be making various kinds of disaster preparedness and response kits; stay tuned for more information!

This year, we will have lots of elections for synod council, discipline and consultation committee members, 2024 churchwide assembly voting members and a bishop.

We look forward to seeing you in Corpus!

Bp. Sue