2026 Synod Assembly - Southeast Michigan Synod

Southeast Michigan Synod • ELCA

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2026 Synod Assembly

Friday, May 29 – Saturday, May 30, 2026 | St. John Lutheran Church | 23225 Gill Road, Farmington Hills 48335

Information

Required Documents

Please bring the documents in the following sections with you to the assembly:

For the Assembly

Nominations & Resolutions

Resolutions & Nominations Letter
- Resolutions are due by 4:30 p.m. March 27, 2026
- Nominations are due by April 10, 2026
- List of Resolutions & Memorials
- Nominations Form
- List of Nominations

Reports of the Officers

Bishop: Roster Activity Report
Vice President: Annual Report
Secretary: Annual Report
Treasurer: Operating Budget
Treasurer: Fund for Mission
Letter from the Auditor

Speaker’s Bio

ELCA Churchwide Representative — Kristen Opalinski, Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Manager
ELCA Synod Assembly Report (ENG)
ELCA Synod Assembly Report (SPA)

Informational Reports

Documents in the following sections are for informational purposes only and are not required at the assembly:

Directors Reports

Acts in Common / ADLA
Candidacy
Coaching
Licensed Lay Ministry
Director of Evangelical Mission (DEM)

Conference Reports

Committees, Task Forces,
and Related Agency Reports

Building Racial Reconciliation In Christ’s Kingdom (BRRICK)
Campus Ministry (All.together, Lord of Light, Zoe)
Diversity Task Force
- Final Report of DTF
ELCA Church Property Resource Hub (CPRH)
- CPRH At-A-Glance
ELCA Credit Union
ELCA Mission Investment Fund
ELCA Living Water Ministries
ELCJHL – Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Fed UP Ministries
Global Refuge
Hunger Task Force
Immigration and Refugee Task Force
Portico Benefits
SEMI – Women of the ELCA
St. Olaf College
Transitional Ministry
Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University
Wittenberg University