This Assembly will elect synod council members and committee members of the Grand Canyon Synod.

NOMINATION FORMS

Nomination forms for all positions must be received no later than 4/28/2025.

The Nominating Committee invites members of Grand Canyon Synod congregations to prayerfully consider if God is calling them to serve on synod council or on a committee. 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.

Any congregational member in good standing may self-nominate or be nominated to open positions.

Nomination forms for all positions must be received no later than 4/28/2025.

  • Questions about nominations may be directed to the Nominating Committee at office@gcsynod.org.

Synod Council

Open Positions

The following synod council positions are open.

  • Vice President

  • 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.

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.”
— Ephesians 4:12-13