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2026 Synod Assembly Registration

2026 Assembly Home Page

Thank you for attending our 2026 Synod Assembly, June 11-13, 2026! To register…

  • Read this page in its entirety.

  • Click the links or images below to begin your registration process. Options include:

    • Voting members, $140 early bird through 4/13/2026. $160 through 5/18/2026.

    • Visitors, $80

    • Exhibitors and Display Area, $80

  • Please read all info about each registration below.

Voting Members

  • $140 early bird registration through Monday, 4/13/2026.

  • $160 regular registration, 4/14 – Monday, 5/18/2026.

  • Lay voting members and rostered ministers (active and retired) all use the same registration.

  • Synod council members and Office of the Bishop staff also use this registration.

  • Click here to register.

Visitors

  • $80

  • Includes non-voting visitor access to the assembly.

  • Click here to register.

Exhibitors and Display Area

  • $80

  • Includes table and non-voting visitor access to the assembly.

  • Click here to register.

Info needed

Please have the following information ready for each registrant.

  • Email, phone number, mailing address, preferred pronouns, and age group (30 and under, or over 30) for each registrant.

  • Ethnicity: Is the registrant a person of color or have a primary language other than English? This information helps us with additional voting member eligibility.

  • Special requests and needs: Dietary preferences, translation services, child care needs.

  • An answer to the question: what would make the assembly a success?

 

Registering multiple people for your organization?

Please choose one registration at a time and fill out each attendee’s form as you add that registration to your shopping cart. Then we can capture each attendee’s email and assembly needs.

Your cart is at the top right corner of the page, and you’ll see it fill up as you go. When you’re ready to check out and pay, click the cart.

For questions about registration or to make changes, email office@gcsynod.org or call the synod office at 602-957-3223. 

Determining Voting Members

Please visit our page which explains how many voting members your congregation can send, including the new resolution which allows congregations to send one additional lay voting member who is a person of color or person whose primary language is other than English, and one additional lay voting member who is a youth (confirmed to age 17) or young adult (age 18 to 30).

Note: Lay voting members should be split 50/50 male and female.

  • All active Ministers of Word and Sacrament (pastors) and Ministers of Word and Service (deacons) on the roster of the Grand Canyon Synod are voting members. 

  • Synod Council members and Officers of the Grand Canyon Synod are voting members.

  • All retired Ministers of Word and Sacrament and Ministers of Word and Service on the roster of the Grand Canyon Synod are voting members.

Send a Young Leader to Synod Assembly for Free with Code YOUTH2026: Thanks to the Bishop’s Leadership Fund, congregations can now register one youth or young adult voting member for free for the 2026 Synod Assembly. Just use the code YOUTH2026 at checkout to waive the fee for one confirmed youth (up to age 17) or young adult (age 18–30). One free registration per congregation. Let’s raise up the next generation of leaders in our synod!

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Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA
1819 East Morten Avenue, Suite 110,
Phoenix, AZ, 85020,
United States
602-957-3223 office@gcsynod.org
Hours
Mon 9 am - 5 pm
Tue 9 am - 5 pm
Wed 9 am - 5 pm
Thu 9 am - 5 pm
Fri Closed