If you attended the 2019 Synod Assembly in any capacity, we are seeking your feedback! Please fill out the evaluation form online - make sure you complete the whole evaluation and click "Submit" at the bottom. The Synod Assembly Planning Team and I will review each and every comment upon my return from sabbatical in September, and your reflections will help us make future Assemblies even better.

This week, Pastor Lauren Muratore was the guest author on our synod blog, reflecting on our Assembly:

"It is the Bible, in all of its mystery and wonder, by which we first and most clearly experience the God of those who wander, the God of our wild and restless passions, the God of the immigrant and stranger, the God of the oppressed, the God of sunrises and sunsets, the God of imagination, the God of generosity, the God who binds up broken hearts, the God who generates creation itself, the God who is making all things new, the God who died but didn’t stay dead."

You can read the rest here.

Thank you to all of the lay voting members, rostered ministers, special guests, staff, volunteers, visitors, displays, exhibitors, and vendors who made Synod Assembly a success!

All Assembly participants were invited to commit to a 90-day challenge to read the Bible every day, using the Moravian Daily Texts. If you would like to join us in this initiative, you can join the Facebook group where reflections will be posted about the readings each day, and you can participate and share your thoughts as well.

We also launched our synod's new app at Assembly! You can download the app by clicking here on your mobile device. Make sure to enable notifications and select to receive the Daily Readings notifications to get a daily reminder to participate in our Bible reading initiative!

To view all of the documents that were considered for action at the Assembly, you can view the Synod Assembly Guide online and check the "Important Documents" tab. The Faith Spending Plan and all Memorials and Resolutions were passed without amendment, and there is a PDF included with the full list of nominees and the results of the elections process.