Last updated 09/20/2011

24th Annual Assembly
Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod
June 17-18, 2011
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Click here for a brief summary of the assembly.

Click here to read Bishop Zeiser's sermon

Resolutions Adopted

At the 2011 Assembly of the Northeastern Pennsylvania, the following actions were taken on the resolutions presented:

Adopted two resolutions calling the church to speak and act to prevent bullying, harassment and related violence, especially with higher risk populations; one is directed to the synod and the other memorialized the ELCA churchwide assembly to take similar action.
Adopted a resolution to encourage the church’s members, congregations, synods, and agencies to consider making positive economic investments in those Palestinian projects and businesses that peacefully strengthen the economic and social fabric of Palestinian society while at the same time opposing any movement towards boycott, divestment and/or economic sanctions against Israel.
Adopted a resolution urging members of the assembly and the congregations of this synod to prayerfully consider taking the “Don’t Bottle It Up! Pledge,” which seeks to reduce the use of disposable bottled water.

Click here for the full text of the resolutions.

Election Results

Synod Council

Clergy: Jeffrey J. Butz, Gerald S. Kulp
Lay Female: Leslie Wagner, Daisy Marin (2-year-term)
Lay Female, Person of Color: Ramona C. Daily

Board of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Lay Female: Karen S. Matthias-Long

The material below is for information purposes only.

The synod assembly is an annual gathering of rostered leaders and lay people from the congregations of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The assembly serves as the synod’s highest legislative authority.

The 2011 synod assembly was held in conjunction with the 2011 LIFT (Lutherans in Faith Together) event and the LYF (Lutheran Youth Fellowship) assembly.