Synod Executive Committee Meeting

August 21, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

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Meeting Agenda, August 21, 2026: (Updated August 19, 2026, 3:15 p.m.)

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1. ​​Call to Order with Land Acknowledgement – Nancy Nagel
   We respectfully acknowledge that we are on the traditional, ancestral lands of the Osage, Kickapoo and Kaskaskia Nations. The process of knowing and acknowledging the land we stand on is a way of honoring and expressing gratitude for the ancestral people who were on the land before us.

2. Devotion

3. Secretary’s Report – Alesia Roccia

   • Minutes from June 6 Synod Assembly

   • Minutes from June 12 Synod Executive Committee Meeting

4. Treasurer’s Report – Scott Schulte

5. Audit Committee Report – Tulia Hamilton

6. Bishop’s Report – Donna Simon​

   • Ideas for Transformational Ministry Fund (Conference Gatherings)​

   • Ideas for Transformational Ministry Fund (AI)

7. Synod Assembly

   • 2026 Synod Assembly follow-up action needed

   • 2027 Synod Assembly location/venue update

8. Bishop’s Associate Report – Chad Langdon

   • Discernment Events

   • Synod Confirmation Classes

9. Director for Evangelical Mission Report – Kristen Koch

   • Oasis Synod-Authorized Outreach Ministry Update

10. Salam Radio Station (first Arabic Christian ecumenical online media platform in US)

11. Wartburg Seminary – Donna Simon

12. Annual Appeal – Donna Simon

13. Ministry Transition Fund – Nancy Nagel and Donna Simon

14. Portico Rate Changes – Donna Simon

15. Roster Report

16. Congregation Constitutions

17. Synod Constitution Task Force Update

18. Upcoming Meetings

    • Synod Council Meeting in person (and hybrid) – October 16-17, KC area and Synod office

    • Synod Executive Committee – January?

    • Budget Committee – January?

19. Close with Prayer​​