Key Documents
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Synod Snapshot
Bishop Profile
Bible Study
Fall Conference
Gathering Agenda
Ministry Audit
Report
A Statistical Overview of the Synod; on Vision, Passion, Action; and the Election of a New Bishop
Kenneth W. Inskeep
Office of the Presiding Bishop, Research and Evaluation
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
January, 2012
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Election of the Third Bishop of the
Rocky Mountain Synod, ELCA
April 26-28, 2012
Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly
Colorado Springs, Colorado
SPRING CONFERENCE GATHERINGS
These gatherings will be to educate voting members about the discernment and election process, to begin discernment in light of the potential nominee biographical and ministry materials available to them, and to identify initial questions to be presented to nominees at the assembly. Bible study and discernment materials will be provided.
Northern NM
SAT 2/25 from 9-11am - St. Luke in Albuquerque
Metro West part 2
SAT 2/25 from 10am to noon - Good Shepherd in Glenwood Springs
Northern CO
SAT 3/3 from 10am-noon - Immanuel in Greeley
Border
SAT 3/3 from 10:30am-12:30pm - Mt. Hope in El Paso
Utah
SAT 3/10 from 10am to noon - Christ the King in South Jordan
Metro West part 1
SAT 3/10 from 10am to noon - Holy Cross in Wheat Ridge
Metro East
SUN 3/11 from 2 - 4 pm at Christ the Savior in Aurora
Boulder/Broomfield
SAT 3/17 from 9-11am - Grace in Boulder
Metro South
MON 3/19 from 7-9pm - St. Philip in Littleton
Southeast CO
TUE 3/20 from noon-2pm - 1st Lutheran in Colorado Springs
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Ministry Audit
A Bishop Election Task Force prepared documents including a synod snapshot, bishop profile, and Bible Study. The Fall Gatherings included additional "ministry audit" conversations. |
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Fall Conference Gatherings: September 1 - December 15
Conference Deans scheduled and organized gatherings to equip lay and rostered leaders for the election process and to lift up names of individuals who embody gifts for the ministry of serving as bishop.
The deadline for submitting names of potential nominees was December 15, 2011. Note that this is a preliminary, informational process. The actual nomination proecedure takes place at the assembly. |
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Notification and Bios Submitted: December 15 - January 31
Those whose names were submitted as potential nominees have been invited to submit their biographical information, as well as responses to questions about their vision for the ministry of the Rocky Mountain Synod. Potential nomineess will have ample time to discern whether or not to complete and submit the information and questions.
The list of potential nominees will be posted on this webpage on or after January 6. The biographic forms that are received by potential nominees will be posted on or after February 6. |
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Lent Conference Gatherings: February - March
Conference Deans will schedule spring conference and/or cluster gatherings of pastors and congregational Synod Assembly voting members. These gatherings will be to educate voting members about the discernment and election process, to begin discernment in light of the potential nominee biographical and ministry materials available to them, and to identify initial questions to be presented to nominees at the assembly. Bible study and discernment materials will be provided.
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Synod Assembly, April 26-28, 2012
Congregations are encouraged to elect Synod Assembly voting members by January 31, 2012, so the voting members may have ample time to participate in the discernment process. At the assembly, which takes place April 26-28, 2012, in Colorado Springs, the first ballot is an “Ecclesiastical Ballot” in which each voting member has the opportunity to write down the name of his or her nominee for bishop. This is the official nominating ballot. Names submitted may or may not have been raised up in the earlier process of identifying potential nominees and disseminating biographical information. The bishop is elected after subsequent ballots in which the field of nominees is gradually reduced.
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New Bishop Begins Term and is Installed
The newly elected bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod begins serving on August 1, 2012. The Festival Liturgy of Installation will take place on Sunday, September 23, 2012, at 7:00 pm at Bethany Lutheran Church, in south metro Denver. ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson will be present to install the newly elected bishop. |
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Gratitude and Acknowledgement
Our thanks to those who served on the Bishop Election Team to carefully review the election process and to consider the best scenario for the Rocky Mountain Synod, in conjunction with the RMS constitutional requirements. One key resource has been the ELCA's document, "Choosing a Bishop" which was prepared by the Rev. Janice Erickson-Pearson for the ELCA in 1995 for churchwide use, including the election of subsequent churchwide Presiding Bishops. |
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