2025 Synod Assembly

May 3, 2025
online via zoom

Assembly Information

Letter from Pastor Phil

This spring we’ll be gathering on May 3, 2025 via Zoom beginning at 9am Pacific/10am Mountain. The theme for the 2025 NWIM Synod Assembly is “Wellsprings of God’s Love.”

Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” (John 4:13-14, The Message)

It’s incredible to witness all the ways God’s love is gushing up just like an artesian spring in and through ministry sites across the NWIM Synod. During Assembly, you’ll have opportunity to see snippets of these lovely springs via brief videos highlighting different ministries and leaders. Please see the invitation (below) to submit videos.

Registration will open in mid-February. The cost will be $50.00 per person. That fee will cover honorariums, technology expenses, and other costs associated with Synod Assembly. Registration is not refundable, but it is transferable. The day together will be shaped by prayer and action, there will be opportunities to worship and to connect with others from across the NWIM Synod and beyond. Mary J Streufert will be our Churchwide representative, and plenary presenter. She serves as director for Gender Justice and Women’s Empowerment in the Office of the Presiding Bishop.

I hope your congregation is able to send voting members to this critical and exciting gathering as a Synod. Congregations with 1-500 baptized members are able to send two (2) lay Assembly voting members; congregations with 501-1000 baptized members are able to send three (3) voting members; and those over 1000 members are able to send four (4) lay voting members.  Additionally, each rostered leader on the active or retired roster are able to be voting members of the 2025 Synod Assembly.

I look forward to seeing you there! ~ Pastor Phil Misner

Key Dates:

  • Mid-February – Registration opens. Cost: $50.00/person

  • March 14, 2025 – Deadline for resolutions, memorials, and nominations. Any that are submitted after this date will not be included in the Pre-Assembly Packet of information.

  • March 31, 2024 – Registration will close. It will launch in mid-February, so watch your inboxes!

  • April 24, 26, and 28 – There will be an Assembly Orientation offered each of these days. It will take place at 6:30pm Pacific/7:30pm Mountain on the 24th and 28th and at 9:00am/10:00am on the 26th

  • April 26 – Information Sessions on the budget and any resolutions/memorials that are submitted by the March 14th deadline will take place throughout the day beginning 10:10am Pacific/11:10am Mountain. A schedule of the Information Sessions will be sent out in April.

Important Technology Information:

  • Each voting member will need to have their own device (computer/tablet/mobile device) to log into the Zoom meeting for the Synod Assembly.

  • Each voting member will need to  register with a unique email address for assembly and be able to access that email from the device they will be using to join the meeting.

  • Voting members will need to attend one of the Synod Assembly orientations.

  • Voting members should ensure Zoom is installed and fully updated before the day of Assembly.

  • A reliable internet connection.

Mary J. Streufert Bio

Video Mission Moments Invitation

The deadline for video submissions is March 31, 2025