BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T145411Z UID:329-574785@lutheransnw.org DTSTART:20260516T160000Z DTEND:20260516T190000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260515T083301 DESCRIPTION:Find all meeting materials on our Synod Assembly page - HERE\n  \n+ + + +  From the official annoucement sent on October 16\, 2025  + + + + \nTO: Northwest Washington Synod Ministry Sites\, Rostered Ministe rs\, SALMs\, and Registered 2025 Synod Assembly Voting Members\nFROM: the Northwest Washington Synod Executive Committee\nRE: Official Announcemen t of a Special Meeting of the 2025 Synod Assembly\nIn 2026\, we are schedu led to host a synod gathering\, not an assembly - more about that soon! Ho wever\, there are business items to attend to before we hold our next asse mbly in 2027. So\, as was shared prior to and during our May 2025 Northwes t Washington Synod Assembly earlier this year\, we will be recalling the 2025 synod assembly voting members to a special online meeting to attend to a few specific business items.*\nThis Special Meeting of the 2025 Synod Assembly will be held online on Saturday\, May 16\, 2026 from 9am-12noon .\nFollowing a welcome and devotion\, we will address only these four item s of business:\n\n2027 Budget approval\nElection of Synod Vice President\n Election of Synod Secretary\nElection of a Synod Council Youth Representat ive\n\nNote - this is not a mini-assembly - there will be no other reports \, greetings\, resolutions\, or business items.\nThis email notification h as also been sent to all who served as voting members at our May 2025 NW W ashington Assembly. If any of your ministry site's voting members are unab le to serve\, your council may elect a new voting member who shall continu e to serve until the next regular Synod Assembly. Please have your counci l president or pastor send that notification to Susan@lutheransnw.org at the synod office ASAP - by Monday\, March 16\, 2026 at the latest.\nIn ea rly April an email with registration information will be sent to all 2025 Synod Assembly Voting Members (or their replacements.)\nRegistration will be required to receive the Zoom link.\nThere is NO COST for this meeting.\ nWe look forward to gathering for this important business of the synod.\nI f you have any questions\, please reach out to Synod VP Kay Edgerton (veep @lutheransnw.org) or Synod Staff member Susan Berg (susan@lutheransnw.org) \n*NW Washington Synod Constitution S7.12-S7.14\; 7.21.02 LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T083301 LOCATION:ONLINE SUMMARY:Special Meeting of the 2025 Synod Assembly URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lutheransnw.org/events/special-meeting-of-the-202 5-synod-assembly/2026-05-16 ATTACH;FILENAME=SPECIAL MEETING of the 2025 Synod Assembly Voting Members.p ng;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/01/14/22/58 /47/aa5db4b7-7ee0-4091-8d29-5f7209ba903d/SPECIAL%20MEETING%20of%20the%2020 25%20Synod%20Assembly%20Voting%20Members.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR