• Pr. Ted Kunze will serve in the Shetek Conference.
• Associate in Ministry Signe Gray -will serve in the Great River Conference.
• Pr. Joyce Graue will serve in the Lakeland Conference.
• Pr. Art Wiese will serve in the Lakeland Conference. 

As we encourage congregations to make adjustments to best serve the mission field that is and will be, so also our synod staff is changing. We are making an adjustment that has great potential but will be different than how the synod has been staffed for the first 26 years. We have an opportunity in the interim period from the retirement of Pr. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl (Dec. 31, 2014) through the end of the bishop's current term (Aug. 31, 2015) to explore different ways of staffing our synod's life.

Conference Ministers - are compensated volunteer positions who work alongside the elected Conference Dean and Conference Chairperson. The conferences where we place these conference ministers will be in three of our four corners and our largest conference. These pastors or associate in ministry will serve 4 hours a week. Bp. Jon Anderson will provide coverage in the fourth corner, Watonwan River Conference.

The Conference Ministers will assist the synod minister who serves in the conference where they are located. In particular, we imagine them helping with exit interviews and opening phases of call process. As we study the time use of the existing staff we know the amount of driving time is a major cost of doing synod ministry. Having a local minister would reduce drive time, increase efficiency and effectiveness.

As our congregations' mission support continues to erode, we face difficult strategic choices. Click here to read more.  

• A message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton
• Dialogue and Prayer
• Scripture Reading
• Hymn - "We Are All in One Mission"