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ministries and applies the principles of companionship and accompaniment to local ministries. Participants pondered how they engage those around them, heard examples of how congregations can meet their neighbors, and were inspired to join in God’s work already taking place in their neighborhoods. —Susan Berg


Northwestern Minnesota, May 20-21, Moorhead, Minn. (nwmnsynod.org/event/ synod-assembly). With the theme “Truth and Love at the Crossroads,” ELCA pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber engaged participants in honest and compassionate discourse, learning how to recognize uncomfortable truths and cultivating speaking the truth in love. The assembly lifted up Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA—the synod has raised $1,325,887 toward its $4.75 million goal. —Hope Duetscher


Southeastern, May 27-29, Birmingham, Ala. (elca- ses.org), The assembly celebrated the signing of companion synod agreements with the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and the Lutheran Church in Singapore. It celebrated 275 years of ministry for its oldest congregation, Ascension Lutheran, Savannah, Ga., and received its newest congregation, Celebration of Grace, Canton, Ga. Celebrations continued with a simulcast symbolic groundbreaking ceremony of the McKanna- Sandrock Retreat Center at Lutheranch, a NovusWay property in Tallapoosa, Ga. —Carolyn Nottingham Davis


New bishops


Elected: Erik Karl Joseph Gronberg, 38, as bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Mission Area, effective July 1. When: April 23 on the fifth ballot with 168 votes. Jane Mar, bishop assistant for lifelong leadership formation, received 125 votes. Bio: Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Served congregations in Wisconsin and Washington. Earned degrees from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Currently a doctoral candidate at Dallas Baptist University. Replaces: Kevin S. Kanouse, who retires June 30.


Elected: Andrew A. Taylor, 58, as bishop of the Pacifica Synod, effective Aug. 1. When: May 6, on the fifth ballot with 174 votes. David Nagler, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Pacific Beach, Calif., received 165 votes. Bio: Pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, San Diego. Served First (Tulare) and Emanuel (La Habra) Lutheran churches in California. Earned degrees from California State University, Long Beach, and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Replaces: Murray D. Finck, who retired July 31.


Elected: Daniel Beaudoin, 47, as bishop of the Northwestern Ohio Synod, effective Aug. 1. When: May 21, on the fourth ballot with 273 votes to 108 votes for Anita Marshall, pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Norwalk, Ohio. Bio: Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Stony Ridge, Ohio. Previously served St. Peter Lutheran Church, Edon, Ohio. Earned degrees from Oakland University, Rochester, Mich., Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Toledo (Ohio). Replaces: Marcus Lohrmann, who will retire this summer.


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