The Oregon Synod Council is a community of elected leaders elected by our membership to be about the work of active ministry and renewal. This page is your gateway to information, documentation and council initiatives. The Synod Council works under the oversight of our Oregon Synod Assembly, which is the highest legislative body for the ELCA here in Oregon. Available minutes and council documentation is available through links listed in the right hand column. You are also invited to join the council in conversation on Soul Cafe. We want you as our partner!!

Currently the Council is reading Phyllis Tickle's The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. This is is a great read and we'd love to haveyou read and pray along with us.

Council Members:
(Listed by year their term expires)
 

Open lay female Rose Cluster
at-large (doesn’t need to be filled)
 

2012

Bruce Anderson, lay Blue Mountain Cluster
Mary Anthony, clergy PLUM Cluster
Cherry Chi, lay at-large
Monika Deitchman, lay Mt Hood Cluster
Marc Kane, lay at-large
Joel Overlund, lay Sunset Cluster
Shelby Van Leuven, OLYO (2 year term)
 

2013

David Brauer-Rieke, bishop
Kris Doversberger, lay Oregon Trail Cluster
Justin Farrell, lay young adult
Marilyn Halvor, lay South Coast Cluster
Jerry Koch, lay Mt Tabor Cluster
Travis Larsen, clergy at-large
David Nagler, clergy High Desert Cluster
Marie Wehage, lay Crater Lake Cluster
 

2014

Grieg Anderson, treasurer
Lois Brown, lay Emerald Cluster
Jeff Kallevig, clergy at-large
Ron McCallum, clergy Columbia Coast Cluster
James Norlie, clergy Vineyard Cluster
 

2015

Becky Brown, secretary
Deborah Chenoweth, vice-president