Carolinas Mission District Convocation Report

The following is a brief summary report concerning the actions of the Carolinas Mission District Convocation. The Convocation took place on May 17th-18th at Advent Lutheran Church in North Charleston. Delegates from St. Jacob’s were Pastor David Nuottila and Brandon Slice. Brandon also serves on the CMD Executive Council. Larry Shull was in attendance as the chair for the CMD Finance Committee. Lynn and Susan attended as registered visitors. The NALC Executive Staff was represented by the Rev. Mark Chavez, North American Lutheran Church General Secretary, and the Rev. Dr. David Wendel, assistant to Bishop John Bradosky.
Items that were approved by the convocation included a motion to restructure our mission district into four smaller districts and form the Carolinas Mission Region. North American Lu-theran Church congregations in South Carolina will become one of these mission districts. More on this process will be included in future newsletters.
Other items included the election of the Mission District Dean and members to the Carolinas Mis-sion District Executive Council. Incumbent Dean Pastor Nathan Yoder and all incumbent members, including Brandon Slice, were re-elected to serve a one-year term until the constitution of the new mission region goes into effect next year.
A motion to form an official Mission Relationship with the Lutheran Church in Congo, DRC and Victory Ministry in Liberia passed. The Carolinas Mission district now officially recognizes these two Lutheran Church bodies as mission partners. In conjunction with this motion, the convocation approved a $2,000.00 grant to each of these church bodies.
Motions were approved to recognize and expand a committee exploring options and possibilities to secure property for a Carolinas Mission district Camp and Retreat Center. Pastor Marty Ramey, Pastor Todd Cook and Larry Shull are currently leading this project. Updates on this action will be given as information becomes available.
Thank you to the congregation of Advent Lutheran Church in North Charleston for their hospitality in hosting this year’s convocation. The meal provided (Low Country Boil) was wonderful and all volunteers were extremely helpful. Thanks also to Advent’s Pastor Melinda Jones for serving as the convocation chaplain. Most certainly, thanks be to God for the mission in which we are all invited to serve.
Faithfully,
Pastor David Nuottila