Synod Assembly Nominations

Synod Vice President
Four-year term ending in 2023

Synod Secretary
Four-year term ending in 2023

Disciplinary Committee Class of 2025 (6-year term)

• 2 Lay members 1 male 1 female
• 2 Clergy 1 male 1 female

Synod Council

Unless otherwise noted, all Synod Council terms are 3 years. Members may be elected to a second consecutive term. Synod Council elections reflect the new Conference Partnerships approved by Synod Council in January 2019. The goal is to have a lay person and a clergy person from each of these five Conference Partnerships:

• Coastal (Tidewater & Peninsulas Conferences)
• Piedmont (Richmond & Germanna Conferences)
• Valley (Northern Valley, Central Valley, & Page Conferences)
• Blue Ridge (Southern Valley & Southern Conferences)
• Appalachia (New River & Highlands Conferences)

Synod Council also approved in January the addition to Synod Council of 2 new members who are persons of color and/or whose primary language is other than English. One of those members will be a layperson, and one will be either a layperson or a clergy person.

Class of 2022 – 4 lay members (any gender) to be elected, from the following Partnerships:

• Coastal
• Valley
• Appalachia

Persons of color and/or whose primary language is other than English – 2 members

• 1 lay person
• 1 layperson or clergy person

Youth – 1 member

• 1-year term, expires June 2020

Synod Vice President Nominees

• Charles L. Downs Jr.

Synod Secretary Nominees

• Blythe Ann Scott

Synod Council Class of 2021 Nominees

• Richard W. Corliss

Synod Council Class of 2022 Nominees

• Patricia Hunter
• Carlton P. Hardy
• Darrell Short
• Molly Beyer

Persons of color and/or whose primary language is other than English Nominees

• Elizabeth Leonard
• The Rev. Harry Griffith

Youth Nominees

• Timothy Hoffstaetter