In the 2025 Annual Report of the Saint Paul Area Synod, Bishop Patricia Lull highlights the synod’s ministries and activities over the past year. She writes about training and events for rostered ministers and lay leaders, call processes, and the impact of The Planting Hope Campaign, which has reduced seminary debt, funded summer internships for the third consecutive year, and provided financial assistance to young travelers visiting our global mission partners.
“As I begin my last months as the bishop of this synod and help prepare for a new bishop to lead you starting in August 2026, I am keenly aware of the many relationships that make us a healthy, growing and thriving synod,” Bishop Lull writes. “Many of you see those signs of new life in your own congregation and neighborhood.”
