Annual Meeting March 21st, 2026

This year’s Pathways Annual Meeting will be held at Calvary Lutheran Church in Bemidji, MN – following our NWMN Great Synod Get-Together.
Light refreshments & check-in will begin at 4:00pm and the meeting portion will start at 4:30pm.

We invite you to join us for our Annual Meeting as we celebrate this past year and look forward to another year of Pathways’ outdoor ministry at Camp Emmaus and throughout our communities! All are invited to attend!

As a reminder, while all are invited to attend, voting membership is as follows:

a) One minister of Word and Sacrament or one minister of Word and Service or one Synodically Authorized Minister (SAM), and one lay delegate from each member congregation.

b) Every member congregation with over 500 baptized members shall be entitled to one additional delegate from each 500 baptized members or major parts thereof.

c) Only elected or appointed delegates to the Pathways Corporation Assembly shall have voice and vote. All other visitors are invited to observe the proceedings, with no voice nor vote. All meetings shall be open to all congregational members of a member congregation.

d) The secretary shall keep a current list of all the members of this Corporation and issue membership certificates annually to each member congregation. The membership of the corporation shall be in the congregations of the NWMN Synod Conferences 1-6 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (or its successor) as listed in the current Pathways Annual Report. Other congregations, including full communion partners of the ELCA, may become members of this corporation upon written application to the board of directors and acceptance by the corporation at its next annual meeting thereafter.

Please read the 2025 Annual Report below.