2023 Alaska Synod Assembly
April 28 - 30, 2023
Picture2023 Alaska Synod Assembly April 28-30

​​Christ Lutheran Church
128 N. Soldotna Avenue
PO Box 568
Soldotna, AK 99669

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Please click here to register.
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​Please click here to request a display space.

Would you like to learn about drafting a resolution for the Assembly?
Please click here to see this resource.
The Alaska Blanket Exercise 
Pre-Assembly Workshop
Friday, April 28, 2:00 - 4:45pm in Soldotna
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The Alaska Blanket Exercise program is a participatory history lesson – developed in collaboration with Alaska Native Elders, knowledge keepers and educators – that fosters truth, understanding, respect and reconciliation among Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.

Through an experiential learning activity, participants will walk on blankets representing the land and into the role of Alaska Native people by reading scrolls and carrying cards which ultimately determine their outcome as they literally ‘walk’ through situations that include pre-contact, colonization and resistance. This exercise was adapted from a best practice exercise use by indigenous people in Canada.

Learning Objectives
  • Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of Alaska Native history, since time immemorial.
  • Participants will develop an understanding of the impacts of intergenerational trauma on Alaska Native people.
  • Participants will develop awareness of and gain an understanding of what they can do in their own lives and communities to break cycles of intergenerational trauma.

To be in Soldotna by 2:00 pm, your flight to Anchorage must land by 9:15 am.
Please click here to register for the pre-assembly workshop.
Western Alaska Disaster
​Recovery Assistance
​To address the immediate needs of the communities in Western Alaska affected by the typhoon

Donations can be made through:
  • the synod office (to support congregational ministry to and with those impacted) via check or credit card over the phone; 
  • the Alaska Community Foundation's Western Alaska Disaster Recovery Fund, 3201 C Street, Suite 110, Anchorage 99503 (https://alaskacf.org/); or,
  • the link below.
Rally for peace and justice - Anchorage, 2020