Calendar of upcoming synod events

June 18 to 20: Pacific Lutheran University's Summer Conference

June 19: Synod Global Mission Committee meets, 6 p.m. Peace, Tacoma

June 24 to July 22: Lutheran Summer Music, Iowa, www.lutheransummermusic.org

July 25: Women’s Mount Rainier Cluster Ice-cream Social, Mountain View, Edgewood

Aug. 3: Catechumenate training, Spokane, www.catechumenate.org

Aug. 18: Women’s Bible Study Event, Christ, Lakewood, featuring Audrey West, Bible-study author

Sept. 21 and 22: ELCA global-mission event, Portland, Ore.

Sept. 22: Synod Council meets, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bethlehem, Tacoma

Oct. 6: Auction to support Mount Rainier Lutheran High School, Tacoma, www.mrlh.org

Oct. 12 to 13: Southwestern Washington Women of the ELCA convention, Good Shepherd, Olympia

Oct. 19: Region 1 Governing Council

Oct. 26 to 27: Synod Council Retreat, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way

Nov. 10: Synod global-mission event, St. Mark’s by The Narrows, Tacoma