PREPARATIONS
2010 Synod Assembly
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STEPS TO FOLLOW TO GET READY
Congratulations on being selected as a voting member of the 2010 Synod Assembly. This is a position of trust and responsibility.
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STEP #1: BACKGROUND READING
If you have never been to a Synod Assembly (and even if you have), read the items under "Assembly Information" listed on the left. An assembly is not a convention, it is more like a council.
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YOUR READING LIST
A. Learn about the theme (previous page) and setting.
B. Read the Book of Reports as it becomes available online. Print those sections that you want to have with you at the assembly site.
C. Have a look at the Minutes of the 2009 Synod Assembly.
D. Talk with your pastor or congregational members about the business that is coming before the assembly this year.
E. Enlist the help of your fellow members to gather up items for the medical clinic in Sierra Leone. We will "stuff the shipping container" while we are at the assembly.
F. Plan now to bring a generous offering from you and your congregation. Our offerings this year will be used to support two special projects in Sierra Leone. To learn more, click here.
G. Be in prayer. Study the assembly's theme scripture: John 13:34-35.
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SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THE AGENDA
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DiscipleLife Festival
a time of learning as you sign up for a couple presentations of your choice to help your congregation focus its mission and develop its leadership (Saturday morning).•
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Banquet
a fun night of fellowship, food and frivolity as we enjoy hearing about "Wild West (Texas)" and honor our own congregations and leaders (Saturday evening). Andy Wilkinson, our evening entertainment, is a writer and singer of contemporary western folk music. Through his poems and songs, he weaves images of people and places in telling the tales of the American West of yesterday and today.
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Worship
we gather for worship each day and in Word, Sacrament and song give honor to the One who alone is our Rock and Salvation (Friday afternoon, Saturday noon, Sunday morning).
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ASSEMBLY MENU
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