June 15-16, 2007
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

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Assembly Agenda

Printable detailed agenda of the assembly.

 

At-a-glance schedule of the assembly.

Assembly Host Congregation:   St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Orion, IL

  • A Prayer Chapel will be available throughout the Synod Assembly in Bergendoff Hall (Faculty Lounge)

Thursday – June 14

8:00-9:30 p.m.   Early Registration: Augustana College, Centennial Hall (Please Note Location)

Friday – June 15

8:00 a.m. Registration: Ms. Nancy Corey, Registrar - Centennial Hall (Please Note Location)
9:30 a.m. Orientation for Voting Members and Youth - Bergendoff Hall (Potter Hall)
  Resolutions Committee Forum: The Reverend Scott Schmidt, Chairperson -               Bergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)

Plenary Session I              Centennial Hall – Auditorium

9:55 a.m.   Gathering Hymn
10:00 a.m. Order for Opening of Assembly: The Reverend Dr. Gary M. Wollersheim, Bishop
  Hymn
10:15 a.m. Greetings and Introductions
  Report of Credentials Committee: The Reverend Randy Willers
  Adoption of Rules of Assembly
  Assembly Committee Appointments
  Adoption of Agenda
  Nominating Committee Report: The Reverend Don Knowles
  Treasurer’s Report: Mr. Michael Brooks
  First Reading of the 2008 Proposed Budget: Mr. Michael Brooks
  Election Committee Report: The Reverend Judi Huseth
  Explanation of Balloting Process and Distribution of General Ballot
11:00 a.m. Bishop’s Report 
  Welcome New Rostered Leaders
  Recognize Ordination Anniversaries (5 years – 45 years)
11:20 a.m.  Greeting from The Lutheran Magazine – Representative   Amber Leberman       
11:25 a.m.  Closing Prayer:  Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann

End of Plenary Session I

  • The Ballot for General Elections will be collected at 6:45 p.m. tonight

11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.   Choir Rehearsal – Centennial Hall (Auditorium)

Lunch Forums

  • Choose one of the two following lunch/forum options:

OPTION A:   OPTION B:
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch I: College Center (Dining Room & Wilson Faculty Lounge)   11:45-
12:30 p.m. 		 Forum:  Dr. Mark Allan Powell - Bergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)
12:40 –
1:25 p.m.		 Forum:  Dr. Mark Allan PowellBergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)   12:40 – 1:25 p.m.  Lunch II: College Center (Dining Room & Wilson Faculty Lounge)

Plenary Session II             Centennial Hall – Auditorium

1:40 p.m.   Gathering Hymn
  Opening Prayer:  Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann
1:45 p.m. Resolutions Committee: The Reverend Scott Schmidt
2:10 p.m.  Bible Study: The Reverend Dr. Mark Allan Powell, Professor of New Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
2:40 p.m. Resolutions Committee: The Reverend Scott Schmidt
2:50 p.m. Secretary’s Report: The Reverend Gary Erickson
  Certification of 2006 Synod Assembly Minutes: The Reverend David Vidlar
  Synod Council Report: The Reverend Gary Erickson
  Report of Synodical Constitution & Bylaw Amendments
3:05 p.m. Standing Committee Reports
3:25 p.m.  Closing Prayer: Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann

End of Plenary Session II              

3:30 p.m. Time for Visiting Our Display Area – College Center (Snack Bar)
Refreshments during this break are sponsored by Augustana College Center for Vocational Reflection
3:30 p.m. Rehearsal for Friday night’s Rite of Holy Communion with Ordination and Commissionings: Chancel Group, Communion Assistants, and Choir – Centennial Hall (Auditorium)

Friday Afternoon Forums

3:40-4:30 p.m.  

  • Anti-Racism – College Center (Paxton Room)

  • Budget Hearing/Synod Council – Bergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)

  • Congregational Life – College Center (Loft)

  • Global Mission – Bergendoff Hall (ER Band Room)

  • Ministry Support – College Center (Board Room)

  • Outreach – Bergendoff Hall (Potter Hall)

  • Social Ministry – Denkmann Hall (Wallenberg Hall)

  • Youth – Bergendoff Hall (Room 113)

4:40 -5:30 p.m.

  • Anti-Racism – College Center (Paxton Room)

  • Congregational Life – College Center (Loft)

  • Global Mission – Bergendoff Hall (ER Band Room)

  • Lutheran Network for Justice Advocacy  - College Center (Café)

  • Ministry Support – College Center (Board Room)

  • Outreach – Bergendoff Hall (Potter Hall)

  • Social Ministry – Denkmann Hall (Wallenberg Hall)

  • Youth – Bergendoff Hall (Room 113)

5:00 p.m.  Ordination and Commissionings Rehearsal - Centennial Hall (Auditorium)
5:45 p.m.  Dinner - College Center (Dining Room and Wilson Faculty Lounge)

  • The General Ballot will be collected at 6:45 p.m. tonight.

  • Resolutions must be in by 7:30 p.m. tonight. Only resolutions which are germane to discussion on floor of Assembly will be considered.

Plenary Session III           Centennial Hall – Auditorium

6:35 p.m. Gathering Hymn
  Opening Prayer: Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann
6:45 p.m. Collection of the General Ballot
6:55 p.m.  ELCA Representative:  Mr. Carlos Peña, Vice-President, ELCA
7:35 p.m. Resolutions Committee: The Reverend Scott Schmidt
7:45 p.m. Closing Prayer: Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann

End of Plenary Session III            

7:50 p.m.  Break
8:05 p.m.  Rite of Holy Communion with Ordination and Commissionings
  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America believes that the Holy Spirit "calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth and preserves it in union with Jesus Christ in the one true faith" (Small Catechism, Article III). It is the Spirit that provides the church with those persons who are enabled by God to lead the church in carrying out the ministry and mission of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
9:45 p.m. 

Reception for Newly Ordained Pastor and Commissioned Associates in Ministry – College Center (Dining Room) Sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Saturday—June 16

7:15-8:15 a.m. Breakfast – College Center (Dining Room)
7:15-8:15 a.m. Breakfast Forum:  Mr. Carlos Peña, Vice-President, ELCA College Center (Wilson Center)

Plenary Session IV           Centennial Hall – Auditorium

8:30 a.m.  Rite of Holy Communion and Remembrance
9:15 a.m.  Break
9:30 a.m. Credentials Report: The Reverend Randy Willers
9:35 a.m. Election Committee Report of General Ballot (Distribute Second Ballot, if needed): The Reverend Judi Huseth
9:50 a.m.  Action on 2008 Proposed Budget: Mr. Michael Brooks
10:00 a.m. Resolutions Committee: The Reverend Scott Schmidt
10:55 a.m. Recognition of Lutheran Campus Ministry – 100 years     
  Lutheran Campus Ministry at Northern Illinois University – 50 years                         
11:05 a.m. Second General Election Ballot Collected (if needed)
11:10 a.m. Bible Study: The Reverend Dr. Mark Allan Powell, Professor of New Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
11:45 a.m. Closing Prayer: Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann

End of Plenary Session IV

Lunch Forums 

  • Attention: Hunger Meal Participants - The Hunger Meal will be served in the College Center (Chicago Room)

  • Choose one of the two following lunch/forum options:

OPTION A:  

OPTION B:
12:00-
12:30 p.m.		 Lunch I: College Center (Dining Room & Wilson Faculty Lounge)   12:00-
12:30 p.m.

Special Interest Forums: (see below)
12:45 –
1:15 p.m.		 Special Interest Forums: (see below)   12:45-1:15 p.m.

Lunch II: College Center (Dining Room & Wilson Faculty Lounge)
  Board of Pensions: Health and Benefits – College Center (Café)     Conversation with Dr. Powell: College Center (Board Room)
  Conversation/Questions with the Bishop – College Center (Board Room)     Board of Pensions: General Benefits – College Center (Café)
  Diakonia Program – College Center (Paxton Room)     Lutheran Men in Mission – Bergendoff Hall (ER Band Room)
  Introducing our Latino Neighbors – Bergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)     Diakonia Program – College Center (Paxton Room)
  Outdoor Camping Ministries – College Center (Dahl Room) Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center & Lutherdale Ministries     Campus Ministries – College Center (Dahl Room) - Northern Illinois University (NIU) Campus Ministry & Augustana College Campus Ministry
  Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) – Bergendoff Hall (Room 113)     Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) – Bergendoff Hall (Room 113)
  Stewardship – College Center (Loft)     Stewardship – College Center (Loft) 
  NIS Women of the ELCA – Bergendoff Hall (ER Band Room)     Introducing our Latino Neighbors – Bergendoff Hall (Larson Hall)
  World Hunger – College Center (Hammarskjöld)     World Hunger – College Center (Hammarskjöld)

Plenary Session V            Centennial Hall – Auditorium

1:30 p.m.  Gathering Hymn
  Opening Prayer: Deaconess Cheryl Erdmann
1:40 p.m.  Election Committee Report of Second General Ballot (if needed): The Reverend Judi Huseth
1:45 p.m. Youth Assembly Report & Installation of Officers
2:00 p.m. Honor 50 year Ordination Anniversaries:
 

  • The Reverend Frank Moyer

  • The Reverend Art Stees

  • The Reverend James Olsen
  Honor 55 year Ordination Anniversaries:
 

  • The Reverend Gordon Carls

  • The Reverend Luverne Runestad

  • The Reverend John Kindschuh
  Honor 60 year Ordination Anniversaries:
 

  • The Reverend Albert Lester       

  • The Reverend Armond Simone
  Recognition of Synod Staff:
 

  • The Reverend Jeffrey Clements  (5 years)

  • Ms. Sandra J. Musch (20 years)
  Recognition of Synod Council Officer and Members Completing Their Terms:
 

  • Ms. Sarah Baeverstad, Youth Rep

  • Mr. Michael Brooks

  • Ms. Cheryl Lefler                                             

  • Ms. DiAnne Beynon

  • The Reverend Linda Jarchow Jones

  • The Reverend Mark Luepke
2:40 p.m. ELCA Representative: Mr. Carlos Peña, Vice-President, ELCA
3:00 p.m. Retirement Recognition: Rostered Leaders Who Have Retired in the Past Year
  Anniversary Recognition: Congregations (100 year anniversaries, and thereafter, anniversaries at “25” year intervals)
  100 years
 

  • Grace Lutheran Church, Woodstock

  • St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sterling

  • Salem Lutheran Church, Rockford  

  125 years
 

  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Joliet

  • St. Paul Lutheran Church, Streator

  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Rockford
  150 years
 

  • First Lutheran Church, Pecatonica

  • St. John Lutheran Church, Elizabeth

  • Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lena
3:40 p.m. Courtesy Committee Report: Mr. Darrell Holmquist
3:45 p.m. Closing of Synod Assembly

End of Plenary Session V

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