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Synod - ELCA 1801 Park Court Place, Bldg.
C Santa Ana, CA 92701 Phone: 714-692-2791 Fax: 714-692-9317 E-mail:
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22nd
Annual
Pacifica Synod Assembly
May 21-23, 2009
Riverside Convention Center
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Agenda
Thursday,
May 21
8:30 a.m. Registration opens
10 a.m. Hearing I -Proposed Social Statement, Resolutions,
Budget
11:15 a.m. Hearing II -Proposed Social Statement, Resolutions,
Budget
1:00 p.m. Bible Study, Business
Session 1
5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own
7:30 p.m. Opening Worship
Friday,
May 22
8:00 a.m. Bible Study, Business
Session 2
3:15 and 4:15 p.m. Workshops
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Banquet
Saturday,
May 23
8:00 a.m. Bible Study, Business
Session 3
9:30 a.m. Conference Conversations
12:00 p.m. Closing Worship
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2009 Pacifica
Synod
Assembly Notebook
PDF FORMAT
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Or right-click to download.
Cover
Table
of Contents
1-Introduction
2-Agenda
3-Budget
4-Nominations
5-Reports
6-Resolutions
7-Workshops
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Frederick
Niedner teaches biblical studies and Hebrew language in Valparaiso
University's Department of Theology.
Niedner has
published numerous articles, sermons, and reviews, and co-authored
the Fortress Press volume, Keeping the Faith: A Guide to the Christian
Message. He regularly contributes to the Christian Century and Augsburg
Fortress resources such as Sundays and Seasons and the New Proclamation
Commentary series. He serves in the preaching rotation of Valparaiso's
Chapel of the Resurrection, offers workshops annually as part of
Valparaiso's Institute of Liturgical Studies, and writes a fortnightly
column on contemporary religious issues in the NW Indiana Post-Tribune.
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
The Rev. Dr. Frederick Niedner
Valparaiso University
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Susan
Briehl, a Lutheran pastor for 25 years, has served in parish, campus
and retreat center settings. She is an associate with the Valparaiso
Project on Education and Formation of People in Faith. Her writings
include Come, Lord Jesus, devotions for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany,
Prayer Around the Cross: A Guide to the Liturgy (with Tom Witt), Turn
My Heart: A Sacred Journey from Brokenness to Healing (with Marty
Haugen), and several liturgical and hymn texts. |
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Mary
Preus is a singer, songleader and choir director, currently directing
music at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. She presents
and leads workshops on enlivening Christian worship, focusing on the
role of the songleader. Mary is a co-founder of the group, Bread for
the Journey. She is the worship coordinator for the ecumenical Community
of St. Martin, in Minneapolis, MN. |
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Tom
Witt has been keyboardist, worship leader, songleader for a wide variety
of Lutheran and ecumenical church events. He has a depth of resources
in worship planning and leads workshops on music, liturgy and contemporary
society. Tom serves as a worship and music consultant for the ELCA's
Division for Global Mission. He is a cofounder and currently serves
as staff for Bread for the Journey, a musical and worship-leading
ensemble. He has released a recording of his own instrumental improvisations
on hymns in the Lutheran Book of Worship, entitled Dusting Off the
Green Book. |
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Each
spring the Pacifica Synod, as do all the synods of the ELCA, gathers
in Assembly to uplift and celebrate ministries and address the issues
facing the leaders, congregations and agencies within the synod. Issues
are discussed, workshops are offered and elections are held. We worship,
talk and learn together. The Assembly hears, discusses and votes on
resolutions. Resolutions are a tool we use to talk to each other and
to make decisions about how we will live out our call to serve God
and the world. Assembly is how we govern ourselves, how we set direction
for our Synod Council and synod staff, our congregations and our conferences.
Assembly is how we walk together in service to God. |
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