Pacifica Synod - ELCA
1801 Park Court Place,
Bldg. C
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714-692-2791
Fax: 714-692-9317
E-mail: Office@pacificasynod.org

22nd Annual
Pacifica Synod Assembly
May 21-23, 2009
Riverside Convention Center
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

2009 Pacifica Synod
Assembly Notebook

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Table of Contents

1-Introduction

2-Agenda

3-Budget

4-Nominations

5-Reports

6-Resolutions

7-Workshops

2009 Pacifica Synod
Assembly Notebook

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4-Nominations

5-Reports

6-Resolutions

7-Workshops
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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The Rev. Dr. Frederick Niedner
Valparaiso University
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.
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.
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.
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.