SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD
“GOD’S WORK: OUR HANDS”
PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR THE
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLYMAY 2 – 3, 2008
Franconia Mennonite Church
613 Harleysville Pike
Telford, Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008
8:30 a.m. Registration and Orientation
9:30 a.m. Service of Holy Communion
– Commemoration of the Faithful Departed
– Installation of The Reverend Patricia Davenport,
Assistant to the Bishop
11:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
11:25 a.m. Report of the Registrar – Ms. Ginny Bailey
11:30 a.m. Report of the Committee on Nominations
– Mr. William Bleam, Chair
12:05 p.m. Report of the Secretary – The Rev. Raymond Miller
– Rules and Procedures
– Reception of Reports
12:15 a.m. Report of the Treasurer – Mr. Richard Reimet
12:25 p.m. Report of the Committee on Reference and Counsel
– Rev. Dr. Larry Smoose, Chair
12:50 p.m. Greetings from the Deaconess Community of the ELCA
and prayer before lunch
12:55 p.m. Lunch
2:10 p.m. Ministries Moment
2:15 p.m. Companion Synod Partnerships
– Dr. Judith Brndjar, Chair, Czech Republic Ministry Team
– The Rev. Mark Singh-Heuter, Chair, Tanzania Ministry Team
2:25 p.m. Balloting
– The Rev. William Shafer, Chairperson,
Committee on Elections
2:50 p.m. ELCA Representative
– The Rev. Craig Settlage, Director of Mission Support,
Synodical Relations
3:20 p.m. Interim Ministry
3:30 p.m. Ministries Moment
3:35 p.m. Strategic Planning Process – Phase II
– Dr. Kelly Fryer, Co-Director of A Renewal Enterprise
5:00 p.m. Displays, Videos, Dinner, Meet and Mingle
6:30 p.m. Second Report of the Committee on Reference and Counsel
7:30 p.m. Report of the Committee on Elections and
7:55 p.m. Ministries Moment
8:00 p.m. Worship
– The Rev. Leah Schade, Reformation Lutheran Church, Media
Adjournment of Friday’s Session
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008
9:15 a.m. Worship – “LIFE” (Lutherans in Fellowship Exchange)
9:45 a.m. Reception of Emmaus Road Lutheran Church
10:00 a.m. Report of the Committee on Elections and Balloting
10:25 a.m. Address by the Bishop
The Rev. Claire S. Burkat
10:55 a.m. Report of Synod Council – Ms. Patricia Robinson
11:45 a.m. Consideration of 2009 Budget
– Ms. Janet Neff, Chair, Finance Committee
12:00 noon Greetings from 50th Anniversary Celebrants
12:05 p.m. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
– The Rev. Dr. Philip Krey, President
12:15 p.m. Lutheran Charities – Ms. Carol Hammarburg
12:25 p.m. Youth Ministries
– Ms. Molly Beck Dean, Assistant to the Bishop
12:35 p.m. Report of the Committee on Elections and Balloting
12:50 p.m. Lunch
1:55 p.m. Ministries Moment
2:00 p.m. Introduction of the Candidates for Ordination and Certification
– The Rev. David Hinkelman, Chairperson,
2:10 p.m. Report of the Committee on Elections
and Further Balloting if necessary
2:30 p.m. Third Report of the Committee on Reference and Counsel
3:30 p.m. Report of the Committee on Elections (if necessary)
3:40 p.m. Final Report of the Registrar
3:45 p.m. Installation of Synod Council and Order
for Closing of Synod Assembly
Adjournment