Assembly Agenda

Friday, 1 June 2018

Pre-Assembly

9:00 am	Matins (Morning Prayer)	St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 112 N. King St., Shepherdstown, WV
10:00 am	Registration	Assembly Lobby
11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Brunch	Byrd Room
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm	Orientation for first time Voting Members	Salon A
12:30 pm	Minutes Committee	Salon C
12:30 pm	Resolutions Committee	Salon C
12:30 pm	Orientation for Wester’s Lectors	Salon C

Friday Early Afternoon Meeting — Meeting I

1:00 pm	Opening Exercises	Salon A
	Devotions	Salon A
	Rite for the Opening of the Assembly	Salon A

1:15 pm	Organizing of the Assembly	Salon A
	Report of the Registration Committee – Ms. Beverly McDonald	Salon A
	Consideration of the Special Rules of Order	Salon A
	Consideration of the Agenda	Salon A
	Introduction of the Conference Dean	Salon A
	Announcements	Salon A
	Assembly Committee Appointments	Salon A
	Introduction of Special Presenters and Guests	Salon A
	Report of the Secretary – Mrs. Norma Gensler	Salon A

1:30 pm	Report of the Nominating Committee – Ms. Pamela Pritt Nominations from the Floor	Salon A
	Tri-Synod Regional Planned Giving Office – Mr. Ryan Ebner	Salon A

2:00 pm

Keynote I: Bible Study – The Rev. Eric Wester
(see Bible Study: Acts 10 in Bulletin of Reports)

Salon A

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Recess (Coffee Break)	Assembly Lobby
3:00 pm	Reference & Counsel	Salon C

Friday Late Afternoon Meeting – Meeting II

3:30 pm	Report of the Vice President – Mr. Paul Wangerin	Salon A
	Report of the Director for Evangelical Mission – Pr. Gilson Waldkoenig, Ph.D.	Salon A
	Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU – Pr. Tony Setley	Salon A
	Community Lutheran Partners – Pr. Sherri Schafer	Salon A
5:00 pm	Elections: First Ballot – The Rev. Jessica Felici Report of the Registration Committee Distribution of First Ballot	Salon A
	Theme Ministries on the Territory – Prs. Carl Ames & Rick Egtvedt Partners in Care Centurion Connection Challenge Academy	Salon A
5:30 pm	Meal Blessing	Salon A

Friday Evening Adjournment

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm	Dinner	Byrd Room
7:30 pm	Assembly Mass	St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 112 N. King St., Shepherdstown, WV

Saturday, 2 June 2018

7:30 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	Byrd Room
8:30 am	Morning Devotions	Salon A

Saturday Early Morning Meeting – Meeting III

8:45 am	Report of the Registration Committee – Ms. Beverly McDonald	Salon A
	Report of the Committee on Minutes – Mrs. Norma Gensler	Salon A
	Report of Reference & Counsel – Pr. Timothy Spence	Salon A
9:15 am	Keynote II – Pr. Eric Wester	Salon A
10:15 am	Report of the Elections Committee – Pr. Jessica Felici Report of the Registration Committee (if required) Distribution of Second Ballot (if required)	Salon A

10:30 am – 11:00 pm

Recess
(Coffee Break)

Assembly Lobby

Saturday Late Morning Meeting – Meeting IV

11:00 am	United Lutheran Seminary – Pr. Martin Zimman	Salon A
	Global Missions – Pr. Ian Reid	Salon A
	Report of Reference & Counsel – Pr. Timothy Spence	Salon A
12:00 pm	Churchwide Representative – Pr. Eric Wester	Salon A
12:30 pm	Meal Blessing	Salon A

Saturday Noonish Adjournment

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch

Byrd Room

Saturday Afternoon Meeting — Meeting V

1:15 pm	Report of the Registration Committee – Ms. Beverly McDonald	Salon A
	Report of the Committee on Minutes – Mrs. Norma Gensler	Salon A
	Report of the Elections Committee – Pr. Jessica Felici Report of the Registration Committee (if required) Distribution of Third Ballot (if required)	Salon A
	Report of Reference & Counsel – Pr. Timothy Spence	Salon A
	Report of the Treasurer – Mr. Joseph Solberg Consideration of Designation for the Synod Assembly Mass Offering Consideration of the Budget Proposal for FY 2019 Consideration of the Mission Support Formula for CY 2019	Salon A
	Report of the Bishop – Bp. Matthew Riegel	Salon A
	Report of the Committee on the Bishop’s Report	Salon A
	Report of Reference & Counsel – Pr. Timothy Spence	Salon A
	Unfinished Business	Salon A
	Report of Resolutions Committee – Gerald Kliner	Salon A
	Report of Committee on Minutes – Norma Gensler	Salon A
	Report of Registration Committee – Ms. Beverly McDonald	Salon A
	Closing Announcements Synod Assembly Survey Next Synod Assembly	Salon A

Saturday Afternoon Adjournment

4:45 pm

Installation of Newly Elected Synod Council & Committee Members
Rite for the Closing of an Assembly