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Friday, April 23, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, April 24, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Under the theme “Jubilee Reclaimed: Opening the Way,” synod assembly participants will explore Biblical insights into the general welfare of the community. We remember the Hebrew Scripture injunction to return possessions to their original owner after 50 years as a means to ensure that wealth disparity didn’t arise within the community. And, we imagine the early church in Acts, where the people shared from a common purse.
What does this mean for the Church today? How do we enter into discussions of confession and absolution? Can we imagine together ways to explore opportunities for the Church to be the leading edge of caring for the vulnerable in our world?

Featuring:

Dr. Drew Hart
Messiah University
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Michael Osterholm
University of Minnesota
Keynote Speaker

Mr. Bill Horne
ELCA Vice President
ELCA Churchwide Representative

Ms. Molly Beck Dean
ELCA Youth Gathering Director

Rev. Kate Reuer Welton
Campus Pastor, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Bible Study Leader

Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo
Pastor, All Nations Indian Church
Bible Study Leader

Details and Business

  • Voting Member Allotment Chart
  • Registration closes April 16
  • Each voting member will need their own device to vote (but more than one person can watch on the same device)
  • Unlike previous years, visitors (including intern pastors) do not have to register. They are invited to join the assembly live on facebook and youtube.
  • Password-protected Voting Member Portal (login information can be found in your confirmation email)

  • 4:00 pm Voter Orientation
  • 5:00 pm Budget Hearing, Synod Treasurer, Ty Inglis
  • 5:45 pm Assembly Registration Check-In
    • For credentialing purposes, assembly registrants will need to “check-in” each day.
    • Please join Zoom 30-minutes prior to the assembly Call to Order.
  • 6:00 pm Gathering and Music
  • 6:15 pm  Plenary 1
    • Welcome and Opening Liturgy
    • Dwelling in the Word, Rev. Kate Reuer Welton, Lutheran Campus Ministry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    • Credentials Report, Adoption of Rules, Order of Business
    • Report of the Reference and Counsel Committee
    • Report of the Bishop
  • 7:20 pm  Break
  • 7:30 pm Keynote Address, Dr. Drew Hart, professor in theology at Messiah University, author of Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church  Views Racism
    • Consent Agenda
    • Report of the Synod Treasurer, Ty Inglis
    • Budget Resolutions
    • Announcements
  • 9:00 pm Adjourn

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  • 8:00 am   Deadline for Submitting Nominations and Resolutions
  • 8:30 am   Assembly Registration Check-in
    • For credentialing purposes, assembly registrants will need to “check-in” each day.
    • Please join Zoom 30-minutes prior to the assembly call to order.
  • 9:00 am   Plenary 2
    • Welcome and Call to Order
    • Dwelling in the Word, Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, All Nations Indian Church, Minneapolis
    • Credentials Report
    • Report of the ELCA Vice President, Bill Horne
    • ELCA video
    • Nominating Committee Report
    • Elections
  • 9:50 am    Break
  • 10:00 am  Plenary 3
    • State of the Pandemic, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota
    • Resolution and Memorial
  • 11:30 am   Break
  • 11:40 am   Plenary 4
    • Report of the Synod Vice President, Felecia Boone
    • Resolution
    • Report of the ELCA Youth Gathering, Molly Beck Dean, Gathering Director
  • 12:30 pm   Plenary 5
    • Remaining Resolutions
    • Unfinished Business
    • Closing of the Synod Assembly

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