As the first step in the election of a new synod bishop, meetings have been scheduled in January and February in each synod conference, beginning this Sunday. See schedule below:
Sunday, Jan. 8
►Eastern Connecticut Rivers, 2 p.m., Zion, Portland, Conn.
Saturday, Jan. 14
►New Hampshire, 11 a.m., Concordia, Concord, N.H.
Sunday, Jan. 22
►Southeast Massachusetts, 2:30 p.m., location TBA
►Greater New Haven, 2 p.m., Bethesda, New Haven, Conn.
Saturday, Jan. 28
►Central Connecticut, 9 a.m., St. Andrew's, Bristol, Conn.
Sunday, Jan. 29
►Naugatuck Valley, 4 p.m., First Lutheran, Waterbury, Conn.
Saturday, Feb. 4
►Western Massachusetts, 9 a.m., Bethesda, Springfield, Mass.
►Southern Connecticut, 10 a.m., Salem, Bridgeport, Conn.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
►Boston Metro, 7 p.m., Grace, Needham, Mass.
Saturday, Feb. 11
►Vermont/New York, 10 a.m., Ascension, South Burlington, Vt.
Sunday, Feb. 12
►Greater Hartford, 3 p.m., Concordia, Manchester, Conn.
►Central Massachusetts, 2:30 p.m., Trinity, Worcester, Mass.
►Northeast Massachusetts, 3 p.m., Redeemer, Woburn, Mass.
►Rhode Island, 3:30 p.m., Gloria Dei, Providence, R.I.
Saturday, Feb. 18
►Maine, 9:30 a.m., Water of Life, Newcastle, Maine
The conference meetings will begin with worship and bible study (Exodus 18), followed by group discussion on the qualities and attributes needed by leaders of God's people, challenges leaders must face and what God is saying to us about the gifts needed in a bishop. The day will continue with an overview of the election process. The full agenda will be posted soon.
Conference meetings will be followed by a series of Mission Area Assemblies in March when
information from those meetings will be shared and reviewed. Lay people and rostered leaders attending these assemblies will form questions which will be asked of the seven top candidates for synod bishop Friday evening, June 8, at the Synod Assembly in Springfield, Mass.
