Join us for Opening Worship at 8:30 AM Friday!
Opening worship for synod assembly is open for all to attend.    If you are near the Bismarck area, we encourage you to join us for worship.

Synod Assembly Registration Hours
The Registration Table will be located outside the Assembly Hall at the Ramkota Hotel.  Please Note Registration will close during opening worship on Friday and morning devotions on Saturday, but will reopen shortly after worship.
Thursday hours:  3:30PM - 7:30PM
Friday hours: 7:00AM - 3:00PM (closed during worship)
Saturday hours: 8:00 AM - 12:00PM (closed during devotions)

PreAssembly Workshop: Gifted to Serve
The PreAssembly Workshop will take place in the lower level meeting rooms behind the main hotel lobby.  Registration will open at 9:30AM and the workshop will take place from 10:00AM-3:30PM.

Mission Gala Dinner and Auction
Mission Gala Tickets are almost sold out.  We have just a couple left and they can be purchased by calling the synod office at 701-223-5312.  You must have a ticket reserved to attend.  The event will begin at 5:30 PM with Appetizers and a chance to peruse the auction items.  Please check-in at the host table when you arrive.

Voting Member Materials
All voting member materials including an updated agenda, reports & business items are available on the synod assembly website.  Click here to access the voting member information.

Synod Assembly Offerings

• Opening Worship Offerings will support ELCA  Campaign - World Hunger and Disaster Appeal
• A Love offering during the Banquet will be divided between our 4 ELCA Outdoor Ministry Sites
• Donations for Sweet Deal for C.A.R. to support our companion synod ministries with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Central African Republic can be turned in at the registration table
• Inkind items are being received to create Fresh Start bags for youth leaving the ND Youth Correctional Center.  Go to http://wndsynod.org/synod-assembly for a list of items.

Items to Bring

Please bring your Bible and a light sweater or jacket as the Assembly Hall may be cool.  

 

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Please watch your inboxes for resources that can help you bring Synod Assembly home to your congregation. 
On Saturday afternoon we will e-mail a summary of the assembly to all rostered leaders, congregations, assembly participants, and our synod e-news list.  This will include a pdf that can be printed and shared in bulletins on Sunday mornings following the assembly.  We'll also share a service of blessing which could be used to celebrate the vocations of the members of your congregation back home.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to serve as a pastor, diaconal minister, or associate in ministry? Are you sensing God calling you to a more formal role as a public leader in the wider church?  Join the synod Candidacy Committee at a Discernment Dinner on Friday, June 17th at 6:30 pm at the Synod Office in Bismarck for conversation.  This is an informal time of conversation where questions can be asked and you can learn more about theological education and discerning the call to ministry.  Please RSVP to beth@wndsynod.org by Thursday, June 16th for meal planning.

Prepare and Enrich Facilitator Training,

Do you have Bibles in your home or worship center that are unusable due to age or damage, etc. and unsure what to do with them?  You are invited to participate in a service of commendation on  Thursday, July 7, 2016,  11 a.m. at  Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Thanks to the generosity of Bob Eastgate and Eastgate Funeral Service, a vault at Sunset Memorial Gardens will provide the resting place and burial ground for such unusable Bibles.   Eastgate Funeral Service kindly provides this donation of planning, site and labor.  To participate in this service, simply attend the July 7 event and place your offered Bible "at graveside". Pastor Perry Schnabel, Calvary United Methodist in Bismarck and Pastor Rebecca Aardahl, Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck will lead a brief Service of Committal.  Questions? Please contact Eastgate Funeral Service at 223-7322.