2008 Southeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly
A Synod at Table with the Hungry

The 2008 Synod Assembly will be held April 18-19 at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN. 

DVD Handouts
News
Pre-Assembly Report - including the addendum
Future Assembly Information
Past Assembly Information

DVD Handouts

DVDs with Bishop Harold Usgaar'd sermon, Bishop Peter Rogness' Bible study, and Rev. David Beckmann's keynote address have been sent to each congregation. Below are the enclosed handouts available for download:

Bible Study Handout
Bios (also find more information on Bishop Usgaard, Bishop Rogness, and Rev. Beckmann online)

News

New News - Total offering collected for ELCA World Hunger was $7201.00

Detailed Stories - click here - photos now available!

Recap
Special Edition Bridge (ready to print and distribute):

• Double-sided, portrait (vertical) layout
  • PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format
  • Tiff (graphic) format - Page 1 and Page 2
• Landscape (horizontal) layout - this issue is 4 pages (half-sheet size), so it is formatted to be printed in a booklet form
  • PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format
  • Tiff (graphic) format - Pages 1 and 4 and Pages 2 and 3
• Plaintext (web page for faster downloading and easy to copy and paste)

Pre-Assembly Report
Below are links to a PDF of the entire Pre-Assembly Report and PDFs of the individual chapters. All voting members should read the report carefully and bring necessary chapters with you to Assembly. These chapters include the agenda, maps, rules, nominations, budget, and resolutions. No hard copies of any of this information will be available at Assembly. Congregations are responsible for ensuring their voting members receive the information.

* Plain text versions (regular webpages for faster downloading) of some of the information will be available the week of April 7.

Pre-Assembly Report (121 pages, 7.22MB)

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Welcome
• Assembly Information
• About the Synod
• Proposed Assembly Agenda (plaintext)
• Downtown Rochester Map
• Mayo Civic Center Map
• Assembly Rules & Procedures
• Reports
  • Synod Staff
  • Teams, Committees
  • Conferences
  • Presiding Bishop, ELCA
  • Agencies & Institutions
  • Colleges & Seminaries
• Nominations
• Financial Statements
• Proposed Budget
• Report of 2007 Resolutions
• Resolutions (plaintext)
• Thanks & Acknowledgments

Addendum (12 pages, 499 KB)

• Mission Support & Designated Gifts
• Budget Task Force Report
• Children, Youth and Family Ministry Task Force Report
• Resolutions (plaintext)

Future Assembly dates & locations:
May 1-2, 2009 - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester
April 16-17, 2010 - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester
May 6-7, 2011 - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester
April 27-28, 2012 - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester

2007 Synod Assembly Information
2006 Synod Assembly information
2005 Synod Assembly information
2004 Synod Assembly information
2003 Synod Assembly information
2002 Synod Assembly information
2001 Synod Assembly information