2020 Synod Assembly - Proposed Agenda
Friday, September 25
1:00 p.m. Voting Member Check-In
For credentialing purposes, voting members will need to “check-in” each day. Please join Zoom one hour to 45 minutes prior to the assembly call to order. Voting members will be admitted on a first-come-first-served basis. Once a plenary session has been called to order, no additional voting members will be admitted to that plenary session.
2:00 p.m. Assembly Called to Order: Vote to Allow Digital Meeting
2:05 p.m. Plenary Session 1:
Opening Prayer, Orientation, Adoption of the Agenda & Rules of Procedure, Report of the Churchwide Representative, Orientation to Process of Electing a Bishop, Credentials Report, First Ballot for Bishop, Report of the Nominating Committee, First Ballot for Synod Elections, Hymn Content Winner (Honorable Mention)
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Plenary Session 2:
Reports on Life and Ministry of the Synod (BKB, ILAG, Congregational Vitality), Votes on Proposed Updates to Synod Constitution & Bylaws, Observances, Report of the Vice President, Report of the Treasurer, Report of the First Ballot for Bishop
4:45 p.m. Closing Prayer & Recess
Saturday, September 26
8:00 a.m. Voting Member Check-In
For credentialing purposes, voting members will need to “check-in” each day. Please join Zoom one hour to 45 minutes prior to the assembly call to order. Voting members will be admitted on a first-come-first-served basis. Once a plenary session has been called to order, no additional voting members will be admitted to that plenary session.
9:00 a.m. Assembly Reconvenes - Session Called to Order
9:05 a.m. Plenary Session 3:
*Second Ballot for Bishop, Hymn Contest Winner (Grand Prize #1), Report of First Ballot for Synod Elections; *Second Ballot for Synod Elections, Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Women’s Ordination
10:00 a.m. Break
10:10 a.m. Plenary Session 4:
*Report of the Second Ballot for Bishop; *Third Ballot for Bishop, Hymn Contest Winner (Grand Prize #2), Vote on Resolutions, *Report of the Third Ballot for Bishop; *Fourth Ballot for Bishop, Vote on Proposed 2021 Budget,* Report of the Second Ballot for Synod Elections, *Report of the Fourth Ballot for Bishop; *Fifth Ballot for Bishop, *Report of the Fifth Ballot for Bishop, Report from Bishop Lull
12:35 p.m. Closing Words, Prayers & Announcements
12:40 p.m. Adjourn
*denotes an agenda item whose necessity depends on election results