Assembly 2011
This is the web home of the 2011 Synod Assembly, "The Once and Future Church."
May 6-7, 2011
Franconia Mennonite Church, 613 Harleysville Pike, Telford, PA 18969
This blog will be updated throughout the Assembly as it progresses.
Summary of Assembly Actions
A summary report from the Assembly is now available online at our website.
Read MoreLiving in the Present Tense
“Our lives as we once knew them are changing,” said Bishop Claire Burkat in her Friday night address to the Assembly. “Our church … (and) our world as we once knew it is changing. No one knows what this century will bring. But we do know this…It’s God’s mission, the resurrected Lord ...
Read MoreBalanced 2012 Budget Approved
The Assembly approved a balanced $2.54 million budget for 2012. After completing several years with deficits that depleted the Synod’s Fund for Mission and with a continuing decline in partnership support gifts from congregations, the finance committee and Synod Council decided to present a ...
Read MorePlenary 4: Rodger Nishioka
Video of Dr. Rodger Nishioka's Saturday presentation - 8 trends in ministry with ...
Read MorePlenary 4: Commissioning Missionaries
Highlights: 0;01:00 -- Elections 0:09;30 -- Reference and Counsel report 0:33:30 -- Elections 0:35:00 -- Commissioning of Missionaries to Tanzania Video segment on Tom and Susan MacPherson at Irente Children's home: Tanzania from SEPA Synod on ...
Read MorePlenary 3: Bishop's Address
Highlights 0:01:00 - Elections 0:07:22 -- A moment in Time -- Videos from St. James Limerick, Emmaus Road 0:11:50 -- Bishop's Address 0:54:15 -- ...
Read MorePlenary 2 - Rodger Nishioka
Highlights: 0:03:00 -- Elections 0:14:00 -- ELCA Representative - Rev. Gregory Villalon 1:07:00 -- Dr. Rodger Nishioka presentation 1 -- Ministry with ...
Read MorePlenary 5: Budget
Highlights: 00:00:00 Budget presentation 00:53:00 What's Exciting in Your Ministry 00:59:15 Synod Council Report 01:34:50 Recognition for Pastor Larry Hand and Janine Niwkinski 01:43:30 Reference and Counsel Report 01:55:00 Recognition/installation of Synod ...
Read MoreSynod Commissions Missionaries to Tanzania
Surrounded by family, friends, and congregations supporting ministry in Tanzania, Tom and Susan MacPherson were commissioned by Joanne Carlson, Assistant to the Bishop for Global Vision, and Bishop Claire Burkat, to serve as volunteer missionaries at the Children’s Home in Irente, ...
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