All events are in the South Gymnasium of the Sports and Fitness Center unless noted otherwise.

SYNOD SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2006

3:00                  Festival Service (Trinity Chapel)

4:30                  Picnic Supper on the Bethany Lutheran College Campus (free will donation)

5:00 – 7:00        Registration (delegates credentials, clergy roll call, payment of fees)
All pastors and delegates need to report to the Registration Table

7:00                  Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary 60^th Anniversary Service and Installation of Prof. Michael Smith
(Trinity Chapel)

8:00 – 9:00        Registration (payment of fees only)

MONDAY, JUNE 19

8:00 – 9:00        Registration (delegates credentials, clergy roll call, payment of fees)
All pastors and delegates need to report to the Registration Table

9:00 – 9:30        Opening Devotion (Trinity Chapel)

9:45                  Opening of the Convention:
Roll Call
Credentials Committee Report
Official Opening of the Convention
Presidents Message and Report
Greetings and Welcoming of Guests

                        Presentations

                        Organization of the convention:
Pastors Equalization Rules
Assignment of Work

11:25                Closing Devotion

11:30                Recess

1:00                  Opening hymn & prayer

1:05                  Credentials: Committee 3

1:10                  Organization of the convention, continued:
Assignment of Committees
Adoption of the Convention Program

1:30                  Committee meetings

3:00                  Coffee (Sports and Fitness Center)

7:00 – 9:30        Committee Meetings

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

8:00                  Committee Meetings

9:00                  Recess

9:30                  Opening Devotion (South Gymnasium)

9:45                  Preliminaries: Minutes: Committee 19; Credentials: Committee 3; Program: Committee 4

9:55                  Synodical Membership & reception of new members: Committee 17

10:30                Election of president and vice-president
Once balloting for an office has begun, the convention shall remain in session without interruption until the office has been filled.

11:10                Evangelism: Committee 11

11:30                Greetings & presentations

11:55                Closing Devotion

12:00                Recess

1:30                  Opening Hymn & Prayer

1:35                  Credentials: Committee 3; Nominations: Committee 2

1:45                  Doctrine: Committee 6

2:30                  Synodical Membership: Committee 17

3:00                  Recess

3:30                  Nominations: Committee 2

3:45                  Greetings & presentations

4:15                  Elementary Education: Committee 12

4:45                  Recess to Trinity Chapel

5:00                  Anniversary Service (Trinity Chapel)

7:30                  Bethany Lutheran College Campus Master Plan (Meyer Hall 101)

7:30                  Health Insurance Presentation (Meyer Hall)

8:30                  Refreshments (Meyer Hall)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

8:30                  Opening Devotion (South Gymnasium)

8:45                  Minutes: Committee 19; Credentials: Committee 3; Program: Committee 4

8:50                  Nominations: Committee 2

9:00                  Essay and Discussion: For You and Your Children
The. Rev. Edward Bryant (Lombard, Illinois)

10:30                Recess

11:00                Nominations for the 2007 Committee on Nominations

11:15                Home Missions: Committee 9

11:45                Greetings and Presentations

11:55                Closing Devotion

12:00                Recess

1:30                  Opening Hymn & Prayer

1:35                  Credentials: Committee 3; Program: Committee 4

1:40                  Nominations: Committee 2

1:45                  Greetings and presentations

2:00                  Foreign Missions: Committee 10

2:30                  Doctrine: Committee 6

3:00                  Recess

3:30                  Election of the 2007 Committee on Nominations

3:35                  Miscellaneous: Committee 18

4:15                  Offering Presentation: For You and Your Children

4:45                  Recess to Trinity Chapel

5:00                  Memorial Service (Trinity Chapel)

7:30                  Communion Service (Trinity Chapel)

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

8:30                  Opening Devotion (South Gymnasium)

8:45                  Minutes: Committee 19; Credentials: Committee 3; Program: Committee 4

8:50                  Nominations: Committee 2

9:00                  Essay and Discussion: For You and Your Children
The. Rev. Edward Bryant (Lombard, Illinois)

10:30                Recess

11:00                Higher Education: Committee 8

11:15                Parish Services: Committees 15 & 16

11:30                Finances: Committee 7

11:55                Closing Devotion

12:00                Recess

1:30                  Opening Hymn & Prayer

1:35                  Publications: Committee 14

1:45                  Youth & Parish Education: Committee 12

2:00                  Miscellaneous: Committee 18

2:30                  President's Message and Report: Committee 1

                        Pastoral Conference Records: Committee 19

                        Resolutions: Committee 20

2:45                  Unfinished Business

3:00                  Recess

3:30                  Unfinished Business

                        Closing of the Convention

                        Closing Devotion