rostered leaders convocation
2022 SOUTH CAROLINA ROSTERED LEADERS CONVOCATION
Monday-Wednesday, October 24-26, 2022 at Lutheridge
(beginning 2:00 p.m. on Monday and ending late morning on Wednesday)
Featured leader: Dr. Diana Butler Bass
Registration will begin in July.
About Diana
Diana Butler Bass (Ph.D. Duke University) is an award winning author and internationally known speaker and thought leader on issues of spirituality, religion, culture, and politics.
She is the author of eleven books, including:
Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence (March 2021), an invitation to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him.
Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks (2009), in which she offers suggestions for reclaiming gratitude that can lead to greater connection with God, our loved ones, our world, and even our souls.
A message to leaders from Bishop Ginny Aebischer:
Convocation is one of the only times in the calendar year when our rostered leaders have the opportunity to gather with one another for worship, fellowship, and learning. Your presence at convocation is a blessing to others and you are truly missed when you are not there. Please make it a priority to participate in the mutual upbuilding of our South Carolina Synod Ministerium so that, together, we can all be renewed by the Holy Spirit for the ministries to which we are called. If you can’t be present for the entire event, come for part of it. If you are having a challenge affording the cost of registration, let us know and we will do everything possible to assist you!
Registration:
This year we will again be doing our own registration. This means that you do NOT use the Novusway-Lutheridge online registration system that was used in previous years. To register please use the Google form found at the link below.
A paper registration form will be available on the Synod website on the convocation page, but we prefer that you use the online form if at all possible.
There are two options for registration… full registration which includes lodging, meals, and programming or commuter registration, which includes meals and programming.
There are two ways to pay – by mailing a check to the Synod Office (1003 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201) with “Convocation” on the memo line OR by using a credit card online at the Synod website (see link below). Please follow the instructions in the registration form carefully.
Note: the early registration discount ends on September 23. Online payments made after September 23 or mailed payments postmarked after September 23 are subject to the higher registration fee.
COVID-19 related:
We highly recommend that all participants be vaccinated. Because we expect attendance to be returning to normal, as in the past most participants will be assigned to double rooms. Please have needed vaccination conversations with the person you are requesting as a roommate before registration.
onsite registration
Thru September 23, 2022. Price rises to $235 on September 24, 2022.- Lodging
- Meals
- Program
commuter registration
Thru September 23, 2022. Price rises to $195 on September 24, 2022.- Meals
- Program
- No Lodging Provided
Register Now
Please be good stewards and register as soon as possible before the price increase.
Pay Online
The early registration discount ends on August 27. Online payments made after August 27 or mailed payments postmarked August 28 or after are subject to the higher registration fee. Your registration is NOT complete until payment is received. If you are having a challenge affording the cost of registration, let us know and we will do everything possible to assist you. Please contact Pastor Shannon or Pastor Christi at the emails below.
Please direct questions to Pastor Shannon Mullen or Pastor Christi Pursey at pastorshannon@stjohnsbeaufort.org or pastorcpursey@gmail.com
Schedule
| Monday | October 24, 2022 | Location |
| 12:30 pm | Registration Starts | Efird lawn |
| 2 pm | Opening Gathering | Faith Center |
| Welcome & Worship Greetings and Announcements. Discussion of options for recreation/sharing/meeting. |
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| 3 pm | Diana Butler Bass – Freeing Jesus – 75 minutes | Faith Center |
| 4:15 pm | Break | Faith Center |
| 4:30 pm | Time with Bishop Aebischer | Faith Center |
| 5:45 pm | Announcements, then break | |
| 6 pm | Dinner | Dining Hall |
| 7:30 pm | Worship | Faith Center |
| 8:15 pm | Fellowship | Dining Hall |
| Tuesday | October 25, 2022 | |
| 8 am | Morning Watch – led by Emily Edenfield | Dining Hall porch |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast | Dining Hall |
| 9:30 am | Diana Butler Bass – Freeing Jesus – 75 minutes | Faith Center |
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11 am | Sharing, Announcements, and Planning for the afternoon | Faith Center |
| Noon | Lunch | Dining Hall |
| AFTERNOON RECREATION | ||
| 6 pm | Dinner | Dining Hall |
| 7:30 pm | Worship with Holy Communion | Faith Center |
| 8:30 pm | Fellowship | Dining Hall |
| Wednesday | October 26, 2022 | |
| 8 am | Morning Watch – led by Emily Edenfield | Dining Hall porch |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast | Dining Hall |
| 9:30 am | Diana Butler Bass – Freeing Jesus – 75 minutes | Faith Center |
| 10:45 am | Closing Song and Sending | Faith Center |
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Contact Information
ELCA South Carolina Synod
1003 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone 803-765-0590
Fax 803-252-5558
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