Photos from Assembly 2008 in Grand Island. Assembly 2008 - May 30, 31 & June 1 Grace, Gratitude, Giving was the focus of this annual gathering of Nebraska Synod Lutherans. We celebrated our many ministries together and lifted up how we respond to God through our stewardship of time, talent and treasure.
Recognition banquet photos available at: http://imageevent.com/nebsynod/assembly2008ministrybanquet
Miscellaneous photos of the Tanzanian delegation visit to Nebraska available at: http://imageevent.com/nebraskasynod/tanzaniavisit2008
Pre-Assembly photos & documents can be viewed at: http://imageevent.com/nebraskasynod/assembly2008
Date(s): May 30 - June 1, 2008. Album by Nebraska Synod. Photos by lejg, fodnes, corman, oleson. 1 - 205 of 205 Total. 6727 Visits.
1 Assembly 2008 - May 30, 31 & June 1 Grace, Gratitude, Giving focussed this annual gathering of Nebraska Synod Lutherans. We celebrated our many ministries together and lifted up how we respond to God through our stewardship of time, talent and treasure.
Pre-Assembly photos & documents can be viewed at: http://imageevent.com/ nebraskasynod/assembly2008
Presenters & guest speakers: Dr. Mark Allan Powell Pastor Dick Hardel Pastor Wyvetta Bullock Jay Beech Our Tanzania friends Patrick Henry Hughes
Business before our Assembly: Elections Report of Bishop deFreese ELCA report - Pr. Bullock 2009 budget & finances Resolutions
3 On Friday evening, May 30, Nebraska Synod celebrated the 15th anniversary of our Companion Synod relationship with the Northern Diocese of Tanzania! Dinner & program at 6:30 p.m. A special offering will go to prepare future pastoral leaders in Africa.
4 More than 120,000 ELCA Lutherans belong to the 273 congregations and mission sites in Nebraska. Nebraska Synod is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 4.8 million members in 10,470 congregations.
5 Nebraska Synod news release pre-Assembly
Assembly 2008 Grand Island
6 Worship with us on Sunday, June 1 at Heartland Events Center Grand Island
7 Assembly 2008 Summary designed to print on letter paper, duplex, black and white or color.
For a printer that runs 11x17 paper, the summary prints nicely in that larger format as well.
8 You can order discs of Assembly presentations from Spiritborne Productions. Remember that each congregation will receive by postal mail a DVD of all of Dr. Mark Allan Powell’s presentations with a Study Guide! later this year
9 Backdrop for worship at Assembly 2008
Shared with Nebraska Synod by the ELCA, artist
Photo by Lyle Fodnes, Communications Task Force
10 Assembly 2008 Volunteers abound in their neon green aprons
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11 Heartland Events Center Grand Island
site of the 2008 Nebraska Synod Assembly Fodnes photo "Heartland Event Center????..." View Comments...
12 South entrance to Heartland Events Center
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13 Registration Thank you! Volunteers make it work!
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14 Before Assembly begins, volunteers help make the entire process work. They come to the synod office and diligently create name tags, and stuff registration envelopes.
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16 Registration! Fodnes photo
17 Assembly planners Sharon Miley and John Bell check equipment as Assembly set up continues on Thursday
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18 Gifts to Voting members! Nebraska Synod Capital Campaign mugs and Tanzania from the special coffee project at Mt. Meru in the Northern Diocese
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19 Gifts to ELCA members
Book of Faith
Augsburg Fortress
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20 Partners in Ministry and Nebraska Synod ministry workers set up their Assembly booths on Thursday afternoon.
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22 Women of the ELCA
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23 Pastor Bildad Lema, Tanzania, talks with Assembly Planner Pr Pam Cuilla before he reads at opening worship.
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24 John Mkenda, Tanzania visitor, shares a photo with a friend.
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25 Bishop Dr. Martin Shao laughs with Synod Council member Orrin Strand
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26 Congregations brought banners to help decorate the site
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27 Bishop deFreese gathers with our Tanzanian visitors before Assembly opens.
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28 Thursday night storms in Grand Island meant the Synod Council meeting was interrupted as everyone in the motel was asked to go to the tornado shelter.
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29 Pastor David Sites, outgoing Synod Secretary, opens his Nebraska Synod watch -- a token of appreciation for his 8 years of volunteer service.
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30 Synod leaders check the weather on a laptop while in the motel tornado shelter. Thursday evening's Synod Council meeting reconvened when the tornado all-clear allowed.
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31 Foosball entertained synod leaders as they waited out the sirens.
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32 Friday morning paper May 30, 2008 Assembly
33 Plenary 1 -- May 30, 2008
868 voting members and visitors gathered on Friday afternoon for music, worship, and the 1 p.m. opening of Assembly 2008
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34 Looking through materials, checking out gifts, Assembly voting members prepare themselves for business and learning
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35 Checking out materials before Assembly begins
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36 Voting members settle in as Assembly begins
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37 Plenary 1 Opening Worship
Pr. Don Hunzeker led opening worship on Friday, May 30
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38 Plenary 1 Opening Worship
Pr. Don Hunzeker, Pr. Karen Kaye, Pr. Bildad Lema
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39 Plenary 1 Opening Worship Pastor Karen Kaye preaches
Remember: God loves us!
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40 Pastor Karen Kaye Let us trust God, Let us NOT worry, but remember who we are as God's children.
43 Plenary 1 Bishop David L. deFreese Welcome to each and everyone of you! Will you shake hands with 3 people at a different table and say ...
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44 Thank you for coming!
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45 Thank you for coming!
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46 Thank you for coming! I'm so glad you're here!
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48 Don Bussian, Assembly 2008 parliamentarian
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49 Pr. David Zellmer Assembly 08 Planning Committee
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50 Pr Sheri Lodel Prayer Chapel
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51 Pr Catherine Burroughs Nominations
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52 Plenary 1 Pastor David Sites outgoing Synod Secretary thanks the synod staff people who have been instrumental in helping me with my job over the last 8 years Fodnes photo
53 Plenary 1 Dan Lehmann, The Lutheran I want your input on the magazine! We have 4 reasons for you to subscribe: 2 study guides per issue substansive stories on issues 4-page synod supplement Columns
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55 Dr. Dennis A. Anderson former Bishop of Nebraska Synod & President of Trinity Seminary in Columbus, Ohio introduces Dr. Mark Allan Powell with a comedic skit
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56 Plenary 1 Drama: “Buy One, Get One Free” Actors: Phil Nielsen, Barb Larkins
copyright: Willow Creek Association, to purchase go to willowcreek.org
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57 Plenary 1
Dr. Mark Allan Powell - Grace Each Nebraska Synod congregation will receive a DVD of Dr. Powell's 3 presentations with a study guide
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59 Plenary 1
Personal stewardship reflection by Bruce Ffeil, Thabor/Wausa
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61 Synod Treasurer Bill Davis invites celebration as he announces the Mission Share in 2007 exceeded expectations, and Nebraska Synod will continue to give 57% to the ELCA.
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65 Leaders of Serving Arms Agencies and Institutions affiliated with Nebraska Synod
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66 Rev. Dr. Dick Hardel Youth and Family Institute Bloomington, Minnesota
Friday workshop Will our children be stewards?
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67 ELCA Director for Stewardship Ed Kruse
in workshop Unwarpping Your Gifts and Using Them
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68 Pastor Karen Kaye Nebraska Synod Stewardship Team Outgoing Synod Council member workshop leader What Works in Stewardship
Preacher, Opening Worship
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69 Keith Mundy Assistant Director ELCA Stewardship
conducts Growing Giving with Good Sense workshop
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70 Jim Schmidt Mission Interpreter Nebraska Synod, ELCA
Stories of Faith in Action Mission Interpretation workshop leader
73 Bishop deFreese and Synod Council member Pastor Lowell Hennigs
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74 Synod Treasurer Bill Davis chats with Samson Massuri of the Tanzanian delegation to Nebraska
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75 Pastor Terry Nielsen
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76 The Nebraska Banana!
Bishop Dr. Martin Shao and Bishop David deFreese
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77 Bishop Shao enjoys the Nebraska Banana presentation
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78 Goat cake! -- Nebraska Banana! In Tanzania, honored guests are presented at a celebration dinner with a roasted goat - referred to as a "Kilimanjaro Banana". For our celebration of 15 years in a companionship relationship, Bishop Shao was presented with a cake shaped like a goat -- a Nebraska banana
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79 Bishop Shao thanks Nebraska Synod for our companion synod relationship for the past 15 years.
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80 The gathering on Friday night
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81 The Tanzanian delegation sang traditional songs at the banquet
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84 Many Nebraska Lutherans have travelled to Tanzania as part of our Companion Synod relationship!
They stood and were recognized at the Friday banquet.
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85 Bishop Dr. Martin Shao Northern Diocese, Tanzania ELCT
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86 the crowd responds
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87 A commemorative gift for Nebraska Synod from the Northern Diocese
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88 Bob Kasworm ELCA Global Mission Associate Alegent Operational Leader in Tanzania "our guy on the ground" in Tanzania
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89 Rex Kirchhoff, outgoing Synod Council, assists with offering baskets at the banquet Nebraska Synod in Assembly took an offering to support pastor leaders in Tanzania .. total received: $32,000+ and $3,000 for designated Tanzania ministries
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90 Pr. Michelle Oetken, Thabor/Wausa
closes with prayer
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91 Saturday newssheet PDF
Saturday, May 31, 2008 Tanzania celebration Hardel, Kaye workshops
92 Pastor Roger Sasse Nebraska Synod Capital Campaign
93 Voting members check out Dick Hardel's booth
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94 Considering options
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95 Voting members and Visitors pick up their copies of our new Book of Faith!
Nebraska Synod is a Book of Faith Synod in 2008 Sue Stover, Our Savior/Wayne, serves as our Book of Faith Advocate
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96 Filling out the data to receive the FREE copy of Book of Faith
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97 Augsburg Fortress always comes to our synod assemblies to provide easy access to its products.
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98 Pastor Erik Bostrom and Diane Kelley staff the Nebraska Synod Campus Ministries Booth, recruiting elementary age students!
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100 All those soft stress balls at the Campus Ministry booth found some airborne fun
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101 Registration volunteers
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102 Careful consideration
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104 Bishop and Anita chat
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106 Saturday morning Plenary May 31, 2008
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107 LYON Board 2008
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108 Pastor Ed Kruse
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109 Assembly 2008
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110 Youth visitors form Maria/Hershey and Grace/Sutherland with their Pastor Judy Gifford
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111 Lisa Kramme new Assistant to the Bishop for Youth and Family ministry and Operation IDEA
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112 Lisa Kramme
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113 Lisa Kramme
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114 Bishop deFreese
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115 Nebraska Synod staff
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116 Bishop deFreese
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117 Marty Jones, synod staff Synod Secretary Pr David Sites share minute-taking responsibilities at Assembly 2008
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119 Pastor Mike Ostrom address Resolution about support of Midland Lutheran and Dana colleges in Nebraska Synod
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120 Dr. Janet Philipp Dana College
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121 Dr. Fritz, Midland Lutheran College
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122 Wyvetta Bullock, ELCA
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123 AiM Sue Stover Book of Faith Advocate Nebraska Synod, ELCA
124 Assembly conversation
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125 Pastor Donna Wright, Lord of Love/Omaha, and Pastor Will Voss, Lakota Lutheran Center and Chapel, Scottsbluff chat
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126 Assembly conversations
Synod Council member Orrin Strand and Fodnes photo
127 Lutheran Men in Mission President David Nelson, Bertrand, and Pr Wyvetta Bullock, ELCA chat.
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128 talking with Dr. Mark Allan Powell
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129 Conversation at Assembly
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131 Immanuel/Bertrand brought three of the youngest voting members to Assembly 2008
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132 Mission Possible drama precedes Dr. Mark Allan Powell's second keynote address
Actors: Barbara Larkins and Pr. Phil Nielsen
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133 Mission Possible drama
134 Mission Possible drama
Preceded Dr. Mark Allan Powell's keynote on Saturday
135 Dr. Mark Allan Powell on screen with signer Kathy Ahrendts on the side stage at Assembly 2008
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138 Pr. Wyvetta Bullock ELCA Representative
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139 Marty Jones, synod staff, listens to a presentation
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140 Jay Beech Band Saturday, May 31, 2008 Assembly
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141 Assembly 2008 Volunteers did much behind-the-scenes work! Thanks!
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142 Rejoice! and Living Grace members consider business during Plenary on Saturday, May 31.
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143 Table talk! Sat. May 31
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144 Synod Treasurer Bill Davis offers 2008 Revised and 2009 Proposed Budgets for Assembly approval. Passed without discussion.
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145 Nellie Faye and Pastor Ray Hagberg were honored for their 30+ years of service as missionaries in Tanzania at Assembly 2008
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146 Pastor Will Voss, Lakota Lutheran/Scottsbluff, chats with ELCA rep Wyvetta Bullock
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148 Pastor Martin Russell Assistant to the Bishop chats during Assembly
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149 PMA Bill Huelle chats with table companions during Assembly.
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150 "The Offering" Drama precedes Dr. Mark Allan Powell's final keynote on Giving.
“The Offering” copyright: Willow Creek Association you can buy download from willowcreek.org
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151 Dr. Mark Allan Powell Saturday, May 31
Each Nebraska Synod congregations will receive a DVD of all 3 of Dr. Powell's presentations with a study guide
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153 Pastor Gretchen Ritola St. Paul and St. Luke's/ Emerson reflects on giving after Powell's presentation
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154 Bishop deFreese
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156 2008 Assembly dramas
At your request .. here's where to find the three dramas that preceded Dr. Mark Allan Powell's keynote presentations
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171 Standing ovation for Hardel presentation
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173 Litany of the Towel Dr. Dick Hardel presentation Sunday, June 1, 2008
