26th Annual Synod Assembly
Friday - May 31 and Saturday - June 1, 2013
Tinley Park Convention Center
18451 Convention Center Dr.
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Final Assembly Agenda
(Subject to adoption by the assembly)
Resolution Hearings
and Workshop Descriptions
(Includes times and rooms locations)
Book of Reports Available Here
Site Drawings
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Online Registration is closed.
Participants may register at the site.
Display Host Registration
(Closed. Capacity has been reached.)
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Theme
"Always being made new."
"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Keynote speaker
Our keynote speaker on Friday will be the Rev. Herbert W. Chilstrom who served as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from its inception in 1987 to October 1995. Brief biography
Cost
- Voting Member, Display Host, and Visitor - $175 (includes lunch on Friday and Saturday)
- Retired Voting Rostered Leader - $130 (includes lunch on Friday and Saturday)
Accommodations
- There is a group rate for assembly participants at the Holiday Inn Tinley Park Convention Center of $120 per night(not including tax). The rate is good through May 9, 2013.
Online Hotel Reservations
The Tinley Park Holiday Inn attached to the convention center has reached capacity, and no more rooms are available. The convention center recommends two sister properties that are only one exit away (three miles):
- Country Inn & Suites (Tinley Park on LaGrange Road)
- Hilton Garden Inn (Tinley Park on LaGrange Road)
In addition, these hotels are within walking distance of the convention center, across Harlem Avenue: Comfort Suites, Fairfield Inn, Hampton Inn, LaQuinta Inn, Sleep Inn, and Wingate Inn .
Workshops
- Use the link below to sign up to register a workshop at the assembly. Workshop leaders are responsible for providing their own screens, computers, and projectors for their workshops.
Register to Host a Workshop
(Closed. Capacity has been reached.)
Volunteer
If you wish to volunteer for this year's assembly, click on the link below to register. Volunteers will have their assembly registration pais for (and receive breaks and lunches), but volunteers must pay for their own hotel accomodations and travel.
Volunteer for the 2013 Synod Assembly
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Previous assemblies
[Synod Assembly 2012] [Synod Assembly 2011]
[Synod Assembly 2010] [Synod Assembly 2009]