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Synod
Assembly 2010 June
3-6, 2010
GENERAL INFORMATION We invite you to Wichita, Kansas for the TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CENTRAL STATES SYNOD, ELCA. The Assembly will be held at the Hilton Wichita Airport Executive Conference Center. Check back often to this page for new and updated information. PRE-ASSEMBLY DOCUMENTS
Jacobson is a frequent speaker throughout the Church. Her writings include, A Beginner's Guide to the Bible, co-authored with Robert Kyser (1991) and numerous articles on such topics as wisdom, creation and psalms. In addition, she has written "You are Sanctified in Christ, Called to Be Saints" as a part of In Christ - Called to Witness Bible Studies for the Lutheran World Federation Ninth Assembly in Hong Kong (1997). Dr. Jacobson has also written the 1997 Lutheran Woman Today Bible Study, From Slavery to Service: A Study of Exodus.
Wyvetta is an ELCA pastor. She received her Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). Wyvetta served a parish in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She serves as a pastoral associate at her current congregation, Bethel Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Wyvetta is founder and CEO of Equipping Leaders Ministries, Inc. Wyvetta is a contributing author to two books: The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution, Called Out of Our Comfort Zones, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Spring 2005; and The Missional Church & Denominations: Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity, The Challenge of Developing Missional Denominational Agencies and the Implications for Leadership, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008.
The Assembly will be held at the Hilton Wichita Airport Executive Conference Center. Please note that you need to make your own reservations at the hotel. For online hotel reservations and general information, click: Hilton CSSA. Phone reservations may be made by calling 316-945-1971. Use group code CSSA to receive our convention rates of $89 per night.
Registration forms are available to download, click Registration form. Please remember that "Early Bird" registration deadline is May 1, 2010. All registration information AND payment must be received in the synod office by that date to qualify for the reduced rate. Online Registration is now available for those paying by credit card only. To register online and pay by credit card, please click: Online Registration.
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Contact the synod office 913.948.9701 or 866.915.3548 (toll-free) or
email Rev. Cynthia Schnaath at cschnaath@css-elca.org RETURN TO CENTRAL STATES SYNOD HOME PAGE
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DIANE
JACOBSON joined the 
WYVETTA
BULLOCK is originally from Philadelphia, Tennessee. She has
served on the churchwide staff of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America since 1988. From 1995 until 2005 she served as executive director
of the Division for Congregational Ministries. Wyvetta served as Executive
for Leadership Development from 2005-2007 and currently serves as Executive
for Administration, in the Office of the Presiding Bishop.
JONATHAN
RUNDMAN -- Growing
up in the isolated Finnish communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula,
Jonathan Rundman has drawn comparisons to singer/songwriters Paul Westerberg
and Freedy Johnston for the decidedly homespun quality of his "heartland"
rock. Using the geographical isolation of his youth to his advantage,
Rundman formed a musical vocabulary grounded in the budding strains
of Americana/roots rock, Lutheran hymns, traditional American folk music,
and '70s rock to present a uniquely eclectic variant of Midwestern rock.
After recording with various side projects, such as fronting indie rockers
the Muckrakers and collaborating with cousin Bruce Rundman in the Chandlers,
2000 saw the release of the sprawling 52-song Sound Theology. Though
admittedly released with some hesitation, Rundman's ambitious concept
album tracing the weeks of the Lutheran liturgical year is a true anomaly
in the rock canon, a Christian-themed rock album that stood in stark
contrast to the contemporary Christian rock scene while presenting topics
completely unique to modern rock. Ultimately, Sound Theology was enthusiastically
received by both the Christian and mainstream press, showing Rundman's
fears of being swallowed up by the "Christian rock" label
to be unfounded. Web: