2022 Synod Assembly Registration Now Open
'Early-bird' registration closes this Thursday, March 10.
Please review the information below and then register.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod ELCA will gather for a special online business meeting on Saturday, April 30.
This year’s theme is “Hope for Today, Strength for Tomorrow Through Community in Christ." The agenda features prayer, preaching and musical worship, presentations by Bishop Davenport and other synod officers, recognition of churches and leaders celebrating anniversary milestones, a chance to meet some of our synod’s candidates for ministry, adoption of the 2022 budget, and important elections.
 
Visit the Synod Assembly website at https://ministrylink.org/assembly for more information and the link to register.
What you need to know:
►Assembly Business Meeting: Saturday, April 30, 2022
►Online Orientation and Test Your Tech Thursday, April 28,7 pm
►Check here for your congregation’s allocation of voting members
►Each voting member must have access to a desktop/laptop computer with microphone, camera and speaker; an up-to-date web browser; and reliable internet access. See complete Technology Requirements below.
Registration and fees:
►Register early and save: $70/person until March 10
►Cost increases to $100/person through March 25
►Due to requirements of our online platform, no registrations can be accepted after March 25, or the day of the meeting.
►All registrations must be received and payments postmarked by March 25. 
Technology Requirements for Online Assembly:
For questions about technology requirements email comms@sepa.org.
 
►Assembly will take place via Zoom. Voting will take place simultaneously using the VPoll website.
►You will need a desktop or laptop computer with the free Zoom software installed. (Visit https://zoom.us, click “Resources” in the upper right corner, and select “Download Zoom Client”.
►You will also need to have access to the VPoll website in an Internet browser. The site is optimized for Google Chrome, but the vendor supports most desktop and mobile browsers. To accomplish this, you may either use two devices (one for Zoom and one to enter your vote) or you may simply switch between Zoom and your browser on a single device.
►Your computer must have a microphone, speakers, camera, and reliable Internet connection.
►It is highly recommended that each person have earphones with a microphone, or a headset.
►If you do not have these things, please speak to your pastor about possible solutions.
 
Closer to the event, the assembly site will feature training materials including video tutorials and printable guides for voting members. Live voting member orientation will be held April 28, 2022 at 7 p.m. We ask that all voting members attend this session. During the orientation and the actual event, the synod will staff a helpdesk phone line available to provide technological assistance as needed. Information on how to reach the helpdesk will be made available when you receive your voting login.

Each registrant must have:
►An email address unique to them, which is used as your authentication credential for the meeting. Two registrants cannot share an email address.
►If you need a unique address, we suggest creating one in Google Gmail (https://www.gmail.com)
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