2024 Synod Assembly
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Date & Location
Friday, June 7 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
Doubletree by Hilton Fresno Convention Center
2233 Ventura St, Fresno, CA 93721
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If you subscribe to our Synod newsletter, you should have received an email with registration instructions on April 1st. If you are not currently subscribed, please do so here so you don’t miss important assembly updates.
Registration will be open through May 10th. Please note that no on-site registration will be possible. Saturday lunch and dinner are included in the registration cost. Friday’s dinner may be purchased for an additional $25 at the time of registration.
Registration Form for the 2024 Sierra Pacific Synod Assembly
Formulario de inscripción para la Asamblea 2024 del Sínodo Sierra Pacífico
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Friday, June 7
11:30 am Voting member & visitor check-in opens
12:30 pm Gathering music begins
1:00 pm Opening prayer service
1:30 pm Check-in closes
Plenary session 1
3:15 pm Keynote 1
4:15 pm Break
Voting member & visitor check-in opens
4:30 pm Workshops
5:30 pm Voting member & visitor check-in closes
6:00 pm Assembly dinner - ticket required
7:30 pm WorshipSaturday, June 8
7:30 am Voting member & visitor check-in opens
8:30 am Voting member & visitor check-in closes
Synod Council nominations due
Plenary session 2
10:00 am Keynote 2
10:50 am Break
11:00 am Plenary session 3
Noon Break for lunch-included in registration
1:15 pm Keynote 3
2:00 pm Plenary session 4
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Workshops
4:15 pm Break
4:30 pm Workshops
5:15 pm Break
5:15 pm Pre-dinner gathering
6:00 pm Dinner- included in registration
7:00 pm Storytelling eventSunday, June 9
8:30am Plenary session 5
10:00 am Worship
12:00 pm Assembly adjourns*We have done our best to ensure an accurate schedule, but sometimes things change. Thank you for your understanding. Please check Guidebook beginning May 10 for any updates to this schedule.
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At the 2024 Synod Assembly, we hope to facilitate an environment that is hospitable, welcoming, and accessible for our diverse community. The Assembly Planning Team is preparing a wide array of accommodations and is open to feedback and insight as to how we can make the space welcoming. The assembly registration form allows registered participants and guests to name ways that we can prepare an accessible space for them, but if you have any questions or concerns ahead of time, please email AssemblyRegistration@spselca.org.
Language Accommodations
Many of the Assembly materials will be translated from English to Spanish, available for download and access prior to the beginning of the assembly. Additionally, the Assembly registration form allows registered attendees to request Spanish Interpretation throughout the assembly.
Physical Accommodations
The Assembly Planning Team is preparing the space we gather to be as accessible as possible. Here are a few accommodations currently in place:
The hotel and all meeting rooms are ADA accessible, with an elevator and wheelchair ramp available.
Reserved seating will be available for those with visual and hearing needs.
Reserved seating near exit doors will be available for those who need to step out of the ballroom frequently.
Chapel Space/Sensory-Free Accommodations
Throughout the assembly, a dedicated chapel space will be open 24 hours/day on the second floor of the hotel room. This space is open for all participants to have a quiet space to pray, breathe, or relax throughout the assembly. This will also serve as a sensory-free space.
Dietary Needs/Restrictions
We are able to accommodate vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.
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A message from our keynote speaker, Rev. Rebecca Anderson
Lay-Led Worship that Works
Whenever the synod assembly includes a Sunday, pastors face a dilemma – stay at the assembly or lead worship at home? It does not have to be that way! Instead, use the 2024 assembly schedule as an opportunity to equip lay members to lead or co-lead the June 9 worship service. Doing so will enable congregational lay leaders to function in new ways in changing times. On April 15th, a workshop was offered to those hoping to address this dilemma. The video of that workshop is here for your convenience.