ARRIVING AND DEPARTING
Registrations for delegates and visitors for General Convention of Synod will be open from 4.00 – 6.45 pm on Tuesday, 29 September. The opening service commences at 7.00 pm. Allow sufficient time for baggage pickup, waiting for your shuttle, and then 30 minutes for the commute from Brisbane Airport to the Convention venue, Redeemer Lutheran College, Rochedale.
For your return journey, we recommend that you do not book flights before 12.30 pm. The closing service concludes at 10.30 am on Sunday, 4 October, and shuttle buses to Brisbane Airport will not commence prior to 10.30 am.
CONVENTION DINNER
The dinner will be held on Saturday evening, 3 October, and will hosted by Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Rochedale. Delegates are encouraged to attend. Click here for more information.
DRAFT PROGRAM
TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
Ephesians 1:17-18 (adapted and combined)
The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of your hearts so that you may know him better.
4:00 pm Registrations open
6.55 pm Registrations close for the day
7:00 pm Opening service
8:30 pm Supper
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
Ephesians 2:22
In him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
7:00 am Registrations open
8:30 am Communion service and welcome (chapel)
10:30 am Morning tea
11:00 am Convention session
12:10 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Convention session (board reports)
3:50 pm Afternoon tea
4:20 pm Convention session (board reports)
5:40 pm Closing devotion
6:00 pm Close of session
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER
Ephesians 3:10
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.
8:30 am Communion service (chapel)
10:00 am Morning tea
10:30 am Convention session
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm Convention session
3:00 pm Afternoon tea
3:30 pm Convention session
5:00 pm Closing devotion
5:15 pm Close of session
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
8:30 am Communion service, including In Memoriam (chapel)
10:00 am Morning tea
10:30 am Convention session
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm Convention session
3:00 pm Afternoon tea
3:30 pm Convention session
5:00 pm Afternoon devotion
5:20 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Taizé service
8:00 pm Close of session
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER
Ephesians 5:8
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.
8:30 am Communion service (chapel)
10:30 am Morning tea
11:00 am Convention session
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm Convention session
3:00 pm Afternoon tea
3:30 pm Convention session
5:00 pm Closing devotion
5:15 pm Close of session
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER
Ephesians 6:10
Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
8:30 am Convention closing service (chapel)
10:30 am Morning tea
12:00 noon Depart