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For All the Saints:  Welcoming Immigrants & Refugees  

Tuesday, November 1, 10am-3pm 
We will gather by Zoom in cluster groupings around the synod.
Registration closed on Oct. 21. If you wish to attend, please contact Susan in the synod office - 206-783-9292
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Following registration, look for an email from your cluster dean by October 26.
THANK YOU to the cluster deans and host sites for their work in making this hybrid/satellite event happen! Thanks to technology, each cluster gathering site will be connected via Zoom.
 
Our day will feature:
  • Gathering worship 
  • Keynote: "The Work of Welcome" and Q&A with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, CEO LIRS
  • Panel Discussion:  "The Work of Welcome - at the local and congregational level"
  • Small group conversations 
  • Lunch at your cluster site (your dean will share more about that following registration)
NOTE: there is NO COST for this event. 
Instead, please consider sharing a generous offering to be split bewteen LIRS and LCSNW go to: https://www.lutheransnw.org/give and select "convocation offering."
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Schedule for the day:
10:00    Gathering and opening worship
10:50    Short break
11:00    Keynote:  Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, CEO LIRS, "The Work of Welcome - Overview"
11:40    Q and A Session with Krish
12:00    Lunch with cluster group (arranged by site)
12:55    Bishop Time (updates and introductions of folks new to the synod)
1:15      Panel Discussion:  The Work of Welcome - at the local and congregational level
2:00       Q & A with panel
2:20      Small group discussion in cluster sites
2:50      Wrap up and closing prayer