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Agenda
Each agenda item will be given the time necessary to ensure that it is fully addressed. Per Standing Rule 11, the moderator shall have the discretion to revise the order of agenda items to accommodate scheduling needs.
Delegates who leave the meeting early or arrive late will not have a voice or vote when they are not present. Please do all you can to be present in person or online throughout the scheduled meeting. Agenda items that are time-certain are listed below.
Time Certain
Thursday, June 27
- 4:15 pm | Irving C. Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award
Friday, June 28
- 10:30 am | Service Recognition for Global Personnel
- 11:00 am | Actions to Be Taken from the Ordered Ministry
- 11:30 am | Clergy Vocational Service Recognition
- 2:05 pm | T.W. Anderson Outstanding Layperson Award
Saturday, June 29
- 10:15 am | FY2022/23 Performance Report
- 10:45 am | FY2024 Mission and Ministry Budget
* Reports exceeding the ten (10) minute limit per the Standing Rules are marked with an asterisk.
PREPARING OUR HEARTS
1. Morning Worship
2. Opening Statement by the Moderator
3. Greeting from Garth McGrath, Great Lakes Conference Superintendent
MEMBERSHIP IN THE MISSION
8. Action on Churches Applying for Membership >>
9. Church Planter Commissioning >>
10. Action on Removal of Churches from the Roster* >>
a. Voluntary Removal from Membership
11. Action to Designate Vice Presidents, Executive Ministers, and Executive Directors of Covenant Offices as Annual Meeting Delegates >>
ORGANIZATION OF THE MISSION
13. Recommendation on Covenant Resource Paper: The Evangelical Covenant Church and Freedom, Unity, and Responsibility >>
14. Report and Action on the Covenant Bylaw Amendments >>
a.1. Section 6.3. The President
a.2. Section 10.5.b.i. The Board of the Ordered Ministry
a.3. The Ordered Ministry. Contested Credential.
a.4. Section 11.2. Council of Superintendents
b.1. 2024 Rules of Ordered Ministry Changes
b.2. Rules of Ordered Ministry. Article X. Discipline and Care
SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOR THE MISSION
15. Election of Executive Minister of Serve Locally >>
a. Report from the Serve Locally Nominating Committee
b. Vote
c. Results
16. Call of North Park Theological Seminary Faculty Member >>
a. Report from North Park Theological Seminary
b. Vote
c. Results
17. Board Elections* >>
a. Presentation of 2024 Ballot
a.1. Executive Board
a.2. Board of the Ordered Ministry
a.3. Board of Pensions and Benefits
a.4. Board of Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
a.5. Board of Trustees of North Park University
a.6. Board of Nominations
b. Vote
c. Results
18. Actions to Be Taken from the Ordered Ministry for 2024* (TIME CERTAIN—11:00 AM, Eastern Time, June 28)
a. Change in Standing >>
b. Approval of Licenses >>
c. Presentation of Candidates for Transfer of Ordination >>
d. Presentation of Candidates for Ordination to Word and Service >>
e. Presentation of Candidates for Ordination to Word and Sacrament >>
HONORING FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE MISSION
19. Clergy Vocational Service Recognition (TIME CERTAIN—11:30 AM, Eastern Time, June 28) >>
20. Service Recognition for Global Personnel (TIME CERTAIN—10:30 AM, Eastern Time, June 28) >>
21. Recognition of Executive Board Members Concluding Term of Service
22. 2024 T.W. Anderson Outstanding Layperson Award (TIME CERTAIN—2:05 PM, Eastern Time, June 28) >>
23. 2024 Irving Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award (TIME CERTAIN—4:15 PM, Eastern Time, June 27) >>
FUNDING THE MISSION
24. Financial Report* (TIME CERTAIN—10:15 AM, Eastern Time, June 29) >>
a. Fiscal Year 2022/23 Performance Report >>
25. Presentation and Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 Mission and Ministry Budget* (TIME CERTAIN—10:45 AM, Eastern Time, June 29) >>
26. Report from the Covenant Board of Pensions and Benefits
27. Report on 2023 Mission Advancement
DIMENSIONS OF THE MISSION
28. Mission and Ministry Leadership Report
29. Report from Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET) >>
30. Report from Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
31. Report from Covenant Trust Company >>
32. Report from National Covenant Properties >>
33. Report from North Park University
a. Report of the President of North Park University >>
b. Report of the Dean of North Park Theological Seminary >>
34. Report from Paul Carlson Partnership >>
35. Mission and Ministry Leadership Response to Delegate Questions
ANNUAL MEETING OFFICERS
- Moderator: Julia Sandstrom
- Vice Moderator: Carolyn Poterek
- Secretary: Norma Ramos
- Parliamentarian: Clarence Chan
- President: Tammy Swanson-Draheim
- Secretary of the Covenant: Dierdra Clark
- Assistant Secretary of the Covenant: Jorden Meyers
