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ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SECOND COVENANT ANNUAL MEETING
June 22-24, 2007


Times Certain
8:30-9:00 a.m. Friday Invocation and Devotions
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Friday Business Session
11:00 a.m. Friday Irving Lambert Award
2:00 p.m. Friday Presentation to David W. Johnson

8:30-9:00 a.m. Saturday Invocation and Devotions
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Saturday Business Session
9:45 a.m. Saturday T. W. Anderson Award
10:00 a.m. Saturday Ministerial Credentials
11:00 a.m. Saturday 2007-2008 Budget
2:00 p.m. Saturday Resolution of Grief & Gratitude for CBC


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1. Organization of the Meeting

a. Opening Statement by the Moderator

b. Report on Credentials and Motion

c. Approval of Minutes, Honorary Delegates, and Resource Persons

i. Minutes

ii. Honorary Delegates

iii. Resource Persons

d. Action on the Standing Rules

e. Action on the Proposed Agenda

f. Introduction of pastor of Colombian Church


2. President' s Report

a. Prayer


3. Changes in the Roster of Member Churches
i. Recognition and Prayer

i. Recognition and Prayer

a. Prayer

5. Irving Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award  (Time Certain – Friday, 11:00 a.m.) 


 
 

i. Report of the nominating committee

b. Executive Minister of Church Growth and Evangelism

i. Report of the nominating committee

i. Report of the nominating committee
i. Report of the nominating committee 
e. Vote

8. Presentation to David W. Johnson, retiring President of National Covenant Propreties (Time Certain – Friday, 2:00 p.m.) 


9. Recognition of Stephen Dawson, new President of National Covenant Properties
 
 
 
 


13. T.W. Anderson Outstanding Layperson Award (Time Certain – Saturday, 9:45 a.m.)


14. Actions To Be Taken from the Ordered Ministry (Time Certain – Saturday, 10:00 a.m.)
  
e. Approval of Licenses  
   
f. Change in Standing

15. Presentation of the 2008-2009 Budget (Time Certain – Saturday, 11:00 a.m.)
     

16. Presentation to Robert & Janet Thornbloom, retiring missionaries


17. Recommendations and Reports for Commissions
a. Recommendations for Continuation of Commissions
b. Recommendations on Commission on Christian Action Resolutions

18. Board of Nominations Election Results
     

19. Presentation to Jorge Maldonado, retiring President of CHET
 
 
20. Resolution of Grief and Gratitude for CBC (Time Certain – Saturday, 2:00 p.m.)
 

21. Report on Covenant Resource Paper
 
 
 
           
 
24. Presentation to Kurt A. Miericke, retiring Superintendent of the Southeast Conference
 
 
25. Constitution and Bylaw Amendments 

26. Recognition of Executive Board Members Concluding Term of Service 


28. Other


29. Close of the Meeting

b. Report to Our Congregations 

c. Arrangements for 2008 Annual Meeting 

d. Closing Statement 
i. Sympathy 

ii. Thanks 
e. Adjournment and Concluding Prayer 

*11. CONSENT AGENDA
Amendments to the Evangelical Covenant Church Constitution and Bylaws 
a. 2007 Constitution and Bylaw Amendments
i. Constitution Article VII, Section 7.3
    Annual Meeting Approval of Amendments
     
ii. Bylaws Article VI, Section 6.12.b 
    Extension of Vacancy; Recommendation of Qualified Candidate     

iii. Bylaws Article VII, Section 7.4.a
    Annual Meeting Delegate Entitlement Clarification
     
iv. Bylaws Article VII, Section 7.10.c
  Discontinuance of Board Members
     
v. Bylaws Article VII, Section 7.10.e
    Ethnic Representation
     
vi. Bylaws Article X, Section 10.2.b
    Board of Nomination Member Addition
     
Good News Items
-Compassion Ministry Video
-Racial Righteousness Video
-Covenant Affirmations Curriculum
-FEAST Video
 
Annual Meeting Officers
Moderator: Herbert J. Hedstrom
Vice Moderator: Marlene J. Soderstrom
Secretary: James L. Engwall
Vice Secretary: Darlene S. Madvig Ostrom
Parliamentarian
Gregory J. Englund

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