February 5-7, 2024 | Wellspring Church, Englewood, CO

2024 Gathering SCHEDULE*

*Please note that there are changes from year’s past in the schedule’s start and end times this year.
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Monday, Feb 5

  • *1:00 pm – 2:00 pm — Registration Check-In & Name Tag Pickup
  • 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm — Plenary 1, Bishop Thad Barnum (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm — Connection Time
  • 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm — Dinner at Wellspring (The Well – Downstairs)
  • 6:00 pm — Clergy Vest (Annex), Bishops (Conference Room) (Vestments: cassock and surplice with tippet or alb with red stole)
  • 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm — Opening Eucharist and Consecration Service of DRM Suffragan Bishop Elect The Rev. Doctor Ben Fischer by Archbishop Foley Beach
    Sermon: The Rev. Vaughan Roberts (Sanctuary, Open to the Public & Live on YouTube)

Tuesday, Feb 6

  • 8:00 am – 8:40 am — Light Breakfast (The Well – Downstairs)
    • 8:00 am – 1:00 pm — Clergy Wives Retreat (Wellspring)
  • 8:45 am – 9:15 am — Morning Prayer (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 9:15 am – 10:15 am — Plenary, Bishop Thad Barnum (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 10:15 am – 10:30 am — Coffee Break (Foyer)
  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm — Synod Meeting (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm — Lunch (The Well – Downstairs)

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm — Session 1 Workshops (Downstairs Classrooms, Workshop Descriptions)
    • Rwanda Sister Church Relationships: Join Bishop Emmanuel Ngendahayo from Byumba Diocese in Rwanda, along with clergy and lay leaders from around the DRM.
    • Godspeed Bible Study: Recovering the lost art of seeing scripture and encountering Jesus (Matt Canlis) 
    • Hospitality and Discipleship (Tara Malouf and Katie Gayle) 
    • Through the Valley of the Shadow: Ministry to Disciples Facing Death and Grief (Ben Wagner and Theology Group)
    • “Who’s Discipling the Kids?” (Dr. Heather Jennings)

  • 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm — Session 2 Workshops (Downstairs Classrooms, Workshop Descriptions) 
    • Discerning the voice of God (Christy Summers)
    • Political Discipleship in the Local Church (Ken Robertson) 
    • Literature, Catechesis, and Heart Renewal (Matt Burnett) 
    • Church Polity [Rectors and the Vestry/Parish council] – Working with other Leaders in the Local Church (Ben Fischer)

  • 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm — Free Time

Wednesday, Feb 7

  • 8:00 am – 8:40 am — Light Breakfast (The Well – Downstairs)
  • 8:45 am – 9:15 am — Morning Prayer (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 9:15 am – 10:15 am — Plenary, Bishop Thad Barnum (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 10:15 am – 10:30 am — Coffee Break (Foyer)
  • 10:30 am – 12:30 pm — Closing Eucharist with Bishop Ben Fischer and time of Healing Prayer (Sanctuary & Live on YouTube)
  • 12:30 pm –1:30 pm — Boxed Lunch (Pickup in The Well – Downstairs) and Targeted Meetings
    • Deacons (Sarah Anderson)
    • Children/Youth (Kyle Stanton)
    • Church Planters (Billy Waters)
    • Diocesan Council (Bishop Ken)
    • Worship Arts (David Norris)
    • Justice and Mercy (Mike Sandgren)
    • Exploring the DRM Ordination Process (Matt Burnett)

 

LODGING: For those interested, we have secured a block of rooms at a great rate ($110 per room/night) at Hampton Inn & Suites/Highlands Ranch-Littleton. To reserve one of these rooms, by Jan 20, 2024, visit: DRM 2024 Room Block. 

DELEGATES: All lay and clergy delegates need to be reported to the diocese and registered by Jan 1, 2023 in order to vote at the Synod.

  • All DRM Clergy are delegates and required to attend each Synod (DRM Canons Title 1, Canon 2, Section 3.A). If you are unable to attend, please contact Anna and Bishop Ken.
  • Rectors will receive a separate email about how to inform the diocese of your church’s lay delegates for the Synod.