COM/CPM Gathering Schedule

SERVE WITH IMAGINATION!
COM/CPM/Synod Assembly/Presbytery Moderators Gathering
February 24 -26, 2025
United Presbyterian Church of Peoria
CENTRAL TIME ZONE

Monday

1:00 PM Doors open and registration at United Presbyterian Church
We will start on time every day! “Doors open” is a one-hour window for you to arrive and get settled, so please feel free to arrive at any time during that hour, whatever it takes for you to be present and engaged when we officially begin.

2:00 PM Welcome and Plenary One: Serve with Imagination! – Rev. Dr. Sara Dingman-Kibler

3:30 PM Workshop #1

  • Shared Ministry Grants (room 106)
  • Presbyterian Polity Potpourri (room 105)
  • Who Am I? (room 100) —-> Beyond the To-Do List
  • Healthy Spirituality with Appreciative Inquiry (room 107)

4:45 PM Break Out Groups

  • COM (room 106)
  • CPM (room 105)
  • Presbytery moderators (room 107)
  • Synod Commissioners (room 100)

5:30 PM Dinner: Sit with your presbytery Menu

6:30 PM Worship

7:30 PM Check-in at Hampton. Evening reception @ hotel (leave when you wish)

Tuesday

Breakfast at the Hampton Inn starts at 6 AM

8:00 AM Doors open at United Presbyterian Church
We will start on time every day! “Doors open” is a one-hour window for you to arrive and get settled, so please feel free to arrive at any time during that hour, whatever it takes for you to be present and engaged when we officially begin.

9:00 AM Worship

9:45 AM Plenary Two: Serve with Imagination! — Rev. Dr. Barbara Wilson

11:00 AM Workshop #2

  • Synod Committees Meet
    • MCA (room 100)
    • Leadership Development (Sanctuary)
  • Neurospicy Powers (room 106)
  • Shiny Approach to Ministry Discernment Profiles (room 107) —–> The Future is Shared 
  • Beyond the To-Do List (room 105)

12:15 PM Lunch and Sabbath/Networking Menu

2:30 PM Workshop #3

  • More than the Minimum (room 106)
  • The Outsiders (room 100) —–> Now taught by Ken Hockenberry!
  • The Future is Shared (room 105)
  • Imagining the Future of Commissioned Pastors (room 107)

3:45 PM Break-out Groups

  • COMs (room 107)
  • CPMs (room 106)
  • Presbytery moderators (room 105)

4:00 PM 120th Meeting of the Synod Assembly

5:30 PM Dinner Menu

6:30 PM Vespers  

7:15 PM Evening reception @ hotel (leave when you wish)

Wednesday

Breakfast at the Hampton Inn starts at 6 AM. Check out of the hotel before you head to the church!

8:00 AM Doors open
We will start on time every day! “Doors open” is a one-hour window for you to arrive and get settled, so please feel free to arrive at any time during that hour, whatever it takes for you to be present and engaged when we officially begin.

9:00 AM Plenary Three: Serve with Imagination

Connecting the Dots
Presbytery Confabs
Evaluations

11:00 AM Worship

11:45 AM Boxed lunches available: Stay and eat, or take them to go Menu