Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel.

Thursday afternoon, June 19, voting members and visitors came pouring in to the Eisenhower Center in Getysburg. Here are some behind-the-scenes and beginning pix.

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DeMdSynod > Parliamentarian Ann Iona Warner and Assistant to the Bishop Mary Miller-Zurell relax at the base of the podium before the start of the first business session.

DeMdSynod > Parliamentarian Ann Iona Warner, St. Stephen Lutheran, Wilmington, walks folks through the basics of parliamentary procedure at the orientation session early Thursday afternoon, while Bishop Jerry Knoche and Vice President Yolanda Tanner, St. Philip's Lutheran, Baltimore, await their turns.

DeMdSynod > The Augsburg Fortress bookstore was ready to receive customers early on Thursday.

DeMdSynod > Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel.

DeMdSynod > Just how much coffee can almost 600 Lutherans consume in three days? We may never know...

DeMdSynod > One of many lines on Thursday...check in at the hotel desk at the Eisenhower.

DeMdSynod > Augsburg Fortress rep Linda Magill gave away free copies of the first Book of Faith resource.

DeMdSynod > The line wasn't too long at the Meal Ticket table as assembly-goers registered.

DeMdSynod > Nancy Stroh and her daughter Amy Purdy, St. Paul Lutheran, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, have worked assembly registration for many years.

Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel.

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