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. http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/annwarnermarym-z/316169547_rXMSj-Ti.jpg http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/gallery/5208789_hKcnr/ 2008-06-19T07:14:45Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />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.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316169547_rXMSj" title="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."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/annwarnermarym-z/316169547_rXMSj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="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." title="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." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/annwarnermarym-z/316169547_rXMSj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />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 ...</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316169597_xBGZd" title="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 ..."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/annwarnermicrophone/316169597_xBGZd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="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 ..." title="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 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/annwarnermicrophone/316169597_xBGZd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />The Augsburg Fortress bookstore was ready to receive customers early on Thursday.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316169755_ZCcBc" title="The Augsburg Fortress bookstore was ready to receive customers early on Thursday."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/augsburgfortress/316169755_ZCcBc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Augsburg Fortress bookstore was ready to receive customers early on Thursday." title="The Augsburg Fortress bookstore was ready to receive customers early on Thursday." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/augsburgfortress/316169755_ZCcBc-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316169949_Xouae" title="Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/cameraman/316169949_Xouae-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel." title="Volunteer camera operator Erik Piisila, Grace Lutheran, Westminster, Md., awaited the opening gavel." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/cameraman/316169949_Xouae-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Just how much coffee can almost 600 Lutherans consume in three days? We may never know...</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170075_iYQzB" title="Just how much coffee can almost 600 Lutherans consume in three days? We may never know..."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/coffeetable/316170075_iYQzB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Just how much coffee can almost 600 Lutherans consume in three days? We may never know..." title="Just how much coffee can almost 600 Lutherans consume in three days? We may never know..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/coffeetable/316170075_iYQzB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />One of many lines on Thursday...check in at the hotel desk at the Eisenhower.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170245_BYusT" title="One of many lines on Thursday...check in at the hotel desk at the Eisenhower."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/hotelregistration/316170245_BYusT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="One of many lines on Thursday...check in at the hotel desk at the Eisenhower." title="One of many lines on Thursday...check in at the hotel desk at the Eisenhower." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/hotelregistration/316170245_BYusT-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Augsburg Fortress rep Linda Magill gave away free copies of the first Book of Faith resource.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170290_4wYYa" title="Augsburg Fortress rep Linda Magill gave away free copies of the first Book of Faith resource."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/lindamagillfreebook/316170290_4wYYa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Augsburg Fortress rep Linda Magill gave away free copies of the first Book of Faith resource." title="Augsburg Fortress rep Linda Magill gave away free copies of the first Book of Faith resource." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/lindamagillfreebook/316170290_4wYYa-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />The line wasn't too long at the Meal Ticket table as assembly-goers registered.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170309_hhJxH" title="The line wasn't too long at the Meal Ticket table as assembly-goers registered."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/mealtickets2/316170309_hhJxH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The line wasn't too long at the Meal Ticket table as assembly-goers registered." title="The line wasn't too long at the Meal Ticket table as assembly-goers registered." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:03:33Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/mealtickets2/316170309_hhJxH-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Nancy Stroh and her daughter Amy Purdy, St. Paul Lutheran, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, have worked assembly registration for many years.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170325_RBN4N" title="Nancy Stroh and her daughter Amy Purdy, St. Paul Lutheran, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, have worked assembly registration for many years."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/NancyAmyRegistration1/316170325_RBN4N-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nancy Stroh and her daughter Amy Purdy, St. Paul Lutheran, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, have worked assembly registration for many years." title="Nancy Stroh and her daughter Amy Purdy, St. Paul Lutheran, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, have worked assembly registration for many years." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/NancyAmyRegistration1/316170325_RBN4N-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Scattered throughout the assembly venue were a series of tables with rocks on which people could write their reflections about race.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170346_gocwo" title="Scattered throughout the assembly venue were a series of tables with rocks on which people could write their reflections about race."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/racismrocks2/316170346_gocwo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Scattered throughout the assembly venue were a series of tables with rocks on which people could write their reflections about race." title="Scattered throughout the assembly venue were a series of tables with rocks on which people could write their reflections about race." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/racismrocks2/316170346_gocwo-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Just waiting to check in...</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170374_egcQA" title="Just waiting to check in..."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/registrationcouple/316170374_egcQA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Just waiting to check in..." title="Just waiting to check in..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/registrationcouple/316170374_egcQA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />Some folks arrived extra early to stake out seats at the end of the row.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170400_aho2a" title="Some folks arrived extra early to stake out seats at the end of the row."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/waiting/316170400_aho2a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Some folks arrived extra early to stake out seats at the end of the row." title="Some folks arrived extra early to stake out seats at the end of the row." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/waiting/316170400_aho2a-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com">DeMdSynod</a><br />The worship space awaited assembly-goers Thursday night.</p><p><a href="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/5208789_hKcnr#316170420_gXd99" title="The worship space awaited assembly-goers Thursday night."><img src="http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/worship2/316170420_gXd99-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The worship space awaited assembly-goers Thursday night." title="The worship space awaited assembly-goers Thursday night." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-23T08:00:21Z DeMdSynod http://demdsynod.smugmug.com http://demdsynod.smugmug.com/Events/DE-MD-Synod-Assembly-08-1/worship2/316170420_gXd99-Th.jpg