Keynote Speaker: Jeff Cloeter
Jeff Cloeter, the Senior Pastor of Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri, will be the keynote speaker at the 73rd CNH District Convention. The Convention will be held May 15-17, 2025, at Hilton Sacramento Arden West, Sacramento, CA. The event will begin with dinner and opening worship at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Rocklin, CA, on Thursday evening, May 15.
Jeff has worked in youth ministry, church planting, and senior leadership in his congregation. He has served on the board of directors for the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, and the founding board of Momentum Academy, a charter school movement in the City of St. Louis. He founded and serves as director of The Harbor Leadership Collective, raising up young Christian leaders through a regional internship model. He currently serves on an ecumenical council called Oikos, with the Archbishop of St. Louis and eight other pastors from the region.
Jeff is the author of Loved & Sent, and blogs at sixthgen.com. More importantly, he is married to Bobbi and father to Bella, Joshua, Emily, and Jacob.
Nominations
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The CNH District’s Nominating Committee is requesting nominations for the slate of candidates
to be presented to the CNH District Convention, held May 15 – 17, 2025.
Nominations are needed for the following positions:
Regional Directors (Lay) for the Board of Directors. The Regions:
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Hawaii (Circuit 11)
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Nevada (Circuits 10, 20)
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Northern (Circuits 4, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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Pacific (Circuits 1, 2, 8, 18)
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Southern (Circuits 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16)
Secretary (must be from clergy roster)
Treasurer (Lay)
Commissioned Minister for the Board of Directors
2028 District Convention Nominating Committee (one pastor, one commissioned minister, and two lay persons)
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Nominees should be brothers and sisters in Christ who are active in their own congregations, who demonstrate a mature Christ-like attitude and servant heart, who exhibit a special sensitivity for the mission of Christ, and who have demonstrated talents and abilities consistent with the position for which you are suggesting the nomination. Prayerfully consider and discern if God is nudging you to submit your name or the name of someone you know who would be willing to serve the Lord in one of the positions.
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Nominations are due by Monday, August 26, 2024, to Nominating Committee member, Dan Hahn, at info@cnh-lcms.org.
Contact Rev. Clarence Eisberg, Chair, District Nominating Committee, if you have any questions.
2025 Convention / Manual Deadlines
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Nominating ballots to congregations eight months before convention (Monday, September 16, 2024) – Each congregation may nominate two from the “minister of religion – ordained” roster for District President and First Vice President.
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Nominations for President and First Vice President must be sent to the District Secretary no later than 6 months before the convention (Friday, November 15, 2024)
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Nominations for Circuit Visitor – to be completed at least 4 months before the convention – Wednesday, January 15, 2025)
- Congregations may nominate two from among the active or emeriti pastors in their own circuit.
- The one with a majority of the votes is elected by the circuit.
- If no election, the secretary sends a new ballot with the names of the two clergy receiving the greatest number of votes (more it there is a tie)
- If no pastor receives a majority the delegates from that circuit must caucus and
vote at the convention.
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Names, addresses, and a brief biography on every lay delegate must be in the hands of the District President’s office three months before the convention (Friday, February 14, 2025).
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Committee, Board, and Counselor Reports and Overtures must be in the hands of the District President 10 weeks before the convention (Thursday, March 6, 2025).
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Floor Committees must be appointed one month before the convention (Tuesday, April 15, 2025).
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Convention manuals must be in the hands of the delegates one month before the convention (Tuesday, April 15, 2025).
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I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- John 15:1-3