73rd CNH District Convention
Registration is now open for the 73rd CNH District Convention, which will be held on May 15 - 17, 2025 at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West Hotel, 2200 Harvard Street, Sacramento, CA.
The event will begin on Thursday evening, May 15 at 5pm with dinner and opening worship at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 3785 Placer Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Rocklin, CA.​
Convention Registration
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​The deadline to register is Friday, April 25, 2025. To avoid a late fee of $60, please submit your payment by the deadline date. If you pay by check, please include "District Convention" on the memo line and send the check to the District office, with a postmark date on or before Friday, April 25.
Hotel Registration
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The deadline to book hotel rooms is Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Click on the button below to be directed to the hotel's website.
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For detailed instructions to complete your hotel registration, click here.
For voting delegates: Please bring a smartphone, tablet, or laptop to the Convention, as it will be used as your voting device. If you are unable to bring a device, please contact Silas Perez.
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Contact Glenna Sanlis if you have any further questions.
Exhibitor Information
The Convention will begin on Friday, May 16 at 10am and continue until noon on Saturday, May 17.
Exhibitors will be able to begin to set up displays beginning at 4pm on Thursday, May 15. The
convention registration will begin at 4pm on Thursday at the hotel. A dinner and opening worship will be held on Thursday, May 15 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 3785 Placer Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Rocklin, CA, beginning at 5:30pm. (FYI: Tickets for Thursday night’s dinner, meal tickets for the Convention, and banquet tickets are available for purchase through the Convention registration process.) Displays need to be dismantled by noon on Saturday, May 17.
Parking accommodations: All registered guests as well as commuting conferees may park in self-parking at a rate of $4.00 per car per day, with unlimited in and out privileges.
Availability is limited – first come, first served. Reserve on or before Friday, April 25, 2025.
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Please fill out and send the Request for Display Table along with a check (if applicable) for the number of tables being reserved. A request form is required even if there is no charge for the table. Send full payment to:
CNH District LCMS
Attn: Glenna Sanlis
2772 Constitution Drive
Livermore, CA 94551-7566
The Request form needs to be submitted by Friday, April 25, 2025.
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For more information about becoming an exhibitor, you can view the complete breakdown in the letter linked below
2025 Convention Reminders​
Convention Assessments
The District Board of Directors approved the 2024 Convention Assessment rate of $2.30 per
communicant member. The Convention Assessment receipt is used to support the direct operation costs for the District and Synodical Conventions such as: AV rental, voting device rental, banquet, Synodical Convention Assessment and travel expenses for District Voting Delegates and Advisory Delegates to attend the Synodical Convention. The request of your Congregation Assessment will be sent to you soon. Please send in your payment upon receipt of the request.
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Delegate Reporting Forms
Each of the congregations of the CNH District (a multi-congregation parish being considered as a congregational unit) shall be represented by one (1) pastor and one (1) lay delegate at the 73rd CNH District Convention, duly elected by the congregation. This form should be printed out, signed by the congregational representatives, and mailed or emailed to the District Office (per Synod Bylaws 4.2.2[a]). (Please note that this form does not register you for the Convention.)
Overtures​
An overture is a formal proposal or request for action submitted to the District Convention. It is used to propose new policies, changes to existing policies, or other important decisions.
How does the process work? Check out our guide From Overture to Action!
Congregations have the privilege of submitting overtures (proposed resolutions) to the District Convention, as do official conferences of the circuit and district. Overtures are due to the district office by Monday, March 24, 2025, in an editable format (Word document preferred), using Times New Roman 12 pt. (Do not use pdf format. Click here for an Overture template.) Overtures are a very important part of convention business, providing a helpful indicator of what floor committees are needed and how our time is structured during the convention.
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 still needed. Contact Nominating Committee member, Dan Hahn, at info@cnh-lcms.org, with your nominations.
The Importance of the District Convention with President Emeritus Walt Tietjen
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.
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