This conference is meant to be a time for worship, fellowship, and growth as professional church workers. The conference theme, God’s Family Together—Joined in His Mission, is our Nebraska District vision statement. The theme is based on John 17:21. “…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” The theme will help us focus on our who we are—the Body of Christ reaching out to His creation broken in sin. This can only happen if we are immersed in the Word and actively using our gifts to serve others; therefore, the focus has to be on the local congregation. As with most ministry, it is all about developing relationships, caring for the hurting, reaching out to the lost, encouraging the broken, and standing on the truth. God’s forgiven family walking and working together in God’s mission of making and maturing disciples of Jesus Christ.

You are invited to join other church workers from across the Nebraska District at this year’s All Professional Church Workers’ Conference on October 17 and 18 at Kearney’s Younes Center North. Registration and fellowship will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17.

• Each participant must complete a separate sectional registration form.
• Please be sure to mark the appropriate boxes on the registration form according to your roster status and employment. This will determine your registration fee.
• Please complete the registration form, indicating your choice for each sectional session, and return the form with your payment on or before September 25, 2024.
• Make check payable to “Nebraska District LCMS” and send complete packet to:
  Nebraska District LCMS
  Attn: Event Registration PO Box 407
  Seward, NE 68434
• Schools, Concordia University faculty/staff, and other groups should NOT use this online form to register. Please collect all staff forms and mail them together with your payment instead of registering online.

Church Work Students: If you have a student teacher, DCE intern, deaconess intern, vicar, or other church work student serving at your church or school, please treat them as your own faculty and pay their registration fee. They should complete the Sectional Registration Form and return it to you to be included with your registration.

Contact Candi Menze at candim@ndlcms.org or 402-643-2961, ext. 1010, with questions or concerns.

Important Conference Information

• Please return the registration form and full payment by September 25 in order to guarantee enough printed material and meals/breaks for all participants.
• Online registration is available for some participants on the District website below, or participants may mail the enclosed registration form with payment to the District Office no later than September 25.
• Please note that schools, Concordia University faculty/staff, and other groups should NOT use the online form to register. Please collect all staff forms and mail them together with your payment instead of registering online.
• The conference fee is $140.00 per person. This fee includes registration, meeting space, speaker costs, snacks, refreshments, and Thursday lunch. (Lodging is not included)
• Church workers on the commissioned or ordained minister roster with Candidate status and Concordia Church Work Students can register at a reduced fee of $75.00 per person.
• If your non-rostered spouse plans to attend the conference, the registration fee is $75.00. Please be sure to include the spouse information on your registration form and return by September 25 with the spouse registration fee. In those situations where both spouses are professional church workers, each spouse should complete his/her own registration form as a worker and not as a spouse.
• Church workers on the commissioned or ordained minister roster with emeritus status who are not serving can register for a fee of $40.00.
• All participants and guests are responsible for making their own hotel accommodations by contacting one of the hotels listed on the Map/Hotel Information page. Identify yourself as making reservations in the Nebraska District LCMS block and ask for the special rate when you make reservations. Reservations must be made no later than September 19 to receive this special rate. Reservations made after that date will be subject to the hotel’s regular rates. All participants are responsible for lodging costs. More information on the hotel is available on their website. Contact Candi Menze at candim@ndlcms.org with questions.
• Cancellation Policy: Cancellations and requests for refunds must be made in writing – postmarked or emailed – no later than September 25. All online registration refunds will be refunded minus the processing costs incurred by the District. Written requests for refunds received after September 25 and before October 1 will be refunded 50% of the registration fee. Important: Refunds requested on or after October 1 will only be considered at the discretion of the District President.
• The current Handbook of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod states, “All ordained and commissioned ministers on the District rosters are expected to attend meetings of their official conference or present a valid excuse.” (Bylaw 4.8.2(d)) Church workers not able to attend the All Church Worker Conference, this year’s required conference, should submit a valid excuse to President Snow in writing.

Online Registration Form

Please note that schools, Concordia University faculty/staff, and other groups should NOT use this online form to register. Please collect all staff forms and mail them together with your payment instead of registering online.

Registration will open in August