Pastors’ Conference

Spring Pastors’ Conference
March 10-11, 2025
Younes Conference Center North, Kearney

Following is information for our Spring Pastors’ Conference. Feel free to contact Kim Hofer at the District Office (402‑643-2961, ext. 1014, or [email protected]) with any questions you might have.

• DATE AND LOCATION: The conference will be Monday and Tuesday, March 10-11, at the Younes Conference Center North located at 707 W. Talmadge Street in Kearney.
• TOPIC AND PRESENTER: Our topic will be “The Pastor’s Faith:  Exploring the Lived Religion of the Clergy.” The presenter for this conference will be Rev. Dr. William Miller.  Dr. Miller is senior pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, Lincoln, and Adjunct Professor at Concordia, Nebraska.
• PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:  Once again there is an opportunity to sign up for a “pre-conference workshop” on Sunday, March 9.  See the flyer for additional information. You will register for this workshop in the same form as the pastors’ conference.
• WORSHIP:  Divine Service will be late Monday afternoon at Zion Lutheran Church, 2421 Avenue C, Kearney.  A thank offering will be taken during worship to provide scholarships to purchase motorbikes for pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania as they travel between their multi-parish congregations.
• REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Please return the registration form and full payment by Monday, February 24.  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)
  • • Conference Agenda
    • Pre-Conference Counseling Workshop Agenda
    • Event Memo
    • Registration Forms: Individuals  /  Exhibitors
    • Lodging Information
    • Presenter Bio
•  CONFERENCE FEE: The conference fee of $130.00 is due with the registration form.  This fee includes registration, breaks, one lunch, and speaker costs.  Please Note – To help offset conference costs, registration for pastors Emeritus will be $45.00.  Emeritus scholarships may be requested.  Please direct those requests to either President Snow or his assistant, Kim Hofer.
• PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:  If you wish to attend the pre-conference workshop, there will be an additional $40.00 registration fee due.  There is no guest discount for the pre-conference workshop.
• CANCELLATION POLICY:  Cancellations and requests for refunds must be made in writing – postmarked, emailed, or faxed – no later than February 24, 2025.  Online registrations will be refunded minus the online processing fee, as applicable.  Written requests for refunds received after February 24 and before March 10 will be refunded 50% of the registration fee.   
• MEALS: Lunch on Monday will be provided at the conference center. The evening meal on Monday and Tuesday lunch after the conference ends will be on your own. President Snow will host a fellowship time with beverages and light snacks at the Younes Conference Center North beginning at 8:00 p.m. Monday evening.
• HOTEL/MOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:  Please make your own lodging arrangements.  Participants are responsible for their own lodging expenses, as well as any necessary tax-exempt documentation when reservations are made and upon check-in to their room. We have reserved a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the guaranteed room rate is $132.95 for a standard room.  The phone number for the Crowne Plaza is 308-238-7000. Please note that a complimentary breakfast is not included in the price of the room.  There are breakfast options available; however, there is an additional charge. We have reserved a block of rooms for the evenings of Sunday, March 9, and Monday, March 10.  If you wish to reserve a room in this block, reservations must be made before the cut-off date of February 10, 2025, at which time any remaining rooms will be released.  When making your reservation, please ask for the Nebraska District LCMS Pastors’ Retreat special rate.
• SPOUSE REGISTRATION:  Complete the spouse registration part of the form if your wife is attending.  There will be a $70.00 registration/participation fee for your wife to attend the conference, and she is welcome to attend any of the sessions and eat the meal or break foods.  Also, no childcare will be available.  Parents must supervise children attending the conference at all times to eliminate disruption of conference sessions.  Meals for children are not included unless they are registered as a guest.

Online Registration

• Register on our secure online registration and payment site by filling in your personal information, selecting the appropriate conference fees, and filling in your credit card information. Only one payment per credit card is allowed each day.
• If you wish to register more than one person and make only one credit card payment, everyone in the payment group should complete their own individual registration form, skipping the payment section, and clicking “submit” when done. One person should then use the Group Credit Card Payment Form to pay by credit card for the total group amount.
• No registration will be valid until payment is received.
• There is no longer a separate registration form for ordained ministers currently serving at Concordia University in Seward. Please use the event registration form and choose your preferred payment option in the conference fee area.