Schedule - Clergy-Laity
In Christ, we are one!
schedule of Events
47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress
Schedule of Events
June 30-July 4, 2024
Sheraton San Diego, San Diego, CA
In Christ, We Are One!
Saturday, June 29, 2024
6:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Set-up Exhibit Hall/Exhibitors Move-in
4:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Clergy Laity Congress Registration
Sunday, June 30, 2024
8:00 AM
12:00 PM
Exhibitor move in continued
8:00 AM
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9:30 AM
Orthros
Join His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros and the members of the Holy Eparchial Synod at Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in San Diego for an uplifting service featuring choral accompaniment by the members of the National Forum of Church Musicians.
9:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Divine Liturgy
1:00 PM
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7:00 PM
Clergy Laity Congress Registration
4:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Official Opening
5:30 PM
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7:30 PM
National Forum of Church Musicians Reception
6:00 PM
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8:00 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres (NSP) Board Meeting
Monday, July 1, 2024
8:00 AM
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9:00 AM
Orthros
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Clergy Laity Congress Registration
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres Meeting
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Nutrition Consultations by Ygeia Nutrition
9:00 AM
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7:00 PM
Congress Exhibit Hall Opening
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Joint Clergy-Laity Congress and National Philoptochos Convention Official Opening
11:00 AM
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5:00 PM
National Forum of Church Musicians Meeting
1:30 PM
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3:30 PM
Audit Committee Meeting
1:30 PM
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3:30 PM
Youth Committee Meeting
1:30 PM
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3:30 PM
Stewardship Committee Meeting
1:30 PM
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3:30 PM
Communications Committee Meeting
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
Finance Committee Meeting
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
Greek Education Committee Meeting
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
Marriage & Family Committee Meeting
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
Technology Committee Meeting
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
Religious Education Committee Meeting
4:45 PM
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5:45 PM
Hellenic College Holy Cross Reception
6:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Moonlight on the USS Midway Welcome Dinner
10:00 PM
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2:00 AM
Holy Vigil in honor of the Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Vlachernae
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Workshop – Securing Our Parishes: Physical and Cyber Security
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Workshop – Congregational Singing
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Workshop – ‘And all the People’: The Liturgical Ministry of the Laity in St. Maximos the Confessor’s Ecclesiastical Mystagogy
9:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Ministry Panel #1 – Educating the Faithful for The Great Commission
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Monastic Synaxis
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Clergy Laity Congress Registration
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Nutrition Consultations by Ygeia Nutrition
9:00 AM
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9:00 PM
Congress Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Military Chaplains Meeting
10:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Administration Committee Meeting
10:30 AM
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11:30 AM
Workshop – Who is the Psaltis - The School of Byzantine Music
10:30 AM
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11:30 AM
Workshop – Local Prison Ministry
11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Ministry Panel #2 - The Reality of AI and our Church
11:00 AM
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2:30 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres Meeting
11:00 AM
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3:00 PM
Finance Committee Meeting
11:00 AM
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5:00 PM
National Forum of Church Musicians
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Youth Safety Workshop
12:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Institutional Chaplains Meeting
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Ministry Panel #3 – Women In Orthodoxy: Past, Present and Future
1:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Chancellors Meeting
1:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Retired Clergy Association - General Assembly
2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Workshop – Addiction Ministry and Support Groups
2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Workshop – Ecumenical Families – A Pastoral, Theological and Canonical Approach
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Ministry Panel #4 – Engaging the Youth in the Body of Christ
3:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Panel Discussion on the 50th Anniversary of the Cypriot Invasion
3:30 PM
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4:30 PM
Workshop – Mental Health Ministries
3:30 PM
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4:30 PM
Workshop – Interparish Association
5:00 PM
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6:00 PM
Vespers
6:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Clergy Family Dinner
Wednesday, July 3, 2022
7:15 AM
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8:15 AM
Orthros
8:30 AM
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10:30 AM
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy
10:30 AM
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5:00 PM
Nutrition Consultations by Ygeia Nutrition
10:30 AM
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5:00 PM
Congress Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres
10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
National Forum of Church Musicians
11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Ministry Panel #5 – Orthodoxy In America – The Role of the Assembly of Bishops
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Workshop – HCHC Outbound
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Workshop – Agencies of the Assembly of Bishops
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Ministry Panel #6 - Fully Human: Toward Full Participation of People with Disabilities
1:30 PM
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2:30 PM
Workshop – A Proactive Lifespan Development Model for Clergy Health
1:30 PM
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2:30 PM
Workshop - Spiritual Talk with the Department of Religious Education
2:30 PM
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3:30 PM
Workshop – Embracing Faith and Community: Saint Nicholas National Shrine
2:30 PM
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5:30 PM
PLENARY SESSION #1
3:30 PM
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5:00 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres Meeting
5:30 PM
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6:30 PM
Vespers
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Reception
7:30 PM
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10:00 PM
Cyprus- Land of Embrace Concert
Thursday, July 4, 2024
7:00 AM
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8:00 AM
Orthros
8:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Clergy Breakfast with Archbishop Elpidophoros and the Holy Eparchial Synod
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Workshop – Creating Vibrant Family Ministries
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Workshop – Leveraging Your Parish’s Web Presence for Dynamic Ministry
9:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Ministry Panel #7- Developing Parish Leaders: Effective Succession Planning and Equipping Parish Councils for Ministry
9:00 AM
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12:00 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Congress Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Nutrition Consultations by Ygeia Nutrition
10:30 AM
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11:30 AM
Workshop – Showcase of Greek Education in the Archdiocese
10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
Workshop – Clergy/Presvytera Wellness Workshop
11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Ministry Panel #8 – The Young Adult in the Church
1:30 PM
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4:30 PM
PLENARY SESSION #2
4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
National Sisterhood of Presvyteres Meeting
6:00 PM
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7:00 PM
Cocktail Hour
7:00 PM
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7:30 PM
Clergy-Laity Congress Closing
7:30 PM
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11:00 AM
Grand Banquet followed by Fourth of July Fireworks