The Southeastern District Convention is coming up! This year we are half online, May 5-7, and the other half we are in person, May 8-9. This web page will stay up to date with the all the information you need to prepare and stay in the know!
2025 Convention Workbook
Several sections of the SED Workbook of the 2025 SED convention are posted below, in accordance with SED bylaws. Make sure to read them as you prepare for our upcoming convention.
Tentative Agenda
Greetings & Speakers
Convention Rules and Procedures
Nominated Candidates
Overtures & All Nominations (updated 3/26/25)
Bylaws
Honored Guests and Participants
Those Serving in the SED
Presidential Report
Additional Ministry Reports
Resolutions
FAQ's
Please bring business casual attire to wear during the business of the convention.
There is a lovely dessert reception planned for after worship on Thursday night if you would like to bring something nicer to wear for that event.
There will be food/coffee provided during all snack and meal times provided by the hotel which are
Thursday Snack 1-2 pm
Friday Breakfast 6:30 am – 7:30 am
Friday Lunch Noon – 1:15 pm
Make sure to fill up your cup before business begins in the convention hall. (bring your own thermos to help with waste and to keep your coffee warm.)
There is a Starbucks that is a 3 min drive or 11 min walk away from the hotel as well.
11136 Midlothian Tpke, North Chesterfield, VA 23235, United States
Registration is Now Open!
Convention Registration
$275.00 per voting pastoral and lay delegate
$225.00 per advisory delegate
$200.00 per guest/spouse
The price will increase by $25.00 for walk-ins the day of Convention
Our Room Block at the DoubleTree has been Filled
Our group code for discount ended April 7, but you can still reach out to the DoubleTree to see if they have rooms available at their regular rate.
DoubleTree by Hilton in Richmond, VA
You are not required to stay at this hotel, but we have made a group rate of $159.00 per night available for you, if rooms are still available.
Call 1-800-548-8690
or email brandy.gray@shaminhotels.com to see if there is availability.
Below are links to nearby hotels in the event that the DoubleTree sells out of rooms (which we are expecting so make sure to book your room as soon as possible)
Residence Inn Richmond West/Midlothian
Just behind the DoubleTree – 3 min walk
Hampton Inn Richmond-Midlothian Turnpike
12 min walk (across the main road) or 3 min drive to DoubleTree
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Richmond-Midlothian
21 min walk or 4 min drive to DoubleTree
Four Points by Sheraton Richmond
6 min drive to DoubleTree
Thank You Vendors!
Thank you to the vendors who have signed up for the 2025 Convention. Applications are now closed, if you are interested in being a vendor at future SED events please email gjordan@se.lcms.org. We have a fall church workers’ conference that we would love to have you at!
Delegate Forms
Nominations and overture submissions are now closed! Thank you to those who have submitted the forms. If you have not submitted your forms to be a pastoral, lay, or advisory delegate please do so by filling out and submitting the online forms below.
Click and Submit them through the link!
Contact convention@se.lcms.org if you have any questions!
If you missed our pre-convention webinar led by President Harmon, you can find listen to it here!
In the webinar we reveiwed
- Overture process
- Floor Committees
- Resposiblity of delegates
- Convention week timeline and content
- Convention Servent Event
- Registration
Theme - Romans 5:5
“and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
Convention Week Agenda
Online (Mon, May 5 – Wed, May 7)
Monday, May 5: 7-9 PM
- Bible Study
- Floor Committee Hearings
Tuesday, May 6: 7-9 PM
- Confessions Study
- Floor Committee Hearings
Wednesday, May 7: 7-9 PM
- President’s Report Part 1
- Floor Committee Hearings
Tentative In-Person Agenda (Thur, May 8 – Fri, May 9)
Thursday, May 8
9 am – Noon: Service Project at Redeemer Lutheran
11 am – 2 pm: Registration
1 pm: Convention Hall Doors Open
2 pm: Convention Begins
6 pm: Close of business
dinner on your own
7:30 pm: Worship and President’s Reception at Redeemer Lutheran
Friday, May 9
6 am: Continental Breakfast at Hotel
8 am: Convention Resumes
12:15 pm: Lunch at Hotel
1:30 pm: Business Resumes
4:00 pm: Close of Convention
Delegate Forms
Click and Submit them through the link!
Deadlines
Jan 17
- Delegate forms need to be submitted
Event Info
Registration opens online Jan 2025
$200.00 per voting delegate
DoubleTree by Hilton in Richmond, VA
Call to make a reservation – SED $159.00 room rate
1021 Koger Center Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA
The Hotel is renovating all rooms, the lobby, and dining area starting this Fall – March of 2025
You are welcome to stay at another hotel of your choosing in the area if the DoubleTree isn’t your best option. This is where meals and business will take place.
Coming soon!
Questions?
If you have any questions about registrations or submitting nomination/overture forms please email convention@se.lcms.org
Synodical Convention
For information from the most recent Synod convention, visit lcms.org/convention/national or the explore the archives linked here.