GIDEON PROGRAM 2024 CONVENTION
HOLDING FAST
PHILIPPIANS 2:16
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2024
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024
FRIDAY MORNING – APRIL 5, 2024
| GIDEON or ROOM ASSIGNMENT | ||||
| 8:00 | Convention Registration Table Opens | Bigwood Event Center Commons | ||
| Gilbert, Linda and Glenn Anderson, Laurie Krueger | ||||
| 8:00 | Convention Store Opens | Bigwood Event Center Commons | ||
| 8:00 | Display Area Opens for Auxiliary, Conversations, GideonCards | Bigwood Event Center Commons | ||
| 8:00 | History Display Opens | Bigwood Event Center Commons | ||
| 9:00 | 24 Hour Prayer Room Opens | Hotel Room 103 | ||
| 9:45 | Child Care Room Opens | Hotel Rooms 217, 219 | ||
| 9:45 | Youth Room Opens | Hotel Room 143 | ||
| 9:45 | Bible Dedication | Hotel Lobby | ||
| Mr. Paul Peltier, MN Scripture Distribution Coordinator | ||||
| 10:00 | Joint Bible Hour | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| Moderator – Mr. Trent Moe, State Chaplain | ||||
| 10:02 | Message- “PERSISTANCE” by Pastor Lonny Carpenter | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| New Beginnngs Church, New Ulm | ||||
| 11:02 | Joint Memorial Service | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| State Chaplain and State Auxiliary Chaplain | Mr. Trent Moe and Mrs. Amy Moe | |||
| 11:22 | Separate to Prayer Meetings | |||
| 11:25 | Auxiliary Prayer Gathering- Amy Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
| Prayers on the Hearts of Men | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | |||
| 11:50 | Adjourn | Trent Moe | ||
| GIDEON New Business Must Be Submitted (in Writing) to Mr. Bob Chock BEFORE 4:30 Friday | ||||
FRIDAY CONVENTION KICK-OFF LUNCHEON
| BEC- Kempfer / Adams Rooms | ||||
| Moderator – Greg Berg | ||||
| 12:01 | Invocation | Mr. Carl Selvig | ||
| 12:03 | Meal and Fellowship | |||
| 12:35 | Group Singing and Stretch | |||
| Song Leader | Mr. Bob Swanson | |||
| Accompanist | Mrs. LeAnn Rogness | |||
| 12:40 | Scripture- Philippians 1:27-28 & Prayer | Mr. Howie and Mrs. Gretchen Davis | ||
| 12:45 | Greeting from our State President | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 12:49 | Fergus Falls Camp Welcome | Mr. Dan Johnson- Camp President | ||
| 12:52 | Greeting – | |||
| International Auxiliary Secretary | Mrs. Aimee Beal | |||
| 12:55 | Greeting – | |||
| International President, The Gideons International | Mr. Kevin Beal | |||
| 12:58 | Salvation Testimony | Pastor Pete Konrad | ||
| 1:13 | Kick-off Message | |||
| USA Zone 2 Trustee | Mr. Greg Lange | |||
| 1:45 | Education Session #1 | |||
| “Holding Fast” | President Kevin Beal | |||
| 2:15 | Closing Prayer | Mr. Felipe Nava | ||
| 2:18 | Adjourn Luncheon | Mr. Greg Berg | ||
FRIDAY AFTERNOON GIDEON SESSION
| FRIDAY AFTERNOON GIDEON SESSION | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | |||
| 2:30 | Moderator – Mr. Marten Kruger, South Regional Director | |||
| 2:30 | Gideon’s Group Singing | Mr. Bob Swanson | ||
| 2:37 | Prayers on the Hearts of Men | Mr. Trent Moe | ||
| 2:52 | “The Effective Camp’s MVT (Most Valuable Tool)” | Mr. Jerred Kehn, USA Field Manager | ||
| 3:22 | Recognize “First Timers” | Mr. Dick Eilders-Co-Editor, MN Gideon | ||
| 3:32 | “MEMBERSHIP MATTERS!” | Mr. Jarvis Haugeberg-Membership Coord. | ||
| Mr. Gary Dockter- Church Ministry Coord. | ||||
| 4:06 | Stand,Stretch, and Greet | |||
| GIDEON New Business Must Be Submitted (in Writing) to Mr. Bob Chock BEFORE 4:30 Friday | ||||
| 4:16 | An Introduction to Project Ignite and Sheep 100 | Mr. Jarvis Haugeberg | ||
| 4:40 | Convention Store Promotion | Mr. Paul Holmen | ||
| 4:45 | Announcements | Mr. Greg Berg | ||
| 4:50 | Closing Prayer & Adjourn | Mr. Marten Kruger | ||
FRIDAY EVENING
| 6:20 | Banquet Program Participants Prayer – Trent Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
| 6:30 | Pastors Appreciation Banquet- see separate program | BEC- Kempfer / Adams Rooms | ||
| 9:00 | Evening Prayer Gathering – Trent Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
SATURDAY MORNING – APRIL 6, 2024
| 7:00 | President’s Breakfast | BEC- Adams Room | ||
| The Presidents Breakfast is by invitation for camp presidents, state cabinet, regional & area directors, program coordinators | ||||
| & other guests. The hhotel provides a complimentary breakfast for all guests. | ||||
| Moderator – State President Tyrone Clark | ||||
| 7:01 | Scripture – John 15:16 and Prayer | Mr. Bob Engman & Mr. John Arola | ||
| 7:10 | Breakfast | |||
| 7:45 | Countdown 100 Offering /Camp Roll Call | State Treasurer- Mr.Jan Nelson | ||
| Faith Fund Coord. Mr. Luke Meints | ||||
| 8:05 | State President’s Challenge | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 8:20 | Announcements/Closing Prayer/Adjourn | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 8:30 | Joint Bible Hour Message – Pastor Lonny Carpenter | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| Moderator: Mr. Les Rogness | ||||
| 9:30 | Gideon and Auxiliary Separate to Their Morning Sessions | |||
| 9:45 | Gideon’s Morning Training Session | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| Moderator -Mr. Kent Hanson, North Regional Director | ||||
| 9:45 | Scripture – Galations 6: 9-10 and Prayer | Mr. Brad Budnick and Mr. Cal Williams | ||
| 9:55 | International Auxiliary Secretary Message (STAND TO GREET) | Mrs. Aimee Beal | ||
| 10:05 | Gideon Group Sing | Mr. Bob Swanson | ||
| 10:10 | Education Session #2 | President Kevin Beal | ||
| “Holding Fast” | ||||
| 10:40 | Stand and Stretch | |||
| 10:45 | Call to Order-2024 Business Session | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 10:46 | Prayer for the Lord’s Presence in the Business Session | Mr. Trent Moe | ||
| 10:51 | Election of 2024-2025 State Cabinet Officers | Greg Lange, Tyrone Clark, Kevin Beal | ||
| 11:25 | Presentation of the Minutes of the 113th Convention at Willmar, 2023 | Mr. Bob Chock, State Secretary | ||
| 11:32 | Report of State President | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 11:39 | Report of State Treasurer | Mr. Jan Nelson | ||
| 11:49 | Old Business | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 11:55 | New Business | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 12:10 | Adjourn Business Meeting | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
| 12:11 | Invitation to 2025 Convention @ St.Cloud Holiday Inn- April 4-6, | Mr. Gary Snead, Camp President | ||
| 12:13 | 2026 Convention Announcement- | Mr. Greg Berg | ||
| 12:15 | Invitation to Twin Cities Scripture Blitz, October 6-10 2024 | TC Blitz Committee | ||
| 12:15 | Newly Elected Cabinet meets with Greg Lange and Kevin Beal | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
| 12:22 | Closing Prayer and Blessing Upon the Meal. | Mr. Bill Palm | ||
| 12:27 | Adjourn to Luncheon | Mr. Kent Hanson | ||
| 12:35 | GIDEON LUNCHEON | BEC- Adams Room | ||
SATURDAY AFTERNOON GIDEON SESSION
| SATURDAY AFTERNOON GIDEON SESSION | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | |||
| 1:30 | Moderator – Mr. John Bergseng, Metro Regional Director | |||
| 1:30 | Gideon’s Group Singing | Mr. Bob Swanson | ||
| 1:35 | Testimony Video – Dr. Louis Venable | TGI Video | ||
| 1:50 | The Ministry Training Library | Jerred Kehn | ||
| 2:35 | Stretch in Place | |||
| 2:40 | TheConnection and GideonNow | Jerred Kehn | ||
| 3:00 | State Cabinet Meeting Adjourns | |||
| 3:05 | International Convention – July 16-21, 2024 Phohenix AZ | Video | ||
| 3:07 | U of M Scripture Distribution April 22, 2024 | Mr. Paul Peltier | ||
| 3:12 | July 2024 Faith Fund Rallies and Barnabas Fund | Mr. Luke Meints- State Faith Fund Coord. | ||
| 3:25 | Zone 2 Retreat – Rapid City, SD Labor Day Weekend | Mr. Greg Lange | ||
| 3:28 | Legacy or Planned Giving | Mr. Marten Kruger | ||
| 3:43 | STAND TO WELCOME THE AUXILIARY | BEC- Page and Whitford Rooms | ||
| 3:45 | “PRAY, LEST WE BE THE PREY” | Mr. Trent Moe | ||
| 4:22 | Announcements | Mr. Greg Berg | ||
| 4:25 | Closing Prayer | Mr. Dave and Mrs. Ann Bolstad | ||
| 4:35 | Adjourn 114th Minnesota Convention | Mr. Tyrone Clark | ||
SATURDAY EVENING
| SATURDAY EVENING | ||||
| 5:50 | Banquet Program Participants Prayer – Mr. Trent Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
| 6:00 | Fellowship Banquet- See separate program | BEC- Kempfer / Adams Rooms | ||
| 8:30 | Evening Prayer Gathering – Mr. Trent Moe | BEC- Kempfer / Adams Rooms | ||
| 8:50 | Ice Cream Social | BEC- Kempfer / Adams Rooms | ||
SUNDAY MORNING – APRIL 7, 2024
| 7:00 | Consecration Service – Mr.Trent Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||
| 8:00 | Prayer Gathering with Chaplains Trent and Amy Moe | BEC- Oxley Room | ||