Grand Session: July 10-13, 2008 at Ferrum College

Registration

Cost for Full Time Daughters and Adults (Thursday through Sunday) is $140 if postmarked by May 31, 2008. After May 31, 2008 the cost is $145.

• Additional rates, guidelines, and policies for Session registration can be found here.
• Registration form for Bethel
• Registration form for Voting Delegates and Guests
• Medical Form (REQUIRED for all Daughters)

Competition Information and Entry Forms

If you are a Session committee chairperson, please submit the guidelines for your competition to kamala(at)iojdva.org as soon as possible.

Banner Competition

Session will be here before we know it. Start planning and working on your Bethel's banner.

As in years past we will not have a specific theme, as each Bethel is very unique and all daughters are shinning stars. The banners will be in two groups. We will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for large Bethel's and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for small Bethels. This will allow more Bethels to place in the competition.

Banners should measure 3 feet wide by 5 feet long or 5 feet wide by 3 feet long. Please do not include your Bethel number in the design of your banner. Remember all banners should be Jobie appropriate.

Banners will be judged on creativity, imagination and neatness. Please include a sheet with your Bethel number, whether you are a large or small Bethel, the number of daughters and their ages that worked on the banner and a brief summary of your banner.

Good luck to each and every Bethel, I know that we will see some great banners this year at Session.

Mom Judy Whitehurst
Banner Chairperson

Music Competition

• Rules and entry form (registration deadline is July 1, 2008)
• Request for Judges

Dress-Alike Competition

Categories and entry form (registration deadline is July 7, 2008)

Bible Ceremony

All initiates from 2007-2008 are invited to participate in the Bible Ceremony at the Formal Opening. They should wear Jobie regalia: robes with cords, long white slip, white shoes, white nylons and headbands.

Necrology Ceremony

Please send all names, relationship and Bethel number to Mom Lisa Reynolds, Grand Chaplain. This is the way we honor the memory of our members or family members who have passed away.

Closing Ceremony

All Grand Bethel Officers and Representatives are invited to participate in the Closing Cross at Formal Opening. They will wear complete Jobie regalia.

Grand Bethel Reports

Bethel Guardians, remind your Grand Bethel Officers and Representatives that their reports are due to Mom Robin by May 1. The best report will be read at Session during Formal Opening.

Spirit Award

Spirit Award forms are due to Mom Robin by June 1. Make sure they are filled out completely. There are some new areas, which are required. Remember, if you qualify for the Virginia award you automatically qualify for the Supreme award. Bethel Guardians, it is your responsibility to submit your forms to Supreme. Please don't disappoint our daughters by forgetting to do this.