I think the meetings went very well. There was a positive - forward thinking atmosphere. I was really blessed by the installation service and the very special gifts I was given by people from MCBC and my home congregation, Sherbrooke Mennonite Church. The theme that "We're in a new place" was fitting. It was great to celebrate our togetherness. It was great to see a strong commitment to move forward with building an adult-0riented retreat facility at Camp Squeah. The hope is that it would be ready sometime in 2009.
There is also some tough work ahead. I was encouraged that the delegates gave their approval to the proposed process for working with the congregations that did not sign at our re-covenanting celebration last year (May 2007). But, the work related to this matter will not be easy. I ask your prayers for the MCBC leadership as we engage in this work - prayers for courage, wisdom, grace and love.
Look for pictures as soon as I get some together - probably next week.
I look forward to any of your comments.
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Found you!
Still can't quite believe that you are now keeping a blog but am excited to see what all will show up here. :-)
One comment about the MCBC Annual Meeting!
Sitting in the back because of registrations and other needs, Janette, Cheryl & I had a good view of the congregation and sadly, they were hardly singing at all.
For future AGMs could we not plan songs that everyone knows?
We only get together once a year so lets make it a celebration and sing songs that are close to the people's hearts and raise the roof with our worship singing!
This is not a complaint about the songs that we did sing.
I loved what the worship team did but we certainly heard our share of comments at the registration table.
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