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Hi Friends!
So Aaron, when will your play-by-play report of conference be posted? ;)
Hope everyone is doing well.
I had a really enjoyable time at conference this year. I was happy to see so many familiar people I haven't seen in awhile and to catch up with folks I've lost track of. It was nice to see Precia and Aaron - I missed you Troy! We had almost the whole gang there!
I will be interested to see what things stood out for other people, but for me some of the important aspects were:
- lots of talk about how we are all human and need to be more willing to acknowledge our own sinfulness and frailty. Also I appreciated the emphasis on the fact that our leaders are human too and need the support of the church for their work.
- I really appreciated the people who raised questions about the fact that our church leaders are almost all white, middle-class, Americans, even though our church body is much more diverse. I think it was an important consciousness-raising question to bring up. In discussions later I learned that the church is working at training new leaders to replace the ones that are perhaps ready to be called into other leadership positions in the church.
I am realising more and more how important it is for everyone in the church to take it upon themselves to become knowledgeable, well-trained disciples, ready to take on whatever task they may be called to.

posted by Shannon @ 12:07 PM