All voices heard, all voices valuable. Easy to say, important to implement. 100 attendees, 30+ churches represented. One of our friends at Way-Making pointedly challenged the body to ensure that the body, the Board and attendees, begin to look like the folks that...
In our opening session on Friday morning, we heard from Karen Wilk and Jonathan Nicolai-deKoning about focusing on the law of love not the love of law. That theme resounded through the rest of the day. Together they reminded us that in belonging there are no defined...
Yesterday we wrote on stones to answer these two questions: "God make me more..." and "God make us more..." We all filled in our words and put the stones in a basket. Later in the day, we all collected a stone that someone else had written on and committed to holding...
We are here and we've begun. But first, we ate together. Most of us were gathered last night around tables in Gardens Community Church, enjoying local pizza and beer and each other's stories. A feast for the body and soul! We were reminded of the joy of being...
Hope. That is the word that comes to mind when I reflected on my experience at the working retreat this past June. Hope. I am hopeful for something new for God’s mission in Canada to be birthed. I gain hope because I saw every group at the retreat giving their best...
