We continue to be concerned for the people of Japan. I’ve sent information to all Evergreen Pastors about how Japanese Baptist Church in particular is dealing with this disaster and also from the ground information from our Missionaries there. You can always donate to relief efforts through One Great Hour of Sharing.
This blog started because of the work of the Leader Retreat in February. So what does all this mean? Will it all make any difference in the way Evergreen does things? The simple answer is yes and no. Some things will be different. There is a lot of “buzz” in our meetings these days about needing to take a hard look at the schedule of the Annual Meeting. We need both better interaction between caucuses and some of our caucuses are still in the learning phase of figuring out how to do business by consensus. I anticipate that come this October our work will be different than it has been the last several years. Our intent is to turn some things around. We will still have wonderful worship and important words from a guest speaker/preacher but the rest of the day will have a different feel.
The Building Bridges Day is coming fast. Register today. We were quite intentional in asking Eric Law to be with us. His plenary on Grace Margin Conversations is one answer to our Leader Retreat. I want to encourage you to look over the offerings and sign up today. Just today we are adding a workshop as Ray Schooler will be in the area. Ray works for International Ministries and will share how to help your church connect with International Ministries.
Marcia
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