My reflections on the Eastern, Central and St. Lawrence Districts of the C&MA in Canada's tridistrict conference are as follows...
1. It is great to be there but worse to miss them. I have - for various reasons - missed a few of these gatherings and while it is great to be there it is much worse to miss them. What do i mean by that? I mean the worship and teaching and inspiration and business times are wonderful to experience, but can be received from elsewhere and in other ways. But the connecting personally with this army of people you share a "family of churches with" is indispensable and can ONLY happen at something like this. This is my tribe and knowing with "whom" i do tribal things is very important.
2. Christ-Centred, Spirit-Filled, Mission-Focused... these are President David Hearn's watch-words and his focus for our family at this time. What animates these "old timey" values is his passion and personal incarnation of them. A real 1 Corinthians 11:1 lesson here.
3. Sharing a district conference experience with our other tribe-mates was very positive. It would have been interesting to see if there could have been one truly tri-district initiative signed or worked on... for example... a unified approach or offering or something to Muslim ministry for example... but perhaps without causing us to focus on working together we could just enjoy being together. A worthy goal in and of itself.
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