Emmanuel Mennonite

Reclaiming Jesus: gladly wear the name

So here I am in Calgary at the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly. The days are very full, beginning with worship at 8:30am, going all day, with "late night" activities beginning at 9pm for those who'd like to keep on going. . . .

Highlights so far include connecting with many people (like Hugo and Doreen Neufeld who spoke at Emmanuel earlier this year, live in Calgary, and are among the many volunteers at this Assembly), learning Colossians 3:15 with actions (that I'd like to share with the children and the rest of the congregation when I get back), spending time in discussion with those around my delegate table, being part of a panel discussion on Jesus Matters, lots of worship and singing (one of the leaders is Alissa Bender who interned with us at Emmanuel a few years ago and is currently an associate pastor in Calgary), meeting Sara Wenger Shenk who is the new seminary president as of July 1.

Today Nhien Pham and I have our workshop on our Vietnamese ministry partnership which is called Hand in Hand. I still have a bit more preparation to do for that and would like to make it to morning worship too--good thing I'm a morning person!