Day One of GC43 begins for me with a walk in the conservation area around the campus...an urban forest in the midst of Oshawa. Above picture is over the pond just after sunrise. This is the starting day for General Council, beginning this morning with the Festival of Faith and workshops. At 4:00 this afternoon we get together for first business of Council.
As you can see I am figuring out how to post pictures and other stuff onto the blog from my little tablet. More to follow.
Peace to you
Nan C
Prayer for Beginning the Day
We breathe and know that you are God,
u
nited as your people in this place.
We
breathe and know that you are God,
filling us with your breath of life.
We breathe
and know that you are God,
even in our inevitable moments of exhaustion.
We breathe and know that
you are God,
not us.
We breathe and know that you are God.
Amen.
By Matthew Heesing, M. Div. Student at AST,
Serving Diamond Valley P.C., Turner Valley, Alta.
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| General Secretary Nora Saunders and Moderator Jordan Cantwell call plenary together |
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| General Council prepares to begin |
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| Book room at General Council |
Meeting in UOIT Recreation and Wellness Centre...under renovation
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| Festival of Faith...painting a pew |
Today I attended one of the workshops being offered at the Festival of Faith, "Becoming Fabulously Affirming", stopped to listen to Janne Mark perform on the main stage, strolled through the Marketplace and visited the bookroom. We met as a whole group to learn more about the new process this GC is using for decision making (and to try out the electronic voting devices each commissioner was given).
