General Convention

I felt a little like a doe in headlights!

Here I am as a first time deputy to the largest gathering of a governing body of any denomination. Wow!

In some ways, it is like a wonderful family reunion. I've seen lots of people from across the United States that I met at one conference or at school. You can sit back and people watch here, and see dozens of people reconnect from across the country -- and the globe.

We have had 3 sessions of the House of Deputies so far, with no contested issues coming forward. Primarily we have been dealing with housekeeping matters, and matters that have not sparked debate or warranted our place in local news. Yet, the fruit of some of this work SHOULD be on the news: Praying together, setting the theme for our meeting as UBUNTU -- I in you and you n me. We've had wonderful insights as to how this theme describes us -- we are interrelated, one to another.

I have been smiling a lot these first few days of convention -- seeing so many from St. Clement's volunteering here -- thank you all!

Pictures and more description will come later.