Well, I'm back home watching the US Open, and hoping for Tiger to pull out a miracle. Not likely. And as I write the rains come pouring down and they stop play for the day.
When the day began, though, I was preparing for spending it with our Executive Committee. It was a big day and an important meeting. There are some major initiatives beginning to take shape that we hope will help fuel a new and exciting future for the Southwest Conference.
I am grateful to all who gave up a whole day to be there with us and and help us build that future. On the list of topics today were: reconstruction of the Growth and Development Committee and the refocusing of their work around two separate tracks - revitalization and new church starts; the listening visits soon to be conducted by the Justice and Witness Committee; conversation around our financial well-being and creative strategies for developing new resources for funding our Mission; thoughts about the need for, and the financing for, an additional staff person; the creation of a Task Force to begin work on the formation of a Lay Academy in the Southwest Conference; reports from our functioning Committees.
There was more - including a large block of time for Visioning and for Spiritual formation. All in all, I am pleased with the work of this remarkable group of Conference leaders. This is going to be a good year for us, and these men and women will be essential to our success.
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