Aug. 16, 2010 issue
Transformation tales
U.S. MB assembly seeks to partner with others, God
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SURREY, B.C. — Mennonite Brethren are historically known as people of the Book, but they are also people of the potluck.
So it is perhaps appropriate that parts of the July 15-16 convention of the U.S. Conference of MB Churches at Gracepoint Community Church were a bit like a potluck.
Delegates sat around tables and received a smorgasbord of stories from U.S. Conference ministries and partners.
In the opening event July 15, sheets of black paper hung vertically from display panels stretched across the stage in the sanctuary. Behind each sheet was a colorful banner.
People shared stories of transformation from places such as Sacramento, Calif.; Grulla, Texas; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Salt Lake City. Storytellers then revealed the banners on stage to illustrate changed lives.
When the service was over, there were still banners covered up — and that was the intention, said Ed Boschman, U.S. Conference executive director.
“God’s work is not finished in the world, and we are part of helping to transform lives,” Boschman said. “There is still work to be done.”
In another session, Mission USA, the conference’s church-planting and renewal arm, presented reports from church planters across the country.
“We’re doing this together,” said Don Morris, MUSA director. “I invite you to invest with us.”
Larry Nikkel, national Board of Faith and Life chair, led attendees in a survey looking at how well U.S. MBs practice each article of the MB Confession of Faith.
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