I’m a bit of an odd person, or at least that’s how it seems to me.
I dread going on dates, to be honest, when the inevitable question will come up of “so what are you going to school for” to which I have to say “I’m hoping to become a pastor” or “I’m working towards becoming a minister” or something like that.
Cue the puzzled look.
I’ve received all sorts of responses, but they tend to fall around a theme: “I don’t reall
The Design Team and Local Arrangements Team are getting ready to welcome YOU to Rendez-vous 2011 coming up August 11-14 at Emmanuel College and Koerner Hall in Toronto.
We have a great line-up of speakers: Shane Claiborne, Trey Anthony, Rodger Nishioka, and our very own Mardi Tindal!
We have a great line-up of musicians: rEvolve, Rick Gunn, Karla Adolphe, Abbey North Drummers!
We have workshops by some great United Church leaders as well as ecumenical friends too numerous to list here!
Why, in the midst of shrinking budgets, concern with direction, concern with leadership, concern with our ethos... why are we planning a big mega-conference for 1000 participants? Why are we tying up so much of our resources, using every last volunteer we can think of, bringing in big name speakers, renting an expensive concert hall?
Of course, these are the kinds of questions we've been asked a lot over the last year. "Why plan for 1000 people? That'll never happen, you should aim for 500..."
