More on the Conference

Last one on this conference. We promise!! There are just a few details that were not yet mentioned in Cher's previous post. There were close to 70 in attendance. 13 URC pastors, most of them brought their wives, one of those couples coming from as far as Winnipeg (who'd that be? hmmm.....) :) 20 CanRC ministers also were present with their wives. Most of the addresses were given to the entire group. We had four messages on "the privilege of pardon," "the privilege of preaching," "the privilege of praying," and "the privilege of pastoring." These were delivered by Prof Alan Strange of Mid America, who did an excellent job. The women sometimes broke off into their own discussion groups first to talk about books that are useful for Bible Studies and personal reading. The men also did the same, to discuss books that have been valuable to them for ministry. The women also had a session on "growing in prayer". This also was a very special time for them as pastor's wives as they have a very unique place in the church and, are often, along with their children, in the forefront of ministry. Hands and hearts were strengthened. (Rich)