Catching Up with Conference

My apologies for the lapse in updates here. Understandably, but not excusably, things are a little busy as we're making plans and preparations for transitions and holiday cruises!

London Conference's Annual Meeting in Ridgetown was rather uneventful. Two resolutions were amicably passed: one to establish a Fair Trade for Social Justice Committee to be staffed and administered by Youth Forum; another to make the President of the Conference UCW a delegate with full voting rights to General Council, when applicable. The Conference Assessment fee remains the same at $6.25 and the Mission and Service Fund objective is $3 million.

There were some special presentations to the court, including Cathy Crowe a Toronto "street nurse" and advocate for the homeless and the GO Project, an engaging exploration of youth and young adult visions of what church should be.

There are now 11 new ministers from London Conference. They were ordained, commissioned (as diaconal ministers), designated (as lay pastoral ministers) and admitted (as transfers from other denominations), in two worship services on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.

The President-Elect is the Rev. Susan Cameron, from Thamesview United in Fullarton; the Rev. Bruce Cook began his second term in office at the rise of Conference.