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Different Storms, Same Jesus
And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A gale arose on the lake, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him up, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you of little faith?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazed, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?' Matthew 8:23-27
Our world, our culture, our church – so many sources of anxiety, discomfort, fear and anger. Truly, people of faith have rarely been more tested than today. Yet, this is what it means to be a people of faith – to stand fast in the conviction that God is in charge, and “even the winds and the sea obey him!” We may not like what we see with our eyes, but in our hearts the Spirit of the living God prevails. We may shake our fists in outrage at the injustices, personal or shared, but the Prince of Peace abides. We may worry about our own future, the future of our church, the future of our country, or the future of our world, but the grace of the Redeemer has the final word.
Second Annual Conference Session to Be Held September 12
Bishop Jung has called for the Wisconsin Annual Conference to hold a second Annual Conference gathering on Saturday, September 12, to be held at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. There are two primary reasons for this:
- Conference members will have more time to process the decisions made during the General Conference in Minneapolis, May 5 to 15 and Jurisdictional Conference in Fort Wayne, July 15-18 and time to prepare recommendations for how to move forward;
- Council on Finance and Administration (CF&A) will have time to prepare a 2021 budget that is based on the changes approved.
General & Jurisdictional Conference Informational Sessions with the Wisconsin Delegation
The Wisconsin Delegation has scheduled informational sessions throughout the Wisconsin Annual Conference in the coming months. The purpose of these gatherings is to provide information and answer questions about what is coming before the General Conference in May and Jurisdictional Conference in July. There is also an informational session scheduled for those attending Laity Convocation on March 14. These sessions are open to all who are interested - take a look and plan to come to one near you!
