Is summit being publicized?
by Palmer Becker, Kitchener, Ontario
I am part of an adult Sunday school class at Waterloo North Mennonite Church that is exploring issues to be discussed at “A People’s Summit For Faithful Living” scheduled for July 7-10 in Winnipeg. In class discussion, concern was raised by several people in the class as to balance of U.S. and Canadian delegates at the conference. We understand that the summit was jointly planned by Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada and are wondering how publicity is being handled. To our knowledge there have been no ads or articles related to the summit in The Mennonite. Is it being promoted in other ways? If there is very poor attendance from the U.S. side, there will be feelings on the part of Canadian Mennonites who are looking forward to some good dialogue.
Editor’s note: The lead news story in our Feb. 5 issue publicized this event (page 19) and an ad appeared in our May 6 issue (page 21). In addition, Mennonite Church USA has distributed bulletin inserts and emails to congregations through area conferences. One of the speakers for the event is Tom Sine; in this issue (page 12) we run a preview of his address.
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