Filming At CMA Headquarters

This week I was in Toronto to film some video footage for the upcoming Tri-District conference of the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Canada.  If you haven’t yet heard (this is big news), three districts representing all of Eastern Canada from Ontario to the Maritimes are getting together in Kingston, Ontario.  It’s a big deal and the first time it’s ever happened.
This is the third District Conference I’ve helped organize and I think for me this one will be the most interesting.  One of the challenges with organizing a gather like this is the reality of having to marry business sessions (where we vote on things related to the governance of our district) and the speaking sessions.  It’s not a typical conference like Catalyst or Drive which for me, is kind of hard to process.  I like well-produced events and one of the things I’ve continued to push within my own district (ECD) is that we take advantage of the times we are together to improve the quality of the experience as much as we can.
There’s a limit of course and a balance but I’m excited that this year, we get to have a little more fun and do some things we haven’t been able to do before.  Part of the reason why I push I think is that I think smaller churches and older churches dismiss production as something could never do or would never do in their settings.  My hope is that if they see it done responsibly in a ‘family’ setting, they’ll be more interested in learning about it, trying it out in their context and as a result, increasing their team’s capacity for different kinds of Sunday morning experiences.
All that of course, will hopefully lead to better engagement with people who are showing up in their churches on Sundays and encourage other people to get involved or new people to be invited.  Well, that’s the dream anyway.
So, all that to say I had a great time filming and I’m looking forward to seeing things go public at Tri-District Conference.  AND, if you haven’t yet registered, make sure you do, this is going to be fun. - Full Post