Hi – I’m Ann Hafften, one of your blogging team members.
First, I heard the music. Coming in through the Grand Ballroom entrance to the Assembly Sheraton with an over-full box of international décor, I heard the music. The Glocal band was rehearsing and everyone within earshot was smiling and dance-walking. Something prompted me to reposition that box on my head, the better to dance and greet friends.
A friend on Facebook scoffed when I called our Assembly/Glocal Gathering a “rockin’” event – he just doesn’t know, it’s true!
I heard this secondhand: an elderly couple – first-timers at an assembly - got registered and kept gravitating back to the ballroom. “The music is so energizing,” the woman said, “we just had to check it out.” Welcome Lutherans, you have arrived at the high-energy (rockin’) center of our Christian community this weekend.
The Global Marketplace is all set up, and I’m ready to make a serious investment in olive oil products. For the first time we welcome Canaan Fair Trade olive oil to our event. I can vouch for the infused oils (and the regular oil) – it’s just excellent. There’s so much more to look at, I’ll have to go back to the marketplace and shop. Colorful, abundant, great gifts!
The excitement of setting up an assembly is part of the fun. It’s a big job and lots of friends are pitching in together to product an inspirational event for all participants – voting members and Glocal Gathering visitors.
First, I heard the music. Coming in through the Grand Ballroom entrance to the Assembly Sheraton with an over-full box of international décor, I heard the music. The Glocal band was rehearsing and everyone within earshot was smiling and dance-walking. Something prompted me to reposition that box on my head, the better to dance and greet friends.
A friend on Facebook scoffed when I called our Assembly/Glocal Gathering a “rockin’” event – he just doesn’t know, it’s true!
I heard this secondhand: an elderly couple – first-timers at an assembly - got registered and kept gravitating back to the ballroom. “The music is so energizing,” the woman said, “we just had to check it out.” Welcome Lutherans, you have arrived at the high-energy (rockin’) center of our Christian community this weekend.
The Global Marketplace is all set up, and I’m ready to make a serious investment in olive oil products. For the first time we welcome Canaan Fair Trade olive oil to our event. I can vouch for the infused oils (and the regular oil) – it’s just excellent. There’s so much more to look at, I’ll have to go back to the marketplace and shop. Colorful, abundant, great gifts!
The excitement of setting up an assembly is part of the fun. It’s a big job and lots of friends are pitching in together to product an inspirational event for all participants – voting members and Glocal Gathering visitors.
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