So it is the day of getting ready. I have my badge and my "virtual binder." It is an iPad pre-loaded with resolution material and specially programmed to connect to all the resolutions and legislative resources. The binder will be updated as committees make changes to resolutions. Lots of thought and hard work into it, and we are all hoping and praying that there will not be too many (or any) technical glitches.
The halls are filling up. The vendor hall is open. Legislative officers are learning how to file legislation and committees are beginning to meet.
In a prayerful service led by the Presiding Officers, all the Legislative officers and aides have been commissioned for the work that lies ahead. That was a wonderful way to begin our work. It reminds us and grounds us in the fact that we are truly about holy work here. There will no doubt be moments when we feel as though we are just doing mundane tasks that are superficial, administrative work. It will be helpful to think back to this afternoon's service and to be reminded that the work we are about here, even if it is administrative is to the furtherance of God's mission.
Through our legislative work here we have the opportunity to engage in transformation without letting go of the gifts of our tradition that we have inherited. We have the opportunity to ensure that our Church has the structures (on all its levels) to be about God's work in the world and to use our resources to be about the ministry of restoration and reconciliation in all of our communities.
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