Month: June 2010

What an amazing whirlwind of a weekend we just had in Toronto at More Franchises: A Second Cup, a conference sponsored by The United Church of Canada in partnership with Emmanuel College, Toronto. Over 500 participants, over 100 workshops, an intercultural band of ten wonderful musicians – what more could we ask for?

And in the midst of the event, we celebrated the 85th anniversary of the United Church with a big worship service at Metropolitan United Church, with participation via video feed and Twitter from across the church, the whole thing streaming live to the internet. An amazing experience, and an honour to be involved in organizing and leading such a Spirit-filled service! The service is now archived online.

A big thanks to all our musician friends who helped lead music for the weekend: Maki Fushii, David-Roger Gagnon, Linnea Good, David Jonsson, Amy Lee, Lloyd MacLean and Neeraj and Sajan Prem. I couldn’t have done it without you!

Wow! Going Global, our ongoing series of concerts with a fabulous team of intercultural musicians, was again a great success on June 4th at Crossroads United Church in Delta, BC. Four area congregations came together to host a weekend celebration, with the Friday night concert followed by a loud and proud joint service on Sunday morning celebrating the 85th anniversary of The United Church of Canada. Such fun! And many thanks to all who came out to sing in the mass choir, and to the intergenerational Crossroads worship band who helped anchor the weekend instrumentally.

More dates are always in the works, so check back to see where we’ll be Going Global next…