Comments on: Connect with Evangelism Matters through live webcast, on-demand

By: Bruce W Marold

Bruce W Marold — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 02:57:12 +0000

Where is Bishop Curry’s keynote address???

By: Nancy Sutherland

Nancy Sutherland — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 16:00:02 +0000

I had hoped to attend, but I watched the live stream instead and I came away with the conviction that BEING an evangelist is a way of life. We can talk to our priests, look for support from our congregations, read books and study endlessly, but each day, ready or not, we must ACT as the evangelists we are called to be.

By: Cynthia Selby

Cynthia Selby — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:05:42 +0000

Loved the workshops and all the presenters. Got lots of ideas to take to my parish. Especially loved Bishop Curry’s mention of James Weldon Johnson’s “Creation” poem – one of my all-time favorites.

My parish (All Saints’- Morristown, TN) has always been big on outreach. We have just recently begun (during a protracted time with no rector, but with guidance from some very good interim and long-term supply priests) to take church out into the neighborhood close by, specifically the projects. We started taking a monthly Bingo and lunch to the projects, but it was so popular, we invited them to do it at our Parish Hall. Parishioners donate prizes (cleaning supplies and other things they can’t purchase with food stamps, and $10 cards to area stores), and everybody sits down and eats together. We are developing relationships with these folks, and a few of them have come to services. Whenever we have an event, we invite them to be a part of it. It’s a good start to what I hope will be a rich movement to take Jesus to the people, especially when our rector search process is done. Thanks for streaming this conference. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

By: Jack White/ St Thomas/ Abingdon VA

Jack White/ St Thomas/ Abingdon VA — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 17:26:25 +0000

Regretfully, livestream is not working well. Signal comes and goes, then freezes. On the workshop I have been watching, sound also comes and goes and only the left channel when it does come through. I have set aside today and tomorrow morning to watch these, and hopefully find material for a 6 or 8 Sunday adult forum course. Now, I think I’ll wait until these sessions are archived to watch. If the Church ever does this again (livestream a live multi-segment event), I have a few suggestions if some will contact me. I’ve been a professional communicator and done quite a bit of video conferencing.

Episcopal Church needs to get comfortable w/ the “E” word. This conference is a big start for the effort. Thanks for doing this.