Annual Gathering and MFTH Project Statistics Announced!
Earlier this month, 1,012 people from around the world came together in Des Moines, IA for LCMC’s 14th Annual Gathering.
Throughout the year, the 833 congregations that make up LCMC came together to raise a total of $91,005.40 for our service project with Meals from the Heartland (13.75% more than our goal of $80,000). On the evening of Tuesday, October 7th, many of the people who attended the gathering met up at the convention center and assembled a total of 291,168 meals. [Watch Video]
During the Business Session of the gathering, Pastors Christopher Miller (Area 2) and Kenneth “Corky” Spitler (Area 5) were elected to the LCMC Board of Trustees. Pastors Nathan Hanson and Stephan Turnbull were appointed to serve on the Ministry Board.
Rev. Mark Vander Tuig announced the launch of the LCMC Prayer Chain, an opportunity for people to sign up to pray for all of the congregations in LCMC on a weekly basis. Click Here to learn more and sign up.
It was also announced that our 15th Annual Gathering will take place from October 4-7, 2015 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Frisco, TX.
Photo galleries from the Annual Gathering, downloadable copies of our 2014 Book, and presentation notes from our Keynote Speakers are now available at our website. To view any of these materials, Click Here.
Videos of our speakers will not be available until later this winter. We will announce via E-Newsletter, blog, Facebook and Twitter when these videos have been posted.
Breakdown of Annual Gathering Statistics
For all of the LCMC-ers out there who like statistics, here is a breakdown of all 1,012 people who attended the Annual Gathering this year:
- Staff: 6
- Church Leader / Member: 338
- Voting Delegate: 481
- Visitor: 95
- Seminarian: 46
- One-Day Visitor: 27
- Two-Day Visitor: 9
- Board of Trustees: 7
- Speaker: 3
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Kristy Thomas is a nerd with an affinity for 90s music, collecting antiques, and creating her own Halloween decorations. When she needs to unwind (which is pretty much all of the time), she likes arts & crafts, hiking and camping with her dogs, and playing the ukulele. As Communications & Public Relations Specialist, she is responsible for keeping the people of LCMC informed of what’s going on within the association and for tackling all of the creative-type projects. For the future, she would like to see the congregations of LCMC be proactive in raising up future leaders and for the “20-30 somethings” to be able to make some cool things happen, both within The Church and throughout the world.
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