Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Urbana: highlights

Urbana is a 5-day missions conference sponsored by InterVarsity. This year it took place in St. Louis Missiouri.

some interesting highlights:
--a lot of talk about the global church, considering the church to be global, not bound by any nation or culture
--focus on the city, understanding our place in the city
--book of Ephesians
--powerful talk from IJM Sharon Cohen
--discussing issues of racial reconciliation
--running into two people from communities from this summer and two people from Kids Accross America
--a great talk with a girl from a community in Minneapolis

seminars on:
~Jews and Palestinians: Is Reconciliation Possible?
~African Amerians and AIDS
~Biblical Methods for Fighting Injustice
~Encountering God in the City: creating service experiences in the city

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