I’m in Baltimore, MD this week for the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the gathering of the national “setting” of our church which happens every two years. Hundreds of delegates and over a thousand others come to be together, worship, and do some of the work of church: making decisions, learning from one another, listening for where this wider expression of our church is going, and hopefully carrying some of that back to our home churches and settings. 

I’m here with the delegation from the Maine Conference, our regional body that I serve in as a leader, and I’m going to try and keep this space updated with some thoughts.