Another Great Team Conference
Our team conference (5 -7th Feb) at Dalesdown was great! A lovely time of fellowship all round. It was great to have Graham and Steph Reed with us, as well as the newly married Iveta with her hubby Andris, over from Latvia. It was also wonderful to have David Iliffe, the founder of Children Worldwide with us briefly – he is very frail now, and finds it difficult to remember who people are. But on the year we were to present the vision for the future – it was a privilege to have him there.
The food was absolutely awesome – which is always helpful! Add to that the fact that we had planned in plenty of time to just chat and drink coffee/tea. It’s always so good to meet up with all of our members and hear what they have been doing, and to encourage each other in our many ministries.
The new vision and plans for the future were presented and very well received. All the members were enthused and excited about it all, and our newer members were able to see the amazing history we have and how the past and the future tie in together.
It’s always difficult to describe what Children Worldwide is about and how we got to where we are, just because we do so many things! So it has been a good exercise to think it through and write it down as part of the vision for the future.
One of our friends from church came up with a very good description of Children Worldwide this week: “You’re a bit like a crocheted patchwork blanket – each square beautiful in it’s own right, but each one essential to the look of the whole blanket”. They were right – each member with their own amazing sphere of work, but each one vital in the make up of the organisation!