FELLOWSHIP NEWS & NOTES


Loving, listening, and waiting T


he national Fellowship Board and Event Design Team have


made the very difficult decision that we will not hold our 202One event at Lake Junaluska this June. Tis news is disappointing to


many and I share that disappoint- ment. Our meeting would have been the 30th anniversary of my hiring by Te Fellowship in 1991 at Lake Junaluska. We ache to cele- brate getting through the pandem- ic. We need to see each other and refresh our spirits. But all that will have to wait. And while we wait, we have the opportunity to cre-


From the Executive Director David Bone


ate something entirely new, to transform – maybe even transfigure – the blank page of the pandemic into worship arts that are beautiful, colorful, and bring new life into our churches. We are working with our friends at Lake Junaluska


to develop a series of small, safe gatherings and online opportunities in 2021 that will continue to unite us. We will provide details about these options as they become available at fellowship202one.org. Te planned 202One event was to feature the best of


Music & Worship Arts Week and our National Convoca- tion and to unite us in one large event that would be spir- itually fulfilling, programatically exciting, and financially successful ... all in beautiful living color. While much is unclear about the future, it is very clear


that the current pandemic conditions do not allow us suffi- cient assurance that we can meet those goals. And the risk


of deciding later is too great. If we proceed further, it is as if we are paying up front and in-full for the event in June, a payment that is non-refundable whether we have the event or not, no matter how many attend. Tat’s not a deal that I imagine you would go for individually, so we can’t take that risk corporately. Recently, a TV show I’ve been watching gave me an


insight. It’s not the perspective I wanted, and for some of you, I know this decision is not what you wanted to hear. But this quote helps me remember who I am, and who holds me close: “All you can do, all anyone can do ... is love ... listen ...


and wait. Ooh, there’s so much power in waiting. So much. So just wait.”


“But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31, NRSV)


Loving all who care deeply for Te Fellowship, Music &


Worship Arts Week, and the Convocation, Listening to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, and Waiting,


P.S. – Mark your calendar now for Music & Worship Arts Week next year, June 19-24, 2022. Lord, we pray! Make it so!


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