As we prepare for Thursday night, we hope to learn what participants will want to learn. If you are planning on attending the event and have a specific hope, it would be great to leave a comment here. All comments have to be approved to be posted. So if you would prefer that your comment be private, simply say so. We will take it as information for our preparation but we will not post it. If you are comfortable with your hope being posted, it may help others clarify their own hopes for the gathering.
Some possible hopes that have been expressed to me include:
- better understanding of where we are in the Presbyterian process after General Assembly.
- more/better information on the decisions of the 221st General Assembly.
- a safe environment to talk about how I am feeling about our denomination
- steps toward making some sort of response to our larger denominational governance
- a greater understanding of what my fellow First Presbyterian church members think and feel
These, of course, are just a few and surely do not cover all the hopes. Thanks for helping us prepare.
Waco Pastor 
I am hoping to better understand the various voices. I had a conversation with a family member yesterday about abortion – one of those things I try NEVER to talk about – and walked away feeling admiration and amazement. The take-away for me was quit assuming you know what other people are thinking and LISTEN.
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