On Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 the inaugural Mission Development Conference and Satellite Training workshop was held in Glendale, AZ. The conference was sponsored by St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in Felton, CA, and their priest, Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook, was one of the conference speakers and leaders. Fr. John A. Peck led the sessions by identifying important mission growth principles. Fr. Thaddaeus discussed the relationship of anthropology and Orthodox phroenema to mission work. A break for lunch at the local Buffalo Wild Wings was a happy success, and after lunch, Paul Rathbone, of the Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow” and St. John Maximovitch Orthodox Mission spoke about Home Fellowship Groups. Conversations were lively, and continued well after the conference, into Vespers and Liturgy the next day!
Pictures of the event are below.
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- The Gospel of Christ enthroned in the midst of our meeting
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- Lunch break
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- More lunch
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- Paul Rathbone
