Proclaimer Blog
Introducing the 2011 EMA
It's now one week to go until the 2011 Evangelical Ministry Assembly. That means the office is a bit, well, hectic. But it's exciting too. We have 831 delegates – people in full time Word ministry joining us for three days. The EMA has been full since about Easter – sorry if you missed out on a place, but unlike the Olympics, it's a very fair, first come first served process (booking for 2012 opens in July). We also have an army of volunteers – caterers; musicians; stewards; servers; bookstall guys; cleaners – 133 in all! And we have Rachel (hooray!) – our conference administrator – who organises everything and is the real star of the show.
Let me invite you to pray for the EMA:
- Please pray for the speakers: Liam Goligher, Tim Keller, Vaughan Roberts and David F Wells are our main speakers. David Robertson, Trevor Pearce and Carrie Sandom are leading seminars (as well as some others whose names we prefer not to publicise).
- Please pray for the delegates: pray for a good spirit, friendliness and that folk who come will be both encouraged and stimulated. Not everyone will agree with everything, I guess, but we want to get people thinking.
- Please pray for the office staff: it's hard work and our behind-the-scenes work often goes unnoticed (rightly so). But pray that we will be godly and patient and wise in dealing with any last minute hiccoughs.