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Brian Frick is the Associate for Camp and Conferences Ministries with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He has been involved in camp and conference ministry since high school. For the past ten years, Brian has served as program director of Johnsonburg Center in New Jersey, Westminster Woods in California, and Heartland Center in Missouri.
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Solar Under the Sun program (Update on Monday April 5 post)
Following up on my post from Monday, I was happy to receive this note from Rev. Joe Hill, General Presbyter, Presbytery of the Pines.
On your most recent blog posting you implied that Ferncliff was doing the solar power thing on its own. It is, more accurately, a ministry of the Synod of the Sun that is housed at Ferncliff. All of us in the synod take the Solar Under the Sun program very seriously and are delighted that David Gill and Ferncliff have taken the lead for our synod in this most important program.
Thank you Joe! And thank you to the Synod of the Sun for the vision to put faith into action through this hands on mission training program. And a big thank you for leaders of the Synod, Ferncliff and other planners to have the vision to use the site available (Ferncliff) to house a missional program for the Synod.
I know it takes commitment and effort on the parts of both ministries to make partnerships such as this one "fly." But I know from conversations from many partners in ministry, such as the one between the Synod of the Sun and Ferncliff with the Solar Under the Sun program, that the excitement, involvment and impact is multiplied by the efforts.
So I hope what is happening in the Synod of the Sun in creating partnerships housed at their sites, can be an inspiration that leads to replication - but more importantly - innovation in partnerships.
Not all partnerships work for all sites but I'm convinced that partnerships are a way for our camp, conference, and retreat centers to grow into a new future of what it means to be "a ministry extension" of the Church.
- Posted at 12:00 p.m.
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