Curtis May attended the 7th Annual Ethnic America Conference in Seattle. Here are excerpts from his report:

A lineup of outstanding speakers gave broadening messages on why the church must live out the love of Jesus and share it with the lost. It was strongly emphasized that reconciliation "goes with the territory" if we’re Christians.

Jannice and I were invited as guests of the Planning Committee and Speakers Luncheon. We learned a lot about the inner workings of the organization. ORM Chapter Leader and Director of Operations of East Gates Ministries International, Tina Graham, joined us on Friday and also attended that luncheon. We all had the opportunity to introduce ourselves and share what we do.

The 2008 Conference will be in St. Louis on April 10-12.

On Sunday I spoke to two of our congregations combined in Everett, Washington, pastored by Bill Miller. We had a great time as I discussed the Lifeline Expedition Trip to England and showed video footage of the reconciling work that’s being accomplished through Lifeline. (ORM, as you may know, is in partnership with them.) As I was finishing my sermon, in walked film producer Michael Lineau of Lifeline, with his wife and eight children. (They would have arrived earlier but made a wrong turn.) We had a mini workshop as they all joined me on the stage. The audience was lively and responsive.

The most important thing for me was the reinforcement, renewing and transformational impact of being in fellowship with 600 turned-on reconcilers!