Friday May 21, 2010

 

 

TFC Staff Retreat

Maranatha Conference Center

Muskegon, Michigan

Monday, May 17

Part 1

 

 

Dwayne Johnson (Vice President), Hudsonville, Michigan, and Tammy Stauffer (Office of Chaplains Administrative Assistant), Marietta, Pennsylvania, welcomed us and gave everyone room keys, name tags, and a schedule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chaplains Joe Matthews (Brunswick, Georgia) and Rick Campbell (Grand Rapids, Michigan) visit while Cerwin talks to someone across the table.

 

 

It was so good to see fellow staff members, as it has been two and a half years since we had a staff conference or retreat.

 

 

I was surprised to see Chaplain David Phiri – lead chaplain from Zambia, Africa. We did not know he was coming. In this photo he is visiting with Chaplain John Mitchell from Denver, Colorado.

 

 

In the background (left) Cerwin is welcoming Paul Leger from Salisbury, New Brunswick, Canada. Scott Weidner (President), Marietta, Pennsylvania, and Bunny O’Hare (Director of Chaplain Wellness), Marietta, Pennsylvania, welcome Chaplain Tim and Char Sackett and two of their children from Hudson, Wisconsin.

 

 

Dorinda and Chaplain Howard Burrell (Indianapolis, Indiana) visit with Mike Hayden (Director of Business and Finance), Marietta, Pennsylvania.

 

 

The view of Dwayne and Tammy from the balcony – just outside our room.

 

 

We were supposed to wear t-shirts or hats to represent our area.

Janet McIntosh (Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada), Scott Weidner (Marietta, Pennsylvania), Chaplain Sam McIntosh (Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada), and Murray Scott (Director of Overseas Ministry) from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His hat represents the Russian ministry.

 

 

Heading toward the dining room for supper – our first meal together. Chaplain Claude and Huguette Mathieu (St-Liboire, Quebec, Canada) are in the foreground.

 

 

The Maranatha staff make great meals.

 

 

Cheese heads Ellen and…

 

 

Doug Kraus live in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. He is Director of Location Development.

 

 

Sometime later he changed hats. I’m not sure what this hat represented.

 

 

After supper we headed to the Skinner Room in the Dunes building for our first meeting.

 

 

 

 

Chaplain Jim Smalley (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia) was asked to open the evening by leading the group in several songs. He is a chaplain at Frystown, Pennsylvania.

 

 

It was not mandatory to attend this retreat – due to finances (or lack thereof) – so this represented about 2/3 of our staff. I think someone said there were about seventy people in attendance.

 

 

The retreat theme was from Mark 6:31-32, so this was a fitting opening song.

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. Mark 6:31-32.