Ottawa Regional Meeting – October 4, 2014 – Report

Location: Head Office
715 St. Laurent Blvd. Ottawa, ON, K1K 3A6
11:00 am – 2:30 pm

The meeting was informal and encouraged all the members to share and fellowship with each other. Fourteen people attended, some coming from as far as Petawawa.

What follows is a report on the meeting:

1. Dr. Mingardi started by explaining the goals and program of the meeting.
   He gave the goals of the meeting:
   • Knowing better our members and their needs
   • Ensuring that the members who cannot attend the National Convention are informed and participate in the fellowship
   • Establishing relationships between members at the local level for fellowship and mutual support
   • Increasing local awareness about ECAMFC by inviting people who may be interested in joining our fellowship
2. Then Brother George Desjardins opened in prayer.
3. A time of music and worship followed.
4. All those attending the meeting introduced themselves and described their testimony and ministry.
5. Dr.Mingardi gave a short presentation on the following topics
   • The initial vision and the present direction of ECAMFC.
   • The difficulties of managing a small organization on a voluntary basis and that can afford only one administrative assistant
   • The need to better connect with the members and the participation of the members in ECAMFC.
   • The achievements of ECAMFC from the 2004 separation from ECAI.
   • The establishment of the Bible Extension Institute and the Examination process for applicants not meeting the educational requirements for ordination but having years of ministerial experience.
   • The policy for nomination of members to the Board of Directors.
   • The new proposed bylaws and their coming distribution and approval by the members.
   • The new directory of members and membership cards with photos of the members.
6. Dr.Mingardi asked for feedback and advice from the members. The members made the following observations:
   • The meeting was useful.
   • They felt strongly the need for local meetings and fellowship.
   • They suggested continuing the meetings on a quarterly basis, and we agreed to have three local meetings a year.
7. The members separated into two groups for ministry and praying for each other’s needs.
8. The meeting closed with a fellowship lunch including sandwiches, veggies, sweets and beverages.

We hope that more members will participate in future meetings.