A room full of upraised hands, each grasping a pink or blue slip of paper, was the sight of history in the making. This moment defined the reality of two Mennonite conferences coming together.
The occasion was the first joint vote in the first joint business session of the Conference of Mennonites in Alberta (CMA) and the Northwest Mennonite Conference (NWC) here February 26-28. After discussing programs already shared and the wider church movement toward integration, delegates of both conferences approved a motion toward more regional integration.
Nick Dyck (moderator of CMA) and Jim Miller (NWC moderator) opened the joint meeting with a visual warning--they exchanged …
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