What next for Waterloo North Mennonite Church?

The discussion series at WNMC concluded with the following question:

Should our congregation consider the scriptural and theological rationale for an “open” communion?

Please see the foregoing post for one perspective on what "open" means, and what an open communion might look like.

What do you think?

Anabaptism, 2063 A.D.

This past Sunday we concluded the last session of our discussion series at WNMC with an effort to tie off a few loose ends and conceptualize how a future Mennonite- Anabaptist congregation might address the various themes that have been canvassed.  The metaphorical vehicle we used was time travel - at trip to 2063 A.D. to visit a hypothetical congregation and consider what practices it might be following that remain rooted in Christian and Anabaptist conviction and tradition, and yet represent innovation.

Revisiting Baptism - Waterloo North Mennonite Church, June 2, 2013

I apologize in advance to readers of this post who were not present at the WNMC Class and panel discussion, because I will not be able to provide a lot of the context and content of what took place this morning. My purpose is to publish this post promptly, in order to permit participants in the class who did not have an opportunity to speak this morning to provide on-line comment in a timely manner, if they would like. Unfortunately, that means I cannot provide much more than an outline of the discussion, but here goes.