Wednesday was our first full day of convention (more or less, even though we skipped the morning seminars out of exhaustion from the previous day), and convention was off to a great start. I have to admit, at first I wasn’t too sure about the worship sessions, but I can say they’re definitely growing on me. I really enjoy listening to and singing the songs and hymns, and I really liked the evening speaker, Michelle Hershberger. She presented her topic as a parody of the Tonight Show and called it the Mennonite Show. She started out by lightening the mood by writing thank you notes to stereotypical convention and Mennonite objects, like our green lanyards, which she thanked for making us feel awkward on the streets. I enjoyed listening to those, but I felt like it was a pretty abrupt transition to her next topic, which was three people sharing their stories of rape, loss of friends and family, and loss of a friend who committed suicide. She talked about how Jesus is always present and walking with us in our suffering. I can’t say I really liked the ending, when they had a few more Christian rock songs. It felt like they were almost afraid to let us dwell on those sad topics. I can say for sure that the highlight of most of our days was the improv show after worship, put on by a group called the panic squad; it was hilarious, and I’m sure most of us will tell you it was our highlight of the trip so far.
--Lucas Wenger
--Lucas Wenger
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