In reply to Rev. Bishiop David Stechholz.

Thank you for your blog post. The Stand theme selected for the triennium is still in place, and we have been instructed to phase it in over the next three years. Starting in January, the Stand theme will be more obvious and used with the monthly emphases as you suggest. Because of when the Stand theme was selected, many ministries already had events and activities planned that didn't incorporate this theme in this calendar year. So we have elected to phase it in and will be doing so.

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