The Mid-Atlantic Congress (MAC) is organized around three essential themes, one for each of the three days.<\/p>\n
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- Thursday<\/strong>\u2014Being Enthusiastic About Our Faith:<\/strong>\u00a0Creating and sustaining passion about our faith, translating it into mission, sharing that mission with others, and learning successful supportive leadership strategies<\/li>\n
- Friday\u2014<\/strong>Inviting Others into the Life and Mission of the Church as Disciples:\u00a0<\/strong>Engaging others, especially those of diverse backgrounds and experiences, including emerging voices in the Church, to interact with key speakers and leadership\/management experts<\/li>\n
- Saturday<\/strong>\u2014Motivating People to Live a Life of Witness, Service, and Apostolic Action:<\/strong>\u00a0Moving people into faith and into community engagement through proven leadership and management techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Things are just getting into action this morning, so I thought I\u2019d share a few of the \u201cgetting ready\u201d photos I shot this morning:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/300\/2013\/03\/DaughtersSP-1024x768.jpg\" "\\"DaughtersSP\\"")
<\/a>Daughters of St. Paul setting up their booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/300\/2013\/03\/picstitch-1024x1024.jpg\" "\\"picstitch\\"")
<\/a>Tasty Cake hospitality and a raffle hosted by the Archdiocese of Baltimore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/300\/2013\/03\/registration-1024x768.jpg\" "\\"registration\\"")
<\/a>Registration is open! You can walk up at the Baltimore Hitlon to attend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I\u2019ll be blogging here and tweeting throughout the event at my twitter feed<\/a> and at the official Mid-Atlantic Congress feed<\/a>. Check for frequent updates on the action at this special conference.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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