{"id":7949,"date":"2022-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/assembly-participants-on-site-nearly-doubled\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T23:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T23:41:01","slug":"assembly-participants-site-nearly-doubled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/assembly-participants-site-nearly-doubled\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly participants on-site nearly doubled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indonesian Assembly just got a little bit larger. The National Advisory Committee for <a href=\"https:\/\/indonesia2022.mwc-cmm.org\">Assembly 17<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/general-council-0\">executive committee <\/a>of MWC have decided to raise attendance numbers for the gathering in Indonesia to 1250.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 cases in Indonesia remain low so the Indonesian government has lifted quarantine restrictions for travellers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would love to see you in Indonesia. Please register now! It is not yet too late to make travel plans,\u201d says Liesa Unger, chief international events officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone can register until we reach the limit. Our registration team is happy to put in the extra effort to facilitate these late registrations and <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/general-council-0\">General Council<\/a> arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If gathering sizes are increased later, more local participants may join the closing worship service at Holy Stadium, 10 July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded number of participants allows for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/general-council-0\">General Council<\/a> to take place onsite instead of online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMennonite World Conference is a communion \u2013 that means we are in a deep, spiritual, unifying relationship with one another,\u201d says C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda, general secretary. \u201cThe discernment work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/general-council-0\">General Council<\/a> is best done where we can spend time with each other, fellowshipping not only in sessions but also over meals and in leisure outside of meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/commissions\">Commissions <\/a>will also attend Assembly and hold face-to-face meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a doubt, our time in Indonesia will be a blessing for our global communion,\u201d says C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indonesia2022.mwc-cmm.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/button_en.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/100;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indonesian Assembly just got a little bit larger. 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