{"id":4677,"date":"2017-08-30T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:28:33","slug":"cefa-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/08\/30\/cefa-board-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"CEFA board meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4649\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-CEFA-board-n-workers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-image-4649 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-CEFA-board-n-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-CEFA-board-n-workers.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-CEFA-board-n-workers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEFA board members + CEFA contractual workers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The CEFA board meeting last week went very well, with peaceful discussions, good decisions, and plenty of rambutan to snack on!\u00a0 Issues about board members and the board president\u2019s term of office, past employees, workers\u2019 complaints, and planning for the future were reasons for prayer ahead of time, and we are grateful that the meeting progressed beautifully.\u00a0 As a result of the meeting, Roy is working with Benoit on reports and proposals in English and French now, to send in to major supporters.\u00a0 Thank you for your prayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4677&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEFA board meeting last week went very well, with peaceful discussions, good decisions, and plenty of rambutan to snack on!\u00a0 Issues about board members and the board president\u2019s term of office, past employees, workers\u2019 complaints, and planning for the &hellip; 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