Alliance of Baptist Gathering Gratitude
The 2024 Alliance of Baptist Annual Gathering at MPBC was absolutely incredible! We have to celebrate the outstanding hospitality our church showed to the friends and partners from progressive Baptist communities all over the world that came to Charlotte. Though shorthanded and coming off Holy Week and Easter, our staff pulled together as a team and showed exceptional cohesiveness in their planning and implementation of this massive four-day conference attended by over 350 people.
We want to offer a very special word of appreciation for all the volunteers who helped to make the entire weekend a grand success. We received an overwhelming number of great compliments from our Alliance guests yesterday! We want to say THANK YOU for all of your hard work, collaboration, and hospitality. Here are just some of the kind words shared with us:
"I just want to thank you all for being so hospitable; what a great church!"- Brian, Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
"Wow, I LOVE your marketing signs; especially the one about stained glass ceilings. Perfect placement for our org!" - Heather D, Baptist Women in Ministry
"You all have so many volunteers, and all with smiling faces." - Kristy P, Alliance of Baptist Staffer
"This is my 4th or 5th Alliance gathering and this year?! Volunteer coordination was so smooth." - Susan, One Library at A Time
"Greeters outside of the building to guide people into the building was very welcoming. I can’t tell you how confused and overwhelmed visitors get when they come for an event and feel like they aren’t sure where to go and trying to arrive on time." - Belinda, Through-the-Week School
"One of the best parts of volunteering was talking to and getting to know other church members as we served together." - Joni, MPBC member & volunteer
"Your staff and volunteers were amazing." - Brett H, Alliance of Baptists
And countless other words of thanks and appreciation from participants, vendors, guests, and presenters. It was truly a team effort, and we are grateful to work with such an awesome team. We put our best foot forward and helped the Alliance of Baptists to see why we are such a special church community.