Front row: Judy Mills Reimer, General secretary, Robert DiSalvio, Amwell Church of the Brethren pastor, and Craig Smith, Atlantic Northeast District executive; back row: various other representatives from local districts and congregations.
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Judy Mills Reimer, General secretary	Craig Smith, Atlantic Northeast District executive

The Amwell (NJ) Church of the Brethren, one of the oldest in the denomination, on June 2 held a Day of Reconciliaton in conjunction with the Brethren Church of Amwell, celebrating cooperation between the two congregations.

Located near Philadelphia, the two churches are the only Brethren congregations in the Garden State. They separated in the late 1800s as part of the Church of the Brethren/Ashland Brethren split but have worked together in recent years.

George Gallup Jr. of the Gallup Poll served as keynote speaker for the day, and Church of the Brethren General Board general secretary Judy Mills Reimer and Atlantic Northeast District executive Craig Smith were among others participating in a reconciliation service.

The event came as Annual Conference prepares to consider a Resolution on the Brethren Church, responding to an olive branch extended by Brethren Church executive Dr. Emanuel "Buzz" Sandberg. It calls for an attitude of repentance and reconciliation in the brokenness that exists between the two denominations. The resolution was accepted as a study paper last summer and is scheduled to be considered for formal approval this year.