{"id":5123,"date":"2014-05-22T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2014-05-22T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T13:00:20","slug":"ebrethren-5-22-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2014\/05\/22\/ebrethren-5-22-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of the Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau and by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Matt DeBall<\/em><\/p>\n

The Annual Conference office is in the swing of preparations for the Church of the Brethren’s\u00a0Annual Conference<\/a>\u00a0July 2-6 in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is vibrant and boasts many activities and sight-seeing opportunities for people of all ages.<\/p>\n

The official Conference\u00a0hotel\u00a0is the Hyatt, and is in the same building as the conference center. But the Crowne and Drury hotels are connected by skywalks. \u201cTo have 75 percent of our rooms adjacent to the convention center is amazing,\u201d said Chris Douglas, director of the Annual Conference Office.<\/p>\n

Restaurant and food options are also convenient, as well as numerous. \u201cYou can\u2019t beat the food court next to the conference center,\u201d shared Chris. And only a block away is the\u00a0North Market<\/a>, which features 35 merchants of different ethnic foods, fresh produce, flowers, spices, and other gifts. Across the street is Bareburger, a restaurant where you can build a burger from a variety of meats (grass-fed, organically raised animals) and ingredients. Jon Kobel, Annual Conference assistant, also recommended the Northstar Cafe, one of several great restaurants in the Short North District, less than a mile from the convention center.<\/p>\n

Columbus promises many sights to see. One is\u00a0German Village<\/a>, an original settlement that has been restored to its old glory. \u201cWe\u2019re offering a bus tour for non-delegates,\u201d said Jon. \u201cTickets<\/a> can still be purchased online.\u201d The Columbus Zoo and Center of Science and Information (which features a Sherlock Holmes exhibit) are both top-rated attractions in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for beauty in creation,\u201d said Chris, \u201cFranklin Park, where the BBT Fitness Challenge 5k walk\/run<\/a> will be, is magnificent.\u201d Within walking distance from the conference center, Brethren baseball fans can also see the Columbus Flyers AAA team, who will be in town the week of Conference. \u201cOn Saturday night we\u2019re having an intergenerational gathering, co-sponsored by the Outdoor Ministries Association<\/a>,\u201d said Jon. \u201cWe will have a lot of fun and games, and concerts too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Annual Conference in Columbus promises to be a Spirit-led, fun-filled gathering. Online registration closes June 3, so be sure to visit\u00a0www.brethren.org\/ac<\/a>\u00a0soon!<\/p>\n

(Read this issue of eBrethren<\/a>)\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Matt DeBall The Annual Conference office is in the swing of preparations for the Church of the Brethren’s\u00a0Annual Conference\u00a0July 2-6 in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is vibrant and boasts many activities and sight-seeing opportunities for people of all ages. The official Conference\u00a0hotel\u00a0is the Hyatt, and is in the same building as the conference center. But<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[77,357],"class_list":["post-5123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebrethren","tag-annual-conference","tag-ebrethren"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}