Two districts have named interim executive ministers, Northern Indiana District and Atlantic Southeast District.
Carol Spicher Waggy will be interim district executive for Northern Indiana in a three-quarter-time position beginning Jan. 1, 2013, for a period of up to two years. She is an ordained minister and a network practitioner of the Ministry of Reconciliation and has served at all levels of the church including congregation, district, denomination, and global. She holds a bachelor of arts in Social Services from Goshen (Ind.) College, a master of Social Work–Interpersonal Services track–from Indiana University School of Social Work, and a master of divinity in Pastoral Counseling from the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
The Northern Indiana District office will continue to be located at 162 E Market St., Nappanee, IN 46550; 574-773-3149.
Terry L. Grove begins immediately as interim district executive for Atlantic Southeast, in a part-time position. An ordained minister since 1967, he has served in a variety of ministry settings including Church of the Brethren pastorates in Washington and Indiana, pastorate of a United Church of Christ congregation in Florida, and as a CROP Regional Director from 1973-97. Most recently he has been interim pastor of Sebring (Fla.) Church of the Brethren. He is a graduate of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa., and received a master of divinity and doctor of ministry from Bethany Theological Seminary.
The Atlantic Southeast District office will continue to be located at P.O. Box 148, Sebring FL 33871. The district office’s new telephone number is 321-276-4958.