The Standing Committee of district delegates to Annual Conference began pre-Conference meetings the evening of Sunday, June 30. Those meetings continue through Wednesday morning, July 3. Standing Committee was led by Annual Conference moderator Madalyn Metzger, assisted by moderator-elect Dava Hensley and Conference secretary David Shumate.
The Calling Denominational Leadership Study Committee has developed a survey and is asking Church of the Brethren members to complete it. The survey asks about the experience of the nomination process and suggestions to improve the process.
Daily onsite coverage of the 2024 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren in Grand Rapids, Mich., will be posted online July 1-7 at www.brethren.org/news/ac2024.
The reports and business items that will come before the delegate body at Annual Conference have been translated into Spanish and can be found at www.brethren.org/ac2024/business.
Each year, Church of the Brethren congregations across the country are invited to form one large worshiping congregation on Annual Conference Sunday by tuning in to the webcast of worship that morning. This year, you and your congregation are invited to join the streaming worship on Sunday, July 7, at www.brethren.org/ac2024/webcasts.
International guests at the 2024 Annual Conference include top leadership from several Church of the Brethren sister denominations around the world as well as a number from B.E.S.T. in Nigeria.
The Office of Peacebuilding and Policy and the Brethren Creation Care Network are sponsoring an educational walking tour of the Ken-O-Sha watershed in Grand Rapids, Mich., during Annual Conference.
Want to actively support the Church of the Brethren in mission? Come to the Mission Advocates Networking Meeting at the 2024 Annual Conference! The session will be Saturday, July 6, at 12:30-1:30 p.m.
The Church of the Brethren’s Standing with People of Color Committee is pleased to share two announcements
Part-time Pastor; Full-Time Church will hold a webinar on June 12 at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern time) as a panel discussion with author Callie Swanlund, program manager Richard Wehrle, and the program’s circuit riders. Together they will discuss the topic of clergy burnout, which is the focus of Swanlund’s new book From Weary to Wholehearted: A Restorative Resource for Overcoming Clergy Burnout.
