Over 100 nimble hands, equipped with needle and thread, participated in the quilting project of the Association for the Arts in the Church of the Brethren (AACB). The quilting began on Friday, July 1, and continued through the afternoon of July 5, each stitch made to raise money to feed hungry people.
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Brethren Revival Fellowship Dinner Considers ‘Hope in the Darkness’
The Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF) held its dinner meeting on July 5. A large number of people gathered for fellowship, food, music, and inspiration. The Zumbrum Singers from Blue River Church of the Brethren in Northern Indiana District brought the musical part of the meeting. Jordan Keller, a licensed minister from Lewiston (Maine) Church of the Brethren, brought the message on “Hope in the Darkness.”
Malinda Berry Speaks for Bethany Theological Seminary Luncheon
Speaker for the Bethany luncheon was Malinda Berry, associate professor of Theology and director of the Master of Arts program at the seminary. Her presentation, “Breaking Stone, Set in Bread: How the Arts Change Our Perspective,” included visual images to show ways theology is expressed through art.
Delegates Act on Special Response Business, Return Business Items, Reaffirm 1983 Paper on Human Sexuality
The 2011 Annual Conference has acted on two business items related to issues of sexuality–“A Statement of Confession and Commitment” and “Query: Language on Same-Sex Covenantal Relationships”–have been the subject of a two-year Special Response Process across the denomination. The Conference approved a recommendation from the Standing Committee of district delegates, and an amendment that added a sentence to the recommendation.
Congregational Life Ministries Holds Its First Ministry Fair
A dozen round tables filled the Ambassador West ballroom at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the afternoon of July 4–ready for the first Congregational Life Ministry Fair at Annual Conference. The tables were topped with signs reading “Stewardship,” “Young Adult Ministry,” “Church Planting,” and several other congregational ministry areas.
From Bullets to Bibles: Brethren Ministers and Civil War Veterans
Monday night at the 2011 Annual Conference wasn’t lacking for distractions. But that didn’t prevent more than 200 Brethren from crowding together to hear Jeffrey Bach, director of the Young Center at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, share a few of the stories that are part of his study of the over 170 soldiers in the Union or Confederate armies during the Civil War who later became Brethren ministers.
Bob Krouse is Chosen as Moderator-Elect, in Election Results
Election results for the 2011 Annual Conference were announced in business today. Elections were held during yesterday’s business sessions. Bob Krouse, who was nominated from the floor, was elected to the position of moderator-elect. He is a resident of Fredericksburg, Pa., and serves as pastor of Little Swatara Church of the Brethren in Atlantic Northeast District
Brethren Press and Messenger Dinner Hears from Pentecostal Peacemaker Paul Alexander
For Paul Alexander, speaker at the Brethren Press and Messenger Dinner on Sunday evening, the opportunity to speak also was an opportunity to say thank you to the Brethren for the lessons that helped draw him away from the atheism he adopted during his college years, and back to a faith in Jesus.
Today at Annual Conference – Monday, July 4, 2011
Today’s page on Annual Conference offers quotes of the day, Brethren on the street responding to a question of the day, Conference by the numbers, and more.
Brethren Journal Association Reports on Strategic Plan for ‘Brethren Life and Thought’
The Brethren Journal Association (BJA) met July 4 for its annual luncheon meeting, with approximately 55 people in attendance. Announced presenter Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm had to cancel due to health concerns. The BJA board chose to use the program time for an expanded report on a strategic plan for the journal.