Sunday Morning Worship Called to Wait for New Possibilities

224th Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — July 4, 2010   It may not have been Christmas in July but it was at the least a very summery Advent as Marlys Hershberger, pastor of Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Church of the Brethren, invited the Sunday morning worshippers into the special time Mary

Saturday Service Is First Conference Worship to Be Broadcast Worldwide

224th Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — July 3, 2010   It may not have been as momentous as the very first phone call, (“Come here, Watson, I need you!”), the stringing of cable for Morse Code from “Taking Jesus Seriously” is the theme for the worship services, shown here

Noac Keynote Speakers Make Connections Between Wisdom and Legacy

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Sept. 11, 2009 The three keynote speakers at National Older Adult Conference 2009 each addressed the conference theme as they talked about connections of legacies and wisdom. Speaking on three different mornings, each speaker, however, had a very different point of view

Webb Preaches on Jesus’ ‘Hometown Showdown Downtown’ in Nazareth

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Sept. 11, 2009 Preacher: Dennis Webb, pastor of Naperville (Ill.) Church of the Brethren Text: Mark 6:1-6 There’s always a musical rhythm to every good sermon, but in the case of Friday’s closing worship at the 2009 NOAC Dennis Webb

Today at NOAC

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009    Quotes of the Day: “We should adopt and reinvigorate the Christian mission to call the state to its highest ideals…. We must work as never before to advocate for peace.” — David Waas,

Hale Preaches on the Grace of Growing Older

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Sept. 9, 2009 Preacher: Cynthia L. Hale Text for the sermon: Isaiah 43:15-21, 65:16-25 Calling to mind the challenge at Gilgal, the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hall repeated the retelling of holy history that Joshua gave to

Today at NOAC

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 Quote of the Day: “Those people whom we least expect to be part of the community are the ones who will be included.” — Bob Neff, Bible study leader, speaking on the story

NOAC Bible Study Highlights the Legacy of Family

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 Bible study leader: Bob Neff Text: 1 Corinthians 1:9 Having been introduced as a former professor of Old Testament at Bethany Theological Seminary, former General Secretary of the Church of the Brethren, and

Bowman Preaches a Legacy Joining Old and New Voices in Unity

NOAC 2009 National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren Lake Junaluska, N.C. — Sept. 7-11, 2009 Sept. 7, 2009 Preacher: Christopher Bowman, pastor of Oakton Church of the Brethren in Vienna, Va. It’s hard to imagine that the scripture text for Monday evening’s worship service was anyone’s favorite. NOAC 2009 officially opened with names

Global Ministries Dinner Hears Jewish Perspective on Hunger

223rd Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren San Diego, California — June 29, 2009 H. Eric Schockman, president and CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger opened his speech at the Global Ministries Dinner with a story from the rabbis: According to the ancient sages, a righteous man was given the chance to

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