{"id":10455,"date":"2015-09-08T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=10455"},"modified":"2018-11-09T01:09:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T01:09:08","slug":"today-at-noac-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2015\/today-at-noac-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at NOAC – Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIn fact, he [Jesus] did not tell them anything without using stories\u201d (Matthew 13:34, CEV).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Quotes of the day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe honking wild goose intrudes upon us as the image of the Holy Spirit, coming upon us across the seas and waters.\u201d — Deanna Brown, the keynote speaker for the day at NOAC, wondering aloud about why the Celtic Christian tradition chose for its symbol of the Holy Spirit the wild goose–which she described as loud, messy, and disruptive–in place of the quiet cooing dove.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe no longer have the privilege of not linking our actions to the lives of people around the world.\u201d — NOAC keynote speaker Deanna Brown, in a presentation focused on the lives of women and girls in places like India, Turkey, Ethiopia, Afghanistan. She encouraged NOAC participants to enter into their stories, so that \u201cthey become a story of Jesus for us, and we are the ones who are changed.\u201d<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does this have to do with the Kingdom of God? …The main impact of this parable is the forgiving of a man who doesn\u2019t deserve it.\u201d — NOAC Bible study leader Bob Bowman, in the first of three daily Bible studies on Jesus\u2019 parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small>
Keynote speaker Deanna Brown<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere always is something inexplainable about human inequity…. A large part of our inequity is how we are born…. Maybe it\u2019s our business to mend the inequities of the world.\u201d — Bob Bowman focusing on the reasons for conflict between the older brother and the prodigal younger son, in the parable told by Jesus in Luke 15.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small>
Afternoon storyteller Gary Carden drew from his childhood in the local area around Lake Junaluska to amuse the NOAC audience.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NOAC by the Numbers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration:<\/strong> more than 870 people have registered onsite, including staff, volunteers, speakers, and young adult assistants<\/p>\n

Offerings:<\/strong> During the Monday evening opening worship, $3,297.43 was received to support Church of the Brethren ministry including NOAC<\/p>\n

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Several new-to-NOAC events began today<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Eddie Edmonds<\/small>
Antiphonal singing across the lake<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antiphonal Singing across the Lake:<\/strong> Do you remember singing across the lake at one of the early NOACs? The NOAC Planning Committee, who had found reference to this event but could not find anyone to explain how it was done, thought it sounded like fun so decided to try it this year. In the meantime, the NOAC Communication Team has discovered that Nancy Faus Mullen was the instigator of the antiphonal sing across the lake at one of the early NOACS. This morning, a couple groups of perhaps 20 to 30 people each gathered at two locations across the water to sing to each other. The APP–Aerial Photographic Platform, aka \u201cPeace Drone\u201d\u2013observed and filmed the event.<\/p>\n

NOAC Coffeehouse:<\/strong> This evening, it was standing room only at the first NOAC Coffeehouse. The music and storytelling by a wide variety of performers was emceed by Steve Kinzie, who also treated a very appreciative audience to some of his own original tunes. Kinzie is a Church of the Brethren folksinger and songwriter, and plays guitar and banjo among other talents.<\/p>\n

Geocaching:<\/strong> As the conference booklet says, \u201cSo Much to See and Do at NOAC.\u201d One of those activities is Geocaching around Lake Junaluska. This might just become your new hobby–or habit–according to Barron Deffenbaugh, associate camp director for Camp Harmony, Hooversville, Pa., who called it \u201cthe world\u2019s largest scavenger hunt.\u201d The prize, called the \u201ccache,\u201d is a hidden treasure that requires GPS coordinates to locate. Organizers have hidden a couple of caches around Lake Junaluska, and the NOACer who participates gets a page with nine photos, the GPS coordinates, and the device to find the cache. \u201cYou match the coordinates with the pictures. For once the GPS won\u2019t be telling you what to do–turn right or left–but you\u2019ll be in control,\u201d Deffenbaugh explained. Deffenbaugh provided hand-held GPS units from his camp.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small>
The overflow crowd at the standing-room-only NOAC Coffeehouse enjoyed some of the rocking chairs that are available in many places around Lake Junaluska Conference Center.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2015 NOAC Golf Scramble<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The day\u2019s NOAC Golf Scramble was sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary, and golfers and teams were recognized at the evening ice cream social sponsored by the seminary. \u201cBethany Theological Seminary would like to thank all those who participated,\u201d said an announcement of the outcome of the tournament. \u201cThanks to course pro Rick Constance at the Lake Junaluska Golf Course and his great staff for their patient and fantastic service. It was a memorable day for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following are those recognized:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Long Drive:<\/strong> Carl Hill<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Long Drive:<\/strong> Janice Booz<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Closest to the Pin:<\/strong> Earl Hershey<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Closest to the Pin:<\/strong> Janice Booz<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Straightest Drive:<\/strong> Wayne Guyer<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Straightest Drive:<\/strong> Janice Booz<\/p>\n

Winning team with a score of 8 under par 60:<\/strong> Ginny Grossnickle, Byron Grossnickle, John Wenger, and Bob Hanes<\/p>\n

Second place team with a score of 2 under par 66:<\/strong> Paul Wampler, Wallace Hatcher, Grant Simmons, David Rogers<\/p>\n

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Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small>
Terra Voce delighted the NOAC audience with an evening concert blending the music of flute and cello.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NOAC Staff:<\/strong> Kim Ebersole, director of NOAC; Debbie Eisenbise, director of Intergenerational Ministries; Laura Whitman, special projects coordinator and BVSer; Jonathan Shively, executive director of Congregational Life Ministries. <\/em>NOAC Planning Team:<\/strong> Bev and Eric Anspaugh, Deanna Brown, Jim Kinsey, Paula Ulrich, Deb Waas, Christy Waltersdorff <\/em>Onsite coverage provided by the NOAC Communication Team:<\/strong> Eddie Edmonds, Russ Otto, Frank Ramirez, and director of News Services Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An overview of the second day of NOAC 2015, the National Older Adult Conference of the Church of the Brethren. NOAC is being held in Lake Junaluska, N.C., Sept. 7-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[806,1259,1256],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-10455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-congregational-life-ministries","tag-noac","tag-older-adults"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10455"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13119,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455\/revisions\/13119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10455"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=10455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}