{"id":14209,"date":"2019-07-03T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2019-08-02T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:21:20","slug":"today-in-greensboro-wednesday-july-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2019\/today-in-greensboro-wednesday-july-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Greensboro – Wednesday, July 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Proclaim Christ as Love<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the love of Christ urges us on…\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:14a).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annual Conference moderator Donita Keister preaches for worship. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Quotes of the day:<\/strong>
\u201cSisters and brothers, welcome to the 233rd recorded Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren.\u201d <\/p> — Chris Douglas, Annual Conference director, in her opening announcements. <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not compelled by our love for Christ. We are compelled by Christ\u2019s love for us.\u201d <\/p> — Annual Conference moderator Donita Keister in her opening sermon. <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMay we come as ministers of reconciliation…knowing that a vision borne of that commitment cannot help but be compelling.\u201d <\/p> — Moderator Keister encouraging hope in the compelling vision process, as she concluded her sermon. <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By the numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

$10,872.16 received for church rebuilding by Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) in the first offering taken during evening worship.<\/p>\n

2,099 total registration for the 2019 Annual Conference, as of 5 p.m. on July 3. This includes 675 delegates and 1,424 nondelegates.<\/p>\n

$250 worth of free books will be won by a lucky congregation\u2019s library each day, Wednesday through Saturday, thanks to a generous donation to Brethren Press. Enter the drawing at the Brethren Press Bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A candlelight peace vigil was held following worship. Photo by Donna Parcell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Opening evening includes worship, a concert, and a vigil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annual Conference moderator Donita Keister preached for the opening worship service of the 2019 annual meeting, highlighting the transformative nature of our faith in Christ and the calling for Christians to be ministers of reconciliation. The love of Christ compels us to reconcile beyond our differences, she told the congregation.<\/p>\n

Also this evening, a candlelight peace vigil was held in solidarity with immigrants, praying for all those suffering from a situation of injustice. Various leaders in the church\u2019s intercultural community spoke. The vigil was sponsored by the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy.<\/p>\n

The after-worship highlight for many was a special concert by the Blackwood Brothers quartet, who performed hymns and gospel tunes to rounds of applause.<\/p>\n

Age group activities began for youth as well as young adults this evening, and the exhibit hall was open for browsing, learning, and good conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Blackwood Brothers concert. Photo by Glenn Riegel <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For more onsite coverage of Annual Conference go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/ac\/2019\/coverage<\/a>\u00a0. #cobac19<\/em><\/p>\n

Coverage of Annual Conference 2019 is made possible through the work of news team volunteers and communications staff: Frank Ramirez, Conference Journal editor; photographers Glenn Riegel, Keith Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, and Laura Brown; writers Frances Townsend and Tyler Roebuck; Press Room office manager Alane Riegel; Jan Fischer Bachman and Russ Otto, website; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Services; Wendy McFadden, publisher. Contact\u00a0cobnews@brethren.org<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today the 2019 Annual Conference officially began with evening worship led by moderator Donita Keister. Find a review of the day on this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14162,"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":[1258,1558],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-conference","tag-annual-conference-2019"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14211,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions\/14211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}