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Jonathan Emmons’ organ recital is webcast<\/em>. Photo by Keith Hollenberg<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God\u201d (Matthew 5:9).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quotes of the day:<\/strong>
\u201cThe place of peace is actually a person of peace. The only lasting source of peace is God.\u201d <\/p> —\u00a0Joel Pe\u00f1a preaching for the morning worship service.<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI assure you that this [compelling vision] work is happening around our division on a parallel track. We are not kicking the can down the road…. Leadership is aware of the elephants all around us.\u201d <\/p> —\u00a0A comment from moderator Donita Keister responding to anxiety that the compelling vision process does not address deep concerns about division in the denomination. Her use of the \u201celephant in the room\u201d image was picked up several times during the afternoon, and at one point became a vision of elephants dancing all around the room. The Conference body responded to the elephants imagery with sympathetic laughter.<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJesus wants us to realize that we cannot separate worship of God from worship in community. How can we love God…if we cannot love people in all their familiarity and familiality?\u201d <\/p> —\u00a0Audrey and Tim Hollenberg-Duffey, preaching for the Friday evening worship service on the theme, \u201cDid I Choose This Family?\u201d<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen this book comes out I\u2019d ask you to prayerfully hold it…. Take every photo and every story and pray over them…. Even those Boko Haram soldiers have lost souls.\u201d <\/p> —\u00a0Carol Mason speaking at the Brethren Press and Messenger Dinner about an upcoming book of stories of the suffering of Nigerian Brethren affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. The book with photos by Donna Parcell has taken the photos of those telling their stories.<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Joel Pena preaches for the Friday morning worship service. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Conference approves 2020 scale increase<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Conference on Thursday, July 4, approved the annual increase in the minimum cash salary table for pastors. An increase of two percent was approved for 2020. The recommendation for the increase was made by the Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n


Annual Conference location announced for 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conference director Chris Douglas announced the location for the 2022 annual meeting of the Church of the Brethren during the report of the Program and Arrangements Committee on Thursday, July 4. Omaha, Neb., will host the Conference to be held on July 10-13, 2022. Douglas noted that the Conference will return to a Sunday through Wednesday schedule in 2022, in order to take advantage of a discount in hotel room prices for meeting over a Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Next year, in 2020, the Annual Conference will meeting again in Grand Rapids, Mich., a location where the Conference has met a few times in recent years.<\/p>\n

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

$7,886.35 was received in this evening\u2019s offering to support the expenses for childcare and children\u2019s activities at Annual Conference.<\/p>\n

893 views of the Thursday morning webcast as of Thursday end of the day, including 138 peak number of live views. The count of views of the afternoon business session was 746, including 154 peace number of live views. There were 550 views of the Thursday evening worship service, including 225 peak number of live views.<\/p>\n

2,146 total attendance as of 5 p.m. this evening, Friday, July 5, including 677 delegates and 1,469 nondelegates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n