{"id":14248,"date":"2019-07-06T19:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14248"},"modified":"2019-08-02T19:02:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T19:02:49","slug":"annual-conference-celebrates-love-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2019\/annual-conference-celebrates-love-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Conference celebrates love feast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/communion-service-at-love-feast.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/communion-service-at-love-feast.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/communion-service-at-love-feast-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>The communion service at love feast. Photo by Keith Hollenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDraw nigh to God and receive these sacred symbols to your comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With these traditional words, Annual Conference moderator Donita Keister invited all who were present&#8211;delegates and nondelegates alike&#8211;to receive communion during an afternoon love feast. It was the first time in many decades that the whole Conference has celebrated love feast together.<\/p>\n<p>The two-hour service was the closing event of business and a worshipful conclusion to the compelling vision conversations. It included the four elements of self-examination, feetwashing, a simple meal, and a service of communion. Presiding were moderator Keister, moderator-elect Paul Mundey, and past moderator Samuel Sarpiya.<\/p>\n<p><em>Love feast photos by Keith Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, and Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/moderator-elect-paul-mundey.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14249\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14249\" class=\"wp-image-14249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/moderator-elect-paul-mundey.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/moderator-elect-paul-mundey-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/feetwashing-at-2019-annual.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14250\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14250\" class=\"wp-image-14250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/feetwashing-at-2019-annual.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/feetwashing-at-2019-annual-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/at-prayer-during-the-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14251\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14251\" class=\"wp-image-14251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/at-prayer-during-the-2019.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/at-prayer-during-the-2019-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/breaking-bread-at-love-feast.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14252\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14252\" class=\"wp-image-14252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/breaking-bread-at-love-feast.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/breaking-bread-at-love-feast-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/men-wash-feet-at-annual.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14253\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14253\" class=\"wp-image-14253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/men-wash-feet-at-annual.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/men-wash-feet-at-annual-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/women-wash-feet-during-the-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14254\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14254\" class=\"wp-image-14254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/women-wash-feet-during-the-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/women-wash-feet-during-the-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more onsite coverage of Annual Conference go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/2019\/coverage\">www.brethren.org\/ac\/2019\/coverage<\/a>\u00a0. #cobac19<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cobnews@brethren.org\">cobnews@brethren.org<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two-hour service was the closing event of business and a worshipful conclusion to the compelling vision conversations. 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