{"id":14408,"date":"2019-09-05T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14408"},"modified":"2020-05-29T18:08:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:08:30","slug":"today-at-noac-thursday-sept-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2019\/today-at-noac-thursday-sept-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at NOAC – Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cBut Esau ran to meet him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept\u201d (Genesis 33:4, Common English Bible).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early morning sun on Lake Junaluska. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ken Medema performing with Ted Swartz for the Thursday keynote. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cAny conversation can be a conversation with a messenger of God.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0Ken Medema, Christian musician, singer, and composer, who with actor Ted Swartz presented the morning\u2019s keynote event.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes we are most holy when we just listen.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0Ted Swartz, during the morning\u2019s keynote presentation that he gave with musician Ken Medema.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou Brethren are the people who brought us together.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0Ken Medema telling the NOAC audience about the Church of the Brethren\u2019s role in his first meeting Ted Swartz, leading to their current collaboration. The two artists are planning a joint tour and invited interested Church of the Brethren congregations to contact them as potential venues to host performances.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much promise in the Church of the Brethren.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0Doris Cline Egge in an interview with the NOAC News crew, shared in the evening\u2019s video. She is one of the few people who have attended all 15 NOACs.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ted Swartz during the Thursday keynote at NOAC. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will sing praises to your name O most high.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0A section of Psalm 9 cited by song leader Bev Anspaugh during the afternoon\u2019s hymn sing and organ recital featuring Jonathan Emmons.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMay we be bound together as a living, healing community aware of your Spirit in our midst.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0A prayer by Church of the Brethren general secretary David Steele, following the Brethren Benefit Trust Memorial Tribute to the church staff, pastors, and spouses who have died since the last NOAC.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Walt Wiltschek preaching the Thursday sermon. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how many things we find to divide ourselves, isn\u2019t it? And yet we do it again and again and again…. May we rebound into God\u2019s faithfulness…and aim those possibilities of divine love at the core of our brokenness.\u201d<\/p>—\u00a0Evening preacher Walt Wiltschek, pastor of Easton (Md.) Church of the Brethren and at-large editor for \u201cMessenger\u201d magazine, speaking about handling conflict in our relationships and in our communities. His sermon was titled, \u201cReady. Fire. Aim: Reaching Through Conflict.\u201d<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Walk around the lake benefits Twa education<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early morning walk around Lake Junaluska is a NOAC tradition celebrating generosity as well as healthy living and appreciation for the beauty of nature. As usual, this morning walkers gathered as the sun was beginning to rise over a mist-covered valley. Brethren Benefit Trust sponsored the walk, organizing it and hosting the walkers as well as collecting the donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the walk benefitted education for people from the Twa (or Batwa) ethnic group in the Great Lakes region of central Africa. The funds will go to Twa education efforts by the new Brethren church groups or affiliated organizations in Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo. The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Global Mission and Service office will be working with those groups to distribute the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Friday morning, donations toward the walk and for Twa education totaled $5,280, raised by about 120 walk participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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