{"id":17011,"date":"2021-06-18T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=17011"},"modified":"2021-06-18T21:37:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:37:38","slug":"online-reception-for-new-church-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/online-reception-for-new-church-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Online reception will recognize and welcome new church fellowships and projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A virtual recognition of new church fellowships and projects in the Church of the Brethren is planned as a pre-Annual Conference event on Sunday, June 27, at 6-7 p.m. (Eastern time). The event is open to the denomination, and is in place of the recognition breakfast usually held at in-person Annual Conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One fellowship and three projects will be recognized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Centro \u00c1gape en Acci\u00f3n (Los Banos) Fellowship<\/strong> in Pacific Southwest District, pastored by Rigo and Marge Beruman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conexi\u00f3n Pasadena (Calif.) Projec<\/strong>t in Pacific Southwest District, pastored by Juan Pablo Plaza, Adriana Rios, and Fernanda Navarrete<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Light of the Gospel Fellowship, New Jersey,<\/strong> a church project in Atlantic Northeast District, pastored by Milad Samaan, Gamal Badie Abdelmalak, and Joseph Gendy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nueva Visi\u00f3n la Hermosa Iglesia de Los Hermanos, <\/strong>Waterford, Calif., a Project of Pacific Southwest District, pastored by Florecita Merlos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link to attend the online reception is <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91922989760?pwd=b2VQRGFVR3o0ZUlnTFBZVkthRXlTUT09\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91922989760?pwd=b2VQRGFVR3o0ZUlnTFBZVkthRXlTUT09<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/learnings-from-l-e-a-d-conference\/\">\u2018What got us here won\u2019t get us there\u2019: Learnings from the L.E.A.D. Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/wfc-hiroshima-seeks-volunteers\/\">World Friendship Center in Hiroshima seeks volunteer co-directors through Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\">Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/childrens-book-about-feetwashing\/\">Brethren Press publishes children\u2019s book about feetwashing written by Gimbiya Kettering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-brethren-rapid-response-network\/\">A new Brethren Rapid Response Network is organized<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virtual recognition of new church fellowships and projects in the Church of the Brethren is planned as a pre-Annual Conference event on Sunday, June 27, at 6-7 p.m. (Eastern time). 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