{"id":20254,"date":"2022-10-14T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=20254"},"modified":"2022-10-14T22:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:23:25","slug":"beth-sollenberger-concludes-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/beth-sollenberger-concludes-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Sollenberger concludes service as interim executive for Michigan District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beth Sollenberger is concluding her service as interim district executive minister and member of the Michigan District Executive Leadership Team over the past several years. She has served in an interim role for the last several years, specifically during the calendar year of 2018 and then beginning again in May 2020. In January 2022, she was called to another interim term. She will conclude her service on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>During these years of faithful service, she has connected with congregations in the Michigan District across the theological spectrum, meeting their needs while at the same time serving as district executive minister of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s South Central Indiana District, a role she concluded upon her retirement from that position on Dec. 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#dde5ea\"><em><strong>Please pray&#8230; <\/strong>For the continuing work of Michigan District leadership, as Beth Sollenberger concludes her work in leadership of the district.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the district searches for new leadership, Michigan District will continue to be served by the District Executive Leadership Team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <strong>Dan Rossman<\/strong> continues in a part-time volunteer position as director of Pastoral and Congregational Support. He is a member of the New Haven congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <strong>Wendy Russell<\/strong>, a member of Living Peace congregation, serves as the district\u2019s Leadership Team chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <strong>Frank Polzin<\/strong>, a member of the Church in Drive congregation, is the team\u2019s representative to Camp Brethren Heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <strong>Jennifer Betts Pendragon<\/strong> serves as administrative assistant.<\/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\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth Sollenberger is concluding her service as interim district executive minister and member of the Michigan District Executive Leadership Team over the past several years. She has served in an interim role for the last several years, specifically during the calendar year of 2018 and then beginning again in May 2020. In January 2022, she was called to another interim term. 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