{"id":23906,"date":"2024-07-04T02:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23906"},"modified":"2024-07-04T02:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:06:18","slug":"conference-bookstore-debuts-mcfadden-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/conference-bookstore-debuts-mcfadden-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference bookstore debuts book by Brethren Press publisher Wendy McFadden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Among items for sale at the Brethren Press bookstore in the Annual Conference exhibit hall is a brand-new book by publisher Wendy McFadden. Notes to the Church<\/em> (Brethren Press, 2024) presents a selection chosen from McFadden\u2019s 25 years of columns that have appeared in each issue of Messenger<\/em>, the magazine of the Church of the Brethren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McFadden will be one of the featured authors to hold book signings at the bookstore during the Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Karen Stocking of the Brethren Press staff sets up the bookstore in the Annual Conference exhibit hall. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Here is the full schedule of book signings:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 3, 8:30-9 p.m.: <\/strong>Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm and Katie Shaw Thompson will sign copies of a book to which they contributed chapters, Learning Together to Preach: How to Become an Effective Preaching Coach<\/em> edited by John S. McClure and Allie Utley (Cascade Books, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2023). Ottoni-Wilhelm wrote a chapter on “The Spiritual Dimension of Homiletical Coaching” and Shaw Thompson wrote a chapter on “The Continuing Education Experience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 4, 1:30-2:30 p.m.: <\/strong>Heidi Ramer will sign copies of Her Words, My Voice<\/em> (Life Rich Publishing, 2022), a book that shares journal entries by Ramer\u2019s mother about her experience of sexual abuse by a former denominational employee, alongside Ramer\u2019s reflections on discovering this history as an adult, after her mother\u2019s death. Ramer is the featured speaker for the Womaen’s Caucus Dinner on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 5, 1:30-2:30 p.m.:<\/strong> McFadden, who is publisher of Brethren Press and Messenger<\/em> and executive director of communications for the Church of the Brethren, will sign copies of Notes to the Church<\/em>. The book includes a selection of her columns covering a range of topics from the personal to the global, focusing on Brethren values of peace and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m.: <\/strong>Callie E. Swanlund will sign copies of From Weary to Whole-Hearted: A Restorative Resource for Overcoming Clergy Burnout<\/em> (Church Publishing, 2024). This book has been a recent resource for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Part-time Pastor; Full-Time Church program. Swanlund is speaking at an equipping session on Thursday, July 4, at 8 p.m. and at a dinner event on Saturday, July 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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