{"id":23991,"date":"2024-07-06T06:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23991"},"modified":"2024-07-06T06:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:20:11","slug":"annual-conference-bits-and-pieces-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/annual-conference-bits-and-pieces-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Conference bits and pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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–– Registration<\/strong> as of 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 5: 410 delegates, 1,022 nondelegates both in-person and virtual (45 people attended virtually), for a total of 1,432 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–– Worship attendance<\/strong> in-person on Friday evening: 935.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— The worship offering<\/strong> for the Core Ministries of the Church of the Brethren, with a focus on the Discipleship and Leadership Formation department: $8,513.50. The online offering totaled $1,360.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— There is a revised total<\/strong> for the Witness to the Host City offering announced yesterday. The current total is $15,418.24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— The Annual Conference onsite blood drive<\/strong> carried out with staff of Versiti collected a total of 121 units of blood. On Thursday, 75 whole blood units and 23 double red units were collected for a total of 46 units the first day. On Friday, 35 whole blood and 7 double red units were collected for a total of 49 units from the 48 people who signed in today. Said the organizers: \u201cThank you to all donors and the Versiti staff for a great two days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blood drive had a virtual option<\/strong> for offsite blood donation for people who could not come to Annual Conference in Grand Rapids. The Virtual Blood Drive count so far is: 12 whole blood units including 1 double red, plus 5 donations of platelet. This includes some people who donated through a blood drive at Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brethren is planning a blood drive on July 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#cobac2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An artist\u2019s rendering of a circle of youth during last year\u2019s National Junior High Conference,<\/strong> which was hosted by Juniata College–one of the images from the video Annual Report of the Church of the Brethren denominational ministries. Artist Christian Paz was inspired by a photo taken at the college\u2019s Raystown Lake Field Station near Huntingdon, Pa., by photographer Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford. The video Annual Report was shown to the delegate body during the afternoon business session today. It is available to view online at www.brethren.org\/annualreport<\/a>. (Art by Christian Paz\/Imago)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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