{"id":26020,"date":"2025-10-10T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26020"},"modified":"2025-10-10T23:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:07:19","slug":"noac-book-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/noac-book-study\/","title":{"rendered":"National Older Adult Conference planning team will offer a NOAC Book Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\">\n<p><em>By Christy Waltersdorff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Older Adult Conference (NOAC) offers participants the chance to hear challenging, insightful, faithful speakers&#8211;like Dominique Gilliard and Cole Arthur Riley this year. These speakers invite us to continue the conversation when we return to our homes and congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NOAC Planning Team is pleased to announce that we are launching a NOAC Book Study. We are hoping to establish book study groups on Zoom in the winter months. We will begin with one of the books from our 2025 speakers. Once we see if there is interest, we will choose a book, line up leaders, and set a schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want these groups to continue the conversation of what it means to be followers of Jesus Christ in our world today, build fellowship, and provide an opportunity for us to learn and challenge one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested send a message to <a href=\"mailto:NOAC@Brethren.org\">NOAC@Brethren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Christy Waltersdorff is a retired pastor and coordinator of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s National Older Adult Conference. Find out more about the 2025 NOAC at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/noac\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/noac\">www.brethren.org\/noac<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/NOACSpeaker-ColeArthurRiley-byCherylBC-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26021\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/NOACSpeaker-ColeArthurRiley-byCherylBC-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/NOACSpeaker-ColeArthurRiley-byCherylBC-600px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/NOACSpeaker-ColeArthurRiley-byCherylBC-600px-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>NOAC 2025 keynote speakers Cole Arthur Riley (above) and Dominique Gilliard (below). 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