{"id":28092,"date":"2026-10-30T17:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=28092"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:11:59","slug":"listening-session-on-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/listening-session-on-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening session about future of Annual Conference to take place online on Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px-560x249.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A delegate at the 2026 Annual Conference reviews information in the delegate packet. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last listening session in a series sponsored by the Church of the Brethren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/mmb\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/mmb\/\">Mission and Ministry Board<\/a>\u2019s committee considering recommendations related to the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/ac\">Annual Conference<\/a> is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee is exploring the format for future Annual Conferences and would like to hear what would help you participate in the future, especially if you have not participated in-person in the recent past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee\u2019s task emerged from the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/statements\/2025-report-breaking-down-barriers-increasing-access-to-denominational-events\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/statements\/2025-report-breaking-down-barriers-increasing-access-to-denominational-events\/\">Breaking Down Barriers\u2014Increasing Access to Denominational Events<\/a>\u201d study completed in 2025. Committee members are Torin Eikler, Cindy Laprade Lattimer, Rosanna Eller McFadden, and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session will last one hour. <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/t3-py7GIRq-9iG2p2JYqxw#\/registration\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/t3-py7GIRq-9iG2p2JYqxw#\/registration\">Registration is required<\/a>. For questions or more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:annualconference@brethren.org\">annualconference@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/listening-session-on-annual-conference\/\">Listening session about future of Annual Conference to take place online on Nov. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/sesion-informativa-sobre-conferencia\/\">La sesi\u00f3n informativa sobre el futuro de la Conferencia Anual se llevar\u00e1 a cabo en l\u00ednea el 3 de noviembre.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/sesyon-koute-konferans-anyel\/\">Sesyon koute sou lavni Konferans Any\u00e8l la ap f\u00e8t sou ent\u00e8n\u00e8t nan dat 3 novanm nan.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/annual-conference-moderator-theme\/\">Annual Conference moderator shares theme statement for 2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/conferencia-anual-declaracion-tematica\/\">El moderador de la Conferencia Anual comparte la declaraci\u00f3n tem\u00e1tica para 2027.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last listening session in a series sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board\u2019s committee considering recommendations related to the future of Annual Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1258,2598,3902,3960,3295,760,1266],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-28092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-annual-conference","tag-breaking-down-barriers-study-committee","tag-feature","tag-future-of-annual-conference","tag-listening-session","tag-mission-and-ministry-board","tag-mmb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28100,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28092\/revisions\/28100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28092"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=28092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}