{"id":282,"date":"2006-06-28T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2006-06-28T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=282"},"modified":"2018-09-07T04:32:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T04:32:00","slug":"annual-conference-to-address-a-full-business-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2006\/annual-conference-to-address-a-full-business-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Conference to Address a Full Business Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p class=\"lead\">The 220th recorded Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren will be held July 1-5 in Des Moines, Iowa. Delegates will be kept busy by a full business agenda. Moderator Ronald D. Beachley, executive minister for Western Pennsylvania District, will preside over the business sessions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><small><em>Click here for daily news from the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, July 1-5 in Des Moines, Iowa. Go to www.brethren.org\/AC2006\/<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"left\">The Conference theme, \u201cTogether: Exercise Daily in God,\u201d from 1 Timothy 4:6-8, will be complemented by half-hour sessions during business on July 3 and 4 to engage in the denomination-wide study emphasis, \u201cTogether: Conversations on Being the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><small><em><a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/cob\/site\/#esp\"><strong>LA CONFERENCIA ANUAL TENDR\u00c1 UNA AGENDA LLENA<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Other major items of business are:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cCall to Stewardship Education,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0from Mid-Atlantic District, requesting \u201cadditional guidance, resources, and instruction for deepening our understanding of the stewardship of time, talent, and financial resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;Revisions to the Articles of Organization of Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cResolution: Divestment from Companies Selling Products Used as Weapons in Israel and Palestine,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0from Fremont (Calif.) Fellowship in Christ and Pacific Southwest District, asking BBT to \u201cdivest itself from ownership of Caterpillar Corporation and any other company that sells products that are used routinely as weapons of destruction or death in Israel and Palestine.\u201d The query cites scripture and Brethren tradition in asking for exploration of reinvesting funds in companies \u201cdoing business that enhances the quality of life for both Israelis and Palestinians,\u201d and consideration of divestment because, \u201cCaterpillar Corporation&#8230;sells to Israel bulldozers that are used to destroy Palestinian homes, farms, ancient olive groves, roads, and water and sewer pipes and that have killed several persons&#8230;. These Caterpillar D9 bulldozers are made according to military specifications and are sold to Israel under the US Foreign Military Sales Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cA Call to Reduce Global Poverty and Hunger,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0from the Church of the Brethren General Board, calling the denomination to help reduce global poverty and hunger by recommitting to the teachings of Jesus, revisiting the 2000 Annual Conference statement on \u201cCaring for the Poor,\u201d and pursuing the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cCommitment of Accessibility and Inclusion Resolution,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0from the Association of Brethren Caregivers (ABC) and its Disabilities Ministries, urging \u201ceach congregation, agency, institution, facility, and gathering of the Church of the Brethren to make a new commitment to enable all people to participate fully in all ministries&#8230;.\u201d The query asks the church to examine barriers that prevent people with disabilities from full participation and to commit that \u201call existing and future denominational office sites be modified or designed to follow the guidelines\u201d of the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cDoing Church Business,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0a report of a study committee elected in 2004, including numerous recommendations focused on preparation and training for Conference leaders and delegates and format of the Conference. \u201cThere is a clear need for significant change in order to enhance and model a discerning Christian community and the reign of God,\u201d it says. Specific recommendations include training for delegates and moderators; congregational discernment about Conference business; \u201cprocess counselors\u201d and a Process Committee; small-group discernment during Conference; consideration of summaries of major dissenting opinions; holding Love Feast at Conference; and expanding the length of Conference. Committee members are Dave Shetler, Joe Detrick, Matt Guynn, Verdena Lee, and Dale Posthumus.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the agenda: interim reports from the Brethren Medical Plan Study Committee, Intercultural Study Committee, 300th Anniversary Committee, and Review and Evaluation Study Committee; elections; and reports from denominational agencies and committees. (For full business documents go to www.brethren.org\/ac\/desmoines\/2006business.html.)<\/p>\n<p>At its pre-Conference meeting on July 1, the General Board has a full agenda as well, including a first report from a Brethren Service Center Ministry Options Exploration Committee regarding the center in New Windsor, Md.; a \u201cContingency Plan for a Military Draft\u201d; revisions to its vision, mission, and core values statements; long-range planning; and finances.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more go to www.brethren.org\/ac. Daily news reports and photographs will be posted from the Conference in Des Moines from July 1-5, on the news pages at www.brethren.org\/ac.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><a class=\"mceItemAnchor\" name=\"esp\"><\/a>LA CONFERENCIA ANUAL TENDR\u00c1 UNA AGENDA LLENA<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">La 220th Conferencia Anual de la Iglesia de los Hermanos tendr\u00e1 lugar del 1 al 5 de Julio en Des Moines, Iowa. Los delegados estar\u00e1n ocupados con una agenda de negocios bastante llena. El Moderador, Ronald D. Beachley, ministro executivo del Distrito del Oeste de Pennsylvania, presidir\u00e1 las sesiones de negocios.<\/p>\n<p>El 3 y 4 de Julio, el tema de la Conferencia, \u201cJuntos: Ejercit\u00e1ndonos Diariamente con Dios.\u201d de Timoteo 4:6-8, ser\u00e1 complementado por sesiones de media hora durante las sesiones de negocios para envolver a toda la denominaci\u00f3n en el \u00e9nfasis de estudio titulado \u201cJuntos, Conversaciones de como ser la Iglesia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otros temas importantes de negocios:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cLlamados a hacer Buen Uso de la Educaci\u00f3n\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0del Distrito de Medio-Atl\u00e1ntico, pidiendo \u201cGu\u00eda adicional, recursos e instrucciones para mejor entender el buen uso de tiempo, talento, y recursos financieros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;Revisi\u00f3n de los Articulos de Organizaci\u00f3n del Grupo Fideicomiso de Beneficios de los Hermanos (GFBH).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cResoluci\u00f3n: Sacar Inversiones Existentes en Compa\u00f1ias que Vendan Productos que Sean Usados como Armas en Israel y Palestina,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0de los Fremont (Calif) Hermandad en Cristo, y Distrito Suroeste del Pac\u00edfico, quienes han pedido al GFBH que saque todas sus inversions en la Corporaci\u00f3n Caterpillar, y cualquier otra compa\u00f1ia que venda productos usados rutinariamente como armas de destrucci\u00f3n y muerte en Israel y Palestina.\u201d Esta resoluci\u00f3n cita las escrituras y la tradici\u00f3n de los Hermanos al pedir se explore reinvert\u00edr esas inversions en compa\u00f1ias \u201cque hagan negocios que ayuden a mejorar la calidad de vida tanto de los Israelitas como los Palestinos,\u201d y que consideren sacar su inversi\u00f3n de la \u201cCorporaci\u00f3n Caterpillar\u201d ya que \u00e9sta vende \u201cbulldozers\u201d a Israel, los cuales son usados para destru\u00edr casas, granjas, plant\u00edos antiguos de olivos, carreteras, y pipas que acarrean agua y drenaje Palestinos, y que han matado a varias personas. Estas maquinas \u201cCaterpillars D9 bulldozers\u201d est\u00e1n hechas de acuerdo a especificaciones militares y son vendidas a Israel bajo el Programa Militar de Venta Foranea de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cUn llamado a Reducir la Pobreza y el Hambre Global,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0de la Junta General de la Iglesia de los Hermanos, est\u00e1 llamando a la denominaci\u00f3n a que ayude a reducir la pobreza y el hambre global, haciendo un nuevo cometido a las ense\u00f1anzas de Jes\u00fas, al considerar nuevamente la declaraci\u00f3n de la Conferencia Anual de 2000 que habla de \u201cCuidar de los Pobres\u201d, e insistir en las metas de Desarrollo del Milenio de las Naciones Unidas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cResoluci\u00f3n al Cometido de Accesibilidad e Inclusi\u00f3n,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0de los Hermanos Proveedores de Cuidado, y sus Ministerios de Desabilidades, urge a \u201ccada congregaci\u00f3n, agencia, instituci\u00f3n, oficina, y grupos de reuni\u00f3n de la Iglesia de los Hermanos a hacer un nuevo compromiso para ayudar que toda la gente participe plenamente en todos los ministerios. Esta resoluci\u00f3n pide a la iglesia que examine las barreras que previene que la gente con desabilidades participe plenamente, y que se comprometan a que \u201ctodas oficinas y sitios de la denominaci\u00f3n, existentes y del futuro, sean modificadas o designadas a seguir las pautas del Acto sobre Americanos con Desabilidades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>&#8211;\u201cTratando los Negocios de la Iglesia,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0es el reporte de un estudio del comit\u00e9 elegido en 2004 el cual incluy\u00f3 muchas recomendaciones enfocadas en la preparaci\u00f3n y entrenamiento de l\u00edderes y delegados de la Conferencia, y en el formato de la Conferencia. Este reporte dice que \u201chay una necesidad clara de un cambio significante para poder mejorar y modelar una comunidad cristiana con discernimiento y el reino de Dios.\u201d Las recomendaciones espec\u00edficas incluyen entrenamiento de delegados y moderadores; discernimiento congregacional de los asuntos de la Conferencia; \u201cConsejeros procesadores\u201d y un Comit\u00e9 Procesador; un grupo peque\u00f1o de discernimiento durante la Conferencia; consideraci\u00f3n de sumarios de opinions desidentes importantes; tener Fiestas de Partici\u00f3n del Pan durante la Conferencia; y alargar la Conferencia. Los miembros del comit\u00e9 son Dave Shetler, Joe Detrick, Matt Guynn, Verdena Lee, y Dale Posthumus.<\/p>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n en la agenda: reportes interinos del Estudio del Comit\u00e9 del Plan M\u00e9dico de los Hermanos, del Comit\u00e9 de Estudio Intercultural, del Comit\u00e9 del 300th Aniversario, y del Comit\u00e9 de Revisi\u00f3n y Evaluaci\u00f3n de Estudio; elecciones; y reportes de agencies y comit\u00e9s de la denominaci\u00f3n. (Para ver los documentos completos de estos asuntos vaya a www.brethren.org\/ac\/desmoines\/2006business.html.)<\/p>\n<p>Durante la Junta de pre-Conferencia de Julio 1, la Junta General tambi\u00e9n tiene una agenda bastante grande, incluyendo un primer reporte del Comit\u00e9 del Centro de Servicio de los Hermanos en New Windsor que Explora Opciones para el Centro de New Windsor, Md.; un \u201cPlan de Contingencia en caso de un Reclutamiento Militar\u201d; revisions de las declaraciones de su visi\u00f3n, misi\u00f3n y valores centrales; planes a largo plazo; y finanzas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Para ver m\u00e1s, vaya a www.brethren.org\/ac. Reportes de noticias diarias y fotograf\u00edas de la Conferencia en Des Moines de Julio 1-5 podr\u00e1n verse en las p\u00e1ginas de www.brethren.org\/ac.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">The Church of the Brethren Newsline is produced by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of news services for the Church of the Brethren General Board. Spanish translation by Maria-Elena Rangel. Newsline stories may be reprinted if Newsline is cited as the source. To receive Newsline by e-mail go to http:\/\/listserver.emountain.net\/mailman\/listinfo\/newsline. Submit news to the editor at cobnews@brethren.org. For more Church of the Brethren news and features, subscribe to Messenger magazine; call 800-323-8039 ext. 247.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 220th recorded Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren will be held July 1-5 in Des Moines, Iowa. 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