{"id":4425,"date":"2018-02-06T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T18:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2018-09-25T19:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T19:09:49","slug":"paul-mundey-pam-reist-top-2018-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/paul-mundey-pam-reist-top-2018-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mundey and Pam Reist top Annual Conference ballot for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nFebruary\u00a06,\u00a02018<\/b><\/p>\n

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Paul Mundey (left) and Pam Reist (right) are on the 2018 ballot for moderator-elect of Annual Conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ballot that will be presented to the 2018 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren has been released. Topping the ballot are two nominees for Annual Conference moderator-elect: Paul Mundey and Pam Reist. Other offices to be filled by election of the delegate body are positions on the Program and Arrangements Committee, Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, Mission and Ministry Board, and the boards of Bethany Theological Seminary, Brethren Benefit Trust, and On Earth Peace.<\/p>\n

Paul Mundey<\/strong>\u00a0is an ordained minister who is retired from a longterm pastorate at Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brethren, and previously served on the denominational staff in the areas of evangelism and church growth.<\/p>\n

Pam Reist<\/strong>\u00a0is an ordained minister and pastor at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brethren who has served on the denomination\u2019s Mission and Ministry Board, where she was a member of the executive committee.<\/p>\n

Following are nominees for other positions to be filled by election in 2018, listed by position:<\/em><\/p>\n

Annual Conference Program and Arrangements Committee<\/p>\n

Emily Shonk Edwards<\/strong>\u00a0of Nellysford, Va., and Staunton (Va.) Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Del Keeney<\/strong>\u00a0of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee<\/p>\n

Jeremy Driver<\/strong>\u00a0of Harrisonburg, Va., and Bridgewater (Va.) Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Deb Oskin<\/strong>\u00a0of Columbus, Ohio, and Living Peace Church of the Brethren in Powell, Ohio<\/p>\n

Mission and Ministry Board<\/p>\n

Area 2<\/em><\/p>\n

LaDonna Sanders Nkosi<\/strong>\u00a0of Chicago, Ill., and the Gathering Chicago<\/p>\n

Paul Schrock<\/strong>\u00a0of Indianapolis, Ind., and Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis<\/p>\n

Area 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Sue Ann Overman<\/strong>\u00a0of Morgantown, W.Va., and Morgantown Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Carol Yeazell<\/strong>\u00a0of Asheville, N.C., and HIS Way\/Jesucristo el Camino Church of the Brethren in Hendersonville, N.C.<\/p>\n

Bethany Seminary board of trustees<\/p>\n

Representing clergy<\/em><\/p>\n

Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey<\/strong>\u00a0of Hagerstown, Md., and Hagerstown Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Brandy Fix Liepelt<\/strong>\u00a0of Annville, Pa., and Annville Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Representing laity<\/em><\/p>\n

Ronald D. Flory<\/strong>\u00a0of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and South Waterloo Church of the Brethren in Waterloo, Iowa<\/p>\n

Louis Harrell<\/strong>\u00a0(incumbent) of Manassas, Va., and Manassas Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Brethren Benefit Trust board of directors<\/p>\n

Nancy L. Bowman<\/strong>\u00a0of Fishersville, Va., and Staunton (Va.) Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Shelley Kontra<\/strong>\u00a0of Lancaster, Pa., and Hempfield Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa.<\/p>\n

On Earth Peace board<\/p>\n

Jennifer Keeney Scarr<\/strong>\u00a0of Trotwood, Ohio, and Trotwood Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

Naomi Sollenberger<\/strong>\u00a0of New Enterprise, Pa., and New Enterprise Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

—\u00a0For more information about Annual Conference go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/ac<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ballot that will be presented to the 2018 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren has been released. Topping the ballot are two nominees for Annual Conference moderator-elect: Paul Mundey and Pam Reist. Other offices to be filled by election of the delegate body are positions on the Program and Arrangements Committee, Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, Mission and Ministry Board, and the boards of Bethany Theological Seminary, Brethren Benefit Trust, and On Earth Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4427,"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":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1258,1268,160,1266,103],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-4425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-conference","tag-bethany-seminary","tag-brethren-benefit-trust","tag-mmb","tag-on-earth-peace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4429,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions\/4429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}