{"id":4840,"date":"2018-07-04T15:05:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T15:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2023-01-25T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:20:25","slug":"ttoday-in-cincinnati-wednesday-ac-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/ttoday-in-cincinnati-wednesday-ac-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Cincinnati – Wednesday, July 4, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nJuly 4, 2018<\/b><\/div>\n
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Today\u2019s worship theme: \u201cCalled to Be Living Parables\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThe harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
\ntherefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers
\ninto his harvest\u201d (Matthew 9:38).<\/em><\/p>\n

Quotes of the day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moderator Samuel Sarpiya. Photo by Glenn Riegel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMinistry means service. Everyone who professes Christianity must serve Christ…. Together we have been called to serve each other.\u201d
\n— Annual Conference moderator Samuel Sarpiya, in his report to the Standing Committee of district delegates<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGod is counting on us to be the hope in a society that seems to be going down the drain…. To go out and simply and peacefully live out the call–Brethren, that is our charge.\u201d
\n— Moderator Sarpiya, preaching the opening sermon of the Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

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At worship, the opening evening of Annual Conference 2018. Photo by Regina Holmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe ask you to pray that the Venezuela political situation changes soon and the doors open for you all to visit.\u201d
\n— Jose Ramon Pe\u00f1a of Iglesia de los Hermanos Venezuela (the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela), one of the international guests welcomed by the Mission and Ministry Board<\/em><\/p>\n

By the numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registration total at the end of the day: 2,138 people including 672 delegates and 1,466 nondelegates<\/p>\n

Worship offering received for Nigeria Crisis Response: $14,774<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 Recognitions and awards:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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At today\u2019s Mission and Ministry Board meeting, the Bittersweet Gospel Band received the Revelation 7:9 Award given by the Intercultural Ministries. Present to receive the award were current and past members of the band including (from left) Gilbert Romero, Scott Duffey, Leah Hileman, David Sollenberger, Andy Duffey, and Thomas Dowdy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Three congregations received Open Roof recognition by the Discipleship Ministries (formerly Congregational Life Ministries) staff Stan Dueck and disabilities advocate Rebekah Flores: Columbia City (Ind.) Church of the Brethren, Harrisburg (Pa.) First Church of the Brethren, and Snake Spring Valley (Pa.) Church of the Brethren.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 International guests:<\/strong>Global Mission and Service executive Jay Wittmeyer welcomed guests from Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) and the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela at the Mission and Ministry Board meeting.<\/p>\n

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(Above) guests from EYN include president Joel Billi and his wife, Salamatu Billi; Yuguda Mdurvwa, director of EYN\u2019s Disaster Response Ministry; and EYN liaison officer Markus Gamache and his wife, Janada Markus.<\/p>\n

(Below) guests from Iglesia de los Hermanos Venezuela (ASIGLEH) are Jose Ramon and Anna Pe\u00f1a, shown here with their son Joel Pe\u00f1a. Jose Ramon Pe\u00f1a serves as spiritual advisor and a pastoral leader for ASIGLEH.<\/p>\n

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For more onsite coverage of Annual Conference go to www.brethren.org\/ac\/2018\/coverage<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The news coverage of Annual Conference 2018 is made possible through the work of communications staff and a volunteer news team: Frank Ramirez, Conference Journal editor; photographers Glenn Riegel, Regina Holmes, Keith Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, Laura Brown; writers Frances Townsend, Karen Garrett, Alyssa Parker; youth team member Allie Dulabaum; web staff Jan Fischer Bachman, Russ Otto; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services; Wendy McFadden, publisher. Contact cobnews@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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