{"id":7977,"date":"2017-08-31T20:44:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=7977"},"modified":"2018-10-15T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:46:14","slug":"program-and-arrangements-announces-2018-preachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2017\/program-and-arrangements-announces-2018-preachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Program and Arrangements Committee announces preachers for Annual Conference 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nAugust\u00a031,\u00a02017<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Program and Arrangements Committee and Annual Conference officers for the 2018 annual meeting of the denomination have been at work planning the Conference to take place in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 4-8. From left: secretary Jim Beckwith, Founa Inola Augustin-Badet, Jan King, John Shafer, moderator-elect Donita Keister, Conference director Chris Douglas, moderator Samuel Sarpiya. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Program and Arrangements Committee for the 2018 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren has announced preachers for the denomination\u2019s next annual meeting. The Conference takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Duke Energy Convention Center, on July 4-8. The Sunday morning sermon will be brought by Leonard Sweet, a popular preacher and Christian author who is the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University.<\/p>\n

Here is the full preaching line-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The opening sermon on Wednesday evening, July 4, will be given by Annual Conference moderator\u00a0Samuel Sarpiya<\/strong>. He is an ordained minister and pastor in Rockford, Ill. He will speak on the Conference theme, \u201cLiving Parables.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday evening, the worship service will feature preacher\u00a0Brian Messler<\/strong>, an ordained minister who is serving as pastor of Ephrata (Pa.)\u00a0Church of the Brethren. He is a former member of the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board.<\/p>\n

Friday evening\u2019s sermon will be brought by\u00a0Rosanna Eller McFadden<\/strong>, an ordained minister who pastors Creekside Church of the Brethren in Elkhart, Ind. She has been active in the arts, and has formerly served on the Program and Arrangements Committee of Annual Conference.<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, the Conference will receive a message from\u00a0Angela Finet<\/strong>. She is an ordained minister and a recent graduate of Bethany Theological Seminary. She is serving as pastor of Nokesville (Va.) Church of the Brethren.<\/p>\n

The closing service on Sunday morning will feature\u00a0Leonard Sweet<\/strong>, E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, Madison, N.J., and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at George Fox University, Portland, Ore. Also a best-selling author and popular preacher, he is known for bridging the worlds of faith, academia, and popular culture. He produces a podcast called \u201cNapkin Scribbles,\u201d has written for sermons.com for many years, and hosts his own preaching website called PreachTheStory.com . His books, among others, include \u201cSoul Tsunami,\u201d \u201cAqua Church,\u201d \u201cJesus Manifesto\u201d and \u201cJesus: A Theography\u201d co-written with Frank Viola.<\/p>\n

For more about Annual Conference go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/ac<\/a>\u00a0.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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