{"id":9859,"date":"2015-04-08T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:54:03","slug":"summer-tour-itinerary-for-eyn-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2015\/summer-tour-itinerary-for-eyn-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Tour Itinerary for Nigerian Best Group and Women\u2019s Choir Is Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9717\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/a-cloth-worn-by-the-zme-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/a-cloth-worn-by-the-zme-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/a-cloth-worn-by-the-zme-1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/small><br \/><em>A cloth worn by the ZME women&#8217;s group of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The itinerary for a summer tour by Nigerian groups from Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) has been released by the planning committee. The two groups are the Brethren Evangelism Support Trust (BEST), a group of businesspeople and professionals, and an EYN Women\u2019s Fellowship Choir.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren is the sponsoring congregation. The planning committee includes members from Lancaster and two other Pennsylvania churches: Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren and Mountville Church of the Brethren.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The tour itinerary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>June 22, 4 p.m.: Welcome Banquet at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.<\/p>\n<p>June 23, 2 p.m.: An abbreviated concert at Fahrney-Keedy Village near Boonsboro, Md., Mid-Atlantic District<\/p>\n<p>June 23, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Hagerstown (Md.) Church of the Brethren, Mid-Atlantic District<\/p>\n<p>June 24, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Maple Spring Church of the Brethren in Hollsopple, Pa., Western Pennsylvania District<\/p>\n<p>June 25, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Maple Grove Church of the Brethren in Ashland, Ohio, Northern Ohio District<\/p>\n<p>June 26, time TBA: Event in Elgin, Ill., in Illinois and Wisconsin District, arranged by Global Mission and Service<\/p>\n<p>June 27, 1:30 p.m.: An abbreviated concert as part of an auction fundraiser for Nigeria at Creekside Church of the Brethren in Elkhart, Ind., Northern Indiana District<\/p>\n<p>June 27, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Manchester Church of the Brethren in North Manchester, Ind., South\/Central Indiana District<\/p>\n<p>June 28, morning: Worship with Manchester Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p>June 28, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Lafayette, Ind., sponsored by the West Section of&nbsp;South\/Central Indiana District<\/p>\n<p>June 29, 10:30 a.m.: An abbreviated concert at Friends Fellowship Community in Richmond, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>June 29: Lunch and visit at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>June 29, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Salem Church of the Brethren in Englewood, Ohio, Southern Ohio District<\/p>\n<p>June 30, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Oak Park Church of the Brethren in Oakland, Md., West Marva District<\/p>\n<p>July 3: Concert in Southern Pennsylvania District, location and time TBA<\/p>\n<p>July 4, 2 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in Palmyra, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>July 4: Appreciation Concert in Elizabethtown, Pa., Atlantic Northeast District, location and time TBA<\/p>\n<p>July 5, 10:15 a.m.: Worship and concert at Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren, Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n<p>July 5, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Germantown Church of the Brethren in Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n<p>July 6, 2 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Peter Becker Community in Harleysville, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>July 6, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Coventry (Pa.) Church of the Brethren, Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n<p>July 7, morning: Luncheon engagement in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>July 7, evening: Concert in Atlantic Northeast District, location and time TBA<\/p>\n<p>July 8, 7 a.m.: Prayer breakfast at Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren, Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n<p>July 8, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at University Baptist\/Brethren Church in State College, Pa., Middle Pennsylvania District<\/p>\n<p>July 9: Appreciation Concert in Virlina District, location and time TBA<\/p>\n<p>July 11-15: Annual Conference in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>July 15, 7 p.m.: Appreciation Concert at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla., Atlantic Southeast District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The itinerary for a summer tour by Nigerian groups from Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) has been released by the planning committee. 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