annual conference q&a time! · “aqua church,” “jesus manifesto” and “jesus: a...

2018, Issue 6

SUMMER West Ri chmond Church of the Brethren

Cincinnati Here We Come!

On Sunday morning, July 8, as our larger church family in Cincinnati, OH wraps up morning worship at Annual Conference, we will watch the webcast in the Gathering Room. The closing service will feature Leonard Sweet, 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 “Napkin Scribbles,” has written for sermons.com for many years, and hosts his own

preaching website called PreachTheStory.com . His books, among others, include “Soul Tsunami,” “Aqua Church,” “Jesus Manifesto” and “Jesus: A Theography” co-written with Frank Viola.

We will project the Annual Conference worship service beginning at 11:00 a.m. and be part of a country-wide worship service. Their service will begin with announcements at 8:30 a.m. Viewers are able to pause or rewind the live stream at any point. Sunday morning worship at Annual Conference is always an uplifting and powerful service accompanied by wonderful music and meaningful messages.

Also, live webcasts of all worship and business sessions will be broadcast at www.brethren.org/webcasts.

Throughout the Denomination 2

Calendars & Schedules 3-6

Around Our District 7

Outreach Opportunities 8

Annual Conference Q&A Time!

On Sunday, July 1, following worship, our Annual Conference delegate, Carol Goss, will be available for questions on business items coming up this year.

Pag e 2 T h e H er a ld Throughout Our Denomination

2018 Business

Biographical Ballot

New Business NB1: Brethren Values Investing NB2: Polity for Electing Brethren Benefit

Trust Board Directors NB3: Vision for a Global Church of the

Brethren NB4: Polity for Electing the District

Representative to the Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee

Unfinished Business

UB1: Vision of Ecumenism for the 21st Century

UB2: Vitality and Viability UB3: Creation Care UB4: Compelling Vision UB5: Update to Polity Regarding Annual

Conference Agencies UB6: Amendments to the Bylaws of the

Church of the Brethren Inc. UB7: Denominational Leadership

Gathering

Business Reports Church of the Brethren Bethany Theological Seminary Church of the Brethren Benefit Trust On Earth Peace Annual Conference Program and

Arrangements Committee Pastoral Compensation and Benefits

Advisory Committee Christian Churches Together in the USA National Council of Church of Christ in

the USA World Council of Churches

Watch the Business Sessions and Worship Services

All Annual Conference business sessions & worship services will be streamed on the internet.

Wednesday, July 4 6:45 – 8:15 pm Opening Worship

Thursday, July 5 8:30 – 11:30 am Morning Business Session 2:00 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Business Session 6:45 – 8:15 pm Evening Worship

Friday, July 6 8:30 – 11:30 am Morning Business Session 2:00 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Business Session 6:45 – 8:15 pm Evening Worship

Saturday, July 7 8:30 – 11:30 am Morning Business Session 2:00 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Business Session 6:45 – 8:15 pm Evening Worship

Sunday, July 8 8:30 – 10:30 am* Closing Worship

*but can be viewed later during your normal service time. See Annual Conference Sunday page for details.

Annual Conference 2018 July 4 – July 8

Cincinnati, Ohio

2 ........... Doug Morgan

Tori Yoder

3 ........... Amy Woodard

5 ........... Bill Kinzie

Jennifer Wampler Vassar

8 ........... Braeden Breen

Eric Faw

9 ........... Carolyn Arthur

Garvey Brunk

11 ......... June Diehl

12 ......... Keith Mace

Kevin & Faye (Reber) Urban

13 ......... Abigail Yoder

15 ......... Jeff Carr

16 ......... Stanley Nickel

17 ......... Dustin Dedrick

Connor Hurst

Jonathan & Mary Knight 20 ......... Nancy (Woodard) Martin

Noel Sabel

21 ......... Travis Williams

Jori Carter & Thoko Lipato 22 ......... Meredith Yoder

23 ......... Steven Tulli O’Sullivan

24 ......... Elijah Beers (13th)

Anna Lum (1st)

Earl Reber

25 ......... Hannah Guisewite

Terry Mitchell

27 ......... Ben Gangwer

28 ......... Betty Altic

Joe & Lisa Martin (25th) 30 ......... Zach Fields

Lib Kinzie

Andrea Ludwick

31 ......... Ashley Holsinger

Want to be included in any of these activities? Please contact its coordinator.

If you cannot fulfill an assigned date, please swap with someone and then contact the church office.

Who’s ce lebrat ing and Who’s Doing What in…

July 1 8 15 22 29

Greeters (Dolly Guyer)

Dolly Guyer Sandi Davis Dolly Guyer Betty Altic June Diehl

Worship

Leaders (Lib Kinzie)

Susan Robertson Bob Gangwer Floyd Herdrich Alyce Newman Shawn Baker

Nursery Care (Anna Welch)

Alyce Newman &

____________

Floyd Herdrich &

Barbara McCann Jeff & Carol

Goss

Ken & Ginny

Heatwole

Kevin & Barbara

Beers

Fellowship

Hosts (Anna Welch)

Jon & Keri

Beers

Carolyn Arthur &

Terrie Glass

Dustin & Carrie

Dedrick

Charles & Belinda

Layman

Peter & Amparo

Brunk

Tellers (Nancy Martin)

Joel Guyer &

Larry McCann

Bob & Pat

Gangwer

Betty Altic &

Sandi Davis

Jeff Goss &

Alyce Newman

Joel Guyer &

Larry McCann

Mowing Crew (Jeff Goss)

Peter Brunk & Jeff Goss Zack Hurst &

Thoko Lipato Richard Barry & Gary Fields

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:45 am Sunday School

11:00 am Worship

2

3 10:30 am Ladies Circle

5:30 pm Hull Street

Ministry

6:30 pm Boy Scout Troop #728

4

5

6

7

8 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast

9:45 am Sunday School

11:00 am Worship: webcast

from Annual Conference’

9 9:30 am Friendship Café


5:30 pm Hull Street

Ministry




13

14


11:00 am Worship


6:00 pm Executive Committee (Staff

Evaluations)





20

21

22

8:00 am Men’s Breakfast


11:00 am Worship



1:00 pm Volunteer




6:30 pm Ladies Nite Out at Plaza Azteca (Short

Pump)

27

28

29

LAMB’s Basket Collection


11:00 am Worship




If you cannot be present for worship, you can receive email copies of the bulletin. Simply contact the

church office to make it happen.

Pastor Dave & family at Annual Conference

National Youth Conference in Estes Park, Colorado

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday



3

4




5:30 pm Hull Street

Ministry


6:45 pm Neighborhood Watch hosting National Night Out dessert social



10

11

12 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast


11:00 am Worship


7:00 pm Church

Board





17

18

19


11:00 am Worship



1:00 pm Volunteer




24

25

26

LAMB’s Basket Collection

8:00 am Men’s Breakfast


11:00 am Worship






6:30 pm Ladies Nite Out at Jiang’s (Southside)

31

2 ......Betty Fuller (80th)

Zack & Stephanie (Ryan) Felder 3 ......Steve & Cathy (Martin) Vanderhoff 4 ......Isaac Badu-Danso

Liam Breen

Shirley Minor

Eric & Susan Evenson 5 ......Kimberly Ryan

6 ......Noel & Donna Sabel 7 ......Pat Gangwer

Jeff & Wendy Carr

10 .... Lia Felder

Cynthia Fyne

Patrick McCloud

Nathan & Tiffany McCann 11 .... Tracy Hartman

Paul & Demetra Heckman-Johnson 12 .... Kevin Keithly

15 .... Nathan McCann

William Reber

16 .... Eleanor Heatwole (1st)

17 .... Bill & Jennifer Jenkins 18 .... Jonathan & Ellen Flory

Jeff & Carol (Walbridge) Goss

20 .... Bob Keithly

Adam Solanky (25th)

23 .... Shaun Finchum (16th)

23 .... Floyd Herdrich (75th)

24 .... Charlie & Shirley Cheek (50th) 25 .... Ken & Karen (Hite) Searles 26 .... Linda Knox

28 .... Beth (Hoff) White

29 .... Mark Ludwick

Darryl & Sandra (Martin) Lynch Larry & Barbara (Walbridge) McCann Ron & Beth (Hoff) White

Who’s celebrat ing and Who’s Doing What in…

August 5 12 19 26

Greeters (Dolly Guyer)

Dolly Guyer Sandi Davis Dolly Guyer Betty Altic June Diehl

Worship

Leaders (Lib Kinzie)

Sandi Davis Terrie Glass Bill Kinzie Susan Robertson

Nursery Care (Anna Welch)

Pat Gangwer &

Floyd Herdrich

Kevin & Barbara

Beers

Ken & Ginny

Heatwole

Pat Gangwer &

Barbara McCann

Fellowship

Hosts (Anna Welch)

Ann Andrus &

Cynthia Fyne

Richard Barry &

Paula Bryant

June Diehl &

Anna Welch

Kenny & Joyce

Keithly

Tellers (Nancy Martin)

Bob & Pat

Gangwer

Betty Altic &

Sandi Davis

Jeff Goss &

Alyce Newman

Joel Guyer &

Larry McCann

Mowing Crew (Jeff Goss)

Zack Hurst &

Thoko Lipato

Brandon, Chris &

Kenny Keithly

6/30 Gary Fields,

Richard Barry Sandi Davis and Jeff & Carol Goss

Want to be included in any of these activities? Please contact its coordinator.

If you cannot fulfill an assigned date, please swap with someone and then contact the church office.

Around Our District DISTRICT RESOURCE CENTER TO BE CLOSED FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE The District Resource Center will be closed for Annual Conference beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 29, and re-opening on Monday, July 9, at 9 a.m. David K. Shumate and Tabitha Hartman Rudy will be participating in the meetings of the Council of District Executives and the Annual Conference.

SONG AND STORY FEST On Earth Peace will be co-sponsoring the upcoming Song and Story Fest. This event is a unique family camp featuring Brethren musicians and storytellers in Ohio. The Swing State Song & Story Fest: Becoming God’s Beloved Community will run from July 8 to July 14 and will be held at Inspiration Hills Camp in northern Ohio. This is the 22nd summer in a row for these Song and Story Fests and our third visit to Inspiration Hills, the Church of the Brethren camp for northern Ohio. The event will begin Sunday evening, July 8, with supper at 5:00 pm, an opening campfire, and some music and dancing. The Fest will close Saturday morning, July 14, after breakfast, worship, & hugs.

PRACTICE OF MINISTRY DAY The 2018 Practice of Ministry Day will be Saturday, August 4, 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Stone Church of the Brethren, 2162 Forest Avenue, Buena Vista, VA 24416-2734. The focus this year is “Communication with Pastor and Parish.” Marty Barlow, John Jantzi, Tabitha Rudy and David Shumate will be presenters on subjects such as “Anger Management”, “Social Media”, and “Politics and the Church.” CEU credit is available for ordained ministers.

WORLD HUNGER AUCTION The World Hunger Auction will be held on Saturday, August 11, starting at 9:30 a.m. This is the culmination to our year-long fund-raising activities, the World Hunger Auction, is held each August at Antioch Church of the Brethren, 2996 Callaway Road, near Rocky Mount, VA. The auction includes the sale of crafts, quilts, toys, produce, baked and canned goods, special services and much more. Come early for the best selection. Let the highest bidder win, for doing what we can opens the door for God to do much more.

"OPEN ARMS, OPEN DOORS" DISABILITIES MINISTRY EVENT The Virlina Disabilities Ministry Committee’s focus has been expanded to include persons of all age groups and abilities. Our goal is: “To include everyone who is “other abled” in the life, worship and activities in all Church of the Brethren Congregations in Virlina District.” To do so, we are offering a time to come together for a “needs survey”, through round table sharing with each other. We hope that this will give you a voice to share your needs. It will also assist us to develop a plan as we work to meet the needs of our Virlina members and congregations. This conversation will take place at the Summerdean Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, VA on September 8, from 1-3 p.m. Please pre-register by August 24. Visit <www.virlina.org/events> for a downloadable registration form and flyer, or to register online. Contact Tabitha Rudy, (540) 362-1816, if you have questions.

DISASTER RESPONSE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN ST. THOMAS - FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE Brethren Disaster Ministries is sponsoring several weeks of clean-up help in St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands). Volunteers can sign up for one or more weeks during the period of September 9-22. The Disaster Response Committee of the Virlina District will provide a total of $750.00 to help with airfare to and from St. Thomas if going during this time period. There is a limit to $150.00 per person. The committee may decide at a later time to extend this same aid to trips scheduled in 2019. Please do not hesitate to contact us about this opportunity!! Volunteers from Virlina congregations can contact Ed or Susan McKimmy (540-354-5345) if interested in going and if interested in applying for financial aid.

“THE THINGS THAT MAKE FOR PEACE” - PRAYER FOR PEACE SERVICE The Annual Day of Prayer for Peace Service will be held at the Roanoke, First Church of the Brethren on Sunday, September 23, 2018, at 3pm. The theme, “The Things that Make for Peace,” is from Luke 19:42. This service is sponsored by the Virlina District’s Peace Affairs Committee. Check out <www.virlina.org.events>; for more information as we finalize other details.

West Richmond Church o f the Brethren 7612 Wanymala Road, Henrico, Virginia 23229-4239

Phone: 804-288-6439 Fax: 804-282-4408

www.wrcob.org [email protected]

Pastor ..................................................... Dave Whitten (319-610-2274) Administrative Assistant .......................... Barbara Beers (804-338-3482)

Sunday School ........ 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship ..............11:00 a.m. Church office (M-F) .............................................. 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

If no one is in the office or the line is busy, voice mail will pick up so PLEASE leave us a message. Items for the bulletin’s weekly newssheet MUST be submitted by noon each Thursday to the church office. All articles for the September edition of The Herald are due in the office by August 15, 2018 .

Pag e 7 T h e H er a ld

7612 Wanymala Road, Henrico, VA 23229-4239

West Richmond Church of the Brethren

Phone: 804-288-6439 www.wrcob.org Fax: 804-282-4408 [email protected]

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Place postage stamp here!

Hull Street Ministry — the 1st Tuesday of each month, July 3 and August 7, you can prepare meals or help serve; see Barbara McCann or Susan Robertson

The Community Kitchen — the 3rd Tuesday

of each month, July 17 and August 21, various tasks are completed; see Betty Altic or Judy McCloud

LAMB’s Basket — the last Tuesday of the month,

July 31 and August 28, we empty the shopping cart by the front doors, all types of canned goods and non-perishables can be donated daily, as well as money to purchase fresh eggs; see Sandi Davis

annual conference q&a time! · “aqua church,” “jesus manifesto” and “jesus: a...

Documents