Annual Conference Business Docket and Ballot

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Online delegate and non-delegate advanced registration for Annual Conference ends June 3.  Fees will be higher for those who wait to register at Annual Conference. Click here or go to brethren.org/ac register! Annual Conference business docket for 2014 Delegates to Annual Conference in Columbus will consider eight items of business for the Church of the Brethren. Delegates will again be seated together at round tables. Unfinished business items include revisions to Polity on Ministerial Leadership, and responses to queries on Climate Change and Congregational Ethics, among others. New business includes a revision to the Special Response Process as well as Amendments to the Bylaws of the Church of the Brethren and Brethren Benefit Trust. Find the full text of business documents, the ballot, and a video briefing for delegates by clicking here. Annual Conference 2014 ballot Moderator-ElectDale E. Minnich, Moundridge, Kansas Andy Murray, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Program and Arrangements CommitteeRhonda Pittman Gingrich, Minneapolis, Minnesota Steven Sauder, Mt. Lake Park, Maryland On Earth Peace BoardCarla Gillespie, Dayton, Ohio Barbara Wise Lewczak, Minburn, Iowa Church of the Brethren Benefit Trust BoardDennis Kingery, Centennial, Colorado Alan Patrick Linton, Frederick, Maryland Bethany Theological Seminary Board—CollegesWilliam Abshire, Mount Sidney, Virginia Eric Bishop, Pomona, California Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory CommitteeJohn Ballinger, Ashland, Ohio David K. Shumate, Roanoke, Virginia Annual Conference Choir For 2014 all the choir music is graciously being provided on loan to the Annual Conference so you will not have to purchase a music packet! “I extend the invitation to sing uplifting songs of praise and worship to singers throughout the whole brotherhood as we join our voices to glorify our Lord and Savior. I look forward to teaching and leading 5 exciting numbers that will flow with the theme of the services being planned. I'll have the music ready for you in a folder and would love to have you share this new experience with me.” ~Joy Brubaker, choir director. For more information click here. To sign up to sing in the choir at no cost click here.

Church of the Brethren Annual Conference | 1451 Dundee Ave. | Elgin, IL 60120 Chris Douglas, Conference Director | cdouglas@brethren.org | 800-323-8039, ext. 364 or 847-429-4364 Jon Kobel, Conference Assistant | jkobel@brethren.org | 800-323-8039, ext. 365 or 847-429-4365 Debbie Noffsinger, Registration Coordinator | dnoffsinger@brethren.org | 800-323-8039, ext. 366 or 847-429-4366