Special Response Listening Session
A portion of the business this year at Annual Conference was to continue the Special Response process begun a year earlier. All of the districts of the Church are conducting listening sessions regarding the Statement of Confession and Commitment and the Query from Northern Indiana regarding Same Sex Covenantal Relationships. You are invited to participate in one of these sessions to be held here at the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, IL on Sunday, January 16 at 3:00 P.M. If you missed the earlier session at York Center, this is a chance to share your feelings and convictions as well as have your voice heard regarding these very important issues. Summaries of the session will be forwarded to Standing Committee for consideration as they make their recommendation to the 2011 Annual Conference in Grand Rapids. Let your voice be heard. After the group break-out sessions, please join us for a special chili meal provided by members of the church. Vegetarian and meat options will be available, to continue our time together with table fellowship and tasty food.
Additional Special Response Listening Session
You are invited to participate in one of these sessions to be held at the Decatur Church of the Brethren on Sunday, January 23 at 2:30 P.M. Let your voice be heard. After the group break-out sessions, please join us for a light supper provided by members of the church.
Prepare by reading the 1983 paper on Human Sexuality, the Special Response Process Timeline, the 2009 paper "Structural Framework for Dealing with Strongly Controversial Issues," the 2009 Statement of Confession and Commitment by Standing Committee, and the 2009 Query from Northern Indiana on Language of Same Sex Covenantal Relationships.
Check out resources at www.brethren.org
- Click on Annual Conference (under “Links” in blue)
- New window will open - click on Special Response (upper right)
- Click on the resource you want.
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