Monday, June 01, 2015
All qualified applicants will receive a full scholarship to "Explore Your Call". The only cost to participants is their transportation to and from Richmond, Indiana. More information and an online application for "Explore Your Call" can be found at www.bethanyseminary.edu/eyc
Song and Story Fest
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| Photo Credit: Jim Lehman |
Join On Earth Peace the last week of July for this inter-generational family camp rich with storytelling and music!
At the Fest, through music, stories, and community, we open ourselves to the holy, so that our life, work, and struggles move more in time with the energizing Spirit of Life. Join us as we invite the Lord of the Dance to lead us all, wherever we may be...
For more information and Online Registration go to Onearthpeace.org
Reprinted from PEACEBUILDER.
Annual Conference Witness to the Host City
Metropolitan Ministries
This year’s Witness to the Host City in Tampa is supporting the work of Metropolitan Ministries, a faith-based organization who serves the poor and homeless families in four Florida counties. Their mission is to “…care for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in our community through services that alleviate suffering, promote dignity and instill self-sufficiency – as an expression of the ongoing ministry of Jesus Christ.”
The ministry serves 69,000 meals and goes through 16,500 diapers every month. It operates Miracle Place, transitional housing for 100 families including 250 children. The scope of their work also includes offering financial services, employment skills, classes and counseling, and spiritual development to name just a few. All in all, over 25,000 families get help each year from Metropolitan Ministries.
Those attending Annual Conference can help this ministry by bringing donations of items that will be used in this ongoing work with the homeless in the Tampa area. The items most needed are:
Hygiene Items: Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Deodorant, Shaving Cream, Disposable Razors
Diapers: Sizes 4, 5, and 6
Socks: Men’s, Women’s, Children’s
Thank you for your gracious generosity. The items will be collected as you enter the hall for the Sunday morning service and presented to Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday afternoon.
To read more about Metropolitan Ministries visit their website at www.metromin.org
This year’s Witness to the Host City in Tampa is supporting the work of Metropolitan Ministries, a faith-based organization who serves the poor and homeless families in four Florida counties. Their mission is to “…care for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in our community through services that alleviate suffering, promote dignity and instill self-sufficiency – as an expression of the ongoing ministry of Jesus Christ.”
The ministry serves 69,000 meals and goes through 16,500 diapers every month. It operates Miracle Place, transitional housing for 100 families including 250 children. The scope of their work also includes offering financial services, employment skills, classes and counseling, and spiritual development to name just a few. All in all, over 25,000 families get help each year from Metropolitan Ministries.
Those attending Annual Conference can help this ministry by bringing donations of items that will be used in this ongoing work with the homeless in the Tampa area. The items most needed are:
Hygiene Items: Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Deodorant, Shaving Cream, Disposable Razors
Diapers: Sizes 4, 5, and 6
Socks: Men’s, Women’s, Children’s
Thank you for your gracious generosity. The items will be collected as you enter the hall for the Sunday morning service and presented to Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday afternoon.
To read more about Metropolitan Ministries visit their website at www.metromin.org
EYN choir tour
Church of the Brethren Newsline - June 10, 2015
Nigerian Brethren teams will be available to visit churches this summer, in addition to the tour by the EYN Women’s Fellowship (ZME) Choir and the BEST group, according to the EYN Planning Committee. The committee is made up of members of three Pennsylvania congregations--Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Mountville Churches of the Brethren--and is chaired by former Nigeria mission worker Monroe Good.
The committee expects “around 60 sisters and brothers to be part of the EYN 2015 Fraternal Visit to Church of the Brethren churches here in the United States,” Good reported. “Some of them, who are not part of the Women’s Choir, are available to visit congregations in districts outside the choir tour route. They are available from June 27 to July 2.”
Thirty of the guests from Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) are in the women’s choir. Twenty or more additional EYN visitors including members of the Brethren Evangelism Support Trust (BEST), a group of businesspeople and professionals, who will be available for additional visits to churches. The whole group will attend the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in Tampa, Fla., July 11-15.
EYN team visits
Two-person EYN teams are available to visit congregations and districts to share about the situation of the Nigerian Brethren in the midst of persecution and suffering. The EYN teams will be available to visit from Saturday, June 27, through Thursday, July 2.
On June 27, the Nigerian guests will be in Elgin, Ill., and will leave from there to make any visits as requested. On July 2, all of the EYN teams must be at Washington Dulles Airport no later than 4 p.m. to meet up with the group.
Congregations or districts requesting a visit from an EYN team must pay for that team’s transportation from Elgin, Ill., to the visit location, and back to Washington Dulles Airport, plus any related expenses.
Send requests for an EYN team visit to Monroe Good at 717-341-3314 or ggspinnacle@gmail.com . Requests will be received on a first come, first served basis.
For the choir’s itinerary and more go to: www.brethren.org/news/2015/eyn-teams-availableto-visit.html
Nigerian Brethren teams will be available to visit churches this summer, in addition to the tour by the EYN Women’s Fellowship (ZME) Choir and the BEST group, according to the EYN Planning Committee. The committee is made up of members of three Pennsylvania congregations--Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Mountville Churches of the Brethren--and is chaired by former Nigeria mission worker Monroe Good.
The committee expects “around 60 sisters and brothers to be part of the EYN 2015 Fraternal Visit to Church of the Brethren churches here in the United States,” Good reported. “Some of them, who are not part of the Women’s Choir, are available to visit congregations in districts outside the choir tour route. They are available from June 27 to July 2.”
Thirty of the guests from Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) are in the women’s choir. Twenty or more additional EYN visitors including members of the Brethren Evangelism Support Trust (BEST), a group of businesspeople and professionals, who will be available for additional visits to churches. The whole group will attend the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in Tampa, Fla., July 11-15.
EYN team visits
Two-person EYN teams are available to visit congregations and districts to share about the situation of the Nigerian Brethren in the midst of persecution and suffering. The EYN teams will be available to visit from Saturday, June 27, through Thursday, July 2.
On June 27, the Nigerian guests will be in Elgin, Ill., and will leave from there to make any visits as requested. On July 2, all of the EYN teams must be at Washington Dulles Airport no later than 4 p.m. to meet up with the group.
Congregations or districts requesting a visit from an EYN team must pay for that team’s transportation from Elgin, Ill., to the visit location, and back to Washington Dulles Airport, plus any related expenses.
Send requests for an EYN team visit to Monroe Good at 717-341-3314 or ggspinnacle@gmail.com . Requests will be received on a first come, first served basis.
For the choir’s itinerary and more go to: www.brethren.org/news/2015/eyn-teams-availableto-visit.html
District Conference Illinois-Wisconsin District
at the Peoria Church of the Brethren
Don’t Forget the Habitat Mission, the Silent Auction and renewing old friendships. It’s not too early to be thinking about it.
District Conference Mission Project
Friday, November 6th, 2015
This year District Conference is providing the opportunity to serve at a mission project with Habitat for Humanity on Friday morning and afternoon. Please pass the word among your congregations so we can work together sharing the love of Christ with some families in Peoria as we gather for District Conference.
Housing options for District Conference are limited.
Get your reservations in as soon as possible.
Quality Inn & Suites
4112 N Brandywine Dr, Peoria, IL---309/685-2556
20 rooms blocked-Block will drop off October 6
1 Handicap
room-2
queen beds
17 Single- 1King Bed
2 Double-2 queen beds
CoB District Conference price $99.99+tax each room
Roll away beds $5 extra-as available
EconoLodge Inn & Suites
4244 N Brandywine Drive, Peoria IL---309/682-3322
20 rooms blocked-Nov 1-rooms unblocked
10 Single-King bed 10 Double-2 Queen beds
CoB District Conference price $70+tax each room
Wingate-Grand Prairie
7708 N Rte 91, Peoria, IL---309/589-0033
10 Single-King rooms- (a few doubles maybe available) drop off October 6
CoB District Conference price $119+tax each room
Three Conference hotels offer a hot breakfast/continental. Each room has a small refrigerator/microwave.
There is a Cross Country State Tournament that weekend. Most hotels are filling fast. A higher rate is charged for this special events weekend.
The following currently have rooms: (prices are subject to change)
4112 N Brandywine Dr, Peoria, IL---309/685-2556
20 rooms blocked-Block will drop off October 6
1 Handicap
room-2
queen beds
17 Single- 1King Bed
2 Double-2 queen beds
CoB District Conference price $99.99+tax each room
Roll away beds $5 extra-as available
EconoLodge Inn & Suites
4244 N Brandywine Drive, Peoria IL---309/682-3322
20 rooms blocked-Nov 1-rooms unblocked
10 Single-King bed 10 Double-2 Queen beds
CoB District Conference price $70+tax each room
Wingate-Grand Prairie
7708 N Rte 91, Peoria, IL---309/589-0033
10 Single-King rooms- (a few doubles maybe available) drop off October 6
CoB District Conference price $119+tax each room
Three Conference hotels offer a hot breakfast/continental. Each room has a small refrigerator/microwave.
There is a Cross Country State Tournament that weekend. Most hotels are filling fast. A higher rate is charged for this special events weekend.
The following currently have rooms: (prices are subject to change)
- Hampton Inn-Grand Prairie $169 King Suite and $164 King Standard--- 844/859-5876
- Staybridge Inn & Suites-Downtown-Queen Studio $129, King Studio-$139, Double Bed room- $139(Half of the hotel rooms are booked)---309/673-7829
- Embassy Suites- East Peoria quoted 5/29-rates can change $149 king-2 people, no children---$179 2 doubles-2 people…866/715-0006
- Baymont-Northwoods Mall has very few rooms available-see online for rates---309/686-7600
- Marriott-Northwoods Mall has very few rooms, Last price quoted was $149+tax.---309/686-1900
NOAC attendees are invited to take a bus to National Older Adult Conference
National Older Adult Conference is only a few months away! If you don’t have a way to get there, why not take a bus? Four buses from around the country will be heading to Lake Junaluska, N.C., for NOAC in September. Following are the places and districts from which buses will leave for NOAC, and contact information for each bus:
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2015/noac-attendees-invited-to-take-bus.html
Reprinted from the Brethren Newsline.
Are you a Doctor, Nurse Practioner, RN, LPN, or EMT?
July 11 -15, 2015
The First Aid Office at Annual Conference in Tampa is looking for DRs, RNs, LPNs and EMTs who would be willing to volunteer a few hours during Annual Conference this summer. Kathi Horrell is coordinating the First Aid Office this summer in Tampa and would be glad to hear from willing volunteers! Please contact her at: neonpalmtree@gmail.com
Chris Douglas, Director of Conference Office, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, IL 60120, 847-429-4364 (direct), 800-323-8039 ext. 364
Calendar of District Events
June
Torture Awareness MonthJuly
4-7 - Women’s Camp - Camp Emmanuel
5 - World Environment Day
6 - District LT Meeting - LaPlace
7-13 - High School Camp, Camp Emmanuel
13 - Camp Emmaus Lodge Dedication/Hare Celebration
14-20 - Middle School Camp, Camp Emmanuel
19-21 - Nat'l. Jr. High Conf, Elizabethtown College21 - Father's Day
21-27 - Junior Camp, Camp Emmanuel
25-27 - Pre-Junior Camp, Camp Emmanuel
26 - Songs for Chibok - 7:00 P.M. Wing Park Bandshell, Elgin, IL
27 - Ministerial Leadership Dev. Team, Peru, IL
4 - Independence DayAugust
5-8 - Elementary II Camp, Camp Emmaus
9 - CODE Meeting, Tampa, Fl.
9-11 - Women's Camp, Camp Emmaus
10 - Mission and Ministry Bd. Meeting, Tampa
10-11 - Minister Assoc. Cont. Edu. Event, Tampa
11-15 - ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TAMPA, FL.
17-19 - Counselor In Training Event, Camp Emmaus
18-19 - Elementary I Camp, Camp Emmaus
19-25 - Senior High Camp, Camp Emmaus
26-1 - Junior High Camp, Camp Emmaus
31-2 - Men’s Camp, Camp Emmanuel
1 - District LT Meeting - PoloSeptember
2-7 - Elementary III Camp, Camp Emmaus
7-11 - Young Adult/Young at Heart Camp, Camp Emmaus
4-7 - Family Camp, Camp EmmanuelOctober
4-7 - Labor Day Family Camp, Camp Emmaus
7-11 - National Older Adult Conf., L. Junaluska, NC
12 - Camp Emmaus Fall Festival
13 - National Grandparents Day
19 - Fish Fry, Camp Emmanuel
20 - Bethany Sunday, Mission Offering
21 - International Day of Peace
23 - First Day of Autumn
Domestic Violence Awareness MonthNovember
Pastor Appreciation Month
3 - District LT Meeting - Oak Grove
4 - World Communion Sunday
16 - World Food Day, Peace with Justice Week
17-19 - Mission & Ministry Bd. Meeting, Elgin, IL
18 - Laity Sunday
25 - Reformation Sunday
29-31 - Bethany Theo. Sem. Presidential Forum
1 - All Saints DayDecember
1 - Nat'l. Jr. High Sunday
1 - Daylight Savings Time
3 - Election Day
6-7 - DISTRICT CONFERENCE
8 - Stewardship Sunday
11 - Veteran's Day
21 - District LT Meeting - Pleasant Hill
22 - Christ the King Sunday
26 - Thanksgiving
29 - First Sunday of Advent
1 - Aids Awareness Day
6 - Second Sunday of Advent
10 - Human Right's Day
13 - Third Sunday of Advent
20 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
22 - First day of Winter
24 - Christmas Eve
25 - Christmas Day
31 - New Year's Eve
