PERSONNEL NOTES

Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey will join the staff of the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership as part-time Coordinator of English-Language Ministry Training Programs, starting Dec. 1. Hollenberg-Duffey is co-pastor (with her husband, Tim) of Oakton Church of the Brethren (Vienna, Va.). She will continue to serve that congregation on a part-time basis. Hollenberg-Duffey is a 2011 graduate of Bridgewater College and earned her Master of Divinity from Bethany Theology Seminary in 2014. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary. She has served in leadership roles for the Church of the Brethren and its Mid-Atlantic District. For the past four years, she has been a member of Bethany’s Board of Trustees, including service as vice-chair.

Daniel L. Rudy has been called to serve as district executive minister for the Virlina District beginning Feb. 6. He has served as pastor of Ninth Street Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, Va., since 2011 and has been an instructor in the Christian Growth Institute of the Virlina and Shenandoah districts. While serving on the Virlina District Board, he has been a member of the New Church Development Committee, fulfilling the role of chair for the past two years. He is serving as pastoral representative on the Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee of the Annual Conference and as Virlina’s representative to the Virginia Council of Churches from 2014-2016 and has also chaired the Southeast Roanoke Christian Partnership Advisory Council for six years. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts from Bridgewater College.

 Emma Jean Franklin Woodard will serve a five-week interim role for Virlina’s district executive position between the retirement of David Shumate on Dec. 31 and the beginning of Daniel Rudy’s service.

Beth Sollenberger has resigned as interim district executive minister for the Michigan District, effective Dec. 31. Previously also district executive for South/Central Indiana, she has assisted Michigan for several years beginning in 2018. A leadership team from the district is assisting with duties during the time of transition.

Marie Willoughby is serving as part-time co-interim district executive minister for South/Central Indiana as of Oct. 15. She replaces Kay Gaier, who had served in the role alongside Anna Lisa Gross since January. Willoughby was previously a pastor and served as district executive for Michigan from 2002 to 2009. She currently lives in North Manchester, Ind.

Michael Scalzi has been hired beginning Nov. 9 as program assistant for Children’s Disaster Services, a program of Brethren Disaster Ministries, working out of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md. He recently retired from Carroll County (Md.) Public Schools as a school counselor and behavior intervention specialist. He is a member of Westminster (Md.) Church of the Brethren.