PERSONNEL NOTES

Andrea Garnett has resigned as administrative assistant for the Illinois/Wisconsin District effective Dec. 13. She is pursuing a graduate degree in social work that includes an internship. Andrea, who lives in Canton with her husband and two children, has been working for the district since 2016. We are grateful for her service, and we will miss her good work and presence in the district office. The district leadership team is working on filling the position going forward.

Jeff Lennard has announced his retirement from Brethren Press, effective March 28. He has served as director of marketing and sales since November 2006. In that role, he has overseen the publishing house’s e-commerce site and bookstores at Church of the Brethren conferences; supervised customer service, shipping, and inventory management; marketed products on multiple platforms; and played a key role in the development of new resources. As part of his work, he has also been marketing coordinator for the Shine curriculum project, a joint endeavor of Brethren Press and MennoMedia. Prior to his work with Brethren Press, he managed Christian bookstores in Chicago and Omaha, and his career in church publishing now spans more than three decades.