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House Church Model Offers New Possibilities Lllis Clltisl■As, Uiue a Gill That Will 1------~ - ______ Church of the Brethren House church model offers new possibilities llliS ClltiSl■as, uiue a gill that will 1------ ~ - ______- Help Brethren Disaster •inistries reach aur goal al building 1111111 Homes in Haiti. $4,000 builds a 3-room home with cement floor $2,500 completes maior home repairs $175 provides 20 pieces of rebar $75 provides 10 sacks of cement $56 provides 10 sheets of roofing tin Support the Haiti Hurricane Response. Send your gift to: Emergency Disaster Fund Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dundee Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120 RETHREN www.brethren.org/haiti 800-451-4407 1saster Ministries Give online! www.brethren.org/rebuildhaiti NOVEMBER 2009 VOL.158 NO.10 WWW.BRETHREN.ORG u_ • • publish with the voice of thanksgiving) and tell of all thy wondrous work/)(P sa. 26:7 b KJV) . Editor: Walt Wiltschek Publisher: Wendy McFadden News: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford Subscriptions: Diane Stroyeck Design: The Concept Mill Edd ie Edmonds DEPARTMENTS 2 From the Publisher 3 In Touch 6 Reflections 7 The Buzz 20 Special Report: NOAC 2010 22 News 25 Youth Life 26 Media Review 28 Letters 31 Turning Points 32 Editorial 8 Church at home A growing movement takes Christianity back to its roots: small fellowships called "house churches" that strive to restore a deeper sense of community and disciple­ ship to faith. Some Brethren groups are among those seeking this new/old way of being the church. 12 'I thank God for your prayers' More than 20 years ago, Church of the Brethren member Marie Hamilton started the PrayerMates program to give inmates a spiritual lifeline. It has brought uncounted blessings to many prisoners-and to those praying with them. 14 A prescription for success When Paul Derstine began as executive director of lnterchurch Medical Assistance (now IMA World Health) in 1992, it was a tiny operation with a limited mission. As he retires this year, Derstine leaves behind a much larger organiza­ tion with major worldwide impact. 18 Jude: A little book with a big message The 25 verses in this brief letter near the end of the New Testament contain a lot of content, with promises of God's love amid challenges for the church. expressions of faith that are less formal and more community-driven than many existing "institutional" churches. Some websites estimate as many as 5 million Americans are part of such groups. What can Brethren find in this growing movement? 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This Thanksgiving, when I thank God for the bounty of the land, perhaps I can also find it within myself to be thankful for the winter that is to come. Thankful for the A free study guide for each issue rhythms and seasons of life, thankful for beauty even when it is severe, thankful for a of MESSENGER is available at this time in which to build the reserve for the energetic burst that is to come. site, along with other information. MESSE NGER is the official publication of the Church of the Brethren . Member of the Associated Church Press. Biblical quotations, unless otherwise ind icated, are from the New Revised Standard Version. Copyright © November 2009, Church of the Brethren . MESSENGER (ISSN 0026-0355) is published 10 times a year by Brethren Press, Church of the Brethren. Periodicals postage paid at Elgin, Ill., and additional mai ling offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MESSENGER, 1451 Du ndee Ave ., Elgin, IL 60120-1694. ~ Printed on recycled paper ~ (20% post consumer) Messenger November 2009 CONGREGATIONCLOSE-UP C THE DENOMINATION 2 ::::, Northeast Camp Blue Diamond 0 Kline effort enters final stretch cc (Petersburg, Pa.) held its annual Preservation group aims to save historic homestead c:i: Heritage Fair on Sept. 26. The camp is also building a "hammock village." ... A local Brethren effort to save the John Kline home­ The Brethren Home Community (New stead in Broadway, Va., is going down to the wire. Oxford, Pa.) had an Apple Butter The John Kline Homestead Preservation Trust, Festival on Oct. 10 .... Camp Harmony spearheaded by Shenandoah Valley Brethren, (Hooversville, Pa.) will host the says it needs to raise $425,000 in order to pur­ Western Pennsylvania District auction chase the house and an acre of surrounding on Nov. 7 .... The Bittersweet Ministries land. As of Sept. 30, about $150,000 in gifts and Gospel Band headlined a multicultural pledges had been raised, including $60,000 from praise celebration Oct. 8 at Harrisburg the nearby Linville Creek Church of the Brethren. (Pa.) First Church of the Brethren. That leaves about $300,000 needed for the pur­ chase and related expenses, money that the trust Southeast Southeastern District is must have available for the purchase by Dec. 31. studying whether to acquire a van to The land was put up for sale by its long-time own­ assist with district transportation .. ers in 2006. At that time the Park View Federal Virlina District held a Disaster Credit Union purchased an adjacent plot for a new Response Volunteer Appreciation building and agreed to purchase the Kline home­ Dinner on Oct. 25 at Germantown stead land to give the trust time to make an offer. Brick Church of the Brethren (Rocky That agreement expires at the end of this year. Mount, Va.). A quartet provided enter­ "If we do not purchase the property by tainment. ... Camp Bethel (Fincastle, December 31, 2009, we will lose the opportunity Linville Creek Church of the Brethren Va.) drew 887 campers this past sum­ pastor Paul Roth gives a tour of the to preserve the homestead as a Brethren her­ mer. It was the seventh straight sum-· John Kline home in Broadway, Va. itage center to share the legacy of Elder John mer that camper numbers have Kline's life and ministry," a statement from the group said. increased, up 53 percent since 2002. While no other agreements are in place, trust members fear the land will be pur­ chased for development if it is not preserved now. Kline, a prominent 19th-century Midwest A new Brethren church Brethren leader, lived in the house and was buried nearby after his assassination plant group in Racine, Wis., held a during the Civil War. In recent years it has been the site of several Church of the meeting on Sept. 13 .... Fred Beam Brethren youth workcamps, as well as many Brethren tour stops. served as the preacher for this year's "Preserving the homestead of Elder John Kline is a worthy endeavor," said Blue River Church of the Brethren Oakton Church of the Brethren (Vienna, Va.) pastor and former Annual Conference (Columbia City, Ind.) revival services moderator Chris Bowman, speaking in support of the trust.
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