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BRETHREN WORLD ASSEMBLY
Schedule of Events

Wednesday, July 23, 2003
1:00 to 3:00: Registration: Westminster Hall, Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana.
3:00: Opening session.
Convener: William R. Eberly, Editor, Monograph Series, Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. Historical Roots of Church of the Brethren Missions since 1875.
Presenter: A. Ferne Baldwin, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Manchester College. Historical Roots of Brethren Missions since 1900.
Presenter: Ronald T. Clutter, Professor, Trinity College.
5:30 Dinner
7:30 Evening Worship.
Worship Leader: Herman Kauffman, District Executive, Church of the Brethren.
Preacher: Marcos Inhauser, National Director, Brazil Church of the Brethren.


Thursday, July 24, 2003
8:30 Convener: Emanuel W. Sandberg, Executive Director, The Brethren Church. Brethren-sponsored Denominations and Congregations outside the United States.
Presenter: Dale R. Stoffer, Academic Dean, Ashland Theological Seminary. Participants, David Loi, Malasia; Sudhir Kumar, India; Eduardo Rodriguez, Argentina.
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Convener: Harriet Finney, 2003 Moderator, Church of the Brethren. Church of the Brethren-sponsored Denominations and Congregations outside the United States.
Presenter: Mervin B. Keeney, Executive Director for Global Mission Partnerships, Church of the Brethren.
5:30 Dinner
7:30 Evening Worship.
Worship Leader: Timothy P. Garner, District Executive, The Brethren Church.
Preacher: Eduardo Rodriguez, Academic Director, South American Theological Seminary, Argentina.


Friday, July 25, 2003
8:30 Convener: tba, Grace Brethren-sponsored Denominations and Congregations outside the United States.
Presenter: David Guiles, Director, Grace Brethren International Missions.
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Social Service Work Around the World
Convener: tba, Origins of Brethren Service in Mid-Twentieth Century.
Presenter: Kenneth M. Shaffer, Jr., Archivist, Church of the Brethren. How Each of the Brethren Bodies Serve Around the World. Panel, Dan McFadden, James Hollinger, John E. Bryant, Paul Stump, Marcus Brubaker.
5:30 Dinner
7:30 Evening Worship.
Worship Leader: Charles W. Turner, Vice President, Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc.
Preacher: James L. Custer, Senior Pastor, Columbus (Worthington) Grace Brethren Church.


Saturday, July 26, 2003
8:30 Visit site of the 1882 Annual Conference of the German Baptist Brethren Church. Assemble at the Bethany Church of the Brethren (Tim Sollenberger Morphew, Pastor), US 6 between New Paris and Milford, Indiana,
Visit Arnold's Grove (James Hollinger, Tour Leader), where tents were set up and railroads built siding spurs to deliver conference attendees close to the center of conference activities.
Visit site of school house where Brethren leaders met to organize the Brethren Church. Travel to Camp Mack to experience a guided tour of the Camp Mack Mural History of the Brethren (William R. Eberly, Leader).
12:45 Closing meal at Camp Mack.



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