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2020 SO PA District Conference - September 19
Buffalo Valley COB, Mifflinburg, PA

Seek peace

and pursue it.

Needless to say, it’s been a strange year. We went from planning our regular District
Conference at Buffalo Valley to cutting it back to just one short day. Then we moved from
having it in one location to trying four sites at the same time. Finally we had to cancel District
Conference altogether. It was a bittersweet, but necessary, decision.

The business that had to be handled right away was done by regular mail and email. I want
to thank all our delegates for taking the time to serve our District, even though we couldn’t do
it together. I also want to thank Carolyn Jones, our District Office Manager; Terry Smith, our
District Board Chair and Bill Waugh, our District Executive for all their hard work and
support throughout this difficult time.
As we move forward, please keep Ray Lehman in your prayers as he becomes Moderator for
the Southern Pa. District. It’s time for me to “pass the gavel” to him, along with my prayers.
May God bless him in a powerful way. The coronavirus looks like it will be with us for some
time to come, so we don’t know what the coming year will look like for our District. But the
Lord will be with us on the journey.

We didn’t get a chance to talk about it at Conference, but I hope many of you took the time
to think about our theme. As believers in Jesus Christ, as Brethren, as members of this
wonderful District, let’s “seek peace and pursue it” as often as we can!

John F. Hess
District Moderator