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Living Stream Church of the Brethren
May 26, 2022
"Sustained by Jesus' Prayers"   
John 17:20-26
 
What does it mean for Jesus to pray for us? What does it mean for Jesus to love us enough to seek our protection, to care about our challenges of sharing and living the gospel? This scripture reminds us of the transitions in this season---graduations, weddings, and the like---of endings and new beginnings. Considering our life transitions and those of our loved ones, what have our prayers been, what are they now, and how are they like Jesus' prayer for his disciples? We will consider these questions as Pastor Debbie leads us in worship together on Sunday, May 29.

Worship online with Living Stream Church of the Brethren on Sunday at 5:00 pm Pacific time; 6:00 pm Mountain time; 7:00 pm Central time; and 8:00 pm Eastern time. Or you may access the recorded archives of our worship at www.LivingStreamCoB,org any time that suits your schedule. 
Image credit: Dreamstime.com 
SATURDAY, MAY 28 - DON'T MISS IT!
Pre-Conference Briefing with COB Moderator, David Sollenberger
The Pacific Northwest District has arranged a pre-conference gathering on Zoom with the Church of the Brethren moderator, David Sollenberger. David will join us to provide information about this year's Annual Conference and answer questions we might have leading up to July's conference.

We'll gather with David on Zoom on Saturday, May 28th, at 10:00 am Pacific time; noon Central time; 1:00 pm Eastern time. The Zoom link for this meeting will be: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3178516703. Meeting ID: 317 851 6703.

This meeting will be recorded, and the video will be made available afterward for anyone who might not be able to attend the event live. If you have a question for David but won't be able to attend the meeting, please feel free to email those questions to Daniel Klayton at daniel.klayton@gmail.com.
 
Do you speak a language other than English? 
     Sunday, June 5th is Pentecost. Our focus scripture is from Acts 2:1-12, the story of the Holy Spirit giving the disciples the ability to speak in other languages.  As part of the service and scripture reading, I would like to include as many languages as I can.  If you can speak a language other than English, even if you are a beginning learner, would you be willing to be recorded in a zoom call saying (or signing!) this phrase: "All of them began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability." 
      If you are willing to help with this piece of worship, please contact me prior to next Thursday( June 2nd) at pastor@ridgewaycob.org. I'm excited to hear a variety of voices.  

Thanks for your help. 
Pastor Liz
Worship - a time of
renewal and reflection
“Gather us in, all peoples together”…to worship in Omaha! Services of worship have been planned to inspire and engage us with our God.  There will be elements of surprise and even humor at times, reminding us that God is a creative God of variety! How wonderful to anticipate gathering again as the Church of the Brethren to lift our voices in harmony as we sing new and familiar hymns, to absorb scripture and sermons to rouse us, and to be sent home with thanksgiving and a charge to be more like Jesus!   

The worship team of Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, Paula Bowser, Tim Hollenberg-Duffey, and Scott Duffey, music coordinator, have been planning worship services with input by Ryan Arnt, pianist, Julie Richard, choir director, and children's choir director, Michael Stern. The team is chaired by third-year Program and Arrangements Committee member Carol Hipps Elmore. Jennifer K. Scarr and Frank Ramirez will be sharing a skit on Brethren roots during each worship service. Organ music will be provided by videos submitted from Ellen Gilbert, McPherson Church of the Brethren; Billy Martin, Harrisonburg First Church of the Brethren; Shawn Kirchner, La Verne Church of the Brethren; and Jonathan Emmons, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Annual Conference Preachers
David Sollenberger, Moderator
Sunday Evening
Theme: Embracing One Another with Christ as
Our Example
 

Leonor Ochoa
Monday Evening
Theme: Embracing One Another in Times of Pain and Brokenness
 

Anna Lisa Gross
Tuesday Evening
Theme: Embracing One Another in Our Joy and Celebration
 

Nathan Rittenhouse
Wednesday Evening
Theme: Embracing One Another Amidst Our Diversity as a Faith Community
 

Belita Mitchell
Thursday Morning
Theme: Embracing One Another as We Reach Out to Our Neighbors
Photo by Glenn Riegel
 
Bible Study Leaders
Bible Study, a part of the business sessions, will be led by:
 
Stephen Breck Reid
Waco, Texas
 
Denise Kettering-Lane
Dayton, Ohio
 
Where's my Conference Book?
Because of paper shortages printers are running behind schedule, so our conference booklet is taking longer to produce this year. We are hoping to have them ready to ship in the next several weeks. We will update you if that changes. Thank you for your patience! 
 
Volunteer Opportunities
Annual Conference appreciates those who volunteer to help be a caregiver or chaperone in the Age Group Activities, Usher, Teller, stuff Delegate Packets, help in Registration, and more. To sign up click here. Thank you!
Photo by Laura Brown
Family Camp at Camp Myrtlewood
Family Camp 2022 is upon us! This year's theme is “The Little Things”.  We’ll be bringing back the Camp Family groups this year. Campers will be shuffled into their “Camp Family” to participate in team building exercises, share one meal together each day, and get to know a little bit more about our community members. We’ll have crafts, games, songs, campfire and all the other little joys that Camp has to offer. We do not yet have a keynote speaker, but are open to suggestions.  Would you like to be involved with Camp activities this year? Please contact us to let us know your interest!You can reach Morgan Woods at manager@campmyrtlewood.org or 541-572-5307
Image - 24 May 2022 - Mallards - Columbus, Ohio - by Bruce
Join us each Wednesday in the Zoom Prayer Room as we share from our different locations and then hear a brief word of encouragement and pray together. We meet at 5 pm Pacific Time, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern Time. We keep the meeting short–just a half hour or so. To join us in the Prayer Room, please go to the Living Stream Church of the Brethren website at www.LivingStreamCoB.org. Then simply click on the link to the Living Stream Prayer Room.  (If requested, grant permissions for camera and mic, and choose to connect with computer audio and video to join the Zoom meeting.)   
UPCOMING in WORSHIP
with LIVING STREAM

June 5
Pentecost
"The Word of God"
John 14:8-17; Acts 2:1-12
Pastor Liz

June 12
Pastor Enten

June19
Daniel Finkbiner,
Guest preacher

You can revisit any of our previous worship services by visiting our archives.
 
Living Stream Church of the Brethren affirms the image of God
in all persons – of every age, gender identity and expression, race, ability, ethnicity, nationality, class, and sexual orientation –
and celebrates each person’s call to
serve the world
and the church.

Offerings and donations made to Living Stream CoB are always welcome by mail:

Living Stream CoB
500 N Emerson Ave Apt 413
Wenatchee, WA 98801-6638
 
Thank you for your donations toward our monthly budget of $2,045.83:
December - $2.565.00
January - $2,092.74
February - $1,468.69
March - $ 2,366.24  
April - $2,816.98
May to date - $1,424.52
 
Attendance
Date # who
Chat		 Peak
Live		 Total
Views
May 1 26 30 58
May 8 31 33 65
May 15 26 29 57
May 22 24 25 59

These statistics refer to the number of devices and may represent more than one person on a device. "Total views" includes views of the archives.
Click this button to make an offering online to keep us streaming! Thank you.

INVITATION FROM YOUR PASTORAL TEAM

Contact your pastoral team -- pastors@LivingStreamCoB.org -- to volunteer to share your gift in worship -- be it a reading, a video, a gift of song, or a message.  It is your willingness to share your gifts that makes our worship more meaningful and helps us to know each other better across the many miles.
YOUR STREAM TEAM

Contact your pastors with any questions, concerns, suggestions, or to get involved in helping lead worship!

All pastors together: pastors@LivingStreamCoB.org   
Bobbi Dykema:  Bobbi@LivingStreamCoB.org    
Debbie Eisenbise: Debbie@LivingStreamCoB.org 
Enten Eller: Enten@LivingStreamCoB.org  
Liz Bidgood Enders: Liz@LivingStreamCoB.org  

Newsletter Editor and Pastor Emeritus: Bruce Rosenberger: Bruce@LivingStreamCoB.org.
Technology Issues?  Contact Enten the Technology Deacon: Tech@LivingStreamCoB.org  
Prayer requests?  Email your prayer concerns: pray@LivingStreamCoB.org 
 
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