Passing the Torch

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Living Stream Church of the Brethren
June16, 2022

"Passing the Torch"

1 Timothy 4:6-16

One generation "passes the torch" to another. As Juneteenth and Father's Day coincide, there is opportunity to reflect on those who have gone before in the ongoing generational struggle for freedom and self determination. It also happens to be the feast of "The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ" (Corpus Christi) in the Roman Catholic calendar. Come and join in digging deep into the connections among these great mysteries. Living Stream board member Daniel Finkbiner will be our guest preacher.

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: "Luigi Brizzolara, The Victors, 1921, bronze, Tomb of the family Machado, Cemitério da Consolação, São Paulo, Brazil.

Board acts to purchase new broadcast/streaming computers
At its recent meeting your Living Stream board voted to replace all four of our broadcast/streaming computers. Recognizing that the ones currently in use are approximately 61/2 years old, the board felt that it is time to replace them with equipment that is current and will serve us at least five years into the future. This is a capital expense, equivalent to that faced by a "bricks and mortar" congregation which faces building and mainteneance expenses. At the same time the board made a plan to set aside $1500.00 per year in the budget for future computer replacements.
This purchase of four computers will cost $6,540.00 which will significantly reduce our bank balance. Thus any special donations will be especially welcome at this time. We are grateful for your regular and faithful financial support of Living Stream. Contributions are welcome online by PayPal or by mail to Living Stream CoB, 500 N Emerson Ave Apt 413, Wenatchee, WA 98801-6638.

AC 2022 Business and Ballot
Complete information about the business and ballot for this year's Annual Conference is available by clicking on Business and Ballot 2022.

Interviews with the Annual Conference Ballot Candidates
The Dunker Punks podcasts of the Womaen's Caucus interviews with Annual Conference ballot candidates are available at this link: http://arlingtoncob.org/dpp/?fbclid=IwAR27iUcOFhCZKQKf8tbOrrWekKFTI2-KgaQE5iWA4Z5Mnd_CrBAjj-J8nnM

VIRTUAL (online) Non-Delegate Registration will remain open until 5:00 p.m. CT on June 30. Virtual Non-Delegates will receive information about how to participate in an email sent on July 1. Use this link to register as a virtual non-delegate for the 2022 Annual Conference.

Going to Omaha? Join us at the Living Stream booth!
For those who are attending Annual Conference, we'd be glad to have some Living Streamers be at our booth during exhibit hall times (not during business or worship), simply to be able to greet people who stop by the booth, and to answer questions and share about our congregation. If you are able and willing to hang out by our booth for an hour or two, please let us know by writing to tech@LivingStreamCoB.org to let us know! Thank you!

Annual Conference Business Volunteers Wanted
If you are not a delegate to Annual Conference, but still going to Omaha, please consider being volunteer to help those online be part of the business! The Annual Conference Office has requested that we arrange for a handful of folks who can stand-ins for virtual participants, taking a question they may have posed in the chat up to the microphone line to share on their behalf. For more information and/or to volunteer, please write to Pastor Enten at tech@LivingStreamCOB.org.

Commissioning for Annual Conference
As a part of our worship service on July 3 we will be commssioning Daniel Finkbiner, our delegate to Conference and others from Living Stream for service at Annual Conference.

Family Camp at Camp Myrtlewood
Family Camp 2022 will be July 19-24. This year's theme is “The Little Things”. We’ll be bringing back the Camp Family groups this year. Each camper will be part of a “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 - 5 February 2011 Sunrise, South Padre Island, Texas - 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.)

Pacific Northwest District Prayer Gathering this evening
Our next district-wide prayer gathering will be this evening, June 16nd, at 7pm Pacific time; 10pm Eastern time. These Zoom gatherings, organized by our new District Envisioning Team, are a time for us to share joys and concerns, pray together, and talk about the life of our shared ministry and district. These prayer gatherings are every first and third Thursday of each month. Join us at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/236009838 - Meeting ID: 236 009 838.

UPCOMING in WORSHIP
with LIVING STREAM
June 26
Annual Conference moderator,
David Sollenberger,
Guest preacher
July 3
"Go, You Are Sent"
Luke 10:1-12, 16-20
Pastor Bobbi
Commissioning of Conference delegate and others for service at Annual Conference
Fellowship time afterward

July 10
Annual Conference

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:
January - $2,092.74
February - $1,468.69
March - $ 2,366.24
April - $2,836.98
May - $1,737.04
June to date - $748.56

Attendance

Date	Posted Chats	Peak Live	Total Views
May 15	26	29	58
May 22	24	25	61
May 29	27	36	82
June	24	39	50

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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Living Stream Church of the Brethren
500 N Emerson Ave Apt 413
Wenatchee, WA 98801-6638

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