ABC announces theme, keynote speakers for NOAC 2004.

Plans are coming together for the seventh National Older Adult Conference (NOAC), to be held Sept. 6-10 at Lake Junaluska (N.C.) Assembly. Sponsored by the Older Adult Ministry area of the Association of Brethren Caregivers (ABC), the biennial event typically draws more than 1,000 people.

The conference theme will be “Being Renewed Day by Day,” based on 2 Cor. 4:7-16. Keynote speakers will include United Methodist leader and author Tex Sample, Foundation for Global Community fellow L. Robert Keck; Gratis (Ohio) Church of the Brethren member Pamela K. Brubaker, a professor of religion at California Lutheran University; Manchester Church of the Brethren (North Manchester, Ind.) senior pastor Kurt Borgmann; and Beacon Heights (Fort Wayne, Ind.) pastor for worship Deanna Brown. Borgmann and Brown will preach at the opening and closing worship celebrations, respectively.

Morning Bible studies will be led by Stephen Reid, academic dean and professor of Old Testament studies at Bethany Theological Seminary.

Registration details for NOAC will be available in February. For more information about the conference, call ABC at 800-323-8039.

Source: Newsline 1/02/2004
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