Annual Conference registration opens online.

Registration for non-delegates attending Annual Conference 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa, July 1-5 is now open at www.brethren.org/ac, click on "Registration." Delegates are asked to register through their congregations.

At the registration site, participants also may download an information packet, purchase a program booklet, order meal tickets, register family members, and sign up for age-group activities. Housing registration will be available online beginning March 10.

The Conference information packet including registration and housing reservation forms also is available on a CD that is being mailed to all Church of the Brethren congregations in the April Source packet.

The 2006 Annual Conference will open at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on Saturday, July 1, at 5 p.m., and will close Wednesday, July 5, at 12 noon. On-site registration and exhibits will be in Hy-Vee Hall. Worship and business sessions will take place in Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

Registration cost for the entire conference for a non-delegate is $75, $25 for children and youth ages 12-21, children under age 12 are free. A weekend registration (Saturday and Sunday) for a non-delegate costs $40, or $15 for ages 12-21. The daily non-delegate fee is $25 ($15 for Sunday), $8 for ages 12-21. Additional fees are charged for age-group activities. Discounted registration is offered to Brethren Volunteer Service workers.

Pre-Conference events include the Ministers' Association meeting Friday, June 30, from 2-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 1, from 9 a.m.-12 noon. Additional pre-Conference meetings will include the Standing Committee of Annual Conference and the Church of the Brethren General Board, as well as other groups.

The theme for the 220th recorded Annual Conference is "Together: Exercise Daily in God," from 1 Timothy 4:6-8. Ronald D. Beachley, district executive minister for Western Pennsylvania District, will serve as moderator; Belita D. Mitchell, pastor of First Church of the Brethren in Harrisburg, Pa., as moderator-elect.

For more information go to www.brethren.org/ac or call the Annual Conference office at 800-323-8039 ext. 296.

Source: 3/3/2006 Newsline
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