Kobel ends service for General Secretary, to assist Conference Office.

Jon Kobel’s service as manager of office operations for the General Secretary of the Church of the Brethren will end on June 19, after which he will assume new duties as conference assistant for the Conference Office of the Church of the Brethren.

Kobel has filled the managerial post in the General Secretary’s office since June 1999. During his tenure, he has assisted current general secretary Stan Noffsinger as well as former general secretary Judy Mills Reimer, and has served as recorder of minutes for the denomination’s board. For a time, he will work alongside current conference assistant Dana Weaver as he learns the job. In September, the Conference Office will be moved to the General Offices in Elgin, Ill., from its current location at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.

The position of manager of office operations for the General Secretary is being eliminated because of the economic recession and the budget reduction put in place by the Mission and Ministry Board. Nancy Miner’s position as manager in the office of the Associate General Secretary of Ministry and Program/Executive Director of Caring Ministries, which she has filled since last September, will be modified to provide managerial assistance to both the General Secretary and the Associate General Secretary of Ministry and Program.

Source: 4/8/2009 Newsline Extra