Emily Tyler will begin June 27 as coordinator of workcamps and
volunteer recruitment for the Church of the Brethren. The job combines
oversight and administration of the youth and young adult workcamps with
recruitment of volunteers for Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS).
This new coordinator position is located within the Global Mission
and Service program, reports to the director of BVS, and also works
closely with the director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.
Tyler has been teaching music and choir at the elementary school
level in Peoria, Ariz., where she is a member of Circle of Peace Church
of the Brethren. In previous teaching positions she was an elementary
music teacher in Wichita, Kan., where she received the Kansas State
Teacher of Promise Award in 2004.
Her volunteer work for the Church of the Brethren has included
serving as a co-coordinator of National Youth Conference in 2006,
working as a BVS volunteer. She also was a coordinator for Young Adult
Conference in 2006. She was a member of the National Young Adult
Steering Committee 2003-05. In recent years she has been a volunteer
director for some of the workcamps that are held across the country
through the Workcamp Ministry, and in 2009 co-coordinated youth
activities at Annual Conference. She is a graduate of McPherson (Kan.)
College.
Source:3/7/2012 Newsline
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