Can't Be in NC? No Problem!

You don't have to miss the 2011 Intercultural Consultation and Celebration if you're unable to travel to Mills River, NC this weekend!

Join us online April 28-30 for the live webcast from the comfort of your home or office. (FYI: The link will not be functional until the consultation begins on April 28 at 7:00 p.m., ET.)

In partnership with Bethany Theological Seminary, the 2011 consultation will be broadcast online. All you need is an Internet-connected computer with Adobe Flash Player installed on it. (Adobe estimates that 99% of Internet-connected devices have it.)

This year's event begins with opening worship on Thursday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m., ET. We'll post the final schedule tomorrow morning, so please check back for an update linking to a PDF version.

We hope to see you with us, in person or virtually!


Update: Friends, please excuse the delay in posting the update. There is only one Internet connection at the church and it needed to be used for the webcast. Also, we were informed of a small change to the link for the webcast itself. Lastly, we've been unable to get the program posted as a PDF. Please see the tab above that says 2011 ICC Program.

Timothy Monn, Worship Speaker for 4/30/2011

We are pleased to announce Pastor Timothy L. Monn as one of the speakers during the 2011 Intercultural Consultation and Celebration’s closing worship service on Saturday, April 30.

Monn currently serves as pastor of the Midland Church of the Brethren in Virginia. The congregation also operates Midland Christian Academy, which serves children from pre-school through eighth grade. He is a member of the school’s board of directors.

Raised in the Waynesboro (Penn.) Church of the Brethren, Monn has been an active church leader since his youth, volunteering and working in the Southern Pennsylvania CBYF and at Camp Eder. He was first licensed to the ministry while in college.

A 1974 graduate the University of Pennsylvania, Monn received a B.A. in political science with additional studies in experimental psychology. While studying at Penn, he was a regular performer on the Philadelphia coffee house circuit and a leader of the student anti-Viet Nam War movement. Monn also was a Southern Pennsylvania District fieldworker coordinating “Operation Hunger” to provide food assistance to people in the York, PA area during the state budget crises of 1973 and 1974.

Monn studied at Bethany Theological Seminary and received his M.Div. in 1977. He has served as pastor at Koontz and Waterside (Middle Pennsylvania), Chippewa and Black River (Northern Ohio), and Living Stone (West Marva) Churches of the Brethren. He was a member of the Annual Conference study committee on litigation.

Tim and his wife, Jane, have been married for 36 years. They have three adult children and one daughter-in-law.