ABMOPAD 58th Annual Retreat
August 3 - 5, 2012 at Shippensburg University
Planning for the 58th Retreat is UNDER WAY!
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2012 Retreat Speaker - Rev. A. Roy Medley
Previously, Rev. Medley was executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey, one of 34 regions within the denomination. American Baptist Churches USA includes approximately 5,800 churches and 1.5 million members.
From 1979-1985 Rev. Medley was national director of the Neighborhood Action Program of American Baptist National Ministries, where he directed denominational Christian center programs, focusing on programmatic vision, recruitment, support for National Ministries home missionaries at the centers and mission interpretation with local churches. He represented American Baptist Churches USA at the National Council of Churches of Christ in the DOmestic Hunger and Poverty Working Group and at the World Council of Churches through the Ecumenical Development Cooperative Fund.
Rev. Medley has been a member of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Freedom and Justice and the Church Renewal Committee and served on the faculty for the American Baptist Churches USA Church Planters INstitute. He has been a Bible study leader and speaker at numerous gatherings in the U.S. as well as in Haiti, the Philippines, India, Myanmar, Cuba and Rwanda.
A native of Ringgold, Ga., Medley holds an A.B. degree (psychology) from the University of Chattanooga and a M.Div. degree from Princton Theological Seminary. He has received honorary D.Div. degrees from Alderson-Broaddus College, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Central Philippine University and Franklin College.
He is a member of First Baptist Church, Freehold; N.J., and is married to the Rev. Dr. Patricia Stauffer Medley, an ordained Lutheran pastor currently serving Hope Lutheran Church, Freehold, N.J. They have two sons, Ethan and Jordan.
Attention Golfers (and Duffers)!
The 58th Annual Retreat will once again coincide with the Annual Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at the Cumberland Golf Club. Once again, the format will be a four person scramble. More details will be posted here as they become available.
If you play an instrument and would like to participate in the Orchestra this year, please contact Phil Steinhoff in advance of the retreat so he can plan accordingly. Phil can be reached at:
Phil Steinhoff
13 Shady Lane
Dover DE 19901-6226
Phone: (302)698-9908
Email:
phil@fbcdover.org
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