BMH to Sponsor Equip09 Events
Posted by Terry White on May 30, 2009
Brethren Missionary Herald Co. invites you to participate in three BMH-sponsored events as part of this year’s national Grace Brethren conference, Equip09, to be held July 26-31 at the Grace Brethren Church of Worthington (Columbus), Ohio.
The first event is a gala ice cream social and BMH authors’ autograph party following the opening plenary session on Sunday evening, July 26. Already 10 or more BMH authors, including such favorites as Tom Julien, Kary Oberbrunner, Todd Scoles, Larry McCall, John Davis, David Plaster, and many others have committed to being present to autograph their books. All books by authors present that evening will be for sale at 50 percent off retail (for this event only) and the ice cream is free, so plan now to enjoy the ice cream, the fellowship, and the blessing of chatting with some of the gifted authors who have published with BMH Books.
The second event will be the all-conference pancake breakfast and BMH corporation meeting on Monday morning, July 27. Beginning at 7 a.m., Chris’ Cakes will have their world-famous pancake flippers in operation (they have flipped for four U.S. Presidents and hold the Guinness world record) for your pleasure. Staff and board members of BMH will be serving your tables, and at 8:15 there will be a short corporation meeting for all BMH corporation members, concluding in time for everyone to get to 9 a.m. classes. Pancake breakfast tickets are included in the conference registration, but additional guests are welcome at $5 each.
And finally, the first-ever Southern Ohio Grace Brethren Heritage Tour will depart from the Columbus church about 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, and return around 9 p.m. Tour guides Todd Scoles and David Plaster will share historical context and background, as will a talented couple from the Powell church who are experts in Brethren history and will be in costume for the event.
The first stop will be at Carriage Hill Farm, founded by a Brethren couple in the 1830s, where a park historian fully versed in Brethren history will conduct a tour, lecture, and Q&A time. Next stop will be the Bear Creek Meeting House, in continual use by the Old German Baptist Brethren since the 1880s, and an elder of that congregation will host us there for a brief history lesson.
Then comes the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, where there is a large repository of documents and artifacts relating to Brethren history and all the branches of the Brethren church which have descended from Alexander Mack’s baptism of seven believers in the Eder River in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708.
The evening concludes with a wonderful German/American dinner in a private dining room at Rob’s Restaurant in Brookville, where the family that owns the establishment has been serving legendary meals since 1976. The all-inclusive cost for the tour, including the bus, entrance to all sites, and the meal is $30 per person.
And, of course, all week long BMH will welcome your browsing and fellowship at our book exhibit table, where the more than 130 fine products published by BMH will be available, including latest copies of the all-Grace Brethren periodical, FGBC World. BMH welcomes you to Equip09 and looks forward to visiting with you!
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