Beth Berman Dinner and Silent Auction

Beth Berman

Making Ministry Possible

In 2007 Beth Berman, who served as our Church Administrator, was tragically killed. While we have yet to recover from the loss, we continue to seek ways to continue her loving legacy of doing whatever is required to put people in position to live out their place in God's Mission for the world. Each year members of our church and community are able to participate in mission trips, spiritual retreats, and service opportunities that they would otherwise not be able to be a part of due to financial restraints.

We believe in putting people from our congregation and community together with people from communities we visit on global and local mission trips. We believe this is the best way for us to join God in His mission of loving the world and His people through reconciliation and healing.

Clean water, education, housing, spiritual formation, and leadership development are just some examples of ministry your support of the Beth Berman Fund makes possible. This type of relational, experienceable, incarnational, and empowering ministry is changing the world. Tragedy and loss are giving way to hope and wholeness.

"My life is dedicated to making ministry possible, facilitating ministry in any way I can- through service, planning, organization, and administration."

-Beth Berman

Speaker at auction this year:

Whitney Kimball Coe, Director, National Programs for
Center for Rural Strategies

Whitney Kimball Coe serves as coordinator of the National Rural Assembly, a rural movement made up of activities and partnerships geared toward building better policy and more opportunity across the country. In 2017, she was a featured speaker at the inaugural summit of the Obama Foundation and a guest on the radio program On Being with Krista Tippett. In 2018, she spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Her focus on building civic courage in communities is directly tied to a practice of participation in her hometown of Athens, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband Matt and daughters, Lucy and Susannah. Coe has a MA in Appalachian studies from Appalachian State University in North Carolina and an undergraduate degree in religion and philosophy from Queens University of Charlotte.

Here is a link to the video of her talk:

https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/#search/beth+dawson/FMfcgxvxBZCDkwQjkcFtxhVQbpVPJjfm?projector=1