Seminarian for Upper Midwest Region in Bosnia

From Week of Compassion:

Today, WOC Directors Amy Gopp and Johnny Wray are being joined by another group of Disciples seminary students on a ten day mission trip to the Balkans. This is the fourth such trip WOC has offered Disciples seminarians; it is an excellent opportunity to give up-and-coming pastors and church leaders a firsthand look at how Disciples dollars respond to disasters, assist the uprooted, support invaluable community-based development projects, and strengthen vital peace-building and reconciliation efforts as part of post-war reconstruction – all done through a remarkable network of ecumenical and local partners.

Under the auspices of the Church World Service Balkans Office, the delegation will visit WOC/Disciples-supported programs and projects of CWS and its local partner, the Foods Resource Bank, as well as the “Build A Village” project in Grahovo, Bosnia – a project, strongly supported by Disciples, that may well serve as a model for future CWS development work throughout the world.

Members of the delegation include Fay Barnes, Lexington Theological Seminary; Clint Collins, Phillips Theological Seminary; Bekah Cypert, Brite Divinity School; Adam Frieberg, University of Chicago Divinity School; Nona Hodder, Christian Theological Seminary; and Ryan Motter, Vanderbilt Divinity School. The delegation will return home on June 23.