17 May This and That

• The first Children’s Leaders Summit kicks off today in Holly Hill, Fla.
• The first Warmth Summit, for staffpersons who work in areas related to spiritual care, begins tomorrow (May 18) in Wheeling, W. Va.
• Bishop Phil Whipple and his wife, Sandy, are on their way back to Indiana from Pennsylvania. They’ve been on the road for about a month, beginning with the Youth Workers Summit in Florida in mid-April.
• Jeff Bleijerveld is flying back today from a four-day visit to Haiti.
• Former bishop Paul Hirschy has come down with pneumonia.