People and Programs

• Advisory Board
• Staff
• What we do
• How it all began--history of NCP
• 2010 Federal 990 Form

Advisory Board:

Chair: Steve Brady -- Steve has served on the Committee on Interchurch Relations for the Church of the Brethren and hails from Lebanon, OH.

Vice Chair: David Rogers -- From North Manchester, IN, David is a retired pastor and avid advocate for justice and peace, with extensive experience in Central America.

Secretary: Sophie Wilhelm -- Our youth representative is from Richmond, IN and has taken a special interest in promoting NCP's Give a Girl a Chance fund.

Greg Davidson-Laszakovits -- Greg hails from Elizabethtown, PA where he is a pastor at the E'town Church of the Brethren. He and his family have lived in Brazil, and he has served as director of the Church of the Brethren Washington Office

Linetta Ballew -- Linetta serves as program director for Camp Brethren Woods in Keezletown, VA

Kim McDowell -- Kim is pastor of the University Park Church of the Brethren in Hyattsville, MD.

Robbie Miller -- Robbie lives in Bridgewater, VA where he serves as college chaplain at Bridgewater College.

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Staff:

Director: David Radcliff -- Based in Elgin, IL, David travels widely around the U.S. doing presentations in schools, congregations, youth events, community settings, and regional and national gatherings. His areas of emphasis are living responsibly with the earth, living respectfully and justly with our neighbors, and generally confronting the culture of consumption for our own spiritual health and for the good of the planet, its people and coming generations. David is a graduate of Bridgewater College and Bethany Seminary (MDiv, DMin [peace studies]); teaches courses at Elizabethtown College in the areas of globalization, environmental care, and poverty and hunger; leads Learning Tours to the Arctic, Amazon, Nepal, Burma, Sudan, and Central America; received the 2008 West/Whitelow Humanitarian Award from Bridgewater College; and has traded in his car for a bicycle.  Contact him at dradcliff@newcommunityproject.org.

Undoing Global Warming/Sustainable Living Homestead program coordinator: Tom Benevento -- Tom has a degree in Sustainable Systems and has extensive experience in development work and community organizing. His work with NCP involves leading Undoing Global Warming workshops for congregations and other groups, and developing a model sustainable living homestead at his home in Harrisonburg, VA. Learn more about his work at our Undoing Global Warming page. Contact Tom

Sustainable Building Program: Aaron Johnston -- Aaron coordinates New Community Project's Sustainable Building program in Harrisonburg VA. Aaron brings years of experience in skilled carpentry and building with a love for hand crafted and environmentally sound building techniques. Aaron works in green renovation, straw bale and cob construction, and other appropriate building technologies. Aaron is a certified energy auditor helping to make buildings more energy efficient and a professional photographer. He and his wife Becky lived and worked in Guatemala through Brethren Volunteer Service. Contact Aaron at ajohnston@newcommunityproject.org

Creation Stewardship Coordinator: Kim Chaffin -- Kim is an avid environmentalist and peacemaker, and lives in Jonesboro, TN.

Finances: Hollinger Services in Elizabethtown, PA handles NCP's financial record-keeping.

Website Manager: Rebecca Fletcher -- Becky works at the Detroit Medical Center and is actively involved in the ministry at the Living Peace Church in Canton, Michigan. Email web comments here.

Program Associate: Heidi Gross -- Look for Heidi in a light blue Prius when she's out and about in north Chicago. For NCP, she takes care of administrative details, manages mailing lists, proofs materials, manages the NCP Store, and keeps David in line. Contact Heidi

Chelsea Goss of Richmond, VA is participating in NCP's intern program, a two year long opportunity to learn about what it takes to run a small nonprofit while offering her energy and skills to the cause. She'll receive a modest stipend and her work will include joining some of our Learning Tours, spending time at our Sustainable Living Center, and representing NCP at conferences and in congregations and other groups. Contact Chelsea

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What We Do

Schools and colleges, congregational presentations, retreats and workshops, sessions for children and youth, religious or secular settings—whenever/whatever/with whomever, the New Community Project is available to provide stimulating, informative, affordable, and occasionally humorous leadership

In today's fast-paced and often challenging world, NCP staff can help your group, school or congregation:

• practice sustainability in our over-consuming society
• respond to global injustice (poverty, sweatshops, women's issues, child labor, etc.)
• learn about challenges facing the planet (global warming, over-fishing, water supplies, species extinction, disappearing rainforest and ice caps, etc.)
• assess the energy footprint of facilities and grounds for ecological and economical reasons
• explore the Arctic, Amazon, Africa and Asia through photos and stories
• find a spiritual grounding for one's outward deeds of justice and peace

Along with creative up-front leadership, NCP staff bring ideas for putting one's faith into action. Flyers, study materials, action projects offering next steps in one's journey to live more sustainable and justly

Take us to school!

NCP staff are available for presentations on the environment, world hunger, globalization, or specific regions such as Central America or North and South Korea.

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