BRETHREN VOLUNTEER SERVICE ASKS FOR PRAYER FOR TRAINEE, ORIENTATION UNIT

"...As you also join in helping us by your prayers..." (2 Corinthians 1:11a).

Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) leaders have asked for prayer following a devastating situation involving a trainee in its current orientation unit. Members of the orientation unit have been in training in Maryland, preparing for terms of service as fulltime volunteers.

One of the trainees in the unit has been involved in a tragic medical situation that is requiring an investigation by the Baltimore City police department. The outcome of that investigation is not yet known.

Church of the Brethren denominational staff have been offering support and caring for the trainee and family. Support is being offered also to the other members of the orientation unit and to the BVS orientation staff.

Prayer support is requested from the denomination during this difficult time for the BVS staff and volunteers.

Brethren Volunteer Service is a ministry of the Church of the Brethren, and this year is celebrating its 60th anniversary (www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org).

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The Palms of Sebring is back again with its annual Apple Festival, which celebrates all things apple and all things fall. The festival runs today through Saturday, and this year is at Blough Hall at the Church of the Brethren. Read more at
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“Living in a (stained) glass house,” Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Pa.
Dale Reist, owner of Reist Popcorn Co. in Mount Joy, Pa., is one of the clergy spouses interviewed for this newspaper article about the experiences of both husbands and wives of area pastors. He is married to Pam Reist, associate pastor at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. "I think I have a much greater awareness now of people's individual pain, trials, and tribulations because of Pam's role. That's a benefit," he told the paper. Find the full article at
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