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    <title><![CDATA[‘Joshua’ is newest Believers Church Bible Commentary]]></title>
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       <![CDATA["Joshua" by Gordon Matties has been released as the newest volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. The series is published by Herald Press and MennoMedia, and is available to purchase through Brethren Press. Also new from Brethren Press is the summer quarter of “A Guide for Biblical Studies” written by Kim McDowell on the theme “God Calls for Justice.”]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Conference ‘Witness to Host City’ will be school collection]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Annual Conference witness to the city of St. Louis, Mo., will involve the collection of school supplies for the St. Louis Public School system. During the 2012-13 school year, the St. Louis Public Schools will serve approximately 28,000 students in 72 different schools. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren bits for May 16, 2012]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Among the Brethren bits for this issue of Newsline, a former moderator will lead W. Plains District youth, Brethren Disaster Ministries seeks a volunteer truck driver, NYAC and the New Church Planting Conference are coming up, there are church anniversaries, and much more in the way of district and college news.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Newsline for May 16, 2012]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Articles in this issue include: 1) Bethany Seminary grants 16 degrees at 107th commencement. 2) Annual Conference ‘Witness to Host City’ will be school collection. 3) EDF grants support disaster rebuilding in Alabama, food crisis in Africa. 4) Brethren disaster volunteer Steve Keim receives awards. 5) BVSers in Hiroshima help organize peace concert with Brethren singer. 6) Manchester College executive vice president will lead School of Pharmacy. 7) Young Center holds conference on legacy of Alexander Mack Jr. 8) Brethren World Assembly planned for July 2013. 9) ‘Joshua’ is newest Believers Church Bible Commentary. 10) Brethren bits: Personnel, NYAC, CCS photo album, Brethren Press consignment sale, much more.]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[EDF grants support disaster rebuilding in Alabama, food crisis in Africa]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Brethren Disaster Ministries has received an Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) grant for $17,000 to continue its work in Arab, Ala., following an EF 4 tornado that hit the town on April 27 last year. In another recent EDF grant, $8,000 has been given to aid food security in the Sahel region of north Africa.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren in the News page for May 15, 2012]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[A listing of recent online news about Brethren individuals, congregations, and denominational programs includes a number of obituaries plus articles such as “Faiths provide tests of tastes” from the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator, and “Governor McDonnell tours Pulaski, Washington Counties tornado recovery” from WSLS TV Channel 10 in Roanoke, Va., complete with video of recipients of new homes built by Brethren Disaster Ministries.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Young Center holds conference on legacy of Alexander Mack Jr]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College is holding a conference June 6-8 titled, “Pietist and Anabaptist Intersections in Pennsylvania: The Life and Influence of Alexander Mack Jr.” 
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren disaster volunteer Steve Keim receives award]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Steve Keim, a volunteer project leader for Brethren Disaster Ministries, was named Volunteer of the Year by National VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) on May 8, during the 2012 Annual VOAD Conference in Norfolk, Va. He also received a second and completely unexpected award, the President’s Volunteer Service Award.]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BVSers in Hiroshima help organize peace concert with Brethren singer]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Brethren Volunteer Service workers at the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima, Japan, recently helped organize a concert for peace given by American Brethren folk singer Mike Stern on April 13. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren World Assembly planned for July 2013]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[A Brethren World Assembly, consisting of constituents and friends of the Brethren groups descended from the German Anabaptist/Radical Pietist religious leader Alexander Mack in the early 1700s, will be held in the Dayton, Ohio, area Thursday-Sunday, July 11-14, 2013.
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bethany Seminary grants 16 degrees at 107th commencement]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Bethany Theological Seminary held its 107th commencement the morning of May 5, in Nicarry Chapel on the Bethany campus in Richmond, Ind. Approximately 150 were present to celebrate the achievements of 16 graduates.]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren bits for May 3, 2012]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[This edition of Brethren bits includes personnel notices from the University of La Verne and Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village, search for a new president/CEO at Brethren Village, opening for a janitor at the Brethren Service Center, news from the Inglenook Cookbook and the Gather 'Round summer curriculum, lots of district news as well as a church's 100th anniversary, and much more.]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Seminary and college commencement ceremonies set for May]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Bethany Theological Seminary will be holding its graduation ceremony on May 5, in Richmond, Ind., just one of several Church of the Brethren-related schools that have announced May commencement ceremonies. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren Digital Archives project enters Phase 2]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Brethren Digital Archives committee met on April 23 at the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookeville, Ohio. The group is guiding a project to digitize Brethren periodicals and publications. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Newsline for May 3, 2012]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Stories in this issue of Newsline: 1) Business items are announced for the 2012 Annual Conference. 2) Conference officers invite Ministry of Reconciliation to broader role. 3) Moderator makes trip to Spain, visits new Brethren group. 4) Christian Citizenship Seminar considers our relationship with carbon. 5) MoR works on new network of conflict transformation practitioners. 6) Manchester trustees approve name change to 'university.' 7) Department of Defense contractor lists released by BBT, FedEx moves up. 8) Brethren Digital Archives project enters Phase 2. 9) Seminary and college commencement ceremonies set for May. 10) Brethren Academy updates its list of courses for 2012-13. 11) Brethren bits: Personnel, job openings, district news, and much more.]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[MoR works on new network of conflict transformation practitioners]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[MoR program coordinator Leslie Frye recently invited representatives from Mennonite Central Committee's Office of Criminal Justice, the Kansas Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR), and Anabaptist conflict transformation practitioners with a range of ages, colors, and affiliations to join MoR practitioners in conversation regarding the potential of forming a sustainable network for the continuing work of reconciliation.]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Department of Defense contractor lists released by BBT, FedEx moves up]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Honoring the Church of the Brethren’s historic peace stance can be accomplished in many ways, and Brethren Benefit Trust chooses to do so through its investments. BBT does this by compiling lists of publicly traded US Department of Defense contractors each year and prohibiting its investment managers from investing BBT funds in them.]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren Academy updates its list of courses for 2012-13]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership has updated its list of courses for 2012 and extending into 2013. Courses are open to Training in Ministry (TRIM) or Education for Shared Ministry (EFSM) students, pastors, and other interested persons. Ordained and licensed ministers earn continuing education credit for most courses. Courses noted as “SVMC” are offered through the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, register by contacting SVMC@etown.edu or 717-361-1450. Registration brochures are available at www.bethanyseminary.edu/academy or by calling 800-287-8822 ext. 1824.]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Christian Citizenship Seminar considers our relationship with carbon]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Fifty-two Church of the Brethren youth and adult advisors met for the 2012 Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS) on April 14-19 in New York City and Washington, D.C. The theme focused on “Stepping Out: Our Relationship with Carbon.”]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Moderator makes trip to Spain, visits new Brethren group]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Annual Conference moderator Tim Harvey has provided the following report on the annual moderator’s international trip to visit mission points or to meet with international Brethren or ecumenical partners. This year the moderator’s international trip was to visit with an emerging Brethren group in Spain.]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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