Registration is open or is opening soon for several events and opportunities for youth and young adults in the Church of the Brethren, including the 2019 workcamps, Christian Citizenship Seminar, National Junior High Conference, and Young Adult Conference. Application deadlines are coming up for Ministry Summer Service and the Youth Peace Travel Team.
Year: 2018
Brethren bits for Dec 20, 2018
— The Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy is monitoring the situation in Yemen, which has been the subject of many Action Alerts sent out to Brethren. Last week, the Senate voted to pass Senate Joint Resolution 54 (www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/54 ) calling for an end to unauthorized US military involvement in Yemen. “The legislation still faces
Michigan and West Marva Districts call interim executives
Michigan District has called Edward “Ike” Porter to serve as interim district executive minister beginning Jan. 1, 2019. West Marva has called John Ballinger to serve as interim district executive minister beginning Jan. 14.
‘You Deserve Love’ project addresses prisoners and Congress
A preschooler is sending a message to Capitol Hill and death row–“You deserve love no matter what.”
Newsline for December 1, 2018
NEWS
1) Global Mission visit to Nigeria strengthens relationships, finds hope in EYN’s continuing ministry despite crisis
2) Paradise Church of the Brethren lost in fire
3) Children’s Disaster Services continues Camp Fire response
4) Yearbook Office announces changes for collecting congregational information
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Children’s Disaster Services offers volunteer training workshops in early 2019
RESOURCES
6) Advent resources are available from Brethren Press
7) Brethren bits
Global Mission visit to Nigeria strengthens relationships, finds hope in EYN’s continuing ministry despite crisis
A visit with Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) by Global Mission and Service executive director Jay Wittmeyer and News Services director Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford took place Nov. 1-19.
Advent resources are available from Brethren Press
Advent begins in just a few days, on Sunday, Dec. 2, and there are new Brethren Press resources to help prepare for this special season.
Children’s Disaster Services continues Camp Fire response
Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) continues to aid children and families affected by the Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise in northern California. Two new CDS teams are being deployed this week. A new team of four volunteers is traveling tomorrow to support a Red Cross “Family Support Center” in a different location from
Brethren bits for November 30, 2018
—Compelling Vision conversations continue in Church of the Brethren districts across the country. Shown here is a recent Compelling Vision gathering in Mid-Atlantic District, hosted at Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brethren (photo by Regina Holmes). A Compelling Vision Spiritual Connection page has been started on Facebook to help church members connect with the process from
Yearbook Office announces changes for collecting congregational information
Changes are forthcoming in the way directory and statistical data will be collected. No Form B will be mailed this fall but instead will be combined into a later mailing.