The Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., has been helping people in need for over sixty-five years.
Owned and operated by the Church of the Brethren, it houses organizations that work in areas of relief and development, disaster response, social justice, peace education and hospitality, including
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Brethren Service Center
601 Main Street, P.O. Box 188
New Windsor, MD 21776-0188
800-366-5896
410-635-8710
Brethren Service Center News
- First BFIA grants for 2025 go to five congregations
This year’s first set of grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) have been announced, going to five Church of the Brethren congregations including GraceWay International Community, Harrisburg First, Highland Avenue, Ivester, and Sebring.
- Church World Service distributes thousands of disaster kits, offers support to survivors in wake of hurricanes
Church World Service (CWS) is sharing updated kit distribution numbers and information about relief efforts following on the recent hurricanes. To date, CWS has coordinated the shipment of 4,372 Clean-Up Buckets, 8,720 Hygiene Kits, 5,890 blankets, 1,205 Menstrual Hygiene Kits, 590 School Kits, and 72 Welcome Backpacks to partners in Florida and North Carolina (a
- Brethren Faith in Action grants go to four congregations and a camp
The Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) has given grants to four Church of the Brethren congregations and to one church-related camp. The fund provides grants using money generated by the sale of the upper campus of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.
- Material Resources staff ship canned meat from Pennsylvania project
In April there is a meat canning project that brings volunteers together in Pennsylvania. The Church of the Brethren receives part of the finished product. Our Material Resources staff recently shipped three pallets, or nearly 7,000 pounds of the canned meat, to California, destined for Mexico.