Brethren Press offers the Living Word bulletin series as a worship resource for congregations. The fall 2025 quarter for September to December has recently shipped.
A new book in the Covenant Bible Studies series from Brethren Press written by Frank Ramirez and titled Martha and Mary: Friends of Jesus will be published by Brethren Press in September.
Grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) have been announced, going to four Church of the Brethren congregations including Roanoke Central, Williamson Road, Amaranth, and Lynchburg.
The Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Initiative (GFI) has given its latest round of grants to support food ministries at four Church of the Brethren congregations in Illinois and Ohio; the Beyond Abundance Program of Phahama Grain Phakama in South Africa; and the purchase of electric mills for indigenous Amazon communities to grind cassava, via the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela.
Brethren Disaster Ministries has directed two $10,000 grants from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to a flood relief program of ASIGLEH (the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela) and to the work of partner organization Child Life Disaster Relief.
“Fraternity Church of the Brethren is 250 years old!” said an announcement of the congregation’s upcoming Homecoming and anniversary celebration on Sept. 13-14. “Take a moment to think about that. In 1775 when the American Revolutionary War was being fought, when this country was being founded, it was documented that a group of ‘Dunkard’ Brethren held a baptism near Muddy Creek.”
Stan Dueck has been selected to fill the role of director of Discipleship Ministries for the Church of the Brethren’s Atlantic Northeast District. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren who most recently worked on the denominational staff in the Discipleship and Leadership Formation department.
In this issue: Photos from Rebecca Dali’s ordination, job openings, NYC preview event for youth advisors, early-bird registration extended for Intercultural Jubilee, Fall Festival benefits Brethren Disaster Ministries, McPherson College to offer new bachelor’s in Exercise Science, World Prayer for Ukraine, Bible study videos on welcoming refugees and immigrants, and more
The Ministry Commission of the Church of the Brethren’s Atlantic Northeast District is hosting a seminar focused on helping participants to deepen their understanding of the biblical concept of gifts and to apply this knowledge to their own lives.
The Office of Peacebuilding and Policy recently sent a Church of the Brethren representative to attend a meeting of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) on the topic of the genocide in Gaza. Andrew Hamilton, executive minister of the Church of the Brethren’s Southeastern District, represented the denomination at the meeting.