James (Jim) Miner has announced his retirement as Yearbook specialist for the Church of the Brethren, as of June 26. In this role, which he began nine years ago in November 2016, he has been responsible for creating the annual Church of the Brethren Yearbook.
Church of the Brethren Newsline
Mishael Nouveau resigns as office manager for the Ministry Office
Mishael Nouveau has resigned as office manager for the Church of the Brethren’s Ministry Office as of June 27. Her work has been based at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill., where she has served for seven years since Jan. 29, 2018.
Jazmin Gongora hired as administrative assistant for Discipleship and Leadership Formation
Jazmin Gongora has been hired by the Church of the Brethren as administrative assistant for the Discipleship and Leadership Formation department, beginning June 17 at the General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
Brethren Press announces book signings during Annual Conference in Greensboro
Going to Annual Conference? We hope to see you there! Don’t forget to visit the bookstore. It will be in Colony A near the exhibit area. Brethren Press will offer book signings with five authors during the Annual Conference
Gun Violence Prevention team issues invitation to activities during Annual Conference
The Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Prevention Action Team would love to see you at Annual Conference this year! Wear orange and join us.
Judge finds in favor of US Institute of Peace, USIP retakes control of its headquarters
As reported in the Brethren bits section of Newsline on March 21 (see www.brethren.org/news/2025/brethren-bits-68), President Trump sought to dismantle the US Institute of Peace (USIP) by removing its leadership and having personnel from a newly created federal office, called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), forcibly take over the institute’s headquarters on March 17. The fired USIP board members filed a lawsuit
Superfund site clean-up in Elgin gets assist from Church of the Brethren General Offices
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site clean-up of an empty lot adjacent to the driveway of the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill., was completed last month.
Brethren Peace Fellowship holds gathering for renewal and comfort at Westminster Church of the Brethren
At least 20 individuals came to Westminster (Md.) Church of the Brethren from seven other congregations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia, to sing, pray, share, and partner in our desire for peace and goodwill on earth.
Brethren bits
In this issue: Remembering Earle W. Fike Jr. and Emmert Bittinger, the moderator’s Love Calendar, next week’s online prayer for immigrant justice, Shine writers wanted, Racial Justice Advocates and Allies Meet-Up, disaster clean-up volunteers needed, job opening at Camp Mack, and much more.
New Brethren Press book offers ‘an intimate conversation about the distance between people’
Evoking both the spiritual and the deeply human, Between You and Me is an intimate conversation about the distance between people. With personal storytelling as her art of choice, theopoet Audri Svay draws on her experiences as a poet, professor, and pastor to challenge ideas of acceptance, question societal assumptions, and explore intersections of identity.
