Newsline for Feb. 19, 2022

NEWS
1) Annual Conference ballot for 2022 is announced

2) Recipients of the Church of the Brethren Nursing Scholarship share their passion for nursing

3) EYN leadership solicits prayers as pastor’s wife held by kidnappers

PERSONNEL
4) Dan McFadden to serve as interim director of Brethren Volunteer Service

JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
5) Potsdam Church uses BFIA grant to enhance its ‘Kid’s Club’ ministry

6) Brethren bits: Remembering Elaine Sollenberger, reporting from Rwanda, Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2022, Black Immigrant Advocacy, celebrating 500 registrations for NYC ‘and room for more!’

Recipients of the Church of the Brethren Nursing Scholarship share their passion for nursing

The Church of the Brethren provides scholarships of up to $2,000 for RN and graduate nurse candidates and up to $1,000 for LPN candidates. These scholarships are awarded to a limited number of applicants each year, made possible by the Health, Education, and Research Endowment. Grants are available to members of the Church of the Brethren enrolled in LPN, RN, or nursing graduate programs. Two of our nursing scholarship recipients share their passion for nursing…

Newsline for Feb. 11, 2022

NEWS
1) Yearbook Office offers guidance on measuring online worship attendance

2) Faith groups send letter on nuclear dangers

PERSONNEL
3) Emily Tyler resigns as director of Brethren Volunteer Service

4) Brethren Volunteer Service winter unit ends orientation, volunteers go to project sites

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Nurturing Ministry Skills series offered through Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center

6) New Yorker’s Emma Green to headline Bridgewater symposium on ‘Brethren and the Polarizing Pandemic’

JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
7) Central Roanoke team launches gatherings to prepare for conversations about reparations

8) Brethren bits: Remembering Janet Crago, job opening, new center for autistic children in China, church anniversaries, webinar series on Gaza, a prayer for 900,000 deaths to COVID in the US, and more

Faith groups send letter on nuclear dangers

The Church of the Brethren’s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy is one of the faith groups that signed a letter to President Biden calling on the US administration to “seize this moment and move us closer to a world free from the existential threat of nuclear war.”

Yearbook Office offers guidance on measuring online worship attendance

Many congregations have added an online option to weekly worship as part of their response to the pandemic. Last year’s survey by the Church of the Brethren Yearbook staff showed that 84 percent of Church of the Brethren congregations responding said they had worshiped online during the pandemic. When asked if they planned to continue this in the future, 72 percent said yes. That means online worship numbers are now a meaningful part of total worship participation.

Emily Tyler resigns as director of Brethren Volunteer Service

Emily Tyler has resigned as director of Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), effective Feb. 18, after three years in the position. She started as director of BVS on Feb. 4, 2019. She has been employed by the Church of the Brethren and BVS for almost 10 years, since June 27, 2012, when she began as coordinator for BVS recruitment and the Workcamp Ministry.

Nurturing Ministry Skills series offered through Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center

The Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) is launching an additional educational series entitled Nurturing Ministry Skills. Available to both clergy and laity, this online (Zoom) series launches on Monday, March 7, from 7-8:30 p.m. (Eastern time) with “Coping with Two Years of a Pandemic: Care for Self and Others” led by Jim Higginbotham, professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Earlham School of Religion.

Brethren bits for Feb. 11, 2022

In this issue: Remembering Janet Crago, job opening, new center for autistic children in China, church anniversaries, webinar series on Gaza, a prayer for 900,000 deaths to COVID in the US, and more

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