This year, the National Youth Conference (NYC) 2022 Office has partnered with Brethren Disaster Ministries and the Brethren Disaster Relief Auction in Pennsylvania to collect certain school supplies to assemble Church World Service (CWS) school kits. The auction already has contributed $20,000 to this project.
In this issue: Job openings, National Youth Sunday is May 1, National Young Adult Conference is coming up, Yearbook survey, Messenger playlist for May, ecumenical notes, and more news by, for, and about Brethren
NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries directs latest EDF grants to Ukraine relief, NYC service project
2) WCC urges Patriarch Kirill: ‘Intervene and ask publicly for a ceasefire during the Resurrection service’
3) Brethren Historical Library and Archives reopens to researchers, with COVID protocols
4) Nigerian Brethren mourn deaths of denominational trustee, seminary lecturer, staff driver
5) Brethren in Dominican Republic make small but important steps toward reconciliation
6) Sending cards: A report from the Death Row Support Project
PERSONNEL
7) Bethany Theological Seminary announces new faculty member in Peace Studies
8) Sam Locke named executive director for Institutional Advancement at Bethany Seminary
9) Linetta Ballew to lead Brethren Woods
UPCOMING EVENTS
10) National Youth Conference Office hosts two book conversations in May
11) Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church to host virtual speaking events in May
12) Manchester University sets dedication of building in honor of first Black students
13) Memorial Day concert to feature Manchester University student choir, alumni
14) Brethren bits: Job openings, Material Resources shipments, no quilting at this year’s Annual Conference, celebrating volunteers, Bethany Seminary commencement date, Kingdom Advancing Grants opportunity through MAA, and more news by, for, and about Brethren
In this issue: Job openings, Material Resources shipments, no quilting at this year’s Annual Conference, celebrating volunteers, Bethany Seminary commencement date, Kingdom Advancing Grants opportunity through MAA, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
Small, but important steps were taken this year in the life of Iglesia de los Hermanos (Church of the Brethren) in the Dominican Republic.
Brethren Disaster Ministries is directing the latest grants from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to a relief response to the Russia-Ukraine war, and to support a National Youth Conference (NYC) service project making School Kits.
As we continue through a time of reflection, discernment, and hope for what the future holds, we have invited Melissa Florer-Bixler and Peter Chin to reflect on their recent respective articles addressing the challenging times as they speak openly and honestly, but with hope and gratitude.
The Brethren Historical Library and Archives (BHLA) at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill., is now open to researchers effective immediately. Please follow these guidelines as you plan to come to our facilities to do research:
Next month, the National Youth Conference (NYC) 2022 Office will host two book conversations for NYC participants via Zoom. These conversations are centered around books written by two NYC speakers, Osheta Moore and Drew G. I. Hart.
Communications staff of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) have shared prayer concerns for the deaths of an EYN trustee, a lecturer at Kulp Theological Seminary, and a staff driver, among other losses.