In this issue: Prayer request from Haiti, camp song playlist from Messenger, Nathan Hosler featured in CMEP briefing on Israel/Palestine, church-related schools in the Great Lakes area of Africa, congressional funding for McPherson College, prepare for World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel.
The planning team for the next National Older Adult Conference (NOAC), to be held Sept. 1-5, 2025, at Lake Junaluska, N.C., has announced the theme for the event: “Alive in the Spirit!”
Designed particularly for ministers new to the Church of the Brethren denomination, Bethany Theological Seminary’s certificate of achievement in ministry studies (CAMS) includes six courses that focus on Brethren history and theology, practical experience with the ordinances and preaching of the church, biblical interpretation, and peace studies.
A grant of $7,500 from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) has been directed by Brethren Disaster Ministries to aid 12 families in York County, Pa., who have no other means of recovery from damage by Tropical Storm Ida in 2021.
Antietam is the second Civil War battlefield that I’ve visited, the other is Gettysburg. Both times, I have found it both peaceful and disquieting how naturally stunning the locations are.
In this issue: Remembering Wilbur McFadden, listen in to podcasts and playlist on the Messenger website, job openings, Nate Hosler to be on panel for briefing webinar on Israel/Palestine, Brethren Disaster Ministries director Jenn Dorsch-Messler receives alumni award, and much more.
On Saturday, May 18, our church hosted the event “Bring Jesus to the Neighborhood,” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.–but we let it go on till 2 p.m. because the kids were enjoying themselves so much!
On Saturday, June 15, several members of Lafayette (Ind.) Church of the Brethren enjoyed a Juneteenth celebration held in Lafayette’s largest city park, with some friends from Lafayette’s Bethel AME Church.
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.
We’ve all read the statistics: record-setting numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons throughout the world. Reading the statistics may tug at your heart, but one family’s story can call us to action.
