In this issue: BBT announces new insurance offering for Open Enrollment Month, Mark Pickens has begun as a field associate for Anabaptist Disabilities Network, Church of the Brethren general secretary David Steele will be holding a listening session in Shenandoah District, Nate Hosler speaks at United States Institute of Peace event for governors from states in northern Nigeria, World Council of Churches offers a “Webinar on Ending Statelessness,” and more new by, for, and about Brethren.
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Christian Citizenship Seminar 2017 Will Focus on Native American Rights and Food Security
Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS) will happen on April 22-27, 2017. The theme will be “Native American Rights and Food Security,” related to the scripture from Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Newsline for October 29, 2016
NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services team begins work in N. Carolina, Material Resources ships to hurricane-affected areas
2) Historic cloth map receives Virginia honor, reveals part of the Brethren mission legacy
3) WCC general secretary: What have we learned from the Reformation?
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Healthy Boundaries 101 training to be offered via webcast in January
5) Christian Citizenship Seminar 2017 will focus on Native American rights and food security
REFLECTION
6) An island of civility and compassion in a sea of hostility
7) Brethren bits
Healthy Boundaries 101 Training to Be Offered via Webcast in January
Healthy Boundaries 101 training to be offered via webcast in January
CDS Team Begins Work in N. Carolina, Material Resources Ships to Hurricane-Affected Areas
Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) is responding in North Carolina following Hurricane Matthew. Areas of the state suffered severe flooding caused by the hurricane that hit the east coast of the United States after sweeping over Haiti and other areas of the Caribbean. A CDS team of volunteers traveled to Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday to begin serving children and families affected by the flooding.
Historic Cloth Map Receives Virginia Honor, Reveals Part of the Brethren Mission Legacy
A unique cloth map that was created with the help of Helen Angeny, a Church of the Brethren mission worker in China, has been honored as one of the top 10 artifacts to be saved by a Virginia museum association. Angeny’s daughter Phyllis Hochstetler has shared the news of this honor with Newsline.
UN Working Group on People of African Descent Presents Findings
The Working Group of Experts on the People of African Descent was established in 2002 following the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance. Their mandate was renewed by the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council in various resolutions during the subsequent years leading up to their 2016 findings which were put forward at the Sept. 26 meeting of the council.
Newsline for October 19, 2016
NEWS
1) Partnership in prayer is requested throughout the church
2) Budget for 2017, grants for hurricane relief, discussion of state of the church on the agenda of Mission and Ministry Board
3) UN Working Group on People of African Descent presents findings
4) Brethren bits
Brethren Bits for October 19, 2016
In this issue: Remembering Galen and Doris Beery, personnel notes, Workcamp Ministry announcement, Christian women’s letter, Musa Mambula receives award, webinar on Syria, Harrisburg First celebrates anniversary, Miami congregation collects for Haiti, the Gathering, Election Day Love Feast at Brethren Woods, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
Partnership in Prayer is Requested Throughout the Church
Partnership in prayer throughout the church is requested as the Leadership Team of the Church of the Brethren and the executive committee of the Council of District Executives meet Nov. 1-2 to work on the task assigned from this past summer’s Annual Conference. The delegate body referred the concerns of the “Query: Same Sex Weddings” to the Leadership Team in consultation with the Council of District Executives “to bring clarity and guidance concerning the authority of Annual Conference and districts regarding the accountability of ministers, congregations, and districts, bringing recommendations to the 2017 Annual Conference.”