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Newsline for Oct. 22, 2014

NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board approves up to $1.5 million for expanded crisis response in Nigeria, authorizes marketing of Brethren Service Center property
2) ‘Once and Future Mission’ event identifies Anabaptism as resource for post-Christian culture
3) Brethren pastors attend first Latino leaders meeting of Christian Churches Together
4) Global Food Crisis Fund support agriculture in Haiti, Burundi
5) Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 307 begins service

PERSONNEL
6) Mandy Garcia resigns from Church of the Brethren donor communications

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Webinar offers faith perspective on Pentagon spending
8) Academic symposium on the book of Job features leading Brethren scholars

9) Brethren bits

‘Once and Future Mission’ Event Identifies Anabaptism as Resource for Post-Christian Culture

On Sept. 19-20, a group of 400 people gathered in Carlisle, Pa., to ask the question: What does following Jesus look like in North America as it is increasingly clear that we now live in a post-Christian culture? The gathering “Church and Post-Christian Culture: Christian Witness in the Way of Jesus” was one in a series on the over-arching topic, “Once and Future Mission,” hosted by Missio Alliance. Co-sponsors included the Church of the Brethren.

‘Honor God by Honoring Others’ is Theme for Junior High Sunday

Churches of the Brethren are encouraged to celebrate Junior High Sunday on Nov. 2. The theme for the 2014 observance of Junior High Sunday is “Honor God by Honoring Others,” based on Matthew 7:12, “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.”

Brethren Attend 15th Ordinary Synod of the Church of North India

Church of the Brethren leaders general secretary Stan Noffsinger and mission executive Jay Wittmeyer joined the Church of North India (CNI) at its 15th Ordinary Meeting of the Synod. The triennial event was held Oct. 1- 4 at Sherwood College in the hill station community of Nainital, Uttrakhand, and was build around the theme “Come; Let Us Rebuild…” (Nehemiah 2:17).

Newsline for Oct. 14, 2014

NEWS
1) ‘Every single person was just so kind’: BVSers talk about their cross-country bicycle trek
2) Brethren attend 15th Ordinary Synod of the Church of North India

UPCOMING EVENTS
3) ‘Honor God by Honoring Others’ is theme for Junior High Sunday
4) Christian Citizenship Seminar 2015 to focus on immigration
5) Progressive Brethren Gathering to discuss growth of the ‘not religiously affiliated’ population

6) Brethren bits

Brethren Bits for Oct. 14, 2014

In this issue: Job openings with BVS and Camp Placid, New Fairview hosts deacon training, Briery Branch restores a house, “Peace and Mental Health,” Fahrney-Keedy’s Autumn Social, CROP events in Bridgewater, blogpost plugs McPherson’s Automotive Restoration Program, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.

‘Every Single Person Was Just So Kind’: BVSers Talk About Their Cross-Country Bicycle Trek

In this Newsline interview, Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) workers Chelsea Goss and Rebekah Maldonado-Nofziger talk about their cross country bicycling adventure “BVS Coast to Coast.” They started off May 1 from the Atlantic coast of Virginia, and completed the trek Aug. 18 on the Pacific coast of Oregon. On the way they visited church communities and friends and family to promote BVS, and participated in three Church of the Brethren conferences. Their major learning? The kindness and caring of the people they met:

Christian Citizenship Seminar 2015 to Focus on Immigration

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). This theme scripture will help guide the Christian Citizenship Seminar for 2015 in a study of US immigration.

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