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Sept. 28 is the deadline to order Advent devotional at ‘early bird’ price

Today, Sept. 28, is the last day to order this year’s Advent devotional from Brethren Press at the “early bird” discount price of $3.50 ($6.95 for large print). After that date prices go up to $4 ($7.95 large print). Early-bird prices also are available for a yearly subscription to both the Advent and Lenten devotionals,

Brethren Faith in Action Fund allocates grants to eight churches

The Brethren Faith in Action Fund has given eight grants to outreach ministry projects of Church of the Brethren congregations since the first of the year. These grants are given to projects that serve the community, strengthen the congregation, and expand the reign of God. The fund was created with monies generated by the sale

Brethren Volunteer Service Units 322 and 323 complete orientation

The Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Units 322 and 323 have completed orientation and their members have begun work at their placement sites. The new volunteers’ names, congregations or hometowns, and placements follow. BVS Unit 322: Judy Carl of Pomona (Calif.) Church of the Brethren is serving with the Asian Rural Institute in Tochigi-ken, Japan. Janine Dietle of

Children’s Disaster Services sends team to Texas

Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) deployed a team to Beaumont, Texas, in response to the flooding from Tropical Depression Imelda. The team arrived Sunday, Sept. 22, and began serving children in Beaumont and Silsbee, Texas, the following day. CDS is a program within Brethren Disaster Ministries. Since 1980, its trained and certified volunteers have been meeting

EYN disaster ministry assists displaced people at three camps in Maiduguri

By Zakariya Musa The Disaster Relief Ministry of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) has assisted about 1,200 internally displaced people (IDPs) from three camps in Maiduguri during a two-day intervention on Sept. 18-19. Maiduguri is the largest city in the far northeast of Nigeria, and the location of

Committee formed to challenge districts to help call people to the ministry

By Nancy Sollenberger Heishman A “Calling the Called” committee has been formed to carry out the work of challenging every Church of the Brethren district to hold an event for persons to discern a call of God to the set-apart ministry. The original “Calling the Called” event was developed by Atlantic Northeast District. Virlina District

Brethren bits for Sept. 14, 2019

— The Church of the Brethren seeks an executive director of Organizational Resources and chief financial officer (CFO). This full-time salaried position is located at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill., and reports to the General Secretary. The position supervises the operations of the finance office, information technology department, buildings and grounds, and

Newsline for Sept. 14, 2019

NOAC 2019 1) Online resources provide full coverage of National Older Adult Conference2) NOAC by the numbers3) Fundraising walk around Lake Junaluska benefits Twa education in Africa NEWS 4) Brethren Disaster Ministries issues update on Hurricane Dorian response5) Emergency Disaster Fund grants go to hurricane relief in the Bahamas6) Committee formed to challenge districts to

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