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Newsline for Oct. 7, 2017

NEWS
1) CDS deploys Critical Response Childcare team to Las Vegas
2) Iran deal represents meaningful step to prevent nuclear conflict
3) New students begin at Bethany Seminary
4) Northern Indiana District issues resolution against racism
5) Nobel prize-winner ICAN says it will work for full nuclear ban

PERSONNEL
6) Atlantic Northeast hires Pete Kontra as district executive

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) NYC registration will open Jan. 18, youthworker applications are due Nov. 1
8) Mission Alive 2018 to be hosted at Frederick church
9) Next Nigeria workcamp is scheduled for January

10) Brethren bits

Next Nigeria workcamp is scheduled for January

Global Mission and Service invites participants to join a workcamp organized by Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). Workcamp dates, including travel to and from Nigeria, are Jan. 5-22, 2018.

Mission Alive 2018 to be hosted at Frederick church

Mission Alive 2018, a conference sponsored by the Global Mission and Service program of the Church of Brethren, will take place April 6-8 at Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brethren. The theme is “A Gathering of God’s People…a Global Church of the Brethren,” seeking inspiration from Revelation 7:9.

Atlantic Northeast hires Pete Kontra as district executive

Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren has called Pete Kontra to the position of district executive minister effective Jan. 1, 2018. He has been in pastoral ministry for more than 20 years, and currently is senior pastor at Hempfield Church of the Brethren in Atlantic Northeast District.

Northern Indiana District issues resolution against racism

Among other business accomplished by Northern Indiana District at its district conference this year was the affirmation of the resolution “We Reaffirm that Racism is a Sin Against God and Our Neighbors.” The conversation was characterized by a unified desire to express the pain felt by the gathered body on the heels of the protests and counter-protests witnessed in Charlottesville, Va., and in other places around this country.

CDS deploys Critical Response Childcare team to Las Vegas

Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) has deployed a specially trained team of Critical Response Childcare volunteers to Las Vegas, Nev., following the mass shooting there. The team was requested by the American Red Cross, and are serving in a Family Assistance Center, reported CDS associate director Kathleen Fry-Miller.

Disaster staff to visit Puerto Rico, CDS work continues in Texas, prayer requested for DR Congo

Church of the Brethren Newsline September 28, 2017 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). Brethren Disaster Ministries is organizing the Church of the Brethren response in Puerto Rico, following Hurricane Maria. The response will include–in the short term–the shipping of a container of disaster relief supplies and a visit

Newsline for Sept. 21, 2017

NEWS
1) Call to prayer for those in the path of Hurricane Maria, and related hurricane relief news
2) Leadership Team statement to the denomination
3) Congregational Life Ministries announces Renaissance 2017-2020 initiative
4) Pre-tax insurance savings are available for some pastors

PERSONNEL
5) Debbie Roberts resigns from Bethany Seminary faculty

UPCOMING EVENTS
6) Workcamp Ministry announces 2018 theme
7) ‘Justice Like Water’: Reflecting on a retreat planned for Virlina District

INSPIRATION 2017: NATIONAL OLDER ADULT CONFERENCE
8) Inspiration 2017: NOAC by the numbers
9) Inspirational quotes from the week at NOAC

10) Brethren bits

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