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Brethren Bits for March 24, 2017

March 25, 2017

News from local congregations, jobs, remembrance: Dora Belle Showalter, Venezuela baptisms, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) volunteers in Missouri, book donations needed, Gaza live stream, Nigeria workcamp reflections, Hillcrest School anniversary, Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation training, “Explore Your Call” for high school students., Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies banquet, Global Women’s Project steering committee meeting, Christian Peacemaker Teams, IMA health report on South Sudan, Happy birthday to Pearl Beard,

Philippians may guide the church in relating with undocumented people

March 24, 2017

Philippians is a good resource for the church to consult as it ponders how to respond to undocumented people living in our country.

Continuing education events for ministers address Leviticus, elder care challenges

March 24, 2017

The Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) will offer two continuing education events this spring: “Ten-Plus Reasons to Love Leviticus” at Elizabethtown College, and “Cultivating Conversations…Navigating Elder Care Challenges” at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford, Pa.

Ventures courses are offered on Chronicles and faith formation

March 24, 2017

McPherson (Kan.) College’s online Ventures program is offering upcoming courses on the book of Chronicles and faith formation.

Closing service to be held for upper campus of Brethren Service Center

March 24, 2017

A worship service is planned as a closing event for the upper campus of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., on April 30. Sale of the upper campus is expected to be completed in early May.

Program assistants resign from Brethren Disaster Ministries

March 23, 2017

Robin DeYoung has resigned from the Brethren Disaster Ministries Rebuild program and Kristen Hoffman from Children’s Disaster Services.

Michigan District executive Nate Polzin resigns

March 23, 2017

The Michigan District Leadership Team has received a letter of resignation from Nate Polzin, district executive, effective July 7.

Brethren bits for March 18, 2017

March 18, 2017

Job openings, personnel, new dates for Nigeria workcamp, next webinars on “Mental Health” and “What Have the Children Done for Us?” new Brethren Disaster Ministries video, remembrance and celebration weekend at Brethren Service Center, annual assembly of the Brazilian Brethren, Office of Public Witness blogpost on indigenous opposition to pipeline, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.

Newsline for March 18, 2017

March 18, 2017

NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board approves new areas of global mission
2) CCT issues call to prayer for Congress in upcoming decisions affecting those in poverty
3) Christian Churches Together holds forum on ‘the persecuted church’
4) Haiti Medical Project has a new focus on pure water for Haiti

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Jubilee afternoon will be a breath of rejuvenation for Annual Conference
6) National Youth Conference 2018 theme is announced

FEATURE
7) Please help them: Reflection of a Latino Brethren

8) Brethren bits

Mission and Ministry Board approves new areas of global mission

March 17, 2017

Fledgling Church of the Brethren mission projects in two areas of the world–Venezuela and the Great Lakes region of Africa–have been formally approved by the denomination’s Mission and Ministry Board, at its March 3-8 meeting.