A virtual recognition of new church fellowships and projects in the Church of the Brethren is planned as a pre-Annual Conference event on Sunday, June 27, at 6-7 p.m. (Eastern time). The event is open to the denomination, and is in place of the recognition breakfast usually held at in-person Annual Conferences.
Annual Conference log-ins are distributed to registered participants, trainings and tech support available
Delegates and nondelegates who have registered for the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, which will be online June 30 through July 4, this week have received an email with a personalized log-in “button.” Once Conference events begin, registrants simply click on the button with the words “Go to Annual Conference” to access the event webpage.
Newsline for June 11, 2021
NEWS
1) Disaster grants help families displaced by eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo, survivors of Hurricanes Iota and Eta in Honduras
2) Two camps and a congregation receive grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund
UPCOMING EVENTS
3) Annual Conference registration is still open
4) ‘How to do Annual Conference online’ trainings are offered
5) Brethren bits: Prayer for Annual Conference, remembering Kenneth Frantz, young adult Zoom call, “The Fire This Time” from Christianity Today, news from congregations and districts, and more
Brethren bits for June 11, 2021
In this issue: Prayer for Annual Conference, remembering Kenneth Frantz, young adult Zoom call, “The Fire This Time” from Christianity Today, news from congregations and districts, and more
Two camps and a congregation receive grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund
The Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) has announced grants to the Church in Drive in the Church of the Brethren’s Michigan District, to Camp Mount Hermon in Western Plains District, and to Camp Pine Lake in Northern Plains District. The fund gives grants to Church of the Brethren congregations and camps using money generated by the sale of the upper campus of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.
‘How to do Annual Conference online’ trainings are offered
The Annual Conference organizers are offering training sessions about how to participate in this year’s virtual Conference. The 2021 Church of the Brethren Annual Conference will take place online from June 30 to July 4. The training events also will be online, offered via Zoom at seven different times over the next couple of weeks.
Annual Conference registration is still open
All Church of the Brethren members are encouraged to register and participate in the online Annual Conference. Dates are June 30-July 4. Registration and detailed information about the Conference schedule and events are at www.brethren.org/ac2021.
Disaster grants help families displaced by eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo, survivors of Hurricanes Iota and Eta in Honduras
Brethren Disaster Ministries staff have directed a grant of $15,000 from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to the Rwanda Church of the Brethren. The grant will be used to help families who have been displaced by the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano. In related news, an EDF grant of $20,000–representing a donation from The Meat Canning Committee of the Church of the Brethren districts of Southern Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic–has been given to Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG) in Honduras for a chicken-raising project to aid survivors of Hurricanes Iota and Eta.
Newsline for June 4, 2021
NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries closes Coastal Carolinas project, Children’s Disaster Services continues work at border
2) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy welcomes redesignation of TPS for Haitian refugees
3) Forging peace: Turning guns into garden tools
PERSONNEL
4) Randall Yoder to serve as interim district executive for Western Plains
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) What is planned for district conferences this year?
6) Gorman to present on the church in 1 Corinthians for Ministers’ Association virtual event
RESOURCES
7) Anabaptist Disabilities Network creates Disability Language Guide
8) Brethren bits: Remembering Martha Bowman, #TodayWeWearOrange, jobs, volunteer openings, camping news, GFI shout out, virtual experiences of the Holy Land from CMEP, video from CPT Palestine, peace and justice webinars from LMPC, “Anti-Racist in Christ”
Brethren bits for June 4, 2021
In this issue: Remembering Martha Anne Bowman, #TodayWeWearOrange, job openings, volunteer opportunities, camping news, GFI shout out, virtual experiences of the Holy Land from CMEP, new video from CPT Palestine, peace and justice webinars from LMPC, “Anti-Racist in Christ” online conference.
