Global Food Initiative grants, summer 2018.
Global Food Initiative grants sow seeds
NYC by the numbers
In the end, National Youth Conference 2018 is defined by the numbers–how many individuals were involved, and how many others will be helped by this conference. But of course, much of the NYC impact can’t be measured by numbers.
Newsline for Aug. 2, 2018
NYC 2018
1) National Youth Conference coverage is online
2) NYC by the numbers
NEWS
3) CDS helps care for immigrant children and families on the border
4) Prince of Peace hears first-hand experience of Manzanar
5) ‘Our Boys and Girls’ antique quilt blocks displayed at Annual Conference
PERSONNEL
6) Mark Flory Steury retires as donor relations representative for the denomination
7) Karen Duhai is new director of Student Development at Bethany Seminary
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Next Nigeria workcamp is scheduled for November
9) Brethren bits
Next Nigeria workcamp is scheduled for November
Dates for the next workcamp in Nigeria are Nov. 2-19, sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Global Mission and Service. American Brethren and others who are interested in joining in a workcamp with members of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) are invited to consider this opportunity.
Brethren bits for Aug. 2, 2018
In this issue: Personnel notes, BVS Unit 319, theme for Peace Day 2018, church anniversaries, Manchester University coaches accompany workcamp to New York, new CWS CROP Hunger Walk worship resources, and more new by, for, and about Brethren.
NYC by the numbers
In the end, National Youth Conference 2018 is defined by the numbers–how many individuals were involved, and how many others will be helped by this conference. But of course, much of the NYC impact can’t be measured by numbers. The impact of messages from the speakers, new thoughts expressed during small groups, countless hours spent
EYN national youth group leader observes National Youth Conference
Elisha Shavah attended National Youth Conference in Fort Collins, Colo., as an international guest and an observer from Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). Back home he is an accountant by profession at a private company specializing in irrigation and hydropower. He also is national chairman of Kungiyan Bishara EYN, which translates to the “Gospel Team” of the church in Nigeria, part of the work of EYN’s national youth ministry.
Deep dive: Playing hooky from NYC
Like most Brethren, my deep Dunker guilt means I keep my nose to the grindstone long after the job is done. I always feel like I haven’t done enough to deserve my good fortune, so I work and work and work. But I have never regretted those rare occasions when I give myself permission to play hooky.
Mark Flory Steury retires as donor relations representative for the denomination
Mark Flory Steury will retire as donor relations representative for the Church of the Brethren effective Aug. 31. He has worked as part of the Mission Advancement team at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill., and remotely from Bridgewater, Va.
Prince of Peace hears first-hand experience of Manzanar
All they could take was one suitcase and what they could wear. That is what President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 told Japanese and Japanese-Americans who were living on the west coast after the attack on Pearl Harbor, in 1942. They reported to relocation camps with only one week’s notice.
