Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) volunteers recently returned from deployments in the areas of Kernville, Calif., and White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. CDS has had a record number of 9 responses so far in 2016, in addition to the Nigeria Healing Hearts response.
MMB Addresses Budget Concerns, Sets Stage for New Financial Campaign
The Mission and Ministry Board of the Church of the Brethren held its summer meeting on June 29 in Greensboro, N.C., with a focus on finances. On the agenda were approval of a 2017 budget parameter for the Core Ministries of the denomination, approval of budget revisions for this year 2016, and affirmation of plans for a new financial campaign, among other business.
Haiti Medical Project Expands to Include Maternal Care, Water Projects, Dispensaries
The Haiti Medical Project began as a partnership of American and Haitian Brethren responding to health needs in the wake of a devastating earthquake in 2010. In the time since, the project has grown tremendously with the help of grants from the Global Food Initiative (formerly the Global Food Crisis Fund) and the Royer Family Foundation, and the drive of passionate individuals from both the Church of the Brethren and L’Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Church of the Brethren in Haiti).
Newsline for July 23, 2016
NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board addresses budget concerns, sets stage for new financial campaign
2) Brethren sign on to letter urging steps to mend divisions between communities, law enforcement
3) Mission and service executive joins in meetings at White House, State Department
4) Situation in South Sudan deteriorates, Brethren donate vehicle to relief effort
5) CDS deployments to California, W. Virginia, mark record number so far this year
6) Haiti Medical Project expands to include maternal care, water projects, dispensaries
7) EYN embarks on nationwide ‘Sympathy, Reconciliation, and Encouragement Tour’
PERSONNEL
8) Craig Smith to retire from leadership of Atlantic Northeast District
9) Amy Beery named admissions counselor for Bethany Seminary
10) Brethren bits
Standing Committee Recommendation on ‘Query: Same Sex Weddings’ Fails to Gain Two-Thirds Majority
After a morning of spirited discussion among delegates, “Query: Same Sex Weddings” continues to be on the business floor of Annual Conference. A Standing Committee recommendation on the query failed to gain a two-thirds majority vote. A motion to return the query was made immediately before the end of the morning business session.
Un punto de referencia y de refugio
Los Líderes de la Iglesia de los Hermanos, ante las olas de tiroteos, y violencias que ha sacudido nuestra Nación, pronunciaron las siguientes declaraciones’ firmada por Carol A. Scheppard, quien es la Moderadora de la Conferencia anual, Samuel Sarpiya, Moderador electo de la conferencia anual, y Dale E. Minnich, Secretario general interino de la Iglesia de los Hermanos
Church Leaders Call the Brethren to Be ‘A Landmark of Refuge’ in a Time of ‘Great Civil Violence’
Church of the Brethren leaders have released a statement following on a week of shootings that have rocked the nation. The statement is signed by Carol A. Scheppard, moderator of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference; Samuel Sarpiya, moderator-elect of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference; and Dale E. Minnich, interim general secretary of the Church of the Brethren. The statement follows in full:
Delegate Body Refers Queries Regarding On Earth Peace, Living Together
On the final afternoon of the 2016 Annual Conference, delegates dealt with the last of the queries still on the business agenda: two queries having to do with On Earth Peace’s agency status and accountability to Annual Conference, and a query titled “Living Together as Christ Calls.” Find links to the full texts of these queries online at www.brethren.org/ac/2016/business .
Former Bethany Seminary President Wayne L. Miller Passes Away
Wayne Lowell Miller, 91, who was for many years a leader in the Church of the Brethren, passed away on June 24 at the Courtyards, Brethren Village, in Lancaster, Pa. Throughout a lengthy career of service to the church he held academic and leadership positions at four Church of the Brethren-related colleges and universities–Manchester, McPherson, Elizabethtown, and La Verne–and was president of Bethany Theological Seminary, the Church of the Brethren’s graduate school of theology.
‘Witness to the Host City’ Collections Support Two Organizations in Greensboro
‘Witness to the Host City’ collections support two organizations in Greensboro