Parents want their children to have a vibrant and living faith, one that is carried into the world with tangible effects on daily actions, according to surveys carried out by publishers Brethren Press and MennoMedia. Shine: Living in God’s Light conducted two surveys as part of Shine Everywhere, an initiative funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
The NOAC Planning Team is pleased to announce that we are launching a NOAC Book Study. We are hoping to establish book study groups on Zoom in the winter months. We will begin with one of the books from our 2025 speakers.
The Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee is seeking input from ministers about their experience of taking time for sabbath renewal.
In this issue: Remembering Doris Miller Quarles, “Community Connects” conversation with Shine, prayer requests from Brazil, “Resource List-Terminology” from Intercultural Ministries, deadline to apply for Brethren Faith in Action grants, Churches for Middle East Peace launches Armenian Advisory Council, and much more
Two pastors of Bridgewater (Va.) Church of the Brethren—David R. Miller and Jennifer K. Scarr—have had their ordinations terminated by Shenandoah District. However, the district Leadership Team has credentialed them as commissioned ministers.
Will you be 22 or older at National Youth Conference (NYC) 2026? Does helping to carry out programing, facilitate the organization, and take care of behind-the-scenes details at NYC 2026 excite you? Do you want to help create a great NYC experience for today’s youth? If you answered “yes” you might want to be a youthworker at NYC!
In 2025, a total of 165 youth and adults joined FaithX service trips and had the opportunity to engage in service, learn new skills, grow in faith, explore interesting places, live in community, and build friendships!
In honor of its 200th anniversary, Linville Creek Church of the Brethren in Broadway, Va., will have a celebration this weekend, reports the Daily News-Record on its DNROnline site.
The Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee has sent an email to all the pastors in the Church of the Brethren in appreciation for their service. The communication was sent at the start of October as Pastor Appreciation Month.
The Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Initiative (GFI) is a partner organization to Bread for the World and contributes to its reporting and research on US policies and on both domestic and international food security. For 2024, the GFI helped provide funds to support Bread for the World’s Policy Research Institute that has been studying and monitoring what the World Food Program has labeled “Hunger Hot Spots”
