NEWS: 1) Global Food Crisis-funded project in Nigeria is lost along with EYN headquarters compound
2) WCC general secretary: Dismay over attacks on churches in Nigeria
3) Reflections on the destruction of the Armenian church in Deir Zor
PERSONNEL: 4) LeAnn Harnist resigns as treasurer of the Church of the Brethren
UPCOMING EVENTS: 5) Office of Public Witness helps plan conference on drone warfare
RESOURCES: 6) Brethren Press offers Advent devotional, winter Guide for Biblical Studies, Yearbook on CD
7) Brethren bits
LeAnn Harnist Resigns as Treasurer of the Church of the Brethren
LeAnn Harnist has resigned as executive director of Organizational Resources and treasurer of the Church of the Brethren, effective Jan. 16, 2015. She has served on the denominational staff for more than 10 years, since March 2004.
Brethren Press Offers Advent Devotional, Winter Guide for Biblical Studies, Yearbook on CD
Brethren Press has a number of new resources available including “Awake: Devotions for Advent Through Epiphany,” “Church of the Brethren Yearbook: 2014 Directory, 2013 Statistics” in CD format, and the winter quarter of “A Guide for Biblical Studies” on the theme “Acts of Worship.” Purchase from Brethren Press at www.brethrenpress.com or order by calling 800-441-3712.
Brethren Bits for Nov. 12, 2014
Retirement party honors Rex Miller, BDM interim staffing, jobs with the Church of the Brethren, EYN leader to speak at Young Center, W. Pennsylvania challenged to pray daily for Nigeria, Illinois/Wisconsin returns query, and more.
Office of Public Witness Helps Plan Conference on Drone Warfare
The Church of the Brethren Office of Public Witness is helping to plan an upcoming conference on drone warfare. The event is scheduled for Jan. 23-25 at Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary. “We want to reach out to see if any Brethren would be interested in attending and also let Brethren know that the conference is happening to raise awareness about the issue,” reported Bryan Hanger, advocacy assistant at the Office of Public Witness.
Brethren Bits for Nov. 4, 2014
Bethany seeks faculty in theological studies, Workcamp Ministry seeks 2016 coordinators, Manchester inaugurates new president, how to get your church online, Anabaptist Response to WWI, and much more.
Newsline for Nov. 4, 2014
NEWS
1) ‘We need urgent help from the international community’ writes EYN president, Church of the Brethren calls for international attention to crisis in Nigeria
2) New Church Development Advisory Committee reorganizes
3) Polo Growing Project reaches market
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Youth and young adult ministries director leads evening webinar on ‘Grieving’
5) International scholar to speak at Bethany Seminary
6) Musa Mambula of EYN to speak on Nigeria persecution at Chiques Church of the Brethren
7) Brethren bits
Polo Growing Project Reaches Market
The 2014 Polo (Ill.) Growing Project has completed harvest of 40 acres of soybeans with a yield averaging 60 bushels per acre, reports Jim Schmidt, grower and project coordinator. With a portion of the grain contracted for in advance, the sale averaged roughly $11 a bushel, well above the current market price of $8.85 for out-of-the-field transactions. The Polo Growing Project is a joint project of the Dixon, Highland Avenue, and Polo Church of the Brethren congregations in Illinois, and Tinley Park Presbyterian Church.
‘We Need Urgent Help from the International Community’ Writes EYN President
EYN president Samuel Dante Dali is calling for urgent help from the international community for the people affected by violence in northeast Nigeria. In a letter he sent to the Church of the Brethren in the US this weekend, he also called for the Nigerian government to give serious attention to the suffering of the people.
New Church Development Advisory Committee Reorganizes
The National New Church Development Advisory Committee of the Church of the Brethren recently went through reorganization as it continues to give input and direction to denominational support for church planting.