1) Grants support BDM project site in New Jersey, war recovery in Gaza, Ebola response in Liberia
2) Nigerian and American Brethren continue aid to those displaced by violence, MMB members to engage in advocacy for Nigeria
3) Ecumenical study committee shares preliminary work, plans for Annual Conference 2015
4) On Earth Peace board meeting helps mark 40 years, celebrates Bob Gross
5) Theme announced for Bethany Seminary Peace Essay Contest
6) Bob Gross announces departure from On Earth Peace
7) Enten Eller resigns position at Bethany Seminary
8) Statelessness and the Least of These: Nationality, identity, and when you have neither
9) Brethren bits
Newsline Special: ‘EYN Is Severely Damaged’ Nigerian Brethren Leader Reports
‘EYN is severely damaged’ reports Nigerian Brethren church president Samuel Dali. Global Mission and Service and Brethren Disaster Ministries this week have received new reports from Samuel Dali, president of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).
Brethren Bits for Sept. 26, 2014
In this issue: Correction, personnel notes, position openings in Congregational Life and Material Resources, BVS orientation, invitation to a teleconference on just peace in Palestine and Israel, new posts on the Brethren Blog, a breakfast for Heifer’s 70th, district and camp celebrations, Bittersweet Gospel Band tour, and more.
Newsline for Sept. 26, 2014
1) Disaster grant of $100,000 is directed to Nigeria
2) EYN leaders visit refugee camps, pilot relocation project starts
3) General secretary and Public Witness staff reiterate support for nonviolent measures in Syria and Iraq, CPTer comments from Iraqi Kurdistan
4) Global Mission executive returns from visit to Democratic Republic of Congo
5) ‘Side by Side: Imitating Christ’s Humility’ is 2015 workcamp theme
6) Webinar on urban mission offered under title ‘Telling the Truth and Shaming the Devil’
7) Lowell Flory to retire from Bethany Seminary
8) Cori Hahn resigns from Zigler Hospitality Center at Brethren Service Center
9) Brethren bits
Cori Hahn Resigns from Zigler Hospitality Center at Brethren Service Center
Cori Hahn has tendered her resignation as hospitality coordinator at the Zigler Hospitality Center, located at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md. Her last day at the hospitality center will be Nov. 14.
‘Side by Side: Imitating Christ’s Humility’ Is 2015 Workcamp Theme
The Workcamp office announces the theme for the 2015 Church of the Brethren Workcamp season: “Side by Side: Imitating Christ’s Humility” (Philippians 2:1-8).
General Secretary and Public Witness Staff Reiterate Support for Nonviolent Measures in Syria and Iraq, CPTer Comments from Iraqi Kurdistan
In a week when US President Barack Obama has announced new air strikes on Islamic State in Syria by a coalition of the US military and several Arab nations, Church of the Brethren general secretary Stan Noffsinger and the denomination’s Office of Public Witness have reiterated a commitment to nonviolent means of change in Syria and Iraq.
Global Mission Executive Returns from Visit to Democratic Republic of Congo
Global Mission and Service executive director Jay Wittmeyer spent several days visiting the fledgling Brethren group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), returning on Sept. 18. Wittmeyer flew into Bujumbura, Burundi, and then traveled overland into the Congo, first to Uvira in South Kivu and then south to Fizi and Ngovi.
EYN Leaders Visit Refugee Camps, Pilot Relocation Project Starts
Over the past couple of weeks, leaders and staff of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) have shared about the hardships faced by Brethren and others fleeing the violence in northeast Nigeria, and the struggle of EYN and its leadership in the midst of the crisis. The news has come through reports to Church of the Brethren staff in the US, and piecemeal through brief e-mails, calls, texts, and Facebook posts.
Disaster Grant of $100,000 Is Directed to Nigeria
Brethren Disaster Ministries is directing a grant of $100,000 to provide for the basic needs of displaced Nigerians and other needs in Nigeria, where members of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) as well as families of EYN denominational staff are among the thousands of people who have fled violence.