Kendra N. Johnson has accepted the position of manager in the office of Global Mission and Service for the Church of the Brethren. Her start date will be Sept. 1. She will work at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
Children’s Disaster Services Provides Support to Families Affected by Asiana Airlines Incident
The Church of the Brethren Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) program has responded to a request for a team of Critical Response Childcare volunteers to work with the American Red Cross following the crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco.
‘We Are Wowed’: Updates from Annual Conference 2013
‘We are wowed’: Updates from Annual Conference 2013
Quotable Brethren: The 5th Brethren World Assembly in Soundbites
“Quotable quotes” from the 5th Brethren World Assembly give a flavor of the three days of presentations, panels, sermons, and more:
Newsline Special: 5th Brethren World Assembly, Annual Conference Updates, More
1) Miami Valley of Ohio welcomes the 5th Brethren World Assembly. 2) Quotable Brethren: The 5th Brethren World Assembly in soundbites. 3) Brethren World Assembly video recordings are available. 4) ‘We are wowed’: Updates from Annual Conference 2013. 5) Brethren bits: Aftermath of Zimmerman trial, NYC news, job openings, personnel notes, S. Ohio special conference, more.
Miami Valley of Ohio Welcomes the 5th Brethren World Assembly
Extending greetings to all those present at the 5th Brethren World Assembly on July 11-14 in Brookville, Ohio, Brethren Heritage Center board secretary Larry E. Heisey noted the unique location of the meeting. All of the seven main Brethren groups in North America descended from the believers brought together by Alexander Mack Sr. in Schwarzenau, Germany, are represented in the Miami Valley area near Dayton, Ohio.
Brethren Bits for July 17, 2013
Brethren bits for July 17, 2013
Brethren World Assembly Video Recordings Are Available
Video recordings are available from the 5th Brethren World Assembly. The recordings in DVD format are of the main presentations and worship services, and are made available by the sponsoring body, the Brethren Encyclopedia Board, through the host organization the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, Ohio. The taping was done by Brethren videographer David Sollenberger and crew.
Brethren Volunteers Assemble 1,700 Emergency Clean-Up Buckets in Two Hours
Why would anyone want to work on a hot summer day? On a Saturday? As a volunteer? For free? Well, 150 people from the Church of the Brethren districts of Atlantic Northeast and Southern Pennsylvania did on June 29 at Florin Church of the Brethren in Mount Joy, Pa.
Church World Service President McCullough Addresses Global Ministries Dinner
John L. McCullough, president and CEO of Church World Service (CWS) and speaker at the Global Ministries Dinner at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, was taken with the theme of the conference, “Move in Our Midst.”