Churches Alerted to FCC Ruling on Wireless Microphones

Church of the Brethren Newsline June 11, 2010 Church congregations are being alerted to a ruling from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibiting the use of wireless microphones in the 700 megahertz bandwidth. The prohibition goes into effect tomorrow, June 12. An action taken by the FCC earlier this year will prohibit the use of

Haitian Family Resource Center Is Hosted by New York Brethren

A weekly immigration clinic at the Haitian Family Resource Center, which is hosted by a Church of the Brethren congregation in New York, was begun after the January earthquake. Starting as a response to disaster, the center now offers a wide variety of resources for Haitian families. Photo courtesy of Marilyn Pierre Church of the Brethren

Hundreds of Deacons Trained in 2010

Participants at one of the deacon training workshops that have been held in a variety of locations, and have trained some 300 deacons and church leaders so far this year. The workshops are sponsored by the Church of the Brethren’s Deacon Ministry and will continue this summer and fall. Above, a workshop held at New Fairview Church of

New Webinar Series to Focus on Money Leadership

Church of the Brethren Newsline June 7, 2010 A webinar series titled “Money Leadership: From ‘OH MY!’ to ‘A-MEN’” is being planned to help pastors and other church leaders address issues of stewardship. The series of webcasts is sponsored by the Church of the Brethren’s offices of Stewardship Formation and Transforming Practices. Bethany Seminary staff

Interim District Executives, Assistant Seminary Professor Are Named

Church of the Brethren Newsline June 7, 2010 Noffsinger Erbaugh to serve S. Ohio District as interim executive Wendy Noffsinger Erbaugh has been appointed interim district executive for Southern Ohio District, a quarter-time position from July 1-Dec. 31. She is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren currently serving as a freelance curriculum

Newsline for June 4, 2010

June 4, 2010 “…And I will be their God, and they shall be my people,” (Jeremiah 31:33b). NEWS 1) Bethany Seminary celebrates 105th commencement. 2) Hundreds of deacons trained in 2010. 3) Haitian Family Resource Center is hosted by New York Brethren. 4) Workcamper to share Beanie Babies with children in Haiti. UPCOMING EVENTS 5)

Workcamper Shares Beanie Babies with Children in Haiti

When Katie Royer (at right, shown here with workcamp coordinator Jeanne Davies) left this week for Haiti, 250 Beanie Babies went along. She filled two large suitcases with the stuffed animal toys, in order to give one to each of 200-plus children at the New Covenant School in St. Louis du Nord, Haiti. Royer is one of

Grants Fund Brethren Project in Indiana, CWS Response to Floods

Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer Lynn Kreider carries drywall while helping rebuild homes in Indiana in 2009. (Photo by Zach Wolgemuth) Two grants from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund are supporting a Brethren Disaster Ministries project in Winamac, Ind., and Church World Service efforts following flooding in the northeastern United States. An allocation

Brethren Work in Haiti Receives $150,000 Grant

The Church of the Brethren disaster relief work in Haiti has received another grant of $150,000 from the church’s Emergency Disaster Fund. The work in Haiti responds to the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince in January, and is a cooperative effort of Brethren Disaster Ministries and Eglise des Freres Haitiens (the Haitian Church of the Brethren).

Disaster Ministries Begins Project in American Samoa

Mixing cement Samoa style at the new Brethren Disaster Ministries project site in American Samoa. The site was opened at the end of March. Cliff and Arlene Kindy, and Tom and Nancy Sheen, served as the new site’s first project leaders in April. The group worked with a crew of Samoan construction interns. Above, Tom Sheen (2nd from

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