Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) is aiding children in Louisiana who have been displaced by Hurricane Isaac. Fifteen CDS volunteers were deployed to this heavily impacted area on Sept. 3. R. Jan Thompson is serving as project manager for the response.
Newsline Special: Hurricane Isaac
Brethren Disaster Ministries monitors progress of storm, Children’s Disaster Service prepares volunteers to respond, Haitian and Dominican Brethren send updates
McPherson College to Celebrate 125 Years
McPherson (Kan.) College is celebrating 125 years since its founding, and its deep roots in the Church of the Brethren, with a special worship service on Oct. 21.
Southern Plains District Dedicates ‘Pop’s House’ at Falfurrias
The highlight of the Southern Plains District Conference was dedication of “Pop’s House,” the cottage in which the founders of the Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) project at Falfurrias, Texas, lived in the early years of that project.
Planning Begins for Upcoming Junior and Senior High Youth Events
The Church of the Brethren Youth and Young Adult Ministry director Becky Ullom has announced initial planning for National Junior High Sunday this November, as well as next year’s National Junior High Conference and National Youth Sunday, and the next National Youth Conference (NYC) in 2014.
Newsline for August 22, 2012
Stories in this issue of Newsline: 1) Children’s Disaster Services completes Oklahoma response. 2) Southern Plains District dedicates ‘Pop’s House’ at Falfurrias. 3) Planning begins for upcoming junior and senior high youth events. 4) McPherson College to celebrate 125 years. 5) Letter of appreciation from St. Louis Public Schools. 6) ‘It’s messy’: A reflection from the Deacon Ministry. 7) Brethren bits: Personnel, Bethany grads, EDF grant, Mission Alive, and much more.
‘It’s Messy’: A Reflection from the Deacon Ministry
This reflection first appeared in the August issue of the “Deacon Update,” an e-mail newsletter from the denominational Deacon Ministry. For more deacon ministry resources, past copies of the “Deacon Update,” or to subscribe to the newsletter, go to www.brethren.org/deacons/resources.html : “A couple of months ago I took down the robins’ nest from behind the wreath on our front porch….”
Children’s Disaster Services Completes Oklahoma Response
Children’s Disaster Services has completed a response in Oklahoma, where a total of 11 volunteers cared for children for 9 days after wildfires destroyed numerous homes. The CDS volunteers saw a total of 69 children.
Letter of Appreciation from St. Louis Public Schools
The following letter of appreciation from the St. Louis (Mo.) Public Schools has been shared by the Conference Office. Addressed to past Annual Conference moderator Tim Harvey, it thanks the Church of the Brethren for school supplies donated by those who attended the Conference in St. Louis in early July. The letter was signed by the school district’s Volunteer Services Specialist:
Brethren Bits for August 22, 2012
This Brethren bits reports on personnel changes, a job opening in Material Resources, a “re-energized” newsletter from Bethany admissions, Mission Alive workshops, anniversaries and celebrations, along with an upcoming Clarence Jordan Symposium, God’s grace despite a lightning strike, and much much more.