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Church of the Brethren

Newsline for April 9, 2022

NEWS
1) Global Mission releases list of grants made to international partners in 2021

2) Global Mission office focuses resources on known and trusted partners around the world

3) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy issues action alert standing with vulnerable Ukrainians

4) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs on to letter to President Biden encouraging creative peacebuilding for Ukraine

5) NCC condemns Russia’s massacre of Ukrainians

6) EYN releases 12 resolutions at its 75th General Church Council

7) University of La Verne to offer differentiated bachelor’s degree program for registered nurses

UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Winners of the Youth Speech Contest for NYC are announced

JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
9) Restoration Los Angeles celebrates 100 years of ministry

10) Brethren bits: District executives and Leadership Team meet, FaithX deadline extended, Spring issue of Bridge newsletter for young adults, endowed scholarship for McPherson’s automotive restoration program, NCC commends Supreme Court confirmation, “Songs of Hope, Faith, and Peacemaking”

Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs on to letter to President Biden encouraging creative peacebuilding for Ukraine

The Church of the Brethren’s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signed on to an April 6 letter to President Biden, that was sent cooperatively with several other partner organizations. The letter called on the President to “think creatively about how to end this catastrophe rather than maintaining it through violence and escalations” and offered “examples of creative, courageous nonviolent resistance.”

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Global Mission office focuses resources on known and trusted partners around the world

Do you ever receive requests for financial support from pastors or church workers from other countries? The Global Mission office of the Church of the Brethren often receives requests for support from Christians around the world. Though we are blessed by God, we have limited resources, and therefore focus our resources on our partners.

Global Mission releases list of grants made to international partners in 2021

Global Mission co-executives Eric Miller and Ruoxia Li have announced the grants their office distributed to international partners last year, in 2021. Close to $700,000 was distributed, made possible through donations to the mission work of the Church of the Brethren denomination. Norm and Carol Spicher Waggy, who previously served as interim directors of Global Mission, contributed to the work of identifying grant recipients.

Winners of the Youth Speech Contest for NYC are announced

The National Youth Conference (NYC) 2022 office is excited to announce and congratulate the three winners of the Youth Speech Contest. These three young women will speak during a worship service at NYC this summer.

EYN releases 12 resolutions at its 75th General Church Council

Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) held its 75th General Church Council 2022, or Majalisa, at the denomination’s headquarters in Kwarhi in northeast Nigeria. The council released 12 resolutions.

Brethren bits

In this issue: Council of District Executives and the Leadership Team meet, FaithX registration deadline extended to April 22, Spring issue of the Bridge newsletter for young adults, McPherson College endowed scholarship for the automotive restoration program, NCC commends confirmation of new Supreme Court justice, Linda Williams collection of “Songs of Hope, Faith, and Peacemaking.”

Give the fig tree one more season: A song for the start of April, Earth Month and National Poetry Month

I write lyrics for certain scriptures when I can’t find one that suits. Most of them are one-offs, but I’ve had people ask me if they can share this one with others, and of course the answer is yes. It’s set to the tune of the hymn “Will You Let Me Be Your Servant?” It goes with Luke 13:1-9, about the Galileans, the Tower of Siloam, and the parable of the fig tree and the gardener.

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