Here are some pictures from our first Service Sunday. We are planning to find another date this spring,” reported Joy Kain to Newsline. She is chairing the Outreach Committee at Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis, Ind., which is hoping to hold a Service Sunday quarterly.
Central Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, Va. (Virlina District), formed a Race Education Team in 2019. Through racial justice studies led by the team, Central’s congregation learned about disparities in educational achievements, particularly the ability to read well, in low-income schools with large Black and Hispanic populations.
I recently visited northeast Nigeria after a three-year absence. This was my fifth trip to Nigeria and my travel was centered around my role as an international adviser to a UNESCO World Heritage Site encampment at Sukur near Madagali on Aug 1-10, 2021 (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/938). However, what I came to discern as the “theme” of this trip was unexpected encounters–people, places, and things.
NEWS
1) Annual Conference planners shift away from ‘insight sessions’ to ‘equipping sessions’
2) EYN medical worker regains freedom; EYN president Joel S. Billi issues Christmas message
UPCOMING EVENTS
3) Speakers, Youth Speech Contest announced for National Youth Conference
4) ‘I am because we are’: National Young Adult Conference focuses on life-giving quality of community
5) Deadline nears to register for the Clergy Tax Seminar on Jan. 29
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
6) Frederick Church creates new website inviting people to accept Jesus Christ
7) Community of Joy shares ‘Food and Faith’ podcast
8) Bethany Church brings friends to worship
9) Warrensburg Church hosts birthday celebration for minister emeritus and Heifer International
10) Brethren bits: Correction, Young Adult Advent Worship, religious workers now eligible for student loan forgiveness, webinars from On Earth Peace, celebrating the ministry of Dave Shetler in Southern Ohio and Kentucky District, new Jesus in the Neighborhood Mini-Grants in Mid-Atlantic District, and more
Correction, Young Adult Advent Worship, religious workers now eligible for student loan forgiveness, webinars from On Earth Peace, celebrating the ministry of Dave Shetler in Southern Ohio and Kentucky District, new Jesus in the Neighborhood Mini-Grants in Mid-Atlantic District, and more
The National Youth Conference (NYC) office has been hard at work confirming speakers for the event to take place on July 23-28, 2022. Each week on Saturday, a speaker is announced via the NYC social media pages–all part of series titled “Speaker Saturday.” Be on the lookout for more NYC speaker announcements, which will be available on the NYC social media (Facebook: National Youth Conference, Instagram: @cobnyc2022).
After so much pandemic living and the isolation it’s caused, the centrality of community in this scripture compelled the Young Adult Steering Committee to choose Romans 12:5 as the theme for National Young Adult Conference (NYAC) 2022.
The Program and Arrangements Committee of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference is shifting away from a long-standing practice of offering “insight sessions” at the denomination’s annual meeting, focusing instead on “equipping sessions.”
Charles Ezra, about 70 years old, assists on the Disaster Relief Management Medical Team of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). He was abducted Saturday, Dec. 4, on his way home from his farm. He rejoined his family after three terrible days in the hands of his abductors. In more news from EYN, president Joel S. Billi has release his Christmas message.
NEWS
1) Ministry Summer Service: Seeking clarity for the needs of young adults and the church
2) ‘We need you!’: Continuing nominations are welcome
3) Brethren Press Advent devotional breaks sales records
4) EDF grants fund Brethren Disaster Ministries rebuilding site in North Carolina, aid for displaced Syrians, Yemen war relief
5) Brethren Faith in Action Fund gives grants to three congregations
6) Seeking racial justice: Seminary continues a multifaceted effort
PERSONNEL
7) Jen Jensen hired as Thriving in Ministry program manager
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Book study on ‘Flourishing in Ministry’
9) Webinar will offer panel on US-China relations
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
10) York Center book study discusses plight of refugees and immigrants
FEATURE
11) Curious about the new Forerunners faces
12) Brethren bits: National Youth Conference registration opens, Brethren Volunteer Service Christmas list and Winter orientation, study guide for Tod Bolsinger’s plenary at Annual Conference, Nigerian Brethren dedicate annual theme and devotional for 2022, personnel, more
