Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) will be hosting its Winter Orientation for Jan 18-Feb. 4, 2022. The volunteers in Unit 330 will gather at Camp Bethel in Fincastle, Va. This Winter Orientation takes the place of the Fall Orientation that did not occur in October.
What fuels Rebecca Dali’s passion when “responding with compassion to the most vulnerable persons in northeastern Nigeria”? According to Dali it is her personal story and history–one of “poverty, frustration, rape, a son abducted (by Boko Haram) 11 years ago”–that inspire her life’s work.
NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries completes tornado project in Dayton with help from grants
UPCOMING EVENTS
2) Brethren Volunteer Service schedules Winter Orientation
RESOURCES
3) New books tells Rebecca Dali’s story
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
4) Cabool Church holds book discussion on racism
5) Sangerville congregation celebrates 50 years of its building
6) Pleasant Valley produces album of hymns and praise songs
7) White Rock raises money for family who lost loved one to COVID-19
8) Ankeny members create little library
9) Brethren bits: Personnel note, Atlanta urban ministry travel seminar, Shine survey, On Earth Peace cooking class fundraiser, district conferences, Powerhouse, and more
In this issue: Personnel note, Atlanta urban ministry travel seminar, Shine survey, On Earth Peace cooking class fundraiser, district conferences, Powerhouse, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) A container of faith: Brethren in Miami send relief goods to earthquake survivors in Haiti
2) Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee holds annual meeting
3) Barum Brethren? No, that’s not us
4) New Bible translation close to completion in Nigeria
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) National Youth Conference worship and music coordinators are announced
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
6) Youth at Brownsville Church raise funds to attend National Youth Conference
7) Brethren bits: Memorial service for the late Dale Brown, Q&A about National Youth Conference, Brethren Press sales, Manchester University celebrates 132 years, more
When we at Eglise des Freres Haitiens in Miami, Fla., decided to ship a container to Haiti, we had no idea how it would play out. We didn’t know how much it would cost and whether we would have enough money to ship. We didn’t know whether we would have enough supplies to fill a 40-foot container. We didn’t know anyone in Haiti who knows the custom system, with the connections to help us. But we didn’t give in to the fear and concerns that we have felt. We stepped out in faith and God made it all possible.
The National Youth Conference (NYC) 2022 office is excited to announce our worship and music coordinators for next summer. Our worship coordinators are Bekah Houff, Cindy Laprade Lattimer, Shawn Flory Replogle, and Walt Wiltschek. Jacob Crouse is coordinating music.
Translation of the New Testament into Margi South, a language of northeast Nigeria, is close to completion according to Sikabiya Ishaya Samson. He is a minister with Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) who has been working on the translation as a language programs manager for ITDAL (Initiative for the Development of African Languages) based in the city of Jos.
In this issue: Memorial service for the late Dale Brown, Q&A about National Youth Conference, Brethren Press sales, Manchester University celebrates 132 years, and much more
he Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee met virtually for their annual retreat on Oct. 18-20. New laity members Art Fourman (2020-2025) and Bob McMinn (2021-2026) had plenty of time to get to know returning members, secretary Dan Rudy (clergy, 2017-2022), chair Deb Oskin (secular compensation professional, 2018-2023), Gene Hagenberger (representative of the Council of District Executives, 2021-2024), and Nancy Sollenberger Heishman (ex officio, director of the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry).
