Tag: news

NEWS
1) Disaster grants focus on Ukraine needs, short-term Kentucky rebuilding project, among others

2) Global Food Initiative grants provide agriculture supports in Nigeria, Ecuador, Burundi, and the US

3) BFIA grants go to five churches

4) Brethren Volunteer Service makes changes to placement process, increases monthly stipend

5) Taking action on gun violence

6) Ecumenical faith letter on the US budget is sent to Congress

PERSONNEL
7) Zechariah Houser resigns as coordinator of short-term service

UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Book study to address complex emotional landscape of family systems in churches

JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
9) University Baptist and Brethren Church recognized for 100 years of ministry

10) Harrisonburg First Church event to support Ukrainian children

11) Brethren bits: Remembering Donna Forbes Steiner, personnel note, ULV announces new mural showing “Our Citrus Roots,” Brethren Voices remembers Chuck Boyer, and more

NEWS
1) CDS team continues work in Uvalde, has opportunity to meet President and Mrs. Biden

2) Shipments from Material Resources send relief aid to Europe and the Caribbean

3) NCC leader scheduled to travel to Uvalde as NCC releases statement on tragic mass shooting

4) Chernihiv (Chernigov) Brethren pastor returns to city, finds meetinghouse miraculously undamaged

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Annual Conference leaders issue COVID Protocol Announcement

6) Book study to address complex emotional landscape of family systems in churches

JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
7) Mechanicsburg is part of a three-church team welcoming an Afghan refugee family

8) Trotwood Church is getting a Little Free Library®, grand opening includes benefit for Ukrainian refugees

9) Brethren bits: Remembering Gladys Naylor, congregations hold events lamenting gun violence, On Earth Peace day of celebration via Zoom, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.

NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services team deploys to Uvalde

2) Annual Conference moderator calls for Pentecost Sunday, June 5, to be a time of concerted prayer

3) NCC anguished by the white supremacist attack in Buffalo

4) Church of the Brethren Benefit Trust is now Eder Financial

5) Messenger magazine receives five awards from the Associated Church Press

6) $25 million surprise gift announced during McPherson College commencement

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) ‘Grace Filled Turnings’ retreat offered for clergywomen

8) Brethren bits: The annual Pentecost Offering, job opening, National Young Adult Conference is this long weekend, FaithX trips begin next week with a trip to Rwanda, the June Messenger playlist, and more

NEWS
1) Consider contributing to the National Youth Conference offering of school kits

2) Bethany Seminary celebrates the Class of 2022

3) On Earth Peace holds 2022 Spring board meeting

RESOURCES
4) ‘Blessed Be’: Michael Stern shares new music for the 2022 Annual Conference

5) Brethren bits: Job openings, National Youth Sunday is May 1, National Young Adult Conference is coming up, Yearbook survey, Messenger playlist for May, ecumenical notes, and more

NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries directs latest EDF grants to Ukraine relief, NYC service project

2) WCC urges Patriarch Kirill: ‘Intervene and ask publicly for a ceasefire during the Resurrection service’

3) Brethren Historical Library and Archives reopens to researchers, with COVID protocols

4) Nigerian Brethren mourn deaths of denominational trustee, seminary lecturer, staff driver

5) Brethren in Dominican Republic make small but important steps toward reconciliation

6) Sending cards: A report from the Death Row Support Project

PERSONNEL
7) Bethany Theological Seminary announces new faculty member in Peace Studies

8) Sam Locke named executive director for Institutional Advancement at Bethany Seminary

9) Linetta Ballew to lead Brethren Woods

UPCOMING EVENTS
10) National Youth Conference Office hosts two book conversations in May

11) Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church to host virtual speaking events in May

12) Manchester University sets dedication of building in honor of first Black students

13) Memorial Day concert to feature Manchester University student choir, alumni

14) Brethren bits: Job openings, Material Resources shipments, no quilting at this year’s Annual Conference, celebrating volunteers, Bethany Seminary commencement date, Kingdom Advancing Grants opportunity through MAA, and more news by, for, and about Brethren