In this issue: Updates on recent kidnappings and violence in Nigeria, Ash Wednesday, job openings, One Great Hour of Sharing, March Messenger features composer Perry Huffaker, BVS love stories, church events for peace in Ukraine, and much more.
NEWS
1) Crisis in Ukraine: Preparing to respond to needs
2) Surprise find: 1889 time capsule hidden in Manchester cornerstone
PERSONNEL
3) Pete Kaltenbaugh Jr. to represent Western Pennsylvania District
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Annual Conference 2022 will include virtual, online option for nondelegates
5) Lent Conversation Groups are offered by Discipleship Ministries and the Part-time Pastor, Full-time Church program
6) Inhabit Conference is scheduled for end of April in Seattle
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
7) Miami Haitian Church of the Brethren celebrates 40th anniversary
8) Columbia City pays off mortgage early as congregation celebrates highest active membership
9) Brethren bits: Prayer requests from Nigeria, job openings, Cross Keys Village is in Newsweek “best” rankings for 2022, Lenten devotionals from Global Women’s Project and Creation Justice Ministries, Afghan Adjustment Act, WCC urges Russia to stop the war
In this issue: Prayer requests from Nigeria, job openings, Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community makes it into Newsweek “best” rankings for 2022, Lenten devotionals from Global Women’s Project and Creation Justice Ministries, Afghan Adjustment Act, WCC urges Russia to stop the war and restore peace.
In this issue: Remembering Elaine Sollenberger, reporting from Rwanda, Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2022, Black Immigrant Advocacy, celebrating 500 registrations for NYC “and room for more!”
NEWS
1) Annual Conference ballot for 2022 is announced
2) Recipients of the Church of the Brethren Nursing Scholarship share their passion for nursing
3) EYN leadership solicits prayers as pastor’s wife held by kidnappers
PERSONNEL
4) Dan McFadden to serve as interim director of Brethren Volunteer Service
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
5) Potsdam Church uses BFIA grant to enhance its ‘Kid’s Club’ ministry
6) Brethren bits: Remembering Elaine Sollenberger, reporting from Rwanda, Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2022, Black Immigrant Advocacy, celebrating 500 registrations for NYC ‘and room for more!’
NEWS
1) Yearbook Office offers guidance on measuring online worship attendance
2) Faith groups send letter on nuclear dangers
PERSONNEL
3) Emily Tyler resigns as director of Brethren Volunteer Service
4) Brethren Volunteer Service winter unit ends orientation, volunteers go to project sites
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Nurturing Ministry Skills series offered through Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center
6) New Yorker’s Emma Green to headline Bridgewater symposium on ‘Brethren and the Polarizing Pandemic’
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
7) Central Roanoke team launches gatherings to prepare for conversations about reparations
8) Brethren bits: Remembering Janet Crago, job opening, new center for autistic children in China, church anniversaries, webinar series on Gaza, a prayer for 900,000 deaths to COVID in the US, and more
In this issue: Remembering Janet Crago, job opening, new center for autistic children in China, church anniversaries, webinar series on Gaza, a prayer for 900,000 deaths to COVID in the US, and more
In this issue: Correction, BHLA’s next Facebook Live event “Vintage Recipes” happens on Valentine’s Day, personnel notes, and job openings.
NEWS
1) Bridgewater College community mourns fallen heroes, General Secretary reaches out with condolences on behalf of the Church of the Brethren
2) ‘In the shadow’: Reflections on working with the Church of the Brethren in Rwanda
3) Bethany Seminary receives $1.2 million gift from the estate of David and Jane Wood
4) Praise God for the return of four girls abducted from Chibok area of Nigeria
PERSONNEL
5) Michigan District names District Executive Team with Beth Sollenberger as interim executive minister
UPCOMING EVENTS
6) Annual Conference office announces opening of online registration
RESOURCES
7) Brethren Press publishes 2022 Lent devotional
8) Brethren bits: Correction, BHLA’s next Facebook Live event “Vintage Recipes” happens on Valentine’s Day, personnel notes, and job openings
In this issue: Remembering Ellis Shenk, Juniata physics students win award, Brethren Voices celebrates 200th episode, Brethren Heritage Center advertises handbells, World Council of Churches has three job openings for leadership staff.
