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NEWS
1) Nigeria Crisis Response will continue into 2022

2) Brethren Benefit Trust announces online insurance portal and online application for church workers’ assistance, holds fall board meetings

3) Nigerian army confirms killing of brigadier general and soldiers in Askira Uba encounter

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4) Jesus Lounge Ministry starts in Atlantic Southeast District

5) Trunk or Treat brings Jesus into the neighborhood in Osceola

6) Crest Manor collects Christmas gifts

7) Brethren bits: Thanking God for you! Giving Tuesday, Doug Phillips is retiring after 39 years at Brethren Woods, job opening at Camp Swatara, Dec. 1 deadline for Annual Conference nominations, Program and Arrangements Committee, National Youth Conference sample registration, Global Mission fundraisers, Brethren Disaster Ministries seeks volunteers, more

NEWS
1) ‘Dearest Sisters and Brothers in Christ’: Letter supports Church of the Brethren ministers

2) Manchester offers full-ride Multicultural Excellence in Leadership Scholarship

3) Faith-based organizations to COP26: ‘We must respond with the knowledge of science and the wisdom of spirituality’

UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Brethren Academy revises schedule, announces new material, increases continuing education credit for Clergy Tax Seminar

5) ‘Sacred Connections: Advent Soul Tending for Spiritual Leaders’ to be offered to ministers

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6) Welcoming Team at Lititz gets media attention for welcome to Afghan refugees

7) Brethren bits: Two named to Stewardship of Property Committee, call for nominations to Annual Conference ballot, Global Mission prayer requests, 25 Days to Jesus, webinars tell story of Brethren Service Commission, 40th Annual Mid-Atlantic Disaster Response Auction, more

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

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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

NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board approves 2022 budget for denominational ministries

2) Brethren Disaster Ministries-built homes and the Church of the Brethren in Saut Mathurine

3) Brethren Benefit Trust announces open enrollment season for 2022 coverage

4) On Earth Peace board eliminates executive director position, updates bylaws, announces membership meeting

5) Manchester University board adopts anti-racism statement

PERSONNEL
6) Kim Gingerich hired as program assistant for Brethren Disaster Ministries

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) National Youth Conference workshop form is live

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8) Ridgeley Church joins in worship with neighboring congregation

9) Mount Wilson Church holds its first ‘Trunk or Treat’

10) Iglesia Cristiana Nueva Vida dedicates new worship space

11) Brethren bits: CDS teams continue to serve Afghan evacuee children, prayer for Christian Aid Ministries kidnap victims, gratitude for new malaria vaccine, new longterm volunteer for Brethren Disaster Ministries, bullying prevention webinar from On Earth Peace, and much more

NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board holds fall meeting this weekend

2) Material Resources has a banner week

3) Refugees or evacuees, kids need care: Church of the Brethren ministry looks after children when disaster strikes

4) Global Church of the Brethren Communion survey strongly affirms Brethren characteristics

5) Church World Service holds ‘Together We Welcome’ gathering, starts new ‘Welcome Backpacks’ collection

6) Brethren Volunteer Service seeks testimonies

7) A life-affirming ‘degrowth’ is possible, economists and theologians find

UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Program and Arrangements Committee announces preachers for worship at 2022 Annual Conference in Omaha

9) FaithX announces theme for 2022 summer service events

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10) Agape youth reach out through back-to-school kits

11) Lititz Church prepares to welcome Afghan refugees

12) Brethren bits: First Zoom meeting of global women in the Church of the Brethren, consider applying to be a youth worker for NYC 2022, a new invitation to BVS Coffee Hours, sobering news from the EYN disaster ministry in Nigeria, district news, and more