In this issue: Annual Conference reporting resources for use by delegates and churches, personnel notes and job openings, new dates for the fall orientation of Brethren Volunteer Service, extended deadline to apply for a Healing Racism Mini-grant, and more.
NEWS
1) Budget parameter for 2022, priorities for denominational ministries top agenda for Mission and Ministry Board
2) Annual Conference to feature original composition ‘All Things New!’
3) The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership celebrates its 2021 graduates
La Academia de los Hermanos para un Liderazgo Ministerial celebra sus graduandos del 2021
4) In North America, can borders become shared spaces, even amid racism and division?
FEATURES
5) ‘During my two years as moderator’: A pastoral letter from Annual Conference moderator Paul Mundey
6) Brethren bits: Atlantic Northeast District seeks church video streaming specialist, BVSer visa denied, Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs letter opposing military FOIA proposal, Annual Conference virtual blood drive, and news from churches, districts, colleges, and more
In this issue: Atlantic Northeast District seeks church video streaming specialist, BVSer visa denied, Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs letter opposing military FOIA proposal, Annual Conference virtual blood drive, and news from churches, districts, colleges, and more.
NEWS
1) Annual Conference log-ins are distributed to registered participants, trainings and tech support available
2) Online reception will recognize and welcome new church fellowships and projects
3) Online event for clergywomen on July 22 takes place of usual breakfast at Annual Conference
4) ‘Always With Us’ book study considers what Jesus really said about the poor
PERSONNEL
5) Trent Turner concludes work with the Church of the Brethren Material Resources
RESOURCE
6) ‘We celebrate and give thanks to God’: NCC shares Juneteenth responsive reading
7) Brethren bits: Prayer for 600,000 deaths to COVID-19, daily coverage of Annual Conference begins June 30 at www.brethren.org, memorial service for Lois Neher, opening on the Young Adult Steering Committee, letter on ending solitary confinement, updated submission information for Messenger, new endowed scholarship honors W. Clemens Rosenberger, Womaen’s Caucus is “Refreshed at 50,” and more
In this issue: Prayer for 600,000 deaths to COVID-19, daily coverage of Annual Conference begins June 30 at www.brethren.org, memorial service for Lois Neher, opening on the Young Adult Steering Committee, letter on ending solitary confinement, updated submission information for Messenger, new endowed scholarship honors W. Clemens Rosenberger, Womaen’s Caucus is “Refreshed at 50,” and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) Disaster grants help families displaced by eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo, survivors of Hurricanes Iota and Eta in Honduras
2) Two camps and a congregation receive grants from the Brethren Faith in Action Fund
UPCOMING EVENTS
3) Annual Conference registration is still open
4) ‘How to do Annual Conference online’ trainings are offered
5) Brethren bits: Prayer for Annual Conference, remembering Kenneth Frantz, young adult Zoom call, “The Fire This Time” from Christianity Today, news from congregations and districts, and more
In this issue: Prayer for Annual Conference, remembering Kenneth Frantz, young adult Zoom call, “The Fire This Time” from Christianity Today, news from congregations and districts, and more
NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries closes Coastal Carolinas project, Children’s Disaster Services continues work at border
2) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy welcomes redesignation of TPS for Haitian refugees
3) Forging peace: Turning guns into garden tools
PERSONNEL
4) Randall Yoder to serve as interim district executive for Western Plains
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) What is planned for district conferences this year?
6) Gorman to present on the church in 1 Corinthians for Ministers’ Association virtual event
RESOURCES
7) Anabaptist Disabilities Network creates Disability Language Guide
8) Brethren bits: Remembering Martha Bowman, #TodayWeWearOrange, jobs, volunteer openings, camping news, GFI shout out, virtual experiences of the Holy Land from CMEP, video from CPT Palestine, peace and justice webinars from LMPC, “Anti-Racist in Christ”
In this issue: Remembering Martha Anne Bowman, #TodayWeWearOrange, job openings, volunteer opportunities, camping news, GFI shout out, virtual experiences of the Holy Land from CMEP, new video from CPT Palestine, peace and justice webinars from LMPC, “Anti-Racist in Christ” online conference.
NEWS
1) Emergency Disaster Fund grants go to the DRC, Venezuela, Mexico
2) Bethany to welcome students for in-person classes in August
3) WCC Executive Committee sees hope for the future while making urgent calls to address global crises
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership announces latest listing of courses
5) Webinar to discuss providing mutual support when people experience mental illness
6) Brethren bits: Job openings, FaithX commissioning resources, Chicago Brass Band concert at General Offices, #WelcomeWithDignity, Bible studies for the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, webinar “Remembering Past Massacres,” congregational news, and more
