— “Time is running out!” said an announcement from Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT). “Open enrollment for Brethren Insurance Services ends Nov. 30, so now is the time to sign up for new insurance products, add coverage for products you already use, increase limits, and make other changes. And you can do all this without medical
1) EDF grants provide relief aid in the US, Nigeria, DRC, Lebanon, and Venezuela
2) Districts share updated COVID-19 guidance with churches
3) Bridgewater College issues statement about Strategic Resource Allocation plan restructuring
4) Connie Burkholder to be interim executive minister for Illinois and Wisconsin District
5) Brethren Press highlights a dozen resources for the fourth quarter of 2020
6) Brethren bits: Copies of annual report ‘Living Letters’ postcard sets are still available, a report and prayer requests from EYN’s disaster ministry in Nigeria, reminders of the next Moderator’s Town Hall and open enrollment at BBT, World Council of Churches publishes “Global Health COVID-19 Response Framework,” and more
In this issue: Copies of annual report ‘Living Letters’ postcard sets are still available, a report and prayer requests from EYN’s disaster ministry in Nigeria, reminders of the next Moderator’s Town Hall and open enrollment at BBT, World Council of Churches publishes “Global Health COVID-19 Response Framework,” and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) Workcamp Ministry to be known as Faith Outreach Expeditions or FaithX
UPCOMING EVENTS
2) Planning team announces decision that NOAC 2021 will be a virtual conference
RESOURCES
3) Bible studies on compelling vision to be released for use in Spring 2021
4) Brethren bits: General secretary signs “Statement in Support of Armenia and Armenian Church,” personnel note, Ecumenical Stewardship Center to close, Journaling Experience Afternoon Mini-Retreat, open enrollment for Brethren Insurance Services continues, prayer concerns, and much more
Brethren bits for the Newsline of Nov. 6, 2020
“I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to
— Daniel Radcliff has been hired by Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) as client manager for the Brethren Foundation, as of Oct. 26. He graduated in 2016 from Judson University in Elgin, Ill., with a bachelor of arts degree in Business Management and Leadership. He brings over a dozen years of experience in the world of
“He judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with equity. The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble” (Psalm 9:8-9). NEWS1) Workcamp options are announced for 2021 UPCOMING EVENTS2) Annual Clergy Tax Seminar to take place Jan. 16 RESOURCES3) Eder River puzzle, new Forerunners card game, new
— Nathan Hosler is the new Church of the Brethren representative on the board of Heifer International. He began in the position at a recent meeting, which also was the last meeting for Jay Wittmeyer, who formerly represented the denomination as executive director of Global Mission and Service. Hosler is on the Church of the
“Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled” (Matthew 14:19b-20a). NEWS1) Planning continues for the 2021 Annual Conference 2) A vital link: Children’s Disaster
