“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it.Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord” (Psalm 96:11-13a). NEWS 1) Mission and Ministry Board approves 2020 budget for denominational ministries2) Office
“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?” (1 Corinthians 10:16). NEWS 1) Anabaptist groups send joint letter to National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service2) Children’s Disaster Services sends
NOAC 2019 1) Online resources provide full coverage of National Older Adult Conference2) NOAC by the numbers3) Fundraising walk around Lake Junaluska benefits Twa education in Africa NEWS 4) Brethren Disaster Ministries issues update on Hurricane Dorian response5) Emergency Disaster Fund grants go to hurricane relief in the Bahamas6) Committee formed to challenge districts to
“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by” (Psalm 57:1). 1) Brethren Disaster Ministries issues update on Hurricane Dorian By Jenn Dorsch-Messler Brethren Disaster Ministries and Children’s Disaster Services (CDS)
NEWS 1) Brethren Disaster Ministries asks for prayer for Puerto Rico2) CDS Critical Response Care serves children, families affected by mass shootings3) Compelling Vision Process Team issues post-Annual Conference report PERSONNEL 4) Roxanne Aguirre resigns from Brethren Academy5) Donna March retires from Brethren Benefit Trust6) Colleen Michael retires, Pacific Northwest District appoints interim team7) Elsie
NEWS
1) In response to the shootings in El Paso and Dayton
2) Director of Ministry writes to pastors following shootings
3) Touched and challenged: Reflections from a trip to Haiti
PERSONNEL
4) Nate Inglis resigns from Bethany Seminary
5) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Global Mission visit to Nigeria strengthens relationships, finds hope in EYN’s continuing ministry despite crisis
2) Paradise Church of the Brethren lost in fire
3) Children’s Disaster Services continues Camp Fire response
4) Yearbook Office announces changes for collecting congregational information
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Children’s Disaster Services offers volunteer training workshops in early 2019
RESOURCES
6) Advent resources are available from Brethren Press
7) Brethren bits
A series of volunteer training workshops will be offered by Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) in early 2019. Cost to attend one of these workshops, where potential volunteers are trained to serve with CDS, is $45 for early registration or $55 for registrations mailed less than three weeks before the event. CDS volunteers receiving retraining pay
The Church of the Brethren 2019 Christian Citizenship Seminar will be held April 27-May 2 in New York and Washington, D.C., with the theme “Creative Solutions to Violent Conflict Worldwide.”
1) ‘We rejoice this Advent season’: Annual Conference moderator sends Christmas letter
2) CDS continues Healing Hearts training in Nigeria
3) Trip to Nigeria connects with peacebuilding efforts, food crisis needs
4) Brethren bits