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
NEWS
1) Creation Care Study Committee invites responses to survey
2) World Council of Churches issues statement on climate justice
3) Bethany is among ‘Seminaries That Change the World’
4) Multicultural tour to the Holy Land is a success
PERSONNEL
5) National Youth Cabinet is named for 2017-18
6) Bethany Seminary fills positions in admissions and student services
RESOURCES
7) ‘Art for Nigeria’: Nigeria has given me much, I hope to give some back
8) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Annual Conference moderator shares Bible study for December
2) EDF grants are directed to aid refugees from Syria, Burundi
3) Global Food Initiative supports agricultural work in Haiti, garden projects in US
4) Brethren complete Nigeria workcamp
5) Interfaith vigil at University of La Verne responds to hate letter
RESOURCES
6) Brethren Press carries new study resources for Advent, Winter quarter
7) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Christ the King Sunday letter calls the denomination to renewed discipleship
2) Leadership Team and CODE leaders express thanks for prayer support
3) Workcamp constructs church for displaced Nigerians
4) Office of Public Witness sponsors congressional briefing on Nigeria
5) EYN president urges churches to be strong in faith with endurance
6) On Earth Peace board holds fall meeting
UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Webinars to focus on urban and church planting ministries
RESOURCES
8) ‘The Disturbances’ tells of Christians saving lives during 1966 genocide in Nigeria
9) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Grants support disaster rebuilding following flooding in Michigan and S. Carolina
PERSONNEL
2) Julie M. Hostetter to retire from leadership of the Brethren Academy
3) Introducing the 2017 Young Adult Steering Committee
REFLECTION
4) The Challenge of Abundance: Moderator’s reflection for November 2016
5) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services team begins work in N. Carolina, Material Resources ships to hurricane-affected areas
2) Historic cloth map receives Virginia honor, reveals part of the Brethren mission legacy
3) WCC general secretary: What have we learned from the Reformation?
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Healthy Boundaries 101 training to be offered via webcast in January
5) Christian Citizenship Seminar 2017 will focus on Native American rights and food security
REFLECTION
6) An island of civility and compassion in a sea of hostility
7) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Partnership in prayer is requested throughout the church
2) Budget for 2017, grants for hurricane relief, discussion of state of the church on the agenda of Mission and Ministry Board
3) UN Working Group on People of African Descent presents findings
4) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Group of Chibok schoolgirls are released from captivity
2) Disaster ministries, mission staff assess hurricane damage, begin planning for response
3) Global Food Initiative supports medical training for Brethren in DR, cultural/garden exchanges
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) National Junior High Sunday calls youth to ‘Grow in Wisdom’
5) ‘Vision for new hope’ is theme of Advent Offering for Church of the Brethren ministries
6) Brethren bits