Newsline

NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services completes its service in Baton Rouge

2) Northeast Nigeria experiencing food crisis, Brethren response team continues food distributions

3) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Celebrating Peace Day as part of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace
2) Religious leaders of many faiths talk peace in Assisi
3) Nigerian Brethren welcome Church of the Brethren executive staff, continue relief efforts
4) Manchester University Intercultural Center will be named for Jean Childs Young

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Workcamp Ministry announces staffing, theme for summer 2017 events

6) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Ministry adds four new locations, involves 350 participants in summer workcamps
2) Children’s Disaster Services sends another team to continue work in Baton Rouge
3) Alaska gardening project continues to enrich nutrition for communities
4) Nigerian Fellowship Tour visits IDP camps, schools, and other crisis response sites
5) Ecumenical leaders of WCC and NCC issue joint statement on Holy Land

PERSONNEL
6) Lamar Gibson hired as development director for On Earth Peace

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Peace Day 2016 is scheduled for Sept. 21, Brethren will be participating
8) Atlantic Northeast District hosts Christian/Muslim workshop with Musa Mambula

9) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) New connections for Bethany Seminary in Brazil
2) Brethren sponsor capacity-building conference for Batwa from Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo

PERSONNEL
3) Huma Rana to become director of Financial Operations for Brethren Benefit Trust
4) BVS Unit 313 volunteers begin their terms of service

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) General secretary to hold listening sessions across denomination
6) Brethren Academy offers ‘Healthy Boundaries 201′ training as a Spanish language webcast
7) Entrenamiento en Limites Saludables y en La Ética de Relaciones Ministeriales

8) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Preachers are announced for Annual Conference 2017, nominations are sought for the ballot

2) Children’s Disaster Services sends fifth team to Louisiana, Material Resources ships more aid

3) Northern Plains District group enjoys Brethren heritage tour

PERSONNEL
4) Traci Rabenstein to begin work for Church of the Brethren donor relations

5) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Brethren couple carry out mission in China focused on hospice care
2) Legacy of the Church of the Brethren mission in China
3) Negotiate a nuclear weapons ban next year, says UN group with broad support

RESOURCES
4) New resources from Brethren Press offer aids for worship, Bible study, devotions
5) Shine curriculum shares a teacher blessing for the fall quarter
6) Peace Day bulletin inserts and posters are available from On Earth Peace

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Webinar to discuss Jesus as focal point of God’s revelation

8) Q&A: Disaster response

9) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services aids children displaced by flooding in Louisiana
2) Haiti Theological Training program celebrates graduation of 22 ministers
3) Song and Story Fest gathers multiple generations for relaxation, reflection, rejuvenation

UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Ventures webinar will train leaders for congregational ethics self-study
5) Series of workcamps is planned for church rebuilding in Nigeria

6) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) BBT updates ministers on IRS rule changes for medical insurance premiums
2) BBT offers new Periodic Payment Plan for members of the Pension Plan

NIGERIA UPDATES
3) Nigeria Crisis Response continues food aid in response to new food shortages, but begins to shift to long-term recovery
4) Initiatives for Nigeria will rebuild churches, collect books for children and Bible college

PERSONNEL
5) Carl Hill resigns from Nigeria Crisis Response, Roxane Hill to continue part-time

UPCOMING EVENTS
6) SVMC continuing education events look at art in worship, preaching the reign of God
7) Brethren Academy announces upcoming courses

8) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Creation care study committee is named
2) A ‘can-do’ attitude marks the 2016 We Are Able workcamp
3) Global Food Initiative supports water workshops, farmer training, soybean training

RESOURCES
4) Congregational Life Ministries offers resources to assist congregations

5) Brethren bits