Newsline

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

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