Newsline

1) Insurance company issues another large dividend to the Church of the Brethren

2) Disaster grants support W. Virginia bridge project, displaced people in Rwanda and DR Congo, DRSI project, Sudan mission, deported Haitians

3) Global Food Crisis Fund grants support Lybrook ministries, agriculture in Rwanda and the DR Congo

4) German Mennonite peace prize to go to EYN and Muslim partners

5) One-and-a-half years in Cameroon: An interview with an EYN district secretary

6) Webinars to focus on urban ministry

7) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board releases $1 million to continue Nigeria Crisis Response, begins new effort for financial support of ongoing ministries

2) Winners of the Bethany peace essay contest are announced

3) Project sends Bibles to Nigeria

4) Rockford Community Church sends mobile library to Nigeria

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Conference attendees are invited to participate in Jubilee Service Projects

6) Bethany Seminary hosts ENGAGE campus visit day on April 14

7) National Young Adult Conference speakers to focus on ‘Creating Harmony’

8) Applications are welcomed for Summer and Fall Brethren Volunteer Service orientations

PERSONNEL
9) Brethren Volunteer Service unit begins work

10) Brethren bits:

NEWS
1) Christian Churches Together holds 10th annual convocation
2) Office of Public Witness urges reduction of military spending in 2017 federal budget
3) Congregational Life Ministries and ADNet extend agreement to work together
4) CCEPI graduates first set of orphans and widows in skill acquisition

PERSONNEL
5) Ronald Beachley to retire from leadership of W. Pennsylvania District

UPCOMING EVENTS
6) Bethany Seminary holds second annual young adult event

7) Brethren bits

NEWS
1) Brethren leaders attend 25th Asamblea in Dominican Republic
2) Congregations are sought for Heifer fundraising
3) Churches invited to take part in Bread for the World’s Offering of Letters

NIGERIA SPECIAL SECTION
4) Nigeria Crisis Response co-directors visit unstable areas of northeast Nigeria
5) Seeds and farming supplies are next step for Nigeria Crisis Response
6) Reflections on a distribution of relief good by CCEPI in Nigeria
7) Lamps represent gifts shared between Brethren on two continents
8) Simple hand-sewn dolls and stuffed toys needed for Nigeria
9) ‘We can recreate a new and better tomorrow’: An address by the EYN president

10) Brethren bits

1) Sarpiya and Wiltschek top Annual Conference ballot for 2016
2) Spiritual preparation for Annual Conference in Greensboro
3) Four members join the Youth Peace Travel Team for 2016
4) Church of the Brethren signs letter urging federal action to aid Flint
5) Brethren Volunteer Service holds connection dinners in Pennsylvania, Kansas
6) Brethren bits

NEWS: 1) Brethren Disaster Ministries works on new Disaster Recovery Support Initiative. 2) Flint Church of the Brethren is a water distribution center during crisis. 3) Disabilities ministry announces creation of Open Roof Fellowship. 4) Nursing students receive Church of the Brethren scholarships. 5) South Sudan church leaders request prayer for peace this Saturday. 6) Manchester University to offer new interfaith literacy certificate. 7) Marrakesh Declaration affirms rights of religious minorities in Muslim countries. UPCOMING EVENTS: 8) Intercultural Ministries staff leads ‘Ministry in Two Americas’ at seminary. 9) SVMC continuing education events highlight memory care, Chronicles and the church. RESOURCES: 10) Children’s book tells about seagoing cowboys who delivered livestock–and hope. 11) Brethren bits

1) Grant of $50,000 will send aid for Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon
2) Yearbook reports denominational membership in 2014, and other statistics
3) New Church of the Brethren Yearbook is available on CD
4) Brethren bits

1) Brethren funds distribute $77,958, Brethren Disaster Ministries starts new project in West Virginia
2) Church of the Brethren among 500 groups signing letter in support of Syrian refugees
3) Manchester University reaches $1.5 million goal for endowed Peace Studies professorship
RESOURCES:4) ‘Let Us Also Go’ is theme for 2016 Lenten devotional from Brethren Press
5) Brethren bits

1) Preachers are announced for Annual Conference 2016
2) CDS volunteers work in Oregon over holidays, deploy to area flooded by Mississippi
3) Global Mission and Service worker honored in Vietnam
4) Vietnam blind school holds training with slogan ‘Understanding Eliminates Darkness’
5) WCC leaders express concern over situation on the Korean peninsula
6) Update is available for Church of the Brethren ‘Manual of Organization and Polity’
7) Sustaining Ministerial Excellence Advanced Seminar brings together cohort of camp leaders
8) Don Knieriem resigns as database administrator for Church of the Brethren
9) Registration opens for church planting event in May
10) Brethren Academy announces upcoming courses
11) ‘Heart of Anabaptism’ webinars continue in 2016
12) Brethren bits