1) Brethren Disaster Ministries surpasses goal of Sandy recovery grant from Red Cross
2) EYN Compassion Fund has distributed more than $200,000 to aid Nigerian Brethren
3) Musa Mambula speaking tour to extend into mid-January
4) Global Food Crisis Fund grant supports agriculture training in east Africa
RESOURCES
5) Advent worship resources are online for the 2014 Advent offering
6) Brethren bits
NEWS: 1) National Council of Churches governing board issues statement from Ferguson
2) In addition to constant prayer, funds are needed in Nigeria
3) Court rules to ‘vacate’ clergy housing allowance case
4) Communication informs about new IRS rule on pre-tax health insurance premium contributions for pastors, church workers
UPCOMING EVENTS: 5) Congregational Life Ministries offers webinars on ‘Just Friendship’ and ‘Youth Work after Christendom’
6) On Earth Peace to host informational webinar on Anti-Racism Transformation Team
FEATURE REFLECTION: 7) How a concern becomes a value
8) Brethren bits
NEWS: 1) Global Food Crisis-funded project in Nigeria is lost along with EYN headquarters compound
2) WCC general secretary: Dismay over attacks on churches in Nigeria
3) Reflections on the destruction of the Armenian church in Deir Zor
PERSONNEL: 4) LeAnn Harnist resigns as treasurer of the Church of the Brethren
UPCOMING EVENTS: 5) Office of Public Witness helps plan conference on drone warfare
RESOURCES: 6) Brethren Press offers Advent devotional, winter Guide for Biblical Studies, Yearbook on CD
7) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) ‘We need urgent help from the international community’ writes EYN president, Church of the Brethren calls for international attention to crisis in Nigeria
2) New Church Development Advisory Committee reorganizes
3) Polo Growing Project reaches market
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Youth and young adult ministries director leads evening webinar on ‘Grieving’
5) International scholar to speak at Bethany Seminary
6) Musa Mambula of EYN to speak on Nigeria persecution at Chiques Church of the Brethren
7) Brethren bits
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1) Brethren workcamps schedule for 2015 is released
2) Presenters are announced for NOAC 2015
3) Webinar will explore relationship between farm workers and gardens
PERSONNEL:
4) Russell Matteson named district executive for Pacific Southwest District
5) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board approves up to $1.5 million for expanded crisis response in Nigeria, authorizes marketing of Brethren Service Center property
2) ‘Once and Future Mission’ event identifies Anabaptism as resource for post-Christian culture
3) Brethren pastors attend first Latino leaders meeting of Christian Churches Together
4) Global Food Crisis Fund support agriculture in Haiti, Burundi
5) Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 307 begins service
PERSONNEL
6) Mandy Garcia resigns from Church of the Brethren donor communications
UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Webinar offers faith perspective on Pentagon spending
8) Academic symposium on the book of Job features leading Brethren scholars
9) Brethren bits
NEWS
1) ‘Every single person was just so kind’: BVSers talk about their cross-country bicycle trek
2) Brethren attend 15th Ordinary Synod of the Church of North India
UPCOMING EVENTS
3) ‘Honor God by Honoring Others’ is theme for Junior High Sunday
4) Christian Citizenship Seminar 2015 to focus on immigration
5) Progressive Brethren Gathering to discuss growth of the ‘not religiously affiliated’ population
6) Brethren bits
1) Grants support BDM project site in New Jersey, war recovery in Gaza, Ebola response in Liberia
2) Nigerian and American Brethren continue aid to those displaced by violence, MMB members to engage in advocacy for Nigeria
3) Ecumenical study committee shares preliminary work, plans for Annual Conference 2015
4) On Earth Peace board meeting helps mark 40 years, celebrates Bob Gross
5) Theme announced for Bethany Seminary Peace Essay Contest
6) Bob Gross announces departure from On Earth Peace
7) Enten Eller resigns position at Bethany Seminary
8) Statelessness and the Least of These: Nationality, identity, and when you have neither
9) Brethren bits
1) Disaster grant of $100,000 is directed to Nigeria
2) EYN leaders visit refugee camps, pilot relocation project starts
3) General secretary and Public Witness staff reiterate support for nonviolent measures in Syria and Iraq, CPTer comments from Iraqi Kurdistan
4) Global Mission executive returns from visit to Democratic Republic of Congo
5) ‘Side by Side: Imitating Christ’s Humility’ is 2015 workcamp theme
6) Webinar on urban mission offered under title ‘Telling the Truth and Shaming the Devil’
7) Lowell Flory to retire from Bethany Seminary
8) Cori Hahn resigns from Zigler Hospitality Center at Brethren Service Center
9) Brethren bits
NEWS: 1) Peace Day events are planned by Church of the Brethren and other groups
2) Praying and worshiping in the spirit of Pentecost on Peace Day
3) Speakers, worship, and music leadership announced for 2015 Annual Conference
4) Nigerian Christians say ‘We are on the run’: An interview with EYN president Samuel Dali
5) Haiti Medical Project attains 30-month milestone, Lancaster church raises more than $100,000, Brethren World Mission continues support
6) Annual BRF unit of Brethren Volunteer Service begins a year of service
7) Bethany Seminary engages youth in thinking about faith and call
8) Life goes on under a shadow in Iraqi Kurdistan
FEATURE: 9) Laminating with a BA: Learning how to make a life in Brethren Volunteer Service
10) Brethren bits