Newsline

1) Fifty years later, church leaders respond to Birmingham letter. 2) Church leaders comment on national tragedy, CDS offers advice for parents. 3) Nigerian Brethren experience another church attack, hold annual meeting. 4) PAG in Honduras, Brethren in Nigeria and Congo, Friends in Rwanda receive GFCF grants. 5) Disaster and mission staff offer support after fire in South Sudan village. 6) Sponsor a peace and reconciliation scholarship in South Sudan. 7) 3,000 miles campaign of On Earth Peace receives lots of support. 8) Congregational ethics, ministerial leadership, drone warfare, biblical authority are on business docket for 2013. 9) Annual Conference service project collects school supplies for Charlotte. 10) Children’s Disaster Services offers training workshop in New England. 11) Young Adult Conference 2013 is held at Camp Pine Lake in Iowa. 12) Gettysburg Brethren are the subject of John Kline Lecture for 2013. 13) Brethren bits.

NEWS: 1) Youth voice is heard in New York and Washington during Christian Citizenship Seminar. 2) Christian leaders celebrate adoption of the world’s first Arms Trade Treaty. 3) New ‘Shine’ curriculum is underway for fall 2014. 4) Fellowship of Brethren Homes members awarded 2013 Continuing Education Grants. 5) Same love, new look: Three new special offerings for the Church of the Brethren. UPCOMING EVENTS: 6) Big-name speakers to headline Annual Conference in Charlotte. 7) Children’s Aid Society celebrates 100 years with author of ‘The Shack.’ PERSONNEL: 8) Brethren Journal Association announces new editor. FEATURE: 9) Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends. 10) Brethren bits.

1) New Brethren Academy program receives funding from Wieand trust. 2) Estate gift funds new educational opportunities at Bethany Seminary. 3) More Brethren agencies express support for resolution on drones. 4) On Earth Peace board and staff participate in anti-racism training. 5) Brethren Disaster Ministries names advisory group, seeks input to survey. 6) BVS Unit 300 completes orientation. 7) ‘Something must change’: Harrisburg, Pa., pastor reports on efforts against gun violence. 8) Bus trips from several states will help participants get to NOAC. 9) Prayers for peacemakers: Ten year anniversary of war in Iraq. 10) Brethren bits

1) Major US ecumenical organizations restructure. 2) Prattsville rebuilding project expands to Schoharie, N.Y. 3) Consultation considers expansion of Haiti Medical Project. 4) Haiti Medical Project grows with strong support from Brethren. 5) Agape-Satyagraha program now at six sites across the country. 6) Historic Brethren documents now available online. 7) Registration opens for National Older Adult Conference. 8) ‘3,000 Miles for Peace’ campaign is underway. 9) Peace Witness Ministries staff organize webinar on ‘just peace.’ 10) Press takes pre-publication orders for ‘New Inglenook Cookbook.’ 11) Brethren bits.

1) Beam and Steele head up Annual Conference ballot for 2013. 2) Ten receive Church of the Brethren nursing scholarships in 2012. 3) Executive Committee of denominational board holds January meeting. 4) ‘Going to the Garden’ grants go to five churches so far. 5) National Youth Cabinet meets, announces theme for NYC 2014. 6) Brethren Academy issues update on spring and summer courses. 7) Upcoming college speakers include Nobel peace laureate, popular religion scholar. 8) Proposals to reduce gun violence: Church representative attends Senate Subcommittee hearing. 9) ‘A trying moment in Nigeria’: An EYN leader tallies deaths and churches lost to violence. 10) Brethren bits.

1) Christian Churches Together urges fundamental immigration reform.
2) Committee to study ecumenism in the 21st century.
3) Health care tax credit can help churches and organizations.
4) Nursing scholarships are available through the Church of the Brethren.
5) Kostlevy to direct Brethren Historical Library and Archives.
6) Youth Peace Travel Team named for 2013.
7) Brethren Press offers new resources for the spring and summer.
8) Signs of the seasons: Lent.
9) Founding pastor’s family reflects on 99 years with Arcadia Church.
10) Brethren bits.

The full text of Newsline for January 24, 2013

1) Special provisions make IRA Charitable Rollover extension more complex. 2) Applicants sought for Ministry Summer Service, Youth Peace Travel Team. 3) Kettering begins as coordinator of Intercultural Ministries. 4) Coordinators are named for National Youth Conference 2014. 5) ‘Strengthening Your Small Congregation’ to be held in mid-April at Camp Mack. 6) Clergy tax seminar is Feb. 11, both online and at seminary campus. 7) Bridgewater College to host conference on substance abuse prevention. 8) At home in beloved community.
9) Litany of Commitment: A worship resource on gun violence using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. 10) Brethren bits.

1) Delegation learns about sensitivities in the Holy Land, calls for continued work for two-state solution. 2) National Youth Cabinet is announced for 2013-14. 3) Save the date for next deacon training events, says Deacon Ministry. 4) Stuart Murray Williams to lead webinar on ‘Living the Biblical Vision.’ 5) Fifth Presidential Forum to be held at Bethany Seminary. 6) Brethren bits.