Newsline for March 22, 2012, includes the following stories: 1) Board adopts 2012 budget, discusses financial policies for self-funding ministries. 2) New phone system is installed at Church of the Brethren offices. 3) Giving among US and Canadian churches drops $1.2 billion. 4) Boshart to manage Global Food Crisis Fund, Emerging Global Mission Fund. 5) New unit of BVS volunteers begins service. 6) Illinois Central Song and Story Fest will precede Annual Conference. 7) Registration for Mission Alive 2012 opens April 1. 8) From Vietnam: The amazing story of 30 blind students. 9) Brethren bits: Personnel, jobs, Kony 2012, march for Trayvon, Bittersweet tour, much more.
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Newsline for March 7, 2012
Newsline stories include:1) Annual Conference ballot for 2012 is announced. 2) Brethren give grant for tornado outbreak, Syria; CDS begins care for affected children. 3) Dominican Brethren hold annual assembly. 4) EYN Ministers’ Council 2012 is praised. 5) Bridgewater College announces change in leadership. 6) Tyler to serve as coordinator of workcamps and volunteer recruitment. 7) Crain hired by McPherson College as new campus minister. 8) Gather ’Round co-sponsors conference on children, youth, and Christianity. 9) Brethren bits: Jobs, MMB meeting, ‘Basin and Towel’ online, registration deadlines, and more.
Newsline for February 22, 2012
This issue of Newsline includes the following stories: 1) Financial report for 2011 includes hopeful signs and cause for concern. 2) Annual CCT meeting has anti-racism, anti-poverty focus. 3) Tax credit for health care expenses can help a church save. 4) Brethren couple to teach another semester at university in N. Korea. 5) Church representative attends World Interfaith Harmony week at UN. 6) Paynes called to lead Southeastern District. 7) Youth Peace Travel Team is named for 2012. 8) Leadership summit is planned for late March. 9) May is Older Adult Month on theme, ‘Aging with Passion and Purpose.’ 10) Stewardship is a team effort: A reflection on fundraising results for 2011. 11) Brethren bits: Remembrance, personnel, jobs, Annual Conference, district news, much more.
Newsline for February 8, 2012
The Newsline for Feb. 8, 2012, includes an Annual Conference preview with news of registration and housing opening date as well as a Vision Statement coming to the Annual Conference, pre-Conference workshops, sessions on women in leadership, and Annual Conference bits and pieces; personnel notices for Nathan Hosler as new advocacy officer and the retirement of Cross Keys Village president/CEO Vernon King; Child Abuse Prevention Month in April; Children’s Disaster Services Spring training workshops; ‘Naked Anabaptist’ author Murray featured in upcoming webinar; One Great Hour of Sharing offering; resources for Lent; and Brethren bits.
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Newsline for January 5, 2012
This Jan. 25, 2012, issue of Newsline includes 1) Daily devotion leaders announced for 2012 Annual Conference. 2) New web design, 2012 Annual Conference packet are unveiled. 3) BMC approved as project site for BVS. 4) Client investments enable BBT to take stand against human trafficking. 5) Brethren congregations among those being surveyed. 6) Stewardship leadership seminar focuses on generosity. 7) Leaders in disaster ministry to gather at Brethren Service Center. 8) Bethany Seminary to hold 2012 Presidential Forum. 9) Renovaré Essentials Conference offered by Atlantic Northeast District. 10) Clergy Tax Seminar will review tax law, 2011 changes. 11) What makes for peace? A nomination for Okinawa Peace Prize. 12) Brethren bits: Personnel, jobs, nursing scholarships, Nigeria, and much more.
Newsline for Jan. 11, 2012
The Jan. 11, 2012, issue of Newsline includes the following stories: 1) Brethren mark the second anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake. 2) An overview of Brethren accomplishments in Haiti, 2010-2011. 3) A reflection on the Haiti earthquake: Two years of recovery. 4) Dear beloved Church of the Brethren: A letter from Port-au-Prince. 5) Thoughts from Haiti on the new year. 6) BBT members, clients invest $700,000 in low-income communities. 7) Dueck offers coaching, resources on ‘Emotional Intelligence.’
8) Gross moves into new role at On Earth Peace. 9) Church’s Elgin warehouse to be collection point for MLK food drive. 10) Brethren colleges hold events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
11) Schedule, workshop topics, DVD available for congregational workshop. 12) New Church Development Conference registration opens Jan. 17. 13) New from Brethren Press: Devotions for Lent, hymn plaque, more. 14) Brethren bits: Remembrance, personnel, prayer for Nigeria, and more.
Newsline for December 29, 2011
The Dec. 29, 2011, issue of the Church of the Brethren Newsline offers the following stories: 1) GFCF gives grants to Rural Service Center, Brethren group in Congo; 2) EDF sends money to Thailand, Cambodia for flood response; 3) Brethren staff leave North Korea for Christmas break; 4) Hoslers conclude their service in Nigeria, report on peace work; 5) NCC condemns attack on worshipers in Nigeria; 6) BVS Europe welcomes largest number of volunteers since 2004; 7) Juniata takes action during Sandusky investigation; 8) Royer retires as manager of Global Food Crisis Fund; 9) Blevins resigns as advocacy officer, ecumenical peace coordinator; 10) World Interfaith Harmony Week is Feb. 1-7; 11) Peace meditation: Reflections from a BVS volunteer in Europe; 12) Brethren bits.
Newsline for December 14, 2011
This Newsline features the following stories: 1) Brethren statement presented at meeting on torture. 2) Mission and Ministry Board member is part of ecumenical visit to Cuba. 3) National Youth Cabinet chooses theme for the year. 4) Bethany Seminary receives grant for faculty study. 5) On Earth Peace announces staff changes. 6) New Brethren staff are placed in South Sudan. 7) Reflections on Cuba, December 2011. 8) Wonder stick: An interview with Grace Mishler. 9) An Advent letter from the Annual Conference officers. 10) Brethren bits: Job openings, Annual Conference delegate registration, college news, and more.
Newsline for Nov. 30, 2011
Stories include: 1) Committee announces decisions regarding 2012 Annual Conference; 2) Enhancing, restructuring, and safeguarding its ministries was the focus of the BBT board’s fall meeting; 3) BBT board offers Ethos Statement to Church of the Brethren community as a guide for interaction; 4) Brethren funds jointly support relief for Horn of Africa famine; 5) BBT announces personnel changes and restructuring; 6) Brethren Academy announces upcoming courses; 7) Young adults will meet on theme, ‘Humble Yet Bold: Being the Church’; 8) Bethany Seminary invites youth to explore their call; 9) Brethren bits: Correction, remembrance, personnel, Christmas events, much more.