In this issue: NOAC 2023 team meets in Lake Junaluska, Bethany Seminary seeks a social media coordinator, SVMC continuing ed events on “Preaching and Spiritual Care” and “Violent Extremism,” Carl Bowman speaks for annual service at Dunker Meetinghouse at Antietam, and more news from congregations, districts, colleges, and more.
In this issue: Correction, job openings, Annual Conference worship skits with additional historical information, On Earth Peace goal to train 1,000 in Kingian Nonviolence, gun violence organizing, campus ministry effort at Virginia Tech, and more
In this issue: Correction; remembering Ron Sider, Martha Ann Greenhoe Kaufman, Peter J. Leddy Sr.; webinar shares “A Hibakusha’s Message of Peace” from Hiroshima; personnel notes; job opening for Virlina District executive minister; Southern Ohio and Kentucky District requesting donations for Eastern Kentucky Flood Response; celebrating Bill and Betty Hare’s 58 years of service to Camp Emmaus.
In this issue: Annual Conference print wrap up is now available online, and more updates from the 2022 Conference, plus personnel and job opening announcements, On Earth Peace’s new gun violence campaign, conversation beginning about starting a church in Madison, Wis., and more
In this issue: Update from the Brethren in Ukraine, job openings, order Shine curriculum for Fall 2022, Global Food Initiative newsletter, On Earth Peace webinar on Kingian nonviolence, and more news from congregations, districts, camps, ecumenical partners, and more.
NEWS
1) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs letter on Cuba, statement on Iran nuclear deal
2) EYN women are freed after abductions, including two of the former schoolgirls from Chibok
3) One church begot three in troubled northeastern Nigeria
PERSONNEL
4) Carrie Eikler resigns position at Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership
5) Andrew Hamilton to lead Southeastern District
6) Sharon Flaten joins Bethany staff in Nigeria
UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Bring rocks to National Youth Conference!
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
8) Bethel Church celebrates a century and a half of ministry
9) Lower Miami Church gains media attention from NY Times, Dayton Daily News
10) Church2Church: Reaching out to share with a church in need
11) Brethren bits: Update from the Brethren in Ukraine, job openings, order Shine curriculum for Fall 2022, Global Food Initiative newsletter, On Earth Peace webinar on Kingian nonviolence, and news from congregations, districts, camps, ecumenical partners, and more
In this issue: Prayer request for Ecuador, latest shipment by Material Resources, personnel changes in the Brethren Historical Library and Archives (BHLA), webinar offered on the topic “Refugia and Resilience: Sanctuaries for Our Spirit, Climate, and Creation”
In this issue: New leadership at the World Council of Churches, speakers announced for On Earth Peace Day of Celebration, University of La Verne receives $2.3 million gift to launch nursing program, Church World Service is honoring refugees on World Refugee Day June 20, Bible study commemorates shootings at Mother Emanuel AME Church, prayer and support requested following other recent shootings, among news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries announces short-term rebuilding project site in Kentucky
2) Wanted: COVID test kits for Annual Conference
3) What would Jesus do…with $813 billion?
4) Mid-Atlantic District requests prayer for families, congregations affected by Smithsburg shooting
UPCOMING EVENTS
5) National Youth Conference consecration to take place at Annual Conference
RESOURCES
6) Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church webinars are now available
7) Brethren bits: New leadership at the WCC, speakers for On Earth Peace Day of Celebration, ULV receives $2.3 million gift to launch nursing program, CWS highlights World Refugee Day June 20, Bible study commemorates shootings at Mother Emanuel, prayer and support needed following other recent shootings, and more
NEWS
1) Disaster grants focus on Ukraine needs, short-term Kentucky rebuilding project, among others
2) Global Food Initiative grants provide agriculture supports in Nigeria, Ecuador, Burundi, and the US
3) BFIA grants go to five churches
4) Brethren Volunteer Service makes changes to placement process, increases monthly stipend
5) Taking action on gun violence
6) Ecumenical faith letter on the US budget is sent to Congress
PERSONNEL
7) Zechariah Houser resigns as coordinator of short-term service
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Book study to address complex emotional landscape of family systems in churches
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
9) University Baptist and Brethren Church recognized for 100 years of ministry
10) Harrisonburg First Church event to support Ukrainian children
11) Brethren bits: Remembering Donna Forbes Steiner, personnel note, ULV announces new mural showing “Our Citrus Roots,” Brethren Voices remembers Chuck Boyer, and more
