In this issue: Job openings, Material Resources shipments, no quilting at this year’s Annual Conference, celebrating volunteers, Bethany Seminary commencement date, Kingdom Advancing Grants opportunity through MAA, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) Global Mission releases list of grants made to international partners in 2021
2) Global Mission office focuses resources on known and trusted partners around the world
3) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy issues action alert standing with vulnerable Ukrainians
4) Office of Peacebuilding and Policy signs on to letter to President Biden encouraging creative peacebuilding for Ukraine
5) NCC condemns Russia’s massacre of Ukrainians
6) EYN releases 12 resolutions at its 75th General Church Council
7) University of La Verne to offer differentiated bachelor’s degree program for registered nurses
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Winners of the Youth Speech Contest for NYC are announced
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
9) Restoration Los Angeles celebrates 100 years of ministry
10) Brethren bits: District executives and Leadership Team meet, FaithX deadline extended, Spring issue of Bridge newsletter for young adults, endowed scholarship for McPherson’s automotive restoration program, NCC commends Supreme Court confirmation, “Songs of Hope, Faith, and Peacemaking”
In this issue: Council of District Executives and the Leadership Team meet, FaithX registration deadline extended to April 22, Spring issue of the Bridge newsletter for young adults, McPherson College endowed scholarship for the automotive restoration program, NCC commends confirmation of new Supreme Court justice, Linda Williams collection of “Songs of Hope, Faith, and Peacemaking.”
In this issue: job openings, Living Stream makes pysanky for Easter, Manchester announces peace studies and environmental studies trip, latest Dunker Punks Podcast features Galen Fitzkee on the call to be peacebuilders, latest Brethren Voices features two best friend BVSers from Germany.
NEWS
1) Annual Conference agenda will include one item of unfinished business and seven items of new business
2) April 15 is deadline for Yearbook forms
3) Bridgewater College receives $1 million gift to create Rebecca Quad
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Late fee deadline extended for National Youth Conference, shuttle registration now open
5) Ecumenical Advocacy Days calls for ‘fierce urgency’ on civil and human rights
6) Next in ‘Nurturing Ministry Skills’ series to address ‘Leadership in Times of Crisis’
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
7) New church building to be dedicated in Los Banos, Calif.
FEATURE
8) Give the fig tree one more season: A song for the start of April, Earth Month and National Poetry Month
9) Brethren bits: Job openings, Living Stream makes pysanky for Easter, Manchester announces peace and environmental studies trip, latest Dunker Punks Podcast features Galen Fitzkee on the call to be peacebuilders, latest Brethren Voices features two best friend BVSers from Germany
NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board receives year-end financial reporting
2) Brethren Disaster Ministries directs grants to CWS work on Ukraine, Haiti earthquake rebuilding, new project site in Tennessee
3) ACT Alliance, WCC delegation visits Hungary, Ukraine, and Romania with a focus on humanitarian needs, church response
4) WCC to presidents of Russia and Ukraine: ‘A peaceful solution is in your hands alone’
5) Material Resources program sends relief shipments to South Sudan, Haiti, Guatemala
PERSONNEL
6) David Shumate to retire from leadership of Virlina District
7) Joe Vecchio to retire from the Pacific Southwest District staff
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Children’s Disaster Services offers two volunteer trainings this spring
9) Presentation to explore Manchester’s deep connections to UN
10) Song and Story Fest scheduled for Camp Pine Lake in early July
FEATURE
11) Nothing quite compares to this: A reflection on the war in Ukraine
12) Changing course, ‘shifting up’ to work on race
13) Brethren bits: Update from pastor Alexander Zazhytko of the Chernigov Brethren, applicants sought for Archival Internship, second Global Check-in & Prayer, Margi South translation of the New Testament, ‘The Historic Peace Churches: Integrating Theology and Practice for Peacebuilding’ panel at the Carter School at GMU, and more
In this issue: An update from pastor Alexander Zazhytko of the Chernigov Brethren, applicants are sought for Archival Internship program, second of the Global Check-in & Prayer series from Intercultural Ministries, Margi South translation of the New Testament has been printed, Brethren are participating in “The Historic Peace Churches: Integrating Theology and Practice for Peacebuilding” panel at the Carter School at GMU, and more
NEWS
1) Mission and Ministry Board’s Spring meeting addresses Ukraine, reviews Strategic Plan initiatives and BFIA guidelines, among other business
2) Prospects for new ministry in Ecuador emerge from passion and compassion
3) Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria dedicates two factories
4) Church World Service calls for signatures to support displaced Ukrainians
5) South Sudan church official highlights country’s humanitarian crisis, as global attention turns to Ukraine
6) Bridgewater College launches support program for students with autism spectrum disorder
PERSONNEL
7) Connie Sandman retires from 40-year career at Brethren Benefit Trust
UPCOMING EVENTS
8) Intercultural Ministries offers online Global Check-in and Prayer Series
9) BBT offers webinar on clergy and church worker eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STORIES FROM CONGREGATIONS
10) West Richmond Church participates in Henrico County book drive for school libraries
FEATURE
11) Using the gifts we have: A reflection from the church’s work in Brazil
12) Brethren bits: Remembering Stanley Smith and Gene Swords, prayer requests for moderator David Sollenberger’s trip to Rwanda and Uganda and for a fire at the Orlando (Fla.) Haitian congregation, FaithX registration open until April 1, video of annual conference of the church in Venezuela, Lenten videos based on the art of Paul Grout, and more
In this issue: Remembering Stanley Smith and Gene Swords, prayer requests for moderator David Sollenberger’s trip to Rwanda and Uganda and for a fire at the Orlando (Fla.) Haitian congregation, FaithX registration is open until April 1, video of annual conference of the church in Venezuela, latest issue of Brethren Disaster Ministries Bridges newsletter, a series of Lenten meditative videos is based on the art of Paul Grout, and more.
In this issue: Correction, remembering Jorge Rivera, memorial service for Elaine Sollenberger, Faith Forward event with Brian McLaren, free online presentations on the Russia-Ukraine war, World Council of Churches leader appeals for end to attacks on civilians.
