“Did you know there have now been 27 Church of the Brethren members helped because of your generosity?” said an announcement from the Deportation Defense Response team. “Folks who have received these funds that have covered the high costs of legal and filing fees have expressed to the team that they are so thankful and they feel they are not alone.”
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Join a Children’s Disaster Services volunteer training in Spring 2026
Learn how to bring comfort and care to children following human-caused and natural disasters. Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) is preparing to hold four volunteer training events in February and March next year.
National Youth Conference youthworker application closes soon
Want to help give an amazing experience to youth today? Want to experience the organizational side of National Youth Conference (NYC)? Do you want to help facilitate an unforgettable experience for youth at NYC? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may want to be a youthworker at NYC 2026!
University Park holds annual Harvest Sharing Fair
University Park (Md.) Church of the Brethren is hosting our annual Sharing Fair on Nov. 1 from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.–we invite all of our Brethren siblings to stop by to support a good cause!
The Blessing Box at Canton Church of the Brethren
It all started a couple of years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit goes to Jackie Davis for sharing a project she ran across in one of her magazines. She knew that Canton (Ill.) Church of the Brethren was looking for ways to make a positive impact in the Canton community, so she decided to explain about the movement of providing assistance to families in need by installing a Blessing Box.
National Youth Conference seeking youthworkers
Will you be 22 or older at National Youth Conference (NYC) 2026? Does helping to carry out programing, facilitate the organization, and take care of behind-the-scenes details at NYC 2026 excite you? Do you want to help create a great NYC experience for today’s youth? If you answered “yes” you might want to be a youthworker at NYC!
FaithX concludes 2025 service trips, announces special 2026 trip for adults 50-plus
In 2025, a total of 165 youth and adults joined FaithX service trips and had the opportunity to engage in service, learn new skills, grow in faith, explore interesting places, live in community, and build friendships!
The violence of hunger: The 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report
The Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Initiative (GFI) is a partner organization to Bread for the World and contributes to its reporting and research on US policies and on both domestic and international food security. For 2024, the GFI helped provide funds to support Bread for the World’s Policy Research Institute that has been studying and monitoring what the World Food Program has labeled “Hunger Hot Spots”
Grants from Church of the Brethren funds support disaster relief, food security, and congregational outreach projects
A number of grants have been made recently from Church of the Brethren denominational funds including the Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) for disaster relief, the Global Food Initiative fund (GFI) for food security, and the Brethren Faith in Action fund (BFIA) to support congregational outreach projects.
Hands of the King
Our church at Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship in Osceola, Ind., has many outreach programs that extend heartfelt help to our neighbors, such as our monthly Community Meals and the Paper and Hygiene Products Pantry. But we found as we prayed for these individuals, and as we got to know them and we built relationships, that there were greater and deeper needs in our neighborhood. We also found, as we attempted to assist, there were not any programs built into our ministries to specifically help people outside the church congregation. Our resources were focused on the body, but not those unconnected. So we began a new ministry, which we deemed “Hands of the King.”