{"id":10817,"date":"2016-02-12T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=10817"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:41:53","slug":"brethren-volunteer-service-connections-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2016\/brethren-volunteer-service-connections-dinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Volunteer Service Holds Connection Dinners in Pennsylvania, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/bvs_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"160\" \/><strong>Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS)<\/strong> staff will be visiting and holding \u201cConnection\u201d meal events in McPherson, Kan., on Feb. 28, and in Elizabethtown, Pa., on March 13. These meal events are an opportunity for prospective volunteers, those interested in BVS, and BVS alumni and friends to enjoy food, fellowship, and stories about the volunteer experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us for food, fellowship, and stories!\u201d said an invitation. \u201cWhether you&#8217;re a long-time supporter or interested in learning more about Brethren Volunteer Service, all are welcome. BVS will be providing a free, simple meal while a group gathers to share stories from any BVS alumni present. Elizaeth Batten from the BVS office recruitment staff will talk about BVS and its work in our world as well as how you can become involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Connections Dinner takes place at McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brethren on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. A Connections Lunch at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brethren is planned for Sunday, March 13, after worship.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For questions or more information contact Elizabeth Batten at <a href=\"mailto:ebatten@brethren.org\">ebatten@brethren.org<\/a> or 269-816-0804, or \u201cattend\u201d the Facebook event on the BVS Facebook page.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) staff will be visiting and holding \u201cConnection\u201d meal events in McPherson, Kan., on Feb. 28, and in Elizabethtown, Pa., on March 13. These meal events are an opportunity for prospective volunteers, those interested in BVS, and BVS alumni and friends to enjoy food, fellowship, and stories about the volunteer experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-10817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brethren-volunteer-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12978,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817\/revisions\/12978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10817"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=10817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}