{"id":16356,"date":"2021-02-18T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=16356"},"modified":"2021-02-18T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:04:17","slug":"new-brethren-volunteer-service-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/new-brethren-volunteer-service-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brethren Volunteer Service workers complete winter orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/BVSUnit328-Winter2021-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/BVSUnit328-Winter2021-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/BVSUnit328-Winter2021-600px-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/BVSUnit328-Winter2021-600px-560x329.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The Brethren Volunteer Service workers in Unit 328, who took part in the 2021 Winter orientation, are pictured in a Zoom event with BVS staff. <em>Top row, from left: <\/em>Pauline Liu, coordinator of volunteers for BVS; Emily Tyler, director of BVS; Kara Miller, orientation assistant. <em>Middle row: <\/em>Claire Horrell, Sam Zientek, Matthew Bateman. <em>Bottom row:<\/em> Ronah Kavumba.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brethren Volunteer Service has welcomed four new volunteers who completed the 2021 Winter orientation as part of BVS Unit 328. The orientation was held as a virtual, online event because of pandemic restrictions on in-person gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here are the volunteers in Unit 328,<\/strong> their hometowns and\/or congregations, and their project placements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matthew Bateman<\/strong> of Seattle, Wash., will be serving at the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claire Horrell<\/strong> of Jackson, Mo., will be serving at El Centro Arte Para la Paz in Suchitoto, El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ronah Kavumba<\/strong> of Kampala, Uganda, is waiting for her pending project placement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Zientek<\/strong> of Wernersville, Pa., who is from Wyomissing Church of the Brethren, will be serving at L\u2019Arche Chicago, Ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Pauline Liu, BVS Volunteer Coordinator, provided this information to Newsline. 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