{"id":17752,"date":"2021-10-29T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=17752"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T20:00:46","slug":"brethren-bits-for-oct-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/brethren-bits-for-oct-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren bits for Oct. 29, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

— The family of the late Dale Brown has announced the date and time for his memorial service <\/strong>on Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. (Eastern time). There will be a streaming option and an in-person event with masks required, hosted at Manchester Church of the Brethren in North Manchester, Ind. Music and a slideshow will precede the service beginning at 2:40 p.m. The YouTube link for the livestream event online will become active at 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 7 and subsequently will provide a link to view the recording of the service. Go to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YEixMZVX_Ko<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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— National Youth Conference coordinator Erika Clary<\/strong> and director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Becky Ullom Naugle are offering an online Q&A session next Monday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. (Eastern time) to answer questions about the upcoming NYC 2022. Register for the call at http:\/\/ow.ly\/prvK50GvF3G<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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— Brethren Press has announced a Nov. 1 deadline<\/strong> for advance savings on the new children\u2019s book Maria\u2019s Kit of Comfort, a story based on the Children\u2019s Disaster Services \u201ckit of comfort.\u201d Pre-order by calling 800-441-3712 or go to www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=9780871783073<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in time for the holiday season<\/strong>, Brethren Press is offering Christmas cards in packs of 10, displaying calligraphy by Gwen Stamm of the Bible text \u201cIn the beginning was the Word\u201d on the outside, and on the inside \u201cAnd the Word became flesh and lived among us. Behold the glory of Christ.\u201d Go to www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1836<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

— New contact and address information has been announced for South Central Indiana District. <\/strong>The district office phone number is 260-274-0396. The district office mailing address is P.O. Box 32, North Manchester, IN 46962-0032. The district office street address is 645 Bond St., Wabash, IN 46992-2002. Email addresses remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind., is celebrating 132 years with a parade on Nov. 5. <\/strong>The school, which is connected with the Church of the Brethren, got its start on Nov. 5, 1889, when Roanoke Classical Seminary moved to North Manchester. \u201cOne hundred thirty-two years later, Manchester University is celebrating Founders Day with a parade and birthday celebration,\u201d said a release. \u201cThe parade led by the Spartan Pride Marching Band begins at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the corner of College Avenue and Wayne Street. It will go east on College Avenue and then north to Cordier Auditorium on the Manchester Mall, then south and over to the Jo Young Switzer Center for refreshments in Haist Commons. The public is welcome to watch the parade. Masks are not required outside on campus, but they must be worn inside all buildings. Megan Julian (\u201907) Sarber, assistant director of donor relations, is organizing the Founders Day celebration.\u201d Find the full release with more details of the school\u2019s history and its Church of the Brethren connections at www.manchester.edu\/about-manchester\/news\/news-articles\/2021-news-articles\/mu-to-celebrate-132-years-with-nov.-5-founders-day-parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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— A recent Dunker Punks newsletter<\/strong> listed the first of its fall line-up of podcasts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

118, \u201cWe Are Part of One Another,\u201d featured Anna Lisa Gross interviewing another panel of from the Womaen\u2019s Caucus about their stories as women in church leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

119, \u201cMore Than a Song,\u201d shares insights on how music is \u201cmore than\u201d from Matt Rittle and Mandy North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

120, \u201cArts on the Hill,\u201d hears from Jessie Houff, Agnes Chen, and Jacob Crouse from Washington (D.C.) City Church of the Brethren about their church\u2019s community arts ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

121, \u201cForgive Them,\u201d gives a glimpse of the complexities of the Christian act of forgiving, with Gabriel Padilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also listed in the newsletter were this summer\u2019s \u201cbonus\u201d podcasts on theopoetics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theopoetics 1, \u201cGood God,\u201d asks how people of faith struggle with the question of how a good God created a world with so much strife in it, with Matt Rittle and Bethany Seminary faculty Scott Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theopoetics 2 \u201cIs God Dead?\u201d asks how can poetry help us progress in our beliefs and explore our questions of faith, led by Rittle and Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theopoetics 3, \u201cThe Blessed Assurance of \u2018Perhaps,\u2019\u201d asks what it would mean for our questions about faith–or even our doubts–bring us joy, with Rittle, Julia Baker Swann, and Carol Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theopoetics 4, \u201cThe God Beyond the God We Name,\u201d wraps up the summer\u2019s bonus series on theopoetics, with Rittle and Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the Dunker Punks webpage and links to podcasts at http:\/\/arlingtoncob.org\/dpp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— In the latest episode of the Brethren Voices<\/strong> television show for community access stations, host Brent Carlson interviews Carol Mason. She compiled stories of the Nigerian Brethren and Muslims of Nigeria who survived the violent attacks of the Boko Haram for a recent book published by Brethren Press. The stories were supplemented by the photographs of Donna Parcell, and became the book We Bear It in Tears. The stories represent various affected areas of Nigeria, widely ranging types of experiences, and diverse populations. Together they are a significant effort at establishing a sustainable peace in Nigeria, giving voice to the women, men, and children who have suffered. \u201cBy hearing their stories, we share their burden of tears,\u201d said an announcement of the new episode. \u201cBy seeing their faces, we witness an enduring faith and a commitment to nonviolence. These are not merely symbols of violence, but individuals with real stories, real families, and real pain.\u201d Mason was a mission worker in Nigeria for 12 years, at a time when programs that were begun by the Church of the Brethren were being turned over to Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria and local government bodies. Find this and other episodes of Brethren Voices on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Church World Service (CWS) has been featured in an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/strong> titled \u201cA Movement for Refugee Leadership\u201d by Basma Alawee and Taryn Higashi. The article reviews how \u201cphilanthropy can invigorate our communities and our democracy by investing in refugee leadership and civic participation.\u201d CWS was lauded as \u201cexemplary model\u201d for refugee resettlement working in collaboration with refugee-led networks, such as Refugee Congress. \u201cChurch World Service has trained over 1,500 refugee leaders to organize their communities; tell their stories in impactful ways; develop campaign ideas; to defend the refugee program; and engage in voter education, registration, and mobilization for eligible former refugees who are now US citizens,\u201d the article said, in part. \u201cAs a result of Church World Service\u2019s programs, and others like it, refugees are writing their own op-eds and pitching their own stories to the media, with the goal of helping to shape the public narrative about refugees.\u201d Find the full article at https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/a_movement_for_refugee_leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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— Mary Garvey of Stone Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Huntingdon, Pa., was featured as a contestant on Jeopardy<\/em> on Oct. 13. Find a review of the Oct. 13 episode of the popular television game show from \u201cThe Jeopardy Fan\u201d at https:\/\/thejeopardyfan.com\/2021\/10\/final-jeopardy-10-13-2021.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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