{"id":18088,"date":"2022-01-14T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=18088"},"modified":"2022-01-14T23:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T23:33:37","slug":"bvs-holds-winter-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/bvs-holds-winter-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Volunteer Service holds winter orientation, seeks applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>By Pauline Liu and Michael Brewer-Berres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) will be hosting an in\u2010person orientation at Camp Bethel in Fincastle, Va., from Jan. 18 to Feb. 4, 2022. This winter Unit 330 will have four volunteers, three of whom are coming through EIRENE, a partner organization in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The new volunteers are:<\/strong><br>Marvin Blenkle from Berlin, Germany<br>Tate Johnson from McPherson, Kan., with connections to McPherson Church of the Brethren<br>Johannes Stitz from G\u00fctersloh, Germany<br>Florian Wesseler from G\u00fctersloh, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/bvs-logo-text.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14739\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For three weeks, BVSers and staff will live in community while building relationships through meaningful conversations, daily devotions, cooking, and working together. They also will take time to get to know the local Virginia community through service and worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on future orientations and other FAQs about BVS, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org\">www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org<\/a>. Upcoming orientation dates are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer orientation<\/strong><br>July 31-Aug. 19<br>Camp Wilbur Stover, New Meadows, Idaho<br>Applications are due June 19 (with flexibility)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall orientation<\/strong><br>Sept. 18-Oct. 7<br>Camp Brethren Heights, Rodney, Mich.<br>Applications are due Aug. 7 (with flexibility)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Pauline Liu is the volunteer coordinator for Brethren Volunteer Service. Michael Brewer-Berres is a BVSer and the orientation assistant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-brethren-rapid-response-network\/\">A new Brethren Rapid Response Network is organized<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brooklyn-first-welcomes-new-members\/\">Brooklyn First welcomes third generation of one family as members of the congregation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) will be hosting an in\u2010person orientation at Camp Bethel in Fincastle, Va., from Jan. 18 to Feb. 4, 2022. 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