{"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-8f761849 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Pauline Liu and Michael Brewer-Berres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/cds-deploys-volunteers-to-support-families-affected-by-washington-wildfires\/\">Children&#8217;s Disaster Services deploys volunteers to support families affected by Washington wildfires<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bdm-begins-new-rebuilding-project-in-yancey-county-n-c\/\">Brethren Disaster Ministries begins new rebuilding project in Yancey County, N.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/fall-2026-scripture-practice-cohort\/\">Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church program offers fall 2026 Scripture Practice cohort<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/john-fillmore-named-director-of-ministry\/\">John Fillmore named director of ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/standing-with-haitian-church-family\/\">Standing with our Haitian church family: A pastoral message from the General Secretary<\/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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