{"id":20279,"date":"2022-10-25T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=20279"},"modified":"2022-10-25T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T19:58:22","slug":"bvs-unit-332-completes-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/bvs-unit-332-completes-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 332 completes orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Back left to right: Ben Brubaker, Dan McFadden (staff), Silas Seil, Elisabeth Berthel, Clara Grabenhorst, Kurt Malchow <\/em>
Front left to right: Caleb Samland, Emily Bowdle (staff), Patrice Rupp, Pauline Liu (staff), Michael Brewer-Berres (staff), Emma Dowd, Val Brubaker <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Unit 332 held orientation at Camp Brethren Heights in Rodney, Mich., from Oct. 11-20 for nine volunteers. BVS has changed the orientation and placement process, so volunteers are now pre-placed prior to orientation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the volunteers in Unit 332,<\/strong>\u00a0their hometowns and\/or congregations, and their project placements:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Please pray… <\/strong>For the new BVS volunteers in Unit 332, as they begin work at their project sites.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Elisabeth Berthel<\/strong> of Berlin, Germany, will be serving at Camp Stevens in Julian, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Brubaker<\/strong> of South Bend, Ind., who is from Crest Manor Church of the Brethren, will be serving at New Bethany Ministries in Bethlehem, Pa. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Val Brubaker<\/strong> of South Bend, Ind., who is from Crest Manor Church of the Brethren, will be serving at New Bethany Ministries in Bethlehem, Pa. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Dowd<\/strong> of West Hartford, Conn., will be serving at Corrymeela in Northern Ireland beginning in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clara Grabenhorst<\/strong> of Westfalen, Germany, will be serving at Project PLASE in Baltimore, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurt Malchow<\/strong> of Cologne, Germany, will be serving at Camp Stevens in Julian, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrice Rupp<\/strong> of W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, will be serving at WATER in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Samland<\/strong> of Moundridge, Kan., who is from McPherson Church of the Brethren, will be serving at La Puente Home in Alamosa, Colo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silas Seil <\/strong>of Kiel, Germany, will be serving at Project PLASE in Baltimore, Md. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about BVS go to www.brethren.org\/bvs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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