{"id":26193,"date":"2025-11-25T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26193"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:02:35","slug":"cws-kit-program-and-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/cws-kit-program-and-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Church World Service kit program and collections"},"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\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church World Service (CWS) has announced changes related to its kit program and collections, as the Material Resources program at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor closes by year\u2019s end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Material Resources, the longterm Church of the Brethren program to collect, warehouse, and ship disaster relief and other material goods for CWS and other ecumenical partners, is being closed as of the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An announcement from CWS noted the \u201cmore than 65 years of faithful service\u201d of Material Resources. <strong>\u201cChurch World Service is deeply grateful for the generations of volunteers who made this ministry possible.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the ending of Material Resources, also ending is the CWS Kit Depot location and collection at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill. That will no longer be a location that receives the donation of CWS kits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/CWSKitVideo-screenshot-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/CWSKitVideo-screenshot-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/CWSKitVideo-screenshot-600px-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/CWSKitVideo-screenshot-600px-560x293.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Brenda Giles, one of the staff whose work for Material Resources is coming to an end, displays a CWS clean-up bucket kit.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., is not closing in its entirety.<\/strong> The offices of Brethren Disaster Ministries and Children\u2019s Disaster Services continue to remain at the Brethren Service Center and are open during regular office hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find locations of CWS kit drop-off depots at <a href=\"https:\/\/cwskits.org\/depots\">https:\/\/cwskits.org\/depots<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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\/health-care-education-scholarships\/\">Health Care Education Scholarships are awarded to nine recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/engage-event-supports-mission\/\">Engage event offers opportunity to gather in support of global mission, resources are available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/shine-curriculum-for-fall-2026\/\">Shine curriculum for Fall 2026 includes new features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bfia-grants-go-to-churches-and-camp\/\">BFIA grants support congregations\u2019 outreach to neighbors and a memorial to victims of violence, among other projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/elizabethtown-hosts-rise-up-conference\/\">Volunteers rise up: New CWS outreach campaign draws refugee advocates to Elizabethtown Church<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church World Service (CWS) has announced changes related to its kit program and collections, as the Material Resources program at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor closes by year\u2019s end. 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