{"id":27632,"date":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=27632"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:53:49","slug":"engage-event-supports-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/engage-event-supports-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage event offers opportunity to gather in support of global mission, resources are available"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px-560x279.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Engage-2026-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\">Engage: Global Mission Gathering<\/a> will be held on the theme \u201cUnited in Mission\u201d on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Eastern time) at <a href=\"https:\/\/lancob.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lancob.org\/\">Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren<\/a>. This will be an evening celebrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/gcbc\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/gcbc\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion<\/a>. Hear firsthand from Brethren leaders and partners connected with the church in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Nigeria, and explore what it means to be united in mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Ramirez, Country Advisory Team member for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/dr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/dr\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, and Rebecca Dali, co-pastor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Panther-Creek-Church-of-the-Brethren-100064839274890\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Panther-Creek-Church-of-the-Brethren-100064839274890\/\">Panther Creek Church of the Brethren<\/a> in Adel, Iowa, and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccepiusa.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ccepiusa.org\/\">CCEPI (the Center for Caring, Empowerment, and Peace Initiative)<\/a> in Nigeria, are featured speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent change, Roger Padilla, director of international relations for <a href=\"https:\/\/cobvenezuela.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cobvenezuela.org\/\">ASIGLEH (the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela)<\/a>, will be speaking in place of formerly announced Joel Pe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\">Find out more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials available for congregations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several resources and downloadable materials are available for congregations, districts, and individuals to spread the word about the Engage gathering. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/engage-toolkit\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/engage-toolkit\/\">toolkit of materials<\/a> includes an Engage bulletin insert, a digital slide announcement, and a sheet of ready-to-use newsletter articles, announcements, and social media posts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/engage-toolkit\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/engage-toolkit\/\">The toolkit is posted online<\/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\/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<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/living-word-bulletin-series\/\">Living Word bulletin series is a worship resource for congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engage: Global Mission Gathering will be held on the theme \u201cUnited in Mission\u201d on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Eastern time) at Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. This will be an evening celebrating the Global Church of the Brethren Communion. Hear firsthand from Brethren leaders and partners connected with the church in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Nigeria, and explore what it means to be united in mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3887,81,3884,3886,2016,1468,1837,13,1388,3885,1058,3095],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-27632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-ccepi","tag-dominican-republic","tag-engage","tag-eric-ramirez","tag-global-church-of-the-brethren-communion","tag-global-mission","tag-international-mission","tag-nigeria","tag-rebecca-dali","tag-roger-padilla","tag-venezuela","tag-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27636,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27632\/revisions\/27636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27632"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=27632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}