{"id":27933,"date":"2026-10-02T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=27933"},"modified":"2026-10-02T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:08:03","slug":"brethren-volunteer-service-unit-340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-volunteer-service-unit-340\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 340 completes orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The members of BVS Unit 340: (back row, from left) Leokadia Rossmanith, Silas Benevento Zahner, Noah Elledge, and Hope Gandy; (front, from left) Caroline Uekermann, Zippora P\u00f6tschke, Rabea Elisabet Degand, Mia Benjamin, and Sonja Queck. Photo courtesy of BVS<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The members of Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a> (BVS) Unit 340 have completed orientation, held at Camp Emmaus<\/a> in Mount Morris, Ill., and have begun work at their project placements. Find out more<\/a> about BVS and how to volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The volunteers, their home congregations or hometowns, and project sites:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mia Benjamin<\/strong> of Antioch Church of the Brethren and Boones Mill, Va., is serving at SnowCap Community Charities<\/a> in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabea Elisabet Degand<\/strong> of Ennepetal, Germany; Noah Elledge<\/strong> of Paderborn, Germany; and Zippora P\u00f6tschke<\/strong> of Radebuel, Germany, are serving at La Puente Home<\/a> in Alamosa, Colo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope Gandy<\/strong> of Spring Run Church of the Brethren and McVeytown, Pa., is serving at Camp Koinonia<\/a> in Cle Elum, Wash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonja Queck<\/strong> of Leipzig, Germany, is serving at Innisfree Village<\/a> in Crozet, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leokadia Rossmanith<\/strong> of Dresden, Germany, and Caroline Uekermann<\/strong> of Braunschweig, Germany, are serving at Project PLASE<\/a> in Baltimore, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silas Benevento Zahner<\/strong> of Harrisonburg, Va., is serving at Fundaci\u00f3n Brethren y Unida<\/a>, Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Virginia Rendler, interim co-director of BVS and coordinator of Long Term Service, contributed this information to Newsline.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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