March 2017 – News | Church of the Brethren

Large sum released from Emergency Disaster Fund continues Nigeria Crisis Response

The Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board has approved the release of $500,000 from the Emergency Disaster Fund to support Nigeria Crisis Response programing. The Nigeria Crisis Response is a joint effort of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria with the Church of the Brethren’s Global Mission and Service and Brethren Disaster Ministries. […]

Filipenses puede guiar a la iglesia en relación con personas indocumentadas

Filipenses es un buen recurso para la iglesia para consultar, ya que reflexiona sobre cómo responder a los indocumentados que viven en nuestro país. El escritor primario de la carta, el apóstol Pablo, no era muy diferente de muchos Mexico-Americanos de hoy. Era un ciudadano, pero muchos de su pueblo no lo eran. […]

Newsline for March 25, 2017

NEWS
1) Large sum released from Emergency Disaster Fund continues Nigeria Crisis Response

PERSONNEL
2) Michigan District executive Nate Polzin resigns
3) Program assistants resign from Brethren Disaster Ministries
4) Shamek Cardona hired as Church of the Brethren manager of Human Resources

UPCOMING EVENTS
5) Closing service to be held for upper campus of Brethren Service Center
6) Continuing education events for ministers address Leviticus, elder care challenges
7) Ventures courses are offered on Chronicles and faith formation

8) Brethren bits […]

Shamek Cardona hired as Church of the Brethren manager of Human Resources

Shamek Cardona of Hanover Park, Ill., has begun work as manager of human resources for the Church of the Brethren, working at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
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Brethren Bits for March 24, 2017

News from local congregations, jobs, remembrance: Dora Belle Showalter, Venezuela baptisms, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) volunteers in Missouri, book donations needed, Gaza live stream, Nigeria workcamp reflections, Hillcrest School anniversary, Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation training, “Explore Your Call” for high school students., Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies banquet, Global Women’s Project steering committee meeting, Christian Peacemaker Teams, IMA health report on South Sudan, Happy birthday to Pearl Beard, […]

Philippians may guide the church in relating with undocumented people

Philippians is a good resource for the church to consult as it ponders how to respond to undocumented people living in our country. […]

Continuing education events for ministers address Leviticus, elder care challenges

The Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) will offer two continuing education events this spring: “Ten-Plus Reasons to Love Leviticus” at Elizabethtown College, and “Cultivating Conversations…Navigating Elder Care Challenges” at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford, Pa. […]