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March 11, 2014
"Feed my sheep" (John 21:17b).
NEWS
1) Mission Advisory Committee has first-hand look at Haiti, proposes work toward a global Brethren body 2) Brethren Disaster Ministries directs grant aid to Nigerian Brethren affected by violence 3) Global Food Crisis grants support new BVS position in public witness, agriculture in DRC Congo and Rwanda 4) Conference witness to host city benefits YWCA shelter for women in Columbus 5) Chaplains from Brethren-related colleges and universities hold meeting
UPCOMING EVENTS
6) April is Child Abuse Prevention Month 7) Brethren Academy issues an updated course listing for 2014 8) Fellowship of Brethren Homes Forum to meet in Lancaster, Pa.
9) Brethren bits: Orioles honor Monica Barlow, job openings, WCC celebrates release of nuns, CDS response in Pennsylvania, airfare discount for NYC, Youth Cabinet, upcoming events in congregations and districts, and more
Find the full text of this Newsline in one document at www.brethren.org/news/2014/ ******************************  Quote of the week:“I like to circulate and talk with people. They look forward to coming here on Wednesdays. For many of them, it’s their only hot meal of the day.” -- Brian Markle, pastor of Shippensburg (Pa.) Church of the Brethren, quoted in an article on a coalition of churches and other groups helping to feed the hungry in the Shippensburg area. Eleven churches and organizations offer food to a growing number of people seeking assistance, reported the Carlisle “Sentinel” newspaper. Shippensburg Church of the Brethren offers a meal during Family Nights on Wednesdays, about half of those who attend are from the community. The “Sentinel” noted, “Shippensburg isn’t the only part of Cumberland County that has seen an increased need for food and assistance. In January, New Hope Ministries, which serves Dillsburg and the Mechanicsburg area, said the amount of people it serves doubled from 6,000 at the start of the economic crisis in 2008 to 12,000 people this year.” Read the full report at http://cumberlink.com/news/ ******************************  1) Mission Advisory Committee has first-hand look at Haiti, proposes work toward a global Brethren body
By Jay Wittmeyer
The Mission Advisory Committee, which helps guide the international ministries of the Church of the Brethren Global Mission and Service program, held its biennial gathering in Haiti to see first-hand the holistic ministry of the Haitian mission. The visit hosted by the Brethren Ministry Center in the Port-au-Prince area, also met with Haitian leadership to better understand the growth of Eglise des Freres Haitiens, the Haitian Church of the Brethren.
The committee considered the growth of the Church of the Brethren in Haiti, as well as in Spain, and emerging Brethren groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon. Discussion questioned whether the 1998 Annual Conference statement “World Mission Philosophy and Global Church Structure” call for a formal structure is going to be realized. The committee wrote a statement, and offers it for consideration.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 2) Brethren Disaster Ministries directs grant aid to Nigerian Brethren affected by violence
Brethren Disaster Ministries is directing $25,000 from the church’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to aid Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) during a time of escalating violence in northeastern Nigeria. The money will be contributed through EYN’s Compassion Fund.
Combined with other donations to aid Nigerian Brethren made through the Global Mission and Service office, the Church of the Brethren in the US is contributing a total of $60,000 to the EYN Compassion Fund.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
3) Global Food Crisis grants support new BVS position in public witness, agriculture in DRC Congo and Rwanda  The Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) this week announces three grants, to support a new Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) position at the Church of the Brethren Office of Public Witness, and for agriculture work in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
4) Conference witness to host city benefits YWCA shelter for women in Columbus
The Church of the Brethren Annual Conference partners this year with the YWCA/YMCA of Columbus, Ohio, for an annual Witness to the Host City. Annual Conference 2014 takes place in Columbus on July 2-6, led by moderator Nancy Sollenberger Heishman. Each year, the Witness to the Host City service project invites Brethren to aid the city that hosts the denomination’s annual meeting.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 5) Chaplains from Brethren-related colleges and universities hold meeting
By Walt Wiltschek
Chaplains from five of the six Church of the Brethren-affiliated colleges and universities and Tracy Primozich, director of admissions for Bethany Theological Seminary, met Feb. 19 following the National Association of College and University Chaplains annual conference.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 UPCOMING EVENTS
6) April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
By Kim Ebersole
The Church of the Brethren Family Life Ministry is providing resources for congregations to observe Child Abuse Prevention Month during April, at www.brethren.org/
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
7) Brethren Academy issues an updated course listing for 2014
The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership has issued an updated listing of courses offered in 2014. Courses are open to Training in Ministry (TRIM) students, pastors, and all interested persons. Offered this year: “Beyond Sunday School,” “Rock the Church,” study in conjunction with the Ministers’ Association event, “Church of the Brethren Polity and Practice,” “Conflict Transformation in Congregations,” and “Luke-Acts and the Birth of the Church.”
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
8) Fellowship of Brethren Homes Forum to meet in Lancaster, Pa.
By Kim Ebersole
The Brethren Village Retirement Community in Lancaster, Pa., will host this year’s Fellowship of Brethren Homes Forum on April 14-16. Representatives from member communities will be joined by several denominational staff members for three days of training, updates, networking, and sharing best practices in long-term care.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 9) Brethren bits
In this issue: Baltimore Orioles honor Monica Barlow, several announcements of job openings, WCC celebrates release of kidnapped Syrian nuns, CDS carries out a two-day response in Pennsylvania, airfare discount available for NYC 2014, Youth Cabinet meeting, upcoming events in congregations and districts, and lots more news about and for Brethren.
Read the full Brethren bits at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
Contributors to this issue of Newsline include Ron Allen, Jan Fischer Bachman, Jeff Boshart, Tim Button-Harrison, Chris Douglas, Kim Ebersole, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Ed Groff, Elizabeth Harvey, Mary Kay Heatwole, Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, James Lehman, Fran Massie, Nancy Miner, Sarah Neher, Walt Wiltschek, Roy Winter, Jay Wittmeyer, and editor Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services for the Church of the Brethren. The next regularly scheduled issue of Newsline is planned for Tuesday, March 18.  |
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