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May 13, 2014
"Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you" (Philippians 4:9).
NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services begins new collaboration with Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2) Church of the Brethren chief executives join CWS at gathering to strengthen ties for work together
NIGERIA UPDATES
3) Nigerian Brethren continue to suffer attacks, Global Mission and Service sends relief funds 4) Report on CCEPI visit to Chibok on May 6 5) A round up of responses to Nigeria’s crisis 6) #BringBackOurGirls: Righteous, compassionate justice
UPCOMING EVENTS
7) NYC Prayer Day scheduled for June 22
RESOURCES
8) ‘Shine Together’ guide for leaders and teachers helps introduce new curriculum
9) Brethren bits: Job openings at BBT, Manchester to make concert DVD available, Lost and Found Church, Virlina’s World Hunger Walk, Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center celebrates new Brunk Revivals Exhibit, and much more
Find the full text of this Newsline in one document at
www.brethren.org/news/2014/
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Quote of the week: “When we were there, we had many friends who were Muslims. It didn’t make any difference.” -- Lois Neher quoted in an interview about the work that she and her husband Gerald did in Chibok, Nigeria, beginning in 1954 as former Church of the Brethren mission workers. The interview by Michael Daly was published today by The Daily Beast. The interview notes that at the time, “People of every faith lived in harmony” in Chibok. Read the interview at www.thedailybeast.com/ ******************************
1) Children’s Disaster Services begins new collaboration with Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
 Disciples Home Missions (DHM), Week of Compassion, and the National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), are collaborating with the Church of the Brethren Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) to create a new position and initiative that will help meet the needs of children affected by disaster.
A new memorandum of understanding outlines this partnership, providing the framework for a three-year focus on expanding CDS in the Gulf Coast region. Funding provided by the Disciples Home Mission, the National Benevolent Association, and Week of Compassion will develop a new role of a Gulf Coast coordinator.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 2) Church of the Brethren chief executives join CWS at gathering to strengthen ties for work together
"CWS is about our members, partners, and a myriad of colleagues working together, as institutions and as coalitions, but even more, as people. That is the vision of our faith and our values."
With those words, Church World Service president and CEO John McCullough, described the relationship between CWS and its member communions as representatives from the various mainline Protestant communions gathered in Chicago to discuss their work together at the humanitarian agency’s first annual members meeting on April 29-30.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
NIGERIA UPDATES  3) Nigerian Brethren continue to suffer attacks, Global Mission and Service sends relief funds
The members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria or EYN) continue to suffer attacks from the extremist group Boko Haram. EYN president Samuel Dante Dali reported by e-mail yesterday that another attack has destroyed homes, and family members of a church evangelist have been kidnapped.
Two grants have been given through the Global Mission and Service office of the Church of the Brethren in order to help support immediate relief efforts with survivors and refugees, reports Jay Wittmeyer, executive director of Global Mission and Service.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
4) Report on CCEPI visit to Chibok on May 6
The following reports on a visit to Chibok, the town in Nigeria from which the schoolgirls were kidnapped, made by Rebecca Dali and the staff of CCEPI. The Center for Caring, Empowerment, and Peace Initiatives was begun by Dali, wife of President Samuel Dante Dali of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria or EYN). CCEPI has the mission of providing care for women and children affected by the violence in Nigeria, in particular orphans, and refugees who are fleeing to neighboring Cameroon or displaced within Nigeria.
The report is presented as received, with no editing, in pdf format at www.brethren.org/partners/
 5) A round up of responses to Nigeria’s crisis
This round up of response to the crisis in Nigeria and the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a schook in the town of Chibok, includes links to media coverage of responses by Brethren congregations and individuals, links to resources that may help church members consider their own responses, actions by ecumenical partners, and more.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
6) #BringBackOurGirls: Righteous, compassionate justice
By Brian R. Gumm
The Scripture from Ephesians guiding Thursday's prayers for the abducted girls in Nigeria focused on the Lordship of Jesus Christ, the name above all names, the name to which ultimately every knee on earth and in heaven will bow, and every tongue will confess as "Lord."
I'm alluding there to another Scripture, this from Philippians 2:1-11, which talks about the kenotic/self-emptying nature of Jesus' lordship. It is not a lordship enforced by the power of the sword, but rather it's a power born of suffering and absorbing the world's violence. It is a path that Jesus calls his disciples to walk, individually and collectively in his body, the church. We are to be a crucifom/cross-shaped people.
Read the full reflection at http://restorativetheology.
UPCOMING EVENTS
7) NYC Prayer Day scheduled for June 22
 By Tim Heishman
A day of prayer for this summer’s National Youth Conference (NYC) has been scheduled for Sunday, June 22. Congregations across the country are invited to set aside a special time in their Sunday morning worship services on June 22 to pray for all who will participate in the conference.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 RESOURCES
8) ‘Shine Together’ guide for leaders and teachers helps introduce new curriculum
“Shine Together: The Essential Guide for Leaders and Teachers” is now ready for immediate shipping from Brethren Press. “Shine Together” introduces teachers and leaders to ways to transform Sunday school into a time of nurturing faith and experiencing God’s love. The book not only explains the nuts and bolts of a Shine session but also faith formation, the inclusion of children who learn differently, spiritual practices with children, and more.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 9) Brethren bits
In this issue: Two position openings at BBT, Manchester Church to make concert DVD available, Lost and Found Church makes strides in Big Rapids, Virlina’s World Hunger Walk results, Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center celebrates the Brunk Revivals Exhibit, among more news by and for Brethren.
Read the Brethren bits at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
Contributors to this issue of Newsline include Jim Chinworth, Lesley Crosson, Joan L. Daggett, Rebecca Dali, Kendra Flory, Brian R. Gumm, Matt Hackworth, Elizabeth Harvey, Tim Heishman, Donna March, Roy Winter, Jay Wittmeyer, David and Joan Young, 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, May 20.  |
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