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The Church of the Brethren e-mail news serviceApril 18, 2013
"There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28).
 Quote of the week: “Violence leveled against any person anywhere is violence against all of humanity.” -- Stan Noffsinger, general secretary of the Church of the Brethren, in a statement following the bombings at the Boston Marathon. See the story below in this issue of Newsline for more responses and calls to prayer from Christian leaders and ecumenical organizations, as well as advice to parents about how to talk to their children following such a tragedy, offered by Children’s Disaster Services ( www.brethren.org/cds ). |
1) Fifty years later, church leaders respond to Birmingham letter.
2) Church leaders comment on national tragedy, CDS offers advice for parents.
3) Nigerian Brethren experience another church attack, hold annual meeting.
4) PAG in Honduras, Brethren in Nigeria and Congo, Friends in Rwanda receive GFCF grants.
5) Disaster and mission staff offer support after fire in South Sudan village.
6) Sponsor a peace and reconciliation scholarship in South Sudan.
7) 3,000 miles campaign of On Earth Peace receives lots of support.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS
8) Congregational ethics, ministerial leadership, drone warfare, biblical authority are on business docket for 2013.
9) Annual Conference service project collects school supplies for Charlotte.
UPCOMING EVENTS
10) Children’s Disaster Services offers training workshop in New England.
11) Young Adult Conference 2013 is held at Camp Pine Lake in Iowa.
12) Gettysburg Brethren are the subject of John Kline Lecture for 2013.
13) Brethren bits: Correction, rememberances, jobs in S. Pa. District and at the World Council of Churches, BHLA, National Farm Worker Ministry, and Christian Peacemaker Teams, plus more.
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1) Fifty years later, church leaders respond to Birmingham letter.
Fifty years later, Christian Churches Together (CCT) has issued a response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The document was signed by representatives of CCT’s member communions and presented to King’s youngest daughter, Bernice King, at a symposium April 14-15 in Birmingham, Ala.King’s famous letter on April 16, 1963, responded to an open letter from a group of eight clergy--one Catholic priest, six Protestants, and a rabbi--urging him to exercise restraint and call an end to the nonviolent demonstrations. As far as is known, the CCT document is the first response to the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
2) Church leaders comment on national tragedy, CDS offers advice for parents.
Christian leaders are joining the nation in prayer following the Boston Marathon bombings. Church of the Brethren general secretary Stan Noffsinger added his voice to that of other church leaders and ecumenical groups making statements include the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, and the World Council of Churches.
Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) also has called for prayer and offered advice to help parents talk with their children about what happened.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
3) Nigerian Brethren experience another church attack, hold annual meeting.
Another Nigerian Brethren congregation has suffered an attack during worship, shortly before leaders of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) are to gather for the Majalisa or general church council, equivalent to the Annual Conference of the US church.
EYN’s 66th Majalisa is scheduled for April 16-19 on the theme, “Reclaiming Our Heritage as Peace Church in Such a Time Like This.”
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
4) PAG in Honduras, Brethren in Nigeria and Congo, Friends in Rwanda receive GFCF grants.The Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) has given several grants recently, including an allocation of $60,000 to PAG in Honduras, and $40,000 to an agriculture project of the Rural Development Program of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). Also receiving grants of smaller amounts were a Brethren group in the Congo, and a Friends church in Rwanda.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
5) Disaster and mission staff offer support after fire in South Sudan village.Staff of Brethren Disaster Ministries and Global Mission and Service have given support to South Sudanese villagers affected by a recent fire, through a grant from the denomination’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF). Other recent disaster relief grants have gone to Church World Service work at a refugee camp in Thailand, and areas of southern states in the US affected by recent storms.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
6) Sponsor a peace and reconciliation scholarship in South Sudan.
Although South Sudan is a new country, decades of war have left traumatic scars that today manifest themselves in re-occurring clashes, conflicts, and challenges, which all witness to the need for relevant, practical, and sustainable peace efforts. The RECONCILE Peace Institute seeks to actualize the full potential of this great new nation by providing comprehensive three-month training to faith and community leaders who are already active in peacebuilding.Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
7) 3,000 miles campaign of On Earth Peace receives lots of support.
In a recent update on its 3,000 Miles for Peace campaign, On Earth Peace reported that over 60 fundraisers are underway in support. As of last week, over $80,000 has been raised for the Paul Ziegler Young Peacemaker Fund. Twelve riding or walking events have already taken place, and those taking part have already traveled more than 1,000 miles toward the goal of 3,000 miles.The 3,000 Miles for Peace campaign is a fundraiser for On Earth Peace that honors young peacemaker Paul Ziegler.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS
8) Congregational ethics, ministerial leadership, drone warfare, biblical authority are on business docket for 2013.
Delegates to Annual Conference on June 29-July 3 in Charlotte, N.C., will consider several key documents for the Church of the Brethren, among nine items of business coming to the meeting. As at last year’s Conference, delegates will again be seated together at round tables.Unfinished business items including revisions to polity on ministerial leadership, and responses to queries on climate change and congregational ethics, among others. New business includes a resolution against drone warfare and a query on biblical authority, as well as recognition for the Church of the Brethren in Spain.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
9) Annual Conference service project collects school supplies for Charlotte.The 2013 Witness to the Host City at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference will benefit Classroom Central, an organization that distributes free school supplies in the host city of Charlotte, N.C.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
UPCOMING EVENTS
10) Children’s Disaster Services offers training workshop in New England.
Children’s Disaster Services is offering a New England training workshop on May 3-4 in Litchfield, Conn., at Friendship Baptist Church. This is one of a series of CDS workshops in Connecticut. The workshops in Connecticut after this will give state residents priority, but for this workshop registration numbers are unlimited.Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
11) Young Adult Conference 2013 is held at Camp Pine Lake in Iowa.
The 2013 Young Adult Conference will be held May 25-27 for Brethren age 18-35 at Camp Pine Lake near Eldora, Iowa. The event will offer participants a long weekend of worship, fun, and fellowship.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
12) Gettysburg Brethren are the subject of John Kline Lecture for 2013.
The author of a forthcoming book on the religious history of Gettysburg, Pa., will deliver this year’s John Kline Lecture at the John Kline Homestead in Broadway, Va., on April 28. The speaker, Steve Longenecker, will explain the impact of the famous battle on members of the Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) who lived on the battlefield.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2013/13) Brethren bits.
Brethren bits today corrects a previous announcement on the Progressive Brethren Gathering, remembers church leaders, and offers information about job openings in Southern Pennsylvania District, the World Council of Churches, BHLA, National Farm Worker Ministry, and Christian Peacemaker Teams, among lots of news from and for Brethren.
Read the full Brethren bits at www.brethren.org/news/2013/
Contributors to this Newsline include Colleen Algeo, Jeff Boshart, Chris Douglas, Don Fitzkee, Brian Flory, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Elizabeth Harvey, Mary Kay Heatwole, Greg Davidson Laszakovits, Nancy Miner, Stan Noffsinger, Russell and Deborah Payne, Adam Pracht, Pam Reist, Roy Winter, Zach Wolgemuth, and editor Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services for the Church of the Brethren. Look for the next regularly scheduled issue on May 1.
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