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Jan. 10, 2014
"Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity" (1 Timothy 4:11, The Message).
NEWS
1) Church youth groups get together to register for National Youth Conference 2) Strategic pathways work continues by Brethren Benefit Trust board 3) Virlina District Conference supports peace efforts of Nigerian Brethren
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) Today is opening day for workcamp registration, last day to apply for Ministry Summer Service, Youth Peace Travel Team 5) Church Planting Conference looks toward an intercultural future 6) Living Love Feast is theme of Bethany's 2014 Forum
FEATURES
7) Church of the Brethren member leads peace training in Democratic Republic of Congo 8) New Year’s resolutions: A reflection for January 2014 from the Older Adult Ministry
9) Brethren bits: Correction, Bethany’s Nicarry Chapel suffers water damage, Haitian Brethren request prayer, 12th anniversary of first detainees at Guantanamo, Nominating Committee meets, BVS survey, resignation and job opening, and much more
Find the full text of this Newsline in one document at www.brethren.org/news/2014/ ****************************** A NOTE TO NEWSLINE READERS: The e-mail for Church of the Brethren staff has been down all day today, Friday, Jan. 10. We apologize for the inconvenience. To contact communications staff and the News Services department while e-mail is down please send a message tobimblebc@aol.com . ******************************  1) Church youth groups get together to register for National Youth Conference
By Lucas Kauffman
Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren youth and advisors were among the groups that got together Jan. 3 for a National Youth Conference (NYC) registration party. The youth at Highland Avenue Church in Elgin, Ill., decided to hold their party so that they would be among the first to register for NYC 2014. They were just seven of more than 200 people who registered in the first two hours after online registration opened.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
2) Strategic pathways work continues by Brethren Benefit Trust board
By Brian Solem
At its annual November meeting, the Board of Directors for Brethren Benefit Trust’s pension,
insurance, and asset management ministries pushed forward its strategic pathway process, made small but important adjustments to its investment program, and requested further dialogue regarding BBT’s Church Workers’ Assistance Plan.
Read the full story in BBT’s “Benefit News” newsletter at www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/
 3) Virlina District Conference supports peace efforts of Nigerian Brethren
By Emma Jean Woodard
Virlina District has had individuals connected with ministry in Nigeria and has given support and prayers for the Nigerian Brethren for a long time. Because of the violence, destruction, and deaths that have taken place in Nigeria, the District Peace Affairs Committee decided to emphasize the peace efforts of Nigerian Brethren at the Sept. 2012 Virlina District Peace Sunday Service. Following that service, the Program and Arrangements Committee chose to continue the Nigerian support emphasis at the 2012 Virlina District Conference. Then, as planning started for the 2013 District Conference, the district’s support for Nigeria continued in a different way.
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
UPCOMING EVENTS
 4) Today is opening day for workcamp registration, last day to apply for Ministry Summer Service, Youth Peace Travel Team
Today, Friday, Jan. 10, is a key date for Church of the Brethren youth and young adults who are interesting in participating in summer workcamps, or applying to the Ministry Summer Service program or the Youth Peace Travel Team. Online registration for the summer 2014 workcamps open today at www.brethren.org/workcamps . Today also is the last day for applications for Ministry Summer Service ( www.brethren.org/yya/mss ) and the Youth Peace Travel Team ( www.brethren.org/yya/
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
 5) Church Planting Conference looks toward an intercultural future
The Church Planting Conference to be held May 15-17, sponsored by the Church of the Brethren through the office of Congregational Life Ministries and the New Church Development Advisory Committee. and hosted at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind., will be forward-looking with the theme, “Plant Generously, Reap Bountifully--Toward an Intercultural Future.” Registration is now open atwww.brethren.org/
Read the full story at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
6) Living Love Feast is theme of Bethany's 2014 Forum
By Jenny Williams
Bethany Seminary’s sixth Presidential Forum will delve into the biblical, practical, and experiential nature and meaning of a deeply valued expression of faith among the Brethren: the Love Feast. Held April 4-5 at the Bethany campus in Richmond, Ind., this event will feature leadership from well-known speakers and scholars along with sisters and brothers in the Brethren faith tradition.
Read the release from Bethany at www.bethanyseminary.edu/news/
FEATURES  7) Church of the Brethren member leads peace training in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Lucas Kauffman
Church of the Brethren member Cliff Kindy, who also has worked with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), visited Brethren in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Dec. 14-23. This was not Kindy’s first visit to the Congo, where he has traveled with CPT. During the CPT trip he had been “impressed with the way individuals and peace and justice groups were re-taking the initiative from the actors of violence, when that meant risking their lives daily.”
This trip was made at the request of pastor Ron Lubungo and the Brethren in the DRC. Jay Wittmeyer, executive director of Global Mission and Service for the Church of the Brethren, expanded the work of this visit and helped provide funding, Kindy said.
Read the full interview at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
8) New Year’s resolutions: A reflection for January 2014 from the Older Adult Ministry
“Change the former way of life that was part of the person you once were, corrupted by deceitful desires. Instead, renew the thinking in your mind by the Spirit and clothe yourself with the new person created according to God’s image in justice and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:22-24 CEB).
As 2013 came to a close, people were pledging to either give up bad habits or adopt new, healthier ones as the new year rolled in. As to whether we should focus on what we should be doing or what we shouldn't, maybe it’s not a question of "either/or" but rather a matter of "both/and”....
Read the full reflection at http://support.brethren.org/
 9) Brethren bits
In this issue: A correction, Bethany’s Nicarry Chapel suffers water damage, Haitian Brethren request prayer, 12th anniversary of the first detainees at Guantanamo, Nominating Committee meets, a BVS survey, Shenandoah District resignation, job opening at Camp Peaceful Pines, and more news from across the denomination and around the world.
Read the full Brethren bits at www.brethren.org/news/2014/
Contributors to this issue of Newsline include Jeff Boshart, Roselanne Cadet, Jeff Carter, Elizabeth Harvey, Jon Kobel, Garry Pearson, Jonathan Shively, Emily Tyler, Becky Ullom Naugle, John Wall, 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 Jan. 17.  |
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