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    <title><![CDATA[Newsline for Aug. 30, 2020]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[NEWS
1) Brethren Disaster Ministries monitors disaster situations, Children’s Disaster Services sends out Individual Kits of Comfort
2) Making webinars count: announcing new policy for clergy continuing education credit
3) Brethren Faith in Action Fund announces grants to congregations and camps
4) A new academic year begins at Bethany Theological Seminary

PERSONNEL
5) Two employees’ service with Brethren Press ends

UPCOMING EVENTS
6) Moderator’s virtual town hall will feature Andrew Young on Sept. 17
7) Webinar on responding to the opioid crisis to be led by James Benedict
8) New Ventures in Christian Discipleship season theme to focus on change
9) Atlantic Southeast District to present a Virtual Peace Camp 2020
10) Southern Ohio and Kentucky District offers virtual seminar series on climate change

11) Brethren bits: Remembering Cindy Badell-Slaughter, opening for executive director of Global Mission, moderator signs “A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times,” prayer requests from the mission office, 2020 Harvest of Justice, Bridgewater named one of best colleges in Southeast, campaign supporting women in Colombia, Nathan Hosler’s new book “Hauerwas the Peacemaker?” 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:15:49 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Webinar on responding to the opioid crisis to be led by James Benedict]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[A webinar titled “Continuing the Work of Jesus: Responding to the Opioid Crisis” will be offered on Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. (Eastern time) and Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. (Eastern) with sponsorship from the Church of the Brethren Discipleship Ministries. Content will be the same on both dates. Presenter James Benedict, with more than 30 years of experience as a pastor in the Church of the Brethren, is a scholar in residence at the Center for Global Health Ethics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 15:59:36 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Atlantic Southeast District to present a Virtual Peace Camp 2020]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Action for Peace Team of the Church of the Brethren’s Atlantic Southeast District is presenting a Virtual Peace Camp 2020, the 13th peace camp to be held by the district. Usually the event is held over Labor Day Weekend at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla., but because of the pandemic the event this year will be online via Zoom and offered free to participants. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:59:28 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Southern Ohio and Kentucky District offers virtual seminar series on climate change]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[“Who Still Cares about Climate Change? Pastoral Responses to Denial and Despair” is the title of a weekly virtual seminar, beginning in mid-October, co-sponsored by the Climate Justice Task Team of the Southern Ohio and Kentucky District of the Church of the Brethren. 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren bits for Aug. 30, 2020]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Remembering Cindy Badell-Slaughter, opening for executive director of Global Mission, moderator signs “A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times,” prayer requests from the mission office, 2020 Harvest of Justice, Bridgewater named one of best colleges in Southeast, campaign supporting women in Colombia, Nathan Hosler’s new book “Hauerwas the Peacemaker?” ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:59:56 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren active in health care]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[This listing is provided by the Church of the Brethren Newsline in order to help us recognize, thank, and pray for Church of the Brethren members who are caring for people’s health right now. 
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 12:08:16 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Church of the Brethren congregations offer online worship services]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Here is a listing of Church of the Brethren congregations that are offering online worship services during the time when COVID-19 is preventing the church from gathering in-person for worship.
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:39:23 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Moderator’s virtual town hall will feature Andrew Young on Sept. 17]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Church of the Brethren Annual Conference moderator Paul Mundey has announced plans for the next Moderator’s Town Hall on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). The featured speaker will be Andrew J. Young, veteran civil rights leader and former US ambassador to the United Nations. The focus of the town hall will be: “Racism: Deeper Awareness, Bolder Action.” 
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 09:24:03 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Making webinars count: announcing new policy for clergy continuing education credit]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Recognizing that live participation is becoming increasingly difficult for mulitivocational ministers and given the growing library of recorded webinars available from denominational agencies, the Brethren Academy is offering clergy the opportunity to view and report on prerecorded webinars and other educational events for CEUs. A standardized reporting process will provide the necessary accountability.]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:00:13 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Ventures in Christian Discipleship season theme to focus on change]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[On Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. to 12 noon (Central time) Erin Matteson will present the first course of the season, “Self-Compassion for a Change...Making Better Choices for a More Balanced Breath for All.” ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:31:16 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren Disaster Ministries monitors disaster situations, Children’s Disaster Services sends out Individual Kits of Comfort]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Brethren Disaster Ministries is monitoring the situation in Louisiana and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura as well as the wildfires affecting northern California. Staff are participating in national coordinating calls and communicating with partner organizations to coordinate any response. The initial Church of the Brethren response has begun with Children’s Disaster Services (CDS). The Red Cross activated CDS to deploy 600 Individual Kits of Comfort to aid children and families affected by Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:58:04 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren Faith in Action Fund announces grants to congregations and camps]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Brethren Faith in Action Fund has announced recent grants to nine Church of the Brethren congregations and camps. The fund supports outreach ministry projects that serve their communities, strengthen the congregation or camp, and expand the reign of God, using monies generated by sale of the upper campus of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.
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    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Two employees’ service with Brethren Press ends]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Because of financial difficulties in budgets for this year and next, including the significant drop in Brethren Press sales due to the pandemic, Steve Bickler and Margaret Drafall conclude their work with the Church of the Brethren on Aug. 28.]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Newsline for Aug. 22, 2020]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[NEWS
1) Church of the Brethren Annual Report ‘Living Letters’ is available in three formats
2) ‘A Fall Sunday Off from Preaching’ offered by Annual Conference moderator
3) Disaster ministry cancels Nebraska flood response, monitors needs after Derecho and earthquake
4) Children’s Disaster Services invites parents to new Facebook group

PERSONNEL
5) Kevin Kessler resigns from leadership of Illinois and Wisconsin District 

RESOURCES
6) ‘We Bear It in Tears’ shares voices of Nigerian Brethren affected by Boko Haram violence

UPCOMING EVENTS
7) Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center to postpone or hold fall events virtually
8) ‘The Church in Black and White’ symposium is planned for Sept. 12

9) Brethren bits: Remembering Phyllis Kingery Ruff, personnel and jobs, district conferences, news from international partners, Camp Bethel’s “safe and in-person” 5K, the August “Brethren Voices,” MAA receives award, Partners for Sacred Places study, more
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center to postpone or hold fall events virtually]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) has announced that its continuing education events this fall will be postponed or held virtually via Zoom. SVMC is a Church of the Brethren ministry education partner with Bethany Seminary, the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, and the districts of Atlantic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Middle Pennsylvania, Southern Pennsylvania, and Western Pennsylvania. “The pandemic continues to push us to be as wise as possible in our health management and interactions with others,” said executive director Donna Rhodes.]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:00:48 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[‘The Church in Black and White’ symposium is planned for Sept. 12]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[The Brethren and Mennonite Heritage Center in Harrisonburg, Va., announces “The Church in Black and White,” a one-day symposium on the racial history and future of the Brethren and Mennonite churches, Saturday, Sept. 12, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, and virtually via Zoom.
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brethren bits for Aug. 22, 2020]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[In this issue: Remembering Phyllis Kingery Ruff, personnel notes, district conferences, a round-up of news from international partners, Camp Bethel’s “safe and in-person” 5K, the August episode of “Brethren Voices,” MAA receives award, Partners for Sacred Places study of the effects of the pandemic on houses of worship, and more.]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:07:06 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kevin Kessler resigns from leadership of Illinois and Wisconsin District ]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Kevin Kessler has resigned as district executive minister of the Church of the Brethren’s Illinois and Wisconsin District, effective Dec. 31. He has filled the half-time role for 14 years while also serving as pastor of Canton (Ill.) Church of the Brethren, a role he will continue to maintain.]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 18:05:45 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Disaster ministry cancels Nebraska flood response, monitors needs after Derecho and earthquake]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[Brethren Disaster Ministries has cancelled a short-term response to flooding in Nebraska, that was to take place in late August, and is monitoring needs following the Derecho that hit Iowa and Illinois and the earthquake that struck North Carolina earlier this month.
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:46:35 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Children’s Disaster Services invites parents to new Facebook group]]></title>
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       <![CDATA[“We are ready to welcome new members to the Parent Connection Facebook group,” announced Lisa Crouch, associate director of Children’s Disaster Services, a ministry within Brethren Disaster Ministries. The new Facebook group is found at www.facebook.com/groups/3428257077208792 . Also newly available is a “Parenting in a Pandemic” resource page on the Church of the Brethren website at https://covid19.brethren.org/parenting-in-a-pandemic . ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:09:17 -0500</pubDate>
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