- Allen T. Hansell Sr. of Mountville, Pa., has been named director of church relations at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. He will serve as the primary liaison between the college and the Church of the Brethren, including alumni, congregations, districts, and Annual Conference agencies. Hansell has served in a number of positions for the denomination including director of Ministry for the General Board, from which he retired in 2001; chair of the Small Church Task Team; and a member of Standing Committee of Annual Conference. He also has served Atlantic Northeast District as district executive and moderator, and has served pastorates at Mountville; Lancaster, Pa.; and Wilmington, Del., where he is currently interim pastor. He holds degrees from Bridgewater (Va.) College and Bethany Theological Seminary.
- Teachers of English and Spanish are needed for the 2005-06 school year at Hillcrest School in Nigeria. Founded by the Church of the Brethren in 1942, this K-12 fully-accredited Christian school now serves a multinational student body. Teaching certification is required. Contact Mary Munson at the General Board's Global Mission Partnerships office, 800-323-8039 or e-mail mission_gb@brethren.org.
- The search for an intern at the Brethren Historical Library and Archives (BHLA) has been extended until June 15. The internship in Elgin, Ill., is for 11 months beginning Aug. 1. The program is designed for young people to develop interest in vocations related to archives, libraries, and Brethren history. The intern is provided with work assignments at BHLA, opportunities to develop professional contacts, housing, monthly stipend of $822, and health and life insurance. A graduate student is preferred or an undergraduate with at least two years of college. Other requirements include willingness to work with detail, accurate word processing, and ability to lift 30-pound boxes. Submit resume, letter of application, college transcript (can be an unofficial copy), and three reference letters to the Office of Human Resources, Church of the Brethren General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1696. For more information contact Kenneth Shaffer at kshaffer_gb@brethren.org or 800-323-8039 ext. 294.
- The Annual Conference Anniversary Committee invites the submission of music, drama, and worship resources representing the 2008 Tricentennial theme, "Surrendered to God, Transformed in Christ, Empowered by the Spirit." Music submissions, due June 30, may include hymns, folk songs, praise songs, anthems, and children's songs. Dramatic writings, due Dec. 31, may be full-length dramas, skits, monologues, and vignettes for adults, children, and/or youth. Worship resources, due Dec. 31, may include calls to worship, prayers, litanies, responsive readings, offertory statements, children's stories, benedictions, worship centers (description and/or drawing), Powerpoint presentations, and interpretive movements. All submissions become the property of the Anniversary Committee for use in tricentennial activities. The name, address, and phone number of the writer or composer should not appear on submissions but should be included on a separate page. Send submissions to the Annual Conference Office, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
- On Earth Peace invites those thinking about not registering for the draft to a Support and Networking Meeting at Annual Conference in Peoria, Ill., on Sunday, July 3, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 202 of the Peoria Civic Center. "Come to meet others who share your concerns and beliefs, find support from the church and from each other, and learn more about the options and consequences," invites On Earth Peace. The meeting is open to all who are interested, including families of youth who are considering nonregistration. For more information contact On Earth Peace co-executive director Bob Gross at bgross@igc.org or 260-982-7751.
- On Earth Peace also is working with the General Board's Brethren Witness/Washington Office and the Annual Conference officers to create a time of reporting Living Peace Church stories in an Annual Conference business session on Monday, July 4. The 2003 Conference resolution, "Call for a Living Peace Church," stated that "there will be an opportunity at each Annual Conference...for congregations to report on efforts to seek and develop a living peace tradition, in order to strengthen and encourage one another." This year organizers are asking, What has your congregation been doing to "Fix Your Eyes on Jesus" in answering this call? If you have a story to share during this time please contact Phil Jones at the Brethren Witness/Washington Office (pjones_gb@brethren.org or 202-546-3202) or Barb Sayler at On Earth Peace (bsayler_oepa@brethren.org or 502-222-5886) by June 1. In addition to time during Conference business, a Living Peace Church insight session will feature stories about "Becoming a Testimony of Peace in Our Local Communities," at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5.
- Daleville (Va.) Church of the Brethren is hosting a Global Women's Project family benefit concert featuring Brethren folk singer Peg Lehman on May 14 at 7 p.m. Contributions will provide grants for community-based, women-led projects, and go toward the Church of the Brethren-related Global Women's Project. A reception follows the concert.
- Workshops on conscientious objection are being held on Saturday, May 21: 9 a.m.-12 noon at New Covenant Church of the Brethren in Columbus, Ohio, with presenter Phil Jones of the General Board's Brethren Witness/Washington Office; and 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at York Center Church of the Brethren in Lombard, Ill., with presenter Bob Gross, co-executive director of On Earth Peace. For more information about the New Covenant workshop--whose sponsors include Ohio peace groups, Southern Ohio District of the Church of the Brethren, and West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church--call 614-763-0564 or see www.prayers4u.info. For more information about the York First event call 630-627-7411.
- Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder will deliver the 2005 commencement address at Bridgewater (Va.) College at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected a state governor. Some 285 seniors are expected to receive degrees. The General Board's director of Ministry, Mary Jo Flory Steury, will deliver the message at the 10 a.m. baccalaureate service.
- A Muslim-Christian delegation from the Middle East brought focus to regional and global relationships between the two faiths during a recent visit to several US cities. Led by Riad Jarjour, former general secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches, the church, academic, and political leaders from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine reminded audiences that Muslims and Christians had been peacefully living together in the Middle East for more than a thousand years. The delegation was hosted by Church World Service. Merv Keeney, CWS board member and executive director of the General Board's Global Mission Partnerships, joined the delegation for its reflection time with the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding at Georgetown University. For more see www.churchworldservice.org/news/archives/2005/05/288.html.
- An International Fair Trade Festival will be held at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 14, sponsored by A Greater Gift (SERRV). The festival will feature a Fair Trade Shop, entertainment from many parts of the world, food and craft vendors, and children's activities. Entertainers include African drummer Moziah Saleem, the Celtic music of Wherligig, Port Righ harp and bagpipe performers, the Rock Candy Cloggers, the Westminster Drum Circle, and artisans from Nepal. New Windsor will be proclaimed a "Divine City" by mayor Sam Pierce--Divine Chocolate will be one of many fair trade products sold.
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