Brethren Volunteer Service unit 267 begins service.

Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) unit 267 completed orientation in New Windsor, Md., on Oct. 14. Volunteers, their home towns or congregations, and project assignments follow:

Heidi Bailey, Oakland Church of the Brethren, Gettysburg, Ohio, to The Palms, Sebring, Fla.; Ali Bever, Eel River Church of the Brethren, N. Manchester, Ind., to Cooper-Riis, Mill Spring, N.C.; Allison Bouley, Springfield, Va., to Tri-City Homeless Coalition, Fremont, Calif.; Abby Brown, Pleasant Hill (Ohio) Church of the Brethren, to Tri-City Homeless Coalition, Fremont, Calif.; Evan Eichenberger, Pawnee City, Neb., to San Antonio (Texas) Catholic Worker House; Lindsay Garber, Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Ill., to Gould Farm, Monterey, Mass.; Susie Gong, University Baptist and Brethren Church, State College, Pa., to Oakland (Calif.) Catholic Worker House; Becky Hollenberg, Union Center Church of the Brethren, N. Manchester Ind., to Oakland Catholic Worker House; Joseph Huffman, Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, Port Republic, Va., to Innisfree Village, Crozet, Va.; Jason Hughes, Panther Creek Church of the Brethren, Adel, Iowa, to Cafe 458, Decatur, Ga.; Aaron and Becky Johnston, Community of Joy Church of the Brethren, Salisbury, Md., to Su Casa Catholic Worker House, Chicago, Ill.; Hannah Kliewer, Powell, Wyo., to the Center on Conscience and War, Washington, D.C.; Philipp Krueger, Hemer, Germany, to Bering Omega, Houston, Texas; Selvan Lehmann, Eppelheim, Germany, to Brethren Nutrition Program, Washington, D.C.; Anthony Madison, Elk Grove, Ill., to Brethren Nutrition Program; Beth Merrill, Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren, Sacramento, Calif., to Bridgeway, Lakewood, Colo.; Matthias Rittmeier, Meschede, Germany, to Tri-City Homeless Coalition, Fremont, Calif.; Kent Rupel, La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren, to Project PLASE, Baltimore, Md.; Emma Shaw, Knightstown, Ind., to Christ House, Washington, D.C.; Weldon and Linda Sikes, Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren, Springfield, Mo., to the Meeting Ground, Elkton, Md.; Angela Wahr, Sugar Ridge Church of the Brethren, Custer, Mich., to Gould Farm, Monterey, Mass.; Vera Wiedenbeck, Freiburg, Germany, to Carlos Rosario International Career Development Center, Washington, D.C.; and Emily Young, First Church of the Brethren, Harrisonburg, Va., to Friendship Day Care, Hutchinson, Kan.

Source: 10/26/2005 Newsline
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