NEWS

• Brethren Benefit Trust announces organizational changes.
  
• First junior high conference is deemed a major success.
  
• Disaster staff monitor needs in Florida following Hurricane Wilma.
  
• Emergency Disaster Fund provides food for Guatemalan villages.
  
• Brethren Volunteer Service unit 267 begins service.
  
• Atlantic Northeast District Conference takes theme from proverbs.
  
• Atlantic Southeast District Conference raises money for hurricane relief.
  
• Brethren bits: Remembrances, job openings, and more.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Cross-cultural music tour visits churches in Kansas and Missouri.
  
• Brochures and website are available for 2006 workcamps.
  
• Preparations for National Youth Conference 2006 continue.

RESOURCES

• Bethany Seminary professor co-edits book on reproductive loss.

SPECIAL REPORT: GENERAL BOARD FALL MEETING

• General Board tackles new mission in Sudan, Millennium Development Goals, and stem cell research in a busy fall meeting.
  
• Ambitious new mission initiative in Sudan is approved in concept.
  
• Kurtz Organ receives historical citation.