Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Brethren Volunteer Service unit begins its work.

Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 295
Photo by BVS
The 29-member unit of Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) held orientation at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., from Sept. 25-Oct. 14.
Members of Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) unit 295 have begun work at their project placements. The 29-member unit held orientation at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., from Sept. 25-Oct. 14. Following are names, home congregations or hometowns, and project placements of the new volunteers:

Sara Belt of Manassas, Va., to Interfaith Hospitality Network in Cincinnati, Ohio; Tobias Berscheminski of Schifferstadt, Germany, to Abode Services in Fremont, Calif.; Florian Brett of Wendlingen, Germany, and Lorenz Lowis of Bad Kreuznach, Germany, to Lancaster (Pa.) Area Habitat for Humanity; Benedikt Eicke of Hannover, Germany, to Human Solutions in Portland, Ore.; Jillian Foerster of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren in Port Republic, Va., to Reconcile International in Yei, Sudan; Sean Garvey of Dublin, Ireland, to CooperRiis in Mill Spring, N.C.; Andreas Gluecker of Hoechberg, Germany, to Sisters of the Road in Portland, Ore.; Catherine Gong of University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College, Pa., and Rachel Witkovsky of Stone Church of the Brethren in Huntingdon, Pa., to the Church of the Brethren's workcamp ministry in Elgin, Ill.

Thilo Ilg of Tuebingen, Germany, Johannes Mohr of Selbitz, Germany, and Markus Schmidt of Steinheim, Germany, to Project PLASE in Baltimore, Md.; Amanda Kauffman of East Fairview Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa., to SERRV in New Windsor, Md.; Sarah Mayer of Open Circle Church of the Brethren in Burnsville, Minn., to Interfaith Hospitality Network in Cincinnati, Ohio; Dylan Menguy of Rochester, N.Y., to the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C.; Megan Miller of Goshen, Ind., to East Belfast Mission in Northern Ireland; Tiffany Monarch of Goshen, Ind., to Kilcranny House in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

Gloria Oseguera of North Pole, Alaska, to Holywell Trust in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Michael O'Sullivan of Potomac, Md., to Camp Mardela in Denton, Md.; Denise Prystawik of Kronberg, Germany, to the Church of the Brethren's Youth and Young Adult Ministries in Elgin, Ill.; Elizabeth Rekowski of Salem, Mo., to the Center on Conscience and War in Washington, D.C.

Rico Sattler of Fuldatal, Germany, to San Antonio (Texas) Catholic Worker House; Marie Schuster of Buffalo, N.Y., to L'Arche in Tecklenburg, Germany; Jonathan Stauffer of Polo (Ill.) Church of the Brethren to the Church of the Brethren and National Council of Churches Advocacy Office in Washington, D.C.; Hanna Stoffregen of Hamburg, Germany, to Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas; Sharon Sucec of North Winona Church of the Brethren in Warsaw, Ind., to Brethren Disaster Ministries in New Windsor, Md.; Sebastian Wallenwein of Weilheim/Teck, Germany, to Camp Stevens in Julian, Calif.

Source:11/2/2011 Newsline

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