Newsline: August 9, 2012

NEWS

• Church leaders express heartache at shootings, call for action on gun violence.
• Children’s Disaster Services works in Oklahoma.
• Disaster grants announced for Haiti, Angola, summer storms in US.
• New Global Mission Advocate Network is begun.
• Seminary receives $20,000 grant for ministry formation program.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Haiti theological training to focus on the church's foundation in Christ.
• Deacon Ministry announces fall workshops.
• Brethren Academy releases updated list of courses.

RESOURCES

• ‘My 2¢ Worth’ has a new look, new collection label.

FEATURES

• Have mercy on us: A prayer response.
• Peace: A world without borders.

BRETHREN BITS

• Remembrance, personnel, Peace Day, invitation from the moderator, and more.