Newsline: June 28, 2013

NEWS

• Standing Committee holds special session about On Earth Peace statement of inclusion.
• CDS volunteers in Oklahoma care for more than 1,000 children.
• Moore overwhelmed by donations of unneeded goods.
• Brethren Disaster Ministries directs disaster grants to Angola, Palestine.
• Global Food Crisis Fund supports Shepherd Society, ECHO with grants.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• WCC plans 2013 Assembly on the theme 'God of Life, Lead Us to Justice and Peace.'
• Intercultural Gathering scheduled for October on theme 'The Great Multitude: A Symposium Bringing Us Together.'

FEATURE

• Remembering Slim Whitman, the church's 'Mr. Songman.'

BRETHREN BITS

• Personnel notes, job openings, Little Swatara consecrates crosses for Annual Conference, Annual Report goes digital, and more.