Newsline: January 25, 2014

NEWS

• Many state laws link Selective Service registration to driver’s licenses
• Global Food Crisis Fund gives $50,000 for agricultural projects in Haiti
• Disaster grants go to South Sudan, Honduras
• NPR finds Peace Studies class in story about detained immigrants

PERSONNEL

• Carrie Eikler to serve as TRIM and EFSM coordinator

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Annual Clergy Tax Seminar is offered online and at Bethany Seminary
• ‘Jesus Weeps--Resisting Violence, Building Peace’ is theme for advocacy days

FEATURE

• Action Alert: End the violence in Syria

BRETHREN BITS

• New employees at Brethren Service Center, executive opening in N. Indiana, planning worship in Lent, National Farm Worker Ministry, chicken canning project, Shenandoah peace fest, BHA project in Harrisburg, Fahrney-Keedy master plan, and more.