- Janet Marquez, accounts payable and payroll specialist for the Church of the Brethren General Board since April 2000, has submitted her resignation. She will conclude her service at the General Offices in Elgin, Ill., by mid-April. Marquez has been responsible for payroll for staff based in Elgin and for field staff, and has helped make a transition to a new payroll and human resources system.
- The Church of the Brethren General Board seeks an individual to fill an hourly part-time to full-time position in accounts payable and payroll. Excellent data entry skills and accounting systems knowledge are required, as well as accounts payable and computer experience. Application deadline is Feb. 20. Contact the Office of Human Resources, Church of the Brethren General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; 800-323-8039 ext. 259; or e-mail mgarrison_gb@brethren.org.
- Michigan District is hosting a day-long deacon training event Feb. 21 at Lakeview Church of the Brethren, Brethren, Mich. The training event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and focus on the functions of deacon ministry, love feast, attracting different age families to attend church, and sticking together during times of change and conflict. Leadership will be provided by Scott Douglas of the Association of Brethren Caregivers and General Board Congregational Life Teams member Julie Hostetter. Reservations to attend the event must be made by Feb. 10. For more information, contact the Michigan District office at 231-362-2456.
- An ecumenical delegation has been denied a request to visit detainees at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Department of Defense denied the request from the National Council of Churches (NCC), saying visits are only "provided to the International Committee of the Red Cross, and on a case-by-case basis to government officials for legitimate government purposes." NCC general secretary Bob Edgar made the request in a letter explaining the NCC's "religious conviction that all people—regardless of religion, culture, or status—be treated with dignity, which translates to humanitarian concern for the detainees' physical and mental well-being, and pastoral concern for their spiritual well-being." Edgar said the NCC will continue to press the issue as one of several organizations that filed a friend of the court brief with the US Supreme Court asserting that foreign detainees at Guantanamo have the right to challenge the legality of their detention.
- Voices for an Open Spirit (VOS) is offering an interactive workshop for church leaders seeking "new ways to share the inclusive Christian message." "Evangelism and the Progressive Church" will be held at Skyridge Church of the Brethren in Kalamazoo, Mich., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 27. Presenter Matt Fitzgerald is pastor of Epiphany United Church of Christ in Chicago. Registration is $25 for adults, $10 for students. VOS is a grassroots movement in the Church of the Brethren "fostering openness and inclusion, building bridges, and seeking common ground." For registration information contact VOS Midwest Workshop, 1417 W. Hollywood Ave., Chicago, IL 60660; or call 773-275-0765.
- Award-winning filmmakers Ann Crawford and Arn Battaglene have traveled the globe asking people how peace can be created in our world. The outcome is "Whispers on the Wind: A Film for Peace." The filmmakers talked to teachers, housewives, street children, authors, scholars, Russian babushkas, Tibetan monks, maids, and millionaires, as well as world leaders and peace activists like Michael Beckwith, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Don Miguel Ruiz, Kiara Windrider, and Harry Wu. The film is available with a tax-deductible donation to Whispers on the Wind Foundation. Suggested donation is $50, $25 for low-income. Go to www.whispersonthewind.org or call 415-459-3952.
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