Brethren Volunteer Service summer unit completes orientation.

Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 260, which completed orientation July 25-Aug. 13 at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., has entered into service at projects across the US and in Europe.

Unit members, their congregations or hometowns, and their projects are: Matthew Bahn, Codorus Church of the Brethren, Loganville, Pa., to the Greenhill YMCA in Northern Ireland. Kat Beirne, Davis, Calif., to the San Antonio (Texas) Catholic Worker House. Rachel Bell, Columbia City, Ind. Martin Bleisteiner, Frankfurt, Germany, to the Oakland (Calif.) Catholic Worker House. Allison Bryan, Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, Fort Wayne, Ind., to the Peace and Reconciliation Group, Northern Ireland. Matt Clemens, Harrisonburg, Va., to Brot und Rosen, Hamburg, Germany. Catherine Detweiler, Salem, Va., to the Brethren Nutrition Program, Washington, D.C. Lauren Eby, York Center Church of the Brethren, Lombard, Ill., and Robyn Holl, University Park Church of the Brethren, Hyattsville, Md., to Mladi Most, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ryan Henry, York (Pa.) First Church of the Brethren, to Hopewell Inn, Mesopotamia, Ohio. Natalie Hershberger, Roaring Spring (Pa.) First Church of the Brethren, to Camp Stevens, Julian, Calif. Sarah Huffman, Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, Port Republic, Va., to the Center for Environmental Public Advocacy, Slovakia. Adrian Lubkowitz, Egelsbach, Germany, to the Tri-City Homeless Coalition, Fremont, Calif. Gayle McMenamy, Chicago, Ill., to the Brother David Darst Center, Chicago. Sarah Mertz, Omaha, Neb., to School Of Americas Watch, Washington, D.C. Jenn Morris, North Manchester, Ind., and Neemita Pandya, Naperville (Ill.) Church of the Brethren, to the Tri-City Homeless Coalition, Fremont, Calif. Stephan Pickl, Munich, Germany, to CentrePeace, Bellefonte, Pa. Pascale Reinke, Ahnatal, Germany, to Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos, Houston, Texas. Amy Robandt, Salt Lake City, Utah, to Gould Farm, Monterey, Mass. George Stiff, Dallas, Texas, to the Center for Ecology and Energy, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tim Verni-Lau, Rockford, Ill., to Samaritan House, Atlanta, Ga. Matt Whitten, Moscow Church of the Brethren, Mount Solon, Va., to the Brethren Witness/Washington Office. Katie Yoder, Goshen, Ind., to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Germany.



Source: Newsline 09/17/2004
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