NEWS

• Disaster Child Care sets record number of centers, states.
  
• Funds support Church World Service, programs in Angola, Sudan.
  
• Ecumenical committee strengthens American Baptist connections.
  
• Northern Plains District considers 'Tradition and Change.'
  
• Michigan District renews vision.
  
• Northern Indiana focuses on 'Loving God and Neighbor.'
  
• Brethren bits: Correction, remembrances, and more.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Christian education events planned for the fall and spring.
  
• Young Adult Conference 2005 taking shape.

FEATURE

• Garden plots provide food, place for community, life lessons.