NEWS

• Bethany Seminary trustees welcome new president and new chair.
  
• Vital Pastors 'cohort groups' report at conference in San Antonio.
  
• National Council receives text of social creed for 21st century.
  
• Brethren share 300th Anniversary devotional at NCC assembly.
  
• CPT gives human rights training to Kurdish security officers in Iraq.
  
• Brethren bits: Personnel, position openings, cyclone response, more.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Deacon Ministry offers regional training events.
  
• 300th Anniversary update: Clarification of plans for 'service blitz,' historical exhibit.

FEATURES

• Why First Church needed a weekly electronic newsletter.
  
• Small congregation issues big giving challenge.