NEWS

• Church of the Brethren continues annual drop in membership.
  
• Annual Conference moderator visits with Brethren in Nigeria.
  
• Virlina District joins friend-of-the-court brief on church property.
  
• United Church of Canada endorses Gather 'Round curriculum.
  
• Rates drop for charitable gift annuities.
  
• Brethren bits: Remembrance, personnel, disaster response, and more.

RESOURCES

• ‘Portrait of a People’ reports on 2006 Brethren Member Profile.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• BVS plans 60th anniversary celebration for September.
  
• 300th Anniversary bits and pieces.

NEWSLINE EXTRA: DISASTER RESPONSE

• Brethren in Northern Plains District respond to Iowa tornado.
  
• Brethren bits: Material Resources, Emergency Disaster Fund.