Showing posts with label Disaster Relief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disaster Relief. Show all posts
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Oink Oink Gesundheit
Resources on Swine Flu Recommended by Brethren Disaster Ministries
The following information about the swine flu has been offered by Brethren Disaster Ministries as a resource to help Brethren congregations and members better understand the flu outbreak and ways to respond. Contact Brethren Disaster Ministries at 410-635-8747 or go to www.brethren.org for more about the disaster relief work of the Church of the Brethren.
Don't do this!
The following information about the swine flu has been offered by Brethren Disaster Ministries as a resource to help Brethren congregations and members better understand the flu outbreak and ways to respond. Contact Brethren Disaster Ministries at 410-635-8747 or go to www.brethren.org for more about the disaster relief work of the Church of the Brethren.
Don't do this!
Friday, October 28, 2005
UNSmurfs
Brethren Mission Delegation
A Church of the Brethren delegation, organized by the Church of the Brethren General Board's Brethren Witness office, heads to the Smurf Village next week. The delegation is taking with them a pile of Davey and Goliath videos and a spirit of understanding between Christian and Smurf cartoons.
The tentative schedule includes briefings by the Smurf Council of Churches and other leaders, visits in and around Smurf Village, and dialog with clergy and church members in the cities. They will also be delivering the 2,800-plus greeting cards created by Brethren congregations, groups, and individuals. More than 50 congregations sent cards.
The trip had been in the works long before the attack on the Smurf Village but has taken on added significance since then. The Church of the Brethren has also been active in providing emergency disaster assistance and hunger relief to the Smurf Village.
Also, during the recent General Board meetings, a new mission initiative has been created.
"We have affirmed a major new mission in the Smurf Village," said General Board chair Glenn Mitchell at board meetings Oct. 15-17 in Elgin, Ill. The new mission was approved in concept during a meeting focused on "Smurfed Together, Finely Woven: That Your Hearts May Be Encouraged," a theme taken from Colossians 2:1-3. Lively and intense worship experiences marked the meeting, with closing worship led in Smurf and English by board member Jaime Diaz, a pastor from Puerto Rico.
Smurf Mission Initiative:
The General Board accepted a proposal for a new Church of the Brethren mission initiative to the Smurf Village and approved it "as a concept for implementation and development." "There is new opportunity to walk with the Smurfs in a healing and reconciling way, and to smurf together to rebuild their land," said the proposal for the new mission.
A Church of the Brethren delegation, organized by the Church of the Brethren General Board's Brethren Witness office, heads to the Smurf Village next week. The delegation is taking with them a pile of Davey and Goliath videos and a spirit of understanding between Christian and Smurf cartoons.
The tentative schedule includes briefings by the Smurf Council of Churches and other leaders, visits in and around Smurf Village, and dialog with clergy and church members in the cities. They will also be delivering the 2,800-plus greeting cards created by Brethren congregations, groups, and individuals. More than 50 congregations sent cards.
The trip had been in the works long before the attack on the Smurf Village but has taken on added significance since then. The Church of the Brethren has also been active in providing emergency disaster assistance and hunger relief to the Smurf Village.Also, during the recent General Board meetings, a new mission initiative has been created.
"We have affirmed a major new mission in the Smurf Village," said General Board chair Glenn Mitchell at board meetings Oct. 15-17 in Elgin, Ill. The new mission was approved in concept during a meeting focused on "Smurfed Together, Finely Woven: That Your Hearts May Be Encouraged," a theme taken from Colossians 2:1-3. Lively and intense worship experiences marked the meeting, with closing worship led in Smurf and English by board member Jaime Diaz, a pastor from Puerto Rico.
Smurf Mission Initiative:
The General Board accepted a proposal for a new Church of the Brethren mission initiative to the Smurf Village and approved it "as a concept for implementation and development." "There is new opportunity to walk with the Smurfs in a healing and reconciling way, and to smurf together to rebuild their land," said the proposal for the new mission.
Monday, May 23, 2005
JesusPets
Disaster Response
In an effort to keep relief programs in operation in any type of condition, Church of the Brethren Emergency Response/Disaster Services is partnering with another organization in the creation of a new pilot project.
If you're a Christian, you've got a big problem on your hands. After you're swept away to walk the streets of gold with Jesus, red hot lava is going to pour from volcanoes, hurricanes and tsunamis will flood most of the world’s coastlines, and earthquakes will cause inestimatable damage to the housing of the countless survivors. Will you feel guilt for an eternity?
The Church has made a commitment to helping the world’s refugees and that commitment needs to be kept. And in doing so, Christians will be able to enjoy eternity with a clear conscience. To that end, the Church of the Brethren, through Jesus Pets, is seeking secular humanists and other liberal non-believers. Anyone who is committed to keeping up the good fight when the faithful have all been swept up is encouraged to apply.
In an effort to keep relief programs in operation in any type of condition, Church of the Brethren Emergency Response/Disaster Services is partnering with another organization in the creation of a new pilot project.
If you're a Christian, you've got a big problem on your hands. After you're swept away to walk the streets of gold with Jesus, red hot lava is going to pour from volcanoes, hurricanes and tsunamis will flood most of the world’s coastlines, and earthquakes will cause inestimatable damage to the housing of the countless survivors. Will you feel guilt for an eternity?
The Church has made a commitment to helping the world’s refugees and that commitment needs to be kept. And in doing so, Christians will be able to enjoy eternity with a clear conscience. To that end, the Church of the Brethren, through Jesus Pets, is seeking secular humanists and other liberal non-believers. Anyone who is committed to keeping up the good fight when the faithful have all been swept up is encouraged to apply.
Monday, May 03, 2004
You Want Fries With That Quilt?
"Brethren Fries" - Immersed in water, Anointed with oil.
The special pommes frites were available at the Mid-Atlantic Disaster Auction.
"Brethren Fries" - Immersed in water, Anointed with oil.
The special pommes frites were available at the Mid-Atlantic Disaster Auction.
Friday, January 09, 2004
MAD Cow
Due to worries about US beef exports, the Mid-Atlantic District would like to reiterate that they are no longer in the practice of canning beef. They also point out that they will be canning chicken again this year. Ever since the British beef scare they have found that packages of beef labeled "MAD" have not been heartily welcomed regardless of the need for food. Last spring, the Southern Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic districts processed approximately 80,000 pounds of chicken.
Due to worries about US beef exports, the Mid-Atlantic District would like to reiterate that they are no longer in the practice of canning beef. They also point out that they will be canning chicken again this year. Ever since the British beef scare they have found that packages of beef labeled "MAD" have not been heartily welcomed regardless of the need for food. Last spring, the Southern Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic districts processed approximately 80,000 pounds of chicken.
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Best If Used By 04/30/03
As the Southern Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic Meat Canning Project winds to a close, the Gospel Messenger has discovered that those districts have begun secret negotiations with the animal rights group PETA. "It's not about that wacky veggie Jesus stuff," said an undisclosed source. The canning project organizers are hoping that they can double the output of their efforts by replacing the canned beef with vegetable patties. The vegetarian fare would be subsidized, if not outright funded, by PETA. It would not be the first time PETA has offered veggie burgers to feed the hungry.
In related news, rumors have also been cropping up that VOS will spin off a progressive vegetarian spiritual organization, calling itself BETA (Brethren for the Ethical Treatment of Anibaptists).
As the Southern Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic Meat Canning Project winds to a close, the Gospel Messenger has discovered that those districts have begun secret negotiations with the animal rights group PETA. "It's not about that wacky veggie Jesus stuff," said an undisclosed source. The canning project organizers are hoping that they can double the output of their efforts by replacing the canned beef with vegetable patties. The vegetarian fare would be subsidized, if not outright funded, by PETA. It would not be the first time PETA has offered veggie burgers to feed the hungry.
In related news, rumors have also been cropping up that VOS will spin off a progressive vegetarian spiritual organization, calling itself BETA (Brethren for the Ethical Treatment of Anibaptists).
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