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In this issue: The Office of Peacebuilding and Policy provides a brief update on court cases related to immigration enforcement that involve the Church of the Brethren and other peace churches, a Know Your Rights webinar on rights for congregations, Bethany Seminary and president Jeff Carter receive the David Rodgers Friend of the RSO Award, worship resources for the Season of Creation.

The latest Covenant Bible Study from Brethren Press is “Language of Lament” by Calvin and Mandy Park. Lament is a necessary component of our relationship with God. Speaking to God honestly about the pain we experience, the injustice we observe in the world, and the fears these realities create in us is not only necessary, but biblical.

This fall, learn from one of the nation’s leading voices in Trauma Informed Care. Tim Grove joins the Ventures in Christian Discipleship program at McPherson (Kan.) College to present a special 2026-2027 season-opening series: “Creating a Better World: A Deep Dive into Stress, Trauma, and Resilience as a Pathway to Healthier People, Families, and Communities.”

Starting this August, Shine Everywhere takes on a new focus—helping congregations make the most of new at-home materials in the revised and updated Shine curriculum for 2026-2027. Designed with today’s churches, teachers, and families in mind, Shine offers greater flexibility, stronger family connection, and engaging new resources while staying rooted in core values of community, peacemaking, service, and following Jesus.

The most recent online discussion hosted by WACC’s regional association in Europe unpacked Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, whose focus is summed up in its subtitle On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. Moderated by WACC Europe treasurer Katherine Shirk Lucas, the...

Highland Park United Methodist Church’s current senior minister and his predecessor are speaking out about the lawsuit filed by the Horizon Texas Conference. Meanwhile, the conference added more information to its suit about the issues under dispute.

For people who sense a call to plant a church, knowing where to begin can be as challenging as discerning the call itself. Church planters need theological grounding, practical skills, spiritual formation, training in leadership development, and a deep understanding of the communities they hope to serve. At the same time, within the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), the pursuit of church planting may also include navigating the process of becoming a commissioned pastor. A new concentration within Calvin Theological Seminary’s Commissioned Pastor Certificate is designed to bring those pieces together. The church-planting concentration offers a clear pathway for people who want to prepare for church planting while also completing commissioned pastor training – by combining traditional seminary...

On Saturday, Aug. 8, a group of about 20 members of the Farsi Fellowship at Willowdale Christian Reformed Church in North York, Ont., traveled to Ohsweken on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory for a day of On-the-Land Learning. Hosted by Adrian Jacobs, the CRC’s senior leader for justice and reconciliation, the gathering invited participants into a journey of story, land-based education, and mutual understanding. Throughout the event, participants explored the history of the land, local covenants, and the ongoing work of healing and reconciliation within the community. The day’s itinerary included learning about the Land Back movement, Indigenous land rights, the history of gypsum mining, and local land-claim conflicts in neighboring Caledonia, Ont. Because many members of...

This article originally appeared on Calvin News , the news page of Calvin University. The technologies shaping the future are advancing at an extraordinary pace. Artificial intelligence, automation, cybersecurity, aerospace, advanced computing and other emerging technologies are changing how people live, work, and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Calvin University believes the people designing those technologies need more than technical expertise. They need wisdom. They need creativity. They need the ability to understand the human consequences of their work. And they need a sense of responsibility for how their innovations will serve people and communities. That vision is at the heart of Calvin's new School of Engineering and Computer Science, which brings together the university's long-established engineering...

Annual Native Moccasins Rock event attracts Native American and non-Native participants seeking to better understand and recover Indigenous skills and stories.