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HOLD IN PRAYER

Please keep Leroy Keeney, SOPA District
Please be in prayer for the
Please keep Kim Witkovsky, Board Member, in your prayers. He was
family of Nancy Jones. Nancy
York First COB, in your prayers. recently hospitalized. Leroy’s address:
passed away February 24th.
She is at home recovering from 2965 Starfire Drive, York, PA 17403
Nancy served at Codorus COB
hip replacement surgery.
and York First COB. Services
If you would like to send Kim a were held on March 18th at
card, her address is: 1016 Village York First COB. Nancy will
Way, York, PA 17404. be deeply missed by family

and friends.

Church of the Brethren Denominational News

Nancy Sollenberger Heishman will retire as the The Middle Pennsylvania District Church of the Breth-
Director of the Ministry Office effective on July 17, ren has called Duane Crumrine to join the district’s
2026. Nancy is a conscientious and gifted servant of Interim District Executive Minister team beginning on
the Church. She has dedicated many years to helping April 1, 2026. Other members of the team include Mark
and supporting Church of the Brethren pastors, Liller and Rebecca Zeek.
District Executives, and other leaders. We are grateful
to Nancy for her contributions to the denomination
Matt DeBall and Nancy McCrickard have accepted the
and wish her well in retirement.
positions of Interim Co-Directors for Mission Advance-
Congratulations Nancy!
ment starting March 23, 2026.

Brethren Press is pleased to announce a new product, developed and produced in partnership with MennoMedia.
Together, we are combining our adult quarterly, A Guide for Biblical Studies, and MennoMedia’s adult quarterly, Salt

& Light. The new product, which launches this fall, is Salt & Light: A Guide for Biblical Studies. For more
information visit Brethren Press, brethrenpress.com.

Church of the Brethren board urges prayerful action to support immigrants The board issued a resolution on immi-
gration, drawing on decades of church statements to urge individuals, congregations, districts, and the denomination

to support immigrant communities, speak out against policies that harm families, and engage in civil disobedience
when necessary.

The Church of the Brethren denomination suffered a ransomware attack in mid-December 2024 that breached the organiza-
tion’s computer network. Since then, leading staff have been working with attorneys and insurance companies to compile a list
of those whose personal information may have been in the data that was affected, while the Finance and IT staff have worked
tirelessly to assess the damage, rebuild and fortify online protections, and recover data and files. The list of those whose person-
al information may have been affected is now complete and a formal letter has been written, to arrive in mailboxes in coming
days. The majority of the Church of the Brethren membership is not affected and will not receive a letter.
Learn more at www.brethren.org/news/2026/letter-is-sent-about-ransomware-attack/.