BVS

While in BVS, housing and food or costs for food are provided to volunteers IN ADDITION to the $250 monthly stipend. These are just a few of the benefits to serving with BVS. To learn more about BVS benefits, you can visit our website at brethren.org/bvs/

Volunteer update! Since October, Grace (Unit 331) has been teaching English to children and working with the local Church of the Brethren in Rwanda. Keep an eye out for Grace's story about her service in the BVS winter newsletter, coming soon!

Camps aren't just for summer fun! Orientations and FaithX trips are typically held at camps all over the country, and some BVSers even serve at camps 🏕️ Share where you've gone to camp and some of your favorite memories!

"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way." –2 Thessalonians 3:16 #scripture

Test your luck with today's symbols of luck crossword: crosswordlabs.com/view/symbols-o… 🧩 #fridayfun #crossword

Happy #throwbackthursday to that time in 1981 when Unit 152 went to the mall dressed as clowns and weren't allowed to speak 🤡

The easiest way to advocate for justice is to vote! If you have the ability, exercise your right to vote and make your voice heard 📣 Photo Credit: Galen Fitzkee

"I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them." –Wilma Mankiller #quote

Thank you, Dan, for all the work you've done for BVS these past few months in addition to the 23 years before that. We wish you well 💜 Leave a comment with well wishes for Dan or your favorite Dan memory!

BVS wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween! From trick-or-treating to dressing up, there are so many things to do today! Let us know your Halloween plans! 🎃

"So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun." –Ecclesiastes 8:15 #scripture

Halloween is in just a few days! Solve this week's sliding puzzle to see a special Halloween message from BVS: tinyurl.com/mr36apba 🧩 #fridayfun #slidingpuzzle

One week ago, Unit 332 finished their orientation at Camp Brethren Heights in Rodney, MI and went off to their projects! Wish our newest volunteers blessings and luck on their journeys forward!

Welcome to our new BVS Director, Chelsea Goss Skillen! BVS is very excited to have Chelsea join the team and lead BVS into the future. Leave a comment below and give Chelsea a warm welcome!

Are you ready for Election Day? Remember to register to vote before Election Day on November 8 and make your voice heard! Check for registration deadlines in your state and research your ballot so you can be 100% prepared for Election Day. And don't forget, every vote counts! 📣

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." –Dolly Parton #quote

What's more fun than Halloween? Why, a Halloween wordsearch, of course! But careful, this wordsearch isn't as easy as you think: wordsearchlabs.com/view/271576 🧩 #fridayfun #wordsearch

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2022's theme highlights the fundamental right all human beings have to their dignity, and the ways that those experiencing poverty have been denied that right. BVS is committed to serving human need to ensure dignity for all.

"For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'" –Deuteronomy 15:11 #scripture

Fall is officially here! We've got a jigsaw puzzle to celebrate with a special message from BVS: jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3… 🧩 #fridayfun #puzzle