Brethren Press

06/02/2026

Hymnal Companion provides background on hymns, worship resources, and their creators. It’s a great resource for music leaders, pastors, and worship leaders, as well as anyone who enjoys music and history!

Get your copy today at this special price and broaden your enjoyment of our beloved blue hymnal.

06/01/2026

Our friends at Versa Press were kind enough to send over some behind-the-scenes photos of our new book in production. We can't wait to see those pages in person!

Washing My Sister's Feet, by Gimbiya Kettering, is available for preorder now. Or you can get your copy at Annual Conference in Fort Wayne in just a few weeks.

05/31/2026

“And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:4, NRSVue).

The photo on today's bulletin is by Anne Willoughby Petry. Bulletin customers of Brethren Press have a reflection written by Greg Davidson Laszakovits.

05/29/2026

Looking for ways to bring this Sunday’s Bible story, Song of Wonder, into your home? Here are some simple ideas for the week ahead.

📚 Read pages 88–89 in The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible or Psalm 139. The Psalmist wrote, “I praise you, for I am made in a wonderful way.” Name something wonderful that you can do.

🙏 Pray as you touch each finger on one hand, thanking God each time for a different part of your body and naming something that part allows you to do. For example, “Thank you for my fingers that can draw.”

✏️ Draw an outline of a person on a piece of paper using art supplies, stickers, and pictures cut out of magazines. Create a design that reflects how God made each person in a unique way, encouraging each participant to decorate their figure in a way that expresses their uniqueness.

05/28/2026

Two great options in our Good Ground adult curriculum series:

Such a Time as This: Faith and Risk-taking in the Book of Esther, by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

Voice from the Fringe: Studies in Isaiah, by Lani Wright

Both are available in print or digital (pdf) versions. Explore this interactive and engaging curriculum today!

05/27/2026

This week we are featuring a Covenant Bible Study focused on Joseph, by Gene Roop.

The story of Joseph concludes the ancestral narratives found in Genesis. Even though it ends well with Joseph reconnecting with his brothers and father, it is fraught with family conflict. There is parental favoritism, sibling hatred, and the question of generational sin. Studying this rich story will open us to constructive ways to respond to the conflict we experience in our families and congregations. As with Joseph, God is quietly working—through, alongside, and beyond—in response to the choices we make. God invites us to be part of God’s new world of shalom and well-being.

05/26/2026

The time has come! Announcing our newest children's book, by Gimbiya Kettering. Washing My Sister's Feet will be available in late June, and you can preorder now. Or, if you'll be at Annual Conference, plan to purchase the book there and get it signed by Gimbiya!

Ilse is going to love feast, a special event at her grandmother's church. But she's annoyed because her big sister, Lina, always gets to do everything first. This is a story of sisters—and also a dad who understands and a church that widens its circle.

For the story in this children’s picture book, writer Gimbiya Kettering draws on her experience growing up in the Church of the Brethren, her sensitivity as the mother of two girls, and her nuanced understanding of a multiracial family finding meaning in the traditions of faith.

05/24/2026

“Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy” (Acts 2:18, NRSVue).

Our bulletin for today features a photo by Ellen Lennard and a reflection (available to Brethren Press bulletin customers) by Jeanne Davies. Jeanne recounts a story about the "Happy Bus" she loved to ride when she lived in Chicago.

05/22/2026

05/21/2026

Today we are highlighting a Covenant Bible Study by Christina Bucher, called God's Steadfast Love in the Psalms.

The psalms, despite their variety of subjects and genres, all express the view that God is a God of steadfast love. This study traces the theme of God’s steadfast love through hymns, laments, songs of trust, and thanksgiving psalms.