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by Gerry Rauch I have known Bruce since early 1968 when he attended one of the early prayer meetings in our apartment over Campus Corners Drugstore when he was 18 years old and a student at [...]

By Carrie Zahm I was 4 years old. It was a summer day. I was sitting alone in front of our home, playing contentedly. A half block away, Tim was walking toward the house, duffel bag slung over [...]

When did you first meet Bruce? I first met him in the early 1970s when Peter [her husband] and I used to go on visits to Ann Arbor. He was already a key figure in that community. I am not sure we [...]

Interview with Daniel Calderon de Mezerville How did you meet Bruce? In 2008, I took a Gap Year in Belfast: I was 18 years old and needed to get my life on track. I met Bruce then, since he was [...]

On April 13, 2022, Jamie Treadwell was sentenced to 18 months’ probation, 14-days jail time (which he already served) and to be on the Public Sex Offender Registry.  Our hearts [...]

Lenten greetings! Maybe you are aware of the fact that this summer we are celebrating our 50th anniversary as a brotherhood. Well, technically that was last year, but the plans of many men [...]

Chelsea, MI – On Monday, February 28, 2022, former Servants of the Word member JamieTreadwell entered a plea of no contest to one count of attempted Criminal Sexual Conduct2nd degree. Our [...]

Walk with the Servants of the Word this 40 days by listening to our daily scripture meditations from the Words from the Servants podcast. Our Podcast can be found on iTunes (click [...]

Bruce Timothy Yocum, 73, died Friday 21 January in London, England. He was one of the pioneers and leaders of the Charismatic Renewal, of the covenant community movement, and of the “The [...]

For the past 100 years, Christians from all backgrounds and denominations have joined in the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”. We as the Servants of the Word have been [...]

Join us this Advent as we read through this year’s advent Scripture Passages. You can download a copy of the readings by clicking here.

On Saturday September 11, we celebrated with many of our community members the commitment our brother Will Cannon made. Check out the photos to see if you can recognize anyone. Photos taken by [...]

An Interview with Malaquias Garcia In November of last year, our brothers in Mexico started a temporary house in Xalapa, a city of about 800,000 inhabitants in the south of the country, in the [...]

As different countries return to some degree of normality, people keep asking us what aspects of our lives will resume their former shape and which ones have changed for good. Business leaders [...]

An Interview with Bruce Franson & Don DeSmith Ever since the 1990s, a number of our brothers have been working for Servant Systems International (SSI), a software company founded by Ted [...]

An Interview with Joseph Piquero Since the 1980s our brothers in Manila have lived in a house in Quezon City, in the center of Metro Manila: Scout Tobias, as it is called, has served as [...]

An Interview with Paul Codouni After 25 years, the Servants of the Word again have a household in Lebanon. Depending on one’s perspective, this could not come at a better or worse time. [...]

Greetings to you all! I truly hope that this newsletter will find you and your loved ones doing well.  This past while has been such a challenging time for so many of us and on so many [...]

Thursday 2 September 2021, five men from different parts of the world are making their lifelong commitments to the Servants of the Word in Michigan. Below a description of each of them. Please [...]

We interviewed Grand Rapids UCO staff worker Nate Stoll who spent a good part of the summer fundraising for his job; we asked him about his experience of needing to approach friends and family [...]

S/W alumnus Rabbi Mark Kinzer recently co-authored a book called “Besorah”. Martin Steinbereithner interviewed him and his co-author Rabbi Russell Resnik to find out why they [...]

S/W alumnus Rabbi Mark Kinzer recently co-authored a book called “Besorah”. Martin Steinbereithner interviewed him and his co-author Rabbi Russell Resnik to find out why they [...]

More than ever, Christians must be grounded in their identity and purpose to reach a hurting world. This groundbreaking book brings together the latest best practices for how to be (and help [...]

Luis Arce, our brother from Costa Rica, recently also graduated from Sacred Heart Seminary. We wanted to hear from him what he studied and what he wrote his thesis on. Enjoy!

US elder Nico Angleys spoke about Psalm 104 at our recent Pentecost celebration. Listen to his reflections here…

Our US brother Joseph Mathias recently graduated with a Master in Theology- so we thought we’d interview him and find out what he studied and what he learned. Enjoy!

Christ is Risen! Join us this Easter season in reading along with our Easter meditations for the year. To download, click here.

A special podcast episode from our brother Nico Angleys who gave a talk to our brothers on the penitential psalms on Ash Wednesday. Note: This is longer than our usual podcast episode.

On Ash Wednesday 2021, our brother Nico Angleys gave us a virtual talk on the Penitential Psalms on how they can be used in prayer. Here are also some of the resources that he refers to in the [...]