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1-October-1996 
 
 
96398    Board of Pensions Office Is Moving this Weekend 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
                and Sue Pierce, Board of Pensions 
 
PHILADELPHIA--The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Pensions will 
temporarily cease operations on Friday, Oct. 4, at noon in order to move 
over the weekend.  Business will resume by noon on Monday, Oct. 7.  The 
move has been planned over a weekend to ensure minimum disruption of the 
Board's services. 
 
     During the weekend move, the Board of Pensions' toll-free Call Service 
Center will continue to operate as an answering service.  It will be 
checked regularly for messages.  The toll-free number remains the same -- 
1-800-773-7752.  Persons are asked to call during the shutdown only in 
cases of emergency.   
 
     The new direct central switchboard number, beginning Oct. 7,  is (215) 
587-7200. The new address as of the same date: 
 
                      The Board of Pensions 
                          2000 Market St. 
                    Philadelphia, PA 19103-3298 
 
     The Board is undertaking this move because the real estate climate 
offered a favorable opportunity to move to more modern and spacious offices 
at a cost that will save the Board as much as $3 million over the next 10 
years.  The new offices are less than a mile from the Board's present 
location. 
 
     According to Board president John J. Detterick, though it would have 
been possible to relocate outside the city, the Board made a conscious 
decision to remain in the city center. By so doing, the Board can provide 
an important witness in its commitment to an ethnically diverse urban work 
force and to the church's obligation to be where people need jobs. 

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