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Date: May 2, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN	NEWSLINE
May 2, 2005

ON EARTH PEACE HELPS SPONSOR PEACE CONFERENCE IN  SEPTEMBER

May 2, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- A Historic Peace Church conference  on
the theme, "Seeking Peace: The Courage to Be Nonviolent," will be
held  Sept. 8-11 in Indianapolis, Ind. On Earth Peace is a
contributing  organization to the intergenerational conference,
along with the Plowshares  Peace Studies Collaborative that includes
Manchester College, Christian  Peacemaker Teams (CPT), Every Church
a Peace Church, Mennonite Central  Committee Great Lakes, the Peace
and Justice Support Network of the Mennonite  Church USA, and Quaker
House. The meeting also will serve as a regularly  scheduled
gathering for CPT and Every Church a Peace Church, titled  Christian
Peacemaker Congress VIII.

Featured speakers are Peggy Gish,  a Church of the Brethren member
who has been working with CPT in Iraq; Ann  Riggs, of the Society of
Friends, and an associate general secretary for  faith and order at
the National Council of Churches; Lisa Schirch, associate  professor
at Eastern Mennonite University's Masters in  Conflict
Transformation Program; and Damu Smith, co-chair of Black  Voices
for Peace and national leader for United for Peace and Justice.  

Proposals for peace-related workshops are invited. Workshops, to  be
90 minutes long, will give voice to a wide range of approaches to
peace  witness. Proposals should describe topic, approach,
leadership, and relevant  affiliations, and should be no more than
a page in length. Send proposals by  May 30 to Dean Johnson at
deanjj@goshen.edu or mail to Plowshares, HPCC, 1700  S. Main St.,
Goshen, IN 46526. 

Cost is $75-$100 for all four days or  $18-$25 per day for those
representing institutions or individuals of middle-  to upper-level
income. For students and those with low or fixed incomes, the  cost
is $40 for all four days or $10 per day. Register  at
www.plowsharesproject.org.

The Church of the Brethren is a  Christian denomination committed to
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully  and simply, and to living
out its faith in community. The denomination is  based in the
Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions and is one of the  three
Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its 300th anniversary  in
2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United States	and
Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil,  the
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.

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For more  information contact:

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News  Services
Church of the Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin,	IL 60120
847-742-5100 ext.  260
cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org

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