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Date: May 26, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN	NEWSLINE
May 26, 2005

EMERGENCY DISASTER FUND GIVES $20,000 IN TWO  GRANTS

May 26, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- The Church of the Brethren	General
Board's Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) has given $20,000 for a  flood
recovery program in Ohio and work following spring storms in  the
Northeast and South.

A grant of $15,000 supports a new Church of  the Brethren Disaster
Response project in Belmont County, Ohio. The area has	been struck
repeatedly by severe flooding over the past year. Dozens of  homes
have been destroyed and 100 heavily damaged. The project begins  in
June.

A grant of $5,000 supports a Church World Service appeal for  severe
storm damage and flooding in several states in the Northeast  and
South. The funds will be used for material resource shipments,	seed
grants, and support of local longterm recovery efforts.

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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