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Date: August 22, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
August 22, 2005
 
Church of the Brethren Credit Union implements staggered terms for  board
 
August 22, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- Church of the Brethren Credit Union (CoBCU)  
members elected board members for the next year in a venue and process new to
 
the organization, at their annual meeting in July.
 
Meeting for the first time at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference,  
in Peoria, Ill., credit union members elected nine returning and three new  
members to serve on the board during the upcoming year. However, unlike in
past  
years, not all board members were elected to one-year terms. Concerned about 
the  potential loss of corporate memory if a number of board members should  
simultaneously decide not to run for re-election, the CoBCU board in April  
approved an executive committee recommendation that created three-year 
terms.
 
To immediately implement these terms, all 12 candidates were up for  
election--four for one year, four for two years, and four for three years.  
Henceforth, only four board seats will be up for election for three-year
terms  in a 
given year.
 
Elected for 2005-06 for one-year terms were Nevin Dulabaum, director of  
Communication and Information Services for the Brethren Benefit Trust; Cathy
S.  
Huffman, a teacher from Rocky Mount, Va.; Don Post, self-employed contractor 
and  collector from Elgin, Ill.; and Ed Woolf, gift management/resources 
assistant  for the General Board. 
 
Elected for two-year terms, from 2005-07, were Janice L. Bratton, an  
investment officer of Hershey (Pa.) Trust Company; Paul W. Brubaker,
executive  vice 
president of Ephrata (Pa.) National Bank; Eric P. Kabler, owner of a  
financial service firm in Johnstown, Pa.; and Wilfred E. Nolen, president of 
Brethren 
Benefit Trust.
 
Elected for three-year terms (2005-08) were Ann Quay Davis, co-managing  
partner of Vicenti, Lloyd, and Stutzman in Glendora, Calif.; Darryl K. 
Deardorff, 
chief financial officer of Brethren Benefit Trust and director of the  
Brethren Foundation Inc.; David K. Gerber, senior vice president of Finance
at  
Brethren Home Community in New Oxford, Pa.; and Daniel Poole, pastor of 
Covington 
(Ohio) Church of the Brethren.
 
The CoBCU executive committee for 2005-06 is David Gerber, chair; Nevin  
Dulabaum, vice chair; Ann Quay Davis, treasurer; and Ed Woolf, secretary.
 
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_ 
(mailto:cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org) 
 
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