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Date: August 22, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
August 22, 2005
 
Church of the Brethren Northern Plains District meets 'With Christ, Without  
Fear'
 
August 22, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- Under the theme, "With Christ, Without  Fear,"

the Church of the Brethren Northern Plains District Conference was held  on 
the campus of the University of Northern Iowa on Aug. 5-7. Tim Peter, pastor 

of Prairie City Church of the Brethren, served as moderator. Some 180 people 

were registered for the event, with others joining for worship and activities

at  various times during the weekend. 
 
Joseph Helfrich was a special guest who provided music and story-telling  
during worship and in a Saturday evening concert. Helfrich delighted
worshipers  
on Sunday morning by sharing a song he composed during the weekend based on 
the  sermon preached by Peter on Friday evening. 
 
The "worshipful work" business agenda included approving the 2006 district  
budget, electing district leaders, approving the closure of Prairie Peace  
Fellowship in Surrey, N.D., and approving locations for the 2006 and 2007  
district conferences. Leaders from two new church projects in Sioux City,
Iowa,  and 
Minneapolis, Minn., were introduced.
 
A blood drive service project conducted by the District Witness Commission  
gathered 38 units of blood. Conference-goers also enjoyed an auction that 
raised	over $3,100 for the Church of the Brethren General Board's Emergency 
Disaster  Fund. 
 
Several attendees were recognized. Camp Pine Lake Board president Kirby  
Leland presented the annual Volunteer of the Year Award to Cletus and Dorothy
 
Miller for their many years of service. Milestones in Ministry awards were
given  
to several ordained ministers during a Friday evening banquet.
 
The conference concluded with Sunday worship and consecration of new  
officers and leaders. Diane Mason, a laywoman from Fairview Church of the 
Brethren, 
was installed as moderator. Lay speaker Jerry Waterman from Iowa River 
Church 
of the Brethren was selected as moderator-elect. 
 
The 2006 Northern Plains District Conference will be held in Des Moines,  
Iowa, on July 1--the Saturday afternoon just prior to the beginning of the
2006  
Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren.
 
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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