wfn.org | Cross-cultural music tour visits Church of the Brethren congregations

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Date: Oct. 27,	2005
Contact: Cheryl  Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F: 847/742-6103
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CROSS CULTURAL MUSIC TOUR VISITS CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN CONGREGATIONS
 
Oct. 27, 2005 (Elgin, IL) --  A cross-cultural music tour will travel  to 
Church of the Brethren congregations in Missouri and Kansas Oct. 29-Nov. 3 to
 
share testimonies, Bible study, and music that emphasize God's desire for the
 
church to reflect racial and ethnic diversity.
 
Participants in the tour are Gilbert Romero, pastor of Bella Vista Church  of

the Brethren in Los Angeles, Calif.; Don Mitchell, a music leader at First  
Church of the Brethren in Harrisburg, Pa.; Marilyn Montauban, a singer from  
First Haitian Church of the Brethren in Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Duane Grady, a
staff 
 member for the denomination's Congregational Life Teams.
 
The tour schedule includes worship concerts at First Central Church of the  
Brethren in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m.; Messiah Church of
the 
 Brethren in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.; Cabool (Mo.) Church of 
the  Brethren on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.; and Rochester Comunity Church of the 
Brethren in  Topeka, Kan., on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.
 
On Nov. 2 the group will give two worship concerts at McPherson (Kan.)	
College: one at 7:30-8:30 p.m. for senior high youth from McPherson Church of
 the 
Brethren and the community; and another at 9-10 p.m. for the Brethren and  
Anabaptist student group. At the McPherson church, the group will join a
drop-in  
Wednesday evening meal beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by a time for 
informal  sharing.
 
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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