Title: Association of Brethren Caregivers tours Advocate Bethany Hospital Nov. 27, 2006 Church of the Brethren News Service Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director 800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews@brethren.org
ASSOCIATION OF BRETHREN CAREGIVERS TOURS ADVOCATE BETHANY HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO
Nov. 27, 2006 (Elgin, IL) --The Association of Brethren Caregivers' Executive Committee and Wellness Ministry cabinet toured Advocate Bethany Hospital in Chicago, prior to the association board's fall meetings Sept. 29-30 in Elgin, Ill.
The Association of Brethren Caregivers has some connections to the former Bethany Hospital, which began in conjunction with Bethany Theological Seminary when the school was located in Chicago. The tour allowed executive committee members to view the hospital's transition to providing acute longterm care, from providing general health and emergency care.
The hospital received widespread publicity when it announced the move last January. At the March meeting of the Association of Brethren Caregivers board, Church of the Brethren representatives who serve on the Governing Council of Advocate Bethany Hospital met with the board to report on the hospital's reasons for moving to acute longterm care and how it might better serve its surrounding community.
In other business the board also approved holding National Older Adult Conferences in 2008 and 2009, received a written report titled "Stem Cell Research Report and Study Guide" from a task force created jointly with the Church of the Brethren General Board, heard reports about its ministries and events, discussed the work of the denomination and ways church agencies work together, and took part in a board development session to evaluate its current make-up, vision, and focus.
These were the last board meetings for John Wenger of Anderson, Ind., who moves off the board Dec. 31. He will continue to serve with the Church of the Brethren's Wellness Ministry. The board also accepted Gayle Hunter Sheller's resignation and approved the appointment of Chris Whitacre of McPherson, Kan., to complete her term and represent western districts of the denomination.
For more information go to www.brethren.org/abc.
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 800-323-8039 ext. 260 cobnews@brethren.org
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