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Newsline: the Church of the Brethren News Service
News Director Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@bret hren.org

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN HOLDS 10th OLDER ADULT CONFERENCE

(Sept. 1, 2009) Elgin, IL -- The Church of the Brethren will hold its 10th  National Older Adult Conference (NOAC) on Sept. 7-11 at Lake Junaluska Conf erence and Retreat Center in North Carolina. More than 900 people are expec ted to attend the conference from across the United States.

The event is for people age 50 and older and will include daily worship ser vices, a variety of workshops, recreation, and opportunities for fellowship .

The theme, "Legacies of Wisdom: Weaving Old and New," will help attendees c elebrate the legacy of faith, and aid them in exploring ways to create new  possibilities of hope for families, the church, and the world.

Keynote speakers include Rachael Freed, a pioneer in the field of family-ce ntered care in life-threatening and chronic illness and creator of the Hugo  Award-winning video series, "Portrait of the Heartmate"; David Waas, a Chu rch of the Brethren member and professor of history emeritus at Manchester  College in North Manchester, Ind.; and Michael McKeever, a Church of the Br ethren member and professor of Biblical Studies at Judson University in Elg in, Ill.

Quaker singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer will be giving a concert as part o f the conference. Newcomer's music has been described as acoustic indie fol k, with her most recent album "The Geography of Light" focused on "beauty d iscovered in the ordinary." The concert on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m.,  is open to the public with sponsorship from the Church of the Brethren and  the Mutual Aid Association.

For more information contact Kim Ebersole, director of Older Adult Ministry  for the Church of the Brethren, at kebersole@brethren.org or visit www.bre thren.org.

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continu ing 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 t raditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrated it s 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts some 125,000 members across the Unit ed States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Nigeria,  Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India.

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>For more information contact:

>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
>Director of News Services
>Church of the Brethren
>1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org