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Date: June 23, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
June 23, 2005
 
Association of Brethren Caregivers awards nursing scholarships
 
June 23, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- The Association of Brethren Caregivers will  
award $22,000 in scholarships this year to 15 Church of the Brethren members 

enrolled in nursing programs.
 
Scholarship recipients pursuing LPN designations are Theresa De Mastus,  
Cedar Grove Church of the Brethren, Ruckersville, Va.; Josh Schnepp,
Beaverton  
(Mich.) Church of the Brethren; and Rachel Roop, Schuylkill Big Dam Church of
 
the Brethren, Pine Grove, Pa. 
 
Scholarship winners seeking an associate's degree are Alicia Barb, Linville  
Creek Church of the Brethren, Broadway, Va.; Amanda Blackwell, Spindale
(N.C.) 
 Church of the Brethren; Betsy Ducote, Highland Avenue Church of the 
Brethren,  Elgin, Ill.; Tim Durnbaugh, Highland Avenue; Amy Greene, Melvin
Hill Church 
of  the Brethren, Columbus, N.C.; Melissa Hickman, Painesville (Ohio) Church 
of the	Brethren; and Phyllis Hurley, Huntsdale Church of the Brethren, 
Carlisle,  Pa.
 
Award winners earning bachelor's degrees are Shenifa Baldwin, Pipe Creek  
Church of the Brethren, Union Bridge, Md.; Kara Fadley, Mountain Grove Church
of  
the Brethren, Fulks Run, Va.; and Marita Imhoff, Mohican Church of the 
Brethren,  West Salem, Ohio.
 
Scholarships also will be awarded to Tamela Kiser of Briery Branch Church  of

the Brethren, Dayton, Va., and Melissa Rudd, Indiana (Pa.) Church of the  
Brethren, as they seek master's degrees.
 
The program was revised in 2004 to provide only scholarships, which are  
awarded once a year for disbursement in the fall. To apply for 2006 
scholarships, 
nominees must be members of the Church of the Brethren and apply  by April 1.

See _www.brethren-caregivers.org_ (http://www.brethren-caregivers.org) .
 
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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