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Date: August 4, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
August 4, 2005
 
Brethren to gather in Virginia for Caring Ministries Assembly
 
August 4, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- Church of the Brethren members from across  the

country will come together at Bridgewater (Va.) Church of the Brethren Aug.  
11-13 for the fifth Caring Ministries Assembly, to explore the theme "Peace  
Beyond Our Fears." The conference sponsored by the Association of Brethren  
Caregivers (ABC) will offer worship and training opportunities for deacons,  
pastors, chaplains, and congregational caregivers.
 
Brethren keynote speakers will be Louise Baldwin Rieman, co-pastor of  
Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis, and Andrew Murray, founder
and  
director of Juniata College's Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Other
 
featured speakers will be Robert Wicks, professor of pastoral care at Loyola 

College in Maryland, who specializes in secondary stresses that caregivers  
experience, and Carolyn Yoder, a nationally certified licensed counselor and 

director of the STAR Center at Eastern Mennonite University. Daily Bible
study  
will be provided by Stephen Reid, academic dean and professor of Old
Testament  
at Bethany Theological Seminary.
 
More than 20 workshops will cover a range of caring ministry topics with  
leadership by several denominational agencies. A special track of workshops
has  
been developed for deacons and explores issues of spirituality, peace, health
 
communication, aging, mental health, and grief. Chaplains can participate in 

their own track of workshops and luncheons. Other elements of the conference 

will include intentional times of silence for prayer, reflection, and times 
of  rest. Pastors will be eligible to receive some continuing education
credits 
and  the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership is offering a seminar 
for  Training in Ministry students.
 
Registration continues to be open and will be available on site.  
Registration is $125 for the full conference, or $65 per day. For more 
information visit 
_www.brethren-caregiver.org_ (http://www.brethren-caregiver.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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