wfn.org | Church of the Brethren plans summer workcamps for 2006

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Date: Oct. 27, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100  F: 847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PLANS SUMMER WORKCAMPS FOR 2006
 
Oct. 27, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- A series of summer workcamps are being planned  
for 2006 by the Youth and Young Adult Office of the Church of the Brethren.  
Brochures and a website for the 2006 workcamps are now available. The office
is 
 planning six junior high workcamps including a new junior 
high/intergenerational	workcamp, one senior high workcamp, and one young
adult workcamp.
 
Junior high workcamps are scheduled for June 12-16 in Ashland, Ohio; June  
19-23 in Innisfree Village, Va.; July 9-13 in New Windsor, Md.; July 16-20 in
 
Keyser, W.Va.; and Aug. 9-13 in Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
The junior high/intergenerational workcamp is set for Aug. 2-6 in  
Harrisburg, Pa. 
 
The senior high workcamp will take place June 11-17 in Kyle, S.D. 
 
The young adult workcamp will be May 29-June 5 in Tijuana, Mexico.
 
"Continuing the WORK of Jesus" will be the theme for the workcamps, taking  a

look at the example of Jesus' life and ministry and applying that example to 

situations in workcamp settings. There will also be sharing about modern 
people	who exemplify Jesus' work in the world, and some of the Youth Action
Goals 
for  the United Nations Millennium Development Campaign will be incorporated.

 
"Altogether, we are planning to grow in faith, knowledge, and appreciation  
for service in many different settings through the 2006 workcamps," said  
coordinator Monica Rice.
 
To order brochures or for more information contact Rice at 800-323-8039 or  
_mrice_gb@brethren.org_ (mailto:mrice_gb@brethren.org) . Visit the  workcamp 
website, where you can download a PDF version of the workcamp brochure	and 
begin registration for workcamps on Dec 1 at 12:00 am Eastern time, at 
_www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/workcamps/index.html_ 
(http://www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/workcamps/index.html) .
 
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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