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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl Brumbau gh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@brethren.org

CROSS CULTURAL CELEBRATION IS WEBCAST FROM MIAMI

(April 24, 2009) Elgin, IL -- The Church of the Brethren's Cross Cultural C onsultation and Celebration in Miami, Fla., this week is available to view  online.

Worship services and plenary sessions at the event will be webcast, through  a partnership between Bethany Theological Seminary with the Church of the  Brethren's Cross Cultural Ministries and the Brethren Academy for Ministeri al Leadership.

Go to www.bethanyseminary.edu/crosscultural2009 to log in and link to the w ebcasts. The webcasts began the evening of April 23 and continue through Ap ril 25, see the website for a more detailed schedule.

Those who participate in sessions over the Internet have the possibility of  earning continuing education credits through the Brethren Academy. For mor e information about this continuing education opportunity, contact the Bret hren Academy at academy@bethanyseminary.edu or 765-983-1824.

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 more than 125,000 members across the  United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Nig eria, 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