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Date: July 22, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
July 22, 2005
 
LIGHTEN UP, BRETHREN! IS INTRODUCED
 
July 22, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- Lighten Up, Brethren! is a new challenge from  
the Association of Brethren Caregivers (ABC) for Church of the Brethren
members 
 to adopt healthy living and behaviors. 
 
The program promotes wellness in body, mind, and spirit, and offers weekly  
support and encouragement to those who sign on. Anyone interested in  
participating can receive a weekly e-mail containing a meditation, scripture 
passage, 
or recipe. Lighten Up, Brethren! is a program of the Wellness Ministry	of
ABC 
in collaboration with Brethren Benefit Trust and the Church of the  Brethren 
General Board.
 
During the recent Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, ABC introduced  
the program at its booth and through a short video during its report to  
delegates. As part of the presentation, Kathy Reid and Stan Noffsinger, 
executives 
of ABC and the General Board respectively, accepted the challenge to  lose 
weight by the next Annual Conference. ABC staff and other program 
participants 
wore Lighten Up, Brethren! t-shirts. 
 
To join the program, visit _www.brethren-caregivers.org_ 
(http://www.brethren-caregivers.org)  and  click on the Wellness Ministry. A
brochure about the 
new program also is  available, describing the invitation for Brethren to
commit 
to lifestyle changes  of increasing physical activity and decreasing 
consumption as a way to be good  stewards of their bodies. Lighten Up,
Brethren! 
t-shirts are available for $10	each. To order brochures or a t-shirt with
the 
program's logo on the back, call  ABC at 800-323-8039.
 
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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