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Date: July 22, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
July 22, 2005
 
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN YOUNG ADULTS EXPLORE THE ART OF PROVOCATION
 
July 22, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- More than 130 young adults explored the art of  
provocation at this year's Church of the Brethren Young Adult Conference. The
 
gathering May 27-29 at Camp Woodland Altars near Peebles, Ohio, had as its  
theme, "Provoking Love and Good Deeds," based on Hebrews 10:24.  
 
Worship formed the heart of the conference, with three speakers and a  
service of drama and multimedia examining aspects of the theme. Young adult
Jim  
Stokes-Buckles of Putney, Vt., in the opening service noted Jesus Christ as a
 
model of provocation. "He provoked people by loving those he wasn't supposed
to  
love," Stokes-Buckles said. He challenged young adults to take the lead "at 
this  critical junction of history."
 
Cliff Kindy, a Church of the Brethren member of Christian Peacemaker Teams,  
emphasized the need for people to stand up to "empires" that sacrifice the 
rest  of the world for their purposes. "The Church of the Brethren has a 
different  vision of the world that doesn't depend on diminishing or
destroying other  
people," Kindy said. "It's a noble vision."
 
Jeff McAvoy and Carrie Fry-Miller performed a drama, interspersed with	video

clips, and Margo Miller-Royer closed the weekend with a series of  
reflections on relationships. That final service included a time of 
feetwashing.
 
Shawn Kirchner and Joseph Helfrich served as music leaders for the weekend;  
Becky Ullom and Walt Wiltschek, staff members of the Church of the Brethren  
General Board, were worship coordinators. The annual event is planned by the 

General Board's Youth and Young Adult Ministries office and its Young Adult  
Steering Committee.
 
Other features of the conference included "padare" workshops on a variety  of

topics, sharing time in small groups, a campfire, open mike coffeehouses, and

 an upbeat "joyful noise" singing session. An auction raised more than $200 
for  the General Board's Global Food Crisis Fund. 
 
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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