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Date: July 22, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
July 22, 2005
 
VOLUNTEERS RAISE FUNDS FOR BRETHREN HUNGER RESPONSE
 
July 22, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- One of the untold tales of hunger response is  
the creative way volunteers give time and talent to support global food 
security  development, reports Howard Royer, manager of the Global Food
Crisis Fund 
for  the Church of the Brethren General Board.
 
In Harrisonburg, Va., the newly opened Tried and True thrift shop raises  
money through the resale of used clothing, dividing its "first fruits"
proceeds  
between the Global Food Crisis Fund and Mennonite Central Committee. An 
initial  check for $1,000 was received this spring from Ken and Deb Layman,
managers 
of  the joint Brethren and Mennonite venture.
 
Folksinger and storyteller Joseph Helfrich of Bradford, Ohio, released a CD  
titled "Make a Difference" as a benefit to the fund. The 19 songs by Helfrich
 
and other musicians were recorded at the 2001 Song and Story Fest at 
Shepherd's  Spring in Maryland, an annual Church of the Brethren family camp.
Since 
its  release two years ago, Brethren Press has reported quarterly sales of
from 
$100  to $200. In addition, Helfrich this spring sent a check for $1,000 from

his own  sales of the album. (Order from Brethren Press, call 800-441-3712.)
 
This June the volunteer servers at St. Martin's Table, a bookstore and	
restaurant in Minneapolis, Minn., passed their tips on to the Global Food
Crisis	
Fund. An outreach ministry of the Community of St. Martin, the enterprise  
provides "food for thought" by selling books that promote inclusiveness,  
nonviolence, justice, and care for creation. The ministry also serves
vegetarian  
meals and locally grown organic foods as a celebration of God's gifts, and
hosts  
conversation and evening programs on peacemaking, justice issues, the arts, 
and  community building. Mysti Roberts Murphy, a 1995-98 Brethren Volunteer 
Service  worker, is the volunteer coordinator. Tips average about $2,000 a
month.
 
A portion of the money raised at the Quilt Auction held each year at the  
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference also is contributed to the Global
Food  
Crisis Fund. The auction is sponsored by the Association for the Arts in the 

Church of the Brethren and supported by the many people who send blocks from 

congregations across the country, and those who gather to help quilt the 
squares  together during the Conference. This year the auction raised a total
of  
$21,450.
 
A youth "walking workcamp" that walked some 100 miles to Peoria, Ill., to  
attend the Annual Conference also raised funds for the Global Food Crisis
Fund  
and the General Board's Emergency Disaster Fund. The group received 
sponsorships  of over $4,000.
 
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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