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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service -- June 13, 2008
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director
800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews@brethren.org

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN CONGREGATION TAKES PART IN
INDIANA RELIEF EFFORT

(June 13, 2008) Elgin, IL -- Christ Our Shepherd Church of the Brethren
in Greenwood, Ind., has been keeping attuned to all of the relief efforts
in Johnson County and the state of Indiana, following storms and
flooding. Because of their efforts with the Johnson County courthouse
and military veterans, through the denomination's Welcome Home
Project, the congregation was called upon to help with the relief efforts
ministering to victims of the flood of June 7 and beyond.

The church has teamed up with Johnson County Emergency
Management, United Way, and the American Red Cross to be an
information center, and with FEMA as a processing point for people to
sign in for damage assessment and for FEMA assistance to help with
recovery.

Christ Our Shepherd Church also is going to team up with a designated
Johnson County person to provide staffing to run a free department store
for furniture, washers and dryers, and other appliances. The church's
food pantry will continue to be open 24/7 as they become aware of
emergency needs. The church also may be open to housing and
providing kitchen facilities for cooking or special needs of volunteers on
the way to help flood victims.

Volunteers in Indiana are being urged to be patient and wait for the flood
waters to recede and for safe conditions before responding in affected
areas.

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 more than 125,000
members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and
sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and
India.

(Jane Yount, coordinator of Brethren Disaster Ministries, provided this
report.)

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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
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org

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