Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY
Dec 31 2008
Dates for study tour to Georgia and Armenia are announced
Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service — Dec. 31, 2008
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director
800-323-8039 ext. 260 — cobnews@brethren.org
DATES FOR STUDY TOUR TO GEORGIA AND ARMENIA ARE ANNOUNCED
(Dec. 31, 2008) Elgin, IL — The Church of the Brethren and Heifer
Internat ional are jointly sponsoring a Study Tour to Georgia and
Armenia on Sept. 1 7-Oct. 1, 2009. Tour leaders will be Jan Schrock,
senior advisor for Heifer International, and Kathleen Campanella,
partner and public relations direc tor of the Brethren Service Center
in New Windsor, Md.
The tour will begin with several days in Georgia visiting Heifer dairy
and rehabilitation projects, with the remaining time spent in Armenia
focusing on agricultural developments, youth peace programs, and
cultural landmarks. The tour may visit a site of Brethren mission
work in Armenia in the early 1900s and commemorate relief work done by
the Brethren following the genoc ide in Armenia.
The cost of $3,500 includes in-country transportation, accommodations,
meal s, tour guides, workshops, and SOS emergency evacuation
insurance. Particip ants will be responsible for their own air travel
to Tbsili, Georgia, and f rom Yerevan, Armenia. The application
process will begin in January. Contac t Jan Schrock at
jan.schrock@heifer.org to receive an itinerary and applica tion form.
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 celebrates 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