Ebersole to join Association of Brethren Caregivers staff.

Kim Ebersole of North Manchester, Ind., will serve as director of Family and Older Adult Ministries of the Association of Brethren Caregivers (ABC), effective Aug. 1.

Ebersole will continue the Older Adult Ministry program, creating resources and leading workshops for congregations wanting to provide an intentional ministry by, for, and with older adults. She also will be forging a new emphasis on Family Life Ministry. In recent years, Family Life Ministry was a component of each of ABC’s ministry imperatives. Now the agency intends to make a more intentional effort at providing program for Family Life Ministry.

Ebersole has served as director of Social Services for Peabody Retirement Community of North Manchester since 1997, and also worked for several years for a hospice as a social worker and bereavement coordinator. Her professional career has included creating and directing an AIDS service organization in Gettysburg, Pa. She also served on the denomination’s HIV/AIDS Task Force in the 1990s.

She holds degrees from Manchester College and Temple University and is a Licensed Social Worker. Ebersole is a member of the Manchester Church of the Brethren.

Source: 5/24/2006 Newsline
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