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This site was developed by Steve Seitz, a member of the University Park Church of the Brethren, in Hyattsville, MD, as a personal ministry for the congregation. Steve has a Masters of Divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, PA, and is retired from a Federal health care research organization near Washington, D.C.

Contact ChristianSimpleLiving.org at: comments@christiansimpleliving.org

For website technical issues: webmaster@christiansimpleliving.org

Steve, and his Wife Dotti, have also created the Transformation Puppet and Story Works, www.transformationpuppets.org, which produces puppet and storytelling shows for churches, schools, and community centers in the Mid-Atlantic region. Their shows focus on environmental, simple living, behavioral, and faith-building topics.

Contact Transformation Puppet and Story Works at: puppeteers@transformationpuppets.org

The Church of the Brethren is one of the historic peace churches, along with other Anabaptist churches including the Mennonites and Amish, as well as the Quakers, and is rooted in a strong tradition of simplicity, social justice, and peace-making as understood through the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Contact the Church of the Brethren main web site at: http://www.brethren.org/.
Contact the University Park Church of the Brethren at:

4431 Tuckerman Street
University Park, MD 20782
Phone: 301-864-4328
Fax: 301-864-1770
Email: upcob@aol.com
Website: www.upcob.org

We have collaborated closely with The New Community Project in building this site. NCP attempts to help all of us think twice about the impact of our lifestyles on the planet and the vast disparities between the world's people. It is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Elgin, IL and supported primarily by donations from individuals and groups.

Contact information for the NewCommunity project:

718 Wilder Street
Elgin, IL 60123
Phone: 888-800-2985
Email: ncp@newcommunityproject.org