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Jesus in the neighborhood: updates from congregations
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- Fairview shares food
Fairview Church of the Brethren offers food packages each month. - York Center holds neighborhood fun day
Rainy weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of those attending a recent event in a neighborhood park. - Crest Manor donates household items, makes dresses
Crest Manor Church of the Brethren serves neighbors near and far. - Muskegon offers ukulele lessons
How many congregations offer a “Blessing of the ukuleles”? - Baltimore church is revitalized
First Church of the Brethren in Baltimore, Md., had a problem. Here’s what they did. - McPherson sends cards to Uvalde
Learning about gun violence inspired a McPherson Sunday school class to take action. - Columbia City “Feeds the Need”
Feed the Need originated with a small group of people in the church who have a passion for helping the community. - Mechanicsburg offers Fall Fun Day
The Fall Fun day at Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren helped people come out of “COVID hibernation.”
More stories from congregations
- Linville Creek Church of the Brethren celebrates 200 yearsby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on October 3, 2025 at 7:01 pm
In honor of its 200th anniversary, Linville Creek Church of the Brethren in Broadway, Va., will have a celebration this weekend, reports the Daily News-Record on its DNROnline site.
- Trotwood Church of the Brethren celebrates 125 years of ministryby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on October 3, 2025 at 4:23 pm
On Saturday, Oct. 18, you are invited to Trotwood (Ohio) Church of the Brethren’s 125th Anniversary Celebration!
- Looking more forward than back, Rock Run Church celebrates 175 yearsby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on September 27, 2025 at 11:08 pm
Herman Kauffman summed up his thoughts at the 175th anniversary celebration at Rock Run Church of the Brethren outside Goshen, Ind., by reciting an anonymous short poem about two passengers travelling westward in a covered wagon towards an unknown future: “One sat looking forward, And one sat looking back.”
- Hands of the Kingby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on September 27, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Our church at Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship in Osceola, Ind., has many outreach programs that extend heartfelt help to our neighbors, such as our monthly Community Meals and the Paper and Hygiene Products Pantry. But we found as we prayed for these individuals, and as we got to know them and we built relationships, that there were greater and deeper needs in our neighborhood. We also found, as we attempted to assist, there were not any programs built into our ministries to specifically help people outside the church congregation. Our resources were focused on the body, but not those unconnected. So we began a new ministry, which we deemed “Hands of the King.”
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Stories from the Cities series
Jennifer Hosler researched and wrote articles for the “Stories from the Cities” project of Discipleship Ministries (then Congregational Life Ministries). The goal of the project was to help urban congregations share their unique stories with the denomination, in order to increase awareness of Church of the Brethren urban churches, foster increased interest in urban ministries, and help others learn from the unique contexts that city churches face.
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