Camp Colorado turns 75! Seventy-five impactful summers of campfires, late-night conversations and worship, and young people going home different than they arrived. Seventy-five years of volunteers giving their weekends, skills, and hearts so that something special can happen in the mountains.
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.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, you are invited to Trotwood (Ohio) Church of the Brethren’s 125th Anniversary Celebration!
“Fraternity Church of the Brethren is 250 years old!” said an announcement of the congregation’s upcoming Homecoming and anniversary celebration on Sept. 13-14. “Take a moment to think about that. In 1775 when the American Revolutionary War was being fought, when this country was being founded, it was documented that a group of ‘Dunkard’ Brethren held a baptism near Muddy Creek.”
The Camp Mack Centennial Celebration is planned for Sunday, Aug. 10, at the camp near Milford, Ind.
Aug. 6 and 9 mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings resulted in a combined death toll of approximately 200,000 to 250,000 people by the end of 1945. In Hiroshima, it is estimated that 70,000 to 140,000 people died, while in Nagasaki, the estimated death toll was 39,000 to 74,000.
“Join us during our Anniversary Weekend as we celebrate 300 years of Conestoga Church of the Brethren!” said an invitation to a special celebration of three centuries of the Conestoga Church in Leola, Pa., taking place Nov. 9-10.
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, which was founded by the Church of the Brethren in 1899, is celebrating its 125th anniversary by hosting events throughout its 2024-25 academic year as well as posting related information and highlights from its history on the college website.
This year, 2024, Goshen (Ind.) City Church of the Brethren is celebrating its 125th anniversary. This milestone is being celebrated by updating the church history, honoring families of charter members, and inviting previous clergy to preach at special services.
On Aug. 9-13 the young Church of the Brethren denomination in Burundi, in East Africa, celebrated the 315th anniversary of the Brethren movement that began with baptisms in the Eder River in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708.
