{"id":23066,"date":"2023-11-16T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23066"},"modified":"2023-11-17T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T22:42:53","slug":"what-happened-december-25-1723","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/what-happened-december-25-1723\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened December 25, 1723?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhat Happened December 25, 1723?\u201d is the title for a Brethren Heritage Center event celebrating the 300 anniversary of the founding of the first Brethren church in the Americas. Germantown Church of the Brethren in Philadelphia, Pa., is the oldest continuously existing congregation in the Brethren movement, and is considered the \u201cmother church.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with registration opening at 9 a.m., takes place at Brookville Grace Church, 665 Westbrook Rd., Brookville, OH. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome and learn about the Brethren as they came to America and the founding of the Germantown congregation,\u201d said an announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/BrethrenHeritageCenterEvent-600px-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/BrethrenHeritageCenterEvent-600px-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/BrethrenHeritageCenterEvent-600px-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/BrethrenHeritageCenterEvent-600px-1-560x257.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keynote speakers are Dale Stoffer of the Brethren Church and Denise Kettering-Lane of the Church of the Brethren. Michael Miller and Glen Landes of the Old German Baptist Brethren New Conference will also provide leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no registration fee for the event and lunch will be provided. RSVPs are requested to one of the following: email to <a href=\"mailto:mail@brethrench.org\">mail@brethrench.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:j.geaslen@yahoo.com\">j.geaslen@yahoo.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:kgarrett1@woh.rr.com\">kgarrett1@woh.rr.com<\/a>. To RSVP by phone or text, contact the conference coordinators Jim Geaslen at 937-657-3083 or Karen Garrett at 937-533-6166.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to register in advance, visit the Brethren Heritage Center event page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenhc.org\/post\/what-heppened-december-25-1723\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethrenhc.org\/post\/what-heppened-december-25-1723\">www.brethrenhc.org\/post\/what-heppened-december-25-1723<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat Happened December 25, 1723?\u201d is the title for a Brethren Heritage Center event celebrating the 300 anniversary of the founding of the first Brethren church in the Americas. 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