{"id":24411,"date":"2024-09-26T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=24411"},"modified":"2024-09-26T23:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:05:32","slug":"conestoga-church-celebrates-300th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/conestoga-church-celebrates-300th\/","title":{"rendered":"Conestoga Church of the Brethren celebrates 300 years of ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cJoin us during our Anniversary Weekend as we celebrate 300 years of Conestoga Church of the Brethren!\u201d said an invitation to a special celebration of three centuries of the Conestoga Church in Leola, Pa., taking place Nov. 9-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conestoga is the second Church of the Brethren congregation–after the Germantown Church–to celebrate 300 years of ministry in the name of Jesus Christ in the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schedule of events includes on Saturday, Nov. 9, a family fun day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and \u201cFrom the Eder to Conestoga and Beyond\u201d with guest speaker Jeff Bach, director emeritus of the Young Center at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, at 7 p.m.; and on Sunday, Nov. 10, a celebration service at 10 a.m. followed by a celebration meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Bach, special guests include previous pastors of the congregation, Atlantic Northeast District executive minister Pete Kontra, and Keith Greiner of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLet us know you\u2019re coming!\u201d said the invitation, published in the district newsletter. Call the church office at 717-656-2493 or visit www.conestogacob.com<\/a> and click on the button that says \u201cRSVP for 300th Anniversary Lunch.\u201d Please RSVP by Nov. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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