‘Come as you are’ — and meaning it

Jan 30, 2017 by and

Raymond Gephart, second from right, came from a background of broken family relationships and substance abuse to find new life in Christ. Here, he stands outside West End Mennonite Fellowship with his new family, Jewel and Neal Sensenig and their children, Emily and Tyler, with whom Gephart lives in Lancas­ter, Pa. — Dale D. Gehman for MWR

LANCASTER, Pa. — Raymond Gephart grew up in a family plagued by the abuse of drugs and alcohol. His two older sisters were put into foster care. Today, 58-year-old Gephart lives in Lancaster with his new...

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Hymns unite Swiss Reformed, Anabaptists

May 25, 2015 by and

A Swiss group belonging to the Reformed Church sings May 6 at a worship service on a farm near Leola, Pa. The hymn sing brought together members of Amish, Old Order Mennonite, Mennonite Church USA and other faith traditions. — Dale D. Gehman

LEOLA, Pa. — A different kind of hymn sing took place May 6 at the Reiff farm near Leola. Twenty people from Switzerland, mostly from the Reformed Church tradition, gathered with a wide variety of U.S....

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Swiss castle envisioned as Anabaptist museum

Aug 18, 2014 by and

Dale D. Gehman Trachselwald Castle in Switzerland served as a prison for Anabaptists and could become a museum. — Dale D. Gehman

Trachselwald Castle in Switz­erland, a medieval fortress with an important place in Anabaptist history, is up for sale. Swiss Mennonites are raising funds to preserve the castle as a museum honoring the...

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