Monthly Archives: August 2008

Anabaptists in York County

After reading about the 250th anniversary of the Codorus Church of the Brethren in Springfield Township recently, York Daily Record/Sunday News editor Jim McClure had some thoughts about why so few Brethren, Mennonites or Amish settled in York County in … Continue reading

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Bishop Baxter at Lambeth

Bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion meet once a decade in Canterbury, England, for the Lambeth Conference. Central Pennsylvania Episcopal Bishop Nathan Baxter and his wife, York native Mary Ellen Walker, attended the three-week event for the first time, joining … Continue reading

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Word of the day: Deacon

Who knew it was also a verb? Not I. It’s pronounced dee-kuhn.

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