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Traci Rabenstein has been 2026 Meat Canning

called to be our new Full Time
District Executive.

Traci will officially begin on
Monday, April 6, 2026.

Many in our District already know

her. She is a member of the Please be in prayer for our District
Mechanicsburg COB, where she Meat Canning project for 2026.
had served as a Youth Pastor for 8 years. She has The dates will be

also served in our District in many ways, including
April 6-9, 2026
Moderator and Board Chair for The Cross Keys
Village, the Brethren Home Community. For the last at Christian Aid Ministries,
9 years, she has been serving our denomination as 2412 Division Hwy,
Executive Director of Mission Advancement. Ephrata, PA 17522

Welcome Traci!
Kim Geisewite of the District
Witness Commission, will be taking
calls for our churches to sign up for

Knobsville Church of the Brethren 70th Anniversary meat canning, 570-295-9879.
Kim will be able to let you know if
On the third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025, the
the date you desire is available.
Knobsville Church of the Brethren observed its 70th Please call her as soon as possible to
Anniversary, with a full house of members and visitors.
reserve the work time slot for your
It opened in 1955, utilizing a remodeled one-room school- congregations date preference.
house. Begun as a mission endeavor of the Southern Please see page 7 for the Meat
Pennsylvania District in a rural village, the congregation soon Canning Brochure. A copy will be
became self-sustaining and in 1961 built the present brick shared with our congregations.
structure on the same property. The first pastor, Roger If you have any questions, do not
Markey and his wife Anna, worked tirelessly in those early hesitate to call the District Office at
years, being major contributors to the church’s establish- 717-778-2264.
ment. Amazingly, during this 70 year history, there has only
been four pastoral couples, Roger and Anna Markey, John
and Ruth Sellers, Chris and Deloris Elliott, and current
pastors Robert and Christine Bilger.
Although a small congregation, situated among the moun-
tains and valleys of one of Pennsylvania’s most rural coun-
ties, Knobsville Church of the Brethren has produced several
pastors, missionaries, and a college president.
Congratulations Knobsville!