Page 7 - 2024 March Newsletter

Page 7 Southern Pennsylvania District

HOLD IN PRAYER

Deepest sympathy to the family of Harold S. Martin. Brother Harold passed away January 5, 2024
at the Lincoln Christian Home, Ephrata. At the age of twelve, Harold accepted Christ as his Savior
and was later called to be a minister of the gospel, serving at the Pleasant Hill Church of the
Brethren for sixty-two years. Harold conducted Bible teaching sessions and revival meeting in
several hundred congregations located in forty-three states, and numerous foreign countries.
Harold and his wife Priscilla were married for nearly seventy years when she passed away in June,
2020. Funeral services for Harold were held January 13, 2024 at the White Oak Church, 1211
North Penryn Road, Manheim, Pa.

Deepest sympathy extended to the family of Dennis C. Winand, Jr., of the District’s Upper
Conewago Church of Brethren. Brother Denny passed away January 11, 2024. He was the co-
owner of Winand Trucking and for many years assisted SOPA District in transporting the District's
portion of canned chicken to SOPA District for distribution. He also made donations of canned

chicken to Flame Ministries, Haiti, for which he supported personally. Funeral services were held
January 16, 2024 at Upper Conewago Brethren Church.

Deepest sympathy to the family of Belita Mitchell, retired pastor and the denomination’s first
Black female moderator, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at her home in Mechan-
icsburg, Pennsylvania.
The first African-American woman to be ordained in the Church of the Brethren, Sister Belita

was called as the 2007 Annual Conference Moderator. She served as pastor to Church of the
Brethren congregations at Imperial Heights (Calif.) and Harrisburg First (Pa.). Along with her hus-
band, Don, she was recognized in 2017 by the denomination’s Intercultural Ministries as a signif-

icant leader in efforts to make the Church of the Brethren an intercultural church, and in 2022
she was the preacher for the final worship service at Annual Conference in Omaha and also was
a past guest speaker at So PA District’s District Conference.

~Continue to uplift Pastor Bob Krouse (Hanover COB) in prayer as he continues his battle with cancer.

~Be in prayer for Pastor Mark Bowyer, Hanover COB, as he continues to be tested for health issues.

Let us be in prayer for all our Church Pastor’s, Minister’s, and their families. We ap-
preciate all you do for our District, Churches, and Congregations.