Brethren in Christ Historical Society Annual Meeting

This year’s Annual Meeting is being held during Homecoming Weekend at Messiah University, next door to the church. The program this year will celebrate the release of the new biography of E. Morris and Leone Sider, who were central figures in the Brethren in Christ Church and at Messiah University, and honor their lives.

Devin Manzullo-Thomas has written what former Historical Society president Emerson Lesher calls “a wonderfully insightful biography of the dean of Brethren in Christ history and biography, E. Morris Sider.” Entitled Storyteller: The Life and Ministry of E. Morris Sider, the book “captures how Sider more than anyone gave of his expertise, time, energy, and financial resources to ensure that current and future generations would understand and appreciate the theology, values, practices, and people of the Brethren in Christ movement in North America.”

A catered meal will be served at the Grantham Church, including the tradition of homemade pies for dessert. Following the program honoring Morris’s life as a storyteller, copies of the book will be available. Members of the Society will receive a complimentary copy, and additional copies will be available for sale. Members not attending the Annual Meeting can look forward to receiving their copies sometime later. Also, everyone is invited to the open house being held during Messiah University’s Homecoming at the Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives in the basement of Murray Library on campus.

Cost is $25 per person. Deadline for registration is September 15, 2025. Register at bic-history.org/events.

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