Germfask Community Fellowship (Germfask, Michigan, USA) - Revision history

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-The Fernland Mennonite Church, Germfask, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], was the first of a chain of Mennonite congregations begun in Michigan's Upper Peninsula beginning in 1935. C. A. Shank of the [[Olive Mennonite Church (Olive Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA)|Olive congregation]] and the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board]], visited the Upper Peninsula and believed it was ripe for a Mennonite mission. Consequently, [[Summer Bible School|summer Bible schools]] were held at Germfask in 1935 and 1936. In 1937 the mission board placed Chester and Eva Osborne at Germfask, making Chester the first Mennonite pastor in the Upper Peninsula. Chester and Eva began holding worship services in the Stauffer School across the road from where the Osbornes lived.
+The Fernland Mennonite Church, Germfask, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], was the first of a chain of Mennonite congregations begun in Michigan's Upper Peninsula beginning in 1935. C. A. Shank of the [[Olive Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Olive congregation]] and the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board]], visited the Upper Peninsula and believed it was ripe for a Mennonite mission. Consequently, [[Summer Bible School|summer Bible schools]] were held at Germfask in 1935 and 1936. In 1937 the mission board placed Chester and Eva Osborne at Germfask, making Chester the first Mennonite pastor in the Upper Peninsula. Chester and Eva began holding worship services in the Stauffer School across the road from where the Osbornes lived.
 In the spring of 1938, Fernland was organized into a congregation. Chester Osborne resigned in October 1947, and Bruce Handrich was ordained and continued as pastor. The congregation met in a school building until 23 June 1941, when they dedicated a new church.

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 [[File:GermfaskMCMichigan2012.jpg|thumb|''Germfask Mennonite Church, ca. 2012.'' ''Photo: Victor Wiebe.'']]
-The Germfask Mennonite Church (earlier also known as Fernland Mennonite Church) is located near Germfask, Schoolcraft County, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan.]]
+The Fernland Mennonite Church, Germfask, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], was the first of a chain of Mennonite congregations begun in Michigan's Upper Peninsula beginning in 1935. C. A. Shank of the [[Olive Mennonite Church (Olive Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA)|Olive congregation]] and the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board]], visited the Upper Peninsula and believed it was ripe for a Mennonite mission. Consequently, [[Summer Bible School|summer Bible schools]] were held at Germfask in 1935 and 1936. In 1937 the mission board placed Chester and Eva Osborne at Germfask, making Chester the first Mennonite pastor in the Upper Peninsula. Chester and Eva began holding worship services in the Stauffer School across the road from where the Osbornes lived.
-Germfast was the first of a chain of Mennonite congregations begun in Michigan's Upper Peninsula beginning in 1935. C.A. Shank of the Olive congregation and Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board, visited the Upper Peninsula because of his health and believed it was ripe for a Mennonite mission. Consequently summer Bible schools were held at Germfask in 1935 and 1936. In 1937
+In the spring of 1938, Fernland was organized into a congregation. Chester Osborne resigned in October 1947, and Bruce Handrich was ordained and continued as pastor. The congregation met in a school building until 23 June 1941, when they dedicated a new church.
-In the spring of 1938 Germfask was organized into a congregation. Chester Osborne resigned in October 1947, and Bruce Handrich was ordained and continued as pastor. The congregation met in a school building until 1941, when they built the church. The congregation has worshiped in their fellowship hall because the sanctuary only seats 60 people. The membership in 1955 was is 24. In 2006 the membership was 34; the pastor was J. D. Livermore.
+In about 1968, the congregation changed its name to Germfask Mennonite Church.
-In June 2015 the Germfask congregation withdrew from the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations in the 2010s that were formerly part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
+By 2006, the congregation worshiped in its fellowship hall because the sanctuary only seated 60 people.
 = Bibliography =
 Kaufman, Doug. "Germfask Mennonite Church Withdrawal." Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. June 2015. Web. 5 June 2017. http://im.mennonite.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Germfask-Mennonite-Church-Withdrawal.pdf.
-Livermore, J. D. "Germfask (Mich.) Mennonite." March 2006. Web. 15 October 2008. http://im.mennonite.net/who_we_are/congregations/documents/web%20Germfask.htm.
+Livermore, J. D. "Germfask Mennonite." ''Gospel Evangel'' 87, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 2-3.
 = Additional Information =
-Address: 7511 County Line Road, Germfask, Michigan
+'''Address''': 6878 State Highway M77, Germfask, Michigan
-Phone:
+[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA] (Until 2015)
-Denominational Affiliation:
+By Chester C. Osborne. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. 2, p. 326. All rights reserved.
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+The Fernland Mennonite Church, located near Germfask, Schoolcraft County, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], began as a mission station under the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite District Mission Board. In the spring of 1938 it was organized into a congregation with Chester C. Osborne serving as pastor. He resigned in October 1947, and Bruce Handrich was ordained and continued as pastor. The membership in 1955 was 24. This is the first Mennonite church to be established in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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	The Germfask Mennonite Church (earlier also known as Fernland Mennonite Church) is located near Germfask, Schoolcraft County, [[Michigan (USA)\|Michigan.]]		The Germfask Mennonite Church (earlier also known as Fernland Mennonite Church) is located near Germfask, Schoolcraft County, [[Michigan (USA)\|Michigan.]]