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Chapter titles and sections:
1. Migration and Settlement, 1727-1830
Henry and Elizabeth Rhodes
Settlers Come to Virginia, Rockingham, and Cedar Run
Daniel and Margaret Showalter
Jacob and Anna Geil
Funks and Brunks
Start of Trissels Cemetery
Building a Log Meetinghouse
Uncertainties about the Cedar Run Community
2. Transition to English, 1831-1860
First Trissels Church Meetinghouse
Women in the Early Nineteenth Century
Changes in Rockingham County
Documents from 1830-1861
3. Civil War, 1861-1865
Forces that Brought Civil War
The Sweeping Tides of War
A Time to Fear
4. Reconstruction and Rebuilding, 1865-1876
Reconstruction
Church Life
Families and Westward Movement
The Brunk Homestead
5. Spread of the Gospel, 1877-1900
Call to Mission midst Ordinary Life
Regular Patterns of Life
Signs of Change
Need For a New Church Building
6. Foundations of a New Era, 1901-1915
New Ministers
George B. Showalter
Lewis and Mattie Shank
1900 Wood Frame Building
H. D. H. and Flora Grove Showalter
7. Faith and Progressive Challenges, 1916-1930
A Time of Great Changes
Church Life and Ministers
People and Faith
8. Great Depression and World War II, 1931-1945
Benjamin and Ida Moyers
Rural Mission Possibilities
Great Depression
Women at Trissels, 1931-1945
H. D. H. Showalter: Churchman and Entrepreneur
Ministers
World War II and Civilian Public Service
Mission Churches of the Northern District
9. Gospel Growth, 1946-1960
Three Decisions for Trissels in the 1940s
Building and Dedicating the 1950 Brick Meetinghouse
Women's Ministries at Trissels in the 1950s
Pastors at Trissels in the 1950s
10. Building a Strong Congregation, 1961-1975
An Era of Good Feelings, 1961-63
David Augsburger, The Mennonite Voice
The Mennonite Hour
Speakers and Revivals
Educational Wing
Life Together at Trissels in the 1960s
H. Michael Shenk II, 1971-75
Sesquicentennial
11. Renewal and Division, 1976-1990
Conference and Denomination, 1975-1979
Congregational Life, 1975-1978
Similar Names and How they are Used in this Book
George M. Mason (1889-1979)
Norvell Trumbo Jr. (1923-2009)
Congregational Life, 1978-1981
Congregational Growth, 1981-1983
Mary Moyers, 1913-2008
Growth and Division, 1984-1986
Trissels Membership and Attendance, 1973-1990
Restoration and Recovery, 1986-1990
12. Families and Faith, 1991-2008
Faith and Service
Pastor Philip Kanagy, 1997-2008
Trissels Membership and Attendance, 1993-2008
Funerals at Trissels
13. Streams of Mercy, 2009-2022
The Gift of Music
Caring Community
Ministry Beyond
Faith in God
Burials in Trissels Church Cemetery, 2009-2021
14. Appendix
Bishops & Ministers at Trissels Mennonite Church
Women of Trissels
Acknowledgements
Trissels Roster in 2022
Works Cited
Index
The Author