Potsdam Church of the Brethren

09/06/2026

9-6-26

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09/04/2026

Big Enough to Love You. Small Enough to Know You.
Worship starts at 10:30 Sunday morning.

09/02/2026

If these walls could talk it would be a voice of love, laughter, and happiness. This is the Potsdam Church of the Brethren’s Fellowship Hall (formerly known as “The Church Barn”). For many years it served as a storage barn until a group of men 40 or so years ago had a vision and worked to convert it into the building it is today. As I let the carpet cleaners in today, I thought what a blessing it was for a church to need to clean your carpets because it serves so many people! The Fellowship Hall also serves as the meeting place for the Wednesday night kids club that will be starting up September 16. Thank you to the men that had the vision to use this to better serve the community 40 years ago and I pray it is continued to be used for many more years.

08/31/2026

These are ordinary people who love Jesus and love people. Come as you are! Our church family invites your family to come join us.

08/30/2026

8-30-26

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08/29/2026

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Worship starts Sunday morning at 10:30.

08/27/2026

“I will praise you in the storm”

08/26/2026

In preparation for a medical emergency during our community events, the church has purchased 2 devices. We purchased an AED earlier this year with help from the Miami County Foundation and today we received a LifeVac. A LifeVac is a suction device meant to clear the airway during a choking emergency. A person dies every 37 minutes in the United States from a choking emergency. LifeVac has saved over 6700 lives in just four years. We hope neither has to be used, but we are thankful for the foresight to purchase these items for the church to be prepared. 

08/26/2026

The Church of the Brethren originated in 1708 in Schwarzenau, Germany, when a small group of eight Radical Pietists led by Alexander Mack sought to restore New Testament Christianity through believer's baptism in the Eder River. Blending Anabaptist and Pietist traditions, the early Brethren rejected formal state creeds in favor of following the New Testament as their guide, practicing nonresistance, and emphasizing a lifestyle of simple living and peace.Facing persecution in Europe, the community began emigrating to North America in 1719, establishing their first American congregation in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Over the centuries, the denomination expanded westward, founded educational institutions, and became widely recognized as one of the historic peace churches through active commitments to global relief, reconciliation, and community service. Read more here:

History For additional information and resources, visit the Brethren Historical Library and Archives online. The Church of the Brethren traces its roots back over 300 years to 1708. Eighteenth-century Europe was a time of strong governmental control of the church and low tolerance for religious dive...

08/24/2026

For generations, people in our community have gathered here to worship, raise families, serve others and follow Jesus. For over 160 years our church has been serving Potsdam and the surrounding farming communities.