'Indy Timeline' of Upcoming Events Pastors Remembered For Kindness, Charisma
[from the Indianapolis Star...]Northview Church of the Brethren is small, the kind of place where a good half of the members are volunteers. This week, still reeling from last week's terrible news, they've been particularly busy, borrowing folding chairs from Mennonites, setting them up in the church basement, baking casseroles and pies by the score, and lining up a eulogist.
Their co-pastors, Phil and Louise Rieman, died Friday when their car slid on a patch of ice and struck an oncoming truck. They had been on their way to North Manchester to visit relatives.
"It's an event where your head hears one thing, but your heart says, 'No, it can't be,' " said Sally Schrock, a longtime member.
Phil was 64, Louise 63. Their funeral, at 11 a.m. today, is expected to draw about 400 mourners, which is far more than the 90-member church can comfortably accommodate.
The Church of the Brethren is similar to the Quaker church, with its emphasis on...
[continued at IndyStar.com]
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