The Community of Plain People Experiences Change, Too

Editor's Note: This is the latest story in an occasional series looking at how the Cove is changing. Reporter George Berkheimer won a 2019 Professional Keystone Press Award for this series.

In all the ways Morrisons Cove has changed since the 1970s, one of the most obvious has been the integration of Old Order Mennonites within the fabric of the community.

Once a curiosity, horses pulling black buggies along roadways or parked at local businesses are now part of the Cove's natural background.

The Wenger Mennonites – members of the Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church – adhere to custo...