Yoder Family in North Carolina

08/22/2019

Scenes from the 2019 NC Yoder Reunion

08/15/2019

08/06/2019

August 16th is St. Joder's "saint's day" in the Swiss Reformed church calendar.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CELEBRATE? SHARE YOUR ANSWER AS A COMMENT. WE ARE HAVING FRIENDS OVER FOR DINNER.

One of the stories of St. Joder and his victory over the Devil.

"The Pope had presented St. Joder with a bell to take back with him for his diocesan center at Sion, but he had no way to get the huge bell up into the mountains, He then thought of his power to make the Devil do his bidding. Summoning him, St. Joder proposed to him that he could have a human soul if he could transport the bell up to Sion before daybreak (cockcrow). St. Joder then sat into the bauch of the Bell, and the Devil in eager anticipaton swiftly bore him through the air. But the might of St. Joder was greater than the cunning of the Devil. At the command of the Bishop a rooster crowed before dawn came."

(The picture is of the fourth 'Saint Joder' stamp published by the Postal Service in Vaduz. Bishop Saint Joder is shown with a bunch of grapes. 'Saint Joder is the Patron saint of farmers and vintners. The patron saint of Triesenberg, Saint Theodul (or Saint Joder) is once again appearing on a Liechtenstein postage stamp, in especially impressive form. Once again a worthy jubilee is a legitimate occasion for the issuance of a special stamp, this time in celebration of the 1600-year festival of this legendary saint. His history, going back to the year 381, is presented by a scholar, former Deacon Engelbert Bucher (Triesenberg). The horizontal stamp shows the Theodul statue from the parish church of Laterns. The sculpture, of about the year 1500, from the old Vorarlberg forest settlement indubitably belongs to the most beautiful visual images of the saint. The stamp was designed by Bruno Kaufmann and Walter Wachter.)

12/31/2018

Sad news to report, Joe Yoder, past president of the Oley Yoder Heritage Association, passed away on Dec 20th at the age of 82. Joe, a descendant of Yost Yoder of Oley Township, Berks Co (Code OY) was one of the first volunteers to join the Yoder DNA project and most recently took part in the 500 marker level DNA test which compared the Zimmerman/Carpenter, Martin and Joder families (see YNL72). At the 2005 Yoder Reunion, hosted by the Oley Yoders,
Joe read "Night before Christmas" in Pennsylvania Dutch. For his full obituary see:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/readingeagle/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-yoder&pid=191065337

09/09/2018

2018 Yoder reunion Photos

08/13/2018

The Yoder Family in North Carolina held their annual reunion yesterday. Here is their President the Rev. Dr. Nathan Yoder in front one of the backdrops made by Steve Yoder's company :National Mailfront and Design" of Phoeniz, AZ for the 2017 National Yoder Reunion.

03/04/2018

REEPSVILLE — The Old Thessalonica Baptist Church Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in the Catawba Valley area, has existed since approximately 1827, and for the last 30 years has

10/31/2017

500 years ago today Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany, marking the start of the Reformation. If he had not done so, we Yoders may have still been in Switzerland today.

10/29/2017

09/30/2017

2017 Yoder Reunion Banquet Session

09/23/2017

It was Yoders galore in downtown Shipshewana Friday afternoon as hundreds of people with the surname Yoder and its many variants gathered for day three of the 2017 National Yoder