The First Church of the Brethren Mansfield congregation called Vaughn Loose to serve as their minister beginning on March 2.
Loose and his wife Miriam came to Mansfield from Woodbury, Pennsylvania, where he was serving as interim pastor for the past two years at the Snake Spring Valley Church of the Brethren in Everett, Pennsylvania.
Loose completed the Church of the Brethren training program, Academy Certified Training System (ACTS), in 2006 and was ordained in 2007. He has held many different positions with the Church of the Brethren, Middle PA District. He served seven years as pastor at the Holsinger Church of the Brethren in South Woodbury Township, Pennsylvania, and as interim at the New Enterprise Church of the Brethren in New Enterprise, Pennsylvania, for one year.
His hobbies include hiking, gardening and playing the guitar.
