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Atchison church missionary dies in Guam

By Brian Hagen

04/03/2018

(KAIR)--A founder of an Atchison church is dead, killed Easter Sunday while snorkeling in Guam.

Melissa Murphy helped to establish the Celebration Church, in Atchison.

The Church, in a Facebook message, tells MSC News Murphy, and her husband, Scott, planted the church a year-and-a-half ago, then left to conduct missions work in China.

According to a Facebook post made by her husband, Melissa Murphy died April 1 when the couple was caught in a riptide, and pulled into deep water, while snorkeling in Guam.

According to posts on her Facebook page, Melissa Murphy had just celebrated her birthday.

Details regarding funeral arrangements for Murphy aren't immediately available.

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wjkjones (04/03/2018 4:28 PM)

Just wanted to clarify, Scott and Melissa Murphy planted Celebration Church in Atchison in 2011. They left a year and a half ago for missions work in China. Their work here in town with Celebration continues.