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CHURCHES 2


Berks County, Pa




TRINITY TULPEHOCKEN
CHRIST LUTHERAN
SALEM BELLEMAN'S CHURCH


BERNE UCC
UNION
ST. THOMAS UCC

BERN
NEW BETHEL CHURCH
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Tulpehocken Trinity U.C.C.


The plaque on the wall above the enterance reads :REMODELED IN 1894

BUILDING COMUNITTEE,

THE TRUSTEES.

SAMUEL J. SEIBERT.

WILLIAM WILHELM.

JACOB PEIFFER.

JONATHAN SEIBERT.

EDWARD PEIFFER.

JOHN S. SMALTA.

FRANK J. KLOPP.



The plaque on the wall next to the front enterance reads: TULPEHOCKEN TRINITY U.C.C.

ONE RED ROSE IS ANNUALLY PAID BY TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH TO THE HEIRS OF CASPER WISTAR OF PHILDELPHIA WHO IN 1738 GAVE 100 ACERS OF LAND FOR CHURCH AND SCHOOL PURPOSES. THE CONGREGATION WAS FORMED BY REFORMED FAMILIES AMOUNG THE TULPEHOCKEN SETTLERS. THE FIRST COMMUNION SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY REVEREND JOHN PHILIP BOEHM

10-18-1727

MARKED BY THE PA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

1930



Trinity Tulpehocken Cemetery




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Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

Stouchsburg, Pa.



The side wall reads:

CHRIST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

STOUCHSBURG, PA


Event Date
Erection Of First Church 1743
Building Of Second Church 1785
Remodeling Of Second Church 1885
Rebuilding Of Second Church 1888


In Memory Of Our Pastors


Pastor Dates Died at Year
Rev. Tobias Wagner 1743 - 1745 Wurttemberg, Germany 1775
Rev. Johann N. Kurtz 1748 - 1770 Baltmore, Md. 1794
Rev. Chris E. Schulze 1710 - 1809 Paronage 1809
Rev. Daniel Ulrich 1811 - 1851 Pittsburg, Pa. 1855
Rev. Lewis C. Eggers 1852 - 1857 Selinsgrove, Pa. 1882
Rev. Fred P. Mayser 1868 - 1873 Lancaster. Pa. 1928
Rev. A. Johnson Long 1874 - 1908 Stouchsburg, Pa. 1908
Rev. William S. Dry 1909 - 1921 Kutztown, Pa. 1942
Rev. David F. Longgacre 1922 - 1925 Boyertown, Pa. 1954
Rev. Richard Acker 1927 - 1929 Philadelphia, Pa. 1963
Rev. L. N. Schaffer 1941 - 1945 Northampton, Pa. 1983
Rev. M. L. Rothenberger 1947 - 1954
Rev. John D. Ballatine 1954 - 1956
Rev. George C. Myers Jr. 1955 - 1964
Rev. Edwin P. Bastan 1965 - 1970
Rev. Lars B. Staaby 1971 - 1983
Rev. Franklin S. Stinner 1985 - 1988
Rev. Philip K. Smith 1990 -




Christ Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery



The old cemetery.


This plaque is in the outside wall of the old cemetery. It reads:

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH S. SHAAK

1903-1984




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Salem Belleman's Church (Old) Centre Township



Belleman's Old Cemetery 1746



This headstone is of Johanne Jorg Loos. It reads:

ABOVE IS A TRUE TRACING OF THE NAME AS WRITTEN ON THE ORIGNAL IMMIGRANT LIST. NOW ON FILE IN DIVISION OR PUBLIC RECORDS, HARRISBURG, PA. SIGNED OCTOBER 2, 1873



Salem Belleman's New Church Centre Township



Belleman's New Cemetery 1884




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Berne U.C.C. Shartlesville, Pa.



Berne Cemetery




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Bern Church, Bernville, Pa. The corner stone reads: 1755-1837-1917


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St. Thomas U.C.C. 1897 Bernville, Pa.


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UNION CHURCH

AT REHRERSBURG

A.D.1847.

BUILDING COMMUNITTEE

GEORGE BERGER. CHRISTIAN HOLTZMAN.

BENJAMIN KLAHR. JOCOB RIEHL.

BENJAMIN KLINE. SAMUEL MILLER.

JOHN GERHART. HENRY MANBECK.

Picture from Barbara Mihalcik.

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Mt. Zion, formerly New Bethel in Grimsville, Pa.



First church built in 1762.



This picture was a drawing of the first church by E. L. Merkel, 1968.



A picture of Rev. J. O. Schlenker. 1914-1926.



Inside the church. Pictures from Bill Blandin.





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