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1848: First Presbyterian Church of Pottstown, PA

May 4, 2014 to September 12, 2017

“I don’t see how I can live in a town that lacks a Presbyterian Church.”  Those were the words of Jacob Yost’s fiancée, Mary.  Yost was a retiring Congressman from Pottstown, but he was Lutheran.  She was a young widow who met Jacob in Washington, D.C., and a staunch Presbyterian originally from Troy, New York.  She accepted Jacob’s proposal for marriage, but her remark would prove to be the catalyst for the organization of the new church.  Jacob joined Mary in helping to organize a Presbyterian church along with eight other pioneering...

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1848: Penn Wynne Presbyterian Church, Wynnewood, PA

May 1, 2014 to October 2, 2017

Penn Wynne Presbyterian is descended directly from two out of three of the branches of Presbyterianism that migrated to the colonies from Scotland, the Associate seceders and the main branch. The third, the Covenanter Reformed church is part of us through union. The current congregation is the final result of the merger of Eighth United and Fifth United from the seceder side of the church, and West Hope Presbyterian and Christ Church from the main branch of the church.

EIGHTH UNITED

The earliest...

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1850: Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

April 17, 2014 to August 14, 2017

Arch Street Presbyterian Church’s history stretches back over 200 years, including several name changes and five congregational mergers.  Members of the Evangelical & Reformed congregation were organized as the Fifth Presbyterian Church in April 1813, meeting in the Musical Fund Hall on Locust near 7th St. In 1823, the congregation moved into a building on Arch and 10th Streets.

In 1850, the existing church requested dissolution, and a new congregation, organized as the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, purchased the property at 10th and Arch Streets. Rev. Charles...

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1850: Media Presbyterian Church, Media, PA

April 12, 2014 to September 11, 2017

The first church service of the infant Media Presbyterian Church was held on March 10, 1850 in the Temperance Hall on the second floor over John C. Beatty's Dry Goods and Grocery Store. Mr. Beatty's store, located on the northeast corner of South Avenue and State Street, was the first store to be constructed in Media after it became a town.  Reverend James W. Dale, pastor of Middletown Presbyterian Church, conducted services. 

John Beatty was an ardent supporter of this new church. While...

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1852: The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

March 17, 2014 to September 6, 2017

When the Rev. Roger Owen moved to Chestnut Hill in 1850, he saw a need for ministry and gathered a small group of interested people for prayer and worship. Two years later, on April 21, 1852, the Second Presbytery organized this group as the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill and erected a building at the corner of Rex and Main Streets (now Germantown Avenue) in 1853 which Owen served for 34 years.

In 1889 some members of the congregation, convinced that there was room in Chestnut Hill for another...

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