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From: "R. J. Fenner" <>
Subject: Re: [PAGENWEB] [ROOTS-L] Berks Co. Church question
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:50:32 -0400
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St. Johns, PA is west of Sugarloaf and south of Hazelton located in Luzerne
County. It is a bend in the road. There is a church there that was an
Evangelical and Reformed. If you wish more info contact me.
Bob, Marlton, NJ


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From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <>
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Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PAGENWEB] [ROOTS-L] Berks Co. Church question


> The Evangelical Church and the Reformed Church merged in 1934 to become
> the Evangelical and Reformed Church. In 1956 they merged with the
> Congregational Christian Church to become the United Church of Christ.
>
> I have a 1946 Yearbook of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
>
> There was a St John's Church in St John's, PA (a town I have not
> previously heard of)
> There was an Oley [Reformed] Church in Oley called Friedens, which seems
> to have been served by the same pastor as a St John's Church in Oley.
> There was also a Salem in Spangsville and a New Jerusalem in Mertzville
> which may have been served bu the same pastor.
>
> I have not belonged to that denomination for quite some time, and I may
> be reading things wrong, but it does look like 3 different
> congregations, probably all small, and possibly all served by the same
> pastor. That would confuse the issue no end.
>
> Elizabeth C
>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Could someone please tell me if any of the following churches are the
>>same
>>church or are they three different churches?
>>
>>Oley Reformed Church, Oley Twp., Berks Co.
>>Salem (Oley) Reformed Church, Spangsville, PA
>>St. John's Hill U. C. C. (St. Joseph's) Church
>>
>>Janet
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