Church Records: First United Methodist, Lancaster [Church records of First Methodist Episcopal Church now First United Methodist Church, Lancaster, Pa.]
History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of the city of Lancaster, Pa., from 1807 to 1893 : with some account of earlier efforts to establish Methodism in Lancaster, also, an appendix containing a sketch of St. Paul's M.E. Church, by the pastor [C. Lee Gaul] and "Conestoga's" notes on the conference of 1855
Records of Christiana United Methodist Church (formerly a Methodist Episcopal Church) : also includes records of Gap and Mt. Pleasant Methodist Churches
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 57, #1 (Christiana), page 388, #4 (Gap), and page 383, #4B (Mt. Pleasant).
Contents
v. 1. (1874-1881) Probationers' records, class records, members in full connection, chronological record of official members, pastoral and statistical record, baptisms, and marriages -- v. 2. (1882-1929) Record of pastors, record of official members, record of members in full connection, record of probationers, records of marriages, and record of baptisms.-- v. 3. (1915-1939) Record of baptized children, records of preparatory membership, and record of full membership.-- v. 4 (c. 1944-1969) Full membership records.
First Reformed Church, St. Paul's, St. John's, St. Andrew's, Church of the Apostles, Homestead Village,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
1070 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
CD-ROM housed in envelope with book.
Summary
"The purpose in putting the history of our Church into this permanent form is to preserve many facts which would otherwise pass away with generations. It is also designed to inform the members with a larger knowledge of the Church of which they are a part, hoping to inspire in them greater devotion and loyalty to an institution which has grown into honor through adversity and sacrifice these one hundred and sixty-eight years...Throughout the chronicles I have endeavored to present 'The rest of the Story' by presenting information that provides a background to the events written about and the reasons, where known, for the action taken." [Introduction]
Souvenir program of the one hundredth anniversary of the First M. E. Church, Lancaster, Pa.: and a condensed history of the church from the organization of the first class in 1897, to the present date, Oct 13, 1907
