St. Mark's Reformed Church (Lebanon, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 320

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The St. Mark's Reformed Church collection consists of one box containing AUXILIARY ORGANIZATION (CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY); BULLETINS 1901, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1954, 1976; CHURCH RECORDS (BUILDING FLOOR PLANS); COMMITTEES (SUNDAY SCHOOL HISTORY); CHARTER AND BY-LAWS 1979; HISTORY; NEWSLETTER 1963; PHOTOGRAPHS; YEARBOOKS 1919, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1962-1963; YEARBOOK AND LEAFLET 1943-1944, 1945-1946, 1947-1948, 1949-1950, 1951-1952, 1953-1954; BULLETIN AND YEARBOOK 1955-1956; BULLETIN, YEARBOOK AND THE CARILLON 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961. A HISTORY OF ST. MARK'S REFORMED CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lebanon PA.: Weigley and Company, 1895. HISTORICAL SKETCH ST. MARK'S UCC CHURCH 1885-1975.

Dates

Creation: 1895 - 1987

Biographical / Historical

In 1885, St. Mark's Sunday School was organized by Rev. F.W. Kremer and sixty-five adult members. St. Mark's Reformed Church was constituted in 1887 and Rev. Oscar P. Steckel (1887-1892) became the pastor. Subsequent pastors were Rev. I Calvin Fisher (1892-1932), Rev. Henry J. Herber (1933-1952), Rev. Ralph D. Althouse (1952-1963), Rev. George Shultz, Jr. (1964), REv. Howard Schley Fox (1966-1971). In 1934, the church became an Evangelical Reformed Church and in 1957, a congregation of the United Church of Christ. In 1968, the Christian Education Building replaced the original chapel and parsonage. In 1973, the sanctuary was renovated and the narthex was added.