Salem (Shalter's) Union Church (Fleetwood, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 341

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Salem (Shalter's) UCC collection consists of four boxes containing ANNUAL REPORTS (1963-1979, 1980-1998, YEARBOOK REPORTS 1967, 1993-1997) AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS ( CEMETERY COMPANY BY-LAWS, MINUTES, FINANCIAL RECORDS; WOMEN'S GUILD BY-LAWS; YOUTH FELLOWSHIP 1963-1965, MINUTES, RETREAT SCHEDULES), CHARTER, CHURCH RECORDS (1906-1991 AND INDEX, BAPTISM RECORDS 1906-1988, MARRIAGE RECORDS 1908-1991, DEATH RECORDS 1906-1995, CONFIRMANDS 1907-1990; CHURCH RECORDS 1964-1967, REV. GEORGE JOHNSON 1898-1988, BAPTISM RECORDS 1964-1967, NEW MEMBERS 1964-1967, CONFIRMANDS 1966-1967, MARRIAGE RECORDS 1965, DEATH RECORDS 1965, DISMISSALS 1965-1967, PRICETOWN-SHALTERS JOINT CONSISTORY MEMBERS 1966-1968, MEMBERSHIP AND TRANSFER S 1960-1998; HISTORY, PASTORAL RECORDS 1961-1993, PRICETOWN-SHALTERS JOINT CONSISTORY MINUTES 1966-1968, MEMBERS 1964-1991, CONFIRMANDS 1907-1990, BAPTISM RECORDS 1906-1993, MARRIAGE RECORDS 1908-1991, LOSSES 1963-1993, DEATH RECORDS 1906-1992), COMMITTEES (CONSISTORY MINUTES 1955-1965, 1966-1998, BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT 1928-1931, CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES 1968-1969, FUTURE PLANNING COMMITTEE 1963-1968, JOINT CONSISTORY NEW JERUSALEM AND SALEM SHALTERS UCC LETTERS TO MEMBERS 1967, 1968 AND MINUTES 1993-1998, JOINT COUNCIL MINUTES 1977-1980, PRICETOWN SHALTERS CHARGE REPORTS 1964-1979, STUDY COMMITTEE), CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, CORRESPONDENCE (SYNOD, CONFERENCE AND ASSOCIATION), FINANCIAL RECORDS (TREASURER'S BOOKS 1948-1990), HISTORY, LEGAL AND BUSINESS RECORDS (ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, CONTENTS OF SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX, DISSOLUTION AGREEMENT 1998, DISSOLUTION VOTES, ESTATES, PENNDOT CORRESPONDENCE PERSONNEL), NEWSLETTERS (HAPPY TALK, HARMONY HORIZONS), PHOTOGRAPHS, PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES.. "A History of Salem Shalter's Union Church: Alsace Twp., Berks Co., PA" by Jacqueline A. Marisseau. (Written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Salem Shalter's Building of 1929).

Dates

Creation: 1906 - 1998

Biographical / Historical

The church was organized in 1860 as a union church with the Lutherans. The congregation became Evangelical and Reformed in 1934 and later United Church of Christ in 1957. In 1968 the congregation joined a charge relationship with St. John's UCC in Pricetown. The church closed in 1998. Pastors:Isaac Miese 1860-1864, Aaron Leinbach 1864-1895, J.A. Danner 1897-1904, Thomas M. Yundt 1904-1905, Elam J. Snyder 1906-1908, Mabry L. Herbein 1908-1936, Edwin K. Angstadt 1937-1939, Edwin C. Nagle 1939-1941, Paul P. Haas 1942-1953, John B Zinn 1953-1956, John C. Shetler 1956-1957, Wallace J Bieber 1956- 1957, Harvey Miller 1957-1958, Daniel J Wetzel 1958-1959, Robert Ergood 1959-1960, Merrill Q. Ressler 1961-1964, Carl Spence 1964, Mervin Heller, George R Johnson 1964-1967, Joseph Foster 1967-1968, David Seigfried 1968, Merrill r. Marisseau 1968-1980, Richard C Mack 1980-1982, Frank Reynolds 1982, Roger Miller 1982-1983, Paul Streich 1983, Paul L Rahn 1983