SPUM: Baptism in 1956

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Here is the original church building on Manheim Road.

Is this the same place as the building on East High Street, a road that does go to Manheim?

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The EUB (Evangelical United Brethren) church had been founded in 1946 from the merger of the following.

Evangelical Church founded by Jacob Albright
Church of the United Brethren in Christ

1954
St. Paul's Evangelical United Brethren Church
has just completed a century of progress.
1853-1953.
From the first class of thirty nine the
congregation has grown to a present membership
of one thousand fifty.
May 28, 1853, "a class of United Brethren" came
into possession of a small brick structure but
on May 10, 1903 the cornerstone was laid for
a new church on the same plot. A Sunday School
Chapel was dedicated in April, 1925.
Because of the rapid and steady growth of
Church and Sunday School the E. U. B.
congregation voted in June, 1954 to build a
larger church at a new location.

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On October 7, 1956, the St. Paul's Evangelical United Brethren church in Elizabethtown, PA, held a communion service in which new members and baptism of infants was included.

Trivia: How fast did Rev. Dundore shake hands after the service?

Trivia: What was the original color of the carpet in the sanctuary?

Bonus: How many heated arguments were there at meetings to decide this color?

St. Paul's United Methodist Church building

The EUB church was located on High Street but, the next year, would move to a new building at 398 North Locust Street in Elizabethtown, PA.

A few years, in 1968, the (mostly northern) EUB merged with the (mostly southern) Methodists to become the United Methodist church.

As was explained by Mr. John Ness at the time in the 4th to 6th grade Sunday School (1967-1968), we (the EUB) get to keep the "United" and the Methodist get to keep the "Methodists". John left St. Paul's to become a pastor.

John Ness, 81, of Fawn Grove, PA, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. He was born January 24, 1935 in Linden, NJ to the late Lillian (Chevalier) and John Ness, Sr. John was a Methodist Pastor from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. He is preceded in death by his wife, Barbara M. Ness. Surviving him are three children and five grandchildren.