On October 3, 2021, we welcomed Pennsylvania Southeast Conference’s,
Conference Minister, Rev. Bill Worley,
who helped us celebrate the 125th anniversary of our church in a special worship service.

Looking back, we learn . . .

Enlarged Chapel 1901

After an additional lot was purchased, the original chapel was enlarged in the Spring of 1901, adding two rooms at the rear “to alleviate in some measure the cramped conditions in the Sunday School.” The enlarged chapel was re-dedicated September 22, 1901, with the sermon by the Rev. Dr. Lott K. Evans, pastor of Trinity Church, Pottstown. This enlarged chapel was further improved in 1913 by the installation of pews, electric lights, a pipe organ, maple floors, pulpit furniture, etc., and thus appointed, with minor changes through the years, housed the congregation and Church School until the new church was dedicated in 1931.

Church and Parsonage After 1904

With year-dates inserted by the present author, this is the way Pastor Bates described developments in the Tenth Anniversary booklet. “We advanced step by step. First, three lots then the chapel enlarged (1901), another lot and a half, and lastly a parsonage built (1904).”

Source for all of above: “Christ Church Story” by James E. Wagner, 75th Anniversary Year - 1971

Today, in spite of the many challenges of 2020 an 2021, we look back, give thanks,
 and celebrate the past, present and future of Christ Church.