St. Luke's Reformed Church (North Wales, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 799

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The St. Luke's Reformed Church collection consists of 8 boxes containing: - Bulletins, 1956 - 2003 - Annual Reports 1961 - 2014 - Auxilary Organizations - Church Records 1872 - 1924 - Committees - Constitution - Consistory Minutes 1899 - 2005 - Directories - Financial Records - History: General; News Clippings; Published - Legal Records - Newsletters, 1976, 2003 - Pastors - Photographs

A HISTORY OF ST. LUKE'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, NORTH WALES, PA, 1866-1966, 1966.

ANNIVERSARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF ST. LUKE'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, NORTH WALES, PENNSYLVANIA, 2001.

An Additional Donation of Records was accept on January 23, 2023. This includes 4 Banker Boxes of Materials, along with a smaller box containing a seal and additional records. This is a preliminary inventory. This new donation includes:

-Box 1: Bulletins, Constitution, Photographs, Church Records; Marriages and Deaths, Financial Records (2020-2022) -Box 2: Legal and Financial Records (2015-2017) -Box 3: Financial Records including 7 Deposit Check Books, Printing Blocks (Church Exterior and Interior, Total of 6), Council Meeting Minutes (2016-2018), Photographs, Programs, Church Records and Pastoral Records, Annual Reports, Closing Documents, Clippings in Scrapbook, Our Guest Register Book, In Remembrance Book -Box 4: Legal and Financial Records (2017-2022) -Box 5: Box Inventory of January 23, 2023 Donation, Legal and Financial Documents, Church Seal

Dates

Creation: 1872 - 2022

Biographical / Historical

Reformed and Lutheran congregations worshipped together in North Wales, PA beginning in 1776. The original log structure burned down and was replaced by what became known as the "Old Yellow Church" located in what is presently St. Peter's Cemetery.

In 1866 the two congregations separated and established their own churches. Rev. Jonas M. Hartzell became the first pastor of St. Luke's Reformed Church. In 1929 Mr. Andrew Carnegie contributed $1,000 toward the purchase of a pipe organ which cost $2,000.

The merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches with the Congregational Churches in 1957 resulted in the writing of a new constitution. The name of the church was then changed to St. Luke's United Church of Christ, North Wales, PA.

St. Luke's closed in April 2022.