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Zion's Congregation of the Pymatuning charge
began in 1853, when some thirty members of the Reformed and Lutheran
congregations at Good Hope erected a "more convenient" place of worship
at Rickerts corners, Pymatuning Township. Because of opposition on the
part of the mother church the organization was not completed until the
following year, during the pastorate of
Rev. Frederick Wahl. The first communion was held in May,
1854, when there were twenty communicants. The first officers were: Elder john Zimmerman; Deacons: Samuel
Kamerer and George Batteiger; treasurer, Solomon Dieffenderfer.
The Reformed congregation decided to change its place of worship from
Rickerts corner to Transfer in 1900, during the
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Zion Reformed Church,
now the Zion's United Church of
Christ, located at 17 Church Street, Transfer
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pastorate of Rev. D. B. Lady, D. D., and in
1902, during the pastorate of Rev.
W. J. Muir dedicated a new brick church. Dr. Lady then of
New
Kensington, Pa., preached the
dedication sermon, and Rev. O. H.
Strunck of
Schuylkill Haven made the financial address.
Judge Miller of Mercer addressed the congregation in the
afternoon.
This
congregation constituted a part of the "West Greenville," later the
Shenango charge, until Dec. 4, 1909, when the connection with St.
Mark's congregation, New Hamburg, and the Jerusalem, or Hickory
congregation, the Pymatuning charge was constituted, which was served
by the following pastors:
Rev.
Will S. Fisher 1911-1914
Rev.
H. S. Garner 1915-1918
(Source: The
History of the Pittsburgh Synod, 1918, The Pymatuning Charge, page 445)----------
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