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150 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
SNYDERS: The new
Snyders Church,
Hedgesville, West Virginia,
is the result of a union of
Stater’s Chapel United
Brethren in Christ and the
Snyder’s Evangelical
Church. The first Snyder’s
Evangelical Congregation
was formed by Jacob
Albright at the home of John
and Catherine Snyder about
the year of 1808. Stater’s
Chapel of the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ was organized in 1902 by Edwin G. Stater, a
grandson of Abraham Myers, who was a member of the founding conference
of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in the year 1800. The new
church is on the same ground as the former Stater’s Chapel. The site of the
former Snyder’s Church has a memorial slab to mark the spot and
memorialize its founder. At the Virginia Annual Conference of 1947,
Stater’s Chapel was closed and the building later sold. Snyder’s Church
was dedicated Sunday, October 14, 1956, at a cost of $45,000.00 by Bishop
D. T. Gregory and Superintendent Floyd L. Fulk. Daniel A. Frazier was
pastor. The membership is 129 in 1964.
TRINITY: During the
pastorate of the Rev. J.
H. Welch, a place of
worship was erected in
North Berkeley Springs
and was dedicated on
December 23, 1906, by
Dr. A. E. Gobble, then
President of Central
Pennsylvania College, as
Trinity Evangelical
Church. At the
dedication, there were
four members, pastor
and family. Under the
leadership of C. H. Lawyer, a brick church was built on the corner of the
adjoining block. This church was dedicated September 23, 1923. Twenty-
five years later in 1948, under the leadership of J. P. Sheesley, the long-
drawn-out debt was paid. Many improvements were made and paid for
during the pastorate of Rev. Sheesley. A few years later, under the
leadership of Rev. E. R. Kesecker, the church basement was
SNYDERS: The new
Snyders Church,
Hedgesville, West Virginia,
is the result of a union of
Stater’s Chapel United
Brethren in Christ and the
Snyder’s Evangelical
Church. The first Snyder’s
Evangelical Congregation
was formed by Jacob
Albright at the home of John
and Catherine Snyder about
the year of 1808. Stater’s
Chapel of the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ was organized in 1902 by Edwin G. Stater, a
grandson of Abraham Myers, who was a member of the founding conference
of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in the year 1800. The new
church is on the same ground as the former Stater’s Chapel. The site of the
former Snyder’s Church has a memorial slab to mark the spot and
memorialize its founder. At the Virginia Annual Conference of 1947,
Stater’s Chapel was closed and the building later sold. Snyder’s Church
was dedicated Sunday, October 14, 1956, at a cost of $45,000.00 by Bishop
D. T. Gregory and Superintendent Floyd L. Fulk. Daniel A. Frazier was
pastor. The membership is 129 in 1964.
TRINITY: During the
pastorate of the Rev. J.
H. Welch, a place of
worship was erected in
North Berkeley Springs
and was dedicated on
December 23, 1906, by
Dr. A. E. Gobble, then
President of Central
Pennsylvania College, as
Trinity Evangelical
Church. At the
dedication, there were
four members, pastor
and family. Under the
leadership of C. H. Lawyer, a brick church was built on the corner of the
adjoining block. This church was dedicated September 23, 1923. Twenty-
five years later in 1948, under the leadership of J. P. Sheesley, the long-
drawn-out debt was paid. Many improvements were made and paid for
during the pastorate of Rev. Sheesley. A few years later, under the
leadership of Rev. E. R. Kesecker, the church basement was
