Adams County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Adams County PA that are in
the postcard collection at the archives of the Susquehanna Conference of the
United Methodist Church. The Susquehanna
Conference covers 32 counties in central and northeast Pennsylvania. The archives of the Susquehanna Conference
are located at Lycoming College in Williamsport PA.
United
Methodism includes the following denominations, abbreviated as shown.
EA – Evangelical Association
EUB – Evangelical United Brethren Church
EV – Evangelical Church
MC – Methodist Church
ME – Methodist Episcopal Church
MES – Methodist Episcopal Church, South
MP – Methodist Protestant Church
UB – United Brethren Church
UE – United Evangelical Church
UM – United Methodist Church
1922:
The EA and UE denominations united to form the EV denomination.
1939:
The ME and MES and MP denominations united to form the MC denomination.
1946:
The UB and EV denominations united to form the EUB denomination.
1968:
The EUB and MC denominations united to form the UM denomination.
In
addition, United Methodism produced the following separate denominations,
created by congregations that left one of the above denominations. Relevant postcards from these denominations
are included in the collection.
EC – Evangelical Congregational Church,
left the UE in 1922
ECNA – Evangelical Church of North America
[now the Evangelical Church], left the EUB in 1968
UBOC – United Brethren Old Constitution
Church, left the UB in 1889
UC – United Christian Church, left the UB
in 1869
Barts UB
This building has been sold.
Bendersville ME
This building is now Bendersville UM Church.
East Berlin UE
This building no longer exists.
This is Laughlin postcard #1070.
Gettysburg ME parsonage.
This building is still standing, but
it is no longer the parsonage.
Littlestown ME – 3 Littlestown churches
This building (the one on the left)
is now Barts-Centenary UM Church.
Littlestown ME
This building is now Barts-Centenary UM Church.
Littlestown ME church and parsonage
These buildings are now part of the Barts-Centenary Church complex.
New Oxford ME view #1
This building is now Emory UM
Church.
New Oxford ME view #2
This building is now Emory UM
Church.
New Oxford ME view #3
This building is now Emory UM
Church.
Wenksville UM
A brief history of the Wenksville ME church is printed on the back.
York Springs ME
This Main Street building still stands
but is no longer a church. The house on the left was the parsonage. The congregation erected a new church
building and parsonage on Trolley Road, outside of town.