CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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COLUMBIA COUNTY PA

1. Almedia Ridge Street United Methodist Church

Address: 145 Ridge Street, town of Almedia
Municipality: Scott township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church  

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2. Benton United Methodist Church

Address: 470 Main Street
Municipality: borough of Benton
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church  

Journal references:

Brief History:
     Methodists began meeting here informally about 1868 in the house of Charles Snyder.  A congregation was formally organized in 1870, and in 1872 a wooden church building was erected.  In 1907 the original building was moved to the rear of the lot to make room for the present brick edifice, and the original given a brick veneer to become the social hall. A small kitchen and several classrooms were added in 1938.  This is the home church of missionary and educator extraordinaire Dr. Frank Laubach.

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3. Berwick United Methodist Church
    [Berwick St. Paul’s]

 

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Address: 1000 Orange Street
Municipality: borough of Berwick
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church  

Journal references:
     1957,84 – permission to sell old building, with restrictions against use for public worship
     1962,122 – permission to remove restrictions and sell building to Seventh Day Advent Church
     2025,162 – Bower Memorial, Calvary and St. Paul’s merge to form Berwick UMC

Brief History:
     This congregation began in July 1903 with 21 charter members as the West Berwick Mission, an outreach of the North Berwick (Bethany) appointment.  Two lots were purchased, the cornerstone was laid 9/20/1903, and the building was dedicated 4/14/1904.  This was at 1106 Orange Street.  To accommodate the growing work, a basement for Sunday School rooms was later placed under the church and a balcony was added to the sanctuary.  Sensing the need for a whole new building, the Ladies Aid Society purchased land at the corner of Orange and Orchard Streets.  Ground was finally broken for the new church building 5/27/1956, and the structure was dedicated 6/23/1957.
     In 2025 Bower Mmeorial, Calvary and St. Paul’s merged to form Berwick UMC – meeting in the St. Paul’s building and on a two-point charge with Berwick First.

4. Berwick First United Methodist Church

Address: 200 N. Market Street
Municipality: borough of Berwick
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 

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5. Bloomsburg Good Shepherd United Methodist Church

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Address: 101 E. 5th Street
Municipality: town [city/borough] of Bloomsburg
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
     US 11 is Main Street in Bloomsburg.  From the “square” at Main and Market Streets, go 6 blocks south on Market Street to Fifth Street.  Go 4 blocks east on Fifth Street to Iron Street.  The church is on the northeast corner of Fifth and Iron Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church  

Journal references:
     1909,151 – matter of a lot at Bloomsburg referred by Church Extension Society to Trustees
     1916,87 – permission granted to sell church, pending approval by Board of Church Extension

Brief History:
     This congregation began with services held in the school house at Port Noble.  Services were then held in the school house at Rabbtown [Port Noble and Rabbtown are sections of present Bloomsburg], the upper floor of Academy Building on West Third Street, and the Welsh Baptist Church on West Third Street.  A lot was purchased on East Fourth Street in 1874 and a church building dedicated there 12/12/1880 (whose cornerstone is now at the Iron Street entrance of the present building).  The lots at the corner of Fifth and Iron Streets were purchased in 1920 and the church school on the rear part of the lots was dedicated 2/21/1926 – at which time the Fourth Street building was sold to the Beth Israel congregation.  Dedication of the sanctuary in 1962 completed the present facility.

 

6. Bloomsburg Wesley United Methodist Church

Address: 130 W. 3rd Street
Municipality: town [city/borough] of Bloomsburg
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
          US 11 is Main Street in Bloomsburg.  From the “square” at Main and Market Streets, go 2 blocks south on Market Street to Third Street.  The church is on the southwest corner of Mark at Thirds Streets.

 

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church  

Journal references:
     1898,57 – new building dedicated 9/19/1897

Brief History:
     In 1831, circuit rider Alem Brittain of the Berwick circuit began holding services The following year on 9/30/1862 a class of ten members was organized in William Pail’s wagon shop on Market Street.  By 1837 the class had raised enough money to purchase a lot and erect a frame church on Third Street.  On 2/7/1858, they replaced that frame building with a larger brick structure.  By the 1880’s, the membership had reached 600 and the congregation decided to purchase the adjacent lot on the southwest corner of Market and Third, where they dedicated the present sanctuary in 1897.  The educational unit and gymnasium were completed in 1927.

 

7. Buckhorn United Methodist Church

Address: 94 Schoolhouse Road, village of Buckhorn
Municipality: Hemlock township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church  

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8. Catawissa First United Methodist Church

Address: 228 South Street
Municipality: borough of Catawissa
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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9. Central Christ United Methodist Church

 Description: central

Address: 940 Central Road, village of Central
Municipality: Sugarloaf township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
     From the intersection of PA 118 and PA 42, go 5 miles east of PA 118 to Central Road.  Go 1 mile north on Central Road.  The building is on the right

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     This congregation erected their first building, Simpson ME, in Central about 1865.  In 1923 they purchased their present structure from the Methodist Protestant Church

 

10. Ebenezer United Methodist Church

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Address: 687 State Route 93
Municipality: North Centre township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:
     1881,11 – sold old church and applied proceeds to new building

Brief History:
    

11. Espy Trinity United Methodist Church

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Address: 2351 Old Berwick Road
Municipality: village of Espy
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     This building was dedicated on Easter Sunday 1883.

 

 

12. Eyers Grove United Methodist Church

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Address: 17 Eyers Grove Road, village of Eyers Grove
Municipality: Madison township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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13. Greenwood Campus
  Mill-Green United Methodist Church

Address: Old Greenwood Road, community of Greenwood
Municipality: Greenwood township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     The first Methodist in the area service was held in 1809 in Thomas Eves' mill. A class of eleven members was formed, among whom were William, Lydia, John and Mary Robins, Elizabeth Richie, Mary Richie and Jacob Evans, who was appointed leader. For sixteen years they held meetings in William Robbins' barn. A house of worship was built in 1825, and after thirty-five years of use was abandoned as unsafe. In November, 1882, the corner stone of a new building was laid. The site of the first structure was at the forks of the roads from Millville to Rohrsburg. 

 

14. Hetlerville United Methodist Church

Address: 626 Hetlerville Road, community of Hetlerville
Municipality: Mifflin township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:

 

15. Jerseytown United Methodist Church

 Description: Jerseytown

Address: 9 White Hall Road, town of Jerseytown
Municipality: Madison township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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16. Jonestown United Methodist Church

Address: 811 Jonestown Ridge Road, village of Jonestown
Municipality: Fishing Creek township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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17. Kitchens United Methodist Church

Address: 262 Welliversville Road
Municipality: Orange township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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18. Kulp United Methodist Church

Address: 1395 Old Reading Road, village of Millgrove
Municipality: Roaring Creek township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
     From Catawissa, go 9 miles south on PA 42 to Numidia.  Go east 3 miles (through Millgrove) on route #2010 [Millgrove Road] to Old Reading Road.  Go north on Old Reading Road 1.5 miles to the community of Kulp.  The church is just north of the community of Kulp on the east side of the road.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     The Methodist work in Kulp, originally called Checker’s Grove, was begun in 1818 by circuit riders from Sunbury.  Services were held in barns until a school house was erected in 1830.  The first church building, originally called Roaring Creek ME Church, was erected in 1853 and rebuilt in 1893 at a cost of $2245 and dedicated November 3, 1893.  The basement was dug out and furnished 1929-30.  Unfortunately, all the early church records were destroyed when the parsonage at Slabtown burned in 1923.

 

19. Lightstreet United Methodist Church

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County: Columbia
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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20. Mifflinville United Methodist Church

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County: Columbia
State: PA

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21. Millville Campus
      Mill-Green United Methodist Church

Address: 15 State Street
Municipality: borough of Millville
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     1898,57 – new building dedicated 11/14/1897

Brief History:

 

22. Old Stone Church [Historic Property]

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County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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23. Orangeville United Methodist Church

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County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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24. Roaring Creek Valley United Methodist Church
  [Mt. Zion]

Address: 6 Orchard Drive
Municipality: Franklin township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
     From Catawissa, go ½ mile south on PA 42 to Mount Zion Road.  Go east on Mount Zion Road for 3 miles to Orchard Drive.  The church is on the southwest corner of Mount Zion Road and Orchard Drive.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Mount Zion)
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church (Fisherdale and St. Paul’s)

Journal references:

Brief History:
     This congregation was known as Mount Zion UMC until 2013, when it received the members of Fisherdale and St. Paul’s – each of which had originally been United Brethren congregations.

 

25. Summerhill (EV) United Methodist Church

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Address: 157 Twin Church Road
Municipality: Briar Creek township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:
     From downtown Berwick, go north on Market Street until it ends at 16th Street.  Bear right onto Summerhill Avenue (which becomes Foundryville Road and then Summerhill Road) for 4 miles to the crossroad that defines Summer Hill.  The church is on the northwest corner of Summerhill Road and Twin Church Road.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     Colonel Leonard Zimmerman was converted under Jacob Albright and opened his Schuylkill County home for Evangelical preachers in 1797.  His daughter Catherine married John George Zehner and settled at Summer Hill.  In 1811, Catherine’s brother Rev. Leonard Zimmerman preached in the Zehner log cabin, and a great revival led to the beginning of the Summerhill Evangelical Church.
     The original Evangelical church that stood in the cemetery was built about 1847 and open to all denominations.  It was also used by the Methodists until they erected their own structure in 1882.  This encouraged the Evangelicals to erect a new building themselves, diagonally across the intersection from the cemetery, in 1893. 

 

26. Waller United Methodist Church

Address: 642 Waller Road
Municipality: Jackson township
County: Columbia
State: PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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