Columbia County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Columbia 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
Asbury ME view #1
This building is now Asbury UM
Church.
Asbury ME view #2
This building is now Asbury UM
Church.
Benton ME view #1
This building is now Benton UM
Church.
Benton ME view #2
This building is now Benton UM
Church.
Benton ME view #3
This building is now Benton UM
Church.
Berwick Bower Memorial EV view #1
We have two versions of this view,
one glossy and one flat.
This building is now Bower Memorial
UM Church.
Berwick Bower Memorial EV view #2
This building is now Bower Memorial
UM Church.
Berwick Bower Memorial EV view #3
This building is now Bower Memorial
UM Church.
Berwick Bower Memorial EV view #4
This building is now Bower Memorial
UM Church.
Berwick First ME view #1
This building is now First UM
Church.
Berwick First ME view #2
This building is now First UM
Church.
Berwick First ME view #3
This building is now First UM
Church.
Berwick First ME view #4
This building is now First UM
Church.
Berwick First ME view #5
This building is now First UM
Church.
Berwick North EV [Berwick Bethany EV]
This building has
been replaced, and the site is now home to Bethany UM Church.
Bloomsburg First ME church and Tustin
house view #1
The building on the left is now
Wesley UM Church.
Bloomsburg First ME church and Tustin
house view #2
The building on the left is now
Wesley UM Church.
Bloomsburg First ME view #1
This building is now Wesley UM
Church
Bloomsburg First ME view #2
This building is now Wesley UM
Church
Bloomsburg First ME view #3
This building is now Wesley UM
Church
Bloomsburg First ME view #4
This building is now Wesley UM
Church
Buckhorn ME
This building is now Buckhorn UM
Church.
Catawissa ME church and parsonage
The building at the right is now
First UM Church, but the steeple has been shortened.
The building at the left is no
longer the parsonage.
Catawissa ME
This building is now First UM
Church.
Central ME
This building is no longer standing
at this site. It has been removed and
converted into a cabin. This site is now
an empty lot. The congregation in town
worships in the former MP building.
Central MP assembly
grounds
The exact location of these grounds
is unknown.
Espy ME
This building was later St. Paul’s
Methodist Church and is now Trinity UM Church.
Fisherdale UB historical wooden postcard
This building is now Fisherdale UM Church.
Jerseytown ME view #1
This building is now Jerseytown UM Church.
Jerseytown ME view #2
This building is now Jerseytown UM Church.
Kitchen ME interior/exterior
This building is now Kitchens UM
Church.
Mifflinville ME church and parsonage view #1
These building are now the Mifflinville UM church and parsonage.
Mifflinville ME church and parsonage view #2
These building are now the Mifflinville UM church and parsonage.
Millville ME view #1
This building is now part of the
Mill-Green UM church complex.
Millville ME view #2
This building is now part of the
Mill-Green UM church complex.
Millville ME view #3
This building is now Mill-Green UM
Church.
Numidia Trinity ME
We have two versions of this view,
one as shown and one colorized and cropped/reduced into a small oval.
This building is no longer standing.
Old Stone Church [ME] view #1
This building is maintained as an
historical site and used on special occasions.
Old Stone Church [ME] view #2
(2
different styles)
This building is maintained as an
historical site and used on special occasions.
Orangeville ME
This building is now Orangeville UM
Church.
Orangeville ME interior
This is now Orangeville UM Church.
Waller EV
This building is no longer used for
church services.
