Luzerne County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Luzerne 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
Alden ME church 1908
This building, later Newport UM
Church, has been sold.
Ashley Centenary ME church 1908
This building has been sold.
Dallas ME church and parsonage
The church building at the left is
now Dallas UM Church.
The parsonage at the right is no
longer standing.
Dallas ME
This building is now Dallas UM
Church.
Duryea Brick ME
This building is now Brick UM
Church.
Huntington Valley Camp Ground ME
These buildings were destroyed by
fire in 1921.
Luzerne
ME
This
building is now Luzerne UM Church.
Nescopeck EV
This building, later Albright UM
Church, has been sold.
Nescopeck ME view #1
This building is now Wesley UM
Church.
Nescopeck ME view #2
This building is now Wesley UM
Church.
Orange ME
This building is now Orange UM
Church.
Patterson Grove Camp Ground ME
This site continues in the United
Methodist tradition.
Pittston ME view #1
This building is now Pittston UM
Church.
Pittston ME view #2
The church building on the left is
now Pittston UM Church.
The YMCA building on the right
has been razed for a municipal parking lot.
Pittston MP
This building is no longer a UM
church.
Plymouth First ME view #1
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Plymouth First ME view #2
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Shickshinny ME view #1
This building is now Shickshinny UM
Church.
Shickshinny ME view #2
This building is now Shickshinny UM
Church.
Shickshinny MP
This building is no longer a UM
church. The congregation opted out of
the 1939 union.
Trucksville ME
This building is still standing as
part of the campus of the Trucksville UM Church.
West Pittston ME view#1
This building is now West Pittston
UM Church.
West Pittston ME view#2
This building is now West Pittston
UM Church.
Wilkes-Barre Central ME
This building has been replaced by
the present Central UM Church.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #1
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #2
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #3
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #4
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #5
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre First ME view #6
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Wilkes-Barre Salem EV
This building is no longer standing.
Wyoming
Camp Ground ME
This site is in Exeter township.
Wyoming Seminary ME – Sprague Hall
