Northumberland
County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Northumberland 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
Dewart EUB
This building is now Dewart UM Church.
Herndon EV camp meeting
This site is now associated with the
Evangelical Congregational Church.
Irish Valley ME
This building is now in the Eastern
Pennsylvania Conference.
Milton EV
This congregation, now St. Andrews
UM Church, relocated.
Milton First EV view #1
This building is
now St. Andrews UM Church.
Milton First EV view #2
This building is now
St. Andrews UM Church.
Milton ME view #1
This building is
now Bethany UM Church.
Milton ME view #2
This building is
now Bethany UM Church.
Milton ME view #3
This building is
now Bethany UM Church.
Northumberland ME old church
and parsonage
The church
building was replaced.
The parsonage still stands.
Northumberland ME view #1
This building is
now Christ UM Church.
Northumberland ME view #2
This building is
now Christ UM Church.
Northumberland ME view #3
This building is
now Christ UM Church.
Snydertown ME
This building no
longer exists.
Sunbury Catawissa Avenue ME
church and parsonage
The church
building is now Catawissa Avenue UM Church.
The parsonage no longer stands.
Sunbury First EV first
building
This congregation
relocated.
Sunbury First EV second
building
This building has
been sold.
Sunbury St. Johns ME 1870
church view #1
The congregation
relocated. This building still stands,
but it has been sold.
Sunbury St. Johns ME 1870
church view #2
The congregation
relocated. This building still stands,
but it has been sold.
Sunbury St. John ME 1870
church interior
The congregation
relocated. This building still stands,
but it has been sold.
Sunbury St. Johns ME 1918
church view #1
This building is
now St. Johns UM Church.
Sunbury St. John ME 1918
church view #2
This building is
now St. Johns UM Church.
Sunbury Second UE
This building is
now an Evangelical Congregational Church.
Sunbury UB
This building is
now Otterbein UM Church.
Watsontown ME
This building is
now Watsontown UM Church.
