{"id":5774,"date":"2023-06-01T13:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T17:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2023-06-01T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T17:34:48","slug":"the-life-death-and-resurrection-of-st-pauls-church-between-the-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/the-life-death-and-resurrection-of-st-pauls-church-between-the-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Next in the\u00a0Lovettsville\u00a0Historical\u00a0Society’s lecture series: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of St. Paul’s Church, Between the Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Presented by Pastor Roland England and friends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m.
St. James United Church of Christ,
10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville, Va.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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On Sunday June 11, as the next presentation in the Lovettsville Historical Society\u2019s monthly lecture series, we will explore the turbulent history of this remarkable church, from its founding in the 1830s, to its role during the Civil War, through its closing in 1970, and its reopening in 2000 as St. Paul’s Community Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul\u2019s was founded in 1834 as a separate \u201cpreaching point\u201d of Lovettsville\u2019s New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, which had been in existence since 1765. Up until the Civil War, St. Paul\u2019s was part of the \u201cLovettsville Charge\u201d of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland. By 1840, revivals were being held and a \u201cconsiderable degree of religious excitement\u201d was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n

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During the Civil War, St. Paul\u2019s was used as a hospital, and its grounds were also a staging area for raids against Union troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Civil War, and for the next one hundred years, St. Paul\u2019s was affiliated with nearby Lutheran churches in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. As with many small rural churches, it could not sustain a full-time minister, so it joined in a \u201ccharge\u201d or parish in which one minister served a number of small congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1970, St. Paul\u2019s closed its doors. Thirty years later, through the extraordinary efforts of Pastor England and local residents, they bought the old church property for $1.00, and reopened it as \u201cThe Christian Community at St. Paul\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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What will the coming years bring? On June 11, we will learn not only about St. Paul\u2019s past, but the hopes for its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor England will be joined in this presentation by Richard Gillespie (on the Civil War years), and Edward Spannaus (on St. Paul\u2019s early history).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presentation will be held at St. James United Church of Christ, at 10 East Broad Way, in Lovettsville. The program will be followed, as is customary, by questions and discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zoom link will be sent out before the lecture. To request the Zoom link, please RSVP to events@LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission is free, but donations and are welcome to defray expenses of the program and to support the activities of the Lovettsville Historical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit www.LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org<\/a> or email events@lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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