Ambler Mennonite Church (Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA) - Revision history

SamSteiner: /* Additional Information */

2020-07-15T12:13:22Z

Additional Information

SamSteiner at 14:10, 14 July 2020

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SamSteiner: /* Ambler Mennonite Church Membership */ updated table

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Ambler Mennonite Church Membership: updated table

SamSteiner at 14:06, 15 March 2014

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 '''Denominational Affiliations''':
-[http://franconiaconference.org/ Franconia Mennonite Conference]
+[https://mosaicmennonites.org/ Mosaic Mennonite Conference]
 [http://mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]

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 [[Category:Mennonite Church USA Congregations]]
 [[Category:Franconia Mennonite Conference Congregations]]
 [[Category:Pennsylvania Congregations]]
 [[Category:United States Congregations]]

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 In 2013 the congregation was a diverse suburban fellowship with an average attendance of 65 for Sunday morning worship. Organizationally, the congregation was a member of Franconia Mennonite Conference, Mennonite Church USA, [[African American Mennonite Association|African-American Mennonite Association]], and the local Wissahickon Faith Community.
 = Additional Information =
-<strong>Address</strong>: 90 East Mount Pleasant Ave., Ambler, PA 19002
+'''Address''': 90 East Mount Pleasant Ave., Ambler, PA 19002
 '''Phone''': 215-643-4876

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 '''Website''': [http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/ http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/]
-<strong>Denominational Affiliations</strong>:
+'''Denominational Affiliations''':
 [http://franconiaconference.org/ Franconia Mennonite Conference]

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 '''Phone''': 215-643-4876
-<strong>Website</strong>: [http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/ http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/]
+'''Website''': [http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/ http://www.amblermennonitechurch.org/]
 <strong>Denominational Affiliations</strong>:

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 | 2010  || 65
 |}
 = Maps =
 [[Map:Ambler Mennonite Church (Ambler, Pennsylvania)|Map:Ambler Mennonite Church (Ambler, Pennsylvania)]]

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 In a few years, the group outgrew the small garage, so Abram Godshall purchased a house on Tennis Avenue, rented it to Paul and Esther Long, a newly-wed Mennonite couple from Harleysville, and opened the doors on Sunday mornings for a growing house church. “Workers” (as they were called) regularly travelled the 15 miles to Ambler from the Souderton/Franconia area to teach Sunday school and [[Summer Bible School|Summer Bible School]] classes, hold street meetings, and gather for weekday “cottage meetings” (a rural term for meeting in homes for singing, Bible study, and prayer).
-[[File:Ambler-Mennonite-Church-Exterior.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Ambler Mennonite Church, 2012.'']]     The upstart congregation caught the attention of the Franconia Mission Board once again, this time with a positive response. Norman Hunsberger of [[Souderton (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Souderton]] was called and ordained to pastor the young congregation in 1958, so he and his family moved to Euclid Avenue in Ambler.
+[[File:Ambler-Mennonite-Church-Exterior.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Ambler Mennonite Church, 2012.'']]
 The house church continued to grow, due mainly to the friendship of Norman and his wife Mary with Burnes and Lillian Rose, an African-American couple from Rieffs Mill Road in Ambler. Norman and Burnes would roam the streets of the town, making friends and inviting them to church activities. Other faithful workers were Shirley Sell, Floyd and Gladys Kulp, Abram and Edith Allebach, Henry and Sara Kulp, Vernon and Miriam Derstine, Naomi Moyer, and Betty Allebach.
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 [http://mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
-<h3>Ambler Mennonite Church Pastors</h3> <table class="vertical listing"> <tr> <th><strong>Name</strong></th> <th><strong>Years of
+== Ambler Mennonite Church Pastors ==
+{|  class="wikitable"
-Service</strong></th> </tr>  <tr> <td>Norman Hunsberger </td> <td>1955-1965 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gerald Benner </td> <td>1965-1972 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>John Ehst </td> <td>1972-1979 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barry Loop </td> <td>1979-1990 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Susan Loop </td> <td>1988-1990 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Haines </td> <td>1991-1998 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Melvin Thomas </td> <td>1998-2002 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael Schaadt
+! Name !! Years<br />of Service
+|-
-(Interim) </td> <td>2002-2003 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sharon Wyse Miller </td> <td>2003-2009 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Donna Merow </td> <td>2009- </td> </tr>  </table> <h3>Ambler Mennonite Church Membership</h3> <table class="vertical listing"> <tr> <th><strong>Year</strong></th> <th><strong>Members</strong></th> </tr>  <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1955 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1960 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">25 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1965 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1970 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1975 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">51 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1980 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">62 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1985 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">88 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1990 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">1995 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">2000 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">82 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">91 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;">2010 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">65 </td> </tr>  </table>
+| Norman Hunsberger  || 1955-1965
+|-
 = Maps =
 [[Map:Ambler Mennonite Church (Ambler, Pennsylvania)|Map:Ambler Mennonite Church (Ambler, Pennsylvania)]]
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