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| − | Shelly [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], now extinct, located one mile west of Richfield in Monroe Township, [[Juniata County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Juniata County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], was built in 1800. Until 1815 it was also used as a school. One of the oldest cemeteries in the Valley is found here. Under George Leiter a schism occurred, both sides using this meetinghouse for 40 years, until Bishop Leiter returned to the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This necessitated a larger, brick meetinghouse in 1868. In connection with the Solomon Graybill schism in 1884 a historic bill in equity was initiated in the Juniata County courts to obtain the use of this church for the new group. In 1886 the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonites]]built a church on the edge of Richfield. The Mennonites ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) used this church until larger meetinghouses were built at Cross Roads and Lauver, and a decade later regular services were discontinued. It serves as a home for the sewing circles of the Valley now. | + | Shelly [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], now extinct, located one mile west of Richfield in Monroe Township, [[Juniata County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Juniata County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], was built in 1800. Until 1815 it was also used as a school. One of the oldest cemeteries in the Valley is found here. Under George Leiter a schism occurred, both sides using this meetinghouse for 40 years, until Bishop Leiter returned to the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This necessitated a larger, brick meetinghouse in 1868. In connection with the Solomon Graybill schism in 1884 a historic bill in equity was initiated in the Juniata County courts to obtain the use of this church for the new group. In 1886 the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonites ]]built a church on the edge of Richfield. The Mennonites ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) used this church until larger meetinghouses were built at Cross Roads and Lauver, and a decade later regular services were discontinued. It serves as a home for the sewing circles of the Valley now. |
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Shelly Mennonite Church, now extinct, located one mile west of Richfield in Monroe Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, was built in 1800. Until 1815 it was also used as a school. One of the oldest cemeteries in the Valley is found here. Under George Leiter a schism occurred, both sides using this meetinghouse for 40 years, until Bishop Leiter returned to the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. This necessitated a larger, brick meetinghouse in 1868. In connection with the Solomon Graybill schism in 1884 a historic bill in equity was initiated in the Juniata County courts to obtain the use of this church for the new group. In 1886 the General Conference Mennonites built a church on the edge of Richfield. The Mennonites (Mennonite Church) used this church until larger meetinghouses were built at Cross Roads and Lauver, and a decade later regular services were discontinued. It serves as a home for the sewing circles of the Valley now.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Shelly Mennonite Church (Richfield, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shelly_Mennonite_Church_(Richfield,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=96407.
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Landis, Ira D. (1959). Shelly Mennonite Church (Richfield, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shelly_Mennonite_Church_(Richfield,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=96407.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 514. All rights reserved.
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