CHURCH: Trinity Lutheran Church, Jefferson, York County, PA

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History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania of the United 
Lutheran Church in America, 1825-1925

Edited by Adam Stump, D.D. and Henry Anstadt, D.D.

Published by the Action of the Synod in Celebration of Its Centennial,
Printed For The Synod By J. R. Kerr & Bro., Chambersburg, Penna.,1925 
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TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, JEFFERSON, PA.

(Jefferson Charge)

REV. W. H. EHRHART, PASTOR

Rev. Emmanuel Keller preached the first sermon within the village of Jefferson 
on December 26, 1825.  Not long afterward a Lutheran Congregation, was 
organized.  For about five years the services were held in the school house.  In 
1830 a church was built which received the name of Emmanuel's Union church in 
which the Lutherans and Reformed worshipped.  The church had a gallery on three 
sides and the dimensions were 40 by 50 feet.  This building was used until 1883 
when the two denominations built separate churches.  The Lutherans built Trinity 
Church, a brick building near the square.  The Lutherans have been worshipping 
in this church up to the present time.

The following were some of the ministers who served Emmanuel's Union Church:  
Rev. Emmanuel Keller and Rev. Deininger.  Trinity was served by Rev. Peter 
Scheurer to 1872, Rev. William H. Ketterman from 1872 to 1903, and W. H. Ehrhart 
from 1903 to the present time.  The church has a membership of 200.