By deeds of 1878 and 1879 from the David Gockley and Brubaker farms, provisions were made for a union house and cemetery on the northeast corner of Denver, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The building was first used by the Reformed, Lutherans, Brethren and Mennonites. When the first two moved into the borough, the Reformed Mennonites and the Mennonite Church Mennonites used this house. It was the only church used by both groups. The Reformed Mennonite membership was never above 50. The Mennonite (MC) services were sponsored by John Bücher and the Hammer Creek ministers, but this membership has always been low. In the 1950s all rights to the building were relinquished to the MC group. The Indiantown ministers conducted services there, with a Sunday school average of 105. The membership in 1954 numbered 30, and Amos S. Horst was the bishop in charge at that time.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 39. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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