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Stony Brook Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located on the Lincoln Highway, 4 miles east of York, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], had a meetinghouse by 1803, one block southwest of the present site, known as Witmer's. A deed of 1818 states that "David Sprenkle of West Manchester Township sold to David Witmer, Rudolph Forry, both of Spring Garden Township, and Michael Strickler of Hellam Township, Trustees of congregation worshiping at the Mennonist Meetinghouse at the stone ridge in Spring Garden Township 77 P for $72.18, for the Mennist Church, worshiping in and around Spring Garden Township, and for those permitted by said congregation to bury their dead on the Grave Yard, contained on same Lot and for no other purpose whatsoever." This was alongside an earlier family cemetery. The meetinghouse was enlarged several times and in 1884 it was enlarged and considerably renovated. In 1912 the congregation moved into the town, building a brick church, 50 x 75 ft. B. L. Bucher was the pastor in 1957, with a membership of 79. This was a part of the Strickler-Witmer-Liverpool circuit a century ago, but now it is a separate congregation. Winterstown is an outpost of this congregation. | Stony Brook Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located on the Lincoln Highway, 4 miles east of York, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], had a meetinghouse by 1803, one block southwest of the present site, known as Witmer's. A deed of 1818 states that "David Sprenkle of West Manchester Township sold to David Witmer, Rudolph Forry, both of Spring Garden Township, and Michael Strickler of Hellam Township, Trustees of congregation worshiping at the Mennonist Meetinghouse at the stone ridge in Spring Garden Township 77 P for $72.18, for the Mennist Church, worshiping in and around Spring Garden Township, and for those permitted by said congregation to bury their dead on the Grave Yard, contained on same Lot and for no other purpose whatsoever." This was alongside an earlier family cemetery. The meetinghouse was enlarged several times and in 1884 it was enlarged and considerably renovated. In 1912 the congregation moved into the town, building a brick church, 50 x 75 ft. B. L. Bucher was the pastor in 1957, with a membership of 79. This was a part of the Strickler-Witmer-Liverpool circuit a century ago, but now it is a separate congregation. Winterstown is an outpost of this congregation. | ||
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Stony Brook Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located on the Lincoln Highway, 4 miles east of York, Pennsylvania, had a meetinghouse by 1803, one block southwest of the present site, known as Witmer's. A deed of 1818 states that "David Sprenkle of West Manchester Township sold to David Witmer, Rudolph Forry, both of Spring Garden Township, and Michael Strickler of Hellam Township, Trustees of congregation worshiping at the Mennonist Meetinghouse at the stone ridge in Spring Garden Township 77 P for $72.18, for the Mennist Church, worshiping in and around Spring Garden Township, and for those permitted by said congregation to bury their dead on the Grave Yard, contained on same Lot and for no other purpose whatsoever." This was alongside an earlier family cemetery. The meetinghouse was enlarged several times and in 1884 it was enlarged and considerably renovated. In 1912 the congregation moved into the town, building a brick church, 50 x 75 ft. B. L. Bucher was the pastor in 1957, with a membership of 79. This was a part of the Strickler-Witmer-Liverpool circuit a century ago, but now it is a separate congregation. Winterstown is an outpost of this congregation.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Stony Brook Mennonite Church (York, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stony_Brook_Mennonite_Church_(York,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=85372.
APA style
Landis, Ira D. (1959). Stony Brook Mennonite Church (York, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stony_Brook_Mennonite_Church_(York,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=85372.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 637. All rights reserved.
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