2451 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley, PA 18034 USA

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FRIEDENS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

FRIEDENS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHFRIEDENS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHFRIEDENS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Worship Service Sundays at 8:30 Sunday School at 8:30

Worship Service Sundays at 8:30 Sunday School at 8:30Worship Service Sundays at 8:30 Sunday School at 8:30Worship Service Sundays at 8:30 Sunday School at 8:30

history

Our Story

Religious activities in the Saucon Valley began in 1763 when a Lutheran congregation worshipped in Henry Schaffer's school house in Lower Saucon. The first record book of our church shows that the Rev. Otto Haase, pastor of Keller's Church (1762-64), served this group. It cannot be said definitively where Schaffer's school was located, nor how this record book came to be used by Friedens Church. It is of interest here because it sheds some light on the early religious activity in our valley. 


Friedens Church was organized in 1793 and was from the beginning a Union Church. The first Lutheran pastor was The Rev. John C. Yeager. A church building was erected in 1793 upon a plot of ground donated by William Mory and " for which he gave the deed for a consideration of five shillings". While the church was being built, the congregation worshiped in Mory's barn. The first building was dedicated on November 24th, 1793, and was located between the present church and what is now "Friedens House".


The congregation prospered and in 1817 it became necessary to enlarge the first building. In 1839, only 22 years after the original building had been enlarged, it was necessary to build a new church. The new church, the one in which we now worship, was built at a cost of $5,203.69. In 1939 the church was remodeled at a cost of almost $30,000.


On October 4th, 1963 papers of dissolution of the Union Church were signed and the Lutheran Congregation purchased the present building. By November of 1965 plans were completed and approved by the congregation for the construction of a Christian Education Building to be located North of the present church. Ground was broken on December 12th, 1965, and the Christian Education Building was completed in the fall of 1966. The last major undertaking of our church was the removal of the stucco and restoration of the stonework in 1981.

THE CEMETERY

The first cemetery was acquired in 1793 and consists of that portion nearest the church. Burials are no longer made in this section. In 1924, the old cemetery was graded and improved. The second cemetery, across the street from the parking lot, was acquired in 1859. It consists of one acre and ten perches. In 1890, three more acres were added. Three additional acres were acquired from the New Jersey Zinc Company in 1924 in exchange for mineral rights under certain parts of the church's property. In 1926 one acre was purchased from Howard Ritter. 


There are a large number of soldiers buried at Friedensville. The total number representing all wars is 115. Of this group, 20 are listed as participants in the Revolutionary War and 72 are Civil War Veterans.


Please contact Charles Schaffer for more information regarding the cemetery.

the lutheran pastors in our 200+ year history

Johann Conrad Yeager  1793-1832


Joshua Yeager 1832-1885


Abraham Home 1885-1902


Howard Kunkle 1903-1907


Charles Cooper 1907-1924


Titus Drunkenmiller 1925-1931 


Walter Williams 1932-1942

Thomas Richter 1942-1943


Nevin Gearhart 1944-1954


Ronald F. Mease 1954-1957


Lee E. Angstadt 1958-1970


David F. Hill 1971-1977


Charles Schwab-Stephens 1977-1981


John W. Tomlinson 1982-1999

Elaine Quincey 2001-2004


James Bowers 2004-2006

(intentional interim)


Dennis Carroll 2006-2014


John J. Deisinger 2014-2015

(interim)


Lisa K. Borrell 2015-present


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