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The Chapel

The Chapel

The kids call it “the little prayer room.” I dropped to my knees on the padded rail and tearfully shared it all. I emptied myself. And He took it all. I texted a friend as I left the room: “I always feel better after praying in there.”

Sewickley Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. R. Emory Beetham, and the Great War

Sewickley Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. R. Emory Beetham, and the Great War

Our church secretary, Pam Honeychurch, recently received a note with a postcard enclosed from a woman named Diana from Indiana. She thought our church would like to have the postcard for our history files. The postcard was originally mailed to young brothers, Robert and John McCann of Hill Street, Sewickley, in December 1918. The big question was, who is Rev. Dr. Robert Emory Beetham?

Time Capsule

Time Capsule

This article was originally published in the church newsletter in 1996 after the new time capsule was laid.

Events of Clock Tower Sunday, September 15, 1996

Events of Clock Tower Sunday, September 15, 1996

This article was originally published in the church newsletter after the restoration of the clock tower was completed in 1996 and highlights the event of the day the clock tower was rededicated and a new time capsule was laid.

The Revised Common Lectionary

The Revised Common Lectionary

The Revised Common Lectionary is a lectionary of readings from the Bible for use in Protestant Christian worship, providing for the liturgical year with its pattern of observances of festivals and seasons.

Village Clock Tower Facts

Village Clock Tower Facts

Information on the Clock Tower was provided by Paul Collier, former church historian

The Simpson Room

The Simpson Room

Why is our fellowship hall called the “Simpson Room”?

Review of 1909 through 1912

Review of 1909 through 1912

As Sewickley Methodist Episcopal Church celebrated the 60th Anniversary of its incorporation and the 75th Anniversary of its organization on Sunday, November 17, 1912, they reflected on the recent history of the church. Here is a review of 1909 through 1912.

Review of 1903 through 1908

Review of 1903 through 1908

As Sewickley Methodist Episcopal Church celebrated the 60th Anniversary of its incorporation and the 75th Anniversary of its organization on Sunday, November 17, 1912, they reflected on the recent history of the church.

60th Anniversary Text

60th Anniversary Text

The below text was read at the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Sewickley Methodist Episcopal Church, Sewickley, PA, and the 75th Anniversary of its organization on Sunday, November 17, 1912.

Here’s a list of ministers who have served our church

Here’s a list of ministers who have served our church

1837 - 1839 Itinerant ministers & Society leaders

1839 - 1840 John White & Joseph Wright

1840 - 1841 Joshua Monroe & John White

1841 - 1842 Peter M. McGowan & Hosea McCall

1842 - 1843 Hosea McCall

1843 - 1844 David Sharp & John Huston

1844 - 1845 David Sharp & William Page Blackburn

1845 - 1846 Warner Long & John W. Baker

1846 - 1847 John L. Williams

1848 - 1849 Benjamin F. Sawhill

1849 - 1850 J. K. Miller

1850 - 1851 George W. Cranage & Benjamin F. Sawhill

1851 - 1852 Robert Finley Hopkins & Joseph Horner

1852 - 1853 Albert G. Williams & William Page Blackburn

1853 - 1854 Isaac P. Saddler & William L. N. Gilmore

1854 - 1855 H.D. Fisher & Artemus E. Ward

1855 - 1856 Lancelot Robertson Beacom & Sylvester Burt

1856 - 1857 Lancelot Robertson Beacom & Francis D. Fast

1857 - 1858 John C. Brown & George Crooks

1858 - 1860 David A. McCready

1860 - 1862 H. W. Baker

1862 - 1864 Samuel Y . Kennedy

1864 - 1867 William H. Locke

1867 - 1869 Joseph Horner

1869 - 1872 Charles A. Holmes

1872 - 1875 James R. Mills

1875 - 1877 Asbury L. Petty

1877 - 1879 William B. Watkins

1879 - 1882 William Lynch

1882 - 1885 Milton J. Sleppy

1885 - 1887 Joseph W. Miles

1887 - 1888 Thomas H. Woodring

1888 - 1891 James S. Bracken

1891 - 1896 Henry L. Chapman

1896 - 1904 John J. Hill

1904 - 1907 George D. Crissman

1907 - 1910 Appleton Bash

1910 - 1913 Daniel L. Marsh

1913 - 1914 Jo Warren Gillespie Fast

1914 - 1918 Robert Emory Beetham

1918 - 1919 David Flanigan

1919 - 1922 Charles William Tinsley

1922 - 1923 Jacob Simpson Payton

1923 - 1928 Dwight Lewis Myers

1928 - 1933 Henry A. Welday

1933 - 1935 James Vernon Wright

1935 - 1938 Homer David Whitfield

1938 - 1943 Homer Nelson Clark

1943 - 1945 William M. Baumgartner

1945 - 1954 Charles Albert Tracey

1954 - 1962 Lawrence S. Elliott

1962 - 1/1963 William Leroy Young (Returned to Lay Work)

2/1963 - 1966 Donald Richard Brown

1966 - 1969 Howard Morrow Pape

1969 - 1975 Ormer Grier Shindledecker

1975 - 1982 Jackson Alexander Gabany

1982 - 1986 Robert William Large

1986 - 1997 Myles Thomas Bradley

1997 - 2006 Barry Lamont Lewis

2006 - 2020 Russel William Shuluga

2020 - Hannah Marie Loughman