BLOOM TOWNSHIP --On Oct. 14, the Salem United Methodist Church
will recognize the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with a
Civil War era worship service.
"We got to thinking about this being both the 150th anniversary of the church and the Civil War and it grew from there," said the Rev. Thomas Rogers, pastor of Salem U.M. Church.
The church will depict a worship service as it would have appeared during the Civil War. Re-enactors from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp McKinley No. 21 along with members of the Anne Mariah Sterling-Butterfield Auxiliary No. 77 will be dressed in period clothing and will participate in the service.
"What we are trying to depict is a service with members of the military who have come home on leave from the Civil War and describe what they are seeing," Rogers said.
Among the people from the local congregation who will depict people who were active in the Salem Church during the Civil War period is Tom Hempleman, who will portray his great-great-grandfather, the Rev. A.G. Hempleman, the pastor when the brick church was built.
Bob Trogus, a former member of the church, will portray the Rev. C.C. McCabe, a Union soldier who was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Virginia. General Willam Rosecrans will be portrayed by Civil War re-enactor Thomas Paul, who will deliver the morning message. Scott Richardson will portray southern soldier Hadley Smith. The Rev. Rogers will portray his ancestor, the Rev. Samuel Paine.
Rogers said the congregation will receive reports from both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict.
The church also will celebrate the 150th anniversary of when the church's current building was constructed and dedicated in 1862, with a small hospitality function after the service.
The first Salem Church structure was a log building that stood west of the present church building, Rogers said, but it was destroyed by fire.
The present brick building was finished and dedicated as the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1862. Rogers said the bricks for the new church were made on site and the ladies of the church carried the bricks in their aprons to the men, who were laying bricks for the new church.
The Salem E.U.B. Church became the Salem United Methodist Church in 1968 with the merger of the Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist denominations.
The church currently has about 80 members with about 35 active members each week.
When: Oct. 14
Where: Salem United Methodist Church, 4265 Amanda Northern Road NW, at the corner of Amanda Northern and Salem Church roads.
Cost: Free, with an offering taken during the service.
FYI: Re-enactors from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp McKinley No. 21, the Anne Mariah Sterling-Butterfield Auxiliary No. 77, and church members will dress in period clothing and participate in the service.
"We got to thinking about this being both the 150th anniversary of the church and the Civil War and it grew from there," said the Rev. Thomas Rogers, pastor of Salem U.M. Church.
The church will depict a worship service as it would have appeared during the Civil War. Re-enactors from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp McKinley No. 21 along with members of the Anne Mariah Sterling-Butterfield Auxiliary No. 77 will be dressed in period clothing and will participate in the service.
"What we are trying to depict is a service with members of the military who have come home on leave from the Civil War and describe what they are seeing," Rogers said.
Among the people from the local congregation who will depict people who were active in the Salem Church during the Civil War period is Tom Hempleman, who will portray his great-great-grandfather, the Rev. A.G. Hempleman, the pastor when the brick church was built.
Bob Trogus, a former member of the church, will portray the Rev. C.C. McCabe, a Union soldier who was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Virginia. General Willam Rosecrans will be portrayed by Civil War re-enactor Thomas Paul, who will deliver the morning message. Scott Richardson will portray southern soldier Hadley Smith. The Rev. Rogers will portray his ancestor, the Rev. Samuel Paine.
Rogers said the congregation will receive reports from both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict.
The church also will celebrate the 150th anniversary of when the church's current building was constructed and dedicated in 1862, with a small hospitality function after the service.
The first Salem Church structure was a log building that stood west of the present church building, Rogers said, but it was destroyed by fire.
The present brick building was finished and dedicated as the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1862. Rogers said the bricks for the new church were made on site and the ladies of the church carried the bricks in their aprons to the men, who were laying bricks for the new church.
The Salem E.U.B. Church became the Salem United Methodist Church in 1968 with the merger of the Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist denominations.
The church currently has about 80 members with about 35 active members each week.
IF YOU GO
What: Civil War era worship serviceWhen: Oct. 14
Where: Salem United Methodist Church, 4265 Amanda Northern Road NW, at the corner of Amanda Northern and Salem Church roads.
Cost: Free, with an offering taken during the service.
FYI: Re-enactors from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp McKinley No. 21, the Anne Mariah Sterling-Butterfield Auxiliary No. 77, and church members will dress in period clothing and participate in the service.
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