One
hundred fifty-three years ago Reverend Henry Ziegler, and
twenty-seven others formed the First English Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The church continues to
thrive as St. Mark's
Lutheran Church, today on Market Street in
Williamsport. It should come as no surprise that members of
St. Mark's Lutheran Church are proud of the church's rich history of
service to the community, and to its membership, or that they strive
for preservation of that history.
St. Mark's maintains an
archive of memorabilia. The Archives Committee has been organizing and cataloging the
photographs, documents and other important materials from the
congregation's past. Some of those pieces
of
history have been posted here and others will be added in time.
It is, of course, impossible to record the entire history of a 158
year old congregation in the few pages allotted for that here.
But the Internet provides wonderful way to open the records to
members, relatives of members and others interested in reading
about, and seeing, the church's history, its members and its impact
on the community.