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Church news
103 years feted
at St. Matthews
St. Matthew's A.M.E.
Zion Church will celebrate
its 130th anniversary with a
special service at 4 p.m. on
Sunday, April 26. The
speaker will be Kenneth E.
Whitlock. -
Mrl Whitlock has an extensive background in the
field of education, devoting
more than 25 years as principal in the Richmond, Va.
school district. His topic
will be "Where Have We
! St. Matthew's Church
Been and Where Are We
Going."
St. Matthew's A.M.E.
Zion Church began in April
1957 when the Rev. Daniel
B. Matthews, a clergyman
from the Philadelphia Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, established a mission with six members in
Sewickley.
At first, services were
held in a log cabin situated
on the Marlatt property on
Centennial Avenue near
Broad Street. Later, ser-j
vices were moved to
another log building on
Walnut" Street. Fund raising efforts of the mission
members resulted in the
purchase of a plot of land at
Walnut and Thorn streets
in 1868. The current church
stands on that plot of land.
The Sewickley community is invited to the an-
niversery service as the
church expresses its
gratitude forbits-long*
existence. ;
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