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United Presbyterian Church
In
1914, the North End of
Cuyahoga Falls was just
starting to develop.
Two neighborhood
housewives had a vision of a
church in the North End.
They requested help
from North Hill United
Presbyterian and the Metz
United Presbyterian Churches.
Dedication Group
On
August 2nd, 1914
the North End United
Presbyterian Sabbath School
met at 2:30 on a Sunday
afternoon in Crawford School.
On
September 10th,
1916, the first service was
held in the basement of the
new building.
On December 17th,
1916, the building was
completed and the congregation
was officially organized with
49 charter members.
We
honor them for their
perseverance, and for what
they accomplished in just over
two years.
We remember our roots
as we still use the Metz
churches’ Communion bread
recipe for our traditional
Communion service.
In
the early years, we were a
“neighborhood” church with
most people walking.
When the expressway cut
through our neighborhood,
taking many homes of our
members, we branched out.
We now have members
from all over the Cuyahoga
Falls area including Stow,
Silver Lake, Munroe Falls,
Tallmadge and Akron.
The
first building was built on
the corner of Payne Avenue
(now Hudson Drive) and Ashland
Avenue, which is now the lawn
in front of our educational
wing.
An educational building
was erected in 1949 and our
current sanctuary was built in
1958.
An elevator addition
and kitchen remodel was
completed in 1998.
Since
it was organized, the United
Presbyterian Church has had
ten installed Senior Pastors.
Rev. Paul V. Stunkel
served from 1985 to 1996. The
interim period (1997 – 1999)
was filled by Rev. Dan McKee.
Recently the Reverends Laurel
and Steve Brundage served as
co-pastors from 1999 to 2002.
Our present interim pastor is
Dr. Richard Hasler.
Our
congregation has been
instrumental in the formation
of four churches in the
surrounding area.
These churches are
Northminster Presbyterian
(1953), Stow Presbyterian
(1960) Kent Presbyterian
(1960) and Hudson Presbyterian
(1982).
As
of December 31, 2002 our
active church membership is
409 and our church school
enrollment is approximately
302, which includes nine adult
Sunday school classes.
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