Salem Church Ebensburg PA USA

Historical documents from an historic Welsh church in Pennsylvania, USA. (http://www.salemhomecoming.org) Salem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church was founded in 1839 by a group of Welshmen and Welshwomen in North Ebensburg, PA. The enduring Cambrian traditions laid down by the founders and the faithful who have carried this congregation forward over so many lifetimes continue today! In the 1920s, when the congregation of Welsh descendants had scattered to other towns and regular services were no longer practical, the leaders of Salem decided to create a Home-Coming Association that would host just one service a year to bring together those with family connections to the church as well as any friends or soon-to-be-friends interested in celebrating the traditions of Welsh culture and the church’s history. The church house itself is a one-room wood frame structure built in the Greek Revival style. It sits back along a country road, through the farmland and forests. There you will find, up a dusty, dirt, a modest, white church, with big black letters on the side that spell out the name “S-A-L-E-M.” Salem hosts its annual meeting the first Sunday of August. The day is comprised of three main events: the morning service, the picnic lunch, and the afternoon Gymanfa Ganu (Songfest).

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