St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ray’s Cove, East Providence Twp.
History: The St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Ray’s cove was organized in 1858, by Rev. G. C. Probst, with twenty members. For list of pastors, see history of Everett congregation. The church (in 1884) now has fifty members. The first elders of the church were John Swartz and John Sleighter; trustees, John Rinard, Henry Colledge and Henry Swartz. The lot on which the church is built is an acre of ground given to the congregation by Capt. William Gracey. The house was finished in 1858, and dedicated by the pastor on the 7th of November. It cost over one thousand dollars.
(Source: The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pa., Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, p. 329.)
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