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Zion Methodist Church (Munderf)

The first class of Zion Church was organized in May 1847 with seven members: Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hetrick, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob McFadden and Mrs. Black. The small but devoted Christian band held weekly prayer meetings in their homes until a log schoolhouse was built in 1850. After considerable struggle, a building was put up and dedicated to God's service in 1863. It was erected on the farm of Shannon McFadden, then the property of his father Jacob McFadden. The next building was built in 1900 by Thomas Craven. It was dedicated in 1901. The class had 70 members representing 25 families among those were: Mr. and Mrs. Amos Reigle, John and Fulton Schaffner. There were 15 memorial stained glass windows, some of which are still in use. Zion was the second church built on the Warsaw or Richardsville Charge the first being Mayville (Hazen). In 1964-1965 the annex and bell tower were removed and a larger annex or vestibule erected. In 1968 Munderf Zion Church was one of five churches on the Hazen Charge: the others being Hazen, Allen's Mills, Richardsville and Lake City. The 1968 membership was 58. The Circuit name was later change to Good Shepherd Charge. The membership On January 1, 2003 was 56.

Sources: Church Records of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church

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