Zion United Church Kitchener

• Name	Zion United Church Kitchener
  Born	consgregation begun 1839	32 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Gender	Unknown
  alt name	Evangelical Gemeinshaft Association, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  alt name	Zion United Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  alt name	Evanglical Association Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Church	1894	32 Weber St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	construction
  Parcel Information	32 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	Address 32 WEBER ST W, CITY OF KITCHENER Property Code Category SPECIAL PURPOSE Survey Description P360 PT LOT 6 P401 PT LOT 1 Acres 0.93 Roll Number 301202000502500 Teranet PIN 223160047
  Name	Evangelical Association Church Kitchener
  Name	Evangelical Gemeinshaft Association Church Kitchener
  Died	still exists
  Buried	Zion United Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I188	Properties
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2011

  
  

• Notes

  Zion United Church Begun: 1839 A Sunday School was established in Berlin in 1837, meeting in  Jacob Hailer's  carpenter shop which was located at the southeast corner of what is now King and Scott Streets. A mission was begun by Rev. Christian Holl shortly after his arrival in Berlin on May 9, 1839, and a class (or congregation) was organized several months later on August 29, 1839 by Bishop John Seybert of the Evangelical Association during a camp meeting held at  David Erb's  farm near Lexington.  John Hoffman  was the Berlin class leader; his brother,  Jacob , was class leader for the Waterloo-Lexington congregation. The Berlin congregation met in the old Town Hall until their first church was built in 1841 on Queen Street South across from Church Street on land purchased as of August 24, 1841 from  Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schneider.  The church was dedicated on September 25th of that year, with Rev. Christian Hummel of Buffalo, New York, officiating. Rev. Joseph Harlacher was pastor from 1840-1842. In 1842 the Waterloo Mission became a Circuit of the East Pennsylvania Conference. Two years later it was part of the New York Conference. The second church building was built of brick on the same site in 1866, and dedicated in 1867; Rev. C.A. Spies was pastor at the time. The old frame church was sold and moved to Elgin Street where it was used as a dwelling. In the same year Berlin became a station. The present church building was built in 1893 on Weber Street; dedication services were held on June 15, 16 and 17, 1894. This building was heavily damaged by fires in 1942 and 1965 but was renovated and restored each time. The union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ Church on November 16, 1946 created the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The name of the church was to change again, to Zion United Church when the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada on January 1, 1968. Of interest: some maps of early Berlin show this church as a German Methodist church. Records: Baptism dates: unknown Location of records: at church Marriage dates: 1858- Location of records: at church Burial dates: unknown Location of records: at church Marriage records for 1860, 1862-1865, and 1868 can be found in Waterloo County Marriages 1858-1869, available at the Kitchener Public Library. [ADDRESS/LOCATION: 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener, ON N2H 3Z2; 745-4026.] References: Getz 1964:5-10,39; Moyer 1979:81 (picture); Stroh, WHS 1978(66):113; R. Taylor 1986; Uttley 1937:49-56. Church Histories: 1) Hirschman, C.A. The First One Hundred Years: A historical sketch prepared for the centennial celebration of Zion Evangelical Church, Kitchener, Ontario. Waterloo: Chronicle Press, 1939. 2) Zion United Church 1839-1989, Kitchener, Ontario. Published for the 150th Anniversary, Oct. 15, 1989.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011] ___________________ In 2005 the church began sharing their church premises with Rockway Mennonite Church.

  
  

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  Born - consgregation begun 1839 - 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario alt name - - Evangelical Gemeinshaft Association, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Parcel Information - - 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth