[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PUGHTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. JIM GERLACH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Pughtown Baptist 
Church as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. In 1856, citizens from 
Spring City, Pennsylvania gathered at the banks of the French Creek to 
baptize six men and women, thereby officially forming the Pughtown 
Baptist Church. From that day forward, the Church has been in its 
original building at 780 Pughtown Road, South Coventry Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  The Church congregation is focused on preserving their history while 
expanding the community's knowledge of the Church to its neighbors. The 
Church holds an annual community picnic where members spend a day of 
fellowship and, additionally, this year the congregation reached out to 
the needy by sending a mission group to Ocean Spring, Mississippi, an 
area hit hard by last year's Hurricane Katrina.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me today in honoring 
Pughtown Baptist Church as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. I am 
sure that this active and energetic congregation will continue to bring 
hope, faith, and aid to both Chester County communities and other 
communities in need for generations to come.

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