Covenant News

Kane (PA) Church to Celebrate 125 Years of Ministry

KANE, PA (April 23, 2003) - Emmanuel Mission Church in Kane will celebrate its 125th anniversary on June 29, beginning with a 10:30 a.m. worship service. The special speaker for the morning will be Richard Carlson of North Park Theological Seminary.

A dinner will follow the service. Sunday evening at 7 p.m., retired Covenant pastor Eldon Johnson and his wife, Rosemary, will lead a special brown hymnal sing-along. For some three decades Johnson served as senior pastor at Zion Covenant Church in Jamestown, New York, located about 45 minutes from the Kane community.

Emmanuel Mission Church was founded as the Free Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kanesholm on April 15, 1878. It was only 13 years after the village of Kane had been founded. A revival led by A.J. Nelson of Jamestown, New York, and Charles Peterson of Knoxville, Illinois, one year earlier was the catalyst for the founding of the new church, which had 28 charter members. Peterson became the first pastor for the congregation.

More information on the anniversary celebration, call Kane pastor Becky Erickson at 814-837-8760.

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