Little church with big heart celebrates 100th
Posted by Robert Fisher on April 28, 2008
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A small Ambler Borough church with a rich history will kick off its centennial with a community celebration Sunday.
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ambler was chartered April 26, 1908. It was founded by a young pastor from Upper Dublin Lutheran Church, Samuel F. Tholan, who began leading services in the heart of Ambler in 1907.
For five years services were held in the Ambler Opera House, at the corner of Butler Avenue and Maple Street. In 1913 the congregation moved to a new church building on the corner of North Ridge Avenue and Race Street, where it still stands.
“I think what’s interesting in anything that lasts,” the Rev. Sandra Ellis-Killian said, “it’s what changes and what stays the same through all the ups and downs.”
