1910 (Ca. 1910) CHRIST P.E. CHURCH

This exquisitely beautiful church was where Mr. Thomas Eli Glover married Alice Naomi Mount back in 1923. My family were regular members of that church long before I was born and before converting to the Roman Catholic faith, I was a St. James P.E. Church member during my early childhood. This church was patterned on the typical Episcopal church one would see along the rual British countryside. A nasty schism took place back in the 1960's and the wonderful congregation fell apart and is no more.

1888 - 1903 - 1912: CHAMBERSBURG'S CHRIST P.E. CHURCH

 

 

 

My mother and father were married in this church in 1923. History shows that this church has had its share of schisms over the years, right from the very beginning when parishioners were at war with the Bishop regarding the appointment of a Pastor whom the congregation didn't agree. The same thing happened in the 1960's, this time resulting in the closing of the church. The building is still there much as it was. It is now under a different religious faith.

1897: CHRIST P.E. CHURCH GROWING

The building occupied by Christ P.E. Church is now occupied by an Hispanic church and day care center. Before the church was constructed, the earliest parishioners met at Kirk's Hall, on corner of Hamilton Avenue and Hudson Street, across the street from the old Hamilton Avenue M.E. Church. There was an unfortunate schism in the original Christ P.E. Church back in the 1960's, resulting in most of the congregation leaving and moving to those who favor the more conservative Anglican church's keeping the original 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

1986: CHRIST P.E. CHURCH - HAMILTON AND WHITTAKER AVENUES CHAMBERSBURG

Alice Mount and Thomas E. Glover were married in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church back in 1923. They were not as active as they should have been, but in later life both returned to the church. My father came from to Trenton with his brother and 3 sisters from Longton in the Stoke On Trent area of Great Britain back in the teens. The church was built along the lines of a typical British small town church. The grand old edifice survived the years until the mid 1960's when a drop in attendance along with an unfortunate schism between progressive liberal Protestant Episcopal members and those who leaned toward the Conservative Anglican persuasion brought the church down. My family was conservative Anglicans and left the church.

1912: Christ P.E. Church 25th Anniversary

This is the church where my mother and father married in 1923. It was built along the lines of a typical Anglican church one would find in Great Britain. It survived for many years until the 1960's when two groups opposing each other caused a schism. It was the "modernists" vs the traditional Anglicans. The modernists won, and the church ultimately folded due to lack of attendance.

1887: A RARE DOCUMENT FROM CHAMBERSBURG OF OLD

Some of the letters and invoices in my collection are really quite unusual. The above invoice from the borough of Chambersburg is an example of the historic heritage of that grand old area of Trenton which was once part of Hamilton. This invoice pre-dates the arrival of the majority of Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century.

1903: Christ P.E. Church

THE EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH BUILDING ON HAMILTON AND WHITTAKER AVENUES IN TRENTON HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY. IT SURVIVED UP TO THE MID 1960'S WHEN CHURCH POLITICS AND LIBERAL VERSUS CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS CARRIED ON SUBSTANTIAL INFIGHTING.

1888: A CHURCH WITH A HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY

MY MOM AND DAD WERE MARRIED IN CHRIST P.E. CHURCH ON WHITTAKER AVENUE BACK IN 1923. IN THEIR LATER YEARS THEY WERE LITERALLY SHUT OUT AS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EPISCOPAL BISHOP AND WARRING FACTIONS IN THE CONGREGATION RESULTED IN TURMOIL. I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO UNCOVER A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION BACK IN THE VERY EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH.

1902: The New Christ P. E. Church

This is the church my family attended early in the 20th century. It was "High Episcopal," just a lateral move from Roman Catholic. My mother and father were married here in 1923. The church emulates a typical old English church. Unfortunately, financial and political problems resulted in the closing of this great old Trenton Protestant Episcopal church.

1987: The Late Christ Episcopal Church

This article deals with the very controversial demise of one of Trenton's foremost Episcopal churches. It was the church in which my Mother and Father were married back in 1923. I recall in later years how the old time parishioners of the church rebelled as the powers that be did little to help the church survive. The beautiful little church, modeled after a typical English country church still exists on Hamilton and Whittaker Avenues. It is now an Hispanic place of worship.