July 14 Today in OPC History

On this day in 1968, Nashua Orthodox Presbyterian Church, located between Edinburg and Pulaski, Pennsylvania, held a dedication service for its new church building. The Rev. Wendell Rockey, Jr., who led the first worship service for the congregation on March 30, 1958, returned to preach the dedicatory sermon and to speak at a public meeting the next evening. The Rev. Henry Tavares, moderator of the Ohio Presbytery, gave a charge to the congregation.

The congregation prior to its joining the OPC in 1958 traced its roots to the United Presbyterian Church in New Bedford, Pennsylvania. That congregation, however, had OPC ties with members Mary Walker Duff and Margaret Duff, the aunt and sister respectively of Clarence Duff, OPC missionary to Eritrea. It also had a previous pastor in 1953-1954, the Rev. G.I. Williamson, who subsequently joined the OPC.

The congregation continues today with D. Patrick Ramsey serving as pastor. Furthermore, the Duff family contribution continues as the Rev. Donald and Peggy Duff worship there.

Picture: The Nashua OPC church building.