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Silverhill to Mark Centennial in October
SILVERHILL, AL (July 8, 2002) - The Evangelical Covenant Church of Silverhill
will celebrate its centennial October 19-20, beginning the festivities
with
a special congregational banquet October 19.
The church will invite former pastors, members and friends of the
congregation to the banquet and the October 20 worship service.
The Evangelical Covenant Church is located in a town of 400 on the Gulf
coast between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. Its ministry is
significant to the small town as the congregation averages 120 in
worship
with a membership of 101, says Pastor Jesse Adams. In addition to its
many
ministries, the church's preschool (3 and 4-year-olds) has
25 children enrolled and the Silverhill Christian Academy (K-9) includes
44 students.
In 1897, a small group of Swedes came from Chicago to southern Alabama
to
make their home in the wilderness of central Baldwin County, in
Silverhill.
They began to meet for worship and were allowed to use the Land Office
Company building for their services.
On November 20, 1902, eleven people met to organize the church,
including:
Mr. and
Mrs. J.N. Jacobson, Peter Thorson, Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Monson and
daughter,
Signe, J.A. Isaakson, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. P.A.
Swenson. J.N. Jacobson was elected president and also called to pastor
the
congregation. On December 1, 1902, the congregation voted to name the
church Svenska Evangeliska Missions Forsamling (the Swedish Evangelical
Mission Congregation).
Besides preparing for its centennial celebration, the Evangelical
Covenant
Church of Silverhill also hosted the Southeast Conference Annual Meeting
in
April.
For more information about the church and its 100th anniversary weekend,
call Adams at 334-945-5143.
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