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| Assembly of God |
Newtown Assembly of God |
| 530 Washington Crossing Road |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 504.9750 |
FAX |
| Baptist |
First Baptist Church - Newtown
Grace Point |
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592 Washington Crossing Road |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.2354 |
FAX
215.579.3101 |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 860.8137 |
FAX |
| Catholic |
Church of Holy Nativity |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 598.3405 |
FAX |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Catholic |
Saint Andrew's Catholic Church |
| http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/bucksa.htm |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.2262 |
FAX |
| Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic church is an outgrowth of the efforts of Father P.F. Lynch, |
| by whom it was organized about the year 1876. Services were first held at the residence of |
| Nicholas McGowan in the town. Battle's History of BC (1887), page 464. |
| Boundaries: Pine La. from Rt. 413 (Durham Rd.) to Rt. 232 (Windy Bush Rd.); to Pineville |
| Rd.; to Woodhill Rd.; to Upper River Rd.; to Washington Crossing Rd. (Rt. 532); to |
| Dolington Rd.; to Lindenhurst Rd.; to Middletown Twp. line; to Langhorne/Yardley Rd.; to |
| Old Bridgeton Pike.; to Northampton Twp. line; to Swamp Rd.; to Mill Creek Rd.; to |
| Township Line Rd.; to Rt. 413 (Durham Rd.); to Pine La. |
| Catholic |
Saint Mark's Orthodox Church |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 860.9640 |
FAX |
| Community Church |
Crossing Community Church |
| 80 Lower Silver Lake Road |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.0276 |
FAX |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Episcopal |
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church |
| 1832 |
100 E. Washington Avenue |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.2781 |
FAX |
| Saint Luke's Protestant Episcopal church was founded in 1832 by Reverend Greenbury W. |
| Ridgely, rector at Bristol at that time. Battle's History of BC (1887), page 463 |
| Lutheran |
Lutheran Church of God's Love |
| http://www.godslovenewtown.org/ |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.4335 |
FAX |
| Methodist |
Newtown Methodist Church |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.0830 |
FAX |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Methodist |
Newtown Methodist Church |
| 1811 |
Liberty & Greene Street |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.2173 |
FAX |
| Methodism was introduced into Newtown in 1811 and 1812, when campmeetings were held |
| in the vicinity. It was not until 1840, however, that an organization was effected, at which |
| time it was embraced in the Doylestown and Attleboro circuit, the existence of which dates |
| from may 29, 1840, when it embraced Doylestown, New Hope, Pennsville, Attleboro, |
| Newtown, Yardley, Morrisville, and Lumberville. Battle's History of BC (1887), page 463 |
| Methodist |
Saint Marks AME Zion Church |
| 132 North Congress Street |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 579.9295 |
FAX |
| Presbyterian |
Newtown Presbyterian Church |
| 1734 |
25 North Chancellor Street |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.3861 |
FAX |
| Of Newtown churches, the Presbyterian was the only one in existence in the last century. |
| the first church building was erected in 1734 on the Swamp road a mile west of the town, |
| where several unmarked graves in the uncultivated corner of a field mark its site. It had |
| previously been a school-house in Wrightstown Township. The second building, the walls of |
| which are still intact, was erected in 1769. Battle's History of BC (1887), page 461 |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Quaker |
Bucks Quarterly Meeting |
| 1815 |
1690 George School Complex |
| http://www.quakersbucks.org |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 860.9747 |
FAX |
215. 598.7496 |
| The Friends of Newtown became a separate meeting in 1815 by indulgence of Middletown |
| meeting. they met for worship in the abandoned court-house two years, when, in 1817, the |
| present meeting-house was build. Battle's History of BC (1887), page 464 |
| Falls monthly meeting minutes 1750. The Friends of Makefield having represented their being |
| heretofore exposed to difficulty in attending meetings in the winter page 445 Davis History of |
| Quaker |
Makefield Friends Meeting |
| 1760 |
877 Dolington Road |
breezyvale@erols.com |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 493.1147 |
FAX |
| Bucks County Cemeteries with known Civil War Veterans. Makefields' meetinghouse was |
| built in 1760, and was used as a hospital by Washington's troops during the Battle of Trenton. |
| On the grounds are a charming schoolmaster's stone house, graveyard, and the original |
| carriage sheds. "Today's Quakers in Bucks Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Quaker |
Middletown Friends Meeting |
| 731 Washington Crossing Road |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.3635 |
FAX |
| Quaker |
Newtown Friends Meeting |
| 1815 |
219 Court Street |
norvreece@aol.com |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.2466 |
FAX |
| This Meeting was founded in 1815 by a small group of Friends led by Edward Hicks, |
| primitive painter and Quaker minister. The 1817 meetinghouse has a permanent display of |
| prints of Edward Hicks' paintings. |
| Quaker |
Quakers in Lehigh Valley |
| 1690 George School Complex |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 860.9747 |
FAX |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
| Quaker |
Wrightstown Friends Meeting |
| 1721 |
Route 413 |
wdsharp@voicenet.com |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.9900 |
FAX |
| The original log meetinghouse was built in 1721 on the northern boundary of land purchased |
| in 1682 by William Penn from the Lenni Lenape Indians. The present meetinghouse dates to |
| 1787. "Today's Quakers in Bucks Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends". |
| Samuel Smith says that in 1686, James Radcliffe, a noted public Friend, settled near John |
| Chapman, "and for the ease" of these two families, a meeting was held at their houses, which |
| was continued until 1690, when a general meeting for the county was appointed to meet at |
| Chapman's once a year. A meeting house was built, in 1721 and the present stone meeting |
| was built in 1787. Battle's' History of BC (1887), page 466. |
| Reformed |
Newtown Reformed Church |
| PHONE # |
| 215. 968.9386 |
FAX |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 |
Newtown |
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