Wisconsin churches merge.

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#P-7765

WISCONSIN CHURCHES MERGE

GREEN LAKE, Wis. -- THREE SEPARATE CONGREGATIONS--

CONGREGATIONAL, METHODIST AND BAPTIST--UNITED INTO

ONE FEDERATED CHURCH HERE. ABOVE, CEREMONY AT

CENTER OF TOWN SHOWS GIRLS UNFURLING BANNER OF

NEW CHURCH, COVERING NAMES OF THREE FORMER

SEPARATE GROUPS. SHORTLY AFTER, THREE CONGRE

GATIONS FORMED SINGLE LINE AND MARCHED TO A

WORSHIP SERVICE.

CREDIT MUST READ:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AWG-RIP-WIS-10B-8-JOG-P)

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Title: Wisconsin churches merge.
Description: The new replaces the old as these two girls unfurl the scroll, covering the names of the three former separate churches. The unrolling of the Federated Church scroll signaled the three congregations to move forward to unite. The scroll bearers are Marion Palmer, left, and Roxanna Thrall, left.
Creator: Grube, A. W.
Date: 1948
ca. 1948
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Federated Church of Green Lake (Green Lake, Wis.)
Palmer, Marion.
Thrall, Roxanna.
Topics: Interdenominational cooperation--Wisconsin--Green Lake.
Federated churches--Wisconsin--Green Lake.
Rites and ceremonies--Wisconsin--Green Lake.
Geographic subject: Wisconsin
Green Lake.
Green Lake (Wis.)
North and Central America--United States--Green Lake--Wisconsin--Green Lake
Geographic subject: Green Lake (Wis.)
Form: photographs
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 5 x 8 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7765; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7765
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:146231