I am the Pastor for Slocum Chapel located at 1024 Exeter Avenue, Exeter PA 18643. Along with my wife, Barbara, we would like to give you a brief history of Slocum Chapel. Slocum Chapel was built by James Slocum on October 14, 1890 as a memorial to his mother and father. At the time it was one of the oldest Churches in Exeter. For many years now it was given to the community as a gift, and many dif
ferent denomination occupied the building. The only stipulation was that there had to be a service at least once a week, and the building had to be maintained. Otherwise, if would be given back to the Slocum estate. The Church services and Sunday School classes had gone on for hundreds of years. Even when there wasnt any heat in the building two elderly women from a local nursing home would go down and open the church, and they would have a prayer meeting for an hour or so. In 2011, the last group of people overseeing the Chapel had to resign due to death, serious illness and aging. The building had begun deteriorating, and the roof was leaking. At this time there were only about five or six people left at the church. In the mean time, my wife and I were involved with a local Christian maternity home/shelter for young women called Hannah's Hope. Hannah's Hope is a place where pregnant women that have no place to go could come and have their babies. These women would also learn motherhood while at the maternity home. Every month we would have a get together at the home to Praise and worship with the girls and we would have a covered dish with them, As time went on more and more people began to come. One of the people that came was friends with one of the girls that attended the Slocum Chapel. Because we continued to expand in number and ran out of room at the maternity home we asked this woman if we could use the Chapel for our monthly meeting, and she agreed. It was my time to share the Word that night. After the night was over I felt a strong sense that the Lord wanted me to Pastor this Church. My wife and I were not really looking for something else to do as I was already overseeing two congregations in two of our State prisons along with my obligations at my local Church as an associate minister. My wife, Barb, was seeing an average of 10 to 15 pregnant women a week, and I thought that this Church would be a great place for the girls at the maternity home (along with their children) to have a place of worship, to learn about healthy relationships, and to have a relationship with God. In 2011, my dream and vision came true - I was asked to Pastor Slocum Chapel and I accepted. We went from six to 50 people, and most of them are young families. With this small congregation, we were able to replace the roof, fix the parking lot and insulate the attic. We have also been able to pour the floor in the cellar in order than we can have more Sunday School rooms. We were able to open up one of the storage rooms for a small nursery. We had our first Vacation Bible School last year, and we had over 40 children attended. We now have five dedicated trustees that have control over the everyday responsibilities of the Chapel. We invite you to become part of the history of Slocum Chapel as we lift up the name of Jesus and each other. SUNDAY SCHEDULE:
Prayer Thursday evenings 5:00 to 6:00
Worship and preaching of the Word begins at 10:00am
