A GLANCE AT OUR HISTORY

YMCA
On September 9, 1980, we held an exploratory homemeeting in a rented room at the local YMCA. Dave Button was our group leader and we had about 15 people. The decision to officially start a church was June 27, 1981.

124 Woodward Avenue Building
From July 1981 until March 1982, we met at 124 Woodward Avenue (now the Community Nursing Building) in Dunnstown.

Bellefonte Avenue Home
From March 1982 through November 1982, we met at a home on Bellefonte Avenue until we could find a new building. On July 11, 1982, Dave Button became ordained as our pastor and remained the pastor until August 1988.

Fallon Hotel
From November 7, 1982 until March 26, 1984, we met at the Fallon Hotel in a rented room on the first floor.

Penny Lane Building
From April 1984 until October 1985, we met in a third floor room in Penny Lane.

860 Woodward Avenue Building
In October 1985, we took a big step of renting with the intent of buying the concrete building at 860 Woodward Avenue, right across from Overdorf's Ice Cream in Dunnstown.

We officially changed our church name to the House of the Lord Fellowship on February 18, 1986. We purchased the Woodward Avenue building on May 23, 1987.

In March 10, 1988, we held our first presbytery, and the outcome of this presbytery resulted in God clearly speaking that John and Lynn Snyder were to become the pastors of the church.

On August 31, 1988, John Snyder became a licensed minister and was then ordained as a pastor by The Door Fellowship of Williamsport.

201 West Main Street Building
In 1993, another dramatic move occurred for us. We had outgrown our little concrete block building on Woodward Avenue, and were miraculously able to purchase our now present building, the former Trinity United Methodist Church.

Covenant United Methodist Church's decision to sell us the building took place on June 4, 1993. We were able to purchase this building with the proceeds of our Woodward Avenue building sale and with the help of a private loan from Evelyn Smith, who had been a member of Trinity United Methodist Church for over 55 years.

We sold the Woodward Avenue building in December of 1993. We moved into this gigantic church building with 50 people and laid a new purple rug in the temporary downstairs sanctuary. December 12, 1993, was our first official church service in the new building.

We saw a special prophecy come to pass; for not long before looking for a new church, in September 1990, Pastor Mark Holcomb from the Door Fellowship had prophesied, that God would bless us with a "Temple in the inner city".

**This past June 2006, we held a weekend long celebration to commemorate our Church's 25th Anniversary. It was an enjoyable time of rembembrance and thanksgiving reflecting our roots and history.