Growing, involved & active; First Presbyterian offes broad fellowship

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | January 26, 2002| | Copyright

GALENA, Ill. - The handsome First Presbyterian Church has overlooked Galena for 164 years - its tall steeple serving as a beacon for the faithful for nearly as long.

A New York minister brought religion to the rough and tumble frontier town that was Galena in 1829. The Rev. Aratus Kent cleaned out the back room of a local tavern to use as a meeting place. He officially established a church two years later with a membership of six hardy souls. By 1838, the congregation had swelled to 100 members with the resources to build a massive limestone church.

Today, the congregation is about the same ...

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