"Salem.....Where a Warm Welcome Awaits You"
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"Salem.....Where a Warm Welcome Awaits You"
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Conceived in Springtime, born in September, She took her first step on All Saints' Day. Three men took a walk in the Spring of 1885 through a section that was part town and part country. The geese and the goats roamed the cobblestone streets. While strolling through the "Wide open spaces", consisting of clay hills, brickyards, and cow pastures, which is now the vicinity of Salem, The Reverend Christian Kirshmann said to the Reverend Burkhart and the Reverend E. Huber, the President of the Atlantic District of the Synod of North America, -- "HERE IS A GOOD SITE FOR A CHURCH." It was this site that soon became the sacred soil upon which Salem was built. -- From This Is Life In Salem (1960) Much has changed in South Baltimore since 1885. So, too has Salem throughout its history......responding to the needs of its flock and the community as it spreads the Good News. "Change" has meant many different things over the years at Salem......
Today, Salem responds by offering the choice of a traditional or a more contemporary worship service....by reaching out to the community via neighborhood events as well as addressing the needs of its less fortunate....and by using the time and talents of its members to proclaim God's Word. What was said by Reverend Kirshmann back in 1885 still rings true today...... "HERE IS A GOOD SITE FOR A CHURCH"
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