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  First Presbyterian Church has a large, exciting music ministry! Four vocal choirs and a handbell choir, along with other musicians, lead the congregation in worship each Sunday. These choirs include: Chancel Choir (our adult choir) Cherub Choir (a younger children’s choir) Praise Band Adult Bell Choir For more information, contact Director of Music Laurel Klinkenberg.
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  First Presbyterian Church 802 12th St. Marion, IA 52302 Phone: 319-377-7309 Office hours: Monday – Thursday: 9:00am to 12pm and 1pm to 4 pm / Friday: 9am to 1pm Summer office hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day) Monday – Friday: 9am to 1pm [gravityform id=1 name=Contact title=false]
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  160 YEARS OF MARION FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH In 1842 Marion was just emerging from being a frontier community. Iowa was still a territory, not yet a state. In 1839 the Iowa Territory was divided into counties, and Marion was designated the Linn County Seat. By 1842 the community had a few industries, such as a flour mill and saw mill, and businesses, including a bank, a hotel, a clothing store, tinsmith, blacksmith, livery stable, and other typical commercial establishments of a town at that time. Most of the area’s people lived and worked on farms. That was the setting when our church was organized February 5, 1842, with nine members, several of them transferring their membership from the Linn Grove Presbyterian Church southeast of Springville, organized a year earlier. The original name was the Old School Presbyterian Church of Marion. At that time there were two distinct Presbyterian factions, Old School and New School. The Old School was considered the more conservative, but in the turbulent years before the Civil War, it usually was identified as being anti-slavery while the New School favored slavery. Services at first were held in public buildings, including Linn County’s first courthouse, a…
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