BROOKVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
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Location

Brookville Presbyterian - The "Church on  the Corner" is located at 100 N. White Street, Brookville, PA  15825.
Directions:

From Punxsutawney -

36 north into Brookville; Church is across from the traffic light to the right.

From New Bethlehem -
Route 28 north; turn right at intersection with Route 322  and go into town; at the traffic light at the bottom of the hill church will be  on left corner.

From Brockway -
Route 28 south; go under the I-80 bridges and continue down the  hill through a traffic light; continue across bridge and up the hill into town;  pass through another light;  the church is on the right corner at the intersection with Route 36.

From Sigel -
Route 36 south; under the I-80 bridges to
traffic light (intersection of route 322); turn left; church is on corner at the traffic light at the bottom of the hill.

From Reynoldsville -
Take Route 322 west to the traffic light at the bottom of the hill; go straight into downtown; at the second light, the church is on the  right corner.

From Corsica -
Take Route 322 east; there is a traffic light where the road intersects with Routes 28 and 36; go straight into town; at traffic light at  the bottom of the hill; church is across street on the left corner.

From I-80 West (Clarion) -
Get off exit 78; turn right; proceed to the  traffic light at the intersection with Route 322; turn left into town; at the  traffic light at the bottom of the hill, the church is across the street on the  left corner.

Church membership.

For more information about the mission and beliefs of the Presbyterian church, click here.
Click here to learn more about how you can become a member of our church.

Staff

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Pastor

​Reverend Dr. Stanley Bhasker
Pastor
bprespastor@gmail.com

Stanley Bhasker was born in Chittoor, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.  He came to New York and obtained his Doctor of Ministry degree at New York Theological Seminary.

Mission has been a vital part of his ministry.  He has led mission trips and is currently helping to build a church in a remote village in India.  To read more about Pastor Stanley, click here.
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Sandy Sherry, 
Administrative Assistant
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Craig Coon,
​Treasurer
Denny Bartley,
​Maintenance
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Kristie Taylor,
Music Director
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Barbara Brinkley,
​Organist
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Christina Shrewsbury,
​Assistant Organist

Our History

"Its first name was Bethel..." so began the Reverend A.  B. Fields in his centennial sermon of 1876.  The congregation known today as the Presbyterian Church of Brookville traces its formal beginning to 1824.  However, Presbyterian clergy were baptizing, marrying, preaching,  and  burying in Jefferson County more than a decade earlier.

Meeting first in homes, then in a log schoolhouse near the Old Jefferson Cemetery on Route 23 and in a log church where Route 322  enters Union Township, the congregation moved into the county seat and a new building on the  corner of Main and White Streets in 1842.  Scot-Irish descendents  continued to move into the area, encouraged by timber prospects, and the  congregation grew.

Following the Civil War but before the Depression of 1873, the  congregation built a new building on the same location.  Sermons were  described as "strong, doctrinal, and yet with a tenderness of pleading that  touched the hearts", and preachers as "effective" or "evangelistic".  In 1884 Paul Darling's bequest made possible the construction of the French Second Empire manse adjacent to the present building (1905).

During the next century, the congregation witnessed two world wars, the Great Depression, the completion of Interstate 80, the rapid  expansion of computer technology, and continued to flourish.  They dedicated a new Christian Education Building (1951) and kept abreast of new challenges in Christian Education.  Today the congregation of 450 members continues to examine its roles and responsibilities as part of Christ's church worldwide by offering a wide variety of programs and activities for people of all ages.

​Original Church Building - 1841
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Church Building 1870-1904
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Church Building 1905- present
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  • Home
  • New Here?
  • About Us
  • Worship
  • Local Outreach
  • Global Mission
  • Music
  • Contact Us
  • Calendar
  • Pastor Stanley Bio
  • Becomiing a Member