{"id":955,"date":"2007-06-18T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2007-06-18T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T22:47:00","slug":"decently-and-in-order-we-presbyterians-can-be-an-interesting-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Decently and in Order:  We Presbyterians can be an interesting lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Bergen (NY) First Presbyterian Church as they celebrate their 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary later this month.&nbsp; The church began as a commissioned group of East Guilford, Conn., Congregationalists.&nbsp; In reading an <a href=\"http:\/\/westsidenewsonline.com\/OldSite\/westside\/news\/2007\/0617\/features\/bergenfirst.html\" target=\"_blank\">article from the Westside News<\/a> about the anniversary and events one item at the very end of the article sparked my interest.&nbsp; The church met in homes and school buildings before it built its first building in 1828.&nbsp; In 1854 the church moved about a mile north when the railroad came through and they wanted to be part of the developing community.&nbsp; The location of the original church building became a cemetery and has a stone marking the location of the church.&nbsp; What attracted my attention was where the article says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is also said, according to historical accounts, that some families who were members of the congregation in 1854, picked their burial plots in Mt. 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