A view of the church and cemetery take September 2003

View some of the stones in the cemetery

(The following was excerpted from "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by George Prowell, 1907):

St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church is familiarly known as "Red Run" or "Sower's" Church.  The first name was given to it from the small stream by that name in the vicinity, which flows through the red shale formation of this section.  The congregations that now worship in the building were formed in the year 1844; the Lutheran by Rev. Peter Sheurer and the Reformed by Rev. John E. Albert.  The cornerstone was laid April 21, 1844, and the building consecrated October 5 and 6 of the same year.  The building committee were George Sower and John Shive from the Lutheran and John H. Smith from the Reformed congregation.  The first church council was composed of the following named members: Lutherans, John Leib, elder; Jacob Emig and Solomon Cross, deacons; Reformed, Christian Gerber, elder; George Spangler and Peter River, deacons.  Rev. Sheurer who organized the Lutheran congregation, was succeeded by Rev. A. G. Deininger, who continued until his death in 1879, when the Rev. Daniel Sell was elected.  He was succeeded by Revs. J. C. Mumma, J. M. Deitzler and A. G. Fastnact, D. D.

Rev. Daniel Reigle, who resided at Dillsburg, was pastor of the Reformed congregation from 1845 to the time of his death in 1889.  He was succeeded by Rev. A. H. Leas, O. F. Sheaffer, P. M. Spangler and H. A. Althouse.