About Venice Church

Venice Presbyterian Church (EPC), and its predecessors known by other similar names, has always met in the same general location. Beginning in September of the year 1849 and continuing through to this day, the Church has gathered for worship, ministry, and fellowship activities along Route 50 in the village of Venice, PA. The original congregation belonged to the Associate Presbyterian Church, and co-existed in the area with the Associate Reformed Congregation of Millers Run that was organized approximately one year later. In 1858 their two Presbyterian denominations merged nationally, and so too did these two Venice congregations merge. Thus on November 8, the Venice United Presbyterian Church was formed and became part of the united denomination known as the United Presbyterian Church of North America. A century later this UPC-NA merged with the Presbyterian Church USA. By way of one more merger in 1984, there was formed the present Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination. In October 2013, the congregation voted to be dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) and to become members of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.