The week before Easter is the perfect time to look at one of our churches in Lansdale.

The photo submitted today by Elizabeth Godshall Linden of Lansdale is of the First Baptist Church of Lansdale.

According to Linden, the church “was organized in 1886 and located at the corner of Broad and Third streets. As the congregation grew, the church expanded to include a parsonage and a Sunday school.

“My aunt, Eleanora Reichenbach, was baptized in 1900 by Pastor F.W. Johnson and I attended Sunday school here in the 1930s. My uncle, Victor Reichenbach, was superintendent of the Sunday school for 14 years.

“In 1954, the First Baptist Church, known as the ‘church with the chimes,’ moved to a new location at 700 N. Broad St., Lansdale.”

In addition to the photo of the church, you see here the certificate of baptism for Linden’s Aunt Eleanora, from Dec. 2, 1900.