Phoebe Isabella Brobst
- Baptized at Jerusalem Red On Sunday August 26, 2001
The first Brobst in maybe as long as a century was baptized in Jerusalem
Red Union Church in Kempton, PA. Phoebe Isabella Brobst, daughter of Thomas
Neal and Lynne Anne Brobst (Fithian), was baptized by Rev. Larry Hemsley
at the beginning of services that began at 10:45 a.m. that morning. Phoebe
was sponsored by Ms. Lisa Kunash and Mr. Kelly Fisher, friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Brobst.
The couple joined the church in August of 2000, making their Confession
of Faith in front of the congregation a few months after they had attended
an Easter service there. Phoebe was born a year later on Easter Sunday
on April 15, 2001 on her due date. Mr. Brobst, who lives 25 miles away
from the church in North Whitehall Township, was informed of the church's
existence by the curator of the Brobst/Probst Geneaological database and
Web site, Mr. William A. Brobst of Kitty Hawk, NC. The first ancestors
of the Brobsts in this country helped to build and establish the church
in about 1747 with the assistance of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, the patriarch
of the Lutheran church in the U.S. The church is a "union" church, holding
both Lutheran and UCC services on alternate Sundays.
Mr. Brobst's initial impression of the church was very memorable for
him. "When I first saw the church it was really incredible. It was a sunny
day in March of 2000. My car wound down around Wessnersville Road and
I glanced up at a church that was nestled atop of a hill with rays of
sun bouncing off of its stony facade. I really got chills, knowing my
family's history there," said Brobst. The Brobsts were welcomed heartily
into the church by its members on the first day last August. "I couldn't
believe that folks this nice exist...one member of the congregation told
us we were like family now and were welcome to come by their house any
time," Brobst said. The Brobsts attend UCC services at Jerusalem Red and
are beginning to get to know all of the church's members as they raise
their first child.
After the services, members of Mr. and Mrs. Brobst's family who were
in attendance walked through the graveyard behind the church to find the
stones of Brobst ancestors. A small reception for the baptism was given
at the Brobst's home in North Whitehall Township.
Note: You can e-mail comments to Tom Brobst at tbrobst@yahoo.com.
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