The Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church (PC USA) is celebrating a long history of 250 years in faith throughout the month of October.

The first Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert Smith, was a native of Londonderry in Ireland. Dr. Smith was ordained and installed in 1751 as pastor of the Pequea Church. In 1762 he established the congregation met in the open air amid the cedars, from which the name of the church was derived.

Dr. Smith continued to be the pastor of the Pequea and Cedar Grove Presbyterian Churches until his death in 1793. The Cedar Grove’s journey of faith continued for 250 years with 24 pastors.