Berry Boulevard Presbyterian Church History

 
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A Brief History of Berry Blvd. Presbyterian Church:

Berry Boulevard Presbyterian Church was organized in 1905, originally meeting in the older portion of the former Jacob Elementary School that faces Camden Avenue. The church moved to its current location about 3 years later, on Berry Boulevard near its intersection with Taylor Boulevard. We are located about halfway between the Watterson Expressway (1-264) and world-famous Churchill Downs.

When it was founded, we were affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the United States, or the Southern part of the largest Presbyterian body in the United States. The Southern and Northern (United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America) branches reunited in the early 1970's, and as a result we became a part of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA), which is now headquartered here in Louisville.

Over the years the church, as well as its neighborhood, has seen many significant changes, including the breakdown of inappropriate legal barriers such as race and national origin

In the last 50 or so years, a number of programs at the church, including Vacation Bible School, a youth group, a day care center, a teen club, and aftercare for juvenile offenders, have enriched countless lives. There is currently an application pending for independent operation of another day care center in the back building.


Berry Blvd. Presbyterian Church, 1926



 
 

 

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In a big world, the small church has
     remained intimate.
In a fast world, the small church has been
     steady.
In an expensive world, the small church
     has remained plain.
In a complex world, the small church has
     remained simple.
In a rational world, the small church has
     kept feeling.
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     been an anchor.
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     calls us by name.

 


Berry Boulevard Presbyterian Church
  1340 Berry Boulevard     Louisville, Kentucky
40215     502-451-4439