Trinity Lutheran Church of Pottsville has stood through the community’s history, lived through world wars and managed the appearance of cars and the telephone, as well as the changing roles of women in the church — and after 135 years, the faithful continue to gather.
On Jan. 1, 1891, a group of 10 Lutheran families, many of them from Germany, settled in the Pottsville, McGirk and Shive areas. Thes…
