Marlin church closing

The First Presbyterian Church of Marlin will be closing its doors for the final time with a “closing service” October 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. The Rev. G. David Lambertson of the Presbytery of Central Washington will officiate. The church began holding services June 9, 1908.

Marlin resident Donna Thrall has written a brief history of the congregation.

On April 15, 1908 a petition for a church to be organized, signed by 25 people from the town of Krupp, was presented to the Wenatchee Presbytery.

On June 9, 1908 a service was led by the Rev. James Thomson of Bellingham, and the organization was comple...