Episcopalians from York, Carlisle and Gettysburg journeyed Sunday evening to the tiny borough of York Springs.
It was a homecoming of sorts.
They prayed and meditated on Scripture in a one-room brick chapel on Main Street — the parent church for Episcopalians west of the Susquehanna. A rotting sign out front reads: “Christ Church Episcopal, Colonial English Parish founded 1746.”
The historic chapel is open once a year for the pilgrims — about 25 of them Sunday. After the liturgy, the Rev. Canon David Lovelace of York explained the parish’s significance.