Church, Carlisle, PA

the latter, a class was formed and later a church built, which bears his name." They probably met weekly, led by local laymen like Minich and Waggoner with a circuit rider visiting the Waggoner's class regularly. Many of the early converts at Waggoners went on to become circuit riders themselves, the most notable being Philip Waggoner, appointed to serve Franklin Circuit (including Waggoners) in 1825.

In 1851 the society or congregation had outgrown the Waggoner home. A one room frame church was erected on the site of the present church in 1851. Sometime around 1885 this original structure was blown down in a wind storm and replaced by a one room brick structure that still serves as the sanctuary. It was henceforth often called "The Brick Church" or "Waggoner's Brick Church".

In 1891 Waggoners joined with a minority of other churches in Evangelical Association during a dispute and withdrew to form a new denomination, The United Evangelical Church. The church was now known as "Waggoner's United Evangelical Church of North Middleton Township". In 1922 The Evangelical Church was formed when The Evangelical Church merged once more with The Evangelical Association. The last name change arrived in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church. Thus was born Waggoners United Methodist Church.

Over its history, Waggoners has been served by 110 different pastors, most of whom served here for only a year. The weight of day to day ministry through most of its history was handled by lay people, not clergy. Waggoners remained part of various circuits until 1985, when under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Glenn Scheib it became a station appointment. Rev. Thomas Willard came as Waggoners first full-time pastor on July 1, 1985.