Reverend Donald Knight
Rev. Knight was a 30-year old student pastor of
Catholic-Anglican origin, studying at Wesley
Theological Seminary. He was working toward a
bachelor of sacred theology degree, and ordination.
He already possessed a bachelor of arts degree in
English and Philosophy from the Sir George Williams
University in Montreal, Canada. He grew up in England
and had a wonderful English accent. In 1957, he
offered himself to the United Church of Canada as a
candidate for the ministry. He served two churches in
New York before coming to Trappe. Rev. Knight
believed that the purpose of the church was not
"to divorce religion from the people. It should
make religion very real. There is a great hunger for
a deeper understanding of what our faith teaches and
what God expects of each of
us".1
While serving at Trappe, Rev. and Mrs. Knight lived
in the parsonage along with their two small children,
Laurie Elizabeth, and Mark Edwin. Rev. Knight later
moved to California, where he became an actor, often
playing as the "bad guy". He appeared in
supporting roles in a number of popular movies,
including The Apple Dumpling Gang. Rev. Knight passed
away about 2002.
1Excerpt from an article
in The Star-Democrat about 1962.
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