BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century has closed and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of its building to charity in a Pennsylvania city named for the biblical birthplace of Jesus.

Trinity United Church of Christ in Bethlehem hosted its final service Sunday as its members ended decades as a parish with Christmas season charitable donations of nearly $400,000, the Morning Call of Allentown reported.

Trinity — like many other houses of worship — suffered a decline in membership and sold the Gothic Revival-style church building with large stained-glass windows to another congregation.

Three Bethlehem United Church of Christ congregations formed Trinity in 1972: Zion, Calvary and St. Paul’s Reformed Church, which started in 1888.

St. Paul’s bought the church building in 1957. It was built in 1913 and, after selling it, Trinity church leaders chose donations based on church members’ participation with the recipients.

“The congregation is very proud of the work we have done in the community through our food pantry and volunteer efforts, and we wanted to leave a legacy to continue those efforts,” Trinity’s pastor, the Rev. Den Schappell, said before the church’s final service.

Recipients include homeless shelters, food pantries, church ministries, the nearby Jefferson Elementary school, the Moravian University music program and a local Boy Scouts of America council.

Trinity members held a final liturgical service on Sunday.