Barbara Gnau started going to Perkasie Park because she lived in Philadelphia and her grandfather owned a cottage at the park. " My great-grandfather was a minister; when he died, his wife, a minister's widow, came to Perkasie Park in 1886 and rented a cottage. In 1887 she bought the cottage.When you live in a Philadelphia rues, this (Perkasie Park) is heaven. This is absolute heaven. It's a great place for kids to grow up. I started going to the park for religious purposes - when I was a child and was enchanted with the atmosphere of the park."

The center pavilion originally used for religious services has not really changed in use over the years, but it is not used as much as it was years ago. According to Barbara Gnau, a past resident of Perkasie Park and the former historian of Perkasie Park, "we've come down from three services a week to one, and that's primarily because times have changed, women have to work - they can't spend their summers there. It's become a vacation place. Many people who live in Philadelphia or other urban areas think that it is an ideal way to get out into the country."

 When asked what there is to do in Perkasie Park Barbara Gnau said "I don't think kids of your generation would be the least bit interested. Mine were raised there, and had lots of friends there, and what we did was to play ping pong, softball, or shuffleboard. We went to the pool, we met at night time at different cottages, and we loved it. We loved growing up there - we have great memories of growing up there."

Since Barbara Gnau was a child, the emphasis is not as much on religion as it was, which to her is a sad thing. "It's a social place now," she said.