Investment Securities (Schedule of Gross Unrealized Losses on Investment Securities and Fair Market Value) (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) Investments	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Investments
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	43	26
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 53,949	$ 28,663
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 989	$ 174
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	18	10
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 17,584	$ 9,466
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 386	$ 117
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	61	36
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 71,533	$ 38,129
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 1,375	$ 291
US Government Agencies [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	9	3
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 11,846	$ 2,992
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 157	$ 8
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	2
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,929
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 71
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	11	3
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 13,775	$ 2,992
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 228	$ 8
State and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	9	8
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 7,280	$ 4,861
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 168	$ 30
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	5
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 2,565
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 58
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	14	8
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 9,845	$ 4,861
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 226	$ 30
Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	2	6
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,794	$ 6,998
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 13	$ 73
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	2	6
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 1,794	$ 6,998
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 13	$ 73
Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	25	15
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 34,823	$ 20,810
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 664	$ 136
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	9	3
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 11,296	$ 1,984
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 244	$ 25
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	34	18
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 46,119	$ 22,794
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 908	$ 161
SBA Securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments		1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value		$ 484
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses		$ 19
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments		1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value		$ 484
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses		$ 19

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