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Memorial United Methodist
Church
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City
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Mathews
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Address
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201 Central
Lafourche
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2003 Membership
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91
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Date Founded
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1971
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Methodist work in central Lafourche
parish was begun by Rev. Anatole D. Martin in 1914 as a French Mission.
He began holding services in a schoolhouse in Raceland. Services
were also held at Mrs. Washington Griffin’s home near the Edna Plantation;
a white frame church was later built.
Services were held in a white
frame building on Sixth Street in Lockport. A parsonage was later
constructed. An education building was built in the 1950s.
The Methodist Church at Lockport was in continuous use until the 1971 merger.
The work was discontinued in
the 1930s and an attempt to merge the churches with First Church Houma
was made. When that didn’t work out, the Methodists at Raceland had
no church building or services for a while.
In 1956, the pastor at the Thibodaux
Methodist Church (Rev. Miller) began holding services at the Baptist Church
in Raceland. A church was built in 1958 and Rev. Robert Collie was
appointed.
The Memorial United Methodist
Church in Mathews was formed when the Raceland and Lockport United Methodist
Churches merged in 1971. The pastor of the merged church was Dr.
B. Joseph Martin (son of Anatole Martin). |
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How to Get There:
Head south on Hwy 1 past Raceland. If you are on Hwy 90, turn south
onto Hwy 1 at the Raceland/Mathews exit. When you get to the town
of Mathews, take a right at Central Lafourche Dr. (there's a UM sign at
the corner). The church is about 1/2 mile down on the left. |
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