Mrs. Marzette Foster helped to get
the church started by visiting people in the area. The first services
were held in private homes.
Faith Methodist Church held its first
service on June 15, 1952. District Superintendent Jolly B. Harper
led the service. Of the 60 people in attendance, 35 were received
into membership that day by Rev. John F. Kellogg. The families in
this first congregation were: Bowell, Boyt, Coleman, Corley, Foster, Fuller,
Grappe, Groves, Holt, Ingram, Kellogg, Spann, Westbrook, Wheat, and Whitford.
The next month, they held their first Vacation Bible School
An education building, with
classrooms and a kitchen, was built in 1954. A brick sanctuary was
soon constructed and the first service in the new church was held on November
13, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Corley donated land
to the church and a parsonage was built. The first occupant of the
new parsonage was Rev. Durand and his family.
In late 1960, the name of the
church changed from Faith to College Avenue. Although the church
was on a circuit for most of its history, in 1992 they were placed on a
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