In the mid 1950s, retired Methodist minister
Martin Hebert was holding interdenominational services in the area.
They decided to become a denominational church on March 20, 1955 so that
the children and young people would have membership in an organized church.
The Fairview Demonstration Club building was rented
and the first service held on April 3, 1955. There were thirty-one
people at that service. The District Superintendent, Karl Tooke,
led the group in organizing the Fairview Methodist Church on June 23, 1955
with twenty-seven members. Rev. Hebert was its first pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Hebert donated land on which
to build a church. Construction on the church began on July 19, 1955.
Work was led by Thomas Hebert, with the labor being donated or volunteered.
Though still unfinished, the first service in the new church was held on
September 18, 1955.
Rev. Hebert was getting along in years and
stepped down from the pulpit in 1957. His successors, Rev. Garland
Dean and then Rev. W.F. Howell, led the congregation in building an addition
to the church facilities. |
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