For over fifty years, Methodists,
Baptists, and Presbyterians in St. Joseph worshipped at a Union Church.
The Union Church Association had been incorporated in 1902 and a lot donated
for a church by one of the Methodists, Mrs. Atlas Brown. A
church was built and dedicated in 1903. The Baptists left in 1938
when they completed their own church.
After starting a building fund,
the Methodists chartered and incorporated their church on October 20, 1952.
The Methodist congregation completed their first building in 1957 and dedicated
it March 8, 1959. That first building was an education building,
but services were held there until the completion of a sanctuary in 1962.
The dedication service for the new sanctuary was held on May 2, 1965.
After having parsonages on 3rd
Street and on 4th Street, the current parsonage is located at 440 Newton
Street.
In June 2000, the congregation
of Wesley Chapel merged with the First Church of St. Joseph. Services
were still held twice a year (spring and autumn) at Wesley Chapel. |
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