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Thirkield United
Methodist Church
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City
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Bogalusa
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Address
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1108 Donnell
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2003 Membership
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54
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Date Founded
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1913
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Thirkield was organized at the Central
Elementary School in 1913 by Rev. Clarence W. Whalum. He led 5 families
who had expressed a desire to have a Methodist Episcopal Church in Bogalusa.
They named it Thirkield in honor of Bishop Thirkield. The school
was used as the church and Sunday school classrooms for 3 years.
In 1916, a piece of land was
purchased at 618 Columbia Road so that they could build their own church.
Members held a Stake Driving and paid for the land out of the proceeds.
While Rev. Rogers Transpers was pastor,
the congregation brought property at 1106-1108 Donnell Street. They
soon rebuilt the present Thirkield United Methodist Church at the new site.
In the present building, which so adequately meets the needs of an outstanding
church, the congregation looks forward to the future with great enthusiasm
and anxiety that this church will so serve the city and the community,
that the struggles of the faithful souls gone on will not have been in
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How to Get There:
Take
I-59 north from I-12. Take exit #3 and head north on Hwy 41.
Hwy 41 merges into Hwy 21 at Bush. Continue on Hwy 21 to Bogalusa.
You’ll see a small sign on the right for the Wallop-Breaux Riverside Dr.
Boat Launch. Turn right (there’s a Jif E Stop on your left when you
turn) onto Riverside Dr. Go one block and take a left on Donnell.
The church is just ahead on the right. Note: Riverside Drive is 1.8
mi. before you get to Hwy 10. |
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