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PAGE 22 I Happ; I May our < I a country I justice, ec I opportune I/or all mo I of their ? stage of lij JUAUCl lilt I Board a I Logan ] I Mrs. Lou P?? 8?TM ? ?l IIII1UI??n I St I & o 0 | The Old1 m J Saint Paul United Methodist E Church had its beginning in the month of May 1871. It is presently located on Della? brook Road at the intersection 11 of Highway 311. The first o service was held under a J brush arbor rif?ar T 5 Street in the small village of 2Winston. Beginning with a > Sunday School, it was named Saint Paul Methodist Episco pal Church and was the first Negro Church organized in Winston. ^ Church records show thai 1" there were twenty-two charter ftembers. Following its organization in 1871, a lot was purchased East of Main on Seventh Street. The first ft. y Birth USA country bee< that will in quality, equ ty and digr inkittd regai socio econoi fe from ent in Self-Keli? ind Staff Burke, pres: lise G. Wilsc icecutive dir rmn I'iTiTri ?i?rn an? . FquI Unit* ALUTE AM i<- ' ' '^cl pastor was the Reverend Wilson Gray. To date. Saint Paul has had twenty-two pastors. The present one is The Reverend James W. Gwyn, Sr. who has served since 1968. From a small beginning, the church has grown to a membership of 501 adult and 61 Preparatory members. Missions which developed into churches flourished in the early days and from Saint Paul came the churches of Saints Home, St. Andrews, St, James, May's Chapel and Mount Pleasant. In 1939 the three governing bodies of The Methodist Church agreed to unite as one Methodist Church. In 1965, THE WINSTON-SALEM CB b ome I isure I "dlesM As -w ___ Bicenteni JTMrtC minds r< progress faith swe prospects h uui ncai i. load of H unfulfille* solved I present. H founding unduly a their go* unattaina mitment i H those identl ?i or comm. . tion to rr H As we ^ birthday. H lose out nrrra ia arrixrasi rrrrrrn ed Methodis ERICA'S "> '9mk *dk Rev. James W. Gwyn Sr. the North Carolina - Virainia Conference merged with The Western North Carolina Conference. Two other mergers of significance occured. In 1967, St. Paul and Mount Pleasant became 4tONE CHURCH FAMILY". The Methodist Church merged with The Evangelical United Brethren in 1968 to become known as THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. All of St. Paul's pastors have served with distinction and each deserves a place in the history of the church. We are especially indebted to The lAAAAXAXMJULAAXJLAXMJLSAJLAJ [R0N1CLE JNITED METROPO BAPTISTCHUR .. .' SL ^ ' e approach the forf< lial of our nation, our pros eminisce the great . but of our past and our com Us at the promising com i of our future. Yet men s stagger beneath the redr unkept promises, addi d dreams and un- drea problems of the than The visions of our drea fathers were not as tudacious, nor were cele ds in the slightest wor Kin D 11+ AIIO * uiw. uui vjui tunr cnui to the actualization of PR A visions and the the shment of those goals FAlr mbodied the intensity NAT inded the determina- mea take them a reality. NA1 celebrate our 200th MEr a&junation^letus not mea blessed heritage, NAT rrrrrmn 5 5 rrnTrrrnr t, Church )0th BIRTH IT? vJTTTI^j^^I V VHHHBBHHRHHHBHHi Reverend L.M. Mayfield who served from 1957 to 1968. As a' result of his great dedication' and the sacrifices of a grateful v congregation, the present edifice was guilt in 1961. IT t unaer the dynamic leadership of Rev. Gwyn, we dedicated our church on Sept. 28, 1969. (A Methodist Church is never dedicated until it is paid for) A spacious parsonage for the family of our pastor has been erected on Dellabrook Road next to the church. Lighted crosses and a majestic steeple now grace St. Paul as it stands resplendent by the Highway'. lixixm JXixi.M,t t u ixtt-fJ SATURDAY JULY 3,1976 LIT AN I CH I E^JJjH^R .-. I w<g" ^B sit our healthy hopes, or ititute our sacred faith, let us renew our mitment as a people to the plete liberation and fulfill- I it of all our citizens, ess their grievances, and ress their dreams. For the im of a nation is no more ^B i the sum total of the ims of all her citizens. And we celebrate, let us brate remembering a thy charge from the H ch - namely, POWER in TER means PEACE in NATION; LOYALTY in TH means LOVE in the ^irkVT. TDITCT !_ tui^, iivu3i in uuu ns PROGRESS in the riON; and COMMIT- H MT to the KINGDOM ns PROSPERITY inr the ?? rrriTTTTTTTTyrrrrrrTryx : o DAY o ! Bj^-* <&%? - The New ^ J Thus St. Paul has moved J 'rom "brush arbor to J highway". A pictorial History vas published in 1971 in J observance of our 100th Anniversary. As we aonroarh ' rr m the Bicentennial celebration of our nation's birth, we again make this declaration: "En couraged by a glorious past, o we lift our voices in praise; as Z\ we look to the future". J The church operates a Day J Care Center which is housed J in the lower level. A Pavilion built by The Methodist Men is also a part of the church 3 property^/situated near the 3 Playground, it serves the 3 community as a place for 3 Outdoor Activities. 3
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