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The History of Our Church |
The church now known as Conway United Methodist
Church began in 1870 with worship services held in different homes in the
community. It was not until 1874 that the church was officially organized
when Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Mizell donated
two
acres of land on the corner of Conway and Anderson. One acre was
designated as a cemetery (it is still part of the church facility). On the
second acre the members built a
log cabin type structure that looked somewhat like the sketch on the right (with fire
ring out front) that served as their meeting place. The Rev. James D.
McDonald was the 1st circuit rider for the newly organized church then known as
"Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church South". It had 11 members.
In 1881 the members cut trees, took them to the
sawmill, brought the lumber back and built the wooden frame building pictured on
the right. This building
served
well until it was replaced by a fellowship hall (now named Callaway Hall) in
1959. This new (in 1874) building served as the fellowship hall, recreation facility and
sanctuary until completion of our current Sanctuary in 1973. The current
Sanctuary is pictured below. Part of the original 1874 frame building is
preserved, physically, in the sanctuary today as an inlay into the top of our
altar table. The fellowship hall was remodeled in 1994, named Callaway Hall and
serves as our administration building and provides library, meeting and
classroom space.
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Sanctuary Today |
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Our facilities are light years ahead of those of our founding fathers. But what
vision and dedication they displayed! |
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Conway's People Made the Difference |
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Times were not easy for the families that made up this new
community. The killing freeze of 1894-1895 put a real set back to the small
community and caused many of the farmers to give up and move elsewhere.
However, the church survived. The written records and testimonies that are
preserved demonstrates the moral and spiritual courage of the people that
established, maintained and nourished this church for all us to have today.
The honorable George Crawford was among the early settlers.
He
served two sessions in the lower house of the state legislature and was elected
to the state senate at age 75. His tombstone is in the Conway UMC cemetery.

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