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CHURCHES OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Waycross, Ware County, Georgia
Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge.
SOURCE: HISTORY OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1866-1984, Marynell S. Waite, Editor, no copyright date, Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, TX
WAYCROSS GILCHRIST PARK
Washington Avenue, Gilchrist Park, Waycross, GA
| This church was organized in 1910 as the Washington Street Church, Rev. C. W. Snow was the pastor. The Conference Board Of Church Extension granted $150 to the church so that it could open for service, debt free. Rev. R. F. Owens was assigned to City Mission at that time. In 1911 it was listed as the Gilchrist Park Church, and Rev. W. T. Blevins was the pastor. The Sunday School was sponsored by First, and the original church had dividers hanging from the ceiling that were let down by ropes and pulleys to make classrooms. Rev. John Hays walked from Hebardville in order to conduct the services. The Church discontinued services during the depression but was able to build a white frame building in 1940. The first woman pastor in the Waycross District was Rev. Mrs. Annie Louise Johnson who pastured at the church. |
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