Information Sheet

 

 

R         First Methodist Church (Dexter, Mo.).

1049                Booklet, 1964.

                                    One folder, photocopy.

 

 

 

This is a booklet published by the First Methodist Church of Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri, for the consecration of its new church building on 12 April 1964.  Included are an order of worship, a history of the congregation, a membership roll, and a list of church officials from 1877 to 1964.  Dr. Arthur C. Fulbright was pastor of the congregation.

 

On Sunday, 12 April 1964, the First Methodist Church of Dexter consecrated its new building at 501 S. Walnut Street.  Bishop Eugene Maxwell Frank and District Superintendent Harvey S. Anglin presided.  This booklet contains “An Order of Holy Worship for the Consecra­tion of a Church,” “A History of the Dexter Methodist Church, Including Historical Facts on the M. E. Church, South,” an invitation to membership, a statement by the Building Committee (Joe E. Weber, chairman), a membership roster, a list of church officials from 1877 to 1964, a list of gifts and their donors, and a list of contractors and suppliers for the project.  There are photo­graphs of the old and new buildings, portraits of Bishop Frank and Pastor Fulbright, the ground­breaking ceremonies, and the new church under construction.

 

 

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